[tor-relays] What is more necessary: Bridge or Relay?

an.to_n-73 at riseup.net an.to_n-73 at riseup.net
Tue Feb 4 22:31:44 UTC 2014


Hello List!

Since 7/2013 I operate a small Tor Server as internal relay or as obfuscated bridge.
What is more necessary: An internal relay to speed up the network, or an
obfuscated bridge to help censored users?
My ISP gives me dynamic IPs, which change daily. I guess this is good for
bridges, because my IP is valid only for one day.
Otherwise I've got an upload > 500 kbps and could contribute to the network speed.

Actually I've got not clue about the need for anonymous bridges.

In addition: I could combine both, because my VPN provider iVPN offers port
forwarding. So I could run the RaspberryPi as bridge on my own IP and the 2nd
server as internal relay over the VPN. So the public relay runs on another IP.
But actually the VPN connection terminates by itself, the relay goes offline and
I can fix it the evening.
=> Has anyone experience with servers listening over VPN?

Does anyone know more?

Best regards

Anton

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