[Pkg-privacy-commits] [flashproxy] 30/65: reword description to (hopefully) better suit newbies

[Ximin Luo]

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infinity0 pushed a commit to branch _volatile-rc
in repository flashproxy.

commit 7e45dc581e6a99a72ace8bcec799b6cd77daeec6
Author: Ximin Luo <infinity0 at pwned.gg>
Date:   Mon May 19 15:37:50 2014 +0100

    reword description to (hopefully) better suit newbies
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 debian/control | 75 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------------------------
 1 file changed, 40 insertions(+), 35 deletions(-)

diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index be994a2..704dc4c 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -24,12 +24,13 @@ Architecture: all
 Section: python
 Depends: ${misc:Depends}, ${python:Depends}
 Description: Pluggable transport for ephemeral IP addresses - common library
- Tor has bridge relays, but in some cases even these can be blocked despite the
- fact that their addresses are handed out only a few at a time. The purpose of
- this project is to create many, generally ephemeral bridge IP addresses, with
- the goal of outpacing a censor's ability to block them. Rather than increasing
- the number of bridges at static addresses, we aim to make existing bridges
- reachable by a larger and changing pool of addresses.
+ Flashproxy is a tool to circumvent censorship by setting up many, generally
+ ephemeral, browser-based proxies, with the goal of outpacing a censor's
+ ability to enumerate and block their IP addresses. Censored clients may then
+ connect to a Tor relay via these proxies, rather than directly, by using a
+ hard-to-block low-bandwidth registration system called the facilitator.
+ .
+ It is compliant with the Tor pluggable transports specification.
  .
  This package contains a common Python library used by other components.
 
@@ -37,12 +38,13 @@ Package: flashproxy-client
 Architecture: all
 Depends: ${misc:Depends}, ${python:Depends}, flashproxy-common (= ${binary:Version})
 Description: Pluggable transport for ephemeral IP addresses - client transport plugin
- Tor has bridge relays, but in some cases even these can be blocked despite the
- fact that their addresses are handed out only a few at a time. The purpose of
- this project is to create many, generally ephemeral bridge IP addresses, with
- the goal of outpacing a censor's ability to block them. Rather than increasing
- the number of bridges at static addresses, we aim to make existing bridges
- reachable by a larger and changing pool of addresses.
+ Flashproxy is a tool to circumvent censorship by setting up many, generally
+ ephemeral, browser-based proxies, with the goal of outpacing a censor's
+ ability to enumerate and block their IP addresses. Censored clients may then
+ connect to a Tor relay via these proxies, rather than directly, by using a
+ hard-to-block low-bandwidth registration system called the facilitator.
+ .
+ It is compliant with the Tor pluggable transports specification.
  .
  This package contains the client transport plugin that allows censored Tor
  users to bypass censorship.
@@ -53,16 +55,17 @@ Depends: ${misc:Depends}, ${python:Depends}, flashproxy-common (= ${binary:Versi
 Recommends: httpd-cgi | apache2
 Suggests: flashproxy-proxy
 Description: Pluggable transport for ephemeral IP addresses - facilitator
- Tor has bridge relays, but in some cases even these can be blocked despite the
- fact that their addresses are handed out only a few at a time. The purpose of
- this project is to create many, generally ephemeral bridge IP addresses, with
- the goal of outpacing a censor's ability to block them. Rather than increasing
- the number of bridges at static addresses, we aim to make existing bridges
- reachable by a larger and changing pool of addresses.
+ Flashproxy is a tool to circumvent censorship by setting up many, generally
+ ephemeral, browser-based proxies, with the goal of outpacing a censor's
+ ability to enumerate and block their IP addresses. Censored clients may then
+ connect to a Tor relay via these proxies, rather than directly, by using a
+ hard-to-block low-bandwidth registration system called the facilitator.
+ .
+ It is compliant with the Tor pluggable transports specification.
  .
- This package contains the facilitator that accepts client registrations
- (requests for connection) from censored users via hard-to-censor rendezvous
- channels, and serves these with an ephemeral browser proxy and a Tor relay.
+ This package contains the facilitator that accepts registrations (requests
+ for service) from clients, and serves them with a browser proxy that provides
+ access to a Tor relay.
  .
  Most end-users do not need to install this package.
 
@@ -72,12 +75,13 @@ Section: web
 Depends: ${misc:Depends}
 Recommends: httpd | apache2
 Description: Pluggable transport for ephemeral IP addresses - browser proxy
- Tor has bridge relays, but in some cases even these can be blocked despite the
- fact that their addresses are handed out only a few at a time. The purpose of
- this project is to create many, generally ephemeral bridge IP addresses, with
- the goal of outpacing a censor's ability to block them. Rather than increasing
- the number of bridges at static addresses, we aim to make existing bridges
- reachable by a larger and changing pool of addresses.
+ Flashproxy is a tool to circumvent censorship by setting up many, generally
+ ephemeral, browser-based proxies, with the goal of outpacing a censor's
+ ability to enumerate and block their IP addresses. Censored clients may then
+ connect to a Tor relay via these proxies, rather than directly, by using a
+ hard-to-block low-bandwidth registration system called the facilitator.
+ .
+ It is compliant with the Tor pluggable transports specification.
  .
  This package contains the browser proxy to be served from a web server.
  Visitors to this website can then act as ephemeral proxies for censored users.
@@ -89,15 +93,16 @@ Architecture: all
 Depends: ${misc:Depends}, flashproxy-proxy (= ${binary:Version}),
  nodejs, node-optimist, node-xmlhttprequest, node-ws
 Description: Pluggable transport for ephemeral IP addresses - nodejs proxy
- Tor has bridge relays, but in some cases even these can be blocked despite the
- fact that their addresses are handed out only a few at a time. The purpose of
- this project is to create many, generally ephemeral bridge IP addresses, with
- the goal of outpacing a censor's ability to block them. Rather than increasing
- the number of bridges at static addresses, we aim to make existing bridges
- reachable by a larger and changing pool of addresses.
+ Flashproxy is a tool to circumvent censorship by setting up many, generally
+ ephemeral, browser-based proxies, with the goal of outpacing a censor's
+ ability to enumerate and block their IP addresses. Censored clients may then
+ connect to a Tor relay via these proxies, rather than directly, by using a
+ hard-to-block low-bandwidth registration system called the facilitator.
+ .
+ It is compliant with the Tor pluggable transports specification.
  .
- This package contains a nodejs-based proxy to be run as a local service. It is
- for people that constantly want to act as ephemeral proxies for censored users.
+ This package contains a nodejs-based proxy to be run as a local service. It
+ is for people that constantly want to act as proxies for censored users.
  Due to the design of the system, it more useful when installed on a machine
  that continually switches location, such as a laptop.
  .

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