AZIDAL Index- Darkweb Link Directory, and an invitation

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hey there, fellow webfreaks and lurkers!

i have been working on literally maybe 10 seprate link collections/directory sites over the past few weeks, and i’m happy to say i have finished one at this point!

it is called AZIDAL - Darkweb Index. check it out!

as you will find, most if not nearly all of the links are either crime related or OSINT/privacy related. there is nothing wrong with that, other than the fact that i think it would be SUPER cool if there was more of a webweaving/personal indie site community on Tor.

i invite you, reading this, to make a Tor mirror for your personal site. add some style to the mysterty, yeah..?

thanks for reading~!

here is a button i made for it as well should anyone wish to link back to it:

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Are there any guides on how to go about doing this? I wouldn’t know where to start lol

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Looks like the page was taken down.

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ah thanks for saying so- it seems i had made a typo in the link, it should be working now!

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clicking the tabs on the directory page doesn’t do anything for me! the search also doesn’t seem to do anything. might just be a me problem ? but maybe you’re missing a script src or something, i didn’t see anything that would make the search work when i glanced at the source

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thank you for saying so, xixxii, i am working on the debugging process now!! this is totally normal, ha. bring on the bugs, perfection shall be reached thru adversity… etc etc… ha.

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This is SICK! Like, seriously! I don’t know anything about the ‘dark web’ (aside from horror movies that terribly misrepresent the subject), so seeing it non-abstracted like this is awesome. (It’s also kicked me in the ass to finally download the Tor browser after putting it off forever)

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37zynpwtby5y4zbvsfmlwpjxdcumuj7yovx2ztwepcj7z3zchnn4z2id.onion
sure. keep in mind some deanonymization can happen as website is still calling to a clearweb service (my cdn)

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this is beyond badass, well done! awesome! ill add you to the directory

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how to mirror your clearnet site on tor:

1. get a server that supports tor (or run one yourself)

  • you can self-host on linux (ubuntu, debian recommended)
  • or rent a cheap vps (like on linode, digitalocean, vultr)
  • if you wanna keep it really private, run from home on a raspberry pi behind a vpn

2. install tor on your server

sudo apt update
sudo apt install tor

check tor runs:

systemctl status tor

if it’s not running:

sudo systemctl start tor
sudo systemctl enable tor

3. configure your hidden service

edit the tor config:

sudo nano /etc/tor/torrc

at the bottom, add:

HiddenServiceDir /var/lib/tor/hidden_service/
HiddenServicePort 80 127.0.0.1:80
  • hiddenservicedir is where tor will drop your .onion address
  • hiddenserviceport forwards traffic from tor to your local webserver (here port 80)

save and exit.

4. restart tor

sudo systemctl restart tor

5. get your .onion address

sudo cat /var/lib/tor/hidden_service/hostname
  • this spits out something like abc123xyz.onion
  • that’s your tor mirror’s address

6. mirror your clearnet site to your tor site

  • your webserver (apache, nginx, caddy, whatever) stays the same
  • tor just forwards requests to it

if you want a separate clone of your site’s files for tor (like for modified content, different themes, or secret stuff):

  • make a new vhost in nginx/apache for localhost only
  • point it at a folder with the tor version of your site
  • set tor to forward to that localhost port

7. optional: hide server details

  • use server_tokens off; in nginx or apache to hide software version
  • firewall off all ports except 80 (or 443) locally
  • if you want ssl over tor (not required), set up self-signed cert or use something like onionbalance

8. test your site

  • grab tor browser
  • punch in your .onion address
  • verify everything loads

9. add links between your clearnet + tor

  • somewhere on your clearnet site, link to the onion (some folks obfuscate this with base64 or rot13 for plausible deniability)
  • on the tor site, link back to clearnet (if you want)
  • this cross-verifies you own both

bonus: use onion v3 only

  • tor now defaults to v3 onions (longer addresses, more secure)
  • you don’t need to do anything special

extra stealth tips:

  • host static files only on tor to minimize server fingerprints
  • no analytics or external scripts on tor
  • consider separate hosting for tor (different servers, different regions)
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only really needed if youre doing shady shit imo!! and if tor is regulated/forbidden in your state/region than just dont have a mirror to behin with instead of trying to obfucate it.

only really dynamic feature is my guestbook.. do you think i should block it for tor in htaccess or something?

also in ur linking them together u forgot to mention that if you set your server to send a header

Onion-Location http://ur-onion-here/
tor will have popup if you try visiting a clearweb version over tor and direct u to the tor mirror if u have it so if u click on onion available youll be redirected to tor version

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MADLY appreciate these additions, i think you can do it however you like and however it works for you. i didnt mean for my instructions to be so rigid- i may revise them later, as i was admittedly half awake when writing. thanks so much for the extra info, its so important and will help folks get more 'off’line (ha) by venturing to the depths

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Having just accepted the invitation myself-

http://flthis7vr6x2tjewz4iv467ebmh4cpxuuqtpikm6u5npgnfn7vowqdid.onion/

Some additions:

  • If you go rental VPS route, you should more than make-do with a $5 per month one (and possibly even cheaper)

Honestly, like with most self-hosting, this is more sysadmin stuff than web-weaving but it wasn’t impossible and it’s pretty chill once setup, and I think it’s super cool, and healthy and empowering, etc.

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