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Old 02-10-2017, 08:55 AM   #1
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Unofficial mirror on the *.onion network (tor)


Hey y'all,

While I'm thinking of new/updated things, wanted to make folks aware of an available slackware mirror on the onion network.

http://slack64y3pqluw32.onion/

More information here: http://www.slackware.com/~vbatts/tor/
 
Old 02-10-2017, 12:52 PM   #2
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Very interesting.

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?
 
Old 02-10-2017, 01:16 PM   #3
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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
 
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Old 03-21-2017, 05:21 AM   #4
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Nice , anyway we could encourage the maintainer to mirror slackwarearm as well?
 
Old 03-21-2017, 05:12 PM   #5
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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?
 
Old 03-21-2017, 07:35 PM   #6
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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.
 
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Old 08-19-2017, 07:22 AM   #7
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Can the admin of the mirror please check its health? It has not been updated since August 2nd
 
Old 09-06-2017, 01:34 PM   #8
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This is working again B)
 
Old 10-29-2017, 09:43 AM   #9
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Nice , anyway we could encourage the maintainer to mirror slackwarearm as well?
Sorry, I missed this. LQ hadn't sent me messages of replies :-\
I've added slackwarearm 14.2 and current to the config. They'll be syncing out now.
 
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Old 10-30-2017, 02:22 AM   #10
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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.
 
Old 12-14-2020, 07:29 AM   #11
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The rsync link for the mirror is not working.
 
Old 12-14-2020, 02:22 PM   #12
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@slackcoder, sorry. I didn't notice that I had not made the rsyncd stay attached to the parent PID, so that container was just rolling 🙄

It's up now.

Code:
torsocks rsync 7oqabxbkksriopx34gnafj34rycgv6s6qjt5rszgomj5hm3z3adza5ad.onion::slackware
drwxr-xr-x          4,096 2020/06/16 17:51:13 .
drwxr-xr-x          4,096 2020/06/16 17:51:13 bear.alienbase.nl
drwxr-xr-x          4,096 2020/06/16 17:51:13 ftp.arm.slackware.com
drwxr-xr-x          4,096 2020/06/16 17:51:13 slackware.osuosl.org
 
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Old 12-15-2020, 04:30 AM   #13
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torsocks rsync 7oqabxbkksriopx34gnafj34rycgv6s6qjt5rszgomj5hm3z3adza5ad.onion::slackware
This line throws up silly errors here. Do I need torsocks separately from the browser?
 
  


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