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What I really love about Onion sites is that if they are big enough, performance engineering really becomes Tor-specific. A few examples:- Making assets embedded as base64 (img src the header logo as base64, all CSS should be inline, etc.).- Leveraging CSS as much as possible (if you use animations and transitions, use CSS as much as possible for…
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Self-Hosting on the Dark Web L: https:// david.alvarezrosa.com/posts/se lf-hosting-on-the-dark-web/ C: https:// news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4 9870295 posted on 2026.09.27 at 16:03:36 (c=0, p=3)
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Besides using a separate port, I would also suggest running the hidden service on a non-127.0.0.1 bind address, just in case you ever host something else on that port and forget to disable the hidden service:> HiddenServicePort 80 127.13.37.1:8080> listen 127.13.37.1:8080;This way, strangers won't be able to connect to a service bound to…
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You probably want to add the Onion-Location header to the clearnet site so Tor Browser can automatically inform the visitor about it:
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Besides accessing your page are random people able to use your server as an exit node? Am I thinking the right thing... I met someone in Switzerland that was hosting anonymous exit nodes to some anonymous network and he said that it was a pain having to explain what was happening to the police.
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What is the benefit of building the same website twice with different hostnames instead of using relative links to content on the same domain?
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