Re: [tor-talk] ascertain trustworthyness of entry-nodes and obfs4 bridges?

2018-10-04 Thread Mirimir
On 10/03/2018 04:36 AM, ithor wrote: > Ok, so basically I have to stick with trust... kinda dangerous really in my > geographical location. > > I know there's a lot of talk about the pro and contra of using some kind of > VPN before entering the Tor network, how it can deanonymize you and how

Re: [tor-talk] ascertain trustworthyness of entry-nodes and obfs4 bridges?

2018-10-03 Thread ithor
Ok, so basically I have to stick with trust... kinda dangerous really in my geographical location. I know there's a lot of talk about the pro and contra of using some kind of VPN before entering the Tor network, how it can deanonymize you and how you basically still have to trust someone. But

Re: [tor-talk] ascertain trustworthyness of entry-nodes and obfs4 bridges?

2018-10-03 Thread Andreas Krey
On Wed, 03 Oct 2018 08:41:29 +, ithor wrote: ... > So would there be a way to (pen-?)test a private obfs4 bridge as being non > blacklisted and actually usable without really trying to connect to it and > alarming my ISP and DPI the like ? Obviously not. To test that you need to try to

Re: [tor-talk] ascertain trustworthyness of entry-nodes and obfs4 bridges?

2018-10-03 Thread marvel
hosted outside of your country geographically? - Original Message - From: ithor [mailto:it...@protonmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, October 03, 2018 09:41 AM To: tor-talk@lists.torproject.org Subject: [tor-talk] ascertain trustworthyness of entry-nodes and obfs4 bridges? Hi, when living under

[tor-talk] ascertain trustworthyness of entry-nodes and obfs4 bridges?

2018-10-03 Thread ithor
Hi, when living under an oppressive regime with draconian Internet censorship, it is crucial for me to be able to connect to the Tor network without arousing any suspicion and to be sure I'm not connecting to a malicious entry-node or obfs4 bridge. The only way for me to bypass DPI is to use