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Re: [tor-relays] Experience with obfuscated bridge on Raspberry Pi Raspian



Hi,

Most of the people that get raided are exit node operators. So, not a big problem for you to run a non-exit relay since you're not the one who connecting with other people outside the Tor network and it won't trace back to you. It's even safer if you run a bridge relay.

By the way, what was the reason or issue given by police when the non-exit relay operator got contacted? And is that person also in Switzerland?


Tony

> Date: Tue, 20 Aug 2013 01:00:35 +0200
> From: damian.goeldi@xxxxxxxxx
> To: tor-relays@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [tor-relays] Experience with obfuscated bridge on Raspberry Pi Raspian
>
> Hi,
>
> As lately there were many discussions on getting Tor from the
> experimental repository running on Raspian, I thought I would share my
> experiences here.
>
> First, I tried to install Tor following [1] and [2] and ran into the
> same compatibility issues as most of you. But then I just downloaded the
> soft-float version of Raspian "wheezy" from [3]. And I could install Tor
> and obsproxy from the experimental repository without any issues (i.e.
> without any compiling or complex configurations).
>
> I ran the obfuscated bridge for a week and it relayed a few 100 MB
> without any problems. The bridge is connected to a standard home cable
> connection in Switzerland (router runs pfSense). Of course the load was
> not too high due to only running an obfuscated bridge.
>
> After the week I decided to shut the bridge down because I heard from
> people being contacted by the police even though only running a non-exit
> relay. As I share a flat with some friends, I absolutely cannot afford
> being raided or similar. If anyone can give me some advice on running
> non-exit relays at home in Switzerland, I might consider running the
> bridge again.
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Damian
>
>
> [1]
> https://www.torproject.org/projects/obfsproxy-debian-instructions.html.en#instructions
> [2] https://www.torproject.org/docs/debian.html.en#development
> [3] http://www.raspberrypi.org/downloads
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