Hi list, it's high time to write a better website for https://bridges.torproject.org since it currently looks like the homepage of an academic professor. The new website should promote the use of pluggable transports (over normal bridges) and should be explanatory and friendly to end-users. I started writing a skeleton and some strings for the new website. I'm also attaching an image of how the website looked like in my head while I was writing the strings (although the person who codes, should choose the interface). Sathya (cc'ed) said that he would be interested in coding the web part. The relevant trac ticket is https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/7296 . If you have ideas on making the web frontend (or my proposed strings) better, please write them there. Thanks!
BridgeDB <translations mirrors: ir, cn, blablabla> ===Get yourself some bridges:==== ~ Looking for obfuscated bridges? Depending on the bundle you are using you will need different bridges: Click here if you are using tor-obfsproxy-browser-2.4.7-alpha-1 or tor-obfsproxy-browser-2.4.9-alpha-1. :::Link to obfs2 bridges. If you are using tor-flashproxy-pyobfsproxy-browser-2.4.7-alpha-1, you can use both these and these bridges. ::: Link to obfs2 and obfs3 bridges. ~ Looking for normal bridges? Here are your N bridges: > bridge 1.1.1.1:1111 > bridge 1.1.1.2:1111 > bridge 1.1.1.3:1111 You should consider using obfuscated bridges :::link:::, since it's the correct way of bypassing censorship. ===FAQ=== - What are bridges? Bridge relays (or "bridges" for short) are Tor relays that aren't listed in the main directory. Since there is no complete public list of them, even if your ISP is filtering connections to all the known Tor relays, they probably won't be able to block all the bridges. ::: Link to https://www.torproject.org/docs/bridges - How to use this site? This is a website where you can get bridge addresses. Select what kind of bridges you want, and then add them to Tor using Vidalia. ::: Link to https://www.torproject.org/docs/bridges#UsingBridges - What are obfuscated bridges? Please read here for an introduction to obfuscated bridges and pluggable transports. ::: Link to https://www.torproject.org/docs/bridges#PluggableTransports - My bridges don't work! I need help! If your Tor doesn't work, you should contact the Tor support group at help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx . Try including as much info about your case as you can, including the list of bridges you used, the bundle filename/version you used, the messages that Tor gave out, etc. - I need an alternative way of getting bridges! Another way to find public bridge addresses is to send an email (from a gmail or a yahoo address) to bridges@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx with the line "get bridges" by itself in the body of the mail. ------------------------- NOTES: a) The above "Looking for obfuscated bridges?" section could be improved by coding BridgeDB to return mixed-transport bridges, like this: bridges.torproject.org/?transport=obfs2,obfs3 https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/7296 has even more ideas on how to improve this section. b) Both in "normal bridges" and in "obfuscated bridges", there should be a way to filter IPv6 bridges by appending &ipv6=true to the GET request. This is already implemented in BridgeDB. c) There should be translations of the bridges.tpo page (and maybe also mirrors to other domain names)? d) The BridgeDB UI should hint into the fact that normal bridges are in the process of becoming obsolete and should point users to obfsbridges when possible. e) There should be a CAPTCHA somewhere between clicking "Looking for bridges?" and receiving the bridges. f) The HTML code for the web frontend of BridgeDB is in lib/bridgedb/Server.py .
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