[tor-talk] Hidden Service (Nginx) setup guide

[WhonixQubes]

Hi!

Nice to see more user friendly information on setting up hidden services 
being published. :)

I'm a maintainer of the Qubes + Whonix platform.

Correct that Whonix or Qubes + Whonix is not optimized for remote server 
configurations (but can be used if one has the resources and is a more 
advanced admin).

Although, noted as beyond the scope of Thomas' article, one potential 
downfall (which many will accept) is that even with some dynamic 
software-driven disablement of the server's networking upon intrusion 
detection, if malware gets in, then it can still get out by re-enabling 
whatever services are disabled.

So using a separate Gateway & Workstation for forcing even malware out 
through the Tor Gateway could be of great anonymity importance for some 
HS operators.

FYI: I'm writing a new user application on top of Qubes + Whonix this 
year, and am probably going to add in an easy point-and-click or fully 
automated Hidden Service setup at some point.

Also, with upcoming version R3, Qubes should be coming to KVM, etc, in 
the future, so it can be installed as an app onto other OSes and Qubes + 
Whonix will then hopefully be able to have a more minimal footprint on 
typical VPS or User systems.

Also, which many people here know, Hidden Services on user desktops has 
some interesting applications beyond web servers.

BTW, thanks for your personal support of Whonix! :)

WhonixQubes