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Kevin Karhan :verified:

#WhatsMissing: A tool to check if #TorBridges are still available/online/reachable that one can use either #standalone (with #TorBrowser and/or #Tor Expert Bundle) or on @tails_live / @tails / #Tails.

  • Cuz I do run into issues and kinda want to sort #Bridges by availability so I don't waste time on a #TorBridge that is down and also thin-out the list of bridges that ain't online anymore.

Whilst I do acknowledge that @torproject do disrecommend having a huge list of Tor Bridges on hand, I do regularly need them for contacts who are behind a #GreatFirewall and can't #SSH-Tunnel out of it.

Espechally being able to filter for #IPv4only and not just #IPv6only is something I miss, alongside the filter for #PluggableTransports type as @guardianproject #Orbot seems to only handle #obfs4 and not webtunnel or #meek at all...

  • 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.
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Habr

Лучшие бесплатные VPN для ПК и смартфона 2025 (которые работают)

В последние несколько лет на территории РФ ужесточилась фильтрация интернет-трафика средствами ТСПУ. Сотни сайтов и интернет-сервисов внесены в чёрные списки и заблокированы. Получить доступ к ним можно только через VPN. Однако самые популярные VPN тоже подверглись блокировке. Ограничения можно обойти через канал на собственном зарубежном сервере, купив там самый дешёвый хостинг за пару долларов или уже готовый VPS с установленным VPN (такие объявления есть на Авито ). Если своего сервера нет, то остаётся только прибегнуть к услугам сторонних VPN-сервисов, которые ещё не заблокированы. Лучшие бесплатные VPN из выживших перечислены ниже. Примечание . Эту статью Хабр наверняка заблокирует для пользователей из РФ, в исполнение запрета Роскомнадзора на информацию об обходе блокировок, так что лучше сразу после публикации сохранить её.

habr.com/ru/articles/881878/

ХабрЛучшие бесплатные VPN для ПК и смартфона 2025 (которые работают)В последние несколько лет на территории РФ ужесточилась фильтрация интернет-трафика средствами ТСПУ. Сотни сайтов и интернет-сервисов внесены в чёрные списки и заблокированы. Получить доступ к ним...
#бесплатный_VPN#Opera#СОРМ
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Kevin Karhan :verified:

@wmd @miqokin I've yet to find a nation that criminalizes @torproject but not #VPN|s that facilitate the same...

  • Also commercial VPN providers are relatively easy to detect, filter & block unless they support #SSH-Tunneling.

Whereas #Tor has multiple ways to circumvent #InternetCensorship, includibg multiple #proxy & 9bfuscation systems like #obfs4, #meek, #webtunnel and regular #TorBridges on included, public query-able amd private lists...

chaos.social🌈☔🌦️🍄 (@wmd@chaos.social)@kkarhan@infosec.space @miqokin@denden.world sorry a single line, sourcing a single bold claim linking to a wall of (us) legalese isn't a very useful means of communication. VPNs have functions outside of geoblocking. In many countries not logging isn't illegal (logging and not providing logs is a different story). Tor would be illegal otherwise. Torrenting is one reason, laws and enforcement changes a lot from country to country. Requiring international cooperation is another, making things more complicated. (1/2)
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Kevin Karhan :verified:

One thing that @torproject is missing is a way to check availability and reachability of #Bridges with a simple tool.

  • This is kinda vital as I do occasionally setup private #bridges and also want to enshure the private #TorBridges list I have is up to date.

Manually adding/removing one #bridge after the other in #TorBrowser and see if those connect is a relatively inefficient process and merely pinging them isn't viable either, espechally on #meek, #obfs4 and #snowflake type bridges.

  • Now to make the obvious clear: I'd NEVER publicly list any #TorBridge on my lists.d repo obviously, because that would only harm #Tor...

I'm not even asking for like a fancy tool that is as clean as @micahflee 's #OnionShare but merely a #CLI thing (if necessary I'd build some #bash script) to automatically attempt to connect to said bridge and either spit out an ok or error.

  • Something one can just feed with a text file and that'll spit out a different file with ok/working bridges and/or discards the non-working ones from the list.

And yes, this tool is kinda crucial as I want to quickly sift through a load of bridges that work on restricted ports (22, 80, 443) and thus can bypass the #GreatFirewall and #Roskomnadzor filtering...

  • So people fleeing can at least safely communicate.

If anyone at #TorProject needs more details, I'll gladly exchange them in a secure manner.

List of useful things. Contribute to greyhat-academy/lists.d development by creating an account on GitHub.
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oulu 🦎

刚把几个设备的 #Tor 都更到了14.0.1 (archive.ph/LmTq2)，重启：

Android ✅
Debian ✅
Windows ⏳...

...卡 Windows 这了。更完后怎么也连不上：直连，开 Bridge，Built-in 的 #obfs、#meek、#snowflake，非 built-in 的 custom，全试了个遍，都没反应。

由于这台 Win 的软件流量是默认走 V2Ray 绕过 GFW 的。所以尽管它物理位置在中国，我还是没往这个可能性上想。但 "Tor"、"GFW"、"Bridge 失效"，这几个因素叠一块，总是哪里不对。

搞半天反应过来，是不是 Tor 没走代理。一看发现就是这原因，因为 Tor 的 Win 客户端是 Portable (archive.ph/tPedE)，它的代理不仅要在系统层面配置，还要在软件内配置 (archive.ph/r62u8)。所以当更新后代理被清除，就需要重新配置。

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Screenshot of a desktop interface displaying the process of connecting to Tor network via proxy (V2Ray) in China.
#gfw#censorship#troubleshoot
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Kevin Karhan :verified:

@ActuallyAubrey That depends on the juristiction in question, the plan & provider in question as well as used hardware in question.

  • In case of even remotely suspected #Stalkerware I do recommend to get personally-owned, controlled, secured and hidden hardware to enable unsurveiled comms.

Consider telephony & SMS inherently & unfixably insecure.

  • If in doubt get a new Android with an anonymous prepaid SIM that has affordable data options and use @torproject / #TorBrowser and #Orbot with #TorBridges on ports 80 & 443 which use #meek & #webtunnel transports, so any surveiling party will only see non-suspicious HTTPS traffic.

OFC a maliciously configured CPE/Router can log & report all pachets that travel through, but #DNS & #HTTP or any unencrypted comms are susceptible.

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Kevin Karhan :verified:

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A on the :fediverse: that allows people to query for a with fixed parameters ( or , 80 & 443 or not, Type vanilla / / / or just a completely random ...)

Basically it would make the BridgeDB query and let the user solve the , relays back their solution and once completed, it'll send people their bridges and instruct them how to delete the DM conversation.

@torproject

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Kevin Karhan :verified:

So please @torproject allow people - if you don't want to change the UI for bridges.torproject.org - to at least craft requests that allow users to select and/or as well as [regardless inf , , , or ] and [i.e. 443 & 80] are often the only known working ones!

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Kevin Karhan :verified:

@tails @torproject And in the case of that's the only reliable way to tunnel through the of the "P.R." .

And it's not as if one can query more than 2 bridges at the time from or granularly filter like "I need an that uses port 443" or something...
bridges.torproject.org

I know ~ why ~ the Project does it: Otherwise some Governments would query the entire BridgeDB...

bridges.torproject.orgThe Tor Project | Privacy & Freedom OnlineDefend yourself against tracking and surveillance. Circumvent censorship.
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Kevin Karhan :verified:

It's not as if I don't know ~why~ @tails chose to be that restrictive but it's quite sad that one's kinda barred from honestly contributing to the project.

I could understand and accept any decision if they at least told me why they'd not want me or have not replied to it.


Another issue is that for some absurd reason one can only add a single @torproject when ine wants to configure a hidden connection.

This is kinda stupid since , and also exist.

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