My Tor Bridge link brings all Iranians to the yard ♫
Folk in Iran and several other places happen to have governments who’ve decided that news and social networking sites on the internet should be blocked. Affected people can bypass such blocks by using a Tor bridge. Those of us who have high-speed connections and live in areas with little or no internet censorship can help by setting up Tor bridges on our personal computers and publishing our Tor bridge links to twitter, facebook, etc.
I spent a few minutes setting up a Tor bridge on my computer. Here’s the link to mine:
75.84.153.203:9001 8BA6A76D36F5A9830F25B5D8315906434AEE50FF
Simple instructions are available on the net for those of you who would also like to set up a Tor bridge on your computer (all OSes are welcome).
Thanks to the “Ian’s Brain” post Tor and the Iranian Election for the great idea.
A few relevant links:
Hopefully this sort of information is already out there in the native languages of the folk who need it most.
June 16th, 2009 at 3:42 am
Here’s another one: 67.165.94.243:443 AF293E70D1DB3AF126B3BD6F5DD2B4D904705BB0
June 16th, 2009 at 8:43 am
Here’s mine:
24.2.226.175:443 F4D078BDFDA345F2A1299B3FF55ECC921959F366
June 16th, 2009 at 4:54 pm
66.30.41.122:34983 46EF32AACC7EFD3FCB7CED651BAFC190122DA8F4
June 16th, 2009 at 5:38 pm
71.174.111.132:9000 28A2DC5E9853A5CE0A35F20EB345690200BB042A
June 16th, 2009 at 5:51 pm
71.203.101.115:9001 3B45A28070BF7669C282030E85F475C91A222195 (2nd attempt)
June 17th, 2009 at 2:49 am
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June 17th, 2009 at 8:27 am
213.163.90.5:443 3BDBCFE76B74A3D117DB2967AA682A00C7A91D3A
June 20th, 2009 at 1:12 pm
I love U! tanx a lot for these bridgs!
July 6th, 2009 at 6:07 am
Thanks folks, it’s awesome that you’re helping out!!
But please don’t publish the IPs on a public blog/Twitter/Facebook/whatever. If I can read this, so can the adversary… and simply put the IP of your bridge onto the blacklist.
Find somebody with direct connections to trusted people in Iran and ask them to pass it on.
July 29th, 2009 at 2:57 pm
I THANK ALL OF YOU, WHO ARE INVOLVED IN SENDING US IN IRAN TOR BRIDGES FOR YOUR EFFORTS!!!
I LOVE YOU ALL AND WISH YOU ALL THE BEST
EMILIANO
FROM TEHRAN
September 24th, 2009 at 11:02 pm
Hi,
Unfortunately the bridges don’t work for me. Are they still active or can you provide me a new one.
I am staying in Shanghai and it really sucks…
thank you so much.
qm
September 26th, 2009 at 2:26 am
Tor was good for connecting to American sites such as Google’s or Sun’s for downloading software. Google, and Sun do not allow downloading of their OPEN SOURCE software to connections originating from Iran. For example, Google SketchUP cannot be downloaded or anything else. That is against the very spirit and license of Open Source software.
So, instead of trying to facilitate the use of Internet to direct armed bandits who kill innocent people and burn down public building you would do better to bring down the Iron Curtains that are erected inside America.
As you were …
September 26th, 2009 at 7:24 am
I find the part of your comment about armed bandits to be interesting and pertinent, the rest is a classic false dichotomy, one of the logical fallacies people used to learn about back in the days when schools taught such things. There’s no reason one can’t be upset at the United States Government’s export restrictions on software to Iran or Cuba AND also be upset at the state of democracy in Iran, or the plight of whales, or the death of Michael Jackson. One concern does not preclude another, and one can think about and address each in turn.
Ironically, tor can be used for all manner of things, not just facilitating communication. Maybe all the people posting tor links here don’t want to see buildings burn or fair elections around the world, but they just want to facilitate your download of Google Sketchup!
December 31st, 2009 at 11:47 am
Thank you for your efforts…
if you know how much these relays help NEWS circulation in Iran :)
I hope more people help us with these simple yet effective steps.
February 18th, 2010 at 7:38 pm
heres one:
81.167.139.78:443 45031E3F99C0B504E0BFC4EAFD00A8846CE65210