[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 asn):

 Since you prefer to not do it the SOCKS way, and instead use the address
 of hexchat as Bridge, we might not even need the managed-proxy interface
 and pyptlib.

 Specifically, if hexchat is an application with the following CLI:
 {{{hexchat-client <listenaddr> <xmpp_server> <jid/password>}}}
 and
 {{{hexchat-server <pushaddr> <xmpp_server> <jid/password>}}}
 we might be able to deploy this without the managed-proxy interface.

 On the client-side, we do the dummy `Bridge`/`ClientTransportPlugin`
 trick. On the server-side, we just fire up hexchat-server and point it to
 the ORPort of our bridge without even informing Tor about it.

 In the future, if we want the managed-proxy interface, we can add pyptlib
 support.

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