[tor-relays] (Announcement) WebTunnel, a new pluggable transport for bridges, now available for deployment

[meskio]

Quoting David Fifield (2023-06-29 19:35:31)
> On Thu, Jun 29, 2023 at 03:38:13PM +0100, Shelikhoo wrote:
> > How to test and report issues
> > -----------------------------
> > 
> > You can test the WebTunnel bridge by using the most recent version of Tor
> > Browser Alpha (https://www.torproject.org/download/alpha/). Currently,
> > WebTunnel is only distributed over the HTTPS distributor (torrc
> > setting:'BridgeDistribution https').
> > 
> > You can report issues on the Tor Project GitLab Anti-censorship group:
> > https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/anti-censorship/pluggable-transports/webtunnel.
> > 
> > Given that this new PT is only available now on Tor Browser Alpha, relay
> > operators should not expect significant usage or a large number of users at the
> > moment.
> > 
> > Please let us know if you encountered any difficulty with WebTunnel setup.
> > Thanks for your contribution to the Tor ecosystem.
> 
> I tried getting a bridge line from
> https://bridges.torproject.org/bridges/?transport=webtunnel
> but it gave me an error: "It seems there was an error getting your
> QRCode."
> 
> Are there just not enough bridges for the distributor to distribute yet?

Yes, there are very few bridges, so depending on your IP address you might not 
get any. There is also a bug that requires you to click on 'Do you need IPv6 
address?', as webtunnel bridges claim to have IPv6 addresses bridgedb. But the 
fix is already in its way, I hope will be delpoyed soon:
  https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/anti-censorship/bridgedb/-/merge_requests/56

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