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TOR IRC

Before we start, you will need a Debian 10+ VPS (you can get one on digitalocean for example), if you prefer to use your own self hosted server, make sure that port 80 and 443 are correctly port forwarded so that the public ip points to the server and not the router. Once that's done, go and ssh into your debian 10 server.

You can use DuckDNS to get a free domain name:

[ 192.168.100.1/24 ] [ /dev/pts/13 ] [~/Documents/Github/blog/Conf]
→ ssh root@ech4.duckdns.org
The authenticity of host 'ech4.duckdns.org (178.128.46.38)' can't be established.
ECDSA key fingerprint is SHA256:z2HAncB99pfbAUfj9tJY7vlo8EGUzCIUxWBAnjAflcA.
Are you sure you want to continue connecting (yes/no/[fingerprint])? yes
Warning: Permanently added 'ech4.duckdns.org,178.128.46.38' (ECDSA) to the list of known hosts.
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root@debian-s-1vcpu-1gb-lon1-01:~#

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apt update -y && apt upgrade -y
apt install tor inspircd -y

wget https://ech1.github.io/blog/servers/irc_tor/inspircd.conf -O /etc/inspircd/inspircd.conf
echo 'Welcome to ech0s TOR-hosted IRC!' > /etc/inspircd/inspircd.motd
nano /etc/inspircd/inspircd.conf

Once finished, hit CTRL+S to save and CTRL+X to exit nano

nano /etc/tor/torrc

goto location-hidden services

echo 'HiddenServiceDir /var/lib/tor/hidden_service/' >> /etc/tor/torrc
echo 'HiddenServicePort 6667 127.0.0.1:6667' >> /etc/tor/torrc

systemctl restart tor
cat /var/lib/tor/hidden_service/hostname
dhbt7372zj43c5vmct4f4vikf7hxnlbxrj2ygjjaus6atbydhqsbpyqd.onion

Now you can use that address to connect to your irc server, now restart inspircd:

systemctl status inspircd 
systemctl restart inspircd 

client:

sudo apt install irssi hexchat tor

sudo systemctl start tor

hexchat

And there you have it! we have been able to log onto our IRC via the tor network.

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