[tor-relays] WebTunnel: What ASNs/networks work best?

Jordan Hillis jhillis515 at gmail.com
Mon Aug 14 14:40:09 UTC 2023


Can I get a copy of the webtunnel-bridge Docker image and
documentation? Thanks

On Mon, Aug 14, 2023 at 6:43 AM tor-home at encryptfirst.com <
tor-home at encryptfirst.com> wrote:

> When running a WebTunnel bridge, what types of IPs are better for
> serving requests? My background is with self-hosted home-lab type of
> setups. There are a number of different ways for homelabs to accept
> inbound https connections. A few examples:
>
> - Forward a port on a home router.
> - Rent a cloud VM/VPS and tunnel a port from the VPS's IP.
> - Have a CDN tunnel/forward requests.
> - VPN hybrid solutions like Tailscale Funnel.
>
> Are any of these better than others for hosting a WebTunnel bridge?
> Should cloud provider IPs be preferred over residential IPs, for
> example, considering that is where most web servers are hosted? Are
> large CDNs preferred over individual cloud VMs? Is it better to use a
> different IP for WebTunnel than the IP that runs the OR port (i.e.
> host OR port on home IP and WebTunnel from a cloud-based IP)?
>
> I'm mainly asking to determine which way helps the broadest number of
> Tor users. And which is less likely to be blocked in the future. What
> are the best practices?
>
> PS: Thanks for the webtunnel-bridge Docker image and the documentation
> on how to run it. It was very helpful and made setup easy.
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