[tor-bugs] #4958 [Tor Client]: Make a plan for a possibly revised proposal 179 integration

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#4958: Make a plan for a possibly revised proposal 179 integration
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 Reporter:  karsten     |          Owner:                           
     Type:  project     |         Status:  new                      
 Priority:  normal      |      Milestone:  Sponsor F: March 15, 2012
Component:  Tor Client  |        Version:                           
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 In [wiki:org/sponsors/SponsorF/Year2 sponsor F deliverable 5] we promised
 to "make and maybe blog about a plan for proposal 179 integration and the
 censorship arms race.  Proposal 179 is the 'here are hundreds of ways to
 change our SSL certs to not stand out as much compared to normal SSL
 certs' proposal. How much should we fix preemptively, and when?"

 Roger is increasingly of the opinion that we should leave the low-hanging
 fruit in place to avoid being blocked in a worse way.  It's also unclear
 whether blogging about our plans and being too public about it is a good
 idea.  However, having a better understanding of the types of blocking
 vulnerabilities and how to respond to possible blockings would be good.

 As of December 2011, the implementation status of proposal 179 is that one
 part got merged, another part got built, the part that Nick thinks will
 help most isn't built, some parts are a bad idea, and some good ideas are
 not in the proposal.  Maybe we need to come up with a revised proposal
 179.

 Here are a few possible next steps:

  - Discuss a possible revised proposal 179 on tor-dev.

  - Make a plan which parts of the proposal we want to integrate now vs.
 later.

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