Re: [tor-relays] Bridge Authority closure

2016-07-21 Thread Roger Dingledine
On Thu, Jul 21, 2016 at 02:28:24PM +1000, Tim Wilson-Brown - teor wrote: > Also, old Tor clients won't be able to get updated bridge descriptors from > the new authority, but as far as I know, bridge descriptor updates aren't > essential for clients to continue to use a bridge. Yes, correct.

Re: [tor-relays] Bridge Authority closure

2016-07-21 Thread Jason
I could run one here in Iceland if it would help. -Jason On 7/21/2016 4:22 PM, simon wrote: On 21.07.2016 17:36, Marina Brown wrote: Maybe i am out of line for suggesting this but i will suggest anyway. Might i suggest that the next bridge authority be hosted on tor inc ip space and perhaps

Re: [tor-relays] Bridge Authority closure

2016-07-21 Thread simon
On 21.07.2016 17:36, Marina Brown wrote: > Maybe i am out of line for suggesting this but i will suggest anyway. > Might i suggest that the next bridge authority be hosted on tor inc ip > space and perhaps be 2 hosts instead of one. > > It looks like this was a single point of failure. It would

Re: [tor-relays] Bridge Authority closure

2016-07-21 Thread Marina Brown
On 07/21/2016 11:23 AM, Alex Chang-Lam wrote: > I believe also being highly known and trusted by the Tor project leads, > likely the current dirauths, and the community as a whole. > > On Jul 21, 2016, at 6:03 AM, Sanjeev Gupta > wrote: > >> Hi. >> >>

Re: [tor-relays] Bridge Authority closure

2016-07-21 Thread Alex Chang-Lam
I believe also being highly known and trusted by the Tor project leads, likely the current dirauths, and the community as a whole. On Jul 21, 2016, at 6:03 AM, Sanjeev Gupta wrote: > Hi. > > What are the requirements, apart from long-term stability, for this? > > On 21 Jul

Re: [tor-relays] Bridge Authority closure

2016-07-21 Thread Sanjeev Gupta
Hi. What are the requirements, apart from long-term stability, for this? On 21 Jul 2016 12:18 pm, "Sebastian Hahn" wrote: > > > On 21 Jul 2016, at 05:20, Me wrote: > > So what are we going to do when Green shuts down the Bridge Authority >

Re: [tor-relays] Bridge Authority closure

2016-07-20 Thread Sebastian Hahn
> On 21 Jul 2016, at 05:20, Me wrote: > So what are we going to do when Green shuts down the Bridge Authority server > next month? Will it have a serious effect, or will there be any apparent > issues or slowdowns? We'll have to act before that. We're currently

Re: [tor-relays] Bridge Authority closure

2016-07-20 Thread Sean Greenslade
On Wed, Jul 20, 2016 at 11:20:33PM -0400, Me wrote: > So what are we going to do when Green shuts down the Bridge Authority server > next month? Will it have a serious effect, or will there be any apparent > issues or slowdowns? > > Me Please don't hijack an existing thread for a completely

Re: [tor-relays] Bridge Authority closure

2016-07-20 Thread I
One source said the code will have to be rewritten to adapt and the intervening month Green has allowed will be the time to do that. ___ tor-relays mailing list tor-relays@lists.torproject.org

[tor-relays] Bridge Authority closure

2016-07-20 Thread Me
So what are we going to do when Green shuts down the Bridge Authority server next month? Will it have a serious effect, or will there be any apparent issues or slowdowns? Me ___ tor-relays mailing list tor-relays@lists.torproject.org