[tor-relays] snowflake vs bridges (vs node)

[Eldalië]

Hello there.

> And generally, what's more needed atm: bridge, non-exit, exit or
> snowflake?

I'm not an expert at all, but the most needed type of relay is exit
([1]) and I suppose always will be, as they are the most prone to raise
legal issues ([1]) and have the highest requirements ([2]). Also, to my
understanding, if there were many exit nodes but guard or middle were
missing, exit nodes would be used for the first two hops as well, so if
you have enough resources and you will to I'd say you should go with an
exit node.
As for the question about bridges I'm a newbie, so I'll leave the
answer to someone with some expertise :).

Eldalië


[1]
https://support.torproject.org/relay-operators/#what-type-of-relays-are-most-needed

[2]
https://community.torproject.org/relay/relays-requirements/index.html

On Thu, 3 Feb 2022 18:14:49 +0100
Fran via tor-relays <tor-relays at lists.torproject.org> wrote:

> Hey,
> 
> I just saw, that it's possible to run snowflake[1] not only as
> browser plugin, but also standalone. So I am wondering what makes
> more sense, run a bridge with obsf4 or run a snowflake instance
> instead of a bridge. Or would it even make sense to install both on
> one server?
> 
> And generally, what's more needed atm: bridge, non-exit, exit or
> snowflake?
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> fran
> 
> 
> [1] 
> https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/anti-censorship/pluggable-transports/snowflake/-/wikis/home
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