<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" ><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;"><pre>Hi Roger,<br><br>On Wed, 2009-06-17 at 22:11 -0400, Roger Dingledine wrote:<br>>>On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 06:26:43PM -0700, Chris Humphry wrote:<br>>>Please help...without proxies (ie. Bridges) the Iranian dissidents <br>>>have no voice!<br><br>>Yeah, see, I'm not sure whether this is true. If ordinary bridges are<br>>working, then probably ordinary Tor relays are working too. Or said<br>>another way, if ordinary Tor relays aren't working, probably ordinary<br>>bridges won't work either.<br><br>I have no idea if Tor relays are working from Iran or not. On CNN they <br>have been reporting that a vast amount of proxies are provided each day<br>to the dissidents. Supposedly that is how they are sending the pics and <br>video we see each day. To me it sounds like plain ol' one hop open proxies,<br>not Tor. I have emailed CNN
asking how one can provide proxies and to which<br>organization, they have yet to email me back.<br><br>>We've heard rumors they're blocking all encrypted traffic. Does this<br>>mean everything that does an SSL handshake no matter the port? Or does<br>>it mean the blocked port 443?<br><br>>If the former, an automated system like Tor is going to have a tough time<br>>keeping up -- at least without the tweaks we've been pondering over the<br>>past few days. ;)<br><br>Even if it is the former I like the tone of your sentence! I am looking<br>forward to seeing what your guys/gals come up with :) <br><br>>If the latter, then setting up a bunch of bridges on port 80 (even<br>>though everything's still encrypted) might be the ticket.<br><br>I will email CNN and ask them, but they are getting SO much email I<br>have doubts they will get back to me. Does Tor Project not have contacts<br>in Iran? I wonder how/if we can find out
specifically how the Iran <br>Government is blocking Internet access?<br><br>If a representative from the EFF or Tor contacted CNN I bet they would <br>respond...<br><br>>Lots of misinformation going around, and not so much information.<br><br>Yea I was wondering about that. Who to trust?...<br><br>Thanks!<br></pre></td></tr></table><br>