May I ask what ISP? >>> University ISP.
Have you tried specifying bridges, or selecting the option that says "My ISP blocks tor"? >>>> Yes! Doesn't work whether I get the bridges from >>>> https://bridges.torproject.org/ or whether I e-mail brid...@torproject.org I also cannot obtain bridges from within Vidalia as the SSL connection fails. But, as mentioned, when I use a VPN I can then connect to Tor via it. But never without it. Why? Bridge logs below: May 14 07:38:28.192 [Notice] Bootstrapped 5%: Connecting to directory server. May 14 07:38:28.192 [Notice] Bootstrapped 10%: Finishing handshake with directory server. May 14 07:38:28.386 [Notice] Learned fingerprint 82B30E16F2EA22A517F531993D0E50B0B4DB4554 for bridge 217.209.xxx.xxx:443 May 14 07:38:28.434 [Notice] Learned fingerprint 74A8767B02F2E8135C48CA67789D57128648DCF9 for bridge 188.96.xxx.xxx:9221 May 14 07:39:07.119 [Debug] conn_read_callback(): socket 9 wants to read. May 14 07:39:07.119 [Debug] conn_read_callback(): socket 9 wants to read. May 14 07:39:07.120 [Debug] tor_version_is_obsolete(): Checking whether version '0.2.2.35' is in '0.2.1.32,0.2.2.35,0.2.3.10-alpha,0.2.3.11-alpha,0.2.3.12-alpha,0.2.3.13-alpha,0.2.3.14-alpha,0.2.3.15-alpha' May 14 07:39:07.120 [Debug] conn_read_callback(): socket 9 wants to read. May 14 07:39:07.122 [Debug] conn_read_callback(): socket 9 wants to read. May 14 07:39:07.122 [Info] handle_control_takeownership(): Control connection 9 has taken ownership of this Tor instance. May 14 07:39:07.909 [Info] Monitored process 5637 is still alive. May 14 07:39:11.022 [Info] smartlist_choose_by_bandwidth_weights(): Empty routerlist passed in to consensus weight node selection for rule weight as guard May 14 07:39:11.022 [Info] smartlist_choose_by_bandwidth(): Empty routerlist passed in to old node selection for rule weight as guard May 14 07:39:11.023 [Info] should_delay_dir_fetches(): delaying dir fetches (no running bridges known) -Andrew > tor-talk mailing list > tor-talk@lists.torproject.org > https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-talk > _______________________________________________ > tor-talk mailing list > tor-talk@lists.torproject.org > https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-talk _______________________________________________ tor-talk mailing list tor-talk@lists.torproject.org https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-talk _______________________________________________ tor-talk mailing list tor-talk@lists.torproject.org https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-talk