Post: How to safely host a Tor hidden service (.onion site)
01-10-2016, 08:07 AM #1
Azus
Little One
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How to safely host a Tor hidden service (.onion site)
Hello everyone, as most of you know Tor is the portal to the deep web and Tor allows you to host hidden services(.onion websites).
Today I'm going to show you how to create and host your own hidden service through Tor. Let's start with a list of requirements(view-able below)
    
1.) Tor Bundle Installed
2.) Vidalia installed
2.) Apache Web Server (XAMPP or WAMP)
3.) A text editor (I use Notepad++)




Step 1 - Run Tor and make sure it is working:
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If Tor is running properly, you can close it and we can continue onto the next step!

Step 2 - Open & Edit the following file:
Let's open the following file and start setting up our hidden service!
File To Open: C:\Tor Browser\Data\Tor\torrc

Once we have the file open, let's add the following configuration at the bottom of the file:
    
# Hidden Service
HiddenServiceDir C:\Users\UserName\tor_service
HiddenServicePort 80 127.0.0.1:80

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Step 3 - Create directory in the path you added in torrc (tor_service)
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NOTE: I am using hidden_service instead of tor_service



Step 4 - Start Apache & Make sure it's running!
Start your Apache server & visit 127.0.0.1 or localhost & make sure your server is up and running!!!
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Step 5 - Start Tor & get hidden service host name
Once you know your Apache server is up and running, restart Tor and make sure there are no errors!
If there are no errors, navigate to your "tor_service" folder & it should contain the following files:
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Open the "hostname" file & you will find your .onion link! Insert the .onion found in the hostfile into Tor and try to visit it.
If you have done everything correct your localhost server's content should be shown on your .onion!

"private_key" is your private RSA key for your hidden Tor service, never share this or your .onion can be taken over and hosted by anyone!
NOTE: It is ok to share your public key to provide proof of ownership of the hidden service
Last edited by Azus ; 01-10-2016 at 08:43 AM. Reason: Accidently posted thread before finish

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