[tor-bugs] #9022 [Pluggable transport]: Create an XMPP pluggable transport

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#9022: Create an XMPP pluggable transport
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 Reporter:  asn                  |          Owner:  feynman 
     Type:  task                 |         Status:  accepted
 Priority:  normal               |      Milestone:          
Component:  Pluggable transport  |        Version:          
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Comment(by feynman):

 Replying to [comment:70 asn]:
 > (fixed the issue with my sleekxmpp)
 >
 > btw, I kind of dislike the fact that we send our local ip:port through
 XMPP. it's a small but unneeded information leak.
 >
 > Since (<remote ip/port>, <jid>) is not sufficient for your routing
 table, why don't you also add the source IP of the other side in there?
 You can probably get the client's IP using the sleekxmpp API; you don't
 need the client to send its IP to the server. If that doesn't work, you
 can get the client to generate a nonce and send it to the server.
 >
 > Do you think that makes sense?

 The local ip:port is used to uniquely identify a connection--even among
 several connections between the same client and server. Since the client
 thinks it is connecting directly to the server, the source ip:port seemed
 like the perfect unique identifier for that particular connection.
 Whatever identifier you use, you are going to end up with something that
 can be uniquely mapped to the client's source IP.

 I just finished changing the source ip:port to a SHA512 hash of the source
 ip:port.

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