Set up Tor private network
Hi all, I try to set up a Tor private network. I found two tutorials online ( http://liufengyun.chaos-lab.com/prog/2015/01/09/private-tor-network.html and https://ritter.vg/blog-run_your_own_tor_network.html) but seems that they both are outdated. Could anyone please give me a tutorial or some hints on building a private Tor network? Another question is: what is the minimum number of required directory authorities for a private Tor network? I am wondering if one directory authority is enough. Thanks
On 25 February 2016 at 21:00, SMTP Test <simplesmtptest123@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi all,
I try to set up a Tor private network. I found two tutorials online (http://liufengyun.chaos-lab.com/prog/2015/01/09/private-tor-network.html and https://ritter.vg/blog-run_your_own_tor_network.html) but seems that they both are outdated. Could anyone please give me a tutorial or some hints on building a private Tor network?
Can you explain what you ran into that was outdated or wasn't working? While time marches on and tor is not quite the same as when I wrote that - I'm not sure what would have completely broken since then...
Another question is: what is the minimum number of required directory authorities for a private Tor network? I am wondering if one directory authority is enough.
I never tested with 1. I know 3 works. -tom
On 26 Feb 2016, at 06:25, Tom Ritter <tom@ritter.vg> wrote:
On 25 February 2016 at 21:00, SMTP Test <simplesmtptest123@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi all,
I try to set up a Tor private network. I found two tutorials online (http://liufengyun.chaos-lab.com/prog/2015/01/09/private-tor-network.html and https://ritter.vg/blog-run_your_own_tor_network.html) but seems that they both are outdated. Could anyone please give me a tutorial or some hints on building a private Tor network?
Can you explain what you ran into that was outdated or wasn't working? While time marches on and tor is not quite the same as when I wrote that - I'm not sure what would have completely broken since then…
Another option is to use chutney to autoconfigure a test tor network on your local machine. But it can be hard to use and hard to work out what's broken if it doesn't work. https://gitweb.torproject.org/chutney.git/tree/README <https://gitweb.torproject.org/chutney.git/tree/README>
Another question is: what is the minimum number of required directory authorities for a private Tor network? I am wondering if one directory authority is enough.
I never tested with 1. I know 3 works.
1 works fine. But there's no redundancy if it stops working. (Even numbers are avoided because they run the risk of consensus ties: half vote one way, half vote another, and there is no majority consensus about certain information, or the entire network state.) Tim Tim Wilson-Brown (teor) teor2345 at gmail dot com PGP 968F094B teor at blah dot im OTR CAD08081 9755866D 89E2A06F E3558B7F B5A9D14F
Hi guys, On Fri, Feb 26, 2016 at 2:21 AM, Tim Wilson-Brown - teor <teor2345@gmail.com
wrote:
On 26 Feb 2016, at 06:25, Tom Ritter <tom@ritter.vg> wrote:
On 25 February 2016 at 21:00, SMTP Test <simplesmtptest123@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi all,
I try to set up a Tor private network. I found two tutorials online (http://liufengyun.chaos-lab.com/prog/2015/01/09/private-tor-network.html and https://ritter.vg/blog-run_your_own_tor_network.html) but seems that they both are outdated. Could anyone please give me a tutorial or some hints on building a private Tor network?
Can you explain what you ran into that was outdated or wasn't working? While time marches on and tor is not quite the same as when I wrote that - I'm not sure what would have completely broken since then…
Not quite remember the erros I ran into. I might mess up the key
generation part.
Another option is to use chutney to autoconfigure a test tor network on your local machine. But it can be hard to use and hard to work out what's broken if it doesn't work. https://gitweb.torproject.org/chutney.git/tree/README
Chutney works! Thanks a lot!
Another question is: what is the minimum number of required directory authorities for a private Tor network? I am wondering if one directory authority is enough.
I never tested with 1. I know 3 works.
1 works fine. But there's no redundancy if it stops working. (Even numbers are avoided because they run the risk of consensus ties: half vote one way, half vote another, and there is no majority consensus about certain information, or the entire network state.)
Tim
Tim Wilson-Brown (teor)
teor2345 at gmail dot com PGP 968F094B
teor at blah dot im OTR CAD08081 9755866D 89E2A06F E3558B7F B5A9D14F
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