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| author | Wladimir J. van der Laan <laanwj@gmail.com> | 2016-09-27 15:03:12 +0200 |
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| committer | Wladimir J. van der Laan <laanwj@gmail.com> | 2016-09-27 15:04:40 +0200 |
| commit | ac01ff22bed73993261983b355c7cb3e2f3cb7cf (patch) | |
| tree | cc9b3db6b1b3afc226b557158465a373d63fc21c /doc/tor.md | |
| parent | 920ca1f0bf0b786250e3119a05984e0c2af1350a (diff) | |
| download | bitcoin-ac01ff22bed73993261983b355c7cb3e2f3cb7cf.tar.xz | |
doc: Add privacy recommendation when running hidden service
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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. |