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--></style></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Hi all,</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>So I am switching the OBFS4 bridge I was running via Tor Expert Bundle on Windows 10 over to running it via Debian app for Windows 10.</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>This app is on the Windows store at <a href="https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/p/debian/9msvkqc78pk6?activetab=pivot:overviewtab">https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/p/debian/9msvkqc78pk6?activetab=pivot:overviewtab</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Essentially, it is an app that lets you run Linux packages on Windows. I made the switch so that I could keep tor and obfs4 up to date using unattended upgrades. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>However, for some odd reason, despite the fact I backed up the tor identity keys and pasted them into the keys directory when I moved over, the bridge is still generating new keys on startup. I copied the key files from my expert bundle bridge to <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black;background:white'>/var/lib/tor/keys directory in the Linu terminal, I copied all of the files. It’s a bridge so no big deal I guess, but wonder why that is happening.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="https://metrics.torproject.org/rs.html#details/780F4E3ADBC574A63CE8155C0911E0A06BA3331D">https://metrics.torproject.org/rs.html#details/780F4E3ADBC574A63CE8155C0911E0A06BA3331D</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>And, I tested to see of unattended upgrades was working correctly after configuring it with these instructions:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/wiki/TorRelayGuide/DebianUbuntuUpdates">https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/wiki/TorRelayGuide/DebianUbuntuUpdates</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>And got this the attached photo as a result, does this mean it is keeping tor and obfs4 up to date?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Thanks very much.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>--Keifer</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>