Questions tagged [web-hosting]
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Should I use the same server for webserver and the database?
I want to start hosting my hidden service and be as secure as possible.
It is currently just some PHP Code and a MySQL database.
Now I am wondering if I need a external server to host my database or ...
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One domain for multiple self-hosted services VS a single domain per service?
After generating a self-signed SSL certificate for a self-hosted Dash app, and verifying that it is accessible over tor, I intend to include self-hosted GitLab and Nextcloud over https. Hence, I was ...
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Tor-friendly web-hosting providers with free TLS certificates and custom DNS?
Do they exist? I want to make a clearnet website anonymously and now I need to get a hosting provider and all of those available reject account registrations over tor such as Github pages, vercel and ...
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Traffic monitoring of specific hidden services
I offer onion hosting to the general public and I am having some issues with many hidden services when they share an instance of Tor with a very busy service. When there is a very busy hidden service ...
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Are .onion sites also written in HTML?
Websites are primarily saved in .htm(l) format, being based on HTML (hypertext mark-up language), CSS, sometimes Javascript.
Are .onion sites on the darknet no different, or are there unique coding ...
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Where is private_key on Ubuntu?
I am trying to change the RSA private key for my website. I have heard you have to edit /var/lib/tor/hidden_service/private_key, but that isn't a file. Here's the output of ls /var/lib/tor/...
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Why can't I host my hidden service?
I am using Ubuntu eoan. Here is what I did:
Uncommented #HiddenServiceDir /var/lib/tor/hidden_service/ and #HiddenServicePort 80 127.0.0.1:80 in /etc/tor/torrc
Restarted tor service by using sudo ...
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How to run a LOCAL webserver on tails
I am running the latest TailsOS and would like to run and access a web service locally for myself. Just opening the index.html file in the TOR browser does not work, so I need some minimal web server ...
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What am I doing wrong with hosting a hidden service?
Here is what I did:
Install TOR and Savant
Changed the DNS entry to localhost and the port to 80
Modified torrc. Here is the text:
# This file was generated by Tor; if you edit it, comments will not ...
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make a TOR url act like Alias in DNS
I have a onion domain private key and registered a clearnet website hosting on namecheap.com
Now I want to make the onion domain work like alias to the clearnet url like the Alias DNS record.
How ...
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Can we host a Tor website on a shared web hosting?
If no, then is there any way to connect a clearnet website, hosted on shared web hosting, with a .onion domain name?
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Is there guarantee of privacy to buy onion hosting?
I see many people owning a onion site uses his own server (maybe just place the server in his home?)
But traditionally for a regular non-onion site we usually buy hosting. Can I buy hosting for a ...
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Tor Filetransfer (FTP) for Webhoster
I'm building a hidden service hosting provider and actually I'm able to run a web-/ and Mysql Server full proxied over the tor network. But I'm wondering how I could realize a file-transfer protocol ...
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How are Tor websites hosted?
I would like to understand how websites on the dark web hosted?
What software is used for hosting?
How is it different from hosting a normal website?
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How do I host a wordpress blog on tor?
How do I go about hosting a wordpress blog as a hidden service? Are there providers who will host it for me? Or will I have to configure it myself?
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How to avoid your onion host privatekey to be stolen?
i want to move my onion hosting from my local ubuntu 16 server to an hosting service one. My only concern is: how can i keep my domain generating privatekey totally safe? I've spent 12 days to ...
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Your Guard is failing - Tor Server on Raspberry Pi
I'm having some major problems with my hidden services. I have about 10 sites hosted on my Pi. All of them are very low traffic sites (Maybe about 5-10 visits a day)
Only 2-4 sites are working out of ...
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Does nginx need any additional configuration to run a hidden service safely?
I know that nginx is much safer than Apache for hidden services, but is there any additional configuration that needs/should/is recommended to be done to run a hidden service safely?
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How do I host multiple hidden services? (Multiple addresses)
I have the same basic issue as this question but it wasn't resolved. I have one functioning service, everything runs fine:
HiddenServiceDir /var/www/tor/test1/
HiddenServicePort 80 127.0.0.1:44403
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Does deepnet have only 7100 onion sites?
I have read this article on forbes claiming that deepnet has only 7100 onion sites and took only 3 hours to scan completely.
Which to me sounds like total nonsense since if average .onion address is ...
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Hosting hidden service
I am trying to set up my own hidden service. My last problem with torrc file has been sorted, I still have another problem. Website is not loading on tor, at all. It is accessible via Chrome at 127.0....
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How to configure apache for Tor hidden service
Which configuration file do I change in Apache to run it through Tor? I know you use:
Listen 127.0.0.1:8080;
Server_name 127.0.0.1:8080;
I think, but I don't have much experience with web hosting, ...
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How do I create and configure a hidden service hostname?
I read on many tutorials and websites that Tor will generate the hostname for you and put in a certain file, however it is not doing it and when I asked why, someone replied saying that is not what ...
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What computing resources are required to run a hidden service?
Beyond the resources required to run whatever additional server software, how much RAM / CPU overhead should a hidden service operator factor in when estimating requirements?
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Tor relay and apache
I am running a tor relay on my desktop (Ubuntu 14.04) as well as using the tor browser to access the internet myself. I would like to host a web site using apache on the same computer. Are there any ...
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How to best help site operators protect themselves from Tor based abuse?
The primary function of Tor, anonymity, is extremely valuable to many people around the globe. Unfortunately, it also makes Tor an easily abused tool for cybercriminals - among them spammers.
There ...
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Are there any good hosting-providers for hidden services? [duplicate]
Are there any hosting-companies that provides (possibly exclusively) hosting for Tor hidden services sites? Or is my only option to set something up myself on a computer I own or rent?
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Who are the best commercial hosts of hidden services? [duplicate]
I need a hosting company that:
Provides dedicated servers
Supports Tor hidden services
Supports Windows
Allows services to be paid for in Bitcoin
Has any other security bells and whistles I might ...
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Visiting websites also run as hidden service
If you use TBB to visit a public website that also runs a hidden service for end-to-end encryption(DuckDuckGo for example), will TBB automatically use the hidden service or do users need to manually ...
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When Forward Secrecy ciphers are used, the Torproject website uses 1024 bit key exchange; Can this be improved? [closed]
While the website of Torproject uses a 2048 bit certificate, if Forward Secrecy ciphers are used, the key exchange is only 1024 bit:
https://www.ssllabs.com/ssltest/analyze.html?d=torproject.org
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Are there hosts for hidden services?
I am exploring putting up a simple page as a hidden service advertising business formation and nominee services. Does anyone offer hosted pages?
I think I don't really need an entire site, just a way ...
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Can onion sites have subdomains?
Can .onion sites have subdomains (e.g. subdomain.abcdefghijklmnop.onion/) or do the naming protocols prevent this?
It appears to have been suggested in 2012, and the developers (or someone) say they ...
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Free static web hosting inside the Tor hidden services network
Do anyone know of any free (as in no payment, no ads, and no invites needed) web hosting provider inside the onion network currently? Or did everything die with Freedom Hosting?
I don't want anything ...
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