[tor-relays] How to reduce tor CPU load on a single bridge?

David Fifield david at bamsoftware.com
Sat Dec 10 04:41:38 UTC 2022


On Fri, Dec 09, 2022 at 10:16:47AM +0100, Toralf Förster wrote:
> On 12/9/22 07:02, David Fifield wrote:
> > But now there is rdsys and bridgestrap, which may have the ability to
> > test the obfs4 port rather than the ORPort. I cannot say whether that
> > removes the requirement to expose the ORPort.
> 
> Would be a step toward to make scanning for bridges harder IMO, if the 
> ORPort is no longer needed to be exposed.

You are entirely correct. It's been noted as a discoverability
vulnerability for over 10 years now. But so far attempts to resolve
https://bugs.torproject.org/tpo/core/tor/7349 have fallen short.


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