<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail-gE gmail-iv gmail-gt" style="padding:20px 0px 0px;font-size:0.875rem;font-family:Roboto,RobotoDraft,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><br><div class="gmail_chip gmail_drive_chip" style="width:396px;height:18px;max-height:18px;background-color:#f5f5f5;padding:5px;color:#222;font-family:arial;font-style:normal;font-weight:bold;font-size:13px;border:1px solid #ddd;line-height:1"><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1I-HgEGfPfajIsQvAwk0pzkTNGEeOheYW/view?usp=drive_web" target="_blank" style="display:inline-block;overflow:hidden;text-overflow:ellipsis;white-space:nowrap;text-decoration:none;padding:1px 0px;border:none;width:100%"><img style="vertical-align: bottom; border: none;" src="https://drive-thirdparty.googleusercontent.com/16/type/image/png"> <span dir="ltr" style="color:#15c;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:bottom">torwithhmtorrc.PNG</span></a></div><br><div class="gmail_chip gmail_drive_chip" style="width:396px;height:18px;max-height:18px;background-color:#f5f5f5;padding:5px;color:#222;font-family:arial;font-style:normal;font-weight:bold;font-size:13px;border:1px solid #ddd;line-height:1"><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1AQxvTfvZ3OlfcF6D2jNP_wUzcrcZ4prS/view?usp=drive_web" target="_blank" style="display:inline-block;overflow:hidden;text-overflow:ellipsis;white-space:nowrap;text-decoration:none;padding:1px 0px;border:none;width:100%"><img style="vertical-align: bottom; border: none;" src="https://drive-thirdparty.googleusercontent.com/16/type/image/png"> <span dir="ltr" style="color:#15c;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:bottom">torwbuiltintorrc.PNG</span></a></div><br></div><div id="gmail-:1ag" style="font-family:Roboto,RobotoDraft,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:medium"><div class="gmail-qQVYZb"></div><div class="gmail-utdU2e"></div><div class="gmail-lQs8Hd"></div><div class="gmail-btm"></div></div><div class="gmail-" style="font-family:Roboto,RobotoDraft,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:medium"><div class="gmail-aHl" style=""></div><div id="gmail-:1aw" tabindex="-1"></div><div id="gmail-:1ai" class="gmail-ii gmail-gt gmail-adO" style="font-size:0.875rem;direction:ltr;margin:8px 0px 0px;padding:0px"><div id="gmail-:1ah" class="gmail-a3s gmail-aXjCH gmail-msg440162955928144246" style="overflow:hidden;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:small;line-height:1.5;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><div lang="EN-US"><div class="gmail-m_440162955928144246WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal">Hey, so here is something I have noticed. I ran tor.exe via CMD (Windows version of terminal). I wrote this to the torrc:</p><span class="gmail-im" style="color:rgb(80,0,80)"><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">SOCKSPort 0 # no local SOCKS proxy</p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">ORPort 80 # public bridge must have an open ORPort</p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">ExtORPort auto # configure ExtORPort for obfs4proxy</p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">ExitPolicy reject *:* # no exits allowed</p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">BridgeRelay 1 # relay won't show up in the public consensus</p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">PublishServerDescriptor 1 # publish to the bridge authority</p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></span><p class="MsoNormal"># use obfs4proxy to provide obfs4 on port 9003, 443</p><span class="gmail-im" style="color:rgb(80,0,80)"><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">ServerTransportPlugin obfs4 exec C:\Users\keife\Desktop\TotBrowser\Browser\TorBrowser\Tor\PluggableTransports\obfs4proxy.exe</p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></span><p class="MsoNormal">ServerTransportListenAddr obfs4 <a href="http://127.0.0.1:8080/" target="_blank">127.0.0.1:8080</a></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">ContactInfo <a href="mailto:keifer.bly@gmail.com" target="_blank">keifer.bly@gmail.com</a></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Then did tor.exe -f torrc.txt (including the file directories and all) and it worked, tor launched and red the configuration file, but when using the built in torrc file, this in turn caused tor browser to crash on start, see the screenshot:</p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">However, when I created my own torrc.txt file then started from there, it worked, and tor browser also did not crash on start:</p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Though it did get stuck on loading (probably due to the tor process already being in use in all). This is problem attic is what I am trying to do is have tor browser start, automatically installing updates (thus automatically updating tor and obfs4 as a result) then start the bridge). I guess I would want to have a torrc that could not be overwritten anyway, but having tor browser and tor running via terminal seemed to cause issues. Is there a way to configure tor browser to automatically install updates on start? If so, I could write a script to start tor browser, close it after a few minutes then start the relay when windows loads possibly.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal">Sending screenshots so you can see when tor browser crashes and does not crash.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Thank you.</p></div></div></div></div></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr">--Keifer</div></div></div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Mar 30, 2020 at 2:24 AM teor <<a href="mailto:teor@riseup.net">teor@riseup.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto"><div dir="ltr">Hi,</div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On 30 Mar 2020, at 18:11, Keifer Bly <<a href="mailto:keifer.bly@gmail.com" target="_blank">keifer.bly@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div><p class="MsoNormal">The file directoy is named “totbrowser” where tor browser is installed. Thank you.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Sent from <a href="https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986" target="_blank">Mail</a> for Windows 10</p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><div style="border-right:none;border-bottom:none;border-left:none;border-top:1pt solid rgb(225,225,225);padding:3pt 0in 0in"><p class="MsoNormal" style="border:none;padding:0in"><b>From: </b><a href="mailto:keifer.bly@gmail.com" target="_blank">Keifer Bly</a><br><b>Sent: </b>Monday, March 30, 2020 1:10 AM<br><b>To: </b><a href="mailto:tor-relays@liststorproject.org" target="_blank">tor-relays@lists.torproject.org</a><br><b>Subject: </b>RE: Re: [tor-relays] Possible to run a tor bridge/relay via tor browser?</p></div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">So, I edited the tor install directory so there are no spaces in it, then tried no quotes, single quotes, and double quotes, and it still crashers on start. I wonder why:<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">…</p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"># use obfs4proxy to provide obfs4 on port 9003, 443<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">ServerTransportPlugin obfs4 exec 'C:\Users\keife\Desktop\TotBrowser\Browser\TorBrowser\Tor\PluggableTransports\obfs4proxy.exe'<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">…</p><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><div><p class="MsoNormal">This is a directory path:<u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div><div><blockquote style="margin-top:5pt;margin-bottom:5pt"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">ServerTransportPlugin obfs4 exec C:\Users\keife\Desktop\Tor Browser test relay\Browser\TorBrowser\Tor\PluggableTransports<u></u><u></u></span></p></blockquote><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">You need to:<u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">* give tor the path to the obfs4 executable file<u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">* quote the path, because it contains spaces</p></div></div></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div><p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal"><span>It's important that you follow these instructions precisely:</span></p><p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal"><span>* give tor the path to the obfs4 executable file</span></p><p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal"><span>* quote the path with double quote characters "like this"</span></p><p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal"><span>* do not delete spaces, the path without spaces is a different path</span></p><p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal"><br></p><p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal">If that doesn't work:</p><p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal">* double each backslash character like this: \\</p><p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal"><br></p><p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal">If that doesn't work:</p><p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal">* run tor in a terminal, and send us your logs</p><p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;min-height:20.3px"><span></span><br></p><p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal">We seem to be reaching the limits of your experience.</p><p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal"><span><br></span></p><p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal"><span>Perhaps there's some other way you can learn about file</span></p><p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal"><span></span></p><p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal"><span>paths on Windows and Linux? And processes? And</span></p><p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal"><span>software updates?</span></p><p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal"><span><br></span></p><p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal"><span>I'm not sure we're the best people to learn system</span></p><p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal"><span>administration from. Perhaps a beginners sysadmin</span></p><p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal"><span>mailing list, chat, or course could help?</span></p><p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal"><span><br></span></p></div><div>T</div><div><br></div></div>_______________________________________________<br>
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