Yes to grossly oversimplify bridges are "semi-visible" entrance ramps to Tor. The limitation of bridges is directly tied to how many ISPs filter your traffic.
Case in point: If one small ISP blocks the IP of your relay, you probably won't notice. If 3-4 "major" ISPs block your relay, you'll likely see a drop in Tor traffic. As far a which relay types are in demand, that's a different: If I had to guess I'd say: Exit Directory Bridge Stock Relay Someone else may be better suited to answer that inquiry however :) On Mon, Nov 11, 2013 at 8:05 AM, Anthony Papillion <[email protected]>wrote: > > On 11/10/2013 06:46 PM, Leon Johnson wrote: > > If you don't want to run as an exit node, your torrc file is correctly > > configured. You can always check one of the TorStatus websites: > > http://torstatus.blutmagie.de/ (usually updated after an hour or so). > Do a > > search for your IP or Nickname. In your case, you should *not* see an > image > > of a small door. > > > > > > On a side note, have you considered running as a bridge? > > https://www.torproject.org/docs/faq.html.en#RelayOrBridge > > Thank you for the feedback! Good to know I'm configured the right way > and not exposing myself as an exit node. > > On the topic of running as a bridge, I considered that. The reason I > didn't go with it was because of my (perceived?) limitation to the time > bridges are useful. Once a blocking authority finds out your bridges > address, it's blocked and that's that. However, I'm not opposed to > running a bridge. Are they more needed or useful than inter-network relays? > > Anthony > -- > tor-talk mailing list - [email protected] > To unsubscribe or change other settings go to > https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-talk > -- tor-talk mailing list - [email protected] To unsubscribe or change other settings go to https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-talk
