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<div dir="auto">On 19 Mar 2022, 07:54 +0000, Thoughts <thoughts@kevinsthoughts.com>, wrote:</div>

<blockquote style="border-left-color: rgb(26, 188, 156); margin: 5px; padding-left: 10px; border-left-width: thin; border-left-style: solid;">What is this?  Should I allow the external world access to the specified<br />

port?</blockquote>

<div dir="auto">Hello,<br />

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Per the bridge setup instructions page[1], the ExtOrPort setting is a local communication port between Tor and obfs4. You should set it to "auto" in your torrc file, and it should NOT be accessible to the open world.<br />

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[1] <a href="https://community.torproject.org/relay/setup/bridge/debian-ubuntu/" target="_blank">https://community.torproject.org/relay/setup/bridge/debian-ubuntu/</a></div>

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