ooni/probe-legacyThe legacy python version of OONI Probe
⚠️⚠️⚠️⚠️: this repository contains the source code of the legacy implementation of ooniprobe. Please, check out instead:
https://github.com/ooni/probe, the meta-repository where you should be opening issues and feature requests;
https://github.com/ooni/probe-cli, which contains the new implementation of ooniprobe as a command line client written in Go;
https://github.com/ooni/probe-desktop, which contains the ooniprobe desktop applicaton, written in JavaScript and Electron.
Thank you for your interest in OONI!
The remainder of this file contains the original README.rst for the legacy implementation:
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OONI, the Open Observatory of Network Interference, is a global observation network which aims is to collect high quality data using open methodologies, using Free and Open Source Software (FL/OSS) to share observations and data about the various types, methods, and amounts of network tampering in the world.
"The Net interprets censorship as damage and routes around it."
- John Gilmore; TIME magazine (6 December 1993)
ooniprobe is the first program that users run to probe their network and to collect data for the OONI project. Are you interested in testing your network for signs of surveillance and censorship? Do you want to collect data to share with others, so that you and others may better understand your network? If so, please read this document and we hope ooniprobe will help you to gather network data that will assist you with your endeavors!
Running ooniprobe is a potentially risky activity. This greatly depends on the jurisdiction in which you are in and which test you are running. It is technically possible for a person observing your internet connection to be aware of the fact that you are running ooniprobe. This means that if running network measurement tests is something considered to be illegal in your country then you could be spotted.
Furthermore, ooniprobe takes no precautions to protect the install target machine from forensics analysis. If the fact that you have installed or used ooni probe is a liability for you, please be aware of this risk.
The latest ooniprobe version for Debian and Ubuntu releases can be found in the deb.torproject.org package repository.
On Debian stable (jessie)::
curl https://deb.torproject.org/torproject.org/A3C4F0F979CAA22CDBA8F512EE8CBC9E886DDD89.asc | gpg --import
gpg --export A3C4F0F979CAA22CDBA8F512EE8CBC9E886DDD89 | sudo apt-key add -
echo 'deb http://deb.torproject.org/torproject.org jessie main' | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ooniprobe.list
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install ooniprobe deb.torproject.org-keyring
On Debian testing::
curl https://deb.torproject.org/torproject.org/A3C4F0F979CAA22CDBA8F512EE8CBC9E886DDD89.asc | gpg --import
gpg --export A3C4F0F979CAA22CDBA8F512EE8CBC9E886DDD89 | sudo apt-key add -
echo 'deb http://deb.torproject.org/torproject.org testing main' | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ooniprobe.list
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install ooniprobe deb.torproject.org-keyring
On Debian unstable::
curl https://deb.torproject.org/torproject.org/A3C4F0F979CAA22CDBA8F512EE8CBC9E886DDD89.asc | gpg --import
gpg --export A3C4F0F979CAA22CDBA8F512EE8CBC9E886DDD89 | sudo apt-key add -
echo 'deb http://deb.torproject.org/torproject.org unstable main' | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ooniprobe.list
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install ooniprobe deb.torproject.org-keyring
On Ubuntu 16.10 (yakkety), 16.04 (xenial) or 14.04 (trusty)::
curl https://deb.torproject.org/torproject.org/A3C4F0F979CAA22CDBA8F512EE8CBC9E886DDD89.asc | gpg --import
gpg --export A3C4F0F979CAA22CDBA8F512EE8CBC9E886DDD89 | sudo apt-key add -
echo 'deb http://deb.torproject.org/torproject.org $RELEASE main' | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ooniprobe.list
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install ooniprobe deb.torproject.org-keyring
Note: You'll need to swap out $RELEASE for either yakkety, xenial or
trusty. This will not happen automatically. You will also need to ensure
that you have the universe repository enabled. The universe repository
is enabled by default in a standard Ubuntu installation but may not be on some
minimal, or not standard, installations.
You can install ooniprobe on macOS if you have installed homebrew (http://brew.sh/) with::
brew install ooniprobe
Make sure you have installed the following dependencies:
Optional dependencies:
On debian based systems this can generally be done by running::
sudo apt-get install -y build-essential libdumbnet-dev libpcap-dev libgeoip-dev libffi-dev python-dev python-pip tor libssl-dev obfs4proxy
Then you should be able to install ooniprobe by running::
sudo pip install ooniprobe
or install ooniprobe as a user::
pip install ooniprobe
Net test is a set of measurements to assess what kind of internet censorship is occurring.
Decks are collections of ooniprobe nettests with some associated inputs.
Collector is a service used to report the results of measurements.
Test helper is a service used by a probe for successfully performing its measurements.
Bouncer is a service used to discover the addresses of test helpers and collectors.
After successfully installing ooniprobe you should be able to access the web UI on your host machine at http://localhost:8842/ after running:: ooniprobe -w or starting the daemon.
You should now be presented with the web UI setup wizard where you can read the risks involved with running ooniprobe. Upon answering the quiz correctly you can enable or disable ooniprobe tests, set how you can connect to the measurement's collector and finally configure your privacy settings.
By default ooniprobe will not include personal identifying information in the test results, nor create a pcap file. This behavior can be personalized.
Upon ooniprobe version 2.0.0 there is no need for cronjobs as ooniprobe-agent is responsible for the tasks scheduling.
You can ensure that ooniprobe-agent is always running by installing and enabling
the systemd unit ooniprobe.service::
wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/TheTorProject/ooni-probe/master/scripts/systemd/ooniprobe.service --directory-prefix=/etc/systemd/system
systemctl enable ooniprobe
systemctl start ooniprobe
You should be able to see a similar output if ooniprobe (systemd) service is
active and loaded by running systemctl status ooniprobe::