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authorWladimir J. van der Laan <[email protected]>2016-09-28 16:05:47 +0200
committerWladimir J. van der Laan <[email protected]>2016-09-28 16:06:08 +0200
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parentdoc: Add privacy recommendation when running hidden service (diff)
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Merge #8823: doc: Add privacy recommendation when running hidden service
ac01ff2 doc: Add privacy recommendation when running hidden service (Wladimir J. van der Laan)
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@@ -113,4 +113,13 @@ the user running bitcoind to the same group and setting permissions appropriatel
Debian-based systems the user running bitcoind can be added to the debian-tor group,
which has the appropriate permissions. An alternative authentication method is the use
of the `-torpassword` flag and a `hash-password` which can be enabled and specified in
-Tor configuration. \ No newline at end of file
+Tor configuration.
+
+4. Privacy recommendations
+---------------------------
+
+- Do not add anything but bitcoin ports to the hidden service created in section 2.
+ If you run a web service too, create a new hidden service for that.
+ Otherwise it is trivial to link them, which may reduce privacy. Hidden
+ services created automatically (as in section 3) always have only one port
+ open.