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1 #summary s2s to Tor hidden services
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2 #labels Stage-Alpha
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4 = Introduction =
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6 This plugin allows Prosody to connect to other servers that are running as a Tor hidden service. Running Prosody on a hidden service works without this module, this module is only necessary to allow Prosody to federate to hidden XMPP servers.
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8 For general info about creating a hidden service, see https://www.torproject.org/docs/tor-hidden-service.html.en.
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10 = Usage =
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11 This module depends on the bit32 Lua library.
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13 To create a hidden service that can federate with other hidden XMPP servers, first add a hidden serivce to Tor. It should listen on port 5269 and optionally also on 5222 (if c2s connections to the hidden service should be allowed).
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15 Use the hostname that Tor gives with a virtualhost:
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17 {{{
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18 VirtualHost "555abcdefhijklmn.onion"
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19 modules_enabled = { "onions" };
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20 }}}
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22 = Configuration =
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23 || *Name* || *Description* || *Type* || *Default value* ||
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24 || onions_socks5_host || the host to connect to for Tor's SOCKS5 proxy || string || "127.0.0.1" ||
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25 || onions_socks5_port || the port to connect to for Tor's SOCKS5 proxy || integer || 9050 ||
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26 || onions_only || forbid all connection attempts to non-onion servers || boolean || false ||
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27 || onions_tor_all || pass all s2s connections through Tor || boolean || false ||
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30 = Compatibility =
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31 ||0.8||Doesn't work||
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32 ||0.9||Works||
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34 = Security considerations =
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35 * Running a hidden service on a server together with a normal server might expose the hidden service.
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36 * A hidden service that wants to remain hidden should either disallow s2s to non-hidden servers or pass all s2s traffic through Tor (setting either {{{onions_only}}} or {{{onions_tor_all}}}).