[tor-bugs] #22407 [- Select a component]: Support HTTP CONNECT tunnels as an alternative to SOCKS

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#22407: Support HTTP CONNECT tunnels as an alternative to SOCKS
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     Reporter:  nickm                |      Owner:
         Type:  defect               |     Status:  new
     Priority:  Medium               |  Milestone:
    Component:  - Select a           |    Version:
  component                          |   Keywords:  tor-client pt-v2
     Severity:  Normal               |  application-support http-connect
                                     |  needs-design prop229
Actual Points:                       |  Parent ID:
       Points:  5                    |   Reviewer:
      Sponsor:                       |
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 ''Note:''  This is NOT a ticket about adding a caching or rewriting or
 privacy-enhancing HTTP proxy to Tor.

 We may want to support the "HTTP CONNECT" command as an alternative to
 SOCKS, since a fair number of applications support the former but not the
 latter.  For the current definition of HTTP CONNECT, see
 [https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7231#section-4.3.6 RFC 7231].

 Our existing HTTP parsing code should be sufficient to handle these
 requests, though we would want to make sure we got the semantics right.

 The flexibility of HTTP could make this an alternative to proposal 229.

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