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So now that we know what bridges and pluggable transports are, let's see how we can get them and configure

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our Tor browser to use them so we can access Tor even if it's being blocked by our Internet service

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provider or by our network administrator.

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So the first thing you want to do is right here I have my normal Firefox browser.

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This is not the Tor browser and I've loaded the bridge database which you can get by going to bridges

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dot tor project.org.

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I'm going to include this link in the resources of this lecture and once you're here you can just click

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just give me bridges to get the normal bridges that will allow you to access Tor if the firewall is

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only blocking the known Tor nodes.

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So if it's not used in DPI and we can also set the advanced options here and select a pluggable transport

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so that we can access tor even if the firewall is using deep packet filtering, analyzing our traffic

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and blocking all traffic.

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That seems like it's tor traffic.

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So right now all I have to do is just click on Get ridges.

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But if this page did not load for you because chances are if your service provider is blocking you from

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using Tor, they might be blocking this as well.

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So in order to get your bridges, you can send an email to bridges at TOR project.org.

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You have to send this email from either a gmail or a riseup account.

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You will actually get an email with all the available bridges and pluggable transports similar to the

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email that I got right here.

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So if I wanted to get normal bridges, all I have to do is just send an email saying get bridges, or

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if I want to get a bridge that uses a pluggable transport So similar to me clicking on the purple button

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here, then I can send get transport followed by the transport type.

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So let me show you how to get the transport if this page is blocked.

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So all I have to do is compose a new email.

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We're going to send this to Bridges, add the Tor project.org and I'm going to say I want to get transport.

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And the transport that I want to get is the Ops four.

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So we're doing this command.

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We're going to send this and this will take less than a minute and you should get your bridges in an

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email in your inbox, similar to the email that I got right here.

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But as you can see right here, it's working for me and it could be working for a lot of you.

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So if this was working, all you have to do is just literally click on Get Bridges.

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It's going to ask me to fill up the capture.

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And perfect.

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As you can see, I have my bridges that use the ops for pluggable transport, as you can see.

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So all I have to do is select all it's already selected.

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I'm going to copy it and then I'm going to go to my Tor browser.

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And I'm going to go to the settings.

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Connection and scroll to the bridges section.

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Here, you can actually just use a built in bridge or getter to automatically request a bridge for you

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instead of doing it manually like we did.

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However, it is unlikely to work if your ISP is blocking tor.

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That's why I'm showing you how to do it manually.

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So I'm going to click on Add a Bridge manually and I'm going to paste the bridges that I just copied,

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Control V and I'm done.

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I'm going to click on Okay.

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And now Tor should be going through the bridges that we just configured it again.

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You only need to do this if this page did not load or if it loaded and told you you're not using the

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Tor browser.

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So in my case it's already working.

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As you can see, it's telling me that Tor is working and all my traffic is going through the Tor network

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right now.

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Now, like I said, with this method, you might notice that the connection will get a little bit slower

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than a normal tour connection again, because obviously the traffic is being obfuscated to make it look

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like it's normal traffic and not tour traffic.

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Also, like I said, in worst case scenario, even if this didn't work, your Internet service provider

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will be able to know that you're using Tor, but they won't really be able to see which websites you're

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trying to go to unless they run a more active attack.

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So if being flagged as a Tor user would put you in trouble in your country, or if you don't want to

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be identified as a person that could be using Tor, then a really good solution is to use a VPN and

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I'll talk about that in the next lecture.

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But for now this is a free and a very good solution to access the Tor network.

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If it's being blocked.