[tor-relays] first using bridge then become bridge

[Lorenz Kirchner <znerol2@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi everybody,

i'm in china and when i start tor nodes (on a linux server) i often have 
to first start up the node using bridges, after i ran tor for a while i 
can restart the node as a bridge-no-exit-relay-entry-node, or whatever, 
and it will (through its cached data, I guess) be able to connect to the 
tor network.. and, importantly, help other nodes to connect to the tor 
network.

It would be great if the node's mode could automatically change, when I 
start the tor node it will try to be a bridge relay according to my 
torrc, if it can not establish a connection it will first use a bridge 
and when it has enough data (non blocked entry nodes) will return to 
becoming a relay. Does this make sense?

btw i think bridges.torproject.org is blocked in china (perhaps not 
surprisingly). And also, on linux servers, couldn't the tor node get the 
bridges via email by itself, that would be fantastic! each tor node 
could have its own gmail account, but i guess it would probably somehow 
be a problem for anonymity..?

take care

:)
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