[tor-talk] how bridges work

[Tim Wilde]

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> Thanks for the reassurance about the process. While I accept the 
> free-speech basis of Tor (that "bad" as well as "good" guys can use
> it) and the assumption that the network is overall doing more good
> than bad, I've been concerned at the high usage that my bridge
> seems to be getting from Syria (& China) when, as you say, at least
> for Syria it's not necessary to hop all the way to the US to reach
> an entry node. Maybe I worry too much, since it's neither here nor
> there to digital comms how geographically far away an entry node is
> from a client machine.

The average bridge user likely has no idea where their bridges are
geographically located; they simply request bridges from BridgeDB via
one of the available mechanisms, or get them from trusted contacts,
and use them, without worrying about where they are.  So it's not at
all surprising for a bridge in the US to see traffic from all over the
world.

Regards,
Tim

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Tim Wilde, Software Engineer, Team Cymru, Inc.
twilde at cymru.com | +1-847-378-3333 | http://www.team-cymru.org/
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