TOR and ISP

[Programmer In Training]

On 12/26/2009 8:37 PM, Ted Smith wrote:
> On Sat, 2009-12-26 at 17:23 -0600, Programmer In Training wrote:
<snip>
>> May I ask what bridges is in regards to Tor?
> 
> I'm responding off-list because this is a question easily answered on
> the Tor websites ;-)

Doh!

> A bridge is a Tor entry node that isn't in the official list of Tor
> nodes. The person operating the bridge sets it up, and distributes its
> descriptor to the people who they want to use the bridge. In most cases
> bridge operators share the descriptors with the Tor Project, and then
> they distribute the descriptors to end-users.

Thanks for the info, I should have looked there first. lol

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