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جهان حمایت از مردم ایران در تلاش آنها برای آزادی است.

Iran election protests
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.
tor bridge 1
Click Settings.

tor bridge 2
Click Sharing.

tor sharing
The first way is as a client. This is for people who are general Tor users.

tor relay
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.

tor bridge - help censored users
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!

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  1. Internet Sans Frontières » Blog Archive » Comment l’Iran fait sa révolution informationaliste Says:

    [...] territoire donc l’accès au web est filtré. Cet Internaute par exemple, résidant au canada a mis à disposition une de ses adresses qui permet de surfer librement en Iran. En général ces adresses son ensuite [...]

  2. My Tor Bridge link brings all the Iranians to the yard ♫ | In LA Says:

    [...] bridge on your computer (all OSes are welcome). Thanks to the “Ian’s Brain” post Tor and the Iranian Election for the great idea. A few relevant [...]

  3. bubblesort Says:

    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

  4. another bridge Says:

    66.30.41.122:34983 46EF32AACC7EFD3FCB7CED651BAFC190122DA8F4

  5. canada bridge Says:

    24.82.168.182:443 F59C7D9721D4C1195A7BBC3E6E46798C29AE8CFB

  6. 1 more bridge Says:

    71.203.101.115:9001 3B45A28070BF7669C282030E85F475C91A222195

  7. howto Says:

    Here are some other ways for blocked end-users to get bridge addresses:

    https://www.torproject.org/bridges

  8. A bridge Says:

    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.

  9. Oops Says:

    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

  10. RE:Oops Says:

    Even that won't work so well if torproject.org and gmail is blacklisted. :}

  11. Ian Says:

    Good point. Is it legal to mirror copies of Tor so people can still
    get it even if some sites are blocked?

  12. Ian Says:

    They can't stop us all!

  13. Great Resource Says:

    http://iran.sharearchy.com/

  14. Ian Says:

    Thanks! I submitted that link to StumbleUpon so hopefully more people
    will see it.

  15. freaussie Says:

    tor 118.208.13.245:443 1E2F28C8950CB5EDD5371D9B295287BC9598D732

  16. Freedom Says:

    Don't post IP addresses, they get caught and they get blocked

  17. Babak Says:

    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.

  18. Mihai Says:

    86<dot>106<dot>49<dot>130:443 94C2CF94FE4D2D6D9783ACCE7024DC8BE7AD867C

    Hope this helps, cause it's my first time I set up a bridge

  19. Tom Says:

    68.205.74.186:443 63EAADC18311997B3DACE947D739287B31DB4982

  20. Ian Says:

    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

  21. Ian Says:

    Glad to help. :)

  22. Roobix Says:

    This is a great idea! You should include a link on how to set up a Tor bridge though.

  23. Ian Says:

    Done!
    *see above

  24. DesertCactus Says:

    66.74.17.84:443 5F22AC6B7F82C668FE6D8045E562C52886E60594

  25. DesertCactus Says:

    Is this site safe to post the bride info? If not, we just blew it.

  26. Ian Says:

    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.

  27. Ian Says:

    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.

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  29. TheAustrian Says:

    91.115.103.60:443 DBD3DF516D229CD6379FA18483445D964E5BF924

  30. Mike Says:

    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.

  31. Ian Says:

    Please email all new Tor bridges to irancurtain at iansbrain dot com.
    I will forward them to people who can use them.

  32. onehandyman Says:

    71.240.227.179:443 F153D70A4CAFF03BD1A83E96D5F09A0F57C79FCF

  33. Ian Says:

    Traffic from Iran has returned.

  34. Ian Says:

    A mix of both are needed. Some places have Tor blocked and the bridge helps with that.

  35. Ian Says:

    Thanks for all your support everyone. The list is at about 35 bridges right now.

  36. echo Says:

    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.

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  38. Ian Says:

    They need both.

  39. Ian Says:

    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.

  40. tyrok72 Says:

    67.60.116.45:443 EF19657C504C14A5604C0AD53C2BDA6001EA1698

  41. Shima Says:

    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 …

  42. James Says:

    71.126.158.11:443 0A53F4E95272E17FDB0F7A32BC5B75C5F1DDAF6E

  43. Ian Says:

    Keep em coming. irancurtain@iansbrain.com

  44. randomhuman Says:

    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.

  45. NotImportant Says:

    Add relay nodes, not just bridges. We need to speed the network up.

  46. Ian Says:

    Still getting traffic from Iran! Huzzah!
    <img src="http://iansouter.com/iansbrain_statisfy.png"/img>

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  48. Josh Rubin Says:

    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.

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  52. ateologu Says:

    How can you see where you're getting the traffic from? Better yet: can you control it so only Iranians get in?

  53. JackNapier Says:

    I say don't post it here because this is public and ANYONE can use your bridges when it's posted.

  54. Ian Says:

    I'm working with baklava via email.

  55. This is the post with ‘how to help’ in step-by-step format « by Erin Ptah Says:

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  56. Rosena Says:

    want to help but computer illiterate — I don't understand what to do. Can someone help?

  57. irsean Says:

    Not getting any traffic. Logs state my DirPort is not reachable but I mapped that port. HELP!!!

  58. irsean Says:

    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.

  59. Ian Says:

    Got it.

  60. Ian Says:

    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! :D

  61. newmoon Says:

    "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)

  62. irsean Says:

    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?

  63. ateologu Says:

    If it's not used, it doesn't matter if it's disabled or not, right?

  64. Kat Says:

    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.

  65. FreeIran188 Says:

    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?

  66. Ian Says:

    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.

  67. FreeIran188 Says:

    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 :-)

  68. Ian Says:

    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.

  69. FreeIran188 Says:

    Im just sharing my connection.

  70. Ian Says:

    Might be compressed info coming in then uncompressed exiting your
    relay. Not sure.

  71. FreeIran188 Says:

    kk and thx

  72. Peace Says:

    Bacheha don´t give up. Khoda jaro hamrahetun bashe. Peace

  73. rathacat Says:

    Having trouble - Vidalia control panel keeps locking up when I try to click on settings. Am stuck. DM me on Twitter @rathacat

  74. Patiramis Says:

    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

  75. Ian Says:

    This isn't for people in Iran. These instructions are for people
    outside to help get people access to filtered websites.

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  77. Ian Says:

    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>

  78. Anthony Says:

    should we be concerned about the coward secret police in Iran posting links on here that then traces back the user?

  79. Frankie Says:

    @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

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  81. tonvoisin Says:

    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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  83. Evan Says:

    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?

  84. Evan Says:

    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…..

  85. Evan Says:

    I have my tor disabled until someone can answer me so I really need this answered. If anyone can help out thanks!

    -Evan

  86. Ian Says:

    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.

  87. Evan Says:

    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???

  88. Ian Says:

    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.

  89. Moody Lion Says:

    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.

  90. TheVeni1 Says:

    Have some questions Ian. You can reply @ e-mail

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