
What makes the Tor browser different from other web browsers is you will need to set up the connection before you know how to use Tor Browser to connect to the internet. Let's go on to our next step to how to use the Tor browser. Step 3. After the installation, the setup wizard will ask you if you want to use Tor Browser immediately, and it also asks you to add Tor to the start menu & desktop. You can modify it with your own preference. Need to point out that the Tor directory will be installed on your desktop folder by default. Then the installer asks you where the Tor Browser will be installed (folder). Step 2. Run the setup wizard, select the language you prefer to be installed. Here we use the Windows version as the example. After having set up the bridge, it takes approximately three hours for the bridge to show up in Relay Search.Step 1. Before introducing how to use Tor browser, You should visit Tor's official website (to download the newest version of Tor Browser. Just enter your bridge's in the form and click "Search". Asegúrate de usar, no y que sea el puerto obfs4 que elegiste - y no el puerto OR.įinally, you can monitor your obfs4 bridge's usage on Relay Search. Necesitarás reemplazar, , y con los valores reales, los cuales puedes encontrar en el registro tor. Paste the entire bridge line into Tor Browser: Bridge obfs4 : cert= iat-mode=0 Or when using Docker, use the following command to retrieve the bridge line: docker exec CONTAINER_ID get-bridge-line

See the file obfs4_bridgeline.txt, which is found inside Tor Data Directory, for example, in Debian/Ubuntu /var/lib/tor/pt_state/obfs4_bridgeline.txt or FreeBSD /var/db/tor/pt_state/obfs4_bridgeline.txt.

If you want to connect to your bridge manually, you will need to know the bridge's obfs4 certificate. You can manually change your bridge distribution method.įinally, there aren't many bridge users out there, so you cannot expect your bridge to be as popular as a relay. Some buckets are used more than others, which also affects the time until your bridge sees users.

Note that it can take several days or weeks until you see a consistent set of users, so don't get discouraged if you don't see user connections right away.īridgeDB uses four buckets for bridge distribution: HTTPS, Moat, Email, and manual.

If you get to this point, it means that your obfs4 bridge is running and is being distributed by BridgeDB to censored users.
