<html><head></head><body><div class="ydp1b512a1eyahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:16px;"><div><div>David,</div><div><br></div><div>In my implementation of the loadbalanced OBFS4 configuration, it appears that BridgeDB still tests the ORPort for availability and without it marks the OBFS4 bridge as being down.</div><div><br></div><div>I gather that default bridges don't require a DistributionMethod as your loadbalanced Snowflake configuration is set to "none?"</div><div><br></div><div>BTW... I have the loadbalanced OBFS4 configuration up and running, and am able to manually confirm loadbalanced OBFS4 connections are successfull.</div><div><br></div><div>nginx => obfs4proxy => tor</div><div><br></div><div>I believe it's time to enable a DistributionMethod.</div><div><br></div><div>Thank you for the clarifications.</div><div><br></div><div>Respectfully,</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Gary</div><div class="ydp1b512a1esignature">—<br>This Message Originated by the Sun.<br>iBigBlue 63W Solar Array (~12 Hour Charge)<br>+ 2 x Charmast 26800mAh Power Banks<br>= iPhone XS Max 512GB (~2 Weeks Charged)</div></div>
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On Thursday, December 8, 2022, 10:03:09 PM PST, David Fifield <david@bamsoftware.com> wrote:
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<div>On Fri, Dec 09, 2022 at 01:09:05AM +0000, Gary C. New wrote:<br>> Is it truly necessary to expose the ORPort to the World in a pluggable<br>> transport configuration?<br><br>I don't know if it is necessary for ordinary bridges to expose the<br>ORPort. For a long time, it was necessary, because BridgeDB used the<br>ORPort to check that a bridge was running, before distributing it to<br>users. See:<br><a href="https://bugs.torproject.org/tpo/core/tor/7349" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://bugs.torproject.org/tpo/core/tor/7349</a><br>But now there is rdsys and bridgestrap, which may have the ability to<br>test the obfs4 port rather than the ORPort. I cannot say whether that<br>removes the requirement to expose the ORPort.<br><a href="https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/anti-censorship/rdsys/-/merge_requests/36" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/anti-censorship/rdsys/-/merge_requests/36</a><br><br>For the special case of the default bridges shipped with Tor Browser, it<br>is not necessary to export the ORPort, because those bridges are not<br>distributed by rdsys.<br>_______________________________________________<br>tor-relays mailing list<br><a href="mailto:tor-relays@lists.torproject.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">tor-relays@lists.torproject.org</a><br><a href="https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-relays" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-relays</a><br></div>
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