Can NAT traversal be Tor's killer feature? (2014)

Re:Can NAT traversal be Tor's killer feature? (2014) by Klasiaster on Friday August 05, 2016 @04:29PM (#12235533)

I always hoped IPv6 would kill the NAT but it seems providers stick to it… I think the creation of Tor hidden services needs a nice UI. But also I am doubtful because only TCP is supported, UDP not.

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Re:Can NAT traversal be Tor's killer feature? (2014) by mbreedlove on Saturday August 06, 2016 @03:59AM (#12237467)

Well, creating a hidden service is as simple as adding the following to your torrc:

    HiddenServiceDir /usr/local/etc/tor/hidden_service/
    HiddenServicePort 80 127.0.0.1:8080

Then you just see /usr/local/etc/tor/hidden_service/hostname for your .onion address.

The hardest part is setting up your web and application servers, which don't care that they're behind a hidden service.

How would you expect a UI for that to function? I'm asking sincerely.

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