Five, ten days? I ran a bridge at a provider where IP addresses are easy to release and replace with new ones. Seems to take the censors in China, Iran, Pakistan, etc less than a week to find and block new bridge IPs.
I gave up in frustration. Meek is a better solution but is not something an individual can readily put into operation. China has cracked down on all GFW bypasses rather successfully, including VPN providers who have a strong financial incentive to succeed. Iran is nearly as good.
I find running a relay more satisfying and would add relays instead of bridges now.
At 19:24 8/16/2015 +0100, you wrote:
Hi.
Is there a guideline for how long a bridge should exist on a particular IP address? For example, does it make sense to keep a bridge on one IP address forever? Or is it better to move a bridge to a new IP address periodically, perhaps every 120 days?
I ask because I saw traffic to my bridge ramp-up fairly steadily, and then quickly drop-off to a low number of clients per day.
Thanks!
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