Re: [tor-relays] Bridge Authority closure

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. Se

Re: [tor-relays] Bridge Authority closure

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 b

Re: [tor-relays] Bridge Authority closure

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 be

Re: [tor-relays] Bridge Authority closure

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. >> >> What are the requir

Re: [tor-relays] Bridge Authority closure

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 2016 12:18 pm, "Se

Re: [tor-relays] Bridge Authority closure

I run two lower bandwidth middle relays, and have been considering changing one to a bridge to provide for a different level and type of users. It sounds like this may only be a temporary bump in the system, so I will continue with my thinking. Surprising to see some of the recent changes, we n

Re: [tor-relays] Bridge Authority closure

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 > server next month? Will it have a serious effect, or w

[tor-relays] Two bridge relay questions

Hi! I run an obfs4 bridge. 1) Why is the advertised bandwidth 56.72 KB/s when the relay is on a (shared) gigabit connection? According to my experiments it should be several MB/s. 2) Where can I submit my bridges to help people in Iran, China etc, besides the Tor BridgeDB? Kind regards Tor-node