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Kevin Karhan :verified:<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/WhatsMissing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WhatsMissing</a>: A tool to check if <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/TorBridges" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TorBridges</a> are still available/online/reachable that one can use either <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/standalone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#standalone</a> (with <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/TorBrowser" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TorBrowser</a> and/or <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Tor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Tor</a> Expert Bundle) or on <a href="https://venera.social/profile/tails_live" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@tails_live</a> / <a href="https://fosstodon.org/@tails" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@tails</a> / <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Tails" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Tails</a>. <ul><li>Cuz I do run into issues and kinda want to sort <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Bridges" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Bridges</a> by availability so I don't waste time on a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/TorBridge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TorBridge</a> that is down and also thin-out the list of bridges that ain't online anymore.</li></ul>Whilst I do acknowledge that <a href="https://mastodon.social/@torproject" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@torproject</a> do disrecommend having a huge list of Tor Bridges on hand, I do regularly need them for contacts who are behind a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/GreatFirewall" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GreatFirewall</a> and can't <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SSH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SSH</a>-Tunnel out of it.<ul><li>Sadly <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/BridgeDB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BridgeDB</a> <a href="https://bridges.torproject.org" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">doesn't offer</a> good <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/filtering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#filtering</a> options so one can't just query types effectively like "I need <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/webtunnel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#webtunnel</a> on <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/IPv4" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#IPv4</a>" or "I can only use Ports 80 & 443 on <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/IPv6" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#IPv6</a>" which may work.</li></ul>Espechally being able to filter for <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/IPv4only" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#IPv4only</a> and not just <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/IPv6only" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#IPv6only</a> is something I miss, alongside the filter for <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/PluggableTransports" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PluggableTransports</a> type as <a href="https://social.librem.one/@guardianproject" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@guardianproject</a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Orbot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Orbot</a> seems to only handle <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/obfs4" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#obfs4</a> and not webtunnel or <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/meek" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#meek</a> at all...<ul><li>I'm pretty certain that merely pinging a bridge at it's port isn't working as a shure-fire way to check for it's availability.</li></ul>

AS 396507On this <a href="https://digitalcourage.social/tags/GivingTuesday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GivingTuesday</a>, we are launching 10 public <a href="https://mastodon.social/@torproject" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@torproject</a> <a href="https://digitalcourage.social/tags/obfs4" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#obfs4</a> bridges!We don't expect these bridges to be particularly good at evading <a href="https://digitalcourage.social/tags/government" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#government</a> <a href="https://digitalcourage.social/tags/censorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#censorship</a> since they are in the same IPv4 /24 subnet as our exit relays. Countries like China and Russia undoubtably already block our subnet. However, we think they are a trustworthy (and fast) guard node when configured.If you'd like to try one of our bridges, we have published them here:<a href="https://bridge.emeraldonion.org" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://bridge.emeraldonion.org</a>Please consider <a href="https://digitalcourage.social/tags/donating" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#donating</a> to U.S. 501(c)(3) tax-deductible <a href="https://digitalcourage.social/tags/nonprofit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#nonprofit</a> Tor network operators before the end of the year:Emerald Onion: <a href="https://emeraldonion.org/donate/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://emeraldonion.org/donate/</a>Calyx Institute <a href="https://mastodon.social/@calyxinstitute" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@calyxinstitute</a>: <a href="https://members.calyxinstitute.org/donate" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://members.calyxinstitute.org/donate</a>Stormy Cloud <a href="https://mastodon.social/@stormycloud" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@stormycloud</a>: <a href="https://stormycloud.org/donate/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://stormycloud.org/donate/</a>Riseup <a href="https://mastodon.social/@riseup" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@riseup</a>: <a href="https://riseup.net/donate" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://riseup.net/donate</a>(if there are any other that we missed, please let us know!)<a href="https://digitalcourage.social/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#privacy</a> <a href="https://digitalcourage.social/tags/anonymity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#anonymity</a> <a href="https://digitalcourage.social/tags/TorOperators" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TorOperators</a> <a href="https://digitalcourage.social/tags/network" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#network</a> <a href="https://digitalcourage.social/tags/security" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#security</a> <a href="https://digitalcourage.social/tags/obfs4proxy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#obfs4proxy</a> <a href="https://digitalcourage.social/tags/pluggabletransports" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#pluggabletransports</a>

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