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For those like me who are not familiar: https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/anti-censorship/pluggable-transports/snowflake/-/wikis/Technical%20Overview https://gi
by lucb1e 5y ago
For those like me who are not familiar: https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/anti-censorship/pluggable-transports/snowflake/-/wikis/Technical%20Overview https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/anti-censorship/pluggable-...
> Snowflake involves a large network of highly ephemeral volunteer proxies, with the goal of outpacing the censor’s ability to block proxy IP addresses [...]. Snowflake addresses NAT traversal by [WebRTC’s ICE negotiation], among a number of new advantages.
> CDNs serve not only their own web services, but also services that users may host on their platforms, such as App Engine. Snowflake currently hosts the [ICE negotiation] on App Engine, but will also do so on other services.
This page has a nice diagram: https://snowflake.torproject.org https://snowflake.torproject.org
Install in Firefox: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/torproject-snowflake/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/torproject-sn...
Install in the big bro(ws|th)er: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/snowflake/mafpmfcccpbjnhfhjnllmmalhifmlcie https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/snowflake/mafpmfcc...
Without installing anything, you can also just leave this tab open: https://snowflake.torproject.org/embed.html https://snowflake.torproject.org/embed.html