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Opened Jul 13, 2019 by Philipp Winter@phw

Create a "tor-bridge" Debian meta package

Installing an obfs4 bridge on Debian currently requires installing tor, obfs4proxy, and then figuring out how to configure it. We could create a meta package, say tor-bridge, that simplifies this process. This package would:

  • Ship with a script that automatically determines a free and random OR and obfs4 port.
  • Help us retire a transport by replacing, say, obfs4 with obfs5.
  • Ship with a tool that helps operators get their bridge line.
  • Write its torrc to a different file than the tor package, to be compliant with Debian policy.
  • After installation, ask the operator about their nickname, contact info, and if they want a vanilla or obfs4 bridge.
  • Maybe ship with nyx so operators have a sense of how their bridge is doing.

I hear that infinity0 already thought about this problem a lot in the context of tor-bridge-helper.

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Reference: legacy/trac#31153