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| author | Wladimir J. van der Laan <laanwj@gmail.com> | 2016-09-28 16:05:47 +0200 |
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| committer | Wladimir J. van der Laan <laanwj@gmail.com> | 2016-09-28 16:06:08 +0200 |
| commit | 7b05af634be4d217b1edbb9568cdbe9a20d90973 (patch) | |
| tree | 25f268356969f867619a21017b63b1ebeafbbe15 | |
| parent | 14b7b3fb9f79aeadddb350c8ba795ebf0728a3ec (diff) | |
| parent | ac01ff22bed73993261983b355c7cb3e2f3cb7cf (diff) | |
| download | bitcoin-7b05af634be4d217b1edbb9568cdbe9a20d90973.tar.xz | |
Merge #8823: doc: Add privacy recommendation when running hidden service
ac01ff2 doc: Add privacy recommendation when running hidden service (Wladimir J. van der Laan)
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/tor.md | 11 |
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diff --git a/doc/tor.md b/doc/tor.md index 79f1563021..2f376af4c7 100644 --- a/doc/tor.md +++ b/doc/tor.md @@ -113,4 +113,13 @@ the user running bitcoind to the same group and setting permissions appropriatel Debian-based systems the user running bitcoind can be added to the debian-tor group, which has the appropriate permissions. An alternative authentication method is the use of the `-torpassword` flag and a `hash-password` which can be enabled and specified in -Tor configuration.
\ No newline at end of file +Tor configuration. + +4. Privacy recommendations +--------------------------- + +- Do not add anything but bitcoin ports to the hidden service created in section 2. + If you run a web service too, create a new hidden service for that. + Otherwise it is trivial to link them, which may reduce privacy. Hidden + services created automatically (as in section 3) always have only one port + open. |