[tor-relays] Possible to run a tor bridge/relay via tor browser?

[Keifer Bly]

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Hey, so here is something I have noticed. I ran tor.exe via CMD (Windows
version of terminal). I wrote this to the torrc:



SOCKSPort 0                # no local SOCKS proxy



ORPort 80                # public bridge must have an open ORPort



ExtORPort auto             # configure ExtORPort for obfs4proxy



ExitPolicy reject *:*      # no exits allowed



BridgeRelay 1              # relay won't show up in the public consensus



PublishServerDescriptor 1  # publish to the bridge authority





# use obfs4proxy to provide obfs4 on port 9003, 443



ServerTransportPlugin obfs4 exec
C:\Users\keife\Desktop\TotBrowser\Browser\TorBrowser\Tor\PluggableTransports\obfs4proxy.exe



ServerTransportListenAddr obfs4 127.0.0.1:8080



ContactInfo keifer.bly at gmail.com



Then did tor.exe -f torrc.txt (including the file directories and all) and
it worked, tor launched and red the configuration file, but when using the
built in torrc file, this in turn caused tor browser to crash on start, see
the screenshot:



However, when I created my own torrc.txt file then started from there, it
worked, and tor browser also did not crash on start:



Though it did get stuck on loading  (probably due to the tor process
already being in use in all). This is problem attic is what I am trying to
do is have tor browser start, automatically installing updates (thus
automatically updating tor and obfs4 as a result) then start the bridge). I
guess I would want to have a torrc that could not be overwritten anyway,
but having tor browser and tor running via terminal seemed to cause issues.
Is there a way to configure tor browser to automatically install updates on
start? If so, I could write a script to start tor browser, close it after a
few minutes then start the relay when windows loads possibly.


Sending screenshots so you can see when tor browser crashes and does not
crash.



Thank you.
--Keifer


On Mon, Mar 30, 2020 at 2:24 AM teor <teor at riseup.net> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> On 30 Mar 2020, at 18:11, Keifer Bly <keifer.bly at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> The file directoy is named “totbrowser” where tor browser is installed.
> Thank you.
>
>
>
> Sent from Mail <https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986> for
> Windows 10
>
>
>
> *From: *Keifer Bly <keifer.bly at gmail.com>
> *Sent: *Monday, March 30, 2020 1:10 AM
> *To: *tor-relays at lists.torproject.org <tor-relays at liststorproject.org>
> *Subject: *RE: Re: [tor-relays] Possible to run a tor bridge/relay via
> tor browser?
>
>
>
> So, I edited the tor install directory so there are no spaces in it, then
> tried no quotes, single quotes, and double quotes, and it still crashers on
> start. I wonder why:
>
>
>
> …
>
>
>
> # use obfs4proxy to provide obfs4 on port 9003, 443
>
>
>
> ServerTransportPlugin obfs4 exec
> 'C:\Users\keife\Desktop\TotBrowser\Browser\TorBrowser\Tor\PluggableTransports\obfs4proxy.exe'
>
>
>
> …
>
>
>
> This is a directory path:
>
>
>
> ServerTransportPlugin obfs4 exec C:\Users\keife\Desktop\Tor Browser test
> relay\Browser\TorBrowser\Tor\PluggableTransports
>
>
>
> You need to:
>
> * give tor the path to the obfs4 executable file
>
> * quote the path, because it contains spaces
>
>
> It's important that you follow these instructions precisely:
>
> * give tor the path to the obfs4 executable file
>
> * quote the path with double quote characters "like this"
>
> * do not delete spaces, the path without spaces is a different path
>
>
> If that doesn't work:
>
> * double each backslash character like this: \\
>
>
> If that doesn't work:
>
> * run tor in a terminal, and send us your logs
>
>
> We seem to be reaching the limits of your experience.
>
>
> Perhaps there's some other way you can learn about file
>
> paths on Windows and Linux? And processes? And
>
> software updates?
>
>
> I'm not sure we're the best people to learn system
>
> administration from. Perhaps a beginners sysadmin
>
> mailing list, chat, or course could help?
>
>
> T
>
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