[tor-bugs] #25137 [Obfuscation/Censorship analysis]: Tor blocked in UAE

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#25137: Tor blocked in UAE
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 Reporter:  mwolfe                           |          Owner:  dcf
     Type:  task                             |         Status:  closed
 Priority:  Medium                           |      Milestone:
Component:  Obfuscation/Censorship analysis  |        Version:
 Severity:  Normal                           |     Resolution:  fixed
 Keywords:  censorship block ae              |  Actual Points:
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 Reviewer:                                   |        Sponsor:
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Comment (by cypherpunks):

 Replying to [comment:22 mwolfe]:
 > On 18 Feb 2018, obsf4 stopped working. Tor loads, but can't connect to
 anything. Fortunately, snowflake connects.
 >
 > I'm not sure if, when obsf4 loads but cannot connect, I can just change
 to snowflake, or if, having changed to snowflake, I have to restart.
 >
 > Since this was a temporary problem in January, I've tried for two days,
 and obsf4 has not been able to connect, but snowflake does connect.
 By obfs4 you mean the default bridges in the Tor Browser and not those
 that you can get at
 https://bridges.torproject.org/bridges?transport=obfs4, right?

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