>18k 'Machiavelli' bridges added since 2017-09-02 (>4k currently running = 64% of bridges)
Hi,
do you know anything about >18k Machiavelli named bridges that have been added in the last few days? (>4k currently running)
thanks, nusenu
properties: OS: Linux tor version: 0.3.0.10 transports: obfs4
https://twitter.com/nusenu_/status/905580044503969792
new bridges per first_seen date:
[...] | 2017-09-02 13:43:33 | 1 | < usual rate | 2017-09-02 14:43:33 | 2 | | 2017-09-02 15:43:33 | 1 | | 2017-09-02 17:43:33 | 1 | | 2017-09-02 18:43:33 | 1360 | < Machiavelli bridges start here | 2017-09-02 19:43:33 | 667 | | 2017-09-02 20:43:33 | 196 | | 2017-09-02 21:43:33 | 184 | | 2017-09-02 22:43:33 | 196 | | 2017-09-02 23:43:33 | 189 | | 2017-09-03 00:43:33 | 196 | [...] | 2017-09-06 18:43:33 | 152 | | 2017-09-06 19:43:33 | 149 | | 2017-09-06 20:43:33 | 148 | +---------------------+----------+
First Machiavelli named bridge (running in the last 7 days) appeared on 2016-11-28 00:41:02
On 07/09/2017 02:16, nusenu wrote:
Hi,
do you know anything about >18k Machiavelli named bridges that have been added in the last few days? (>4k currently running)
Hi,
I started a relay node called "Machiavelli" about 1 year ago, and I 99% percent sure that at that time I was the only one with that name.
After a while I noticed that there was another relay that sometimes popped up for like 3/4 days with the same name, and then disappeared.
I then noticed last week this unusual appearance of bridge nodes with name "Machiavelli", probably from someone doing something nasty or at least dubious.
Should I change the name of my relay just to be sure not to be caught in an eventual ban for those nodes?
Regards, Andrea
Andrea transcribed 1.2K bytes:
On 07/09/2017 02:16, nusenu wrote:
Hi,
do you know anything about >18k Machiavelli named bridges that have been added in the last few days? (>4k currently running)
Hi,
I started a relay node called "Machiavelli" about 1 year ago, and I 99% percent sure that at that time I was the only one with that name.
After a while I noticed that there was another relay that sometimes popped up for like 3/4 days with the same name, and then disappeared.
I then noticed last week this unusual appearance of bridge nodes with name "Machiavelli", probably from someone doing something nasty or at least dubious.
Should I change the name of my relay just to be sure not to be caught in an eventual ban for those nodes?
Regards, Andrea
Hello Andrea,
If you could send me your bridge's fingerprint (off list), I'll make sure I don't blacklist it. Thanks for running a bridge!
Best,
would you be willing to disclose from how many distinct ASes these Machiavelli named bridges came from so far?
tor-relays@lists.torproject.org
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