To anyone whom might give a suggestion or answer.
Just set up tor browser and relay package wanted to volunteer my computer and connection to those in parts of the world who don't have as much freedom of accesses as us.Question if I just set my computer to not go into sleep mode is that all that is needed to let people use my connection when I am not using it.Specs home built as-rock 787 pro3 8gig of ram dsl connect low speed att offers.
Hello Kattamann!
Great to have you with us!
When you want to configure your machine as Tor entry for censored users, you need to set up Vidalia as Bridge.
Download the Vidalia bridge bundle from https://www.torproject.org/download/download.html.en
More information you find in the manual or on https://www.torproject.org/docs/bridges
Somewhat more advanced is an obfuscated bridge https://www.torproject.org/projects/obfsproxy.html what works against the censorship of normal bridges.
I recommend to read a little bit about Tor to get a better understanding.
When you want to run the bridge on your main PC, it shall be "always on". But be careful: As bridge operator you run a real server, with all risks of a machine, which is always on the net and listening for incoming connections. You should inform yourself at least about firewalls and the port-forwarding on your modem/router, so that external users can reach you bridge.
After getting some experience with the bridge it might be better to switch to a small singleboard computer like the RaspberryPi, OLinuXino or Wandboard. They cost only little, consume less electricity like a desktop and do not contain you personal data. You can connect them directly to the modem.
Best Regards
Anton
On 1/26/2014 5:33 PM, an.to_n-73@riseup.net wrote:
Hello Kattamann!
Great to have you with us!
When you want to configure your machine as Tor entry for censored users, you need to set up Vidalia as Bridge.
Download the Vidalia bridge bundle from https://www.torproject.org/download/download.html.en
More information you find in the manual or on https://www.torproject.org/docs/bridges
Somewhat more advanced is an obfuscated bridge https://www.torproject.org/projects/obfsproxy.html what works against the censorship of normal bridges.
I recommend to read a little bit about Tor to get a better understanding.
When you want to run the bridge on your main PC, it shall be "always on". But be careful: As bridge operator you run a real server, with all risks of a machine, which is always on the net and listening for incoming connections. You should inform yourself at least about firewalls and the port-forwarding on your modem/router, so that external users can reach you bridge.
After getting some experience with the bridge it might be better to switch to a small singleboard computer like the RaspberryPi, OLinuXino or Wandboard. They cost only little, consume less electricity like a desktop and do not contain you personal data. You can connect them directly to the modem.
Best Regards
Anton
Thank you Anton
Thanks again for your quick response. I am using a Siemens speed stream dsl router my friend recommend it for its built in security. I have read some of the pages you sent ,but will reread them and pull out my manual my friend sent me on my dsl router glad I kept it. Thanks again for the suggestion have a lot of studying to do!
Do you have it set to be a relay? Then yes and good for you.
To anyone whom might give a suggestion or answer.
Just set up tor browser and relay package wanted to volunteer mycomputer and connection to those in parts of the world who don't have as much freedom of accesses as us.Question if I just set my computer to not go into sleep mode is that all that is needed to let people use my connection when I am not using it.Specs home built as-rock 787 pro3 8gig of ram dsl connect low speed att offers.
On 1/26/2014 6:14 PM, I wrote:
Do you have it set to be a relay? Then yes and good for you.
To anyone whom might give a suggestion or answer.
Just set up tor browser and relay package wanted to volunteer mycomputer and connection to those in parts of the world who don't have as much freedom of accesses as us.Question if I just set my computer to not go into sleep mode is that all that is needed to let people use my connection when I am not using it.Specs home built as-rock 787 pro3 8gig of ram dsl connect low speed att offers.
tor-relays mailing list tor-relays@lists.torproject.org https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-relays
Yes set to relay and it gets along with my router thanks!
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