Tips for Bypassing Blocking of RadioFreeEurope / RadioLiberty

There may be times when you cannot access the Tor Project website: for example, it could be blocked on your network. যদি এটি ঘটে, আপনি নীচে তালিকাভুক্ত বিকল্প ডাউনলোড পদ্ধতিগুলির মধ্যে একটি ব্যবহার করতে পারেন।

Mirrors

You can try downloading Tor Browser from one of the official mirrors, either through:

• https://tor.eff.org/
• http://tor.calyxinstitute.org/

GetTor

If even the mirror sites are blocked, you can request to receive Tor Browser from GetTor. GetTor is a service that automatically responds to messages with links to the latest version of Tor Browser, hosted at a variety of locations, such as Dropbox, Google Drive and GitHub:

• Step 1: Send an email to gettor@torproject.org, and in the body of the message simply write “windows”, “osx”, or “linux”, (without quotation marks) depending on your operating system. You can also add a language code to get Tor Browser on a language different than English. For example, to get links for downloading Tor Browser in Chinese (China) for Windows, send an email to gettor@torproject.org with the words "windows zh_CN" in it.

• Step 2: GetTor will respond with an email containing links from which you can download the Tor Browser package, the cryptographic signature (needed for verifying the download), the fingerprint of the key used to make the signature, and the package’s checksum. You may be offered a choice of “32-bit” or “64-bit” software: this depends on the model of the computer you are using.

You can also access documentation and other resources using the following mirrors:

• Tor Support Portal
• Tor Browser manual
• Tor project blog
• Tor main website

Tor network সরাসরি অ্যাক্সেসটি কখনও কখনও আপনার ইন্টারনেট পরিষেবা সরবরাহকারী বা কোনও সরকার কর্তৃক অবরুদ্ধ হতে পারে। Tor Browser includes some circumvention tools for getting around these blocks. In such scenarios, simply configuring your browser to connect through a bridge should suffice. Bridges are simply relays that are private and harder to block.

Instructions on how to activate bridges for desktop:

You can use a bridge in Tor Browser for desktop by going to: Settings > Connection > Bridges > Select a Built-In Bridge. As of 22 December 2021, bridges bundled directly into Tor Browser are blocked in Russia.

Readers therefore need to request a bridge via one of the following ways:

• Requesting a bridge from within Tor Browser on desktop: Settings > Connection > Bridges > Request a bridge from torproject.org > Solve the CAPTCHA
• Sending "/bridges" to the dedicated Telegram channel @GetBridgesBot and then adding the bridge address received manually via copy and paste in Tor Browser: Settings > Connection > Bridges > Enter a bridge address you already know
• Visit https://bridges.torproject.org/ and follow the instructions
• Requesting a bridge via email: bridges@torproject.org from a Gmail or Riseup email address; and then adding the bridge address received manually via copy and paste in Tor Browser: Settings > Connection > Bridges > Enter a bridge address you already know
• Connecting through Snowflake from within Tor Browser: Settings > Connection > Bridges > Select a built-in bridge > Snowflake

Instructions on how to activate bridges for Android:

Readers can use a bridge on Android by going to: Settings icon > Config Bridge > Use a bridge.

In the case that bridges bundled directly into Tor Browser are blocked, readers need to request a bridge via one of the following ways:

• Sending "/bridges" to the dedicated Telegram channel @GetBridgesBot and then adding the bridges lines received manually via copy and paste in Tor Browser: Config Bridge > Provide a bridge I know
• Visit https://bridges.torproject.org/ and follow the instructions
• Requesting a bridge via email: bridges@torproject.org from a Gmail or Riseup email address; and then adding the bridges lines received manually via copy and paste in Tor Browser: Config Bridge > Provide a bridge I know
• Connecting through Snowflake from within Tor Browser: Config Bridge > Snowflake

Instructions on how to activate bridges for iOS:

Readers can use a bridge on iOS by going to: Onion icon when viewing a website > Bridge Configuration.

In the case that bridges bundled directly into Tor Browser are blocked, you can request a bridge via one of the following ways:

• Sending "/bridges" to the dedicated Telegram channel @GetBridgesBot and then adding the bridges lines received manually via copy and paste in Tor Browser: Bridge Configuration > Custom Bridges
• Visit https://bridges.torproject.org/ and follow the instructions
• Requesting a bridge via email: bridges@torproject.org from a Gmail or Riseup email address; and then adding the bridges lines received manually via copy and paste in Tor Browser: Bridge Configuration > Custom Bridges
• Connecting through Snowflake from within Tor Browser: Bridge Configuration > Snowflake