Hello people,
this is an email for technical people who want to help us test next-gen onion services.
The current status of next-gen onion services (aka prop224) is that they have been fully merged into upstream tor and have also been released as part of tor-0.3.2.1-alpha: https://blog.torproject.org/tor-0321-alpha-released-support-next-gen-onion-s...
Unfortunately, there is still no tor browser with tor-0.3.2.1-alpha so these instructions are for technical users who have no trouble building tor on their own.
We are still in a alpha testing phase and when we get more confident about the code we plan to release a blog post (probs during October).
Until then we hope that people can help us test them. To do so, we have setup a *testing hub* in a prop224 IRC server that you can and should join (ideally using a VPS so that you stick around).
Here are some basic instructions:
1) First of all, clone tor from git: $ git clone https://gitweb.torproject.org/tor.git and then build it: $ ./autogen.sh && ./configure && make
2) Setup a basic torrc for your tor client: ==== SocksPort 9008 RunAsDaemon 0 SafeLogging 0 DataDirectory /home/user/tmp/tor Log notice stdout Log notice file /home/user/tmp/hsclient/tor.log Log info file /home/user/tmp/hsclient/torinfo.log ===
and start up tor using the above torrc. Or setup your own torrc, you might find your own bugs that way ;)
3) Setup your torsocks so that it connects to SocksPort 9008. I do that by editing /etc/tor/torsocks.conf and setting `TorPort 9008`, but YMMV based on your distro, etc.
4) Now setup a socat tunnel to the prop224 ircd: socat TCP4-LISTEN:4250,bind=localhost,fork,reuseaddr SOCKS4A:localhost:gff4ixq3takworeuhkubzz4xh2ulytoct4xrpazkiykhupalqlo53ryd.onion:6697,socksport=9250
Check out the onion address! It's heavy!
5) Now start up your irc client and point it ot the tunnel. I use irssi, so you can do: /server -ssl localhost 4250 /join #prop224
6) Now detach your screen and lurk in that channel. Also monitor your log files to see if any warnings or bugs appeared. If we see your client misbehaving we might ask you to give us some logs etc. If any other tests are required we will notify you through the IRC testing hub.
Cheers and thanks for testing :)
See you on the other side of the moon!
George Kadianakis desnacked@riseup.net writes:
Hello people,
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Now setup a socat tunnel to the prop224 ircd: socat TCP4-LISTEN:4250,bind=localhost,fork,reuseaddr SOCKS4A:localhost:gff4ixq3takworeuhkubzz4xh2ulytoct4xrpazkiykhupalqlo53ryd.onion:6697,socksport=9250
Check out the onion address! It's heavy!
Bleh made an error in the above socat command; it points to the wrong socksport based on the torrc above. The right command should be:
$ socat TCP4-LISTEN:4250,bind=localhost,fork,reuseaddr SOCKS4A:localhost:gff4ixq3takworeuhkubzz4xh2ulytoct4xrpazkiykhupalqlo53ryd.onion:6697,socksport=9008
Sorry about that :)
Let me know if you find more errors!
On Wed, Sep 20, 2017 at 02:34:19PM +0300, George Kadianakis wrote:
Here are some basic instructions:
First of all, clone tor from git: $ git clone https://gitweb.torproject.org/tor.git and then build it: $ ./autogen.sh && ./configure && make
Setup a basic torrc for your tor client:
SocksPort 9008 RunAsDaemon 0 SafeLogging 0 DataDirectory /home/user/tmp/tor Log notice stdout Log notice file /home/user/tmp/hsclient/tor.log Log info file /home/user/tmp/hsclient/torinfo.log ===
and start up tor using the above torrc. Or setup your own torrc, you might find your own bugs that way ;)
I got it to work in Tor Messenger. Run steps 1 and 2, but change the port to 9152, which is what Tor Messenger expects.
SocksPort 9152 RunAsDaemon 0 SafeLogging 0 DataDirectory /home/user/tmp/tor Log notice stdout Log notice file /home/user/tmp/hsclient/tor.log Log info file /home/user/tmp/hsclient/torinfo.log
Then run Tor Messenger like so:
TOR_SKIP_LAUNCH=1 ./start-tor-messenger.desktop
Go to Tools→Accounts and click New Account. IRC→Next. Username: you choose Server: gff4ixq3takworeuhkubzz4xh2ulytoct4xrpazkiykhupalqlo53ryd.onion Password: <empty> Port: 6697 ✓ Use SSL
When you first connect, there will be an SSL certificate error. You have to click on the account in the Accounts window and add an exception.
Once it's connected, do File→Join Chat, choose the account you just created, set Channel: #prop224 and click OK.
David Fifield david@bamsoftware.com writes:
On Wed, Sep 20, 2017 at 02:34:19PM +0300, George Kadianakis wrote:
Here are some basic instructions:
First of all, clone tor from git: $ git clone https://gitweb.torproject.org/tor.git and then build it: $ ./autogen.sh && ./configure && make
Setup a basic torrc for your tor client:
SocksPort 9008 RunAsDaemon 0 SafeLogging 0 DataDirectory /home/user/tmp/tor Log notice stdout Log notice file /home/user/tmp/hsclient/tor.log Log info file /home/user/tmp/hsclient/torinfo.log ===
and start up tor using the above torrc. Or setup your own torrc, you might find your own bugs that way ;)
I got it to work in Tor Messenger. Run steps 1 and 2, but change the port to 9152, which is what Tor Messenger expects.
SocksPort 9152 RunAsDaemon 0 SafeLogging 0 DataDirectory /home/user/tmp/tor Log notice stdout Log notice file /home/user/tmp/hsclient/tor.log Log info file /home/user/tmp/hsclient/torinfo.log
Then run Tor Messenger like so:
TOR_SKIP_LAUNCH=1 ./start-tor-messenger.desktop
Go to Tools→Accounts and click New Account. IRC→Next. Username: you choose Server: gff4ixq3takworeuhkubzz4xh2ulytoct4xrpazkiykhupalqlo53ryd.onion Password: <empty> Port: 6697 ✓ Use SSL
When you first connect, there will be an SSL certificate error. You have to click on the account in the Accounts window and add an exception.
Once it's connected, do File→Join Chat, choose the account you just created, set Channel: #prop224 and click OK.
Thanks for this David!
BTW my original HOWTO was full of mistakes, so I made a wiki page with information and instructions: https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/wiki/doc/NextGenOnions
If people can try it out and tell me if it works for them, that would be great! Feel free to improve the wiki if you see something wrong.
Thanks!
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