[tor-bugs] #7207 [BridgeDB]: BridgeHerder: A tool to manage bridges

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#7207: BridgeHerder: A tool to manage bridges
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 Reporter:  aagbsn    |          Owner:     
     Type:  project   |         Status:  new
 Priority:  normal    |      Milestone:     
Component:  BridgeDB  |        Version:     
 Keywords:  SponsorZ  |         Parent:     
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 I am working on a tool that will make it easier to manage bridges on
 systems with multiple addresses. The tool currently detects the IP
 networks available on a system, configures addresses and ports and
 launches a configurable number of bridge instances.

 Eventually the tool will be able to reconfigure the listening ports and
 addresses periodically and provide an interactive user nterface.

 The idea is to make it easy to rent a dedicated server or VPS, add some IP
 networks, and use this tool to rotate addresses periodically (or in
 response to censorship events). I have a box from a provider who claims
 "Unlimited Free IP Addresses*" and started writing this tool so I could
 easily use all the addresses available, and then use this as justification
 for more addresses; rinse and repeat.

 With a handful of people running a similar configuration we should be able
 to double the number of number of listening ports advertised by BridgeDB.

 Some things to consider:

 What frequency of address:port rotation helps the most people?
 Do frequently rotating bridges (e.g. home users with dynamic IPs) see
 significant usage?
 Should this tool be a component of TorCloud?
 What other features would be useful?

 Comments welcome!



 *with justification

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