Quoting John Ricketts (2021-12-07 21:40:24)

Since all of my exit nodes are within the same /16 - would I have to run bridges on newly acquired IPv4 space?

If is a different IPv4 (even in the same /16) it should be fine. AFAIK up to now censors block by IP not by range, and /16 looks like a big range to block without problems. -- meskio | https://meskio.net/ -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- My contact info: https://meskio.net/crypto.txt -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Nos vamos a Croatan.

That's what I was thinking... I run 100 exit nodes. I'd like to get more opinions. -----Original Message----- From: tor-relays <tor-relays-bounces@lists.torproject.org> On Behalf Of Felix Sent: Thursday, December 9, 2021 8:04 AM To: tor-relays@lists.torproject.org Subject: Re: [tor-relays] Responding to Tor censorship in Russia Hi

Since all of my exit nodes are within the same /16 - would I have to run bridges on newly acquired IPv4 space?--

A bridge has no `family´. An entity running bridge and exit generates an end-to-end situation and might not be what we want. Cheers, Felix _______________________________________________ tor-relays mailing list tor-relays@lists.torproject.org https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-relays

So we want bridges without contact info and from unknown persons / state agencies? I am sure there is nothing with this excellent plan that could possible go wrong.

A bridge has no `family´. An entity running bridge and exit generates an end-to-end situation and might not be what we want.

Cheers, Felix _______________________________________________ tor-relays mailing list tor-relays@lists.torproject.org https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-relays _______________________________________________ tor-relays mailing list tor-relays@lists.torproject.org https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-relays

Correct! Bridges weren't involved in the last attack thats why bridges will never be involved in a future attack in a highly dynamic environment. You cant make this shit up.

AFAIK, bridges weren't involved in the last attack. But, maybe others folks here could have different evidences and, if they want to share these evidences, they can contact me in private or send an email to bad-relays@lists.torproject.org.

Hi John, Let's do this: If censorship in Russia scale to a country-wide Tor block, then you can spin as many bridges as you can. What do you think? Thank you!, Gus On Tue, Dec 07, 2021 at 08:40:24PM +0000, John Ricketts wrote:

gus,

Since all of my exit nodes are within the same /16 - would I have to run bridges on newly acquired IPv4 space?

John

-----Original Message----- From: tor-relays <tor-relays-bounces@lists.torproject.org> On Behalf Of gus Sent: Tuesday, December 7, 2021 2:16 PM To: tor-relays@lists.torproject.org Subject: [tor-relays] Responding to Tor censorship in Russia

Dear relay operators,

Today the torproject.org was officially blocked in Russia. You can read more about the situation here[1].

Russia is the country with the second largest number of Tor users, with more than 300,000 daily users or 15% of all Tor users.

As it seems this situation could quickly escalate to a country-wide Tor block, it's urgent that we respond to this censorship!

We need your help NOW to keep Russians connected to Tor!

We are calling on everyone to spin up a Tor bridge.

If you've ever considered running a bridge, now is an excellent time to get started, as your help is urgently needed. You can find the requirements and instructions for starting a bridge in the Help Censored Users, Run a Tor Bridge blog post: https://blog.torproject.org/run-a-bridge-campaign/

Gus

[1] https://blog.torproject.org/tor-censorship-in-russia/ https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/community/support/-/issues/40050 -- The Tor Project Community Team Lead _______________________________________________ tor-relays mailing list tor-relays@lists.torproject.org https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-relays

-- The Tor Project Community Team Lead

I can legit spin up 128 bridges. Let me know. John On Dec 10, 2021, at 15:55, gus <gus@torproject.org> wrote: Hi John, Let's do this: If censorship in Russia scale to a country-wide Tor block, then you can spin as many bridges as you can. What do you think? Thank you!, Gus On Tue, Dec 07, 2021 at 08:40:24PM +0000, John Ricketts wrote: gus, Since all of my exit nodes are within the same /16 - would I have to run bridges on newly acquired IPv4 space? John -----Original Message----- From: tor-relays <tor-relays-bounces@lists.torproject.org> On Behalf Of gus Sent: Tuesday, December 7, 2021 2:16 PM To: tor-relays@lists.torproject.org Subject: [tor-relays] Responding to Tor censorship in Russia Dear relay operators, Today the torproject.org was officially blocked in Russia. You can read more about the situation here[1]. Russia is the country with the second largest number of Tor users, with more than 300,000 daily users or 15% of all Tor users. As it seems this situation could quickly escalate to a country-wide Tor block, it's urgent that we respond to this censorship! We need your help NOW to keep Russians connected to Tor! We are calling on everyone to spin up a Tor bridge. If you've ever considered running a bridge, now is an excellent time to get started, as your help is urgently needed. You can find the requirements and instructions for starting a bridge in the Help Censored Users, Run a Tor Bridge blog post: https://blog.torproject.org/run-a-bridge-campaign/ Gus [1] https://blog.torproject.org/tor-censorship-in-russia/ https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/community/support/-/issues/40050 -- The Tor Project Community Team Lead _______________________________________________ tor-relays mailing list tor-relays@lists.torproject.org https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-relays -- The Tor Project Community Team Lead _______________________________________________ tor-relays mailing list tor-relays@lists.torproject.org https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-relays

Quoting binarynoise (2021-12-08 19:41:31)

I'm still learning on how to manage my server, is it ok to run the bridge even if it has some weeks uptime and then will be down for another few weeks?

If the bridge is going to be down for few weeks might be better if you wait to host it after the down time has passed. -- meskio | https://meskio.net/ -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- My contact info: https://meskio.net/crypto.txt -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Nos vamos a Croatan.