[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?

[Keifer Bly]

Yes, there is nothing in the log and the firewall is configured to allow
that port.
--Keifer


On Tue, Apr 18, 2023 at 3:21 AM meskio <meskio at torproject.org> wrote:

> 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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