Questions tagged [pluggable-transports]
Pluggable Transports encapsulate traffic to give it another appearance. They are used to circumvent censorship. Other applications can use them, too. Use this tag for questions concerning the use, configuration, and programming of pluggable transports
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Tor blocked due to invalid SSL certificate
My Censor generally blocks Tor, so I decided to use obfuscated bridges in the hope that that would work. But either the pluggable transport does this ...
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What's wrong here? Connection failure?
When I try to connect to Tor, says:
tor establish a network connection failure Connecting relay directory
failed (lack of pluggable transport type bridge)
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How to run Pluggable Transports in unmanaged mode?
Introduction
I want to locally run a PT in unmanaged mode. I have set up a bridge for a local test using the following torrc:
BridgeRelay 1
Nickname "DummyTest"
SOCKSPort 5001
ORPort 65535
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Failed to connect Tor 3.5.2 on Windows [duplicate]
I am unable to connect to Tor recently. I have got following log:
25-02-2014 20:53:08 PM.370 [NOTICE] DisableNetwork is set. Tor will not make or accept non-control network connections. Shutting ...
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TBB 3.5.2 fail to connect, but TBB 3.5.0 works, where is wrong?
Hi there I'm trying to update my TBB from 3.5.0 to 3.5.2 but is having issue connecting.
Here's what I did:
Download the TBB 3.5.2 using TBB 3.5.0 and verify the signature, it shows
Good signature ...
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Do utilization of bridges and/or Pluggable Transports bridges hinder anonymity?
In consideration of recent article by Das Erste publication, do bridges, and Pluggable Transports bridges utilization hinder anonymity and are essentially circumvention tools?
Following, please find ...
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TorBrowserBundle 3.5 Can't Connect to Internet [closed]
Tried using latest Pluggable Transports TorBrowserBundle 3.5. Says it's connected to Tor, but cannot connect to any websites. TorBrowser 3.5 (w/out obfsproxy) gives same result. No problems loading ...
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Tor pluggable transports bundle & regular bundle
If I use the pluggable transports bundle with the bridge pack, it tells me my Tor browser needs an update. I have the regular bundle, so can I overwrite that browser with the current bundle or should ...
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Are translated versions of the Pluggable Transports Tor Browser Bundles available for download?
The "standard" TBB has options to download it in many languages via the drop-down (https://www.torproject.org/download/download-easy.html.en). However, the Pluggable Transports version, which is ...
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Why aren't pluggable transports default?
Why are there separate packages for pluggable-transport versions of TBB? Seeing as how anonymity is the point of Tor, why wouldn't traffic be camouflaged by default? Especially since various ...
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How to set up an obfs3 bridge on port 80 and/or 443?
While setting up obfs3 bridges on ports lower than 1024 seem to be tricky, some firewalls only allow connections on these certain ports.
An in detail, step by step guide could help us here.
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How does the pluggable transport version of TBB affect browsing?
Does using the pluggable transport Tor Browser Bundle with an Obfs3 bridge affect browsing speed in a noticeable way?
I am interested in using an Obfusproxy to hide my Tor usage form my ISP but I ...
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My ISP doesn't even allow OBFS3
My ISP locks me out of the Internet if it detects Tor, and the normal browser redirects to the "TOR DETECTED" page. I then got the pluggable transport and added some bridges that I got from BridgeDB.
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How can I use Tor from networks whose operators attempt to block Tor use? [duplicate]
How can I use Tor from networks whose operators attempt to block Tor use?
For example, I previously used Tor from my school's network to avoid restriction of my Web browsing based on keywords, but ...
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How are 'Pluggable Transport' bundles different from 'regular' Tor Browser Bundles?
The Tor Project releases both Tor Browser Bundles, and Pluggable Transport Tor Browser Bundles.
How are these different? How should I decide which bundle to use?
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