AZIDAL Index- Darkweb Link Directory, and an invitation

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.

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

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

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)

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