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Pluggable Transport Specification (Version 1)
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Abstract
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Pluggable Transports (PTs) are a generic mechanism for the rapid
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development and deployment of censorship circumvention,
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based around the idea of modular sub-processes that transform
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traffic to defeat censors.
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This document specifies the sub-process startup, shutdown,
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and inter-process communication mechanisms required to utilize
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PTs.
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Table of Contents
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1. Introduction
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1.1. Requirements Notation
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2. Architecture Overview
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3. Specification
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3.1. Pluggable Transport Naming
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3.2. Pluggable Transport Configuration Environment Variables
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3.2.1. Common Environment Variables
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3.2.2. Pluggable Transport Client Environment Variables
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3.2.3. Pluggable Transport Server Environment Variables
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3.3. Pluggable Transport To Parent Process Communication
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3.3.1. Common Messages
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3.3.2. Pluggable Transport Client Messages
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3.3.3. Pluggable Transport Server Messages
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3.4. Pluggable Transport Shutdown
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3.5. Pluggable Transport Client Per-Connection Arguments
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4. Anonymity Considerations
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5 References
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6. Acknowledgments
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Appendix A. Example Client Pluggable Transport Session
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Appendix B. Example Server Pluggable Transport Session
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1. Introduction
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This specification describes a way to decouple protocol-level
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obfuscation from an application's client/server code, in a manner
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that promotes rapid development of obfuscation/circumvention
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tools and promotes reuse beyond the scope of the Tor Project's
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efforts in that area.
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This is accomplished by utilizing helper sub-processes that
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implement the necessary forward/reverse proxy servers that handle
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the censorship circumvention, with a well defined and
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standardized configuration and management interface.
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Any application code that implements the interfaces as specified
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in this document will be able to use all spec compliant Pluggable
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Transports.
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1.1. Requirements Notation
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The key words "MUST", "MUST NOT", "REQUIRED", "SHALL", "SHALL
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NOT", "SHOULD", "SHOULD NOT", "RECOMMENDED", "MAY", and
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"OPTIONAL" in this document are to be interpreted as described in
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[RFC2119].
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2. Architecture Overview
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+------------+ +---------------------------+
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| Client App +-- Local Loopback --+ PT Client (SOCKS Proxy) +--+
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+------------+ +---------------------------+ |
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Public Internet (Obfuscated/Transformed traffic) ==> |
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+------------+ +---------------------------+ |
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| Server App +-- Local Loopback --+ PT Server (Reverse Proxy) +--+
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+------------+ +---------------------------+
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On the client's host, the PT Client software exposes a SOCKS proxy
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[RFC1928] to the client application, and obfuscates or otherwise
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transforms traffic before forwarding it to the server's host.
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On the server's host, the PT Server software exposes a reverse proxy
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that accepts connections from PT Clients, and handles reversing the
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obfuscation/transformation applied to traffic, before forwarding it
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to the actual server software. An optional lightweight protocol
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exists to facilitate communicating connection meta-data that would
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otherwise be lost such as the source IP address and port
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[EXTORPORT].
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All PT instances are configured by the respective parent process via
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a set of standardized environment variables (3.2) that are set at
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launch time, and report status information back to the parent via
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writing output in a standardized format to stdout (3.3).
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Each invocation of a PT MUST be either a client OR a server.
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All PT client forward proxies MUST support either SOCKS 4 or SOCKS 5,
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and SHOULD prefer SOCKS 5 over SOCKS 4.
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3. Specification
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Pluggable Transport proxies follow the following workflow
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throughout their lifespan.
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1) Parent process sets the required environment values (3.2)
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and launches the PT proxy as a sub-process (fork()/exec()).
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2) The PT Proxy determines the versions of the PT specification
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supported by the parent"TOR_PT_MANAGED_TRANSPORT_VER" (3.2.1)
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2.1) If there are no compatible versions, the PT proxy
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writes a "VERSION-ERROR" message (3.3.1) to stdout and
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terminates.
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2.2) If there is a compatible version, the PT proxy writes
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a "VERSION" message (3.3.1) to stdout.
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3) The PT Proxy parses the rest of the environment values.
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3.1) If the environment values are malformed, or otherwise
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invalid, the PT proxy writes a "ENV-ERROR" message
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(3.3.1) to stdout and terminates.
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3.2) Determining if it is a client side forward proxy or
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a server side reverse proxy can be done via examining
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the "TOR_PT_CLIENT_TRANSPORTS" and "TOR_PT_SERVER_TRANSPORTS"
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environment variables.
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4) (Client only) If there is an upstream proxy specified via
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"TOR_PT_PROXY" (3.2.2), the PT proxy validates the URI
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provided.
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4.1) If the upstream proxy is unusable, the PT proxy writes
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a "PROXY-ERROR" message (3.3.2) to stdout and
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terminates.
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4.2) If there is a supported and well-formed upstream proxy
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the PT proxy writes a "PROXY DONE" message (3.3.2) to
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stdout.
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5) The PT Proxy initializes the transports and reports the
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status via stdout (3.3.2, 3.3.3)
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6) The PT Proxy forwards and transforms traffic as appropriate.
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7) Upon being signaled to terminate by the parent process (3.4),
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the PT Proxy gracefully shuts down.
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3.1. Pluggable Transport Naming
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Pluggable Transport names serve as unique identifiers, and every
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PT MUST have a unique name.
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PT names MUST be valid C identifiers. PT names MUST begin with
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a letter or underscore, and the remaining characters MUST be
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ASCII letters, numbers or underscores. No length limit is
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imposted.
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PT names MUST satisfy the regular expression "[a-zA-Z_][a-zA-Z0-9_]*".
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3.2. Pluggable Transport Configuration Environment Variables
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All Pluggable Transport proxy instances are configured by their
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parent process at launch time via a set of well defined
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environment variables.
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The "TOR_PT_" prefix is used for namespacing reasons and does not
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indicate any relations to Tor, except for the origins of this
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specification.
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3.2.1. Common Environment Variables
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When launching either a client or server Pluggable Transport proxy,
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the following common environment variables MUST be set.
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"TOR_PT_MANAGED_TRANSPORT_VER"
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Specifies the versions of the Pluggable Transport specification
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the parent process supports, delimited by commas. All PTs MUST
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accept any well-formed list, as long as a compatible version is
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present.
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Valid versions MUST consist entirely of non-whitespace,
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non-comma printable ASCII characters.
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The version of the Pluggable Transport specification as of this
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document is "1".
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Example:
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TOR_PT_MANAGED_TRANSPORT_VER=1,1a,2b,this_is_a_valid_ver
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"TOR_PT_STATE_LOCATION"
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Specifies an absolute path to a directory where the PT is
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allowed to store state that will be persisted across
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invocations. The directory is not required to exist when
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the PT is launched, however PT implementations SHOULD be
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able to create it as required.
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PTs MUST only store files in the path provided, and MUST NOT
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create or modify files elsewhere on the system.
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Example:
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TOR_PT_STATE_LOCATION=/var/lib/tor/pt_state/
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"TOR_PT_EXIT_ON_STDIN_CLOSE"
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Specifies that the parent process will close the PT proxy's
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standard input (stdin) stream to indicate that the PT proxy
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should gracefully exit.
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PTs MUST NOT treat a closed stdin as a signal to terminate
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unless this environment variable is set to "1".
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PTs SHOULD treat stdin being closed as a signal to gracefully
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terminate if this environment variable is set to "1".
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Example:
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TOR_PT_EXIT_ON_STDIN_CLOSE=1
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"TOR_PT_OUTBOUND_BIND_ADDRESS_V4"
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Specifies an IPv4 IP address that the PT proxy SHOULD use as source address for
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outgoing IPv4 IP packets. This feature allows people with multiple network
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interfaces to specify explicitly which interface they prefer the PT proxy to
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use.
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If this value is unset or empty, the PT proxy MUST use the default source
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address for outgoing connections.
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This setting MUST be ignored for connections to
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loopback addresses (127.0.0.0/8).
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Example:
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TOR_PT_OUTBOUND_BIND_ADDRESS_V4=203.0.113.4
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"TOR_PT_OUTBOUND_BIND_ADDRESS_V6"
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Specifies an IPv6 IP address that the PT proxy SHOULD use as source address for
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outgoing IPv6 IP packets. This feature allows people with multiple network
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interfaces to specify explicitly which interface they prefer the PT proxy to
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use.
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If this value is unset or empty, the PT proxy MUST use the default source
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address for outgoing connections.
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This setting MUST be ignored for connections to the loopback address ([::1]).
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IPv6 addresses MUST always be wrapped in square brackets.
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Example::
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TOR_PT_OUTBOUND_BIND_ADDRESS_V6=[2001:db8::4]
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3.2.2. Pluggable Transport Client Environment Variables
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Client-side Pluggable Transport forward proxies are configured
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via the following environment variables.
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"TOR_PT_CLIENT_TRANSPORTS"
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Specifies the PT protocols the client proxy should initialize,
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as a comma separated list of PT names.
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PTs SHOULD ignore PT names that it does not recognize.
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Parent processes MUST set this environment variable when
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launching a client-side PT proxy instance.
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Example:
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TOR_PT_CLIENT_TRANSPORTS=obfs2,obfs3,obfs4
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"TOR_PT_PROXY"
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Specifies an upstream proxy that the PT MUST use when making
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outgoing network connections. It is a URI [RFC3986] of the
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format:
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<proxy_type>://[<user_name>[:<password>][@]<ip>:<port>.
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The "TOR_PT_PROXY" environment variable is OPTIONAL and
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MUST be omitted if there is no need to connect via an
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upstream proxy.
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Examples:
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TOR_PT_PROXY=socks5://tor:test1234@198.51.100.1:8000
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TOR_PT_PROXY=socks4a://198.51.100.2:8001
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TOR_PT_PROXY=http://198.51.100.3:443
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3.2.3. Pluggable Transport Server Environment Variables
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Server-side Pluggable Transport reverse proxies are configured
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via the following environment variables.
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"TOR_PT_SERVER_TRANSPORTS"
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Specifies the PT protocols the server proxy should initialize,
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as a comma separated list of PT names.
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PTs SHOULD ignore PT names that it does not recognize.
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Parent processes MUST set this environment variable when
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launching a server-side PT reverse proxy instance.
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Example:
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TOR_PT_SERVER_TRANSPORTS=obfs3,scramblesuit
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"TOR_PT_SERVER_TRANSPORT_OPTIONS"
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Specifies per-PT protocol configuration directives, as a
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semicolon-separated list of <key>:<value> pairs, where <key>
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is a PT name and <value> is a k=v string value with options
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that are to be passed to the transport.
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Colons, semicolons, and backslashes MUST be
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escaped with a backslash.
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If there are no arguments that need to be passed to any of
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PT transport protocols, "TOR_PT_SERVER_TRANSPORT_OPTIONS"
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MAY be omitted.
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Example:
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TOR_PT_SERVER_TRANSPORT_OPTIONS=scramblesuit:key=banana;automata:rule=110;automata:depth=3
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Will pass to 'scramblesuit' the parameter 'key=banana' and to
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'automata' the arguments 'rule=110' and 'depth=3'.
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"TOR_PT_SERVER_BINDADDR"
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A comma separated list of <key>-<value> pairs, where <key> is
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a PT name and <value> is the <address>:<port> on which it
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should listen for incoming client connections.
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The keys holding transport names MUST be in the same order as
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they appear in "TOR_PT_SERVER_TRANSPORTS".
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The <address> MAY be a locally scoped address as long as port
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forwarding is done externally.
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The <address>:<port> combination MUST be an IP address
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supported by `bind()`, and MUST NOT be a host name.
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Applications MUST NOT set more than one <address>:<port> pair
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per PT name.
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If there is no specific <address>:<port> combination to be
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configured for any transports, "TOR_PT_SERVER_BINDADDR" MAY
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be omitted.
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Example:
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TOR_PT_SERVER_BINDADDR=obfs3-198.51.100.1:1984,scramblesuit-127.0.0.1:4891
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"TOR_PT_ORPORT"
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Specifies the destination that the PT reverse proxy should forward
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traffic to after transforming it as appropriate, as an
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<address>:<port>.
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Connections to the destination specified via "TOR_PT_ORPORT"
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MUST only contain application payload. If the parent process
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requires the actual source IP address of client connections
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(or other metadata), it should set "TOR_PT_EXTENDED_SERVER_PORT"
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instead.
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Example:
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TOR_PT_ORPORT=127.0.0.1:9001
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"TOR_PT_EXTENDED_SERVER_PORT"
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Specifies the destination that the PT reverse proxy should
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forward traffic to, via the Extended ORPort protocol [EXTORPORT]
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as an <address>:<port>.
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The Extended ORPort protocol allows the PT reverse proxy to
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communicate per-connection metadata such as the PT name and
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client IP address/port to the parent process.
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If the parent process does not support the ExtORPort protocol,
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it MUST set "TOR_PT_EXTENDED_SERVER_PORT" to an empty string.
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Example:
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TOR_PT_EXTENDED_SERVER_PORT=127.0.0.1:4200
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"TOR_PT_AUTH_COOKIE_FILE"
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Specifies an absolute filesystem path to the Extended ORPort
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authentication cookie, required to communicate with the
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Extended ORPort specified via "TOR_PT_EXTENDED_SERVER_PORT".
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If the parent process is not using the ExtORPort protocol for
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incoming traffic, "TOR_PT_AUTH_COOKIE_FILE" MUST be omitted.
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Example:
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TOR_PT_AUTH_COOKIE_FILE=/var/lib/tor/extended_orport_auth_cookie
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3.3. Pluggable Transport To Parent Process Communication
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All Pluggable Transport Proxies communicate to the parent process
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via writing NL-terminated lines to stdout. The line metaformat is:
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<Line> ::= <Keyword> <OptArgs> <NL>
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<Keyword> ::= <KeywordChar> | <Keyword> <KeywordChar>
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<KeywordChar> ::= <any US-ASCII alphanumeric, dash, and underscore>
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<OptArgs> ::= <Args>*
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<Args> ::= <SP> <ArgChar> | <Args> <ArgChar>
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<ArgChar> ::= <any US-ASCII character but NUL or NL>
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<SP> ::= <US-ASCII whitespace symbol (32)>
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<NL> ::= <US-ASCII newline (line feed) character (10)>
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The parent process MUST ignore lines received from PT proxies with
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unknown keywords.
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3.3.1. Common Messages
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When a PT proxy first starts up, it must determine which version
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of the Pluggable Transports Specification to use to configure
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itself.
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It does this via the "TOR_PT_MANAGED_TRANSPORT_VER" (3.2.1)
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environment variable which contains all of the versions supported
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by the application.
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Upon determining the version to use, or lack thereof, the PT
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proxy responds with one of two messages.
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VERSION-ERROR <ErrorMessage>
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The "VERSION-ERROR" message is used to signal that there was
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no compatible Pluggable Transport Specification version
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present in the "TOR_PT_MANAGED_TRANSPORT_VER" list.
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The <ErrorMessage> SHOULD be set to "no-version" for
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historical reasons but MAY be set to a useful error message
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instead.
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PT proxies MUST terminate after outputting a "VERSION-ERROR"
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message.
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Example:
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VERSION-ERROR no-version
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VERSION <ProtocolVersion>
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The "VERSION" message is used to signal the Pluggable Transport
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Specification version (as in "TOR_PT_MANAGED_TRANSPORT_VER")
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that the PT proxy will use to configure its transports and
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communicate with the parent process.
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The version for the environment values and reply messages
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specified by this document is "1".
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PT proxies MUST either report an error and terminate, or output
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a "VERSION" message before moving on to client/server proxy
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initialization and configuration.
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Example:
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VERSION 1
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After version negotiation has been completed the PT proxy must
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then validate that all of the required environment variables are
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provided, and that all of the configuration values supplied are
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well formed.
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At any point, if there is an error encountered related to
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configuration supplied via the environment variables, it MAY
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respond with an error message and terminate.
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ENV-ERROR <ErrorMessage>
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The "ENV-ERROR" message is used to signal the PT proxy's
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failure to parse the configuration environment variables (3.2).
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The <ErrorMessage> SHOULD consist of a useful error message
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that can be used to diagnose and correct the root cause of
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the failure.
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PT proxies MUST terminate after outputting a "ENV-ERROR"
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message.
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Example:
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ENV-ERROR No TOR_PT_AUTH_COOKIE_FILE when TOR_PT_EXTENDED_SERVER_PORT set
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3.3.2. Pluggable Transport Client Messages
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After negotiating the Pluggable Transport Specification version,
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PT client proxies MUST first validate "TOR_PT_PROXY" (3.2.2) if
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it is set, before initializing any transports.
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Assuming that an upstream proxy is provided, PT client proxies
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MUST respond with a message indicating that the proxy is valid,
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supported, and will be used OR a failure message.
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PROXY DONE
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The "PROXY DONE" message is used to signal the PT proxy's
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acceptance of the upstream proxy specified by "TOR_PT_PROXY".
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PROXY-ERROR <ErrorMessage>
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The "PROXY-ERROR" message is used to signal that the upstream
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proxy is malformed/unsupported or otherwise unusable.
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PT proxies MUST terminate immediately after outputting a
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"PROXY-ERROR" message.
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Example:
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PROXY-ERROR SOCKS 4 upstream proxies unsupported.
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After the upstream proxy (if any) is configured, PT clients then
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iterate over the requested transports in "TOR_PT_CLIENT_TRANSPORTS"
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and initialize the listeners.
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For each transport initialized, the PT proxy reports the listener
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status back to the parent via messages to stdout.
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CMETHOD <transport> <'socks4','socks5'> <address:port>
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The "CMETHOD" message is used to signal that a requested
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PT transport has been launched, the protocol which the parent
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should use to make outgoing connections, and the IP address
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and port that the PT transport's forward proxy is listening on.
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Example:
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CMETHOD trebuchet socks5 127.0.0.1:19999
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CMETHOD-ERROR <transport> <ErrorMessage>
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The "CMETHOD-ERROR" message is used to signal that
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requested PT transport was unable to be launched.
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Example:
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CMETHOD-ERROR trebuchet no rocks available
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Once all PT transports have been initialized (or have failed), the
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PT proxy MUST send a final message indicating that it has finished
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initializing.
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CMETHODS DONE
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The "CMETHODS DONE" message signals that the PT proxy has
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finished initializing all of the transports that it is capable
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of handling.
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Upon sending the "CMETHODS DONE" message, the PT proxy
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initialization is complete.
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Notes:
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- Unknown transports in "TOR_PT_CLIENT_TRANSPORTS" are ignored
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entirely, and MUST NOT result in a "CMETHOD-ERROR" message.
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Thus it is entirely possible for a given PT proxy to
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immediately output "CMETHODS DONE".
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- Parent processes MUST handle "CMETHOD"/"CMETHOD-ERROR"
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messages in any order, regardless of ordering in
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"TOR_PT_CLIENT_TRANSPORTS".
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3.3.3. Pluggable Transport Server Messages
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PT server reverse proxies iterate over the requested transports
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in "TOR_PT_CLIENT_TRANSPORTS" and initialize the listeners.
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For each transport initialized, the PT proxy reports the listener
|
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status back to the parent via messages to stdout.
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SMETHOD <transport> <address:port> [options]
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The "SMETHOD" message is used to signal that a requested
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PT transport has been launched, the protocol which will be
|
|
used to handle incoming connections, and the IP address and
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|
port that clients should use to reach the reverse-proxy.
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|
If there is a specific <address:port> provided for a given
|
|
PT transport via "TOR_PT_SERVER_BINDADDR", the transport
|
|
MUST be initialized using that as the server address.
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|
|
|
The OPTIONAL 'options' field is used to pass additional
|
|
per-transport information back to the parent process.
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The currently recognized 'options' are:
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ARGS:[<Key>=<Value>,]+[<Key>=<Value>]
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The "ARGS" option is used to pass additional key/value
|
|
formatted information that clients will require to use
|
|
the reverse proxy.
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Equal signs and commas MUST be escaped with a backslash.
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|
Tor: The ARGS are included in the transport line of the
|
|
Bridge's extra-info document.
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Examples:
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SMETHOD trebuchet 198.51.100.1:19999
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SMETHOD rot_by_N 198.51.100.1:2323 ARGS:N=13
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SMETHOD-ERROR <transport> <ErrorMessage>
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|
|
The "SMETHOD-ERROR" message is used to signal that
|
|
requested PT transport reverse proxy was unable to be
|
|
launched.
|
|
|
|
Example:
|
|
|
|
SMETHOD-ERROR trebuchet no cows available
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|
|
|
Once all PT transports have been initialized (or have failed), the
|
|
PT proxy MUST send a final message indicating that it has finished
|
|
initializing.
|
|
|
|
SMETHODS DONE
|
|
|
|
The "SMETHODS DONE" message signals that the PT proxy has
|
|
finished initializing all of the transports that it is capable
|
|
of handling.
|
|
|
|
Upon sending the "SMETHODS DONE" message, the PT proxy
|
|
initialization is complete.
|
|
|
|
3.3.4. Pluggable Transport Log Message
|
|
|
|
This message is for a client or server PT to be able to signal back to the
|
|
parent process via stdout or stderr any log messages.
|
|
|
|
A log message can be any kind of messages (human readable) that the PT
|
|
sends back so the parent process can gather information about what is going
|
|
on in the child process. It is not intended for the parent process to parse
|
|
and act accordingly but rather a message used for plain logging.
|
|
|
|
For example, the tor daemon logs those messages at the Severity level and
|
|
sends them onto the control port using the PT_LOG (see control-spec.txt)
|
|
event so any third party can pick them up for debugging.
|
|
|
|
The format of the message:
|
|
|
|
LOG SEVERITY=Severity MESSAGE=Message
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|
|
|
The SEVERITY value indicate at which logging level the message applies.
|
|
The accepted values for <Severity> are: error, warning, notice, info, debug
|
|
|
|
The MESSAGE value is a human readable string formatted by the PT. The
|
|
<Message> contains the log message which can be a String or CString (see
|
|
section 2 in control-spec.txt).
|
|
|
|
Example:
|
|
|
|
LOG SEVERITY=debug MESSAGE="Connected to bridge A"
|
|
|
|
3.3.5. Pluggable Transport Status Message
|
|
|
|
This message is for a client or server PT to be able to signal back to the
|
|
parent process via stdout or stderr any status messages.
|
|
|
|
The format of the message:
|
|
|
|
STATUS TRANSPORT=Transport <K_1>=<V_1> [<K_2>=<V_2> ...]
|
|
|
|
The TRANSPORT value indicates a hint on what the PT is such has the name or
|
|
the protocol used for instance. As an example, obfs4proxy would use
|
|
"obfs4". Thus, the Transport value can be anything the PT itself defines
|
|
and it can be a String or CString (see section 2 in control-spec.txt).
|
|
|
|
The <K_n>=<V_n> values are specific to the PT and there has to be at least
|
|
one. They are messages that reflects the status that the PT wants to
|
|
report. <V_n> can be a String or CString.
|
|
|
|
Examples (fictional):
|
|
|
|
STATUS TRANSPORT=obfs4 ADDRESS=198.51.100.123:1234 CONNECT=Success
|
|
STATUS TRANSPORT=obfs4 ADDRESS=198.51.100.222:2222 CONNECT=Failed FINGERPRINT=<Fingerprint> ERRSTR="Connection refused"
|
|
STATUS TRANSPORT=trebuchet ADDRESS=198.51.100.15:443 PERCENT=42
|
|
|
|
3.4. Pluggable Transport Shutdown
|
|
|
|
The recommended way for Pluggable Transport using applications and
|
|
Pluggable Transports to handle graceful shutdown is as follows.
|
|
|
|
- (Parent) Set "TOR_PT_EXIT_ON_STDIN_CLOSE" (3.2.1) when
|
|
launching the PT proxy, to indicate that stdin will be used
|
|
for graceful shutdown notification.
|
|
|
|
- (Parent) When the time comes to terminate the PT proxy:
|
|
|
|
1. Close the PT proxy's stdin.
|
|
2. Wait for a "reasonable" amount of time for the PT to exit.
|
|
3. Attempt to use OS specific mechanisms to cause graceful
|
|
PT shutdown (eg: 'SIGTERM')
|
|
4. Use OS specific mechanisms to force terminate the PT
|
|
(eg: 'SIGKILL', 'ProccessTerminate()').
|
|
|
|
- PT proxies SHOULD monitor stdin, and exit gracefully when
|
|
it is closed, if the parent supports that behavior.
|
|
|
|
- PT proxies SHOULD handle OS specific mechanisms to gracefully
|
|
terminate (eg: Install a signal handler on 'SIGTERM' that
|
|
causes cleanup and a graceful shutdown if able).
|
|
|
|
- PT proxies SHOULD attempt to detect when the parent has
|
|
terminated (eg: via detecting that its parent process ID has
|
|
changed on U*IX systems), and gracefully terminate.
|
|
|
|
3.5. Pluggable Transport Client Per-Connection Arguments
|
|
|
|
Certain PT transport protocols require that the client provides
|
|
per-connection arguments when making outgoing connections. On
|
|
the server side, this is handled by the "ARGS" optional argument
|
|
as part of the "SMETHOD" message.
|
|
|
|
On the client side, arguments are passed via the authentication
|
|
fields that are part of the SOCKS protocol.
|
|
|
|
First the "<Key>=<Value>" formatted arguments MUST be escaped,
|
|
such that all backslash, equal sign, and semicolon characters
|
|
are escaped with a backslash.
|
|
|
|
Second, all of the escaped are concatenated together.
|
|
|
|
Example:
|
|
|
|
shared-secret=rahasia;secrets-file=/tmp/blob
|
|
|
|
Lastly the arguments are transmitted when making the outgoing
|
|
connection using the authentication mechanism specific to the
|
|
SOCKS protocol version.
|
|
|
|
- In the case of SOCKS 4, the concatenated argument list is
|
|
transmitted in the "USERID" field of the "CONNECT" request.
|
|
|
|
- In the case of SOCKS 5, the parent process must negotiate
|
|
"Username/Password" authentication [RFC1929], and transmit
|
|
the arguments encoded in the "UNAME" and "PASSWD" fields.
|
|
|
|
If the encoded argument list is less than 255 bytes in
|
|
length, the "PLEN" field must be set to "1" and the "PASSWD"
|
|
field must contain a single NUL character.
|
|
|
|
4. Anonymity Considerations
|
|
|
|
When designing and implementing a Pluggable Transport, care
|
|
should be taken to preserve the privacy of clients and to avoid
|
|
leaking personally identifying information.
|
|
|
|
Examples of client related considerations are:
|
|
|
|
- Not logging client IP addresses to disk.
|
|
|
|
- Not leaking DNS addresses except when necessary.
|
|
|
|
- Ensuring that "TOR_PT_PROXY"'s "fail closed" behavior is
|
|
implemented correctly.
|
|
|
|
Additionally, certain obfuscation mechanisms rely on information
|
|
such as the server IP address/port being confidential, so clients
|
|
also need to take care to preserve server side information
|
|
confidential when applicable.
|
|
|
|
5. References
|
|
|
|
[RFC2119] Bradner, S., "Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate
|
|
Requirement Levels", BCP 14, RFC 2119, March 1997.
|
|
|
|
[RFC1928] Leech, M., Ganis, M., Lee, Y., Kuris, R.,
|
|
Koblas, D., Jones, L., "SOCKS Protocol Version 5",
|
|
RFC 1928, March 1996.
|
|
|
|
[EXTORPORT] Kadianakis, G., Mathewson, N., "Extended ORPort and
|
|
TransportControlPort", Tor Proposal 196, March 2012.
|
|
|
|
[RFC3986] Berners-Lee, T., Fielding, R., Masinter, L., "Uniform
|
|
Resource Identifier (URI): Generic Syntax", RFC 3986,
|
|
January 2005.
|
|
|
|
[RFC1929] Leech, M., "Username/Password Authentication for
|
|
SOCKS V5", RFC 1929, March 1996.
|
|
|
|
6. Acknowledgments
|
|
|
|
This specification draws heavily from prior versions done by Jacob
|
|
Appelbaum, Nick Mathewson, and George Kadianakis.
|
|
|
|
Appendix A. Example Client Pluggable Transport Session
|
|
|
|
Environment variables:
|
|
|
|
TOR_PT_MANAGED_TRANSPORT_VER=1
|
|
TOR_PT_STATE_LOCATION=/var/lib/tor/pt_state/
|
|
TOR_PT_EXIT_ON_STDIN_CLOSE=1
|
|
TOR_PT_PROXY=socks5://127.0.0.1:8001
|
|
TOR_PT_CLIENT_TRANSPORTS=obfs3,obfs4
|
|
|
|
Messages the PT Proxy writes to stdin:
|
|
|
|
VERSION 1
|
|
PROXY DONE
|
|
CMETHOD obfs3 socks5 127.0.0.1:32525
|
|
CMETHOD obfs4 socks5 127.0.0.1:37347
|
|
CMETHODS DONE
|
|
|
|
Appendix B. Example Server Pluggable Transport Session
|
|
|
|
Environment variables:
|
|
|
|
TOR_PT_MANAGED_TRANSPORT_VER=1
|
|
TOR_PT_STATE_LOCATION=/var/lib/tor/pt_state
|
|
TOR_PT_EXIT_ON_STDIN_CLOSE=1
|
|
TOR_PT_SERVER_TRANSPORTS=obfs3,obfs4
|
|
TOR_PT_SERVER_BINDADDR=obfs3-198.51.100.1:1984
|
|
|
|
Messages the PT Proxy writes to stdin:
|
|
|
|
VERSION 1
|
|
SMETHOD obfs3 198.51.100.1:1984
|
|
SMETHOD obfs4 198.51.100.1:43734 ARGS:cert=HszPy3vWfjsESCEOo9ZBkRv6zQ/1mGHzc8arF0y2SpwFr3WhsMu8rK0zyaoyERfbz3ddFw,iat-mode=0
|
|
SMETHODS DONE
|