[tor-relays] ScrambleSuit maintenance question

[George Kadianakis]

Delton Barnes <delton.barnes at mail.ru> writes:

> Inexperienced Debian administrator here with a question about how to
> maintain the new obfsproxy/Tor for ScrambleSuit.  I installed as follows:
>
> 1. Updated /etc/apt/sources.list (new lines prefixed with *):
>
> deb http://server.name.redacted/debian wheezy main contrib non-free
> *deb http://server.name.redacted/debian unstable main contrib non-free
> deb http://server.name.redacted/debian-security wheezy/updates main
> contrib non-free
> deb http://deb.torproject.org/torproject.org wheezy main
> *deb http://deb.torproject.org/torproject.org tor-nightly-master-wheezy main
>
> 2. Created apt.conf to prevent all packages from being pulled from
> unstable by default:
>
> echo 'APT::Default-Release "stable";' > /etc/apt/apt.conf
>
> 3. Edited torrc with following:
>
> ServerTransportPlugin obfs3,scramblesuit exec /usr/bin/obfsproxy managed
>
> 4. Installed the new packages:
>
> apt-get update
> apt-get -t unstable install obfsproxy
> apt-get upgrade  <-- Installed Tor nightly.
>
> 5. service restart tor
>
>
> My question:
>
> Is there a way to configure things so obfsproxy and Tor will later
> automatically be upgraded to a *stable* release that includes
> ScrambleSuit?  And how to know when I need to upgrade obfsproxy and Tor?
>

Hello Delton,

you will need to wait till tor-0.2.5.1 becomes stable if you want to
use scramblesuit with a stable Tor. Till then, please keep on using
Tor nightlies.

As far as your second question goes, unfortunately we don't have good
upgrade processes yet. I suggest you do 'apt-get upgrade' every once
in a while to get the latest nightlies of obfsproxy/tor. If there are
any urgent upgrades that you need to perform I will send an email to
tor-relays.

Feel free to ask any other questions you have.