Tor Bridges & Pluggable Transports Guide

• China — The Great Firewall blocks Tor by default. Bridges with obfs4 or meek are essential.
• Iran — Tor is periodically blocked. Snowflake and meek bridges work best.
• Russia — Tor partially blocked since 2021. obfs4 bridges usually work.
• Corporate/school networks — Some firewalls block Tor traffic.
• Anywhere Tor is slow or unreachable — Bridges can sometimes provide faster connections.

• obfs4 — Most widely used. Makes Tor traffic look like random noise. Effective against DPI (Deep Packet Inspection).
• meek-azure — Disguises Tor traffic as Microsoft Azure HTTPS traffic. Very hard to block without blocking Azure. Slower but more resistant to censorship.
• Snowflake — Uses WebRTC peer-to-peer connections through volunteer browsers. Traffic looks like video calls. Newest and hardest to block.

1. Open Tor Browser → click "Configure" (or go to Settings → Connection)
2. Enable "Use a bridge"
3. Choose "Select a built-in bridge" → pick obfs4, meek-azure, or Snowflake
4. Click "Connect"

If built-in bridges don't work, request custom bridges:

• Visit bridges.torproject.org from a regular browser
• Or email [email protected] from a Gmail or Riseup address
• Paste the bridge lines into Tor Browser's bridge configuration

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