[tahoe-lafs-trac-stream] [Tahoe-LAFS] #3888: Handling Tor and i2p in NURLs

[Tahoe-LAFS]

#3888: Handling Tor and i2p in NURLs
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     Reporter:  itamarst  |      Owner:
         Type:  defect    |     Status:  new
     Priority:  normal    |  Milestone:  HTTP Storage Protocol
    Component:  unknown   |    Version:  n/a
   Resolution:            |   Keywords:
Launchpad Bug:            |
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Description changed by itamarst:

Old description:

> NURLs, the new furl replacement that is HTTP based, does not currently
> support Tor or i2p syntactically. It just has a hostname field... The
> `hyperlink` library also has issues with parsing it if is forced in to
> the hostname, which may be legitimate "this is not a valid URI/URL"
> complaint.
>
> One alternative is to switch to combo protocol URLs, e.g.:
>
> {{{
> pb://1WUX44xKjKdpGLohmFcBNuIRN-8rlv1Iij_7rQ@127.1:34399/jhjbc3bjbhk#v=1
> pb+tor+https://1WUX44xKjKdpGLohmFcBNuIRN-
> 8rlv1Iij_7rQ at 127.1:34399/jhjbc3bjbhk#v=1
> pb+i2p://1WUX44xKjKdpGLohmFcBNuIRN-
> 8rlv1Iij_7rQ at sdsdfsdfds/jhjbc3bjbhk#v=1
> }}}
>
> Changing the NURL to this could be backwards compatible if `pb://` is
> synonym for normal HTTPS, as above.

New description:

 NURLs, the new furl replacement that is HTTP based, does not currently
 support Tor or i2p syntactically. It just has a hostname field... The
 `hyperlink` library also has issues with parsing it if is forced in to the
 hostname, which may be legitimate "this is not a valid URI/URL" complaint.

 One alternative is to switch to combo protocol URLs, e.g.:

 {{{
 pb://1WUX44xKjKdpGLohmFcBNuIRN-8rlv1Iij_7rQ@127.1:34399/jhjbc3bjbhk#v=1
 pb+tor://1WUX44xKjKdpGLohmFcBNuIRN-
 8rlv1Iij_7rQ at 127.1:34399/jhjbc3bjbhk#v=1
 pb+i2p://1WUX44xKjKdpGLohmFcBNuIRN-8rlv1Iij_7rQ@sdsdfsdfds/jhjbc3bjbhk#v=1
 }}}

 Changing the NURL to this could be backwards compatible if `pb://` is
 synonym for normal HTTPS, as above.

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