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Connect to RTL remotely over Tor
This guide will allow you to remotely connect to RTL over Tor. This can work on any platform, the below example is for serving an android and windows client.
Server Setup
Install Tor on the same local machine as RTL. see the tor project wiki here
Edit the torrc configuration file, and add the following lines:
HiddenServiceDir /var/db/tor/rtl/
HiddenServiceVersion 2
HiddenServiceAuthorizeClient stealth mydevice
HiddenServicePort 3000 127.0.0.1:3000
Change /var/db/tor/rtl/ to any directory you want to store the hidden service credentials.
Change mydevice to anything you want.
Save the changes to the torrc file and restart tor.
View the contents of the file /var/db/tor/rtl/hostname. It will show an onion address, an authentication password(cookie), and the associated mydevice label.
Client setup: Android
Download Orbot for android (add their repos to F-Droid here: https://guardianproject.info/fdroid/
Open orbot. Click the ⋮, select hidden services ˃, select Client cookies.
Press the + button on the lower right. Type in the the onion address and secret cookie you revealed in file /var/lnd/tor/rtl/hostname.
Go back to orbot's main screen, and select the gear icon under tor enabled apps.
Add your favorite tor compatible browser (I use brave) Brave, then press back.
Click stop on the big onion logo. Exit orbot and reopen it.
Turn on VPN Mode. Start your connection to the tor network by clicking on the big onion (if it has not automatically connected already)
Now open the tor enabled browser and type in the onion address (example z1234567890abc.onion:3000)
Only you have access to this website! All traffic in the brave browser will go over Tor (which is slower than clearnet).
To go back to clearnet browsing, turn off VPN mode in Orbot.
Client setup: Windows Tor Browser
Download and install Tor Browser for windows: https://www.torproject.org/download/
In Windows, edit "%HOMEDRIVE%%HOMEPATH%"\Desktop\Tor Browser\Browser\TorBrowser\Data\Tor\torrc
Add the following line. Replace the onion address, password(cookie), and mydevice with your credentials:
HidServAuth 1234567890abcdefg.onion abcdef01234567890+/K mydevice
Save and exit.
Now open Tor Browser, type in the 1234567890abcdefg.onion:3000 address!