ZeroNet
Introduction[edit]
ZeroNet uses Bitcoin cryptography and BitTorrent technology to build a decentralized censorship-resistant network.
Users can publish static or dynamic websites into ZeroNet and visitors can choose to also serve the website. Websites will remain online even if it is being served by only one peer.
https://zeronet.readthedocs.io/en/latest/
Connecting to Tor before ZeroNet[edit]
User -> Tor -> ZeroNet -> Internet
Since ZeroNet is not yet packaged for Debian, it must be manually installed. [1] [2]
Inside Whonix-Gateway (Qubes-Whonix: sys-whonix).
Extend onion-grater Whitelist
On Whonix-Gateway.
Create a new directory. [3]
Symlink the onion-grater profile to the onion-grater settings folder.
sudo ln -s /usr/share/onion-grater-merger/examples/40_zeronet.yml /usr/local/etc/onion-grater-merger.d/
Restart onion-grater.
To download and verify Zeronet via git, run the following commands in a terminal inside Whonix-Workstation:
First install dependencies.
Qubes-Whonix: If the ZeroNet qube is based on a Qubes TemplateVM, complete this action in the TemplateVM.
Update the package lists.
Install git python-msgpack python-gevent.
Install ZeroNet:
Qubes-Whonix: The actual install can be done in the ZeroNet qube.
Retrieve ZeroNet's signing key. [4]
Download ZeroNet.
Change into the ZeroNet folder.
Check the ZeroNet signature.
Start ZeroNet:
(Note: the following will be no longer required once Whonix releases a custom Tor Browser for connecting to alternative networks. [5])
Configure Tor Browser to connect to localhost.
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In Tor Browser type about:config into the URL bar -> press Enter -> search for network.proxy.no_proxies_on -> Set to 0
Start Tor Browser.
If you are using Qubes-Whonix.
Qubes Start Menu -> Whonix-Workstation AppVM (commonly called anon-whonix) -> Tor Browser
If you are using Non-Qubes-Whonix.
Start Menu -> Tor Browser
If you are using a terminal (Konsole).
Navigate to the ZeroNet web interface. Paste http://127.0.0.1:43110 into Tor Browser's url field and press enter.
The process is now complete and ZeroNet can be used. Note that full ZeroNet functionality has been confirmed in Whonix. [6]
Footnotes[edit]
- ↑ https://github.com/HelloZeroNet/ZeroNet/issues/241
- ↑ http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=850474
- ↑
Using
/usr/local/etc/onion-grater-merger.d/because that onion-grater settings folder is persistent in Qubes-Whonix TemplateBased ProxyVMs, i.e. Whonix-Gateway (commonly calledsys-whonix). Non-Qubes-Whonix users could also use/etc/onion-grater-merger.d/. Qubes-Whonix users could also use/etc/onion-grater-merger.d/but then users would have to make/etc/onion-grater-merger.d/persistent, which would require doing this inside the Whonix-Gateway TemplateVM (commonly calledwhonix-gw-14) and restart their Whonix-Gateway ProxyVM or to use bind-dirs. Both is more more complicated than simply using/usr/local/etc/onion-grater-merger.d/which is persistent either way and even allows multiple Whonix-Gateway ProxyVMs based on the same Whonix-Gateway TemplateVM for lets say one Whonix-Gateway ProxyVM extending and relaxing onion-grater's whitelist and the other Whonix-Gateway ProxyVM with the default more restricted onion-grater whitelist. - ↑ https://github.com/HelloZeroNet/ZeroNet/issues/759
- ↑ Except in the case of YaCy that needs internet access.
- ↑ As at May 2018.
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