<html><head></head><body> <div>Probably because obfs4 is not installed or not running properly. </div><div><br></div><div>Check your logs for obfs4 errors, and for Apparmor error messages as well. <caret></caret></div><div><br></div> <div><br></div><div><br></div>On Mon, Apr 18, 2022 at 09:07, Ross Camm <<a href="mailto:ross@whyza.net" class="">ross@whyza.net</a>> wrote:<blockquote class="protonmail_quote" type="cite"> <font face="arial" size="2"><p style="margin:0;padding:0;margin: 0; padding: 0; font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; overflow-wrap: break-word;">I have been up and running with my Tor Bridge for a number of months now, yet Tor Metrics reports that the Bridge Distribution Mechanism for my server is stuck on 'none'.</p>
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<p style="margin:0;padding:0;margin: 0; padding: 0; font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; overflow-wrap: break-word;">Consequently I see no incoming connections to my Bridge.</p>
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<p style="margin:0;padding:0;margin: 0; padding: 0; font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; overflow-wrap: break-word;">I have tried altering the following</p>
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<p style="margin:0;padding:0;font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; overflow-wrap: break-word;">BridgeRelay 1</p>
<p style="margin:0;padding:0;font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; overflow-wrap: break-word;">PublishServerDescriptor bridge<br>BridgeDistribution moat </p>
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<p style="margin:0;padding:0;font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; overflow-wrap: break-word;">with no success.</p>
<p style="margin:0;padding:0;font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; overflow-wrap: break-word;">The mechanism is always none....and I have left the changes for a week to see if Metrics updates to no avail.</p>
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<p style="margin:0;padding:0;font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; overflow-wrap: break-word;">I have a static IPv4 address and functional IPv6 and have confirmed my ports are publicly accessible for both protocols</p>
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<p style="margin:0;padding:0;font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; overflow-wrap: break-word;">Self-testing indicates your ORPort [XXXX:XXXX:XXXX::XXX]:993 is reachable from the outside. Excellent.<br>Self-testing indicates your ORPort XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX:993 is reachable from the outside. Excellent. Publishing server descriptor.</p>
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<p style="margin:0;padding:0;font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; overflow-wrap: break-word;">I am running raspberry pi os buster which had an obsolete Tor version.</p>
<p style="margin:0;padding:0;font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; overflow-wrap: break-word;">I subsequently upgraded and stay up to date with the latest bullseye version via bullseye backports,</p>
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<p style="margin:0;padding:0;font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; overflow-wrap: break-word;">Currently Tor 0.4.6.10-1~bpo10+1</p>
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<p style="margin:0;padding:0;font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; overflow-wrap: break-word;">Any ideas of why my servers Bridge Distribution Mechanism is always reported and behaving as none ?</p>
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<p style="margin:0;padding:0;font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; overflow-wrap: break-word;">Thanks in advance ;)</p>
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<p style="margin:0;padding:0;font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; overflow-wrap: break-word;">Ross</p></font></blockquote></body></html>