[tor-talk] Individual bridge outdated?

[eli]

Since no one replied to my post, I assumed that (typos aside) my
questions were indeed dumb. So I took time to really RTFM. They were. -
eliaz

On 4/16/2013 7:18 PM, eli wrote:
> My bridge usage in Vidalia has fallen to near zero since I've installed
> portable transports; as a matter fact most of the traffic comes from a
> remote dummy client I use for testing. I think this is a it should be,
> but it brings up a few questions.
> 
> Examining how portable transports work it occurs to me that a user user
> in a censoring country who has the package installed need not go through
> the routine of the Setting > Network tab in Vidalia. That being the
> case, was see utility in continuing to set up and run individual bridges?
> 
> Which relates to another question I've been wanting to ask for quite a
> while. How is a bridge located in non-censoring country A useful to
> someone in country B located an ocean away?  From the Message Log and
> Network Map it's obvious that the bridge in A is furthest away from, not
> nearest to, those who need it.
> 
> I'm not trying to be contentious, just wishing to understand more so
> that I can be as helpful as possible. - eliaz
> 
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