[tor-talk] How to make 100.000 bridge?

[arpooya]

On 1/13/2012 8:18 PM, Fabio Pietrosanti (naif) wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> i've been thinking about the bridge issues.
>
> Specifically about the fact that the entrance barrier to install a
> bridge it's quite high.
>
> You need:
> - someone with technical skills to install a bridge
> - an internet exposed server where you can install your own software
> that run in background
>
> Those kind of requirements provide a very high entrance barrier for
> anyone that would like to "support freedom of speech".
>
Yes, it's really a problem to find a tech-savvy person to run a private 
bridge outside the censored regions. Recently, I wanted to test 
obfsproxy and that adds to the problem! I had to find a person having 
enough time and knowledge to configure an obfsproxy server out there!

Any idea to make the whole process of "making a machine a Tor bridge" 
more automated is great! Right now, Vidalia interface is really 
straightforward in setting up a Tor bridge, but to make it operational, 
the port forwarding part which should be done manually (in most cases) 
is a hassle for a normal user.

-arpooya