Re: [tor-talk] Hidden services for mundane things (was: Re: Pirate Linux)

[andrew@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx]

On Tue, Aug 16, 2011 at 11:38:35AM -0400, tedks@xxxxxxxxxx wrote 2.6K bytes in 68 lines about:
: Is there a reason for doing this over a hidden service instead of just
: Tor? I use a hidden service to check if my home server is reachable, but
: if I'm on a network I don't trust (which is most of them) I just connect
: to things through Tor.

I do this because I don't want to have to trust the exit node, the isp
of the exit node, and the networks between the exit node and the
destination. I use tor for lots of stuff, banking, general browsing,
etc. But checking my email, ssh access, and such I do via hidden service
so, in theory, no one knows what I'm doing.

For clarity, every server I access has a hidden service setup in torrc,
like so:

HiddenServiceDir /usr/local/var/lib/tor/hidden/ssh/
HiddenServicePort 22 127.0.0.1:22

HiddenServiceDir /usr/local/var/lib/tor/hidden/web/
HiddenServicePort 80 127.0.0.1:80

HiddenServiceDir /usr/local/var/lib/tor/hidden/imaps/
HiddenServicePort 995 127.0.0.1:995

and so on for each different service. 

Some hosts have 10 different hidden services on them. I've been doing
this for years. It lets me keep a simple deny all incoming firewall, and
not have to worry about NAT and such. Hidden services just work and are
globally accessible.

-- 
Andrew
pgp key: 0x74ED336B
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