Re: [tor-relays] Burning Bridges

2021-09-10 Thread meskio
re not running one and will be good if you rotate the IP address once in a while. Thanks for running a bridge. -- meskio | https://meskio.net/ -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- My contact info: https://meskio.net/crypto.txt -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Nos vamos a Croat

Re: [tor-relays] Tor Bridge Question

2021-10-19 Thread meskio
have the resources of the GFW just to figure out employees that run bridges. Thanks for helping the tor network. Bridges are very useful, remember to configure it with obfs4 :) -- meskio | https://meskio.net/ -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- My contact info: https://meskio.net

Re: [tor-relays] [Censorship in Russia] Make HTTPS/Moat captcha more complex?

2021-12-16 Thread meskio
What do you mean about attack via email? -- meskio | https://meskio.net/ -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- My contact info: https://meskio.net/crypto.txt -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Nos vamos a Croatan. signature.as

Re: [tor-relays] Responding to Tor censorship in Russia

2021-12-09 Thread meskio
s like a big range to block without problems. -- meskio | https://meskio.net/ -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- My contact info: https://meskio.net/crypto.txt -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Nos vamos a Croatan. signature.asc Description: sig

Re: [tor-relays] Responding to Tor censorship in Russia

2021-12-09 Thread meskio
it after the down time has passed. -- meskio | https://meskio.net/ -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- My contact info: https://meskio.net/crypto.txt -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Nos vamos a Croatan. signature.asc Description:

[tor-relays] rdsys was ignoring BridgeDistribution

2022-03-04 Thread meskio
/pipermail/tor-relays/2022-February/020365.html [1] https://metrics.torproject.org/rs.html -- meskio | https://meskio.net/ -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- My contact info: https://meskio.net/crypto.txt -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Nos vamos a Croatan

Re: [tor-relays] snowflake incoming UDP ports

2022-02-19 Thread meskio
in the forum few months ago: https://forum.torproject.net/t/a-few-questions-about-the-standalone-snowflake-proxy/387 -- meskio | https://meskio.net/ -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- My contact info: https://meskio.net/crypto.txt -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-

[tor-relays] new BridgeDB version using rdsys

2022-02-28 Thread meskio
ll be soon in use. If you notice any problems with the bridge distribution don't hesitate to open an issue[2] or contact me. [0] https://bridges.torproject.org [1] https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/anti-censorship/rdsys/ [2] https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/anti-censorship/rdsys/-/issues

Re: [tor-relays] snowflake incoming UDP ports

2022-02-21 Thread meskio
Quoting Toralf Förster (2022-02-21 22:06:36) > On 2/19/22 12:48, meskio wrote: > > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- My contact info: > > https://meskio.net/crypto.txt > > OT, but: You're still at freenode ? No, I left a while ago, but looks like I forgot to

Re: [tor-relays] questions about raspberry pi bridges

2022-02-22 Thread meskio
give a bridge a nickname such as 'TorCuba'? It should!! Why do you think is a terrible idea? -- meskio | https://meskio.net/ -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- My contact info: https://meskio.net/crypto.txt -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Nos vamos a Croa

Re: [tor-relays] Bridge lifecycle expectations

2022-03-23 Thread meskio
rounded to 8, so seeing 8 might mean you have a single client connecting to it or up to 8. -- meskio | https://meskio.net/ -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- My contact info: https://meskio.net/crypto.txt -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Nos vamos a

Re: [tor-relays] Bridge lifecycle expectations

2022-03-30 Thread meskio
Quoting flux via tor-relays (2022-03-23 22:52:29) > > On 3/23/22 14:11, meskio wrote: > > You can monitor how many > > connections you get from each country (by looking at stats/bridgestats) and > > if > > you were getting many connections from a cert

[tor-relays] update obfs4proxy if you run a bridge

2022-03-21 Thread meskio
4proxy [3] https://hub.docker.com/layers/thetorproject/obfs4-bridge/0.11/images/sha256-87cd986d98a76c8af93f5b84ee07b0ae232fd013b6122dfaef188900ac36d968 -- meskio | https://meskio.net/ -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- My contact info: https://meskio.net/cryp

Re: [tor-relays] snowflake vs bridges (vs node)

2022-02-08 Thread meskio
your default public address. -- meskio | https://meskio.net/ -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- My contact info: https://meskio.net/crypto.txt -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Nos vamos a Croatan. signature.asc Descriptio

Re: [tor-relays] snowflake vs bridges (vs node)

2022-02-07 Thread meskio
you run both in the same IP address and the censor has a way to discover one but not the other both of them will be blocked at once. So you are making it easier for the censor to discover them and block them. That is why we don't want people to run both i

Re: [tor-relays] How can I tell if standalone Snowflake is running?

2022-04-18 Thread meskio
in journald. -- meskio | https://meskio.net/ -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- My contact info: https://meskio.net/crypto.txt -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Nos vamos a Croatan. signature.asc Description: signature __

Re: [tor-relays] We need much more bridges with obfs4 and iat-mode set to 1 or 2..barely can't find any.

2022-08-24 Thread meskio
welcome to work on it. [0] https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/anti-censorship/rdsys/-/blob/main/doc/moat.md -- meskio | https://meskio.net/ -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- My contact info: https://meskio.net/crypto.txt -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-

Re: [tor-relays] bridge distribution

2022-09-28 Thread meskio
to your own bridge? Does it work for you? -- meskio | https://meskio.net/ -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- My contact info: https://meskio.net/crypto.txt -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Nos vamos a Croatan. signature.asc Description: signature __

Re: [tor-relays] security update for obfs4proxy

2022-10-17 Thread meskio
Quoting Toralf Förster (2022-10-14 20:17:58) > On 10/14/22 19:09, meskio wrote: > > The upstream changelog is here: > > https://gitlab.com/yawning/obfs4/-/blob/master/ChangeLog > > But I understand is not easy to understand what the problem is from that > > changelog. &g

Re: [tor-relays] security update for obfs4proxy

2022-10-17 Thread meskio
dd those fixes to the package. Maybe you can open two issues on the debian bugtracker for them. https://www.debian.org/Bugs/ Or feel free to directly send patches to the package: https://salsa.debian.org/pkg-privacy-team/obfs4proxy Thanks for noticing. -- meskio | https://meskio.net/ -=-=-=-=-=-

Re: [tor-relays] security update for obfs4proxy

2022-10-17 Thread meskio
Quoting Toralf Förster (2022-10-17 12:56:04) > On 10/17/22 11:41, meskio wrote: > > Will be nice to add those fixes to the package. Maybe you can open two > > issues on > > the debian bugtracker for them. > > https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1021911

Re: [tor-relays] Most useful bridge distribution

2022-10-12 Thread meskio
put more resources in finding them as many users use them. While email bridges are not so much blocked. We believe settings are telegram are harder to discover for censors, but it might be that censors hasn't catch up with them yet. This is a continuous experimentation. -- meskio |

Re: [tor-relays] security update for obfs4proxy

2022-10-14 Thread meskio
Quoting Toralf Förster (2022-10-14 18:08:38) > On 10/14/22 11:28, meskio wrote: > > The latest version of obfs4proxy (0.0.14) comes with an important security > > fix. > > Is there a Changelog available ? The upstream changelog is here: https://gitlab.com/yawning/obfs4/-/

[tor-relays] security update for obfs4proxy

2022-10-14 Thread meskio
: https://forum.torproject.net/c/support/relay-operator/17 We appreciate a lot your effort and time! Thank you -- meskio | https://meskio.net/ -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- My contact info: https://meskio.net/crypto.txt -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Nos vamos

Re: [tor-relays] Setting a bridge to automatically change IP adresses

2022-08-09 Thread meskio
something like that, but don't do it on daily basics. -- meskio | https://meskio.net/ -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- My contact info: https://meskio.net/crypto.txt -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Nos vamos a Croatan. signature.asc Descrip

Re: [tor-relays] security update for obfs4proxy

2023-01-10 Thread meskio
all bridge operators for the work here. Quoting meskio (2022-10-14 11:28:44) > Hello, > > The latest version of obfs4proxy (0.0.14) comes with an important security > fix. > If you are running a obfs4 Tor bridge please upgrade as soon as possible. > > If you use debian yo

Re: [tor-relays] obfs4proxy on arm64

2023-01-13 Thread meskio
eye-backports. -- meskio | https://meskio.net/ -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- My contact info: https://meskio.net/crypto.txt -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Nos vamos a Croatan. ___ tor-relays mailing list tor-rel

Re: [tor-relays] Difficulties testing my bridge

2022-12-02 Thread meskio
po/anti-censorship/pluggable-transports/obfs4/-/issues/40008 I'm sorry for the long wait. If you are reading this and run a bridge, please check that you are running obfs4proxy version 0.0.14 and tor has being restarted since it got upgraded :) -- meskio | https://meskio.net/ -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-

Re: [tor-relays] Status of Bug #7349 - Obfsbridges should be able to "disable" their ORPort?

2022-12-16 Thread meskio
e World. We do still need the ORPort reachable. The bridge authority does use that port to check if the bridge is running (marking the 'running' flag to it). We are still using that flag to decide what bridges are distributed, we'll like to revisit that in the future. But for now, please expose the ORP

Re: [tor-relays] security update for obfs4proxy

2022-11-03 Thread meskio
A reminder: If you operate a obfs4 bridge, please upgrade obfs4proxy to 0.0.14 and restart the tor daemon. It is important to keep the users of your bridge safe. Thank you. Quoting meskio (2022-10-14 11:28:44) > The latest version of obfs4proxy (0.0.14) comes with an important security &g

Re: [tor-relays] security update for obfs4proxy

2022-11-03 Thread meskio
I > should shut down my two bridges. Yes, we are exploring if we can provide obfs4proxy in our own repo to solve this problem. In the mean time I have built a backport of the package for jammy: https://people.torproject.org/~meskio/jammy/obfs4proxy_0.0.14-1_amd64.deb I

Re: [tor-relays] security update for obfs4proxy

2022-11-03 Thread meskio
from: https://packages.debian.org/stable-backports/obfs4proxy -- meskio | https://meskio.net/ -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- My contact info: https://meskio.net/crypto.txt -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Nos vamos a Croatan. signature.asc Description

Re: [tor-relays] For some reason, my bridge is still saying it has no distribution mechanism, despite it is listed as email in my torrc and says it is overloaded?

2023-04-19 Thread meskio
nd see if there is something wrong with it. -- meskio | https://meskio.net/ -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- My contact info: https://meskio.net/crypto.txt -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Nos vamos a Croatan. ___ tor-relays mailing li

Re: [tor-relays] For some reason, my bridge is still saying it has no distribution mechanism, despite it is listed as email in my torrc and says it is overloaded?

2023-04-18 Thread meskio
orproject.org/status?id=4D6E3CA2110FC36D3106C86940A1D4C8C91923AB I see you have configured obfs4 to use port 8081. Have you checked that there is not firewall or something blocking the connections there? Have you looked into the logs to see if ther

Re: [tor-relays] Question regarding bandwidth ratio on bridges.torproject.org and a few further, small, (probably related) questions

2023-07-06 Thread meskio
that apparently the bridge is no longer > distributed. What could be the reason that the distribution mechanism > suddenly > changed? I don't know, as long as your bridge is functional it should have a distribution mechanism assigned. Do

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

2023-08-02 Thread meskio
ignoring the running flag now :) > > > * To hide your bridge's ORPort: > > > ORPort 127.0.0.1:auto> > > > AssumeReachable 1 Yes, as mentioned not publishing the OrPort is supported. But we haven't mentioned it much around. We have an issue where we are discussing if chang

Re: [tor-relays] How do I set up a conjure Bridge?

2023-08-01 Thread meskio
useful for that. There are instructions on how to set it up here: https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/anti-censorship/pluggable-transports/webtunnel/#docker-setup -- meskio | https://meskio.net/ -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- My contact info: https://meskio.net/cryp

Re: [tor-relays] (Announcement) WebTunnel, a new pluggable transport for bridges, now available for deployment

2023-06-30 Thread meskio
dress?', as webtunnel bridges claim to have IPv6 addresses bridgedb. But the fix is already in its way, I hope will be delpoyed soon: https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/anti-censorship/bridgedb/-/merge_requests/56 -- meskio | https://meskio.net/ -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-

Re: [tor-relays] (EVENT) Tor Relay Operator Meetup - June 24, 2023 @ 18.00 UTC

2023-06-27 Thread meskio
ur proxy to keep being useful even if you don't rotate it. But if you have the possibility to do it once every few months might be handy if censors start catching up with stable proxies. -- meskio | https://meskio.net/ -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- My contact info:

Re: [tor-relays] webtunnel bridge docker image still uses 0.4.7.13

2024-02-20 Thread meskio
notice. -- meskio | https://meskio.net/ -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- My contact info: https://meskio.net/crypto.txt -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Nos vamos a Croatan. ___ tor-relays mailing list tor-relays@lists.torproje

Re: [tor-relays] obfs4 bridge current setup is not entirely clear

2023-11-13 Thread meskio
best way to for an user to open both IPv4 and IPv6 > pluggable transport ports? This is not currently supported, but there is some work done in that direction: https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/core/tor/-/issues/40885 . -- meskio | https://meskio.net/ -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=

Re: [tor-relays] Webtunnel type bridge Tor Metrics

2024-04-25 Thread meskio
like if is functional and/or it's bandwidth good enough in: https://bridges.torproject.org/status?id= -- meskio | https://meskio.net/ -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- My contact info: https://meskio.net/crypto.txt -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Nos vamos a C

[tor-relays] bridges for Lox

2024-02-26 Thread meskio
not. Thank you [0] https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/anti-censorship/lox [1] https://community.torproject.org/relay/setup/bridge/ -- meskio | https://meskio.net/ -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- My contact info: https://meskio.net/crypto.txt

Re: [tor-relays] bridges for Lox

2024-02-27 Thread meskio
Quoting Toralf Förster via tor-relays (2024-02-26 21:07:50) > On 2/26/24 20:07, meskio wrote: > > Rdsys, the new bridgeDB, will not automatically assign bridges to Lox for > > now, > > but will instead accept bridges with the 'BridgeDistribution lox' > > config

Re: [tor-relays] bridges for Lox

2024-02-27 Thread meskio
Quoting boldsuck (2024-02-27 16:38:59) > Is hidden OR port OK for lox based bridge? > > ORPort 127.0.0.1:14255 > ORPort [::1]:14255 > AssumeReachable 1 Yes, that will be fine as long as your obfs4 port is reachable. -- meskio | htt

Re: [tor-relays] lyrebird (was: bridges for Lox)

2024-02-28 Thread meskio
Quoting meskio (2024-02-28 10:40:04) > Quoting boldsuck (2024-02-27 21:14:51) > > On Dienstag, 27. Februar 2024 20:09:17 CET s7r wrote: > > > Is there anything needed to do with previous setups that use obfs4proxy > > > from > > > it's default previous r

[tor-relays] lyrebird (was: bridges for Lox)

2024-02-28 Thread meskio
post-install script will adjust > default > installations. This will probably be in the release notes. AFAIK lyrebird is not yet packaged for debian and I don't know of anybody working on it. Do you know of some work being done for this to be included in trixie? Will be great to mov