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en-US/bridges.page 2) <page xmlns="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/"
en-US/bridges.page 3) type="topic"
en-US/bridges.page 4) id="bridges">
en-US/bridges.page 5)
en-US/bridges.page 6) <info>
en-US/bridges.page 7) <desc>What bridges are and how to use them.</desc>
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en-US/bridges.page 9) <link type="guide" xref="index" />
en-US/bridges.page 10) </info>
en-US/bridges.page 11)
en-US/bridges.page 12) <title>Bridges</title>
en-US/bridges.page 13)
en-US/bridges.page 14) <p>
en-US/bridges.page 15) Bridges are quiet gateways into the Tor Network. Like Tor relays, they are run
en-US/bridges.page 16) by volunteers. Unlike relays, they are not listed publicly. Using bridges
en-US/bridges.page 17) disguise the fact that one is using Tor.
en-US/bridges.page 18) </p>
en-US/bridges.page 19)
en-US/bridges.page 20) <p>
en-US/bridges.page 21) Currently there are five bridge types, or transports, available. More are
en-US/bridges.page 22) being developed.
en-US/bridges.page 23) </p>
en-US/bridges.page 24) <table frame='all' rules='all'>
en-US/bridges.page 25) <tr>
en-US/bridges.page 26) <td>
en-US/bridges.page 27) <p>
en-US/bridges.page 28) ORPort
en-US/bridges.page 29) </p>
en-US/bridges.page 30) </td>
en-US/bridges.page 31) <td>
en-US/bridges.page 32) <p>
en-US/bridges.page 33) Requesting 'bridges' without specifying the bridge type, will return
en-US/bridges.page 34) ORPort bridges, also called Vanilla bridges. ORPort bridges are NOT
en-US/bridges.page 35) reliable for circumventing censorship or national firewalls. ORPort
en-US/bridges.page 36) bridges can be useful as trusted entry points into the Tor network.
en-US/bridges.page 37) </p>
en-US/bridges.page 38) </td>
en-US/bridges.page 39) </tr>
en-US/bridges.page 40) <tr>
en-US/bridges.page 41) <td>
en-US/bridges.page 42) <p>
en-US/bridges.page 43) obfs2
en-US/bridges.page 44) </p>
en-US/bridges.page 45) </td>
en-US/bridges.page 46) <td>
en-US/bridges.page 47) <p>
en-US/bridges.page 48) Censors have learned how to identify obfs2 bridges. This transport
en-US/bridges.page 49) is being deprecated.
en-US/bridges.page 50) </p>
en-US/bridges.page 51) </td>
en-US/bridges.page 52) </tr>
en-US/bridges.page 53) <tr>
en-US/bridges.page 54) <td>
en-US/bridges.page 55) <p>
en-US/bridges.page 56) obfs3
en-US/bridges.page 57) </p>
en-US/bridges.page 58) </td>
en-US/bridges.page 59) <td>
en-US/bridges.page 60) <p>
en-US/bridges.page 61) Obfsproxy disguises Tor traffic as random noise. obfs3 bridges work
en-US/bridges.page 62) almost everywhere. A few obfs3 bridges have been blocked.
en-US/bridges.page 63) </p>
en-US/bridges.page 64) </td>
en-US/bridges.page 65) </tr>
en-US/bridges.page 66) <tr>
en-US/bridges.page 67) <td>
en-US/bridges.page 68) <p>
en-US/bridges.page 69) Scramblesuit
en-US/bridges.page 70) </p>
en-US/bridges.page 71) </td>
en-US/bridges.page 72) <td>
en-US/bridges.page 73) <p>
en-US/bridges.page 74) Scramblesuit is an additional tool for the obfsproxy transport.
en-US/bridges.page 75) Scramblesuit bridges are designed to be hard to identify and hard to
en-US/bridges.page 76) block.
en-US/bridges.page 77) </p>
en-US/bridges.page 78) </td>
en-US/bridges.page 79) </tr>
en-US/bridges.page 80) <tr>
en-US/bridges.page 81) <td>
en-US/bridges.page 82) <p>
en-US/bridges.page 83) FTE
en-US/bridges.page 84) </p>
en-US/bridges.page 85) </td>
en-US/bridges.page 86) <td>
en-US/bridges.page 87) <p>
en-US/bridges.page 88) Format-Transforming Encryption disguises Tor traffic as web (HTTP)
en-US/bridges.page 89) traffic or other types of internet traffic. FTE bridges are
en-US/bridges.page 90) effective, but in limited supply.
en-US/bridges.page 91) </p>
en-US/bridges.page 92) </td>
en-US/bridges.page 93) </tr>
en-US/bridges.page 94) </table>
en-US/bridges.page 95)
en-US/bridges.page 96) <p>
en-US/bridges.page 97) (Note that flashproxy is a Pluggable Transport, but does not rely on bridges.)
en-US/bridges.page 98) </p>
en-US/bridges.page 99)
en-US/bridges.page 100) <p>
en-US/bridges.page 101) There are four ways to get a bridge.
en-US/bridges.page 102) </p>
en-US/bridges.page 103)
en-US/bridges.page 104) <steps>
en-US/bridges.page 105) <item>
en-US/bridges.page 106) <p>
en-US/bridges.page 107) Visit <link href='https://bridges.torproject.org/'>https://bridges.torproject.org/</link> and follow the instructions.
en-US/bridges.page 108) </p>
en-US/bridges.page 109) </item>
en-US/bridges.page 110) <item>
en-US/bridges.page 111) <p>
en-US/bridges.page 112) Email bridges@bridges.torproject.org from a gmail or yahoo
en-US/bridges.page 113) email address. Put <cmd>get bridges</cmd> in the body for ORPort bridges
en-US/bridges.page 114) or <cmd>transport=obfs3</cmd> for obfs3 bridges.
en-US/bridges.page 115) </p>
en-US/bridges.page 116) </item>
en-US/bridges.page 117) <item>
en-US/bridges.page 118) <p>
en-US/bridges.page 119) Politely ask a human at help@rt.torproject.org if you cannot access
en-US/bridges.page 120) either of the first two methods.
en-US/bridges.page 121) </p>
en-US/bridges.page 122) </item>
en-US/bridges.page 123) <item>
en-US/bridges.page 124) <p>
en-US/bridges.page 125) Install and configure a Tor instance to be bridge
en-US/bridges.page 126) for yourself. The computer acting as a bridge must have uncensored internet
en-US/bridges.page 127) access to the Tor network. A full installation guide can be found at
en-US/bridges.page 128) <link href='https://www.torproject.org/projects/obfsproxy-debian-instructions.html.en'>https://www.torproject.org/projects/obfsproxy-debian-instructions.html.en</link>
en-US/bridges.page 129) </p>
en-US/bridges.page 130) </item>
en-US/bridges.page 131) </steps>
en-US/bridges.page 132)
en-US/bridges.page 133) <p>
en-US/bridges.page 134) Enter the bridge information you get from any of the above steps in
en-US/bridges.page 135) Tor-launcher.
en-US/bridges.page 136) </p>
en-US/bridges.page 137)
en-US/bridges.page 138) <p>
en-US/bridges.page 139) Choose yes when asked if your Internet Service Provider blocks connections to
en-US/bridges.page 140) the Tor network. Select 'Use custom bridges' and enter each bridge identifier
en-US/bridges.page 141) on its own line.
en-US/bridges.page 142) </p>
en-US/bridges.page 143)
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