[tor-bugs] #5549 [Obfsproxy]: Evaluate feasibility of a Python obfsproxy and possibly get it started

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#5549: Evaluate feasibility of a Python obfsproxy and possibly get it started
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 Reporter:  karsten    |          Owner:  asn                    
     Type:  project    |         Status:  new                    
 Priority:  normal     |      Milestone:  Sponsor F: July 1, 2012
Component:  Obfsproxy  |        Version:                         
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 Item 19 from [wiki:org/sponsors/SponsorF/Year2] is: "evaluate feasibility
 of a python equivalent to obfsproxy, to make it easier for people to write
 transports in python. See also Brandon Wiley's "dust". If we decide it's
 smart, get it started."

 There are a few substeps here: first, we should discuss feasibility of a
 Python obfsproxy; maybe we need some proof-of-concept implementation to
 further evaluate things we cannot solve by discussion; then we need to
 make a decision; and finally, if we decide that having a Python obfsproxy
 is a good idea, we'll have to get it started.

 Creating a child ticket for the discussion part.  Further substeps should
 get their own child tickets.

 We need to decide whether this is a July or November deliverable
 (optimistically assigning to July), and we need somebody to lead the
 deliverable.

 There are quite a few people who I've heard might be interested in this
 topic and who I'm cc'ing: nickm, asn, aagbsn, blanu, zwol, xmux.  If more
 people are interested, please cc yourself.

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