[tahoe-lafs-trac-stream] [Tahoe-LAFS] #4108: Onion address contact via clearnet on i2p grid

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#4108: Onion address contact via clearnet on i2p grid
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     Reporter:  meejah        |      Owner:
         Type:  defect        |     Status:  new
     Priority:  major         |  Milestone:  undecided
    Component:  code-network  |    Version:  n/a
   Resolution:                |   Keywords:
Launchpad Bug:                |
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Comment (by meejah):

 > we could look at the hint and see that there is a ".onion" in it, which
 we know will fail on clearnet routing.

 Actually, this makes anyone trying "transparently proxy over Tor" fail --
 because in such a scenario, the "clearnet" is really Tor and you _do_ want
 these requests to go out.


 The "true" fix here is twofold I think:

 - there is an I2P node operator with a misconfigured Tor announcement
 - the tahoe software should be able to detect the above (in non-
 transparent-proxy cases) and show a warning or error to that user directly

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Ticket URL: <https://tahoe-lafs.org/trac/tahoe-lafs/ticket/4108#comment:4>
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