Please run a bridge relay! (was Re: Tor 0.2.0.13-alpha is out)

[F. Fox]

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Ricky Fitz wrote:
(snip)
>> Bridge relays (or "bridges" for short) are Tor relays that aren't listed
>> in the main directory.
> 
> If I am running TOR as a server, and I add the option "bridge relay",
> than my server wouldn't be available in the main directory. Doesn't that
> necessarrily results in only running a bridge, and not a server any
> more, because nobody knows that I am running a server?
(snip)

What's more, from a theoretical point-of-view, one would need (at least)
two public IP addresses to run both a public server, and a bridge server.

Since the point of a bridge server is to not have it in the main Tor
directory, a server trying to server both functions on a single public
IP, would end up blocked by that IP.

Of course, this kind of defeats the purpose. =;o)

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F. Fox: A+, Network+, Security+
Owner of Tor node "kitsune"
http://fenrisfox.livejournal.com

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