[tor-relays] Port for obfsproxy

[dardok]

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GDR!:
> On 07.10.2013 21:11, dardok wrote:
>> I guess that you misunderstood the concept of obfsproxy. It is
>> useful to obfuscate the communication between a client  within a
>> censorship zone and a tor bridge. The obfsproxy doesn't emulate a
>> HTTP protocol communication, instead it is designed to look
>> random (and the packets are encypted). So if you try to run this
>> service over the HTTP port 80 and the packets are random and not
>> looking like a HTTP communication, it will be more suspicious
>> than running this service over any other port.
> 
> Thank you. I understood the concept but not the implementation.
> 
> "For example, there MIGHT be a HTTP transport which transforms Tor 
> traffic to look like regular HTTP traffic."
> 
> I missed the "MIGHT" part. Too bad this doesn't exist.
> 
> 
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There is a pluggable transport protocol that aims to mimic a cover
protocol such HTTP. Its name is Stegotorus but I believe that still is
not full developed. If you want more info you can read this:

- - http://www.owlfolio.org/media/2010/05/stegotorus.pdf
- - https://gitweb.torproject.org/stegotorus.git
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