[tor-bugs] #29279 [Obfuscation/Obfsproxy]: Reach out to NGOs to test obfs4 reachability

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#29279: Reach out to NGOs to test obfs4 reachability
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 Reporter:  cohosh                               |          Owner:  cohosh
     Type:  task                                 |         Status:
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 Priority:  Very High                            |      Milestone:
Component:  Obfuscation/Obfsproxy                |        Version:
 Severity:  Normal                               |     Resolution:
 Keywords:  NGO, community, network-team-        |  Actual Points:
  roadmap-2019-Q1Q2                              |
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                                                 |  Sponsor19
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Comment (by cohosh):

 I think it's a good idea to move forward with expanding the obfs4 tests to
 try to pin down the bridge enumeration problem. Especially now that we're
 pretty sure probing alone doesn't get them blocked. These are the steps as
 I see them:

     1) Set up the study design. Get more bridges (reach out to university
 contacts or perhaps probe all new bridges).

     2) Have good documentation on how bridgeDB currently partitions
 bridges (e.g., are we giving different bridges to different IP addresses?)

     3) Measure if/when bridges handed out by each method (website, email)
 and in each partition within the method get blocked.

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