[Tor-BSD] Tor 'run a bridge' campaign

[Shawn Webb]

Hey Corl3ss,

On Tue, Nov 30, 2021 at 12:25:58AM +0100, Corl3ss wrote:
> Hi Shawn, hi all,
> 
> On 11/29/21 15:21, Shawn Webb wrote:
> > On Mon, Nov 29, 2021 at 09:08:20AM -0500, George Rosamond wrote:
> > > https://blog.torproject.org/run-a-bridge-campaign/
> > > 
> > 
> > I have an interesting scenario:
> > 
> > I'd love to run a bridge on my home residential connection, but I have
> > a dynamic IPv4 address, which is discouraged for running Tor bridges.
> > 
> > However, I use Hurricane Electric's TunnelBroker service to gain a
> > static IPv6 allocation. I've set up TunnelBroker's dyndns service so
> > if my IPv4 address ever changes, the TunnelBroker side of things is
> > updated within a few seconds at most.
> > 
> > So, this brings the question: in this environment, would it be okay to
> > run an IPv6-only bridge
> 
> Any relay must have an IPv4 address. IPv6 is optional, but not the opposite.
> So running an IPv6-only relay-or-bridge won't work I think.
> 
> > , where there is potential for multi-second
> > hiccups (I've never had my IPv4 address change, though, so the risk of
> > hiccup is low, but still present)?
> 
> All this is a question of time to propagate the IPv4 in the Tor network. As
> it take hours, having a IPv4 that changes often is a real problem. If it can
> theoretically change but in fact it does not... I think it is fine !
> 
> 
> > What are all your thoughts?
> 
> So fine if you are ok to publish both IP(v4 and v6) as a bridge.

That makes a lot of sense. I appreciate the input.

Thanks,

-- 
Shawn Webb
Cofounder / Security Engineer
HardenedBSD

https://git.hardenedbsd.org/hardenedbsd/pubkeys/-/raw/master/Shawn_Webb/03A4CBEBB82EA5A67D9F3853FF2E67A277F8E1FA.pub.asc
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