Post B2giE8j1aPr1P1DL9s by Shark@miniwa.moe
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 (DIR) Post #B2gPukRhpl7NQNiX1k by torproject@mastodon.social
       2026-01-26T16:28:07Z
       
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       🇮🇷 Update: Brief returns of internet access are driving spikes in Snowflake usage. Please help us run more proxies if you can. ❄️ snowflake.torproject.orgThe easiest ways to run Snowflake is by using Tor Browser, Orbot, or installing the browser add on in your current browser. Extra capacity helps people in Iran stay connected when the network comes back online.
       
 (DIR) Post #B2gQ0Y44mO7clLQkAy by dobiko@fedi.dobiko.net
       2026-01-26T17:06:29.224Z
       
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       @torproject@mastodon.social Is it safe to just host it as is, are there guides to do it behind a VPN? ​:neocat_think:​
       
 (DIR) Post #B2gebgaLSiGfGG7ubY by sb@metroholografix.ca
       2026-01-26T19:26:14Z
       
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       @torproject How do clients know to connect to an instance of snowflake? Does the server 'phone home' somewhere to list itself as available?
       
 (DIR) Post #B2gebhoYtLEZ4dmmP2 by Shark@miniwa.moe
       2026-01-26T19:50:04.851565Z
       
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       @sb @torproject we have to connect to a broker, which gives us an IP address of an active proxy. The broker itself is domain fronted behind another big website (like bunny.net, cdn77, these two currently work on MCI, in my region at least)
       
 (DIR) Post #B2ghGvksAL5Y5gqTsO by sb@metroholografix.ca
       2026-01-26T20:03:26Z
       
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       @Shark @torproject Thank you. I'm just wondering, once a standalone instance of snowflake is running on a server and the ports have been opened up, how is that instance discovered?
       
 (DIR) Post #B2ghGx1DT3kw0fV2zQ by Shark@miniwa.moe
       2026-01-26T20:19:57.861655Z
       
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       @sb @torproject I'm not sure exactly how, but maybe because snowflake proxies are used as entry nodes, broker discovers them the same way that TOR entry nodes are discovered (which I also don't know how)maybe tomorrow I'll start reading on it a bit
       
 (DIR) Post #B2giE8j1aPr1P1DL9s by Shark@miniwa.moe
       2026-01-26T20:30:40.572378Z
       
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       @sb @torproject found something"Proxies poll the broker periodically, using ordinary HTTPS requests."https://www.bamsoftware.com/papers/snowflake/
       
 (DIR) Post #B2giulzjyOeLMEMVea by Shark@miniwa.moe
       2026-01-26T20:38:23.080156Z
       
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       @sb @torproject also snowflake works behind NAT, there is no need for opening a port.