Dear all,After tentatively making enquiries to see if anyone was interested in using a private Tor bridge I plan to set up in Belize for a small fee I received a few messages asking for further info about bridges in general.If you want an in depth explanation I suggest you take a look at the information and video on the Tor Project site : https://www.torproject.org/docs/bridgesTLDR : Although Tor does its best to mingle itself in with your regular SSL traffic, the data packets are apparently quite easy to detect (I've not done this myself but have some learned friends!).Bridges are Tor Relays which are not listed in the main Tor directory. As such connecting to them make it much more difficult for your ISP or sinister government organisations to filter your Tor traffic.You might need to use bridges if :- You live in a country where ISPs are required to block Tor traffic.- Your ISP blocks Tor traffic anyway.- You live in a place where not many people use Tor/The internet and don't want to be traced due to being one of the few IP addresses in this area. (This is the reason I use bridges).- You live in a country like the UK where ISP's are required to record certain parts of your internet traffic such as IP's to which you've connected and you don't want it revealed you were using Tor at a later date in case it's used against you in court e.g you try to deny that you knew a package you accepted into your home contained drugs and want your internet activity not to show you've been using Tor hidden services.You can view the latest publicly available bridges by going to https://bridges.torproject.org/ - please note that these are not as secure as private bridges as in the nature of things more people know about them - for instance the Police could write these down every day for all we know! This is the reason I was asking about interest in a private bridge but the jury is still out on that one!Once you have your list, go to Vidalia and click Settings. Next click 'Network' and check the box which says 'My ISP blocks connections to the Tor network. You can then enter the details of the bridges below to begin using them. Just copy and paste them one at a time from the https://bridges.torproject.org/ page e.g 87.105.190.103:444 - press the '+' button each time to add each bridge.Your connection is more secure the more bridges you use so make sure you update your list of bridges regularly.As I said the most secure solution is to use a private bridge but naturally you need to make your own arrangements to set this up. If anything comes of my offshore bridge plan I will let you all know.All the best,V.