[tor-relays] Tor Cloud: still not listed

[Runa A. Sandvik]

On Wed, Jan 15, 2014 at 2:46 PM, Patrick ZAJDA <patrick at zajda.fr> wrote:
> Le 15/01/2014 15:20, Runa A. Sandvik a écrit :
>> On Wed, Jan 15, 2014 at 1:30 PM, Patrick ZAJDA <patrick at zajda.fr>
>> wrote:
>>> The second point is: I looked at the configuration, and noticed
>>> bridge is set to 1. I though it made the tor relay private, do I
>>> have miss-understood something?
>>
>> From https://www.torproject.org/docs/bridges: Bridge relays (or
>> "bridges" for short) are Tor relays that aren't listed in the main
>> Tor directory (as opposed to relays). Since there is no complete
>> public list of them, even if an ISP is filtering connections to all
>> the known Tor relays, they probably won't be able to block all the
>> bridges.
>>
>> The difference between a Tor Cloud "obfsproxy bridge" and a
>> "private bridge" is whether or not the bridge reports its address
>> (IP address and port) to the Tor Project. If it does, the address
>> will automatically be distributed to users who need it (through the
>> help desk, bridges.torproject.org, etc). If it does not, it's up to
>> you to distribute the address.
>>
> OK, so to be sure I understand: with an obfsproxy one, relay address
> and port are listed but not in atlas.torproject.org?

Yes, that's correct. The address will be distributed to users
automatically. Thanks for running a bridge!

-- 
Runa A. Sandvik