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Welcome to another 12pm Tutorial.

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This tutorial will teach you how to access the Tor relay network in an area where

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Tor has been blocked by connecting to a “Tor Bridge Relay.”

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Tor Bridge Relays, also referred to simply as “Bridges”, are relays that are not

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publicly listed in the Tor network.

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This makes them ideal for reconnecting to the Tor Network if it has blocked in your

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area.

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Now that you know what the Bridge Relays are, let me show you how to use them.

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First, make sure you have the Tor Software installed on your computer.

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Having access to a bridge relay without the Tor software isn’t going to help anybody.

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If you need to know how to download and install Tor, you can view my “How to Use

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Tor” tutorial at http://bit.ly/9uD3N9

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Once you have the software you can go to www.torproject.org/bridges to read about

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using bridge relays to access Tor.

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Let’s go there now.

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Go ahead and take a moment to read over the information on this page.

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Once you’re ready to move on with the tutorial, minimize your browser and start

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the Tor software.

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Go to settings.

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Click the network tab.

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Now check the box that says “My ISP blocks connections to the Tor network” and a

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Dialog box called “Add a Bridge:” will appear.

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This box is where you will type in bridges and where you will see all the

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bridges you have added.

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It is always better to have more bridges because the more you have the less chance

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you will be disconnected from the Tor service if one of the bridges is blocked.

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The simplest way to get a Tor bridge is to click the button “Find Bridges Now”.

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Another simple way to get a Tor bridge is to open your web browser and go to

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https://bridges.torproject.org/.

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The bridges listed here will change every couple of days in order to allow access to

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the Tor network after these get blocked.

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The last way to get a list of Tor bridges is to open up a Gmail account and use it to

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send an email to bridges@torproject.org with “get bridges” in the subject line.

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It is important to remember that Tor will only send bridge relays to people who

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send this request from Gmail. This is Tor’s way of minimizing the number of relays

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that get blocked by securing the information behind Gmail’s standard HTTPS

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encryption.

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Check your inbox a few minutes after the email is sent and you will have received an

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email from Tor with a number of bridge relays.

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Copy and paste each of these relays into the “Add a bridge” dialogue box and click

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the green plus sign to add the bridge to the rest of the list. Tor will automatically

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use these relays to access Tor so long as you have a checkmark next to “My ISP

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blocks connections to the Tor network.”

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Once you’re done adding relays, click ok.

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Now you know how to use Bridge Relays to Access Tor.