Hi
I have had a search and can’t find anything that addresses the problem I’m having. I thank anybody who reads and can offer me a way forward.
I’m trying to configure a bridge in whonix via sys-whonix. I have been following guides that I’ve found but I can’t get it to work.
I’m using the Anon Connection wizard > configure then I’ve tried using both “select a built in bridge” (obfs4) and “provide a bridge I know” (having got some bridges from Tor project). Then I’ve been using “Use a proxy before connecting to the Tor network”. From here I’ve used all of the drop down options (HTTP/HTTPS, socks4 and socks5).
For address I’ve been using 127.0.0.1 and many different ports.
I can’t get either of these options to work. It gets stuck at the next bootstrapping phase at 2%.
So that method doesn’t work.
If I do not tick “Use proxy before connecting to the Tor Network” things seem to connect ok. It connects to the Tor network. This method also works if I input one of the bridges I got from the Tor Project.
I am hoping someone can tell me:
1. Is this method (ie not using a proxy") as secure as if I was using a proxy?
2. Does anybody know why my attempts at using a proxy don’t work?
3. As I am doing this in sys-whonix does it persist or do I need to do it each time I start qubes
As an extra…how can I actually check if the bridge is working? I have been using
# journalctl -e -u tor@default
that someone elswhere suggests but I’m not getting the results in the readout that they say I should Pardon my newness here. I have been using qubes for a fair while as my daily driver I am just now looking to use it as my darknet vehicle so setting up bridges like this is new to me. I am looking to use the bridge option in lieu of a vpn. My next thing is to set up a vm with a vpn to allow me to use Tor-browser with a bridge in one qubes and then clearnet browsing in another qube with vpn. At least that’s what I have in mind.
I hope this makes some sense. Thanks for any help here!