The Tor Project published an urgent call for the privacy community. They requested volunteers to assist in rolling out the new 200 WebTunnel bridges to end government censorship.
At the moment, the project features 143 WebTunnell Bridges. This will assist users in censored locations to bypass any censorship in place or a website block. It’s an immediate reply to Russia’s desire to further heighten censorship in the country.
Tor added how it currently affects the browser’s censorship circumvention protocols that entail obfs4 links and Snowflake. The Tor Project feels that rolling out more WebTunnel bridges is the greatest response to escalations in censorship. As many are already aware, new tactics and workarounds are time-consuming and take up a lot of resources. It just leaves many in a vulnerable position that isolates them from the free web.
Another alarming trend we’re witnessing is the specific blocking of certain hosting providers. As expected, it’s made Tor so inaccessible to many people. This is their biggest outcry. Now the question is how can these WebTunnels assist bypassing blocks.
The tech is fairly new and was first rolled out by Tor Project this year in March. It’s curated in a manner to combines Tor traffic with the usual web traffic. It makes it so difficult for censors to detect and block.
The system attains this by running over web servers using the right SSL/TLS certificate. It disguises all traffic from Tor as the usual HTTPS traffic. Other than the usual Tor Bridges that utilize certain protocols, WebTunnel Bridges hide in plain sight. This enables them to be more resistant to issues like censorship.
Tor rolled out a new campaign today that will last until March of next year. It calls upon volunteers to set and maintain the latest WebTunnel Bridges. Those can respond by rolling out five or more bridges from WebTunnel during this time. Gifts like T-shirts will be provided by the company.
Anyone with a desire to volunteer can do so and may make use of an IPv4 address, a self-hosted page, and a valid SSL/TLS certificate. Then there will be a one TB/month bandwidth attached.
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At the moment, the project features 143 WebTunnell Bridges. This will assist users in censored locations to bypass any censorship in place or a website block. It’s an immediate reply to Russia’s desire to further heighten censorship in the country.
Tor added how it currently affects the browser’s censorship circumvention protocols that entail obfs4 links and Snowflake. The Tor Project feels that rolling out more WebTunnel bridges is the greatest response to escalations in censorship. As many are already aware, new tactics and workarounds are time-consuming and take up a lot of resources. It just leaves many in a vulnerable position that isolates them from the free web.
Another alarming trend we’re witnessing is the specific blocking of certain hosting providers. As expected, it’s made Tor so inaccessible to many people. This is their biggest outcry. Now the question is how can these WebTunnels assist bypassing blocks.
The tech is fairly new and was first rolled out by Tor Project this year in March. It’s curated in a manner to combines Tor traffic with the usual web traffic. It makes it so difficult for censors to detect and block.
The system attains this by running over web servers using the right SSL/TLS certificate. It disguises all traffic from Tor as the usual HTTPS traffic. Other than the usual Tor Bridges that utilize certain protocols, WebTunnel Bridges hide in plain sight. This enables them to be more resistant to issues like censorship.
Tor rolled out a new campaign today that will last until March of next year. It calls upon volunteers to set and maintain the latest WebTunnel Bridges. Those can respond by rolling out five or more bridges from WebTunnel during this time. Gifts like T-shirts will be provided by the company.
Anyone with a desire to volunteer can do so and may make use of an IPv4 address, a self-hosted page, and a valid SSL/TLS certificate. Then there will be a one TB/month bandwidth attached.
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