[tor-bugs] #11101 [Tor]: Bridges should report implementation versions of their pluggable transports

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#11101: Bridges should report implementation versions of their pluggable transports
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 Reporter:  arma         |          Owner:
     Type:  enhancement  |         Status:  new
 Priority:  normal       |      Milestone:  Tor: 0.2.6.x-final
Component:  Tor          |        Version:
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 Our bridges now run a variety of pluggable transports. What if there's a
 bug in, say, the Scramblesuit implementation (like it appears there is)?
 If we fix the bug, how do bridgedb or the Tor clients know whether the
 Scramblesuit bridge they just learned about is one of the new (updated)
 ones or one of the old (buggy) ones?

 One option would be for Tor to include a version for each supported PT in
 its bridge (or extrainfo) descriptor, so if we turn out to not want to use
 certain versions for certain situations, we can do it.

 Are there better options than this one?

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