[tor-bugs] #30006 [Applications/Quality Assurance and Testing]: Monitor "aliveness" of default bridges in Tor Browser

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#30006: Monitor "aliveness" of default bridges in Tor Browser
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 Reporter:  phw                                  |          Owner:  phw
     Type:  defect                               |         Status:
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 Priority:  Medium                               |      Milestone:
Component:  Applications/Quality Assurance and   |        Version:
  Testing                                        |
 Severity:  Normal                               |     Resolution:
 Keywords:  default bridge tbb-bridges           |  Actual Points:
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Comment (by phw):

 Replying to [comment:8 boklm]:
 > Replying to [comment:7 phw]:
 > > I'm considering creating a git repository, maintained by the anti-
 censorship team, that contains an up-to-date CSV file (which would be
 simple for anarcat to fetch and parse) for our default bridges with the
 following information:
 > >
 > > * Fingerprint
 > > * IP address and port(s)
 > > * Email address (or other contact info) of owner
 > > * What protocols the bridge speaks (e.g., vanilla Tor, obfs3, ...)
 > > * Date of when the bridge was set up
 > > * ...anything else?
 > >
 > > What do you think? Should we rather keep OONI's list up-to-date?
 Mostly, I want a single source of truth that includes contact information
 of the operator.
 >
 > If there is a git repository containing this CSV file, then maybe we
 could use it in tor-browser-build to generate the .js file containing the
 prefs for Tor Browser.

 I just filed #30121 to discuss this.

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