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+Hosting anonymous nodes
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+=======================
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+
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+Using Tor, we can host anonymous nodes as Tor hidden services. To do
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+this, we need to set up our Tor daemon and create a hidden service.
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+The following instructions should work on any Linux system.
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+
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+## 1. **Install Tor**
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+
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+Tor can usually be installed with your package manager. For example
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+on an `apt` based system we can run:
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+
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+```
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+# apt install tor
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+```
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+
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+This will install it. Now in `/etc/tor/torrc` we can set up the hidden
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+service. For hosting an anonymous `ircd` node, set up the following
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+lines in the file:
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+
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+```
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+HiddenServiceDir /var/lib/tor/darkfi_ircd
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+HiddenServicePort 25551 127.0.0.1:25551
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+```
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+
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+Then restart Tor:
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+
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+```
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+# /etc/init.d/tor restart
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+```
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+
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+You can grab the hostname of your hidden service from the directory:
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+
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+```
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+# cat /var/lib/tor/darkfi_ircd/hostname
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+```
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+
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+For example purposes, let's assume it's
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+`jamie3vkiwibfiwucd6vxijskbhpjdyajmzeor4mc4i7yopvpo4p7cyd.onion`.
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+
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+## 2. **Setup `ircd`**
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+
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+After compiling `ircd`, run it once to spawn the config file. Then
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+edit it to contain the following:
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+
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+```toml
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+inbound = ["tcp://127.0.0.1:25551"]
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+external_addr = ["tor://jamie3vkiwibfiwucd6vxijskbhpjdyajmzeor4mc4i7yopvpo4p7cyd.onion:25551"]
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+```
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+
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+Now when you start `ircd`, the hidden service will be announced as
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+a peer and people will be able to connect to it when they discover
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+you as a peer.
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+
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+These instructions are also applicable to other nodes in the DarkFi
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+ecosystem, e.g. `darkfid`.
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parazyd