What's going on with websocket user numbers? - tor-dev

31 Mar 2015


      I noticed there's a big increase in reported users of the websocket
transport in the past few weeks, from about 5 to over 50.
https://metrics.torproject.org/userstats-bridge-transport.html?graph=usersta...
"websocket" is the transport name that flash proxy uses. I checked the
bridge for flash proxy, and it doesn't seem to be used notably more
often in the last weeks than before.
https://globe.torproject.org/#/bridge/9DD7D759971D03E70F0181B4E6D5F7735E7BFD...
There are other bridges out there that also support the websocket
transport. I don't know who's running them. I appended a list at the
end of this message. It comes from grepping for "websocket" in
https://onionoo.torproject.org/details?type=bridge&fields=nickname,hashe...
Most of them seem to be related; namely, there are a lot with these
characteristics:
    80 <= ORPort <= 105
    platform = Tor 0.2.7.0-alpha-dev on Linux
    transports = ["websocket","fte","obfs3","scramblesuit"]
    Morlock-sounding nicknames: ashrak, bashaak, delmac, gonach...
The only bridges not belonging to this set are C3L (ORPort = 8118),
giygas (my bridge), and nerds (ORPort = 9052, platform = Tor 0.2.5.11 on
Linux").
It's possible that the new websocket users are using one of these other
bridges. It's also possible, since the bridges run more than one
transport, that the users are actually using some other transport, and
they are mistakenly being counted for websocket:
https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-dev/2014-September/007483.html
A lot of them have last_restarted of 2015-03-14 or 2014-03-25, which
fall roughly where the user increase is on the metrics graphs. Maybe
they were recently rebooted with support for the websocket transport.
David Fifield
{"nickname":"ashrak","hashed_fingerprint":"F1C465D38F18091F6FED9CAC924DA50F2813C0AE","or_addresses":["10.219.160.68:80"],"platform":"Tor 0.2.7.0-alpha-dev on Linux","transports":["websocket","fte","obfs3","scramblesuit"]},
{"nickname":"bashaak1","hashed_fingerprint":"196FC9A50B1F3828730C11C4E1DD5B55F979F548","or_addresses":["10.152.136.2:80"],"platform":"Tor 0.2.7.0-alpha-dev on Linux","transports":["obfs3","scramblesuit","websocket","fte"]},
{"nickname":"bashaak2","hashed_fingerprint":"F76FB49B6B1CC1BB23618A20A2D6E8B1509BF7BC","or_addresses":["10.128.21.28:81"],"platform":"Tor 0.2.7.0-alpha-dev on Linux","transports":["obfs3","scramblesuit","websocket","fte"]},
{"nickname":"benna2","hashed_fingerprint":"3665A4A74A6554CA03122AFBC9C3C6C5AD2F9BC6","or_addresses":["10.35.205.157:83"],"platform":"Tor 0.2.7.0-alpha-dev on Linux","transports":["obfs3","scramblesuit","websocket","fte"]},
{"nickname":"C3L","hashed_fingerprint":"E1F69F3CE3107F740646127527F8B21BA8BCDFC4","or_addresses":["10.226.202.166:8118","[fd9f:2e19:3bcf::73:c310]:8118"],"platform":"Tor 0.2.7.0-alpha-dev on Linux","transports":["obfs3","scramblesuit","obfs4","websocket","fte"]},
{"nickname":"delmac1","hashed_fingerprint":"16EBD0A3DAD2833FDA9323F89ED9B2EFF484D748","or_addresses":["10.223.29.80:84"],"platform":"Tor 0.2.7.0-alpha-dev on Linux","transports":["obfs3","scramblesuit","websocket","fte"]},
{"nickname":"delmac2","hashed_fingerprint":"5B300273F583602780746191ADF17AC96190CC92","or_addresses":["10.12.236.225:85"],"platform":"Tor 0.2.7.0-alpha-dev on Linux","transports":["obfs3","scramblesuit","websocket","fte"]},
{"nickname":"giygas","hashed_fingerprint":"9DD7D759971D03E70F0181B4E6D5F7735E7BFDED","or_addresses":["10.233.17.187:9001","[fd9f:2e19:3bcf::df:d557]:9001"],"platform":"Tor 0.2.5.10 on Linux","transports":["websocket","obfs3_websocket"]},
{"nickname":"gonach1","hashed_fingerprint":"F532D7DC394BAE539D530EB9EC5BA22450A7910D","or_addresses":["10.231.241.32:86"],"platform":"Tor 0.2.7.0-alpha-dev on Linux","transports":["obfs3","scramblesuit","websocket","fte"]},
{"nickname":"gonach2","hashed_fingerprint":"6C1259CE071500804AC2E67673EA57045D44004B","or_addresses":["10.7.64.152:87"],"platform":"Tor 0.2.7.0-alpha-dev on Linux","transports":["obfs3","scramblesuit","websocket","fte"]},
{"nickname":"hoktar","hashed_fingerprint":"86D33A3BA7A04A1D8C1D4C44AEC5BF1FC163815C","or_addresses":["10.230.24.16:80"],"platform":"Tor 0.2.7.0-alpha-dev on Linux","transports":["websocket","fte","obfs3","scramblesuit"]},
{"nickname":"intar1","hashed_fingerprint":"98FC0DADB4EF313BAB18C4F8F5B29186CEC1EFEE","or_addresses":["10.142.253.194:90"],"platform":"Tor 0.2.7.0-alpha-dev on Linux","transports":["obfs3","scramblesuit","websocket","fte"]},
{"nickname":"intar2","hashed_fingerprint":"22A42B97C35A6CABCB837E308E302321DEE8860B","or_addresses":["10.227.197.14:91"],"platform":"Tor 0.2.7.0-alpha-dev on Linux","transports":["obfs3","scramblesuit","websocket","fte"]},
{"nickname":"kalma","hashed_fingerprint":"D923FB993A480E27023814CB22FA568B418C3561","or_addresses":["10.86.149.238:443"],"platform":"Tor 0.2.7.0-alpha-dev on Linux","transports":["websocket","obfs3","scramblesuit"]},
{"nickname":"krantu","hashed_fingerprint":"121385AFAC02851932A40635235D16A9A47390BE","or_addresses":["10.58.14.110:82"],"platform":"Tor 0.2.7.0-alpha-dev on Linux","transports":["obfs3","scramblesuit","fte","websocket"]},
{"nickname":"kreeshak","hashed_fingerprint":"94A4DCD9C31958710A8208233E2FA8A58F90DD08","or_addresses":["10.85.219.97:81"],"platform":"Tor 0.2.7.0-alpha-dev on Linux","transports":["obfs3","scramblesuit","fte","websocket"]},
{"nickname":"krelnok","hashed_fingerprint":"D1B0B1FDE5FF1047C5636BEAB06E22F3505D0895","or_addresses":["10.101.210.202:83"],"platform":"Tor 0.2.7.0-alpha-dev on Linux","transports":["obfs3","scramblesuit","fte","websocket"]},
{"nickname":"lantia","hashed_fingerprint":"6173C626355BA51DFE93F515F792CDC7B36652F4","or_addresses":["10.74.170.126:80"],"platform":"Tor 0.2.7.0-alpha-dev on Linux","transports":["obfs3","scramblesuit","fte","websocket"]},
{"nickname":"linvris1","hashed_fingerprint":"2DE8ED06644EAD67A4351F73CF94ED4819604AB3","or_addresses":["10.90.170.20:92"],"platform":"Tor 0.2.7.0-alpha-dev on Linux","transports":["obfs3","scramblesuit","websocket","fte"]},
{"nickname":"linvris2","hashed_fingerprint":"FFC371256605279169C8F740378EB88C542940E1","or_addresses":["10.15.182.141:93"],"platform":"Tor 0.2.7.0-alpha-dev on Linux","transports":["obfs3","scramblesuit","websocket","fte"]},
{"nickname":"naquadah1","hashed_fingerprint":"6D83B4CAF9807CB2C4C8C6C04EDDE27496E47525","or_addresses":["10.184.185.130:94"],"platform":"Tor 0.2.7.0-alpha-dev on Linux","transports":["obfs3","scramblesuit","websocket","fte"]},
{"nickname":"naquadah2","hashed_fingerprint":"9577348174583345AFF8FB2CD5C1DAAC3042F0BB","or_addresses":["10.99.253.237:95"],"platform":"Tor 0.2.7.0-alpha-dev on Linux","transports":["obfs3","scramblesuit","websocket","fte"]},
{"nickname":"nerds","hashed_fingerprint":"EE2AFFBF783BEA2D24904240A48DEDA2D5372FC8","or_addresses":["10.104.45.191:9052"],"platform":"Tor 0.2.5.11 on Linux","transports":["websocket","fte","obfs3","scramblesuit"]},
{"nickname":"orak1","hashed_fingerprint":"2E3494ABC70A4AF8AD301569C40D620C565A235A","or_addresses":["10.88.122.255:96"],"platform":"Tor 0.2.7.0-alpha-dev on Linux","transports":["obfs3","scramblesuit","websocket","fte"]},
{"nickname":"paiboun","hashed_fingerprint":"D416D28AB1C24C215D40CEB70BE36F2779E8B4A2","or_addresses":["10.54.177.10:105"],"platform":"Tor 0.2.7.0-alpha-dev on Linux","transports":["obfs3","scramblesuit","websocket","fte"]},
{"nickname":"piratepartei","hashed_fingerprint":"319F4D05D76537AADD499D5B48B4425DDFEF66C7","or_addresses":["10.133.182.221:80"],"platform":"Tor 0.2.7.0-alpha-dev on Linux","transports":["obfs3","scramblesuit","fte","websocket"]},
{"nickname":"shaltek2","hashed_fingerprint":"09C6AD6382A5C0AB268D0AEA25284E4AC0E5E4AC","or_addresses":["10.83.36.70:99"],"platform":"Tor 0.2.7.0-alpha-dev on Linux","transports":["obfs3","scramblesuit","websocket","fte"]},
{"nickname":"tauri1","hashed_fingerprint":"5B27B16BFF449E60C6084D1ED2A082AF8C459531","or_addresses":["10.16.110.176:102"],"platform":"Tor 0.2.7.0-alpha-dev on Linux","transports":["obfs3","scramblesuit","websocket","fte"]},
{"nickname":"tauri2","hashed_fingerprint":"B694A8E4E60E4CA6BF173D973731DA0B7D425999","or_addresses":["10.73.213.191:103"],"platform":"Tor 0.2.7.0-alpha-dev on Linux","transports":["obfs3","scramblesuit","websocket","fte"]},
{"nickname":"teltac1","hashed_fingerprint":"3EAA792F08B6D99031BBC3BCEB2C4BA58C5FAA41","or_addresses":["10.210.205.232:104"],"platform":"Tor 0.2.7.0-alpha-dev on Linux","transports":["obfs3","scramblesuit","websocket","fte"]},