Route SearXNG engine requests via a proxy
Send SearXNG outgoing engine requests through a proxy or Tor: the outgoing settings.yml block, per-engine networks, timeouts, and when it makes results worse.
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Route your VPS traffic through Tor
Install the tor daemon on a VPS, then send one process or one container through its local SOCKS proxy. Know what that hides and what it does not.
Tor Browser vs Tails vs Whonix
Tor Browser, Tails and Whonix isolate different things. Work out which one your threat model actually needs, and what each one cannot protect.
Add an Onion-Location header to your site
Publish an Onion-Location header in nginx so Tor Browser offers your onion address, then close the leaks that undo it: redirects and third-party assets.
Host an .onion site on your VPS
Run a v3 onion service on Ubuntu with tor and nginx bound to loopback, then close the leaks that link the address back to your public IP.
Run a Tor relay on your VPS
Set up a guard or middle Tor relay on a Linux VPS: torrc, bandwidth accounting that protects a metered plan, nyx monitoring, and the slow consensus ramp.
Tor vs a VPN: which do you need?
Tor and a VPN answer different questions. See exactly who learns what at every hop, and why a VPS rented in your name is not an anonymity tool.
A history of Tor: onion routing to today
Tor began as onion routing research inside a US Navy lab in 1995. Here are the dated milestones, and a straight answer on who funds the network.
SSH over a Tor onion service, no open ports
Put sshd behind a Tor onion service so the VPS answers on no inbound port. Setup, v3 client authorisation, and the exact order that avoids a lockout.
Run a Tor bridge with obfs4 on a VPS
Run an obfs4 Tor bridge on one cheap VPS: torrc directives, port choice, firewall, the log lines that prove it works, and how users get your bridge.
Run a Tor exit node: an operator's guide
We run Tor exit relays, so here is the real job: picking an exit-friendly host, exit policy, ContactInfo, reverse DNS, and answering abuse mail.