Well, So I just changed my torrc to this:
Nickname gbridge ORPort 443 SocksPort 0 BridgeRelay 1 PublishServerDescriptor bridge BridgeDistribution email ServerTransportPlugin obfs4 exec /usr/bin/obfs4proxy ServerTransportListenAddr obfs4 0.0.0.0:8080 ExtOrPort auto Log notice file /var/log/tor/notices.log ExitPolicy reject *:* AccountingMax 50 GB ContactInfo keiferdodderblyyatgmaildoddercom Trying to avoid being charged a huge amount for traffic as these VPS providers can be ridiculous when it comes to that, which is why it was set to so little. Ran killall -HUP tor to reload it and see that happens in the next day or so. And the reason why it's on port 443 is so as to be on a port that's not likely blocked by network administrators. Thank you. --Keifer On Mon, Feb 20, 2023 at 2:23 PM trinity pointard <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > Your torrc is correct wrt to distribution mechanism (your bridge is > indicating "bridge-distribution-request any" in the descriptor it > sends), but for the record, the line would have been > "BridgeDistribution any". > A bridge uses less bandwidth than a relay, but it's still a proxy. At > 5GB per month, you'd be providing a steady 16kbps over the month, or a > single mbps for little over 11 hours. That's very little, if you can't > have more bandwidth (by using a provider with no bandwidth accounting, > or one that gives better pricing per bandwidth), I fear your bridge > won't be very useful at all. Mine consumes between a few hundred GB > and a few TB depending on the distribution mechanism. > > Are you sure your bridge is reachable? Bridgestrap reports suggest it > isn't. > As the bridge operator, you should know its bridge line. Can you test > it with Tor Browser to make sure? > Given your accounting limits, it could be unreachable because > currently hibernating. Or you could have a firewall issue, or > something else. > I believe not passing bridgestrap can explain not being assigned a > distribution mechanism. > > It might also explain why it would be considered blocked in Russia: if > it's not reachable from anywhere, it's not reachable from Russia. An > other possibility, given you use 443 for your ORPort, is that your > bridge was indeed detected by just scanning the whole internet. The > ORPort is very recognizable (enough that some of my former bridges > ended up tagged "tor" on Shodan) so it should be put on a port that's > less likely to be scanned. > > Regards, > trinity-1686a > > On Mon, 20 Feb 2023 at 21:29, Keifer Bly <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Where in the torrc file would I set it to any? I am looking for a way to > run a bridge without being charged a huge amount of money for it, and I was > curious how it would have been detected by Russia if noone had used the > bridge there? Thanks. > > --Keifer > > > > > > On Mon, Feb 20, 2023 at 8:45 AM <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >> On Samstag, 18. Februar 2023 18:56:00 CET Keifer Bly wrote: > >> > Ok. Here is the torrc file: > >> > > >> > GNU nano 3.2 /etc/tor/torrc > >> > > >> > > >> > Nickname gbridge > >> > ORPort 443 > >> > SocksPort 0 > >> > BridgeRelay 1 > >> > PublishServerDescriptor bridge > >> > ServerTransportPlugin obfs4 exec /usr/bin/obfs4proxy > >> > ServerTransportListenAddr obfs4 0.0.0.0:8080 > >> > ExtOrPort auto > >> > Log notice file /var/log/tor/notices.log > >> > ExitPolicy reject *:* > >> > AccountingMax 5 GB > >> > ContactInfo keiferdodderblyyatgmaildoddercom > >> > > >> > > >> > Where in this torrc file is that configured? > >> Then set it to 'any' and wait 24-48 hours to see what happens. Maybe > there was > >> an error in the db. > >> > >> If your bridge is still not distributed, it could be due to the outdated > >> obfs4proxy or because of 'AccountingMax 5 GB'. > >> Sorry but, 5 GB is a 'fart in the wind' the accounting period would > only be a > >> few hours a month. It's not even worth distributing them because it > would only > >> frustrate the users. > >> > >> > And how would it be blocked in > >> > Russia already if it hasn't even been used? > >> Why should this new feature of the bridgedb, more precisely the rdsys > backend, > >> have anything to do with whether someone uses a bridge? This is a > bridgedb > >> distribution method introduced by meskio. > >> > >> > >> -- > >> ╰_╯ Ciao Marco! > >> > >> Debian GNU/Linux > >> > >> It's free software and it gives you > freedom!_______________________________________________ > >> tor-relays mailing list > >> [email protected] > >> https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-relays > > > > _______________________________________________ > > tor-relays mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-relays > _______________________________________________ > tor-relays mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-relays >
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