[tbb-bugs] #23136 [Applications/Tor Launcher]: moat integration (fetch bridges for the user)

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#23136: moat integration (fetch bridges for the user)
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 Reporter:  mcs                        |          Owner:  brade
     Type:  defect                     |         Status:  needs_review
 Priority:  Very High                  |      Milestone:
Component:  Applications/Tor Launcher  |        Version:
 Severity:  Normal                     |     Resolution:
 Keywords:  TorBrowserTeam201802R      |  Actual Points:
Parent ID:  #24689                     |         Points:
 Reviewer:                             |        Sponsor:  Sponsor4
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Comment (by mcs):

 Replying to [comment:45 anonym]:
 > (Sorry if this is off topic.)
 >
 > In Tails there was recently some work on getting `obfs4proxy`'s
 `meek_lite` transport to work. I've quickly looked at Tor Launcher's Moat
 code and I can see that it will only find the Meek client's path for
 `ClientTransportPlugin` lines specifying exactly `meek` -- I wonder, if
 Tor launcher also would accept `meek_lite` for Moat, would that be enough
 for its needs?

 I don't know how much work it would be to add support for `meek_lite`, but
 in theory it should be fairly easy to do so. For Tor Browser we decided to
 use the full-blown meek client because (1) we already have it inside Tor
 Browser and (2) using it means the client's TLS fingerprint will match
 that of a well-known browser (since a second copy of Tor Browser/firefox
 is used via `meek-client-torbrowser`).

 That said, it is possible that there will be some interoperability issues
 between `meek_lite` and BridgeDB's Moat responder. But if you need this,
 please open a ticket against Tor Launcher. And of course "patches are
 welcome" :)

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Ticket URL: <https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/23136#comment:46>
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