[tor-relays] For some reason, my bridge is still saying it has no distribution mechanism, despite it is listed as email in my torrc and says it is overloaded?

meskio meskio at torproject.org
Tue Apr 18 10:21:29 UTC 2023


Hello,

Quoting Keifer Bly (2023-04-03 21:11:21)
> So for my bridge at
> https://metrics.torproject.org/rs.html#details/4D6E3CA2110FC36D3106C86940A1D4C8C91923AB
> 
> Despite my newest torrc, which is here:
> 
> 
> Nickname gbridge
> ORPort 8080
> SocksPort 0
> BridgeRelay 1
> PublishServerDescriptor bridge
> BridgeDistribution email
> ServerTransportPlugin obfs4 exec /usr/bin/obfs4proxy
> ServerTransportListenAddr obfs4 0.0.0.0:8081
> ExtOrPort auto
> Log notice file /var/log/tor/notices.log
> ExitPolicy reject *:*
> AccountingMax 50 GB
> ContactInfo keiferdodderblyyatgmaildoddercom
> 
> It still says "Bridge Distribution Mechanism: None".
> 
> However, that's VERY confusing as it is listed in the torrc file to be
> distributed by email and apparently despite that it is not distributed, it
> is overloaded somehow?
> 
> This is confusing to me as why would it say no distribution mechanism when
> it is in the torrc as email, and how could it be overloaded if it's not
> being used?

It looks like rdsys thinks your bridge is not reachable and is not distributing 
it:
https://bridges.torproject.org/status?id=4D6E3CA2110FC36D3106C86940A1D4C8C91923AB

I see you have configured obfs4 to use port 8081. Have you checked that there is 
not firewall or something blocking the connections there? Have you looked into 
the logs to see if there is any hint of the problem?

Thank you for running the bridge.

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