How Tor Works: Part One

Re:How Tor Works: Part One by kevinsd on Saturday December 19, 2015 @09:49PM (#10765846)

I have read all 1-3 parts that seem available at this time. My immediate questions are:

(a) is the client supposed to get a copy of the consensus to start with? (b) what if direct access to all DAs are blocked?

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Re:How Tor Works: Part One by middleclick on Sunday December 20, 2015 @12:11AM (#10766126)

a). Yes, b). That is one of the ways to block access to Tor: either block torproject.org (in which case you use the GetTor service or mirrors), or the DAs, in which case you can't bootstrap. The way around that is to use bridges (unpublished relays to which you connect) or pluggable transports which now come bundled with Tor Browser. (https://www.torproject.org/docs/pluggable-transports.html.en)

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Re:How Tor Works: Part One by chei0aiV on Sunday December 20, 2015 @01:31AM (#10766263)

There is also some work in progress to add fallback directory mirrors:

https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-relays/2015-Decem... https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/wiki/doc/FallbackDi...

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