• Fidonet TOR service

    From Richard Menedetter@2:310/31 to All on Sun Jan 16 10:42:08 2022
    Hi All!

    If somebody wants to try to connect to Fidonet over a TOR hidden service then please let me know.
    I will send you an onion address.

    In regards to how to connect, should be as easy as running this:
    torsocks binkd
    and then configure the onion address as my DNS name.

    Should work with IPv4 or IPv6 as transport.

    CU, Ricsi

    ... Only those who attempt the absurd can achieve the impossible.
    --- GoldED+/LNX
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  • From Oli@2:280/464.47 to Richard Menedetter on Sun Jan 16 12:18:50 2022
    Richard wrote (2022-01-16):

    Hi All!

    If somebody wants to try to connect to Fidonet over a TOR hidden service then please let me know. I will send you an onion address.

    In regards to how to connect, should be as easy as running this:
    torsocks binkd
    and then configure the onion address as my DNS name.

    or via -pipe option

    node 1:2/3 -pipe "ncat --proxy-type socks5 --proxy 127.0.0.1:9050 abc123.onion 24554"


    or with a perl hook

    file tor-hook.pl:

    sub on_call
    {
    if ($config{"tor-proxy"}) {
    foreach (split(/;/, $hosts)) {
    if ($_ =~ /\.onion\z/) {
    $hosts = $_;
    $socks = $config{"tor-proxy"};
    Log(3, "Cpt. Hook: using tor-proxy $socks for .onion address");
    }
    }
    }
    return 1;
    }


    binkd.cfg:
    perl-hooks /etc/binkd/tor-hook.pl
    perl-var tor-proxy 127.0.0.1:9050/

    node 1:2/3 abc123.onion

    ---
    * Origin: Birds aren't real (2:280/464.47)
  • From Richard Menedetter@2:310/31 to Oli on Sun Jan 16 14:14:16 2022
    Hi Oli!

    16 Jan 2022 12:18, from Oli -> Richard Menedetter:

    or via -pipe option
    node 1:2/3 -pipe "ncat --proxy-type socks5 --proxy 127.0.0.1:9050 abc123.onion 24554"

    Thanx for the testing opportunity.
    Seems to work fine!

    CU, Ricsi

    ... Animal testing is a bad idea; they get all nervous & give wrong answers. --- GoldED+/LNX
    * Origin: I wish Adam had died with all his ribs in his body. (2:310/31)