[tor-bugs] #8591 [Censorship analysis]: GFW actively probes obfs2 bridges

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#8591: GFW actively probes obfs2 bridges
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 Reporter:  phw                                            |          Owner:  phw
     Type:  task                                           |         Status:  new
 Priority:  normal                                         |      Milestone:     
Component:  Censorship analysis                            |        Version:     
 Keywords:  obfs2, gfw, active probing, censorship, china  |         Parent:     
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Comment(by asn):

 A cheap thing to do would be to test obfs2+brdgrd and see if you get
 active probed. Although, reading Philipp's replies it seems that their
 detection method is so inconsistent that we won't get a clear answer on
 whether obfs2+brdgrd is beneficial.

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