Eventually, but for now we just posted it as a release on Github, due to limited time: https://github.com/guardianproject/orbot/releases/tag/17.1.0-RC-1-tor.0.4.7.14
I am getting reports though that the new front domain chosen may not be reachable in Iran, so we have made things worse for users there. On Sat, Sep 30, 2023, at 1:09 PM, David Fifield wrote: > Cool, as of 2023-09-28 I see: > https://github.com/guardianproject/orbot/releases/tag/17.1.0-RC-1-tor.0.4.7.14 > 594c49e Fix snowflake Fastly and Moat Activity front > > What's the best way to instruct users to install this version? From the > F-Droid repo? > https://guardianproject.info/fdroid/ > > On Thu, Sep 21, 2023 at 08:47:23PM -0400, Nathan of Guardian wrote: >> Thanks David. I think we are looped in on this and will see where we need to >> make changes to push out the fix >> >> On Thu, Sep 21, 2023, at 7:26 PM, David Fifield wrote: >> > This is a heads-up for a problem with Snowflake rendezvous that affects >> > Orbot. In short, the default front domain sometimes resolves to a >> > Cloudflare IP address rather than a Fastly one. If a user gets a >> > Cloudflare IP address, the domain fronting doesn't work, and >> > bootstrapping stalls with "broker failure Unexpected error, no answer" >> > in the tor log. >> > >> > https://forum.torproject.org/t/problems-with-snowflake-since-2023-09-20-broker-failure-unexpected-error-no-answer/9346 >> > https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/anti-censorship-team/2023-September/000314.html >> > >> > At the anti-censorship team meeting today, we decided to proceed with >> > the workaround of changing the front domain. Another workaround that is >> > reported to work with Orbot is to use AMP cache rendezvous rather than >> > domain fronting rendezvous. >> > >> > https://bugs.torproject.org/tpo/applications/tor-browser/42120 > _______________________________________________ > List info: https://lists.mayfirst.org/mailman/listinfo/guardian-dev > To unsubscribe, email: [email protected] -- Nathan of Guardian [email protected] _______________________________________________ List info: https://lists.mayfirst.org/mailman/listinfo/guardian-dev To unsubscribe, email: [email protected]
