If you've ever considered becoming a #Tor #bridge operator to help others connect to Tor, now is an excellent time to get started!

What is WebTunnel and how does it work?

#WebTunnel is a censorship-resistant pluggable transport designed to mimic encrypted web #traffic (#HTTPS) inspired by #HTTPT. It works by wrapping the payload connection into a WebSocket-like HTTPS connection, appearing to network observers as an ordinary HTTPS (#WebSocket) connection. So, for an onlooker without the knowledge of the hidden path, it just looks like a regular HTTP connection to a webpage server giving the impression that the user is simply browsing the web.

In fact, WebTunnel is so similar to ordinary web traffic that it can coexist with a website on the same network endpoint, meaning the same domain, IP address, and port. This coexistence allows a standard traffic reverse proxy to forward both ordinary web traffic and WebTunnel to their respective application servers. As a result, when someone attempts to visit the website at the shared network address, they will simply perceive the content of that website address and won't notice the existence of a secret bridge (WebTunnel).

https://blog.torproject.org/introducing-webtunnel-evading-censorship-by-hiding-in-plain-sight/

Hiding in plain sight: Introducing WebTunnel | Tor Project

We're celebrating the World Day Against Cyber Censorship by officially announcing WebTunnel, a new type of Tor bridge designed to assist users in heavily censored regions to connect to the Tor network.

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