[tor-bugs] #7934 [Ooni]: Bouncer for informing probes of collector and test helper addresses

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#7934: Bouncer for informing probes of collector and test helper addresses
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 Reporter:  hellais      |          Owner:  hellais
     Type:  enhancement  |         Status:  new    
 Priority:  normal       |      Milestone:         
Component:  Ooni         |        Version:         
 Keywords:  oonib        |         Parent:         
   Points:               |   Actualpoints:         
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 We will soon start having a multitude of Tor Hidden Service based
 collectors to handle reports from probes.

 We must devise a strategy for getting ooniprobe the list of Tor Hidden
 service addresses (or https service addresses) of the collectors.

 The first iteration of this should be to have a single Tor Hidden Service
 (or IP address that runs HTTPs) that will inform the probe of a set of
 collector .onion addresses.

 Such service shall be called the `bouncer`.

 The ooniprobe shall cache these results for a period of time that is of 48
 hours.

 The `bouncer` will also give out the addresses of a set of
 [https://ooni.torproject.org/docs/#test-helpers test helpers]

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