66.111.2.131 Open in urlscan Pro
66.111.2.131  Public Scan

Form analysis
0 forms found in the DOM

Text Content

THIS IS THE WEB PAGE FOR SERGE, THE TOR BRIDGE DIRECTORY SERVER.

If Serge reached out and touched you, no worries. It's what a bridge directory
server does when a bridge is submitted to the Tor network to confirm the bridge
is reachable.

Enormous thanks to all the Tor bridge operators out there. Each one plays a
critical role in assisting censored and surveilled internet users.



To learn more about the Tor Project



About Tor bridges

Here's an example Tor bridge torrc on OpenBSD:

SocksPort 0					# don't listen locally for SOCKS connections
Log notice file /var/log/tor-notice.log		# path to the log file 
RunAsDaemon 1					#
DataDirectory /var/tor 				# the $TOR_DATA_DIR, usually some default on an operating system
						# on FreeBSD /var/db/tor
ORPort 9001 IPv4Only				# for a IPv4 bridge
Nickname your-freeform-bridge-name		# give it a name
RelayBandwidthRate 6000 KBytes			# bandwidth dedicated to the bridge
RelayBandwidthBurst 7000 KBytes			# and let it burst
User _tor					#
ExitPolicy reject *:*				# no network exit traffic
BridgeRelay 1					# designate it's a bridge
HeartbeatPeriod 1 hours				# give us an hourly status on the log file above, while the default is 6 hours
AvoidDiskWrites 1				# minimize writes to local disk
ContactInfo					# your contact email in case there are issues with your bridge configuration


Important basic of running a Tor bridge and any other Tor server:

Tor devices of all types are internet-facing network servers. Treat them with
care by locking down and updating installed applications and the operating
system regularly. Every Tor device should be dedicated as a Tor device, and
should not be multi-functional. Run the operating system you are most
comfortable building, configuring and maintaining, not the "coolest" one you've
heard of. We're huge fans of the *BSDs clearly, but an operating system security
is only as strong as the sysadmin building and maintaining the operating system.
Make sure you configure NTPD or a replacement. Serge can't accept bridges if the
bridge's time is not reasonably accurate. Regular rdate or ntpdate resets isn't
the right way to do it. And ntpdate was deprecated a very long time ago anyways.


AGAIN, HUGE THANKS TO ALL THE TOR BRIDGE OPERATORS OF THE WORLD. YOUR ROLE IS
VITAL TO KEEPING THE ENTIRE TOR NETWORK HEALTHY AND VIBRANT!