u...@disroot.org wrote: > On 2022-11-23 22:15, Ali Farzanrad wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > I'm living in Islamic Dictatorship of Iran and here I can use bridges > > provided by this Telegram bot: @GetBridgesBot > > Also you might get bridges from https://bridges.torproject.org > > Also you can purchase a VPS from any hosting like 1984.is and run your > > own obfs4 bridge there. > > > > I'm not sure about your question (why? who? how?) but I hope give you > > good alternatives. > > > > u...@disroot.org wrote: > > > > > When I click on "Configure Connection/Select a > > > Built-In Bridge", no bridges are displayed in the > > > popup. In my circumstances where I have to use a > > > bridge, this makes Tor Browser practically > > > useless. For tons of other people living in > > > repressive regimes this is true as well. Now I > > > either need to use Gmail or obtain a RiseUp > > > invite code somewhere, because Tor arbitrarily > > > decided to require one of these two email > > > providers for obtaining bridges by email. > > > Remember, Google is an ad company. Anyway, why? > > > Who? How? That's the questions I'm here for. > Thank you! Previously, Tor website was blocked by my provider, but seems > like this is not the case anymore. However, the problem is not solved: I > still cannot use Tor Browser even with the new bridges from the Tor > Browser's website. Here are the logs from Tor Browser: > 11/23/22, 19:49:51.933 [NOTICE] DisableNetwork is set. Tor will not make or > accept non-control network connections. Shutting down all existing > connections. > 11/23/22, 19:51:49.894 [NOTICE] New control connection opened from > 127.0.0.1. > 11/23/22, 19:52:03.920 [NOTICE] DisableNetwork is set. Tor will not make or > accept non-control network connections. Shutting down all existing > connections. > 11/23/22, 19:52:03.921 [NOTICE] Switching to guard context "bridges" (was > using "default") > 11/23/22, 19:52:17.285 [NOTICE] Opening Socks listener on 127.0.0.1:9150 > 11/23/22, 19:52:17.285 [NOTICE] Opened Socks listener connection (ready) on > 127.0.0.1:9150 > 11/23/22, 19:52:18.690 [WARN] Can't use bridge at [scrubbed]: there is no > configured transport called "obfs4". > 11/23/22, 19:52:18.700 [WARN] Can't use bridge at [scrubbed]: there is no > configured transport called "obfs4". > 11/23/22, 19:52:19.890 [WARN] Can't use bridge at [scrubbed]: there is no > configured transport called "obfs4". > 11/23/22, 19:52:19.900 [WARN] Can't use bridge at [scrubbed]: there is no > configured transport called "obfs4". > 11/23/22, 19:52:47.436 [NOTICE] Closing no-longer-configured Socks listener > on 127.0.0.1:9150 > 11/23/22, 19:52:47.438 [NOTICE] DisableNetwork is set. Tor will not make or > accept non-control network connections. Shutting down all existing > connections. > 11/23/22, 19:53:46.835 [NOTICE] Opening Socks listener on 127.0.0.1:9150 > 11/23/22, 19:53:46.836 [NOTICE] Opened Socks listener connection (ready) on > 127.0.0.1:9150 > 11/23/22, 19:53:47.141 [WARN] Can't use bridge at [scrubbed]: there is no > configured transport called "obfs4". > 11/23/22, 19:53:47.142 [WARN] Can't use bridge at [scrubbed]: there is no > configured transport called "obfs4". > 11/23/22, 19:53:48.161 [WARN] Can't use bridge at [scrubbed]: there is no > configured transport called "obfs4". > 11/23/22, 19:53:48.162 [WARN] Can't use bridge at [scrubbed]: there is no > configured transport called "obfs4". > 11/23/22, 19:54:21.184 [NOTICE] New control connection opened from > 127.0.0.1.
OK, I think you need to install obfs4proxy and then configure your Tor Browser. Here is my configuration in file ~/TorBrowser-Data/torrc: ClientOnionAuthDir ... ClientTransportPlugin obfs4 exec /usr/local/bin/obfs4proxy DataDirectory ... UseBridges 1 Bridge obfs4 ... Bridge obfs4 ...
