Types of Bridges
- Obfs4 (Built-in): Obfs4 bridges ensure that Tor traffic is indistinguishable and random data. This obfuscation trick ensures that no one notices the way you use Tor. Nevertheless, one should bear in mind that Obfs4 might not work in the regions with the advanced and strict censoring tactics.
- Snowflake: Snowflake bridges are novel in terms of anonymity. Snowflake proxies direct your connection path towards you appearing like making a video call or any other related services. The guise is smart enough, because it looks like normal video or voice traffic, thus bypassing detection and censorship.
- Meek-Azure: In this instance, Meek bridges are powered by the Microsoft Azure cloud infrastructure making your connection appear like it’s on the Microsoft website and not merely using Tor. In extremely censored areas, this technique is effective. Nevertheless, Meek-Azure bridges are generally sluggish because of the resource consuming Cloud services they depend upon.
Bridges in Tor Browser
Tor browser is an incredible utility that routes all traffic via secure channels thus guaranteeing total privacy when accessing the Internet. Nevertheless, several authoritarian regimes go to great lengths to deny their citizens access to the Tor network as a whole. These are the areas where Tor bridges take effect. Tor bridges are specialized, hidden servers meant to act as secret entry points of the Tor network. This occurs by initially connecting via a bridge whereby your traffic is veiled to appear as ordinary innocuous browsing.