[Nix-dev] Obfuscated TOR bridge is packaged. Please consider running it.

[Moritz Ulrich]

Just tried it:

exporting https://git.torproject.org/pluggable-transports/obfsproxy.git
(rev 3c4e843a30c430aec1de03e0e09ef654072efc03) into
/nix/store/w3mzdvnh4wyzy86l19m6yln7iwl0fxdj-git-export
fetching path `/nix/store/02yrag3nhmdz8vx6zbxjzikr209nnfch-python-offline-distutils-2.7.3'...
Initialized empty Git repository in
/nix/store/w3mzdvnh4wyzy86l19m6yln7iwl0fxdj-git-export/.git/
error: Couldn't resolve host 'git.torproject.org' while accessing
https://git.torproject.org/pluggable-transports/obfsproxy.git/info/refs?service=git-upload-pack
fatal: HTTP request failed
error: Couldn't resolve host 'git.torproject.org' while accessing
https://git.torproject.org/pluggable-transports/obfsproxy.git/info/refs?service=git-upload-pack
fatal: HTTP request failed
Unable to checkout 3c4e843a30c430aec1de03e0e09ef654072efc03 from
https://git.torproject.org/pluggable-transports/obfsproxy.git.
builder for `/nix/store/lvif9n2yr7fggizhqkarpi9fxc7dlnm2-git-export.drv'
failed with exit code 1

On Tue, Jun 11, 2013 at 3:00 AM,  <phreedom at yandex.ru> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Helping people in censorship-heavy countries has just gotten even easier.
>
> TOR in bridge mode now also runs obfsproxy which helps defeat those nasty DPI
> boxes in those countries which are actively trying to prevent people from
> using TOR.
>
> There are no known cases of non-exit node operators getting attacked by
> governments. Defeating censorship requires a vast and diverse pool of IP
> addresses, so please consider adding this to your configuration.nix on your
> internet-facing box:
>
>   services.tor.relay = {
>     enable = true;
>     isBridge = true;
>     port = 443;
>   };
>
> If you need help with a more complex setup, just ask me.
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