Since no one replied to my post, I assumed that (typos aside) my questions were indeed dumb. So I took time to really RTFM. They were. - eliaz
On 4/16/2013 7:18 PM, eli wrote: > My bridge usage in Vidalia has fallen to near zero since I've installed > portable transports; as a matter fact most of the traffic comes from a > remote dummy client I use for testing. I think this is a it should be, > but it brings up a few questions. > > Examining how portable transports work it occurs to me that a user user > in a censoring country who has the package installed need not go through > the routine of the Setting > Network tab in Vidalia. That being the > case, was see utility in continuing to set up and run individual bridges? > > Which relates to another question I've been wanting to ask for quite a > while. How is a bridge located in non-censoring country A useful to > someone in country B located an ocean away? From the Message Log and > Network Map it's obvious that the bridge in A is furthest away from, not > nearest to, those who need it. > > I'm not trying to be contentious, just wishing to understand more so > that I can be as helpful as possible. - eliaz > > > _______________________________________________ > 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
