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🚨 The Snowflake network is currently overloaded and we need more Snowflake proxies.

If you have spare bandwidth or available servers, please consider running Snowflake proxies.

We urgently need more Snowflake proxies to help handle this surge and ensure that users can continue to access the open Internet.

Please share this call with your friends, communities, hackerspaces and anyone who may be able to help!

How to help

❄️ Visit: https://snowflake.torproject.org/#addonBtns
#foss #privacy #tor #censorship #iran

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Troed Sångberg Feb 5

@ggus Started up a browser proxy a minute ago and already have my first connection.

Got to admit I didn't fully understand the part about "all ports available" regarding running one on my 24/7 server though. Will need to revisit.

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Light Feb 5

@ggus
Was running one using #Orbot kindness mode but it seemed to make my phone hot and my battery run down fast. Bug? Any advice? Currently on 17.8.0-RC-3-tor-0.4.8.21
Also, is it worth enabling for mobile data or is that intensive on data?

Was thinking of running one on an RPi but since we have a static IP maybe not as effective? Is a regular bridge better?

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Gus Feb 5

@light yes, snowflake can be very intensive, I'd not recommend running only on your mobile data.

If you have a static IP address, an obfs4 or webtunnel bridge might be better.

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Light Feb 6

@ggus
Is obfs4 good for Iran?

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Gus Feb 6

@light yes, it works in some ISPs.

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Tom Feb 5

@ggus I made this one a while ago, running it whenever I can.

https://relay.iamover.it

relay.iamover.it - A Temporary Tor Snowflake Proxy

A Temporary Tor Snowflake Proxy

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panu Feb 5

@ggus
I operate a tor relay, but am not familiar with this. Can I run this on the same machine with a tor relay? How much additional burden will this bring on the server? Will I need more hardware, more bandwidth?

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Gus Feb 5

@shadowdancer from the post FAQ:
"Q: I’m operating a Tor relay, can I run a Snowflake proxy on the same IP?
A: It might not be helpful for censored users as Tor relays are
frequently blocked on censored regions."

If you can run it on a different IP address that would be great!

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panu Feb 6

@ggus
Ok, however I haven't seen my relay ever being accepted as a guard (idk why), so blocking it might not make that much sense, but then again, who knows what any particular nazi regime decides to block. They might just blanket block all relays regardless of role.

I'll have to see if I'd be able to run Snowflake on my OpenWRT router at my home. Anyone done that?

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