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Merge pull request #60 from ssbc/tor
Add tor instructionsMikey authored on 12/17/2017, 10:16:33 AM
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| 1 … | +# How can I preserve my privacy | |
| 2 … | + | |
| 3 … | +Scuttlebutt does not require to use your real name. You can use | |
| 4 … | +whatever you like. Connecting to other peers to exchange gossip | |
| 5 … | +messages will reveal your IP and might be used to de-anonymize | |
| 6 … | +you. | |
| 7 … | + | |
| 8 … | +Luckily scuttlebutt has built in support for | |
| 9 … | +[TOR](https://torproject.org/). You need to be running the TOR daemon | |
| 10 … | +for scuttlebutt to relay messages through the onion network. If you | |
| 11 … | +want secure scuttlebutt to ONLY connect to other TOR nodes, you need | |
| 12 … | +to pass a –tor-only flag when running sbot. | |
| 13 … | + | |
| 14 … | +You can find a list pubs available over TOR at the | |
| 15 … | +[wiki](https://github.com/ssbc/scuttlebot/wiki/Pub-Servers). Please | |
| 16 … | +note that you might need to contact the person running it for an | |
| 17 … | +invite. | |
| 18 … | + | |
| 19 … | +Please note this is not an easy way to game the system or spam | |
| 20 … | +it. Scuttlebutt already has a great system for blocking users. | |
| 21 … | + | |
| 22 … | +Please note that even when using TOR the (normal | |
| 23 … | +rules)[https://www.whonix.org/wiki/DoNot] for staying anonymous still | |
| 24 … | +applies though. | |
| 25 … | + | |
| 26 … | +# What other cool things can I do with TOR? | |
| 27 … | + | |
| 28 … | +Glad you asked. | |
| 29 … | + | |
| 30 … | +If you configure TOR as a hidden service and redirect port 8008 to | |
| 31 … | +localhost 8008 then your sbot service will be available over TOR. Add | |
| 32 … | +the following to /etc/tor/torrc: | |
| 33 … | + | |
| 34 … | +HiddenServiceDir /var/lib/tor/hidden_service/ | |
| 35 … | +HiddenServicePort 8008 127.0.0.1:8008 | |
| 36 … | + | |
| 37 … | +And reload tor, then your onion address will be available in | |
| 38 … | +/var/lib/tor/hidden_service/hostname. | |
| 39 … | + | |
| 40 … | +Besides hiding your IP and doing end-to-end encryption, TOR also does | |
| 41 … | +location transparency. Meaning your hostname will always stay the same | |
| 42 … | +no matter where you are connected, and anyone can connect to you | |
| 43 … | +directly. No need to open ports in your firewall! | |
| 44 … | + | |
| 45 … | +This means that its possible to do p2p connections without pubs and | |
| 46 … | +talk direcly to your friends. If you create an invite from your | |
| 47 … | +machine (you probably need "allowPrivate": true in ~/.ssb/config), | |
| 48 … | +replace the ip or hostname with your onion adress and send that to a | |
| 49 … | +friend. They will be able to connect directly to you and start | |
| 50 … | +receiving messages straight away, assuming your machine is running of | |
| 51 … | +course. | |
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