<p dir="ltr">Do you mean how many can you use I in parallel for different circuits? Or how many you can put one after the other?</p>
<p dir="ltr">I'm pretty sure that without changing the source code you can only use one bridge at the start of each circuit. Now if you mean in parallel I don't know how Tor behaves if you give it a list of, let's say, 10 bridges BUT, in any case, keep in mind that the more bridge nodes you connect directly to, the more you risk connecting to a compromised one which can lead to timing attacks.</p>
<p dir="ltr">BTW you should take the conversation to the tor-talk list since it's not about relays or hidden service operators anymore (and I'm not even sure if this list is for hidden service operators either).</p>
<p dir="ltr">Cheers. </p>
<div class="gmail_quote">On 09/01/2013 11:35 PM, "Coyo" <<a href="mailto:coyo@darkdna.net">coyo@darkdna.net</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<div>On 1/9/2013 2:57 PM, Coyo wrote:<br>
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Asimakis wrote:<br>
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<div class="gmail_extra">First of all, AFAIK, bridge
relays act as entry guards, meaning they *replace* the first
step of your tor circuits, they don't extend them to 4
nodes.<br>
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When I say "entry guards" i mean entry guards from the perspective
of a tor node acting as a client.<br>
<br>
Am i mistaken in believing that a tor bridge relay acts as a
client on behalf of the actual tor client behind it?<br>
<br>
Or does the short list of bridge relays act as entry guards, and
connect to other tor relays as the first hop tor relay?<br>
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Oh, I misread that. Nevermind!<br>
<br>
Though I have another question!<br>
<br>
How many bridge relays, with or without protocol obfuscation, can
you use simultaneously?<br>
<br>
Is there a limit? Can you configure that limit? <br>
<br>
Are bridge relays in the list written to torrc chosen at random up
to a certain limit?<br>
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