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Discussion => Silk Road discussion => Topic started by: BrotherFox on August 21, 2013, 08:09 pm
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Hey guys.
I was wondering is it possible to put a website on tor so it's anonymous for free? I'm not trying to start a new Market Place or anything. I wanna make a website were just me and a friend can go on it. If you have any information. Please Help
Thanks: BrotherFox
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http://kendildonic.wordpress.com/2011/08/03/build-a-tor-hidden-service-onion-web-site-with-a-cheap-vps/
Or on your own Windows machine: http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/create-hidden-service-tor-site-set-anonymous-website-server/
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It's very difficult to do it securely if you don't know what you're doing. It could actually be dangerous. I'd recommend against it, or try to message Astor or at least look up his posts on the subject.
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I did it on a LAMP setup. It's easy.
For some reason, though, they don't recommend using Apache2, but I haven't been able to get a straight answer from anyone at Tor as to why.
Tor has a "How-To" guide on their site. But there is an even easier way than altering your Torrc file. Go into the Vidalia GUI ---> Settings -----> Services -----> hit "+", enter the target folder that will hold your private key (you have to create the folder) and the port you will be using. The TBB will automatically create a domain address and a private key. You don't even need to open the torrc.
Just make sure you set a really strong password on PHP. You are more susceptible to hackers than gov intrusion. The biggest concern is someone gaining access to your entire system. Don't forget, you are on Tor and have no way to track hackers.
Whatever you do, do not use Windows.
Oh, and don't open "localhost" in a non Tor browser while you are hosting your site on Tor. Tor will drop it, and you will have to restart Tor. That's another reason to use a Linux OS. You won't have to restart your computer it. You can literally keep it running constantly, unlike Windows that you have to reboot 3 to 4 times a day.
Oh, one more thing. Only run Tor as a client and not as a relay or exit node when hosting a site.
Here is a link to a .pdf file. Shut down Tor when you before you open it. You should know how to handle pdf files. IDK why Tor would publish this in pdf. Oh well.
https://svn.torproject.org/svn/projects/design-paper/tor-design.pdf
BTW, here's my site. I'm still kicking the tires and working out the bugs.
http://lgboo2eqyx2pasch.onion/phpBB3/
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Good info! Sounds like something to do on my other computer.... Should keep me busy for days!