[tor-relays] Introducing new bridge status page

Philipp Winter phw at torproject.org
Tue Jan 12 21:40:59 UTC 2021


On Tue, Jan 12, 2021 at 10:03:52PM +0100, lists at for-privacy.net wrote:
> On 11.01.2021 21:59, Toralf Förster wrote:
> > On 1/11/21 9:03 PM, Philipp Winter wrote:
> > > FINGERPRINT is your bridge's fingerprint or its hashed fingerprint --
> > > either works.
> > 
> > for public bridges ;-)
> 
> Bridges (PublishServerDescriptor 1 + BridgeDistribution none) work.

Yes, that's because the backend needs a bridge's descriptor but doesn't
care about its distribution method.

> Completely private bridges (PublishServerDescriptor 0 + BridgeDistribution
> none) can look here:
> https://bridges.torproject.org/scan/

Note that this service only tests the target's TCP port.  The port may
be reachable but the bridge may still be dysfunctional.  The /status
page actually fetches the target's descriptor, which gives you more
assurance that the bridge actually works.


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