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Am a novice compiling Tor (0.3.2.9) and been successful using this from a Tor Browser as a private bridge by entering "a.b.c.d:9001" into Tor Browser. However, pointing my Tor Browser to the obfs4 on the same machine fails with something like General SOCKS failure in the log. Below is my torrc:<br /><br />SOCKSPort 0<br />CookieAuthentication 1<br />ControlPort 9051<br />ORPort 9001<br />ExtORPort auto<br />ServerTransportPlugin obfs4 exec /usr/bin/obfs4proxy<br /># ServerTransportListenAddr obfs4 [::]:60443<br />ServerTransportListenAddr obfs4 0.0.0.0:60443<br />ExitRelay 0<br />BridgeRelay 1<br />PublishServerDescriptor 0<br /><br />Tests I have done:<br />(1) using obfs4 compiled from git repository, as well as the OS package.<br />(2) opening port 60443, as well as dropping all firewalls - does not make a difference; meanwhile, pointing telnet at a.b.c.d 60443 connects successfully<br />(3) using Tor Browser with default supplied obfs4 bridges works well (log shows I was able to download a list of bridges and their fingerprints).<br /><br />So I think I have ruled out problems with my Tor client (Tor Browser), and I have ruled out firewall configurations on the server, and ruled out obfs4 being blocked on my ISP. Since Tor itself works, and I have tried obfs4 from source as well as from the OS package, the only thing I can think of is something wrong with the config above.<br /><br />Any hints would be appreciated, as well as any steps I can do to further diagnose would be helpful.<br /><br />Thanks,<br />Jack<br /> </body>
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