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Re: [tor-bugs] #5011 [Pluggable transport]: Discuss possible designs for an external program that discovers bridge addresses to tell Tor about them
#5011: Discuss possible designs for an external program that discovers bridge
addresses to tell Tor about them
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Reporter: karsten | Owner: mikeperry
Type: task | Status: new
Priority: normal | Milestone: Sponsor F: March 15, 2012
Component: Pluggable transport | Version:
Keywords: MikePerry201203 | Parent: #5010
Points: | Actualpoints:
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Comment(by seaman):
Replying to [comment:7 rransom]:
> Replying to [comment:6 seaman]:
> #5096 is not related to this ticket.
>
Yesterday in IRC I was refered to these two, so I mistakenly assumed them
to be related (also in the second post there is talk about QR codes).
>
> Don't forget about steganography in text, or just indistinguishable-
from-random bits in plain sight where the censors would expect to see bits
that they cannot afford to distinguish from random.
>
That is of course correct. As I said, it would be nice to have plugins
that allow for different types of approaches.
> Also, this ticket isn't about writing a 'BridgeFinder' itself; it's
about designing the interface that every BridgeFinder should use to tell
Tor about a bridge.
>
Sorry about that, is there a ticket for writing 'BridgeFinder' or shall I
open one?
>
> `s/TOR/Tor/`
>
I took care to not make this mistake but then I still did. Excuse this
newbie-mistake.
>
> There are easier ways than image steganography to transmit a piece of
information to a user using a pre-shared secret.
>
What are your suggestions? I like the idea of image steganography as it
allows for unsuspicious communication via email and hosting on websites.
>
> This raises the issue that different people will describe an image (or
an object in an image) using different texts.
>
Of course this is correct, the images that are encrypted with such
passwords need to be "simple" enough. I can also think of images that
contain no password at all. But of course that would make it easier for
censors to find them and block the bridges.
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