Re: [tor-relays] Help Turkmens to bypass Internet censorship: run an obfs4 bridge!

2023-03-22 Thread gus
On Wed, Mar 22, 2023 at 09:45:09PM +0100, Toralf Förster wrote: > On 3/22/23 20:25, gus wrote: > > But here's the trick: you need to run it on a > > residential connection -- you won't need a static IPv4 --, > > So the local bridge reports its (eg at 4 o'clock in the morning changed) > ip to

Re: [tor-relays] Help Turkmens to bypass Internet censorship: run an obfs4 bridge!

2023-03-22 Thread gus
Hi Gary, In this case, you don't need to set a specific distribution mechanism because users from TM are kinda 'pro' on finding a bridge that will work for them. And when they find it, they share it over different channels. Could you test your bridge with bridge status tool?

Re: [tor-relays] Help Turkmens to bypass Internet censorship: run an obfs4 bridge!

2023-03-22 Thread Gary C. New via tor-relays
Gus, Is there a preferred Bridge Distribution Mechanism? Within the last couple of months, I've added several obfs4 bridges (latest version) to the Tor network, which seem to meet the requested criteria, but they still don't appear to be receiving traffic. I originally set the Bridge

Re: [tor-relays] Help Turkmens to bypass Internet censorship: run an obfs4 bridge!

2023-03-22 Thread Toralf Förster
On 3/22/23 20:25, gus wrote: But here's the trick: you need to run it on a residential connection -- you won't need a static IPv4 --, So the local bridge reports its (eg at 4 o'clock in the morning changed) ip to the bridge db asap? And then ? -- Toralf

[tor-relays] Help Turkmens to bypass Internet censorship: run an obfs4 bridge!

2023-03-22 Thread gus
Dear Relay operators community, The parliamentary elections in Turkmenistan are coming up very soon on March 26th[1], and the Turkmen government has tightened internet censorship and restrictions even more. In the last few months, the Anti-censorship community has learned that different pluggable