Improving Tor anonymity

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1.Upgrading the server

[CODE]
apt update
apt upgrade

2. Install apt-transport-https (needed to download packages over HTTPS)

apt install dirmngr apt-transport-https

3. Adding keys to verify the authenticity of Tor repository packages

gpg --keyserver hkp://keyserver.ubuntu.com:80 --recv A3C4F0F979CAA22CDBA8F512EE8CBC9E886DDD89
gpg --export A3C4F0F979CAA22CDBA8F512EE8CBC9E886DDD89 | apt-key add -

4 We find out the code name of our distribution, put it in the source and add it to the Tor repository sources

lsb_release -a

nano /etc/apt/sources.list

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deb https://deb.torproject.org/torproject.org buster main
deb-src https://deb.torproject.org/torproject.org buster main

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5. Install tor from the verified repository you just added

apt update
apt install tor deb.torproject.org-keyring

6. Installing obfs4proxy

apt install obfs4proxy

7. Edit torrc (Tor configuration file)

nano /etc/tor/torrc

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# ORPort any
# ContactInfo optional contacts for contacting you, just in case.
# ServerTransportListenAddr should be specified as mine, instead of port 4443 it can be any other port.
# Log file is not necessary to specify, but it is easier with it than without it, only notifications are saved in it.
# Don't touch the rest and leave it as it is.
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BridgeRelay 1
ORPort 443
ServerTransportPlugin obfs4 exec /usr/bin/obfs4proxy
ServerTransportListenAddr obfs4 0.0.0.0:4443
ExtORPort auto
ContactInfo alextokarev125@gmail.com
Nickname TorZireael
Log notice file /var/log/tor/notices.log

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8. Restart Tor

systemctl restart tor

9. For monitoring, download nyx and run it, copy the fingerprint of our bridge from there, check if Tor is up to date.

apt install nyx
nyx

10. Getting the necessary data to connect to your own bridge

nano /var/lib/tor/pt_state/obfs4_bridgeline.txt

11. Enter your ip (46.148.26.148), port (4443), fingerprint ().

12. Specify your obfs4 bridge in Tor browser, Whonix, Tor Expert Bundle ...


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