[tor-relays] Fw: So I am moving my bridge to a new OS and have a few questions?

[Keifer Bly]

Awesome, thanks! This is very helpful Torix. It's still the same IP
address, I wonder if that means the bridge is less effective.....
--Keifer


On Fri, May 29, 2020 at 5:18 AM <torix at protonmail.com> wrote:

> Dear Keifer,
>
> I'm sure the gurus can say exactly what happens in an upgrade, but I can
> say that it is the keys in /var/lib/tor/keys that uniquely define your tor
> instance. As you did not transfer the keys from the windows box, they were
> created anew when you first started up tor, and your box is considered a
> new relay.
>
> I don't think this is a problem, especially as new bridges 1. are needed
> for May35th(Tinamann Square) right now, when China usually locks down its
> internet "just in case" and 2. bridges gradually get discovered and
> blocked, so starting anew is a plus, not a minus.
>
> HTH,
>
> --Torix
>
>
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> ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐
> On Friday, May 29, 2020 11:17 AM, Keifer Bly <keifer.bly at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> So I am switching my OBFS4 bridge that was here
>
>
> https://metrics.torproject.org/rs.html#details/386E99371B8CD938248940B754F16AAC54B5712B
>
>
> From running on Windows to running on Debian, as the older computer I was
> running it on, Windows updates started causing it to not boot correctly
> haha. With some work I was able to get Debian running on the machine.
>
> I am wondering, does unattended upgrades as configured here:
> https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/wiki/TorRelayGuide/DebianUbuntuUpdates
>
>
> Keep OBFS4 up to date as well?
>
> Is it safe to use tor browser through teamviewer from the computer I am
> running the bridge on?
>
> Unfortunately the relay key for the former bridge was lost as  the hard
> drive failed due to a Windows update causing it to crash, do the
> bridge relay keys have any other relevance than flags?
>
> Thanks very much.
> --Keifer
>
>
>
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