[Nix-dev] Obfuscated TOR bridge is packaged. Please consider running it.

[Malcolm Matalka]

I just did this and 'worked for me'.  Looks like your machine cannot
resolve the git host.

Moritz Ulrich <moritz at tarn-vedra.de> writes:

> Just tried it:
>
> exporting https://git.torproject.org/pluggable-transports/obfsproxy.git
> (rev 3c4e843a30c430aec1de03e0e09ef654072efc03) into
> /nix/store/w3mzdvnh4wyzy86l19m6yln7iwl0fxdj-git-export
> fetching path `/nix/store/02yrag3nhmdz8vx6zbxjzikr209nnfch-python-offline-distutils-2.7.3'...
> Initialized empty Git repository in
> /nix/store/w3mzdvnh4wyzy86l19m6yln7iwl0fxdj-git-export/.git/
> error: Couldn't resolve host 'git.torproject.org' while accessing
> https://git.torproject.org/pluggable-transports/obfsproxy.git/info/refs?service=git-upload-pack
> fatal: HTTP request failed
> error: Couldn't resolve host 'git.torproject.org' while accessing
> https://git.torproject.org/pluggable-transports/obfsproxy.git/info/refs?service=git-upload-pack
> fatal: HTTP request failed
> Unable to checkout 3c4e843a30c430aec1de03e0e09ef654072efc03 from
> https://git.torproject.org/pluggable-transports/obfsproxy.git.
> builder for `/nix/store/lvif9n2yr7fggizhqkarpi9fxc7dlnm2-git-export.drv'
> failed with exit code 1
>
> On Tue, Jun 11, 2013 at 3:00 AM,  <phreedom at yandex.ru> wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> Helping people in censorship-heavy countries has just gotten even easier.
>>
>> TOR in bridge mode now also runs obfsproxy which helps defeat those nasty DPI
>> boxes in those countries which are actively trying to prevent people from
>> using TOR.
>>
>> There are no known cases of non-exit node operators getting attacked by
>> governments. Defeating censorship requires a vast and diverse pool of IP
>> addresses, so please consider adding this to your configuration.nix on your
>> internet-facing box:
>>
>>   services.tor.relay = {
>>     enable = true;
>>     isBridge = true;
>>     port = 443;
>>   };
>>
>> If you need help with a more complex setup, just ask me.
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