knowledge/Ssh server as a Tor hidden service.md

Shamelessly copied from https://www.techrepublic.com/article/how-to-run-an-ssh-connection-through-tor/

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Install Tor

Install Tor on both client and server:

sudo apt-get install tor -y

Configure Tor

In the ssh's server let's edit tor's config file /etc/tor/torrc:

sudo nano /etc/tor/torrc

At the bottom of that file, add this:

HiddenServiceDir /var/lib/tor/ssh/
HiddenServicePort 22

Save and close file.

Restart Tor:

sudo systemctl restart tor

And that's basically it!!!

After restarting Tor, it will generate all the necessary files within /var/lib/tor/ssh, there you'll find the hostname (.onion address) you need to connect to the server.

To find out that hostname:

sudo cat /var/lib/tor/ssh/hostname

You should get something like riludi2kstjwmlzn.onion

Connect to the Tor hidden ssh server

torify ssh ...

For example:

torify ssh jack@riludi2kstjwmlzn.onion

You can even make a config entry in ~/.ssh/config, like this:

Host serverTor
    User jack
    HostName riludi2kstjwmlzn.onion
    Port 22

Now you can simply connect with:

torify ssh serverTor