[tor-talk] How to make 100.000 bridge?

[Andrew Lewman]

On Fri, 13 Jan 2012 17:48:33 +0100
"Fabio Pietrosanti (naif)" <lists at infosecurity.ch> wrote:
> Introduce a concept of "Stateless bridge" that basically just act as a
> TCP forwarder between a Tor client and a Tor Relay, making it easier
> for anyone that's able to manage a web hosting panel to participate
> and provide the availability of their system.

If you replace the word "stateless bridge" with "proxy server", then
tor already supports that model. Bridges can also be proxy servers, as
the goal is to get the tor client to connect to the tor network.
Whether the tor client uses a tor bridge, or a proxy server, is mostly
irrelevant from a connectivity standpoint. From an anonymity and
security standpoint, what pros and cons exist for tor via proxy server
is an open question.

See
https://blog.torproject.org/blog/strategies-getting-more-bridge-addresses

and
https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-dev/2011-December/003135.html
about flashproxy plugin for blogs, websites, etc.

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