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--></style></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>They do support port forwarding, I have used it before. I have just only ever used their service before with Windows so may need to get used to it some on Linux. Is there a guide to setting up an obfuscated bridge on Debian? I am aware this may not work fantastically as virtual machines can be a pain, and also the vpn may not be the best way to run a relay, but will try it to see if it works out ok.</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div style='mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='border:none;padding:0in'><b>From: </b><a href="mailto:mirimir@riseup.net">Mirimir</a><br><b>Sent: </b>Saturday, May 26, 2018 6:56 PM<br><b>To: </b><a href="mailto:tor-relays@lists.torproject.org">tor-relays@lists.torproject.org</a><br><b>Subject: </b>Re: [tor-relays] Running A Bridge Alongside My Relay</p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>On 05/26/2018 01:30 PM, Keifer Bly wrote:</p><p class=MsoNormal>> I am subscribed to a vpn service (purevpn) however there service changes</p><p class=MsoNormal>> their IP address and location every few minutes. Would this be a useable</p><p class=MsoNormal>> bridge? Thank you.</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>It's the custom PureVPN client that's changing servers periodically. If</p><p class=MsoNormal>you run standard openvpn demon, you can specify particular servers. So</p><p class=MsoNormal>the IP address won't be changing.</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>However, you would need to forward the bridge port (TCP 443) to the VPN</p><p class=MsoNormal>exit server. And it looks like PureVPN doesn't allow that. So you'd need</p><p class=MsoNormal>to use a VPN service that does.</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>For the one-year plan, PureVPN costs ~$4 per month. Decent VPNs that do</p><p class=MsoNormal>support port forwarding cost about $5-$9 per month. But for that, you</p><p class=MsoNormal>can lease a VPS with gigabit uplink. And running a bridge won't likely</p><p class=MsoNormal>generate abuse complaints.</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>> On Sat, May 26, 2018 at 4:40 PM Neel Chauhan <neel@neelc.org> wrote:</p><p class=MsoNormal>> </p><p class=MsoNormal>>> You normally can't run a server through a regular "proxy" as you would</p><p class=MsoNormal>>> need to be able to advertise an open port for the bridge and regular</p><p class=MsoNormal>>> proxy servers won't let you do that. You can do it if you use a VPN with</p><p class=MsoNormal>>> a public IP address for the bridge however, or a second IP address, but</p><p class=MsoNormal>>> you would need to pay $$$ for this.</p><p class=MsoNormal>>><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>>> -Neel Chauhan</p><p class=MsoNormal>>><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>>> ===</p><p class=MsoNormal>>><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>>> https://www.neelc.org/</p><p class=MsoNormal>>><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>>> On 2018-05-26 16:19, Keifer Bly wrote:</p><p class=MsoNormal>>>> Yes but I would run it through the proxy so it would have the proxy IP</p><p class=MsoNormal>>>> address. I just noticed tor could use more bridges as there are four</p><p class=MsoNormal>>>> times as many public relays as their are bridges.</p><p class=MsoNormal>>>><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>>>> Sent from my iPhone</p><p class=MsoNormal>>>><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>>>> On May 26, 2018, at 12:44 PM, Logforme <m7527@abc.se> wrote:</p><p class=MsoNormal>>>><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>>>>>> So I am considering running a bridge alongside my relay gotland</p><p class=MsoNormal>>>>> Would the bridge use the same public IP address as the relay?</p><p class=MsoNormal>>>>> Since you already run a relay, that IP address is public. The point of</p><p class=MsoNormal>>>>> bridges is that they are not public so they are harder to block.</p><p class=MsoNormal>>>>> A government that censors the internet would surely block access to</p><p class=MsoNormal>>>>> all Tor relay IP addresses.</p><p class=MsoNormal>>>>><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>>>>> _______________________________________________</p><p class=MsoNormal>>>>> tor-relays mailing list</p><p class=MsoNormal>>>>> tor-relays@lists.torproject.org</p><p class=MsoNormal>>>>> https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-relays</p><p class=MsoNormal>>>> _______________________________________________</p><p class=MsoNormal>>>> tor-relays mailing list</p><p class=MsoNormal>>>> tor-relays@lists.torproject.org</p><p class=MsoNormal>>>> https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-relays</p><p class=MsoNormal>>> _______________________________________________</p><p class=MsoNormal>>> tor-relays mailing list</p><p class=MsoNormal>>> tor-relays@lists.torproject.org</p><p class=MsoNormal>>> https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-relays</p><p class=MsoNormal>>><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>> </p><p class=MsoNormal>> </p><p class=MsoNormal>> </p><p class=MsoNormal>> _______________________________________________</p><p class=MsoNormal>> tor-relays mailing list</p><p class=MsoNormal>> tor-relays@lists.torproject.org</p><p class=MsoNormal>> https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-relays</p><p class=MsoNormal>> </p><p class=MsoNormal>_______________________________________________</p><p class=MsoNormal>tor-relays mailing list</p><p class=MsoNormal>tor-relays@lists.torproject.org</p><p class=MsoNormal>https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-relays</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>