XPost: alt.privacy.anon-server, sci.crypt   
   From: soul.patch@127.0.0.1   
      
   On Fri, 12 Sep 2025 22:58:30 +0200   
   Gabx  wrote:   
      
   > Gabx wrote:   
   > > Soul Patch wrote:   
   > >> Anyway, I'm trying to figure out the best way to run INN news server   
   > >> totally hidden behind TOR so it can be peered behind TOR encrypted   
   > >> tunnels and hidden services.   
   > > If I understand correctly, you don't just want your server to be   
   > > reachable by onion address from Usenet clients, but you want it also   
   > > accessible to peers using its onion address.   
   > >   
   > > That seems impossible to me, actually.   
   > > Unless your peers are using Tor themselves.   
   > >   
   > > Something like this i think:   
   > >   
   > >> torsocks innfeed   
   >   
   > I'll venture a guess.   
   > Try using socat to redirect all incoming connections through the onion   
   > address, like this:   
   >   
   > socat TCP4-LISTEN:9119,fork   
   > SOCKS4:127.0.0.1:abc123def456.onion:119,socksport=9050   
   >   
   > Just an idea, I expect to be insulted, lol!!!   
      
   I like it. Nothing to insult here. It's actually a clever angle.   
      
   I though about routing through a pair of TOR hidden services, using one as an   
   outbound and the other as a loopback target. This would significantly slow   
   things down, but really, it's not like there are going to be tens of thousands   
   of people beating down    
   the door to post.   
      
   Another though I have is that all peers can set up authenticated loopback   
   proxies for their other peers. This would target hybrid clearnet and TOR   
   peering and cut half the onion network latency. But it is also an extra point   
   of failure.   
      
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