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Instructions on how to set up a Whonix ™ Download Mirror

rsync from whonix.org

Overview

• Available over encrypted clearnet port 874. (Default port by openssl-rsync.)
• Available over encrypted clearnet port 1874. (Default port by Debian ftpsync package, rsync-ssl-tunnel script.)
• Available over encrypted onion, port 873. (rsync default port.)

Security advice:

• Encrypted rsync is better.
• rsync over onion is best.

Commands below use for testing:

• --dry-run

Therefore:

• Later for production you might wish to drop --dry-run and change the destination folder from ~/whonix to a folder of your choice such as /var/www/whonix.

preparation

sudo apt install rsync

unencrypted rsync

Deprecated. Please use TLS encrypted rsync or rsync over onion as documented below.

encrypted rsync over TLS

rsync-ssl --dry-run --recursive --delete --times --perms rsync://whonix.org/whonix ~/whonix

encrypted rsync over onion

Preparation.

sudo apt install torsocks rsync

rsync over onion from Whonix ™ onion.

torsocks rsync --dry-run --recursive --delete --times --perms "rsync://dds6qkxpwdeubwucdiaord2xgbbeyds25rbsgr73tbfpqpt4a6vjwsyd.onion/whonix" ~/whonix

Current Mirrors

• https://mirrors.dotsrc.org/whonix/ [Whonix permitted use exclusivity] [no traffic limit for now] [permitted to hotlink]
• https://quantum-mirror.hu/mirrors/pub/whonix [Whonix permitted use exclusivity] [no traffic limit for now] [permitted to hotlink]
• https://ftp.icm.edu.pl/pub/Linux/dist/whonix/ [only updated daily for now] [Whonix could ask to update more frequently]
• https://mirrors.gigenet.com/whonix/

Mirror Speed Test

03 Mai 2020

• dotsrc 103 MB/s in in 16s [acting as primary mirror since]

21 April 2020

• whonix.org 44 MB/s in 39s
• dotsrc 138 MB/s in in 12s

October 2022

• dotsrc: Download speed 7-10 MByte/s (normal for that 50-100 Mbit connection). Took about 3 - 4.5 minutes.

Forum discussion:

• https://forums.whonix.org/t/whonix-vm-images-download-speed-issues-and-automated-download-speed-tests/15858/2

Footnotes

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