The contents of the folder /var/lib/tor/hidden_service are your personal key. The Author states that starting TorChat & logging in the tor network can sometimes take up to 15 Minutes (it takes around 1 minute for me) It all basically behaves like you would expect from an instant messenger. Give this address to your friends so that they can add you to their list or add your friends address to your list. Wait a few minutes until the icon becomes green. This 16 numbers and letters are your unique address inside the Tor-Network. You will see a window with your contact list. Now start torchat with the Start menu Icon or from a terminal: OWN_HOSTNAME = "hanZcp5圓fljsnay" #.onion ( <- change the 16 Quoted chars with your onion ID. onion) to your friends to add you to their torchat.Ĭhange OWN_HOSTNAME to your userid, or it will NOT work! The red part is your id, tell this ID (without the. Sudo less /var/lib/tor/hidden_service/hostname Icon=/usr/share/torchat/icons/torchat.ico Sudo gedit /usr/share/applications/sktopĮxec=python /usr/share/torchat/torchat.py Sudo apt-get install python-wxgtk2.8 python2.5 (assuming the py files are unpacked in the folder /home/username/src) But we want chat, so get the latest Torchat source (at the time of writing this howto it was version 0.9.9.64) Now lets create the hidden tor dir & restart tor: #HiddenServiceDir /var/lib/tor/other_hidden_service/ HiddenServiceDir /var/lib/tor/hidden_service/ # HiddenServicePort x y:z says to redirect requests on port x to the # contents of the file "./hidden_service/hostname" for the address # Once you have configured a hidden service, you can look at the # This section is just for location-hidden services # Set up any proxy exceptions you may need (localhost, 127.0.0.1 is a good idea) and then click on OK.(Do this also for the proxy label)įind the following section and change it to: After a FireFox restart, go to Extra > Switch Proxy > manage proxies > add > standard > next.Įnter the following information into both the HTTP Proxy and SSL Proxy fields. Now go to Firefox addons and install this neat SwitchProxy Tool.
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