how-to-host-a-tor-hidden-service

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This might sound spooky and complicated, but it's really not. If you want to host a small site or a small file share among friends, I honestly think Tor is one of the easiest and safest options to set up.

Getting a Tor hidden service running is so stupidly easy that it hardly deserves it's own article. Tor's website has a great guide right here. I figured I'd put my own spin on it by showing you show to host a temporary server to share some files with your friends. Please note the word temporary in that last sentence; running this way for a while is insecure and not a good idea. For a permanent solution, you'll want to host a real web server as explained here.

Like that article, I will only explain how to do this on Linux since it's way easier and, to be honest, I've never tried to do it on Windows. If you've never used Linux before, buy a Raspberry Pi and follow the basic install guide. If you're strapped for cash, run it in a virtual machine, or use Windows Subsystem for Linux.

Once you have Debian/Ubuntu/whatever installed and it's updated to your liking, you can install Tor with:

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You'll see the server is being hosted on port 8000, which is what we chose in the config file earlier. Just leave it running, or send it to the background with Ctrl+Z and run "bg".

And that's it! You are now the proud owner of a tor hidden service. Take the hostname you copied down before and add ".onion" to the end and give it to your friends so they can browse the files in the directory through the Tor Browser.

Be sure to watch the program log though... lest they get up to no good.

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