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Troubleshooting ssh over tor connection

I've tried to set up the use of ssh via tor. /etc/tor/torrc: [...] HiddenServiceDir /var/lib/tor/sshd HiddenServicePort 443 127.0.0.1:443 /var/lib/tor/sshd has the hostname and private_key after reloading the service. SSH is set up with…
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How to use HAProxy/OnionBalance to create a high availability load balancer for tor hidden service?

I have gone through this question SO but the solution suggested as OnionBalance or other HAProxy options will result in a single point of failure - either the loadbalancer or else the server running the OnionBalancer. Is there a possible way of…
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Confusion about RelayBandwidthRate

when i set a RelayBandwidthRate e.g. 600 KB/s does it mean i have 600 KB/s bidirectional (e.g. 300 KB/s download and 300 KB/s upload) or does i mean i have 600 KB/s in both directions, 1200 KB/s in total ? Thanks for your help!
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Can I reuse the same .onion address if my server uptime is intermittent?

I want to run a small hobby server over the Tor network and be able to share the onion address with my friends. The server reachability will be intermittent. Can I keep using the same onion address? Note: I am aware that uptime tracking can be used…
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TorBrowserBundle 3.5 Can't Connect to Internet

Tried using latest Pluggable Transports TorBrowserBundle 3.5. Says it's connected to Tor, but cannot connect to any websites. TorBrowser 3.5 (w/out obfsproxy) gives same result. No problems loading websites using Pluggable Transports TorBrowser…
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Using .onions to forward to public .com

HiddenServiceDir /var/lib/tor/hidden_service/site HiddenServicePort 80 tor.stackexchange.com or HiddenServiceDir /var/lib/tor/hidden_service/site HiddenServicePort 80 151.101.129.69:80 I just tried the above configurations, neither…
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How to sandbox/harden tor browser bundle?

A few months ago the user Canonizing Ironize suggested: Run tor-browser-bundle with another user Create a new network namespace so the process only sees the local loopback device, create a read-only filesystem and mount a tmpfs with your copy of…
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PrivacyTools.io about:config tweaks

i'm on https://www.privacytools.io/ and noticed tbb version 6.0.4 doesn't modify many of the suggested "Privacy Related about:config Tweaks": privacy.trackingprotection.enabled = true This is Mozilla’s new built in tracking…
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What kind of protection will be: PfSense as Tor Proxy

I will setup gateway machine with 2 NIC: eth0 for WAN and eth1 for LAN. On gateway machine I'll install PfSense and setup Tor Proxy like for example here How to Set Up a Tor Proxy Server on pfSense. Client machine will be Windows. Is it similar to…
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SSL, Mixed Content

https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/Security/Mixed_content Mixed active content is content that has access to all or parts of the Document Object Model of the HTTPS page. This type of mixed content can alter the behavior of the HTTPS page…
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Are there proxies like Tor2Web but not just for http connections?

Tor2Web allows access to Hidden services from clearnet. However I would like to know if there some other gateways which will allow connections to hidden services on custom port and allows different communication protocols from clearnet?
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How to minimize latency in Tor?

I am looking for a way to minimize the latency while using Tor, while remaining relatively anonymous. A minor loss in anonymity is acceptable, however. This is mostly for testing purposes, but I would still like to try. Is there a way to do this,…
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Why does not Tor Browser disable cookies completly?

Even when I set TBB's security slider to the highest level and activate all checkboxes in the security setting (where one "only" states to ), the cookie settings in Tor Browser still allow cookies to be set - just third-parties are…
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Changing in the relay selection in Tor source code

I want to change the Tor relay selection in the SOURCE CODE, I want to tell Tor to select my selected relays in each time it needs to build a circuit instead of randomly selected relays. I know that I can force Tor to select some given relays by…
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Restarting a tor relay. Does it go back to phase one?

I am wondering if you restart the relay or it is powered down for a period if time, does it go back to phase one and the life cycle starts again? As a new relay?