On Mon, Dec 09, 2019 at 07:05:44PM +0000, texasbuckeye@riseup.net wrote:
I have been trying to run a relay/obfs4 bridge from my Macbook (macOS Catalina 10.15.1) for some time now.
If your laptop isn't online 24/7, I recommend against running a bridge. A snowflake browser proxy is a better option because downtimes don't affect user experience as much: https://snowflake.torproject.org
I've tried setting up my ORPorts to 80, 443, 9050, auto, and many others. I use Bitdefender as my antivirus software (which doesn't really show open/closed/used ports; nor does the built-in firewall in System Preferences in macOS. Below is my torrc file and log files (from Console). If you see any mistakes or any reasons why I cannot get the obsf4 bridge or relay to run please let me know. I have been trying to get this to work for a few months now. I upgraded to Tor 0.4.1.6 to see if that makes a difference and so far nothing has changed. Any assistance that you could give would be greatly appreciated. Thank you in advance for your assistance.
You may have to explicitly whitelist ports in your laptop firewall and your home router. Again, if your laptop isn't online 24/7, just run a snowflake proxy. It has the added benefit of not relying on forwarded ports -- all you need to do is install the browser extension.
Cheers, Philipp