Should I be a normal relay or bridge relay?
Roger Dingledine commited on 2009-06-25 01:59:41
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<li><a href="#RelayFlexible">How stable does my relay need to be?</a></li> |
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<li><a href="#ExitPolicies">I'd run a relay, but I don't want to deal |
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with abuse issues.</a></li> |
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+<li><a href="#RelayOrBridge">Should I be a normal relay or bridge |
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+relay?</a></li> |
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<li><a href="#WhyNotNamed">Why is my Tor relay not named?</a></li> |
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+<a id="RelayOrBridge"></a> |
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+<h3><a class="anchor" href="#RelayOrBridge">Should I be a normal relay |
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+or bridge relay?</a></h3> |
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+<p><a href="<page bridges>">Bridge relays</a> (or "bridges" for short) |
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+are Tor relays that aren't listed in the main Tor directory. That means |
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+that even an ISP or government trying to filter connections to the Tor |
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+network probably won't be able to block all the bridges. |
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+</p> |
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+<p>Being a normal relay vs being a bridge relay is almost the same |
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+configuration: it's just a matter of whether your relay is listed |
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+publically or not. |
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+</p> |
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+<p>Right now, there are roughly zero places in the world that filter |
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+connections to the Tor network. So getting a lot of bridges running |
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+right now is mostly a backup measure, a) in case the Tor network does |
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+get blocked somewhere, and b) for people who want an extra layer of |
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+security because they're worried somebody will recognize that it's a |
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+Tor relay IP address they're contacting. |
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+</p> |
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+<p>So should you run a normal relay or bridge relay? If you have |
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+lots of bandwidth, you should definitely run a normal relay — |
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+bridge relays see very little use these days. If you're willing to <a |
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+href="#ExitPolicies">be an exit</a>, you should definitely run a normal |
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+relay, since we need more exits. If you can't be an exit and only have |
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+a little bit of bandwidth, then flip a coin. Thanks for volunteering! |
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<a id="WhyNotNamed"></a> |
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<h3><a class="anchor" href="#WhyNotNamed">Why is my Tor relay not named?</a></h3> |
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