[tor-bugs] #9156 [BridgeDB]: BridgeDB: Users try to add obfsbridges to their normal TBB
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#9156: BridgeDB: Users try to add obfsbridges to their normal TBB
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Reporter: asn | Owner:
Type: task | Status: needs_information
Priority: normal | Milestone:
Component: BridgeDB | Version:
Keywords: | Parent:
Points: | Actualpoints:
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Comment(by runa):
Replying to [comment:14 sysrqb]:
> Replying to [comment:12 asn]:
> > Replying to [comment:11 asn]:
> > > Also see #6724 for another reason that you would get "Error parsing
Bridge address".
> >
> > Actually, are we sure that a user gets "Error parsing Bridge address"
when he inserts an obfsuscated `Bridge` line in a torrc without a
corresponding `ClientTransportPlugin` line? I thought the user was only
supposed to get the weird "We were supposed to connect to bridge..."
message.
>
> Oh hm, I guess I screwed that up. When I first tested this, I added
'bridge obfs3 x.x.x.x:y' and I got "[Warning] Error parsing Bridge address
'obfs3'" followed by "[Warning] Controller gave us config lines that
didn't validate: Bridge line did not parse. See logs for details."
>
> However, when I added 'obfs3 x.x.x.x:y' I received "We were supposed to
connect to bridge 'x.x.x.x:y' using pluggable transport 'obfs3', but we
can't find a pluggable transport proxy supporting 'obfs3'. This can happen
if you haven't provided a ClientTransportPlugin line, or if your pluggable
transport proxy stopped running."
I assume that users run into the first error more frequently than the
second (i.e. they add "bridge obfs3 ...." to Vidalia because that's what
bridges.tpo says they should do). If users should add "obfs3 ..." without
"bridge" in front of it, then we need to specify that on the page - or
stop giving out bridges in that format.
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Ticket URL: <https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/9156#comment:18>
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