جهان حمایت از مردم ایران در تلاش آنها برای آزادی است.
Tor is a program that allows people to bypass firewalls and use the internet anonymously. Communications from Iran are being actively filtered and they are trying to block some proxies too. As a human being I believe that censorship is wrong and that the people of Iran have a choice in who leads them. The rest of the world doesn’t have a right to tell them what to do but we have a duty to help them be able to communicate and choose for themselves.
I am no longer asking people to post their personal bridges here. Please email them to irancurtain at iansbrain dot com. I will verify them and forward them on to people who can use them without drawing attention. Please install Tor and setup a bridge but don’t post it publicly. You can download Tor and the Vidalia bundle below.
Download Tor
Download Tor in Farsi
There are three ways of running Tor. You can set your choice in the Vidalia control panel.
Click Settings.
Click Sharing.
The first way is as a client. This is for people who are general Tor users.
The second is to run as a relay. This allows your computer to directly share its connection with the general Tor network. You can set instructions for what content you will allow to be accessed through your relay.
The third is to run as a bridge. Bridges allow users with your fingerprint code to tunnel through networks where Tor is being blocked and access the Tor network through your computer. Click Help Censored Users Reach The Tor Network. Your custom Tor bridge link will show where I have it underlined in green.
If you have direct contact with people you know in Iran please only send it to them. DO NOT POST IT HERE! They might really need it and we don’t want the IP blacklisted. If you don’t know anyone personally email your bridge to irancurtain at iansbrain dot com and I’ll add it to the list.
GEOIP error fix:
Download this file and leave off the extension:
http://git.torproject.org/checkout/tor/master/src/config/geoip
place it in:
C:\Documents and Settings\{username}\Application Data\Tor\
Update:
Check out Check out Why We Protest
Constantly updated list with leaked Iran videos.
http://giagro.wordpress.com/torrents
Also try http://iran.sharearchy.com/ for information on getting around the Ayatollah’s Iran Curtain.
Please help people in Iran have access to open communications during this time of unrest. If you want please Stumble this site or Digg it or Tweet it. Or link to it anyway you can! We’re Iran’s IT department now.
I don’t know to what extent phones have been compromised but I setup a Google Voice hotline that will call your phone and let you leave a voicemail with information, sounds from protests or even your opinions on the protests in Iran.
I am donating webspace for people to share photos and videos from Iran. Please email files to irancurtain at iansbrain dot com. 25mb limit for now.
You can also upload photos and videos to my FTP. Go to:
ftp.iansbrain.com Username: u41011831-nov5 Password: freedom
DO NOT USE DDOS ATTACKS!
Networks are already overloaded and don’t need the extra stress.
They can’t stop us all!
June 15th, 2009 at 3:16 PM
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June 15th, 2009 at 4:25 PM
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June 16th, 2009 at 10:40 AM
I'm not sure how to get this to where Iranians will find it, so I'll just post my bridge here: 67.165.94.243:443 AF293E70D1DB3AF126B3BD6F5DD2B4D904705BB0
June 16th, 2009 at 11:57 PM
66.30.41.122:34983 46EF32AACC7EFD3FCB7CED651BAFC190122DA8F4
June 17th, 2009 at 12:44 AM
24.82.168.182:443 F59C7D9721D4C1195A7BBC3E6E46798C29AE8CFB
June 17th, 2009 at 12:46 AM
71.203.101.115:9001 3B45A28070BF7669C282030E85F475C91A222195
June 17th, 2009 at 12:51 AM
Here are some other ways for blocked end-users to get bridge addresses:
https://www.torproject.org/bridges
June 17th, 2009 at 12:53 AM
Since publishing by bridge IP and fpr will most likely get it added to a irani blacklist, I choose to send it directly instead of publishing. This kinda defeats the purpose imo.
June 17th, 2009 at 12:59 AM
That's a good point about NOT posting it here… the docs kind of made it sound like you needed to cut & paste your IP and fingerprint somewhere (email,website,etc) to get it to the end user before I read about how to get bridges at https://www.torproject.org/bridges
June 17th, 2009 at 1:17 AM
Even that won't work so well if torproject.org and gmail is blacklisted. :}
June 17th, 2009 at 2:22 AM
Good point. Is it legal to mirror copies of Tor so people can still
get it even if some sites are blocked?
June 17th, 2009 at 2:23 AM
They can't stop us all!
June 17th, 2009 at 2:30 AM
http://iran.sharearchy.com/
June 17th, 2009 at 2:41 AM
Thanks! I submitted that link to StumbleUpon so hopefully more people
will see it.
June 17th, 2009 at 7:25 AM
Don't post IP addresses, they get caught and they get blocked
June 17th, 2009 at 3:49 AM
tor 118.208.13.245:443 1E2F28C8950CB5EDD5371D9B295287BC9598D732
June 17th, 2009 at 9:15 AM
Thank you it's great… I'm inside Iran and my tor is very unstable now… I'm really glad that I have find this page. I will spread the news. Well done! Nobody can stop us.
June 17th, 2009 at 4:26 PM
86<dot>106<dot>49<dot>130:443 94C2CF94FE4D2D6D9783ACCE7024DC8BE7AD867C
Hope this helps, cause it's my first time I set up a bridge
June 17th, 2009 at 8:58 PM
68.205.74.186:443 63EAADC18311997B3DACE947D739287B31DB4982
June 17th, 2009 at 9:33 PM
I have webspace I'm donating to anyone with leaked photos and video from the protests and #iranelection. email them to irancurtain at iansbrain dot com
June 17th, 2009 at 9:33 PM
Glad to help.
June 18th, 2009 at 5:32 AM
This is a great idea! You should include a link on how to set up a Tor bridge though.
June 18th, 2009 at 5:46 AM
Done!
*see above
June 18th, 2009 at 6:38 AM
66.74.17.84:443 5F22AC6B7F82C668FE6D8045E562C52886E60594
June 18th, 2009 at 7:00 AM
Is this site safe to post the bride info? If not, we just blew it.
June 18th, 2009 at 7:07 AM
So far I haven't been aware of or been notified of any bad use of this
page. Hopefully we can keep it that way.
June 18th, 2009 at 8:18 AM
I haven't received any traffic to this site from inside Iran for a while according to Google Analytics. I don't know if this means this site was blocked or if all the traffic has simply been through proxies which means this might be working. I own multiple domains and I'm going to start mirroring information on them too if this domain gets blacklisted. Remember to take this message to the sneakernet. Pass things through a closely known grapevine to keep the people on the ground safe. If you have friends and family in Iran and still have a way of communicating with them see if they want or need help getting information.
June 18th, 2009 at 8:55 AM
91.115.103.60:443 DBD3DF516D229CD6379FA18483445D964E5BF924
June 18th, 2009 at 9:03 AM
It means 2 things:
1: the government knows that your site exists and has blocked it:
2: Any new Tor bridges posted here will become useless the moment they are seen.
Go to http://iran.whyweprotest.net/ to find out how to send your Tor bridge discreetly to the bloggers who need them.
June 18th, 2009 at 9:26 AM
Please email all new Tor bridges to irancurtain at iansbrain dot com.
I will forward them to people who can use them.
June 18th, 2009 at 8:22 AM
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June 18th, 2009 at 4:08 PM
71.240.227.179:443 F153D70A4CAFF03BD1A83E96D5F09A0F57C79FCF
June 18th, 2009 at 9:44 PM
Thanks for all your support everyone. The list is at about 35 bridges right now.
June 18th, 2009 at 4:56 PM
Traffic from Iran has returned.
June 18th, 2009 at 11:47 PM
Do you actually need TOR bridge? You need it only if TOR is blocked. Once you get in, you have to share resources like everybody else. Exit nodes are what needed now, and you cannot be an exit node if you are a bridge for security reasons.
June 18th, 2009 at 8:44 PM
A mix of both are needed. Some places have Tor blocked and the bridge helps with that.
June 19th, 2009 at 7:44 AM
They need both.
June 19th, 2009 at 7:45 AM
Does anyone out there in the interwebs have any new ideas on how to help out? Tor is important but maybe we can all come up with something revolutionary.
June 19th, 2009 at 3:12 AM
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June 19th, 2009 at 11:04 PM
67.60.116.45:443 EF19657C504C14A5604C0AD53C2BDA6001EA1698
June 20th, 2009 at 12:15 AM
Behtarin site baraye Contact shoma ba iraniyane dakhele IRAN tanha ba —> Http://www.IRANIVIA.com <— emkan pazir mibashad …
Khoshbakhtane jozve mahdod sithayi hastesh ke dar iran Filter nist …
Shaba sa'ate 11 be vaghte iran hatman to site Online bashid …
June 20th, 2009 at 3:40 PM
71.126.158.11:443 0A53F4E95272E17FDB0F7A32BC5B75C5F1DDAF6E
June 20th, 2009 at 5:23 PM
Keep em coming. irancurtain@iansbrain.com
June 20th, 2009 at 5:40 PM
I think we're doing about all we can really. The awareness being raised via the internet and the pressure being applied because of it is huge, and Tor will become an increasingly important aspect of that I think.
June 21st, 2009 at 7:31 AM
Add relay nodes, not just bridges. We need to speed the network up.
June 22nd, 2009 at 10:57 AM
Still getting traffic from Iran! Huzzah!
<img src="http://iansouter.com/iansbrain_statisfy.png"/img>
June 22nd, 2009 at 3:06 PM
Try to save Tor's limited capacity for people who need it the most. Someone's safety may depend on it.
If you run an exit node, it may take hours before it starts to be heavily used. Keep it running as long as you can.
June 22nd, 2009 at 11:14 AM
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June 23rd, 2009 at 7:31 PM
How can you see where you're getting the traffic from? Better yet: can you control it so only Iranians get in?
June 24th, 2009 at 1:47 AM
I say don't post it here because this is public and ANYONE can use your bridges when it's posted.
June 24th, 2009 at 1:50 AM
I'm working with baklava via email.
June 24th, 2009 at 7:53 AM
want to help but computer illiterate — I don't understand what to do. Can someone help?
June 24th, 2009 at 6:28 AM
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June 24th, 2009 at 4:38 PM
Not getting any traffic. Logs state my DirPort is not reachable but I mapped that port. HELP!!!
June 24th, 2009 at 4:59 PM
Disabled DIR Port as it is not needed. Am running a bridge. Need to get my Bridged IP out. Sent to Ian, just want to make sure he received it.
June 24th, 2009 at 5:58 PM
Got it.
June 25th, 2009 at 12:02 AM
Traffic logs show hits from Iran to this blog post have dropped off dramatically today so I am assuming this finally got blocked. I remade an instruction site somewhere else and it has already gotten 12 hits today from within Iran. Let's keep the word spreading!
June 25th, 2009 at 2:15 AM
"Your ser ver (…) has not managed to confirm that its DirPort is reachable…..Please check your firewalls…" in the logs, using it as a bridge. In the documentation it states that the DirPort MUST be enabled when usign a bridge.
Should i bother or not as i dont know how to influence my router (if i have one)
June 25th, 2009 at 3:10 AM
How do I know if someone is using my proxy? I have only 9.22 MB Recvd and 4.9 MB Sent since this AM. Is that normal?
June 25th, 2009 at 5:49 AM
If it's not used, it doesn't matter if it's disabled or not, right?
June 25th, 2009 at 6:19 AM
Jun 25 01:58:24.731 [Notice] Your DNS provider gave an answer for "6bmkdc4ftre6ro", which is not supposed to exist. Apparently they are hijacking DNS failures. Trying to correct for this. We've noticed 2 possibly bad addresses so far.
This I always get. I seemed to fix the geoIP error and on vista the directory structure is different.
June 25th, 2009 at 9:43 AM
I have tor up and running. Ports are fine – but log said "using exit … relaying to new circuit" 7 times and then finally – Tried for 125 secund to get a connection for … 80. gave up" What does that mean?
June 25th, 2009 at 10:14 AM
That is probably related to your connection being too slow and it's causing it to time out. There's not much you can do about that other than try again in a little bit. Stay safe.
June 25th, 2009 at 11:39 AM
I have another question. The traffic on my tor relay is asynchrone – more sent than recieved. The ratio is like 2 to 1. Pls explain
June 25th, 2009 at 11:43 AM
Are you currently using Tor to post stuff online or are you just using
it to share your connection? If you're posting stuff it will show the
traffic that you are sending out over the Tor network.
June 25th, 2009 at 11:58 AM
Im just sharing my connection.
June 25th, 2009 at 12:07 PM
Might be compressed info coming in then uncompressed exiting your
relay. Not sure.
June 25th, 2009 at 12:09 PM
kk and thx
June 25th, 2009 at 5:33 PM
Bacheha don´t give up. Khoda jaro hamrahetun bashe. Peace
June 26th, 2009 at 2:12 AM
Having trouble – Vidalia control panel keeps locking up when I try to click on settings. Am stuck. DM me on Twitter @rathacat
June 26th, 2009 at 10:25 AM
Do you realy think that average poeple in IRAN CAN UNDERSTAND ALL OF THIS, AND WORK WITH IT? CAN YOU AT LEAST BE MORE CLEAR AND WITH SIMPLE LANGUAGE THAT EVERY BODY CAN UNDERSTAND, IT SOUND TOO COMPLICATE TO DO, I WANT TO HELP iRANIAN IN IRAN BUT I CAN'T UNNDERSTAND YOU, I'M SORRY
June 26th, 2009 at 10:33 AM
This isn't for people in Iran. These instructions are for people
outside to help get people access to filtered websites.
June 26th, 2009 at 12:19 PM
Still getting hits from Iran and there's activity from there on the Tor network map.
<img src="http://iansouter.com/iran_tor_nodes.png"/img>
June 26th, 2009 at 11:28 AM
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June 26th, 2009 at 4:53 PM
should we be concerned about the coward secret police in Iran posting links on here that then traces back the user?
June 26th, 2009 at 10:01 PM
@Ian – ciao Ian am here frm italy – do not know how could help here but have line wifi and comp – if you direct me can do sthing – owise can try and break in my office big server. you let me know wht can be done and i'll try to do it
June 28th, 2009 at 5:47 AM
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June 28th, 2009 at 7:45 PM
anonymous surf :
My friend, and as an advice to iranian people, do not post real name of people (fb users, or twitter users, or other)
when someone is anxious of someone it happend that people ask using name, some seems not to be under nickname, and they should;..:
according to me i feel this not secure at all, better use mail to mail, for this, is my point, you have knowledge of the situation and you knew how the authority manage, if you feel this interesting use it, if not , of course not
take care
keep safe
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July 4th, 2009 at 4:40 AM
Guys: I have downloaded Tor and have my "disable"/"enable" button. But how do I make sure I am allowing this for Iranians only?? + While Tor is enabled under "sharing," is this enough? Am I not able to browse while it is working as a bridge?
July 4th, 2009 at 4:43 AM
Damn these posts are so few and far between I don't think i'm going to get answered soon. I'll post elsewhere as well….. and/or email some savvy people…..
July 4th, 2009 at 10:51 PM
I have my tor disabled until someone can answer me so I really need this answered. If anyone can help out thanks!
-Evan
July 5th, 2009 at 8:25 PM
Sorry, I tried replying to you from my phone while I was moving but
apparently it didn't go through. Here it is again.
The way Tor is setup it's pretty much impossible to limit it to just
Iranians. The Tor enabled/disabled option in the corner of Firefox is
just for people actually using Tor to get around filters. To share
your internet with people who need it you simply set Vidalia to share
your connection with Tor users as described above.
July 5th, 2009 at 9:05 PM
So I guess my Tor has been running. And from what I understand the "Relay traffic for the Tor network" and the "Help censored users reach the Tor network" can only be run exclusively. I only want to put it on the latter setting, I believe. I'm not sure what the former does. Here's the thing" When I have Tor "Enabled" with the firefox button, it freezes my browsing. Perhaps Tor is still working for my bandwidth donation or filtering bypass for others whether the switch is on or off , but again when on and green, it disallows any further internet navigation. Is that normal???
July 6th, 2009 at 9:02 PM
You DO NOT need to have Tor Enabled in Firefox. That button is for
people currently using Tor to stay anonymous while browsing in
Firefox. If you are only running a bridge or a relay you just need to
have Vidalia running in your taskbar.
July 8th, 2009 at 8:16 AM
I sent my Tor Bridge directly to the Secretariate at Prince Reza Pahlavis office. I didn't get any hate mail back, so I guess we're good. The bridge started getting traffic right away.
I don't necesarilly support a return to Monarchy, but I new for sure that it wouldn't fall into the wrong hands, since he has thousands of contacts in Iran.
At night I keep a Tor relay open on my other computer with lots of exits open. By morning there is a steady stream eating up about 70% of my bandwidth.
September 9th, 2009 at 12:52 PM
Have some questions Ian. You can reply @ e-mail
September 23rd, 2009 at 10:07 AM
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January 1st, 2010 at 1:36 AM
please send for me proxy