[tor-relays] Possible to run a tor bridge/relay via tor browser?

Wed Apr 1 03:27:58 UTC 2020

My apologies, the duplicate emails must be happening when replying. I will
look at Chocklatey.
--Keifer

On Tue, Mar 31, 2020 at 1:36 PM teor <teor at riseup.net> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Just letting you know that I can't really help here, for a few reasons.
>
> Here's some general feedback:
>
> I don't think we can support using Tor Browser to auto-update a
> relay. It seems really complicated.
>
> As we've spoken about previously, you might be better using a
> package manager, like Chocolatey:
> https://chocolatey.org/search?q=Tor
>
> (If you need help using Chocolatey, please find a
> Chocolatey-specific help forum. I don't think anyone on this
> list has experience.)
>
> I can't see your full logs in the screenshots. Please paste them in
> your email, or use a pastebin like https://paste.debian.net
>
> I'm also struggling to keep up with your emails, because you keep
> sending duplicate emails. That's a bit confusing.
>
> T
>
> On 31 Mar 2020, at 19:10, Keifer Bly <keifer.bly at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> 
>
> Hey, so here is something I have noticed. I ran tor.exe via CMD (Windows
> version of terminal). I wrote this to the torrc:
>
>
>
> SOCKSPort 0                # no local SOCKS proxy
>
>
>
> ORPort 80                # public bridge must have an open ORPort
>
>
>
> ExtORPort auto             # configure ExtORPort for obfs4proxy
>
>
>
> ExitPolicy reject *:*      # no exits allowed
>
>
>
> BridgeRelay 1              # relay won't show up in the public consensus
>
>
>
> PublishServerDescriptor 1  # publish to the bridge authority
>
>
>
>
>
> # use obfs4proxy to provide obfs4 on port 9003, 443
>
>
>
> ServerTransportPlugin obfs4 exec
> C:\Users\keife\Desktop\TotBrowser\Browser\TorBrowser\Tor\PluggableTransports\obfs4proxy.exe
>
>
>
> ServerTransportListenAddr obfs4 127.0.0.1:8080
>
>
>
> ContactInfo keifer.bly at gmail.com
>
>
>
> Then did tor.exe -f torrc.txt (including the file directories and all) and
> it worked, tor launched and red the configuration file, but when using the
> built in torrc file, this in turn caused tor browser to crash on start, see
> the screenshot:
>
>
>
> However, when I created my own torrc.txt file then started from there, it
> worked, and tor browser also did not crash on start:
>
>
>
> Though it did get stuck on loading  (probably due to the tor process
> already being in use in all). This is problem attic is what I am trying to
> do is have tor browser start, automatically installing updates (thus
> automatically updating tor and obfs4 as a result) then start the bridge). I
> guess I would want to have a torrc that could not be overwritten anyway,
> but having tor browser and tor running via terminal seemed to cause issues.
> Is there a way to configure tor browser to automatically install updates on
> start? If so, I could write a script to start tor browser, close it after a
> few minutes then start the relay when windows loads possibly.
>
>
>
> Thank you.
>
>
>
>
>
> --Keifer
>
>
>
> *From: *teor <teor at riseup.net>
> *Sent: *Monday, March 30, 2020 2:24 AM
> *To: *tor-relays at lists.torproject.org
> *Subject: *Re: [tor-relays] Possible to run a tor bridge/relay via tor
> browser?
>
>
>
> Hi,
>
>
>
> On 30 Mar 2020, at 18:11, Keifer Bly <keifer.bly at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> The file directoy is named “totbrowser” where tor browser is installed.
> Thank you.
>
>
>
> Sent from Mail <https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986> for
> Windows 10
>
>
>
> *From: *Keifer Bly <keifer.bly at gmail.com>
> *Sent: *Monday, March 30, 2020 1:10 AM
> *To: *tor-relays at lists.torproject.org <tor-relays at liststorproject.org>
> *Subject: *RE: Re: [tor-relays] Possible to run a tor bridge/relay via
> tor browser?
>
>
>
> So, I edited the tor install directory so there are no spaces in it, then
> tried no quotes, single quotes, and double quotes, and it still crashers on
> start. I wonder why:
>
>
>
> …
>
>
>
> # use obfs4proxy to provide obfs4 on port 9003, 443
>
>
>
> ServerTransportPlugin obfs4 exec
> 'C:\Users\keife\Desktop\TotBrowser\Browser\TorBrowser\Tor\PluggableTransports\obfs4proxy.exe'
>
>
>
> …
>
>
>
> This is a directory path:
>
>
>
> ServerTransportPlugin obfs4 exec C:\Users\keife\Desktop\Tor Browser test
> relay\Browser\TorBrowser\Tor\PluggableTransports
>
>
>
> You need to:
>
> * give tor the path to the obfs4 executable file
>
> * quote the path, because it contains spaces
>
>
>
> It's important that you follow these instructions precisely:
>
> * give tor the path to the obfs4 executable file
>
> * quote the path with double quote characters "like this"
>
> * do not delete spaces, the path without spaces is a different path
>
>
>
> If that doesn't work:
>
> * double each backslash character like this: \\
>
>
>
> If that doesn't work:
>
> * run tor in a terminal, and send us your logs
>
>
>
> We seem to be reaching the limits of your experience.
>
>
>
> Perhaps there's some other way you can learn about file
>
> paths on Windows and Linux? And processes? And
>
> software updates?
>
>
>
> I'm not sure we're the best people to learn system
>
> administration from. Perhaps a beginners sysadmin
>
> mailing list, chat, or course could help?
>
>
>
> T
>
>
>
>
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