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|    Oli to Richard Menedetter    |
|    Fidonet TOR service    |
|    16 Jan 22 12:18:50    |
   
   MSGID: 2:280/464.47 61e3ff1a   
   REPLY: 2:310/31 61e3e9e0   
   PID: JamNNTPd/Linux 1   
   CHRS: LATIN-1 2   
   TZUTC: 0100   
   TID: CrashMail II/Linux 1.7   
   Richard wrote (2022-01-16):   
      
    RM> Hi All!   
      
    RM> If somebody wants to try to connect to Fidonet over a TOR hidden service   
    RM> then please let me know. I will send you an onion address.   
      
    RM> In regards to how to connect, should be as easy as running this:   
    RM> torsocks binkd   
    RM> and then configure the onion address as my DNS name.   
      
   or via -pipe option   
      
   node 1:2/3 -pipe "ncat --proxy-type socks5 --proxy 127.0.0.1:9050 abc123.onion   
   24554"   
      
      
   or with a perl hook   
      
   file tor-hook.pl:   
      
   sub on_call   
   {   
    if ($config{"tor-proxy"}) {   
    foreach (split(/;/, $hosts)) {   
    if ($_ =~ /\.onion\z/) {   
    $hosts = $_;   
    $socks = $config{"tor-proxy"};   
    Log(3, "Cpt. Hook: using tor-proxy $socks for .onion address");   
    }   
    }   
    }   
    return 1;   
   }   
      
      
   binkd.cfg:   
   perl-hooks /etc/binkd/tor-hook.pl   
   perl-var tor-proxy 127.0.0.1:9050/   
      
   node 1:2/3 abc123.onion   
      
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