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If someone needs to set up a mirror site on the Tor Network, what's the process? Can someone look uphttp://slack64y3pqluw32.onion/ and trace you as the owner? Does tor have it's own dns?
To run a tor HiddenService is just a matter of installing Tor, update the torrc config file to expose that port and associate it with a directory to host the RSA key for the service.
The "DNS" name is not traditional DNS, but a base32 encoded pointer to the checksum of the RSA key running the service. It is part of the Tor protocol to validate the key and establish the socket for a rendezvous if it checks out.
More info here https://www.torproject.org/docs/hidden-services
Thank you, all this is very interesting. I just downloaded Tor browser, which allows me to connect to your repository. Tor browser does not require tor and torsocks, doesn't?
Thank you, all this is very interesting. I just downloaded Tor browser, which allows me to connect to your repository. Tor browser does not require tor and torsocks, doesn't?
It doesn't need them, the browser bundle is designed to be portable (run from a usb stick for example). The separate tor package is only needed if you want to run tor as a system daemon.
If you set slackpkg to use this Tor mirror, you would need to install the tor package and enable the service however.
Thank you, all this is very interesting. I just downloaded Tor browser, which allows me to connect to your repository. Tor browser does not require tor and torsocks, doesn't?
Tor Browser (TTB) comes with its own tor service. You can run it at the same time as regular tor if you like though.
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