Re: [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):

 Replying to [comment:4 rransom]:
 > This pluggable transport will (a) give hostile firewall vendors an
 incentive to block all XMPP-like traffic, and (b) give XMPP server
 operators an incentive to deploy censorship software to detect and block
 `hexchat`.

 Yes, these are valid concerns.
 Another issue with this PT, is that the XMPP server (e.g. google) learns
 the IP address of our users.

 Unfortunately, I don't know how to evaluate the severity of these
 concerns, and whether it's a good idea to deploy such a transport to
 users.

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