Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><a href="https://infosec.space/tags/WhatsMissing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WhatsMissing</span></a>: A tool to check if <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/TorBridges" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TorBridges</span></a> are still available/online/reachable that one can use either <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/standalone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>standalone</span></a> (with <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/TorBrowser" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TorBrowser</span></a> and/or <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Tor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tor</span></a> Expert Bundle) or on <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://venera.social/profile/tails_live" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>tails_live</span></a></span> / <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fosstodon.org/@tails" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>tails</span></a></span> / <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Tails" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tails</span></a>. </p><ul><li>Cuz I do run into issues and kinda want to sort <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Bridges" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bridges</span></a> by availability so I don't waste time on a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/TorBridge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TorBridge</span></a> that is down and also thin-out the list of bridges that ain't online anymore.</li></ul><p>Whilst I do acknowledge that <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@torproject" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>torproject</span></a></span> do disrecommend having a huge list of Tor Bridges on hand, I do regularly need them for contacts who are behind a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/GreatFirewall" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GreatFirewall</span></a> and can't <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SSH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SSH</span></a>-Tunnel out of it.</p><ul><li>Sadly <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/BridgeDB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BridgeDB</span></a> <a href="https://bridges.torproject.org" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">doesn't offer</a> good <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/filtering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>filtering</span></a> options so one can't just query types effectively like <em>"I need <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/webtunnel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>webtunnel</span></a> on <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/IPv4" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IPv4</span></a>"</em> or <em>"I can only use Ports 80 & 443 on <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/IPv6" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IPv6</span></a>"</em> which may work.</li></ul><p>Espechally being able to filter for <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/IPv4only" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IPv4only</span></a> and not just <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/IPv6only" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IPv6only</span></a> is something I miss, alongside the filter for <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/PluggableTransports" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PluggableTransports</span></a> type as <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.librem.one/@guardianproject" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>guardianproject</span></a></span> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Orbot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Orbot</span></a> seems to only handle <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/obfs4" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>obfs4</span></a> and not webtunnel or <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/meek" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>meek</span></a> at all...</p><ul><li>I'm pretty certain that merely pinging a bridge at it's port isn't working as a shure-fire way to check for it's availability.</li></ul>