install obfs4proxy in Whonix-Gateway 11 by default

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Information

ID: 323
PHID: PHID-TASK-4izytbubtrr4ynmsc5a7
Author: Patrick
Status at Migration Time: resolved
Priority at Migration Time: Normal

Description

We should probably install obfs4proxy by default, no?

To be added as Depends: to anon-gateway-packages-recommended.

Comments

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HulaHoop

2015-05-22 20:45:36 UTC

Yes it should be installed especially if we want Whonix to be useful for people behind firewalls.

Long term we should have the pluggable transports chaining framework in Whonix so transports can be combined in interesting ways.

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Patrick

2015-05-22 21:33:57 UTC

! In T323#4819, @HulaHoop wrote:
Long term we should have the pluggable transports chaining framework in Whonix so transports can be combined in interesting ways.

Probably unrealistic? Even T118 doesn’t progress. Also I also don’t know if chaining would make thing better (needs to be discussed on tor-talk). And if it were to make sense, that’s something that would need to be implemented as an upstream, outside of Whonix, perhaps inside Tor. I don’t think Whonix currently has the manpower to maintain such a project.

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HulaHoop

2015-05-23 00:03:27 UTC

Tor upstream plans it, its not something I’m suggesting we should do. All I said was we should include bridge support in gw so we can take advantage of features like this when they become ready.

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Patrick

2015-05-23 01:17:43 UTC

! In T323#4832, @HulaHoop wrote:
Tor upstream plans it, its not something I’m suggesting we should do.

Interesting. Missed that. Got any reference?

All I said was we should include bridge support in gw so we can take advantage of features like this when they become ready.

Sure, please open tickets as soon we can act.

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Patrick

2015-05-23 01:26:19 UTC

added obfs4proxy to anon-gateway-packages-recommended - https://phabricator.whonix.org/T323:
added obfs4proxy to anon-gateway-packages-recommended - https://phabr… · Whonix/anon-meta-packages@62cf77e · GitHub

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HulaHoop

2015-05-23 05:22:46 UTC

PluggableTransports · Wiki · Legacy / Trac · GitLab

section: Combining pluggable transports

Links to trac tickets and code under there too if you want to follow them.