[tor-bugs] #3589 [Tor Bridge]: Advertise bridge pluggable transports using extra-info lines

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#3589: Advertise bridge pluggable transports using extra-info lines
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 Reporter:  asn          |          Owner:                    
     Type:  enhancement  |         Status:  new               
 Priority:  normal       |      Milestone:  Tor: 0.2.4.x-final
Component:  Tor Bridge   |        Version:                    
 Keywords:               |         Parent:  #3591             
   Points:               |   Actualpoints:                    
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Comment(by nickm):

 Replying to [comment:7 karsten]:
 > Oh, I hadn't thought of the client not knowing a bridge's extra-info
 descriptor as a security property.

 I had.

 > Are we sure there's no way for a client to learn a bridge's extra-info
 descriptor?  (I didn't find one, but I may have missed something.)

 There shouldn't be; IIRC, the bridge authority deliberately doesn't answer
 requests for extainfos, and bridges don't answer questions for their own
 extrainfo.

 (We should double-check that, I guess)

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