cm0s

couldn't login few days ago but thought maybe i entered my pass wrong

logged in ok on second attempt

i don't use the chat much for several reasons

one, the scroll back, not needed and should be removed

two, otr is out dated big time and not easy for most folks to use

nor handled well by a lot of apps, even on linux

three, xmpp itself, nuff said

four, whether any customers use the 'free chat service' by airvpn or not

whether or not they 'login' is not the flaw here, the flaw is that every customer's account, billing login account information

is linked up to an xmpp chat server, that's the problem and you should maybe disconnect that is my suggestion

you have threads on your forum that whether legit or not 'other vpn companies review' basically

you already know how that can be a problem magnet

so a vpn competitor might open an account here, use it for x amount of days then decide to hammer on the xmpp server

maybe go after all the billing login information

the other thing is this, as you stated down below, none of us have to use our login information right?

so then by that principle alone, why even connect our financial primary billing account login information up to the xmpp server

it also tells me something else: that xmpp is not the only thing goin on on that server then right?

if you got account billing customer database connected to that xmpp server you probably got other stuff on that platter

that might be of interest

either way, no matter what, shit is an easy fix, disconnect the database and don't require any login at all

if needed, move the xmpp chat far away from any business accounts / boxes /network

check with others on how to do this with your operating system whatever it may be

but set your local to static basically hard set your local dns

to airvpns, set your router dns to 0.0.0.0 then each box set your

dns config to static, assign your local ip addresses for each device

this is a real world kill switch meaning you get no net/WAN

without being encrypted, shut off dhcp on the router

your ISP side will be dhcp auto config but your side on the router

will be static

this is not perfect, might brick some stuff you are doing or

be a pain in the butt

but the idea is this: keep the isp as far as you can out of your local

iptables -F
iptables -t nat -F
iptables -t mangle -F
#
iptables -X
iptables -t nat -X
iptables -t mangle -X
# 
iptables -P INPUT DROP
iptables -P FORWARD DROP
#
iptables -A INPUT -m state --state ESTABLISHED,RELATED -j ACCEPT 
iptables -A INPUT -p tcp -m state --state NEW -m multiport --dports 80,443 -j ACCEPT 
#
iptables -A INPUT -i lo -j ACCEPT
iptables -A OUTPUT -o lo -j ACCEPT #allow loopback access
#
iptables -A OUTPUT -d 255.255.255.0 -j ACCEPT 
iptables -A INPUT -s 255.255.255.0 -j ACCEPT 
iptables -A INPUT -s 192.168.0.0/24 -d 192.168.0.0/24 -j ACCEPT 
iptables -A OUTPUT -s 192.168.0.0/24 -d 192.168.0.0/24 -j ACCEPT
iptables -A FORWARD -i eth0 -o tun0 -j ACCEPT
iptables -A FORWARD -i tun0 -o eth0 -j ACCEPT 
iptables -t nat -A PREROUTING -s 0/0 -p tcp --dport 53 -j DNAT --to 10.5.0.1 
iptables -t nat -A POSTROUTING -o tun0 -j MASQUERADE 
iptables -A OUTPUT -o eth0 ! -d 127.0.0.1 -p tcp --dport 1413 -j DROP 

###############################

example netctl:

Description='eth0 net'
Interface=eth0
Connection=ethernet
IP=static
Address=('192.168.0.5/24')
Gateway='192.168.0.1'
DNS=('10.5.0.1')

################################

say for ddwrt in your services tab assign the ip addresses there
set your lease time

this means you don't have to worry about resolv.conf dns problems

coz your local network is now airvpn dns only

i'm human, make mistakes, forget stuff, brain fart etc so this protects me from

myself, helps keep my ISP on the cable modem only, my router does nothing more than route

nothing fancy, i got a beefy router, does more stupid shit than i know what to do

i run it totally vanilla, a generic turd tbh, i don't even use wifi on it

that isn't ideal or even practical for most, i get that, so mod for what works for you

and your family config, set your boxes for when they boot up, they don't connect to anything

run your iptables, start netctl and you are good

so when my box as example boots up i run iptables sript

.xinitrc has everything set to down 

then i run 

netctl start eth0

cd to my airvpn configs folder

stunnel "airvpnserver.ssl" --auth-nocache

then in other termina window:

openvpn --config "airvpnserver.ovpn" --auth-nocache

no network manager etc i get lost in that stuff anyway

but nothing wrong with using a gui or using network manager or 

modding it so more 'user friendly' etc 

hope this helps

i'll play along...

the thread is called:

SERIOUS TIPS FOR SECURING MY COMPUTING DOMAIN AND ACTIVITIES

the web browser is the one piece of

software on all operating systems that is the most targeted

quite often legally, it's simple, follow the money

so to tell someone on a thread that it is 'overkill' when they can simply

take a few minutes of their time, go to firefox's about:config page

and manually tweak a few settings, which may in effect protect their

privacy, family, loved ones, help secure their home network etc.

and probably even in some cases, their safety, might be a decision they

can choose to make for themselves and decide what is or is not overkill

the logic presented that it is not overkill to install 8 additional

firefox extensions, which in effect is 8 additional companys, 3rd partys etc.

on a stock firefox config but again overkill to edit a few settings...

btw, for anyone interested download the xpi file of any addon extension you

are installing use this command to extract it:

unzip yourxpifilename.xpi * -r

that extracts all the files used to make your extension

you can search for 'url' 'http' 'https' '.com' '.org' 'update' etc. and find out

what it is doing if it calls out, some updates you want, some urls are safe

say you find a url that you want to change, but often if you change it in one location

only it can brick your extension, so you can bypass that say for example i wanted to block

any callbacks to 'userstyles.org':

grep -rl 'userstyles.org' ./ | xargs sed -i 's|userstyles.org|dummy_url.org|g'

then to put all the files back into a xpi archive give it a different name

so you know it's the one you edited:

7z a /path/to/directory/yourxpifilename.xpi * -r

double up on the meds

and a quick safety tip:

don't slip in the drool

i'm not a fanboy of routers running any vpn or iptables stuff

my router can do that it has more capability than i'll ever use

all i want from my router is for it to take the cat5 cable from my ISP

and then stop my ISP's dns and other stuff at the plugin point

then on my router i set my local to static airvpn config

this is a real world killswitch, coz i'm human, forget stuff

make mistakes, this protects my local network from me

and it keeps my ISP off my local

the best thing you can do with any router is leverage their

vanilla config

one of the main resources i use is eli the computer guy on youtube

and watch a lot of defcon / tech vids

after a while everyone finds out what they need and like for their own situation

how i run arch is probably not good for most, flawed and completely different than

the way someone else might run arch, i loaded up manjaro the other day for a looksy

and got lost in it, straight up, got lost, way too much for me

but to answer your question, i think the first thing to be identified is the actual concern,

the term 'threat model' is often used but not too often given to real world terms,

meaning 'conditions on the ground' application

for most folks in my area, norhteast united states it's the ISP, Verizon, the major players

that are the real threat, and that is generic, legal datamining

this has nothing to do with ethics, morales etc. this is about money, big money

these companies have 24 PHDs and a floor full of extremely talented programmers

all backed up by big lobby and another room full of lawyers,

for a real world grasp, shut off cookies and javascript, go to facebook's home page,

right click on it, view page source, and what you will be looking at is code that is worth

billions of dollars

company i used to work for, i used to sell microsoft networks back in the day

we were a certified dealer, had microsoft staff in the shop once in a while,

we had some state contracts here in PA and lots of minor day to day floor traffic

fixing Dell boxes etc.

back then, before the merge between the cellular industry and internet,

just like anyone else, if you would have said 'meta data' was going to be a game changer,

well that would have not been too high on the list to say the least

you got to remember, nobody had a phone in their hand that could chat, make a call, run a webcam,

trade stocks in Europe and order donuts for the techs, the infrastructure wasn't there yet

and that is to my poin: the operating systems back then were on the right track,

they were lean, Windows 2000 was on the right track, i literally at that time built custom DAW

workstations on that operating system, on those drivers, they were stable, solid, did nothing fancy

so software in general, was not built with 3rd party involvement, no outgoing connections,

all anyone had to do in microsoft land was take the best of Windows 2000, the best of Windows 7,

lean it up a bit, get rid of any and all bloat, harden it and you would have had a super bad ass

kill linux box operating system, and the gamers themselves would have taken it over

at that point, software was still written with the business model that sales and license fees

make the buck, income stream, once the cell industry and the ISPs merged, the dynamic,

the motive really to how and why software gets coded, the purpose of design, changed dramatically

linux is no better, it just got lucky because it held very little interest in the desktop market

if linux would have traded spots with microsoft or apple, same problems, and you can actually see it starting

already today, the pre rolled distros, first thing they want to do, connect, call out, even Kali,

connect, call out and all the other pentest distros, if you have a live distro for pentesting well don't ya think

thte first thing ya want shut off and down at boot is connecting to anything?

see my point?

meta data is the game changer, that simply translates, once scaled, into raw political force in any country

and it goes all the way back to what a PHD dude from Cambridge Analytica stated, and the bruh was spot on:

'the problem with facebook aka social media, operating systems phones apps etc is the business model'

ask yourself, why hasn't anyone taken the best of tor, maybe made it more wide, why is http even allowed still,

and so on, coz of money, so what we see and view is almost 100%  'human hacking'

what does this got to do with your orginal post? everything, coz now you know what is the primary target,

where the payload goes to: me and you

and we are the problem, the real world problem

i'll back that up: you look at facebook, we literally give them all of our data, access to everything, for nothing

we pay our ISP's bill to then give our friends, family, coworkers and on an on to a corporation built on a business model

of this: the more they collect, the more they sell, the more they make

ya got to remember the one advantage i may have, with anyone my age is perspective, i knew the net before the cell biz ISP merge

i knew Microsoft and worked indirectly for them before the merge

if you sugar coat the poison is the human hack here

i'm not different, if iwas a programmer and the boss walked up to me and said 'build this OS or app and if we make xyz deadline or meet

xyz approval you will make xyz amount of additional income, i'm in'

same deal with a website database, if i build a shithole that does xyz but also gets really popular and i collect the right data that is sought after by

the ad industry, you walk up to me and go 'i'll give you x amount of dollars'

i'm probably gonna sell

hit the about:config url in mozilla and search 'url' search 'social' search 'wifi' search 'remote' search 'update' then extract all your plugins and extensions

etc you will see how much of what you do is collected and piped to 3rd partys

just look at google ssafe search as example, can you really get any more full of shit

so going back the purpose of design, the motive, that's the threat, that's the flaw, that's what needs to be hardened

linux in genearl isn't popular, malware authors code exploits to make money, bot authors want their networks running smooth

so most of that 'financial targeted' exploits is aimed at the popular stuff

gentoo and arch is even less popular, and the thing is if you have your own repo, roll your own kernel, just by modding your stuff

'your way' coz i say 'fuck the arch way', your on linux to do it the way you want, you just left shit operating system closed source

where someone else told you how to roll'

case in point in legal datamining, almost all of the linux community is on that shit data mined irc server freenode

even the tor developers don't run an onion server well at least listed anyway

harden the browser, harden your linux, best ya can, biggest threat to my local to my box is me, the monkey at the keyboard

and i'll say this in Mark Zucerberg's favor and any social media business with any kind of voting system, coz that is and has been

the multibillion dollar click, just beautiful all the way to the bank:

those companies saw and applied a value metric to our data, to our click, they applied a value to what we think and do and who with

and that right there is a very serious tough pill to swallow

Mark Zuckerberg has a jet in his driveway not because he even exploited my data, or was unethical with it

but mainly because he offered me a like button that i could click on to give a voice on his platform

so the real problem that Cambridge Analytica was talking about, coz for them that was business as usual

is until the internet as a whole gets together and decides that their network traffic is theirs, should be protected

like a utility world wide, such as water, gas, electric, coz today it is exactly that, my ISP Comcast is a utility without the

correct use of government regulation, at the federal level, why shit gets wild west treatment still,

same flaw as when Enron went in to California and manipulated the power grid

i'm no diff, you put me as a day trader behind a business model i can exploit to make x million in 3 hours

i'm in, i'll smash that like button all the way to the bank

this is my opinion only but i stay away from ipv6

i shut it down at the kernel via grub edit:

GRUB_DEFAULT=0
GRUB_TIMEOUT=5
GRUB_DISTRIBUTOR="Arch"
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet loglevel=3 pnpbios=off acpi=off"
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="cryptdevice=/dev/sda1:cryptroot ipv6.disable=1 bluetooth.blacklist=yes"

what i like about ricochet is the fact it can use tor alpha 3 torrc on arch. meaning you can set your torrc say you want to chroot it also, to strictmode,

avoid any servers that have been known to inject anything, i chatted with a couple of folks on ricochet on hope they move it forward with

next gen onion, so for example right now i have it running, i got tor alpha from the AUR, got ricochet, themed it, tor runs in chroot via arch linux

wiki instructions, again, this is all layers, the local repo chat laptop is basically stand alone, meaning it's not doin anything else

and behind airvpn stunnel openvpn, that's basically just my tor box, it hosts my tokzco onion site version 3 and my local arch repo

i don't browse tor sites on that box or much of anything else, it's a lazy way of compartmentalization also

qubes and whonix etc are all cool and all but yeah i'm not into the work load of switching everything over

and straight up, i don't trust the tor browser version at all

reason is you look through it it is serious bloat shit and call out to google etc and mozilla big time

the browser is the most targeted app and why i don't like to load anything up to chat through it either online

irc in general has become shit, almost every chat url you can find online via clearnet search engines is all shit links

to sicko shit, imho a deliberate campaign, there is more sick shit on facebook just by sheer volume

there are family friendly spots on the onion and decent places to chat

clearnet and often tor 'search engines' don't do much to help

reason is this, it's about ad revenue, about money, google and everyone else wants us to think that if we

all of a sudden get 'anon' that we lose our minds and load up negative content or get into bad stuff

it's psychological warfare 101 and they do it well

i'm more or less 'squeamish' there is a lot of stuff on youtube i can't handle today

anyway my point is, ricochet is a solid so far to me because it does nothing else

you check it on github you will see a lot of folks involved with it in the issues tab

that's a good sign

i sent staff an apology, goin back through fixing some posts

long story short, my family got involved in hijacking my inheritance

and the banks knew, law enforcement has also been involved in covering

some things up, mail intercepts and forging courthouse legal docs

i'm not making this shit up, wish i were, i'm sick to my gut

me, i just wrapped up a decade of probation for getting stupid, shitfaced,

went for a joy ride in a truck and yeah, so not cool there

so last thing i want is any correspondence or attention from law enforcement

or any courthouse, goin on 50, i just want left alone

more than that, my 'family' absolutely had no reason to go behind my back

plan anything out ahead to get money, if they had wanted it all or just had

talked straight up to me, i'd most likely have agreed to whatever they want

simply to just be left alone, coz my dad was not a good man, at all

so yeah, i have been under some mental strain, real world heavy surveillance

i'm naive in a lot of ways, i believe in the good of people

tor, privacy, openvpn, i'm just like anyone else,

i don't think about it much till i don't have it

airvpn has been good to me, better than i deserve, i can't buy that or even earn that

in no way am i putting your OS down or you

used to sell Microsoft networks for a living

one of the best things you can do is move to linux

it's just not as popular and that's the inherit

privacy leverage thingy you can group hug in

that's a box i'd like to build myself and test on for a while

need to put a pfsense box on the local maybe go from the

cable modem to the ddwrt then to the pfsense box

add some nics or extend with another router

in switch mode basically see what i can come up with

consider what purpose of config is gonna be towards

meaning if you are building ecom site or proxy server

or need offshore or aiming towards onion/tor vps ability

the other thing to look at is who owns who

coz a lof of 'standard' web hosting companies out there

share databases, even email traffic

i know, i've 'tested' this for real

it does come down to what you really need, your threath model

and what you can afford to pay for

other factors are domain naming laws and where you are from

where your business might be incorporated in and so forth

so if i invest in a vps provider 'off shore' or in a country with far

better privacy laws but name my site xyz that might null the money

i invested in a better location etc.

cool but yeah if you can do that

take that skill set you got and roll over to

gentoo or arch, plop out a distro of your flavor

and then pipe it back to here with some screenshots

but a sincere congrats on what you did that is cool

roll up an opensource dooby....

they are most likely removing stuff that isn't needed for the community

keeps the forum lean/clean

serverbox is 192.168.1.103
clientbox is 192.168.1.100

if you have a current ssh install
back files up and do a new install:

# systemctl stop sshd
# mv /etc/ssh ~/sshbkup
# mv ~/.ssh ~/.sshbkup
# pacman -S --noconfirm openssh nmap

check the files in /etc/ssh:
# ls /etc/ssh
moduli  ssh_config  sshd_config

# cp /etc/ssh/sshd_config ~/sshd_configbkup
# cp /etc/ssh/ssh_config ~/ssh_configbkup

on the serverbox create user servz:
# useradd -m -g users -G wheel -s /bin/bash servz
# passwd servz
enter new password twice

on the clientbox create user clyz:
# useradd -m -g users -G wheel -s /bin/bash clyz
# passwd clyz
enter new password twice

on the serverbox create ssh directory:
# mkdir /home/servz/.ssh
# touch /home/servz/.ssh/authorized_keys
# chown -R servz:wheel authorized_keys
# ls -l /home/servz/.ssh/authorized_keys
-rw-r--r-- 1 servz wheel 735 Jul 30 15:10 authorized_keys
# mkdir /home/servz/sshfilez
# chown -R servz:wheel /home/servz/sshfilez


on the clientbox create ssh directory:
# mkdir /home/clyz/.ssh
# touch /home/clyz/.ssh/authorized_keys
# chown -R clyz:wheel authorized_keys
# ls -l /home/clyz/.ssh/authorized_keys
-rw-r--r-- 1 clyz wheel 735 Jul 30 15:10 authorized_keys
# mkdir /home/clyz/sshfilez
# chown -R clyz:wheel /home/clyz/sshfilez

check yer local and destination...
# nmap -sS -O -p22 IPHERE
# iptables -nL | grep 22

nmap should show this on both boxes:
PORT   STATE SERVICE
22/tcp open  ssh

since the serverbox is 192.168.1.103
and the clientbox is 192.168.1.100
set iptables for each box accordingly
this allows only xyz ip to port 22

# iptables -I INPUT -p tcp --dport 22 -s IPHERE -j ACCEPT 
# iptables -A INPUT -p tcp --dport 22 -j REJECT

verify:
#  iptables -nL | grep 22
ACCEPT tcp -- 192.168.1.103 0.0.0.0/0 tcp dpt:22
REJECT tcp -- 0.0.0.0/0 0.0.0.0/0 tcp dpt:22 
reject-with icmp-port-unreachable

start ssh on both boxes:
# systemctl start sshd
verify:
# systemctl status sshd 
Active: active (running)

do a login from the clientbox:
# ssh -p 22 servz@192.168.1.103
type yes and enter the password
root > ssh -p 22 servz@192.168.1.103
The authenticity of host '192.168.1.103 (192.168.1.103)' can't be established.
ECDSA key fingerprint is SHA256:nTXLL8Z/i7sumshitcodekeystuffherebruhright.
Are you sure you want to continue connecting (yes/no)? yes
Warning: Permanently added '192.168.1.103' (ECDSA) to the list of known hosts.
servz@192.168.1.103's password: 
[servz@h0stm0st ~]$ exit
logout
Connection to 192.168.1.103 closed.

repeat for the serverbox:
# ssh -p 22 clyz@192.168.1.100

the previous was a basic login password only
without key authentication/non-root using a 
stock ssh config if you need root type su
or use sudo after login for wan/vps access

if needed to remove a user account:
# userdel username
# rm -r /home/username

for key authentication only
login from the clientbox:
# ssh -p 22 servz@192.168.1.103
enter the password for the user servz
[servz@h0stm0st ~]$

gen the key with sudo and no password:
# sudo ssh-keygen -t rsa -b 4096 -P ''
again enter the password for the user servz
hit enter for default location
[servz@h0stm0st ~]$ sudo ssh-keygen -t rsa -b 4096 -P ''

We trust you have received the usual lecture from the local System
Administrator. It usually boils down to these three things:

    #1) Respect the privacy of others.
    #2) Think before you type.
    #3) With great power comes great responsibility.

[sudo] password for servz: 
Generating public/private rsa key pair.
Enter file in which to save the key (/root/.ssh/id_rsa): 
Your identification has been saved in /root/.ssh/id_rsa.
Your public key has been saved in /root/.ssh/id_rsa.pub.
The key fingerprint is:
SHA256:sumkeystuffshowzherebruhFmdYX2XpGpD8lsVRIfs root@h0stm0st
The key's randomart image is:
+---[RSA 4096]----+
|          =BX..o@|
|         ..@.=o* |
|    .     o O.*  |
|   o .     . O.. |
|  nofuxway. . oE |
| . = =   +   .   |
|  + . + +        |
|   . . + o       |
|    .   o        |
+----[SHA256]-----+
[servz@h0stm0st ~]$ exit

banner for serverbox:
# cat <<-EOF > /home/servz/.ssh/servz.motd
     Welcome 2 serverbox
     we all float down here
EOF

banner for clientbox:
# cat <<-EOF > /home/clyz/.ssh/clyz.motd
     Welcome 2 clientbox
     we all float down here
EOF

from serverbox:
# cat ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub | ssh clyz@192.168.1.100 'cat >> /home/clyz/.ssh/authorized_keys && echo "key copied to clientbox"'
root > cat ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub | ssh clyz@192.168.1.100 'cat >> /home/clyz/.ssh/authorized_keys && echo "key copied to clientbox"'
servz@192.168.1.100's password: 
key copied to clientbox
root > 

from clientbox:
# cat ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub | ssh servz@192.168.1.103 'cat >> /home/servz/.ssh/authorized_keys && echo "key copied to serverbox"'
root > cat ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub | ssh servz@192.168.1.103 'cat >> /home/servz/.ssh/authorized_keys && echo "key copied to serverbox"'
servz@192.168.1.103's password: 
key copied to serverbox
root > 

stop sshd on both boxes:
# systemctl stop sshd

set banner on serverbox:
# grep --null -lr "#Banner none" /etc/ssh/sshd_config | xargs --null sed -i 's|#Banner none|Banner /home/servz/.ssh/servz.motd|g' /etc/ssh/sshd_config

set banner on clientbox:
# grep --null -lr "#Banner none" /etc/ssh/sshd_config | xargs --null sed -i 's|#Banner none|Banner /home/clyz/.ssh/clyz.motd|g' /etc/ssh/sshd_config

set key only each box:
# grep --null -lr "#PubkeyAuthentication yes" /etc/ssh/sshd_config | xargs --null sed -i 's/#PubkeyAuthentication yes/PubkeyAuthentication yes/g' /etc/ssh/sshd_config

on each box disable passwords for the ssh client:
# grep --null -lr "#   PasswordAuthentication yes" /etc/ssh/ssh_config | xargs --null sed -i 's/#   PasswordAuthentication yes/#   PasswordAuthentication no/g' /etc/ssh/ssh_config

on serverbox:
# chown -R servz:wheel /home/servz/.ssh/servz.motd

on clientbox:
# chown -R clyz:wheel /home/clyz/.ssh/clyz.motd

start sshd on both boxes:
# systemctl start sshd

verify:
# systemctl status sshd 
Active: active (running)

login key only custom banner from clientbox
with example gaining root with root password:
root > ssh -p 22 servz@192.168.1.103
     Welcome 2 serverbox
     we all float down here
Last login: Sun Jul 30 15:47:26 2017 from 192.168.1.100
[servz@h0stm0st ~]$ su
Password: 
root > pwd
/home/servz
root > exit
exit
[servz@h0stm0st ~]$ exit
logout
Connection to 192.168.1.103 closed.

create a test file on the clientbox:
# cat <<-EOF > /home/clyz/sshfilez/file2server.md
     this is a text document to 
     transfer to the server
EOF

transfer the file to the serverbox: 
# scp /home/clyz/sshfilez/file2server.md servz@192.168.1.103:/home/servz/sshfilez

from the clientbox you should see this:
root > pwd
/home/clyz/sshfilez
root > cat <<-EOF > /home/clyz/sshfilez/file2server.md
>      this is a text document to 
>      transfer to the server
> EOF
root > scp /home/clyz/sshfilez/file2server.md servz@192.168.1.103:/home/servz/sshfilez
     Welcome 2 serverbox
     we all float down here
file2server.md                           100%   61    79.7KB/s   00:00    
root > 

to send a directory located on the clientbox to the serverbox:
# scp -r /home/clyz/sshfilez/files4server servz@192.168.1.103:/home/servz/sshfilez
output:
root > pwd
/home/clyz/sshfilez
root > ls
files4server
root > scp -r /home/clyz/sshfilez/files4server servz@192.168.1.103:/home/servz/sshfilez
     Welcome 2 serverbox
     we all float down here
file2server.md                           100%   61    75.6KB/s   00:00    
root >  

delete the files4server directory from the clientbox:
# rm -r files4server

to send a directory located on the serverbox back to the clientbox:
# scp -r servz@192.168.1.103:/home/servz/sshfilez/files4server /home/clyz/sshfilez
output:
root > pwd
/home/clyz/sshfilez
root > ls
root > scp -r servz@192.168.1.103:/home/servz/sshfilez/files4server /home/clyz/sshfilez
     Welcome 2 serverbox
     we all float down here
file2server.md                           100%   61    73.3KB/s   00:00    
root > ls
files4server
root >  

make a directory...


# mkdir ~/emailstuff

# cd emailstuff


make a file...


# touch email2bob.md

# nano email2bob.md


write your email to bob then... 


# ctrl+o, ctrl+x, enter


backup out of the directory 

then compress it...


# cd ..

# tar -zcvf emailstuff.tar.gz emailstuff


gen yer sha...


# sha256sum emailstuff.tar.gz


copy sha numbers then sign the email...


# gpg --armor --detach-sign emailstuff.tar.gz


now to encrypt the email then

give that password and sha numbers to bob...


# gpg -o emailstuff.tar.gz.gpg --symmetric --cipher-algo aes256 emailstuff.tar.gz


bob now decrypts your email and enters the password...


# gpg -o emailstuff.tar.gz -d emailstuff.tar.gz.gpg


bob imports your public key...


# gpg --import yourkey.asc


then checks if signature good...


# gpg --verify emailstuff.tar.gz.asc emailstuff.tar.gz


bob might get a 'warning not verified' 

important part is 'good signature'


bob verifies the sha

make sure the numbers match...


# sha256sum emailstuff.tar.gz


bob then uncompresses the email...


# tar -zxvf emailstuff.tar.gz

# airvpn irc hidden service stealth mode ssl


# mkdir hidircz

# cd d0wnz

# touch cool.motd

# vim cool.motd

hit 'i' copy paste

text below or your own

custom motd

hit 'esc' key then type ':wq'

____ _ ____ _  _ ___  _  _

|__| | |__/ |  | |__] |\ |

|  | | |  \  \/  |    | \|

===========================                          

https://airvpn.org


add this to your torrc file

mod for your own config if needed...


VirtualAddrNetwork 10.192.0.0/10

TransPort 9040

DNSPort 53

AutomapHostsOnResolve 1


##hidden service

HiddenServiceDir /var/lib/tor/

HiddenServicePort 6697 127.0.0.1:6697

HiddenServiceAuthorizeClient stealth IRCvisitor

HidServAuth newtorsitenamehere.onion stealthpasshere


you'll start tor and then stop tor to get your hidden service

hostname and authorization cookie, this 'cookie' is in the hostname

/var/lib/tor

looks like this:

newtorsitenamehere.onion yourauthcookieherebruh # client: IRCvisitor


now remember in the torrc file below the port you created the 'IRCvisitor'

without this information from /var/lib/tor added to the torrc file in the example

above you cannot access the irc server or if it were http you can not access it

even from the box hosting the irc/http server

the advantage to stealth mode is this: it is NOT listed in the tor directory

and if anything goes wrong with your irc server or you just want to create another openssl req -x509 -sha256 -newkey rsa:2048 -keyout ~/d0wnz/ircpriv.pem -out ~/d0wnz/ircert.pem -days 1024 -nodes -subj '/CN=irc.z4ojdtiaqvdfi4ys.onion'

'domain' no problem, you are not tied to anything, and anyone accessing your site/chat

has to have contacted you to get the authorization cookie


from hidircz directory...

# openssl req -x509 -sha256 -newkey rsa:2048 -keyout /root/hidrircz/ircpriv.pem -out /root/hidircz/ircert.pem -days 1024 -nodes -subj '/CN=irc.newtorsitenamehere.onion'

# cat /root/hidircz/ircpriv.pem > hidz.pem

# cat /root/hidircz/ircert.pem >> hidz.pem


here's the python script....

#################################


#! /usr/bin/env python

# https://github.com/jrosdahl/miniircd

# Joel Rosdahl <joel@rosdahl.net>

# pacman -S python-pyopenssl if needed


import logging

import os

import re

import select

import socket

import string

import sys

import tempfile

import time

from datetime import datetime

from logging.handlers import RotatingFileHandler

from optparse import OptionParser


VERSION = "1.2.1"



PY3 = sys.version_info[0] >= 3


if PY3:

    def buffer_to_socket(msg):

        return msg.encode()


    def socket_to_buffer(buf):

        return buf.decode()

else:

    def buffer_to_socket(msg):

        return msg


    def socket_to_buffer(buf):

        return buf



def create_directory(path):

    if not os.path.isdir(path):

        os.makedirs(path)



class Channel(object):

    def __init__(self, server, name):

        self.server = server

        self.name = name

        self.members = set()

        self._topic = ""

        self._key = None

        if self.server.state_dir:

            self._state_path = "%s/%s" % (

                self.server.state_dir,

                name.replace("_", "__").replace("/", "_"))

            self._read_state()

        else:

            self._state_path = None


    def add_member(self, client):

        self.members.add(client)


    def get_topic(self):

        return self._topic


    def set_topic(self, value):

        self._topic = value

        self._write_state()


    topic = property(get_topic, set_topic)


    def get_key(self):

        return self._key


    def set_key(self, value):

        self._key = value

        self._write_state()


    key = property(get_key, set_key)


    def remove_client(self, client):

        self.members.discard(client)

        if not self.members:

            self.server.remove_channel(self)


    def _read_state(self):

        if not (self._state_path and os.path.exists(self._state_path)):

            return

        data = {}


        with open(self._state_path, "rb") as state_file:

            exec(state_file.read(), {}, data)


        self._topic = data.get("topic", "")

        self._key = data.get("key")


    def _write_state(self):

        if not self._state_path:

            return

        (fd, path) = tempfile.mkstemp(dir=os.path.dirname(self._state_path))

        fp = os.fdopen(fd, "w")

        fp.write("topic = %r\n" % self.topic)

        fp.write("key = %r\n" % self.key)

        fp.close()

        os.rename(path, self._state_path)



class Client(object):

    __linesep_regexp = re.compile(r"\r?\n")

    # The RFC limit for nicknames is 9 characters, but what the heck.

    __valid_nickname_regexp = re.compile(

        r"^[][\`_^{|}A-Za-z][][\`_^{|}A-Za-z0-9-]{0,50}$")

    __valid_channelname_regexp = re.compile(

        r"^[+!][^\x00\x07\x0a\x0d ,:]{0,50}$")


    def __init__(self, server, socket):

        self.server = server

        self.socket = socket

        self.channels = {}  # irc_lower(Channel name) --> Channel

        self.nickname = None

        self.user = None

        self.realname = None

        (self.host, self.port) = socket.getpeername()

        self.__timestamp = time.time()

        self.__readbuffer = ""

        self.__writebuffer = ""

        self.__sent_ping = False

        if self.server.password:

            self.__handle_command = self.__pass_handler

        else:

            self.__handle_command = self.__registration_handler


    def get_prefix(self):

        return "%s!%s@%s" % (self.nickname, self.user, self.host)

    prefix = property(get_prefix)


    def check_aliveness(self):

        now = time.time()

        if self.__timestamp + 180 < now:

            self.disconnect("ping timeout")

            return

        if not self.__sent_ping and self.__timestamp + 90 < now:

            if self.__handle_command == self.__command_handler:

                # Registered.

                self.message("PING :%s" % self.server.name)

                self.__sent_ping = True

            else:

                # Not registered.

                self.disconnect("ping timeout")


    def write_queue_size(self):

        return len(self.__writebuffer)


    def __parse_read_buffer(self):

        lines = self.__linesep_regexp.split(self.__readbuffer)

        self.__readbuffer = lines[-1]

        lines = lines[:-1]

        for line in lines:

            if not line:

                # Empty line. Ignore.

                continue

            x = line.split(" ", 1)

            command = x[0].upper()

            if len(x) == 1:

                arguments = []

            else:

                if len(x[1]) > 0 and x[1][0] == ":":

                    arguments = [x[1][1:]]

                else:

                    y = x[1].split(" :", 1)

                    arguments = y[0].split()

                    if len(y) == 2:

                        arguments.append(y[1])

            self.__handle_command(command, arguments)


    def __pass_handler(self, command, arguments):

        server = self.server

        if command == "PASS":

            if len(arguments) == 0:

                self.reply_461("PASS")

            else:

                if arguments[0].lower() == server.password:

                    self.__handle_command = self.__registration_handler

                else:

                    self.reply("464 :Password incorrect")

        elif command == "QUIT":

            self.disconnect("Client quit")

            return


    def __registration_handler(self, command, arguments):

        server = self.server

        if command == "NICK":

            if len(arguments) < 1:

                self.reply("431 :No nickname given")

                return

            nick = arguments[0]

            if server.get_client(nick):

                self.reply("433 * %s :Nickname is already in use" % nick)

            elif not self.__valid_nickname_regexp.match(nick):

                self.reply("432 * %s :Erroneous nickname" % nick)

            else:

                self.nickname = nick

                server.client_changed_nickname(self, None)

        elif command == "USER":

            if len(arguments) < 4:

                self.reply_461("USER")

                return

            self.user = arguments[0]

            self.realname = arguments[3]

        elif command == "QUIT":

            self.disconnect("Client quit")

            return

        if self.nickname and self.user:

            self.reply("001 %s :Hi, welcome to IRC" % self.nickname)

            self.reply("002 %s :Your host is %s, running version miniircd-%s"

                       % (self.nickname, server.name, VERSION))

            self.reply("003 %s :This server was created sometime"

                       % self.nickname)

            self.reply("004 %s %s miniircd-%s o o"

                       % (self.nickname, server.name, VERSION))

            self.send_lusers()

            self.send_motd()

            self.__handle_command = self.__command_handler


    def __send_names(self, arguments, for_join=False):

        server = self.server

        valid_channel_re = self.__valid_channelname_regexp

        if len(arguments) > 0:

            channelnames = arguments[0].split(",")

        else:

            channelnames = sorted(self.channels.keys())

        if len(arguments) > 1:

            keys = arguments[1].split(",")

        else:

            keys = []

        keys.extend((len(channelnames) - len(keys)) * [None])

        for (i, channelname) in enumerate(channelnames):

            if for_join and irc_lower(channelname) in self.channels:

                continue

            if not valid_channel_re.match(channelname):

                self.reply_403(channelname)

                continue

            channel = server.get_channel(channelname)

            if channel.key is not None and channel.key != keys[i]:

                self.reply(

                    "475 %s %s :Cannot join channel (+k) - bad key"

                    % (self.nickname, channelname))

                continue


            if for_join:

                channel.add_member(self)

                self.channels[irc_lower(channelname)] = channel

                self.message_channel(channel, "JOIN", channelname, True)

                self.channel_log(channel, "joined", meta=True)

                if channel.topic:

                    self.reply("332 %s %s :%s"

                               % (self.nickname, channel.name, channel.topic))

                else:

                    self.reply("331 %s %s :No topic is set"

                               % (self.nickname, channel.name))

            names_prefix = "353 %s = %s :" % (self.nickname, channelname)

            names = ""

            # Max length: reply prefix ":server_name(space)" plus CRLF in

            # the end.

            names_max_len = 512 - (len(server.name) + 2 + 2)

            for name in sorted(x.nickname for x in channel.members):

                if not names:

                    names = names_prefix + name

                # Using >= to include the space between "names" and "name".

                elif len(names) + len(name) >= names_max_len:

                    self.reply(names)

                    names = names_prefix + name

                else:

                    names += " " + name

            if names:

                self.reply(names)

            self.reply("366 %s %s :End of NAMES list"

                       % (self.nickname, channelname))


    def __command_handler(self, command, arguments):

        def away_handler():

            pass


        def ison_handler():

            if len(arguments) < 1:

                self.reply_461("ISON")

                return

            nicks = arguments

            online = [n for n in nicks if server.get_client(n)]

            self.reply("303 %s :%s" % (self.nickname, " ".join(online)))


        def join_handler():

            if len(arguments) < 1:

                self.reply_461("JOIN")

                return

            if arguments[0] == "0":

                for (channelname, channel) in self.channels.items():

                    self.message_channel(channel, "PART", channelname, True)

                    self.channel_log(channel, "left", meta=True)

                    server.remove_member_from_channel(self, channelname)

                self.channels = {}

                return

            self.__send_names(arguments, for_join=True)


        def list_handler():

            if len(arguments) < 1:

                channels = server.channels.values()

            else:

                channels = []

                for channelname in arguments[0].split(","):

                    if server.has_channel(channelname):

                        channels.append(server.get_channel(channelname))


            sorted_channels = sorted(channels, key=lambda x: x.name)

            for channel in sorted_channels:

                self.reply("322 %s %s %d :%s"

                           % (self.nickname, channel.name,

                              len(channel.members), channel.topic))

            self.reply("323 %s :End of LIST" % self.nickname)


        def lusers_handler():

            self.send_lusers()


        def mode_handler():

            if len(arguments) < 1:

                self.reply_461("MODE")

                return

            targetname = arguments[0]

            if server.has_channel(targetname):

                channel = server.get_channel(targetname)

                if len(arguments) < 2:

                    if channel.key:

                        modes = "+k"

                        if irc_lower(channel.name) in self.channels:

                            modes += " %s" % channel.key

                    else:

                        modes = "+"

                    self.reply("324 %s %s %s"

                               % (self.nickname, targetname, modes))

                    return

                flag = arguments[1]

                if flag == "+k":

                    if len(arguments) < 3:

                        self.reply_461("MODE")

                        return

                    key = arguments[2]

                    if irc_lower(channel.name) in self.channels:

                        channel.key = key

                        self.message_channel(

                            channel, "MODE", "%s +k %s" % (channel.name, key),

                            True)

                        self.channel_log(

                            channel, "set channel key to %s" % key, meta=True)

                    else:

                        self.reply("442 %s :You're not on that channel"

                                   % targetname)

                elif flag == "-k":

                    if irc_lower(channel.name) in self.channels:

                        channel.key = None

                        self.message_channel(

                            channel, "MODE", "%s -k" % channel.name,

                            True)

                        self.channel_log(

                            channel, "removed channel key", meta=True)

                    else:

                        self.reply("442 %s :You're not on that channel"

                                   % targetname)

                else:

                    self.reply("472 %s %s :Unknown MODE flag"

                               % (self.nickname, flag))

            elif targetname == self.nickname:

                if len(arguments) == 1:

                    self.reply("221 %s +" % self.nickname)

                else:

                    self.reply("501 %s :Unknown MODE flag" % self.nickname)

            else:

                self.reply_403(targetname)


        def motd_handler():

            self.send_motd()


        def names_handler():

            self.__send_names(arguments)


        def nick_handler():

            if len(arguments) < 1:

                self.reply("431 :No nickname given")

                return

            newnick = arguments[0]

            client = server.get_client(newnick)

            if newnick == self.nickname:

                pass

            elif client and client is not self:

                self.reply("433 %s %s :Nickname is already in use"

                           % (self.nickname, newnick))

            elif not self.__valid_nickname_regexp.match(newnick):

                self.reply("432 %s %s :Erroneous Nickname"

                           % (self.nickname, newnick))

            else:

                for x in self.channels.values():

                    self.channel_log(

                        x, "changed nickname to %s" % newnick, meta=True)

                oldnickname = self.nickname

                self.nickname = newnick

                server.client_changed_nickname(self, oldnickname)

                self.message_related(

                    ":%s!%s@%s NICK %s"

                    % (oldnickname, self.user, self.host, self.nickname),

                    True)


        def notice_and_privmsg_handler():

            if len(arguments) == 0:

                self.reply("411 %s :No recipient given (%s)"

                           % (self.nickname, command))

                return

            if len(arguments) == 1:

                self.reply("412 %s :No text to send" % self.nickname)

                return

            targetname = arguments[0]

            message = arguments[1]

            client = server.get_client(targetname)

            if client:

                client.message(":%s %s %s :%s"

                               % (self.prefix, command, targetname, message))

            elif server.has_channel(targetname):

                channel = server.get_channel(targetname)

                self.message_channel(

                    channel, command, "%s :%s" % (channel.name, message))

                self.channel_log(channel, message)

            else:

                self.reply("401 %s %s :No such nick/channel"

                           % (self.nickname, targetname))


        def part_handler():

            if len(arguments) < 1:

                self.reply_461("PART")

                return

            if len(arguments) > 1:

                partmsg = arguments[1]

            else:

                partmsg = self.nickname

            for channelname in arguments[0].split(","):

                if not valid_channel_re.match(channelname):

                    self.reply_403(channelname)

                elif not irc_lower(channelname) in self.channels:

                    self.reply("442 %s %s :You're not on that channel"

                               % (self.nickname, channelname))

                else:

                    channel = self.channels[irc_lower(channelname)]

                    self.message_channel(

                        channel, "PART", "%s :%s" % (channelname, partmsg),

                        True)

                    self.channel_log(channel, "left (%s)" % partmsg, meta=True)

                    del self.channels[irc_lower(channelname)]

                    server.remove_member_from_channel(self, channelname)


        def ping_handler():

            if len(arguments) < 1:

                self.reply("409 %s :No origin specified" % self.nickname)

                return

            self.reply("PONG %s :%s" % (server.name, arguments[0]))


        def pong_handler():

            pass


        def quit_handler():

            if len(arguments) < 1:

                quitmsg = self.nickname

            else:

                quitmsg = arguments[0]

            self.disconnect(quitmsg)


        def topic_handler():

            if len(arguments) < 1:

                self.reply_461("TOPIC")

                return

            channelname = arguments[0]

            channel = self.channels.get(irc_lower(channelname))

            if channel:

                if len(arguments) > 1:

                    newtopic = arguments[1]

                    channel.topic = newtopic

                    self.message_channel(

                        channel, "TOPIC", "%s :%s" % (channelname, newtopic),

                        True)

                    self.channel_log(

                        channel, "set topic to %r" % newtopic, meta=True)

                else:

                    if channel.topic:

                        self.reply("332 %s %s :%s"

                                   % (self.nickname, channel.name,

                                      channel.topic))

                    else:

                        self.reply("331 %s %s :No topic is set"

                                   % (self.nickname, channel.name))

            else:

                self.reply("442 %s :You're not on that channel" % channelname)


        def wallops_handler():

            if len(arguments) < 1:

                self.reply_461("WALLOPS")

                return

            message = arguments[0]

            for client in server.clients.values():

                client.message(":%s NOTICE %s :Global notice: %s"

                               % (self.prefix, client.nickname, message))


        def who_handler():

            if len(arguments) < 1:

                return

            targetname = arguments[0]

            if server.has_channel(targetname):

                channel = server.get_channel(targetname)

                for member in channel.members:

                    self.reply("352 %s %s %s %s %s %s H :0 %s"

                               % (self.nickname, targetname, member.user,

                                  member.host, server.name, member.nickname,

                                  member.realname))

                self.reply("315 %s %s :End of WHO list"

                           % (self.nickname, targetname))


        def whois_handler():

            if len(arguments) < 1:

                return

            username = arguments[0]

            user = server.get_client(username)

            if user:

                self.reply("311 %s %s %s %s * :%s"

                           % (self.nickname, user.nickname, user.user,

                              user.host, user.realname))

                self.reply("312 %s %s %s :%s"

                           % (self.nickname, user.nickname, server.name,

                              server.name))

                self.reply("319 %s %s :%s"

                           % (self.nickname, user.nickname,

                              " ".join(user.channels)))

                self.reply("318 %s %s :End of WHOIS list"

                           % (self.nickname, user.nickname))

            else:

                self.reply("401 %s %s :No such nick"

                           % (self.nickname, username))


        handler_table = {

            "AWAY": away_handler,

            "ISON": ison_handler,

            "JOIN": join_handler,

            "LIST": list_handler,

            "LUSERS": lusers_handler,

            "MODE": mode_handler,

            "MOTD": motd_handler,

            "NAMES": names_handler,

            "NICK": nick_handler,

            "NOTICE": notice_and_privmsg_handler,

            "PART": part_handler,

            "PING": ping_handler,

            "PONG": pong_handler,

            "PRIVMSG": notice_and_privmsg_handler,

            "QUIT": quit_handler,

            "TOPIC": topic_handler,

            "WALLOPS": wallops_handler,

            "WHO": who_handler,

            "WHOIS": whois_handler,

        }

        server = self.server

        valid_channel_re = self.__valid_channelname_regexp

        try:

            handler_table[command]()

        except KeyError:

            self.reply("421 %s %s :Unknown command" % (self.nickname, command))


    def socket_readable_notification(self):

        try:

            data = self.socket.recv(2 ** 10)

            self.server.print_debug(

                "[%s:%d] -> %r" % (self.host, self.port, data))

            quitmsg = "EOT"

        except socket.error as x:

            data = ""

            quitmsg = x

        if data:

            self.__readbuffer += socket_to_buffer(data)

            self.__parse_read_buffer()

            self.__timestamp = time.time()

            self.__sent_ping = False

        else:

            self.disconnect(quitmsg)


    def socket_writable_notification(self):

        try:

            sent = self.socket.send(buffer_to_socket(self.__writebuffer))

            self.server.print_debug(

                "[%s:%d] <- %r" % (

                    self.host, self.port, self.__writebuffer[:sent]))

            self.__writebuffer = self.__writebuffer[sent:]

        except socket.error as x:

            self.disconnect(x)


    def disconnect(self, quitmsg):

        self.message("ERROR :%s" % quitmsg)

        self.server.print_info(

            "Disconnected connection from %s:%s (%s)." % (

                self.host, self.port, quitmsg))

        self.socket.close()

        self.server.remove_client(self, quitmsg)


    def message(self, msg):

        self.__writebuffer += msg + "\r\n"


    def reply(self, msg):

        self.message(":%s %s" % (self.server.name, msg))


    def reply_403(self, channel):

        self.reply("403 %s %s :No such channel" % (self.nickname, channel))


    def reply_461(self, command):

        nickname = self.nickname or "*"

        self.reply("461 %s %s :Not enough parameters" % (nickname, command))


    def message_channel(self, channel, command, message, include_self=False):

        line = ":%s %s %s" % (self.prefix, command, message)

        for client in channel.members:

            if client != self or include_self:

                client.message(line)


    def channel_log(self, channel, message, meta=False):

        if not self.server.channel_log_dir:

            return

        if meta:

            format = "[%s] * %s %s\n"

        else:

            format = "[%s] <%s> %s\n"

        timestamp = datetime.utcnow().strftime("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S UTC")

        logname = channel.name.replace("_", "__").replace("/", "_")

        fp = open("%s/%s.log" % (self.server.channel_log_dir, logname), "a")

        fp.write(format % (timestamp, self.nickname, message))

        fp.close()


    def message_related(self, msg, include_self=False):

        clients = set()

        if include_self:

            clients.add(self)

        for channel in self.channels.values():

            clients |= channel.members

        if not include_self:

            clients.discard(self)

        for client in clients:

            client.message(msg)


    def send_lusers(self):

        self.reply("251 %s :There are %d users and 0 services on 1 server"

                   % (self.nickname, len(self.server.clients)))


    def send_motd(self):

        server = self.server

        motdlines = server.get_motd_lines()

        if motdlines:

            self.reply("375 %s :- %s Message of the day -"

                       % (self.nickname, server.name))

            for line in motdlines:

                self.reply("372 %s :- %s" % (self.nickname, line.rstrip()))

            self.reply("376 %s :End of /MOTD command" % self.nickname)

        else:

            self.reply("422 %s :MOTD File is missing" % self.nickname)



class Server(object):

    def __init__(self, options):

        self.ports = options.ports

        self.password = options.password

        self.ssl_pem_file = options.ssl_pem_file

        self.motdfile = options.motd

        self.verbose = options.verbose

        self.debug = options.debug

        self.channel_log_dir = options.channel_log_dir

        self.chroot = options.chroot

        self.setuid = options.setuid

        self.state_dir = options.state_dir

        self.log_file = options.log_file

        self.log_max_bytes = options.log_max_size * 1024 * 1024

        self.log_count = options.log_count

        self.logger = None


        if options.password_file:

            with open(options.password_file, "r") as fp:

                self.password = fp.read().strip("\n")


        if self.ssl_pem_file:

            self.ssl = __import__("ssl")


        # Find certificate after daemonization if path is relative:

        if self.ssl_pem_file and os.path.exists(self.ssl_pem_file):

            self.ssl_pem_file = os.path.abspath(self.ssl_pem_file)

        # else: might exist in the chroot jail, so just continue


        if options.listen:

            self.address = socket.gethostbyname(options.listen)

        else:

            self.address = ""

        server_name_limit = 63  # From the RFC.

        self.name = socket.getfqdn(self.address)[:server_name_limit]


        self.channels = {}  # irc_lower(Channel name) --> Channel instance.

        self.clients = {}  # Socket --> Client instance.

        self.nicknames = {}  # irc_lower(Nickname) --> Client instance.

        if self.channel_log_dir:

            create_directory(self.channel_log_dir)

        if self.state_dir:

            create_directory(self.state_dir)


    def make_pid_file(self, filename):

        try:

            fd = os.open(filename, os.O_RDWR | os.O_CREAT | os.O_EXCL, 0o644)

            os.write(fd, "%i\n" % os.getpid())

            os.close(fd)

        except:

            self.print_error("Could not create PID file %r" % filename)

            sys.exit(1)


    def daemonize(self):

        try:

            pid = os.fork()

            if pid > 0:

                sys.exit(0)

        except OSError:

            sys.exit(1)

        os.setsid()

        try:

            pid = os.fork()

            if pid > 0:

                self.print_info("PID: %d" % pid)

                sys.exit(0)

        except OSError:

            sys.exit(1)

        os.chdir("/")

        os.umask(0)

        dev_null = open("/dev/null", "r+")

        os.dup2(dev_null.fileno(), sys.stdout.fileno())

        os.dup2(dev_null.fileno(), sys.stderr.fileno())

        os.dup2(dev_null.fileno(), sys.stdin.fileno())


    def get_client(self, nickname):

        return self.nicknames.get(irc_lower(nickname))


    def has_channel(self, name):

        return irc_lower(name) in self.channels


    def get_channel(self, channelname):

        if irc_lower(channelname) in self.channels:

            channel = self.channels[irc_lower(channelname)]

        else:

            channel = Channel(self, channelname)

            self.channels[irc_lower(channelname)] = channel

        return channel


    def get_motd_lines(self):

        if self.motdfile:

            try:

                return open(self.motdfile).readlines()

            except IOError:

                return ["Could not read MOTD file %r." % self.motdfile]

        else:

            return []


    def print_info(self, msg):

        if self.verbose:

            print(msg)

            sys.stdout.flush()

        if self.logger:

            self.logger.info(msg)


    def print_debug(self, msg):

        if self.debug:

            print(msg)

            sys.stdout.flush()

        if self.logger:

            self.logger.debug(msg)


    def print_error(self, msg):

        sys.stderr.write("%s\n" % msg)

        if self.logger:

            self.logger.error(msg)


    def client_changed_nickname(self, client, oldnickname):

        if oldnickname:

            del self.nicknames[irc_lower(oldnickname)]

        self.nicknames[irc_lower(client.nickname)] = client


    def remove_member_from_channel(self, client, channelname):

        if irc_lower(channelname) in self.channels:

            channel = self.channels[irc_lower(channelname)]

            channel.remove_client(client)


    def remove_client(self, client, quitmsg):

        client.message_related(":%s QUIT :%s" % (client.prefix, quitmsg))

        for x in client.channels.values():

            client.channel_log(x, "quit (%s)" % quitmsg, meta=True)

            x.remove_client(client)

        if client.nickname \

                and irc_lower(client.nickname) in self.nicknames:

            del self.nicknames[irc_lower(client.nickname)]

        del self.clients[client.socket]


    def remove_channel(self, channel):

        del self.channels[irc_lower(channel.name)]


    def start(self):

        serversockets = []

        for port in self.ports:

            s = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)

            s.setsockopt(socket.SOL_SOCKET, socket.SO_REUSEADDR, 1)

            try:

                s.bind((self.address, port))

            except socket.error as e:

                self.print_error("Could not bind port %s: %s." % (port, e))

                sys.exit(1)

            s.listen(5)

            serversockets.append(s)

            del s

            self.print_info("Listening on port %d." % port)

        if self.chroot:

            os.chdir(self.chroot)

            os.chroot(self.chroot)

            self.print_info("Changed root directory to %s" % self.chroot)

        if self.setuid:

            os.setgid(self.setuid[1])

            os.setuid(self.setuid[0])

            self.print_info("Setting uid:gid to %s:%s"

                            % (self.setuid[0], self.setuid[1]))


        self.init_logging()

        try:

            self.run(serversockets)

        except:

            if self.logger:

                self.logger.exception("Fatal exception")

            raise


    def init_logging(self):

        if not self.log_file:

            return


        log_level = logging.INFO

        if self.debug:

            log_level = logging.DEBUG

        self.logger = logging.getLogger("miniircd")

        formatter = logging.Formatter(

            ("%(asctime)s - %(name)s[%(process)d] - "

             "%(levelname)s - %(message)s"))

        fh = RotatingFileHandler(

            self.log_file,

            maxBytes=self.log_max_bytes,

            backupCount=self.log_count)

        fh.setLevel(log_level)

        fh.setFormatter(formatter)

        self.logger.setLevel(log_level)

        self.logger.addHandler(fh)


    def run(self, serversockets):

        last_aliveness_check = time.time()

        while True:

            (iwtd, owtd, ewtd) = select.select(

                serversockets + [x.socket for x in self.clients.values()],

                [x.socket for x in self.clients.values()

                 if x.write_queue_size() > 0],

                [],

                10)

            for x in iwtd:

                if x in self.clients:

                    self.clients[x].socket_readable_notification()

                else:

                    (conn, addr) = x.accept()

                    if self.ssl_pem_file:

                        try:

                            conn = self.ssl.wrap_socket(

                                conn,

                                server_side=True,

                                certfile=self.ssl_pem_file,

                                keyfile=self.ssl_pem_file)

                        except Exception as e:

                            self.print_error(

                                "SSL error for connection from %s:%s: %s" % (

                                    addr[0], addr[1], e))

                            continue

                    try:

                        self.clients[conn] = Client(self, conn)

                        self.print_info("Accepted connection from %s:%s." % (

                            addr[0], addr[1]))

                    except socket.error as e:

                        try:

                            conn.close()

                        except:

                            pass

            for x in owtd:

                if x in self.clients:  # client may have been disconnected

                    self.clients[x].socket_writable_notification()

            now = time.time()

            if last_aliveness_check + 10 < now:

                for client in list(self.clients.values()):

                    client.check_aliveness()

                last_aliveness_check = now



_maketrans = str.maketrans if PY3 else string.maketrans

_ircstring_translation = _maketrans(

    string.ascii_lowercase.upper() + "[]\\^",

    string.ascii_lowercase + "{}|~")



def irc_lower(s):

    return s.translate(_ircstring_translation)



def main(argv):

    op = OptionParser(

        version=VERSION,

        description="miniircd is a small and limited IRC server.")

    op.add_option(

        "--channel-log-dir",

        metavar="X",

        help="store channel log in directory X")

    op.add_option(

        "-d", "--daemon",

        action="store_true",

        help="fork and become a daemon")

    op.add_option(

        "--debug",

        action="store_true",

        help="print debug messages to stdout")

    op.add_option(

        "--listen",

        metavar="X",

        help="listen on specific IP address X")

    op.add_option(

        "--log-count",

        metavar="X", default=10, type="int",

        help="keep X log files; default: %default")

    op.add_option(

        "--log-file",

        metavar="X",

        help="store log in file X")

    op.add_option(

        "--log-max-size",

        metavar="X", default=10, type="int",

        help="set maximum log file size to X MiB; default: %default MiB")

    op.add_option(

        "--motd",

        metavar="X",

        help="display file X as message of the day")

    op.add_option(

        "--pid-file",

        metavar="X",

        help="write PID to file X")

    op.add_option(

        "-p", "--password",

        metavar="X",

        help="require connection password X; default: no password")

    op.add_option(

        "--password-file",

        metavar="X",

        help=("require connection password stored in file X;"

              " default: no password"))

    op.add_option(

        "--ports",

        metavar="X",

        help="listen to ports X (a list separated by comma or whitespace);"

             " default: 6667 or 6697 if SSL is enabled")

    op.add_option(

        "-s", "--ssl-pem-file",

        metavar="FILE",

        help="enable SSL and use FILE as the .pem certificate+key")

    op.add_option(

        "--state-dir",

        metavar="X",

        help="save persistent channel state (topic, key) in directory X")

    op.add_option(

        "--verbose",

        action="store_true",

        help="be verbose (print some progress messages to stdout)")

    if os.name == "posix":

        op.add_option(

            "--chroot",

            metavar="X",

            help="change filesystem root to directory X after startup"

                 " (requires root)")

        op.add_option(

            "--setuid",

            metavar="U[:G]",

            help="change process user (and optionally group) after startup"

                 " (requires root)")

    else:

        op.chroot = False

        op.setuid = False


    (options, args) = op.parse_args(argv[1:])

    if options.debug:

        options.verbose = True

    if options.ports is None:

        if options.ssl_pem_file is None:

            options.ports = "6667"

        else:

            options.ports = "6697"

    if options.chroot:

        if os.getuid() != 0:

            op.error("Must be root to use --chroot")

    if options.setuid:

        from pwd import getpwnam

        from grp import getgrnam

        if os.getuid() != 0:

            op.error("Must be root to use --setuid")

        matches = options.setuid.split(":")

        if len(matches) == 2:

            options.setuid = (getpwnam(matches[0]).pw_uid,

                              getgrnam(matches[1]).gr_gid)

        elif len(matches) == 1:

            options.setuid = (getpwnam(matches[0]).pw_uid,

                              getpwnam(matches[0]).pw_gid)

        else:

            op.error("Specify a user, or user and group separated by a colon,"

                     " e.g. --setuid daemon, --setuid nobody:nobody")

    if (os.getuid() == 0 or os.getgid() == 0) and not options.setuid:

        op.error("Running this service as root is not recommended. Use the"

                 " --setuid option to switch to an unprivileged account after"

                 " startup. If you really intend to run as root, use"

                 " \"--setuid root\".")


    ports = []

    for port in re.split(r"[,\s]+", options.ports):

        try:

            ports.append(int(port))

        except ValueError:

            op.error("bad port: %r" % port)

    options.ports = ports

    server = Server(options)

    if options.daemon:

        server.daemonize()

    if options.pid_file:

        server.make_pid_file(options.pid_file)

    try:

        server.start()

    except KeyboardInterrupt:

        server.print_error("Interrupted.")



main(sys.argv)


#################################


top of the script don't think needed just in case

ya might add 'import ssl'

on github the python file is named a bit different

to start the script save it as example: minircd.py

chmod +x the script


as root from hidircz directory with your pem file and motd file:

# python minircd.py --ssl-pem-file=/root/hidircz/hidz.pem --listen 127.0.0.1 --motd=huh.motd --setuid=root


i didn't test this out but to run the script as non root ya might need change directory to say /home/nonrootuser

move everything there, chown -R nonroot:nonroot all the files

so ssl doesn't gripe about an error i might be wrong on this fyi


to get help with the irc server:

# python minircd.py -h


i forgot to mention to start tor at least on arch:

# /usr/bin/tor -f /etc/tor/torrc


so now you have a irc tor chat server up in stealth mode

plus an additional layer of ssl


the clients say via irssi can connect as follows:

# socat TCP4-LISTEN:8000,reuseaddr,fork SOCKS4a:127.0.0.1:newtorsitenamehere.onion:6697,socksport=9050


you don't add the 'irc' in front of the 'domain' just the onion address without 'irc'


then launch irssi and to connect

/connect -ssl 127.0.0.1 8000


you can create a room join chat typical irc stuff

anything done as /whois will show localhost no ip info


for pidgin users little different but not much...

basic tab is irc protocol

yer user name

server is the tor address without 'irc'

advanced tab

port 6697

proxy tab...

proxy is http

host 127.0.0.1 port 8118


start privoxy before connecting:

# /usr/bin/privoxy --no-daemon /etc/privoxy/config


here is my privoxy config:

#######################################


# Generally, this file goes in /etc/privoxy/config

# unfucked config by cm0s 010117

# to start /usr/bin/privoxy --no-dameon /etc/privoxy/config

# Tor listens as a SOCKS4a proxy here:

forward-socks5 / 127.0.0.1:9050 .


# confz

confdir /etc/privoxy

logdir /var/log/privoxy

# actionsfile standard  # Internal purpose, recommended

actionsfile default.action   # Main actions file

actionsfile user.action      # User customizations

filterfile default.filter


# timeout shit

keep-alive-timeout 600

# mohr timeout shit

default-server-timeout 600

# yet mohhhrrr...

socket-timeout 600


# Don't log interesting things, only startup messages, warnings and errors

logfile logfile

#jarfile jarfile

#debug   0    # show each GET/POST/CONNECT request

debug   4096 # Startup banner and warnings

debug   8192 # Errors - *we highly recommended enabling this*


user-manual /usr/share/doc/privoxy/user-manual

listen-address  localhost:8118

toggle  1

enable-remote-toggle 0

enable-edit-actions 0

enable-remote-http-toggle 0

buffer-limit 4096

#

#

########################################


a quick side note:

make sure logging is off in pidgin and also the otr plugin


so recap, ya just launched your very own irc chat server

can make your own motd, publish your otr key add whatever custom

stuff ya want and ya really made it private coz it's in stealth mode

stealth mode tor is NOT listed in the tor directory and even if someone

finds your onion address they can't do anything, won't even let them

scan your address without the auth cookie, and you added another layer of ssl


cheerz


tokzco

keep it simple

here's a suggestion:

first, get your local to static config

set all your internet devices and phones/laptops/boxes

to a static config, make sure your router is open source

shut off the dhcp server on the router, set the dns to static

in the router and set that address to airvpn dns via openvpn/ssl

then manually set a static config for each device, get rid of all the

dhcp servers etc on all your stuff, ya don't need it, this also will treat

all your devices like a real 'kill switch' meaning you won't have the ability

to connect to the net without openvpn/ssl

say you got 5 devices and want each one to have their own server via airvpn,

just buy another airvpn subscription

since you are familiar with computers build a pfsense box as your new router

the idea is to keep things as simple as possible so you got less goin on

that means there is less to break, misconfig or update

in the end when your iptables /pfsense or ddwrt is up to connect you should need only

3 commands, basically one to up your eth0/enp2s1, next create your stunnel, next to

start your openvpn

if your local is configd correctly you should not be able to connect to the internet unless you

are using encryption, meaning stunnel/openvpn, that is a real kill switch and you need your router/pfsense box set up to airvpn's dns

for tor, i have my tor notes on my site with my configs, i'm not doin transparent routing, decided against it, so i go with stock tor basically, privoxy, use proxychains-ng, socat etc.

this keeps everything inside stunnel

splif

same thing i just switch servers

# airvpn irc hidden service stealth mode ssl

# mkdir hidircz
# cd d0wnz
# touch cool.motd
# vim cool.motd
hit 'i' copy paste
text below or your own
custom motd
hit 'esc' key then type ':wq'
____ _ ____ _  _ ___  _  _ 
|__| | |__/ |  | |__] |\ | 
|  | | |  \  \/  |    | \| 
===========================                           
https://airvpn.org

add this to your torrc file
mod for your own config if needed...

VirtualAddrNetwork 10.192.0.0/10
TransPort 9040
DNSPort 53
AutomapHostsOnResolve 1

##hidden service 
HiddenServiceDir /var/lib/tor/
HiddenServicePort 6697 127.0.0.1:6697
HiddenServiceAuthorizeClient stealth IRCvisitor
HidServAuth newtorsitenamehere.onion stealthpasshere

you'll start tor and then stop tor to get your hidden service
hostname and authorization cookie, this 'cookie' is in the hostname
/var/lib/tor
looks like this:
newtorsitenamehere.onion yourauthcookieherebruh # client: IRCvisitor

now remember in the torrc file below the port you created the 'IRCvisitor'
without this information from /var/lib/tor added to the torrc file in the example
above you cannot access the irc server or if it were http you can not access it
even from the box hosting the irc/http server
the advantage to stealth mode is this: it is NOT listed in the tor directory
and if anything goes wrong with your irc server or you just want to create another openssl req -x509 -sha256 -newkey rsa:2048 -keyout ~/d0wnz/ircpriv.pem -out ~/d0wnz/ircert.pem -days 1024 -nodes -subj '/CN=irc.z4ojdtiaqvdfi4ys.onion' 
'domain' no problem, you are not tied to anything, and anyone accessing your site/chat
has to have contacted you to get the authorization cookie

from hidircz directory...
# openssl req -x509 -sha256 -newkey rsa:2048 -keyout /root/hidrircz/ircpriv.pem -out /root/hidircz/ircert.pem -days 1024 -nodes -subj '/CN=irc.newtorsitenamehere.onion' 
# cat /root/hidircz/ircpriv.pem > hidz.pem
# cat /root/hidircz/ircert.pem >> hidz.pem

here's the python script....
#################################

#! /usr/bin/env python
# https://github.com/jrosdahl/miniircd
# Joel Rosdahl <joel@rosdahl.net>
# pacman -S python-pyopenssl if needed

import logging
import os
import re
import select
import socket
import string
import sys
import tempfile
import time
from datetime import datetime
from logging.handlers import RotatingFileHandler
from optparse import OptionParser

VERSION = "1.2.1"


PY3 = sys.version_info[0] >= 3

if PY3:
    def buffer_to_socket(msg):
        return msg.encode()

    def socket_to_buffer(buf):
        return buf.decode()
else:
    def buffer_to_socket(msg):
        return msg

    def socket_to_buffer(buf):
        return buf


def create_directory(path):
    if not os.path.isdir(path):
        os.makedirs(path)


class Channel(object):
    def __init__(self, server, name):
        self.server = server
        self.name = name
        self.members = set()
        self._topic = ""
        self._key = None
        if self.server.state_dir:
            self._state_path = "%s/%s" % (
                self.server.state_dir,
                name.replace("_", "__").replace("/", "_"))
            self._read_state()
        else:
            self._state_path = None

    def add_member(self, client):
        self.members.add(client)

    def get_topic(self):
        return self._topic

    def set_topic(self, value):
        self._topic = value
        self._write_state()

    topic = property(get_topic, set_topic)

    def get_key(self):
        return self._key

    def set_key(self, value):
        self._key = value
        self._write_state()

    key = property(get_key, set_key)

    def remove_client(self, client):
        self.members.discard(client)
        if not self.members:
            self.server.remove_channel(self)

    def _read_state(self):
        if not (self._state_path and os.path.exists(self._state_path)):
            return
        data = {}

        with open(self._state_path, "rb") as state_file:
            exec(state_file.read(), {}, data)

        self._topic = data.get("topic", "")
        self._key = data.get("key")

    def _write_state(self):
        if not self._state_path:
            return
        (fd, path) = tempfile.mkstemp(dir=os.path.dirname(self._state_path))
        fp = os.fdopen(fd, "w")
        fp.write("topic = %r\n" % self.topic)
        fp.write("key = %r\n" % self.key)
        fp.close()
        os.rename(path, self._state_path)


class Client(object):
    __linesep_regexp = re.compile(r"\r?\n")
    # The RFC limit for nicknames is 9 characters, but what the heck.
    __valid_nickname_regexp = re.compile(
        r"^[][\`_^{|}A-Za-z][][\`_^{|}A-Za-z0-9-]{0,50}$")
    __valid_channelname_regexp = re.compile(
        r"^[+!][^\x00\x07\x0a\x0d ,:]{0,50}$")

    def __init__(self, server, socket):
        self.server = server
        self.socket = socket
        self.channels = {}  # irc_lower(Channel name) --> Channel
        self.nickname = None
        self.user = None
        self.realname = None
        (self.host, self.port) = socket.getpeername()
        self.__timestamp = time.time()
        self.__readbuffer = ""
        self.__writebuffer = ""
        self.__sent_ping = False
        if self.server.password:
            self.__handle_command = self.__pass_handler
        else:
            self.__handle_command = self.__registration_handler

    def get_prefix(self):
        return "%s!%s@%s" % (self.nickname, self.user, self.host)
    prefix = property(get_prefix)

    def check_aliveness(self):
        now = time.time()
        if self.__timestamp + 180 < now:
            self.disconnect("ping timeout")
            return
        if not self.__sent_ping and self.__timestamp + 90 < now:
            if self.__handle_command == self.__command_handler:
                # Registered.
                self.message("PING :%s" % self.server.name)
                self.__sent_ping = True
            else:
                # Not registered.
                self.disconnect("ping timeout")

    def write_queue_size(self):
        return len(self.__writebuffer)

    def __parse_read_buffer(self):
        lines = self.__linesep_regexp.split(self.__readbuffer)
        self.__readbuffer = lines[-1]
        lines = lines[:-1]
        for line in lines:
            if not line:
                # Empty line. Ignore.
                continue
            x = line.split(" ", 1)
            command = x[0].upper()
            if len(x) == 1:
                arguments = []
            else:
                if len(x[1]) > 0 and x[1][0] == ":":
                    arguments = [x[1][1:]]
                else:
                    y = x[1].split(" :", 1)
                    arguments = y[0].split()
                    if len(y) == 2:
                        arguments.append(y[1])
            self.__handle_command(command, arguments)

    def __pass_handler(self, command, arguments):
        server = self.server
        if command == "PASS":
            if len(arguments) == 0:
                self.reply_461("PASS")
            else:
                if arguments[0].lower() == server.password:
                    self.__handle_command = self.__registration_handler
                else:
                    self.reply("464 :Password incorrect")
        elif command == "QUIT":
            self.disconnect("Client quit")
            return

    def __registration_handler(self, command, arguments):
        server = self.server
        if command == "NICK":
            if len(arguments) < 1:
                self.reply("431 :No nickname given")
                return
            nick = arguments[0]
            if server.get_client(nick):
                self.reply("433 * %s :Nickname is already in use" % nick)
            elif not self.__valid_nickname_regexp.match(nick):
                self.reply("432 * %s :Erroneous nickname" % nick)
            else:
                self.nickname = nick
                server.client_changed_nickname(self, None)
        elif command == "USER":
            if len(arguments) < 4:
                self.reply_461("USER")
                return
            self.user = arguments[0]
            self.realname = arguments[3]
        elif command == "QUIT":
            self.disconnect("Client quit")
            return
        if self.nickname and self.user:
            self.reply("001 %s :Hi, welcome to IRC" % self.nickname)
            self.reply("002 %s :Your host is %s, running version miniircd-%s"
                       % (self.nickname, server.name, VERSION))
            self.reply("003 %s :This server was created sometime"
                       % self.nickname)
            self.reply("004 %s %s miniircd-%s o o"
                       % (self.nickname, server.name, VERSION))
            self.send_lusers()
            self.send_motd()
            self.__handle_command = self.__command_handler

    def __send_names(self, arguments, for_join=False):
        server = self.server
        valid_channel_re = self.__valid_channelname_regexp
        if len(arguments) > 0:
            channelnames = arguments[0].split(",")
        else:
            channelnames = sorted(self.channels.keys())
        if len(arguments) > 1:
            keys = arguments[1].split(",")
        else:
            keys = []
        keys.extend((len(channelnames) - len(keys)) * [None])
        for (i, channelname) in enumerate(channelnames):
            if for_join and irc_lower(channelname) in self.channels:
                continue
            if not valid_channel_re.match(channelname):
                self.reply_403(channelname)
                continue
            channel = server.get_channel(channelname)
            if channel.key is not None and channel.key != keys[i]:
                self.reply(
                    "475 %s %s :Cannot join channel (+k) - bad key"
                    % (self.nickname, channelname))
                continue

            if for_join:
                channel.add_member(self)
                self.channels[irc_lower(channelname)] = channel
                self.message_channel(channel, "JOIN", channelname, True)
                self.channel_log(channel, "joined", meta=True)
                if channel.topic:
                    self.reply("332 %s %s :%s"
                               % (self.nickname, channel.name, channel.topic))
                else:
                    self.reply("331 %s %s :No topic is set"
                               % (self.nickname, channel.name))
            names_prefix = "353 %s = %s :" % (self.nickname, channelname)
            names = ""
            # Max length: reply prefix ":server_name(space)" plus CRLF in
            # the end.
            names_max_len = 512 - (len(server.name) + 2 + 2)
            for name in sorted(x.nickname for x in channel.members):
                if not names:
                    names = names_prefix + name
                # Using >= to include the space between "names" and "name".
                elif len(names) + len(name) >= names_max_len:
                    self.reply(names)
                    names = names_prefix + name
                else:
                    names += " " + name
            if names:
                self.reply(names)
            self.reply("366 %s %s :End of NAMES list"
                       % (self.nickname, channelname))

    def __command_handler(self, command, arguments):
        def away_handler():
            pass

        def ison_handler():
            if len(arguments) < 1:
                self.reply_461("ISON")
                return
            nicks = arguments
            online = [n for n in nicks if server.get_client(n)]
            self.reply("303 %s :%s" % (self.nickname, " ".join(online)))

        def join_handler():
            if len(arguments) < 1:
                self.reply_461("JOIN")
                return
            if arguments[0] == "0":
                for (channelname, channel) in self.channels.items():
                    self.message_channel(channel, "PART", channelname, True)
                    self.channel_log(channel, "left", meta=True)
                    server.remove_member_from_channel(self, channelname)
                self.channels = {}
                return
            self.__send_names(arguments, for_join=True)

        def list_handler():
            if len(arguments) < 1:
                channels = server.channels.values()
            else:
                channels = []
                for channelname in arguments[0].split(","):
                    if server.has_channel(channelname):
                        channels.append(server.get_channel(channelname))

            sorted_channels = sorted(channels, key=lambda x: x.name)
            for channel in sorted_channels:
                self.reply("322 %s %s %d :%s"
                           % (self.nickname, channel.name,
                              len(channel.members), channel.topic))
            self.reply("323 %s :End of LIST" % self.nickname)

        def lusers_handler():
            self.send_lusers()

        def mode_handler():
            if len(arguments) < 1:
                self.reply_461("MODE")
                return
            targetname = arguments[0]
            if server.has_channel(targetname):
                channel = server.get_channel(targetname)
                if len(arguments) < 2:
                    if channel.key:
                        modes = "+k"
                        if irc_lower(channel.name) in self.channels:
                            modes += " %s" % channel.key
                    else:
                        modes = "+"
                    self.reply("324 %s %s %s"
                               % (self.nickname, targetname, modes))
                    return
                flag = arguments[1]
                if flag == "+k":
                    if len(arguments) < 3:
                        self.reply_461("MODE")
                        return
                    key = arguments[2]
                    if irc_lower(channel.name) in self.channels:
                        channel.key = key
                        self.message_channel(
                            channel, "MODE", "%s +k %s" % (channel.name, key),
                            True)
                        self.channel_log(
                            channel, "set channel key to %s" % key, meta=True)
                    else:
                        self.reply("442 %s :You're not on that channel"
                                   % targetname)
                elif flag == "-k":
                    if irc_lower(channel.name) in self.channels:
                        channel.key = None
                        self.message_channel(
                            channel, "MODE", "%s -k" % channel.name,
                            True)
                        self.channel_log(
                            channel, "removed channel key", meta=True)
                    else:
                        self.reply("442 %s :You're not on that channel"
                                   % targetname)
                else:
                    self.reply("472 %s %s :Unknown MODE flag"
                               % (self.nickname, flag))
            elif targetname == self.nickname:
                if len(arguments) == 1:
                    self.reply("221 %s +" % self.nickname)
                else:
                    self.reply("501 %s :Unknown MODE flag" % self.nickname)
            else:
                self.reply_403(targetname)

        def motd_handler():
            self.send_motd()

        def names_handler():
            self.__send_names(arguments)

        def nick_handler():
            if len(arguments) < 1:
                self.reply("431 :No nickname given")
                return
            newnick = arguments[0]
            client = server.get_client(newnick)
            if newnick == self.nickname:
                pass
            elif client and client is not self:
                self.reply("433 %s %s :Nickname is already in use"
                           % (self.nickname, newnick))
            elif not self.__valid_nickname_regexp.match(newnick):
                self.reply("432 %s %s :Erroneous Nickname"
                           % (self.nickname, newnick))
            else:
                for x in self.channels.values():
                    self.channel_log(
                        x, "changed nickname to %s" % newnick, meta=True)
                oldnickname = self.nickname
                self.nickname = newnick
                server.client_changed_nickname(self, oldnickname)
                self.message_related(
                    ":%s!%s@%s NICK %s"
                    % (oldnickname, self.user, self.host, self.nickname),
                    True)

        def notice_and_privmsg_handler():
            if len(arguments) == 0:
                self.reply("411 %s :No recipient given (%s)"
                           % (self.nickname, command))
                return
            if len(arguments) == 1:
                self.reply("412 %s :No text to send" % self.nickname)
                return
            targetname = arguments[0]
            message = arguments[1]
            client = server.get_client(targetname)
            if client:
                client.message(":%s %s %s :%s"
                               % (self.prefix, command, targetname, message))
            elif server.has_channel(targetname):
                channel = server.get_channel(targetname)
                self.message_channel(
                    channel, command, "%s :%s" % (channel.name, message))
                self.channel_log(channel, message)
            else:
                self.reply("401 %s %s :No such nick/channel"
                           % (self.nickname, targetname))

        def part_handler():
            if len(arguments) < 1:
                self.reply_461("PART")
                return
            if len(arguments) > 1:
                partmsg = arguments[1]
            else:
                partmsg = self.nickname
            for channelname in arguments[0].split(","):
                if not valid_channel_re.match(channelname):
                    self.reply_403(channelname)
                elif not irc_lower(channelname) in self.channels:
                    self.reply("442 %s %s :You're not on that channel"
                               % (self.nickname, channelname))
                else:
                    channel = self.channels[irc_lower(channelname)]
                    self.message_channel(
                        channel, "PART", "%s :%s" % (channelname, partmsg),
                        True)
                    self.channel_log(channel, "left (%s)" % partmsg, meta=True)
                    del self.channels[irc_lower(channelname)]
                    server.remove_member_from_channel(self, channelname)

        def ping_handler():
            if len(arguments) < 1:
                self.reply("409 %s :No origin specified" % self.nickname)
                return
            self.reply("PONG %s :%s" % (server.name, arguments[0]))

        def pong_handler():
            pass

        def quit_handler():
            if len(arguments) < 1:
                quitmsg = self.nickname
            else:
                quitmsg = arguments[0]
            self.disconnect(quitmsg)

        def topic_handler():
            if len(arguments) < 1:
                self.reply_461("TOPIC")
                return
            channelname = arguments[0]
            channel = self.channels.get(irc_lower(channelname))
            if channel:
                if len(arguments) > 1:
                    newtopic = arguments[1]
                    channel.topic = newtopic
                    self.message_channel(
                        channel, "TOPIC", "%s :%s" % (channelname, newtopic),
                        True)
                    self.channel_log(
                        channel, "set topic to %r" % newtopic, meta=True)
                else:
                    if channel.topic:
                        self.reply("332 %s %s :%s"
                                   % (self.nickname, channel.name,
                                      channel.topic))
                    else:
                        self.reply("331 %s %s :No topic is set"
                                   % (self.nickname, channel.name))
            else:
                self.reply("442 %s :You're not on that channel" % channelname)

        def wallops_handler():
            if len(arguments) < 1:
                self.reply_461("WALLOPS")
                return
            message = arguments[0]
            for client in server.clients.values():
                client.message(":%s NOTICE %s :Global notice: %s"
                               % (self.prefix, client.nickname, message))

        def who_handler():
            if len(arguments) < 1:
                return
            targetname = arguments[0]
            if server.has_channel(targetname):
                channel = server.get_channel(targetname)
                for member in channel.members:
                    self.reply("352 %s %s %s %s %s %s H :0 %s"
                               % (self.nickname, targetname, member.user,
                                  member.host, server.name, member.nickname,
                                  member.realname))
                self.reply("315 %s %s :End of WHO list"
                           % (self.nickname, targetname))

        def whois_handler():
            if len(arguments) < 1:
                return
            username = arguments[0]
            user = server.get_client(username)
            if user:
                self.reply("311 %s %s %s %s * :%s"
                           % (self.nickname, user.nickname, user.user,
                              user.host, user.realname))
                self.reply("312 %s %s %s :%s"
                           % (self.nickname, user.nickname, server.name,
                              server.name))
                self.reply("319 %s %s :%s"
                           % (self.nickname, user.nickname,
                              " ".join(user.channels)))
                self.reply("318 %s %s :End of WHOIS list"
                           % (self.nickname, user.nickname))
            else:
                self.reply("401 %s %s :No such nick"
                           % (self.nickname, username))

        handler_table = {
            "AWAY": away_handler,
            "ISON": ison_handler,
            "JOIN": join_handler,
            "LIST": list_handler,
            "LUSERS": lusers_handler,
            "MODE": mode_handler,
            "MOTD": motd_handler,
            "NAMES": names_handler,
            "NICK": nick_handler,
            "NOTICE": notice_and_privmsg_handler,
            "PART": part_handler,
            "PING": ping_handler,
            "PONG": pong_handler,
            "PRIVMSG": notice_and_privmsg_handler,
            "QUIT": quit_handler,
            "TOPIC": topic_handler,
            "WALLOPS": wallops_handler,
            "WHO": who_handler,
            "WHOIS": whois_handler,
        }
        server = self.server
        valid_channel_re = self.__valid_channelname_regexp
        try:
            handler_table[command]()
        except KeyError:
            self.reply("421 %s %s :Unknown command" % (self.nickname, command))

    def socket_readable_notification(self):
        try:
            data = self.socket.recv(2 ** 10)
            self.server.print_debug(
                "[%s:%d] -> %r" % (self.host, self.port, data))
            quitmsg = "EOT"
        except socket.error as x:
            data = ""
            quitmsg = x
        if data:
            self.__readbuffer += socket_to_buffer(data)
            self.__parse_read_buffer()
            self.__timestamp = time.time()
            self.__sent_ping = False
        else:
            self.disconnect(quitmsg)

    def socket_writable_notification(self):
        try:
            sent = self.socket.send(buffer_to_socket(self.__writebuffer))
            self.server.print_debug(
                "[%s:%d] <- %r" % (
                    self.host, self.port, self.__writebuffer[:sent]))
            self.__writebuffer = self.__writebuffer[sent:]
        except socket.error as x:
            self.disconnect(x)

    def disconnect(self, quitmsg):
        self.message("ERROR :%s" % quitmsg)
        self.server.print_info(
            "Disconnected connection from %s:%s (%s)." % (
                self.host, self.port, quitmsg))
        self.socket.close()
        self.server.remove_client(self, quitmsg)

    def message(self, msg):
        self.__writebuffer += msg + "\r\n"

    def reply(self, msg):
        self.message(":%s %s" % (self.server.name, msg))

    def reply_403(self, channel):
        self.reply("403 %s %s :No such channel" % (self.nickname, channel))

    def reply_461(self, command):
        nickname = self.nickname or "*"
        self.reply("461 %s %s :Not enough parameters" % (nickname, command))

    def message_channel(self, channel, command, message, include_self=False):
        line = ":%s %s %s" % (self.prefix, command, message)
        for client in channel.members:
            if client != self or include_self:
                client.message(line)

    def channel_log(self, channel, message, meta=False):
        if not self.server.channel_log_dir:
            return
        if meta:
            format = "[%s] * %s %s\n"
        else:
            format = "[%s] <%s> %s\n"
        timestamp = datetime.utcnow().strftime("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S UTC")
        logname = channel.name.replace("_", "__").replace("/", "_")
        fp = open("%s/%s.log" % (self.server.channel_log_dir, logname), "a")
        fp.write(format % (timestamp, self.nickname, message))
        fp.close()

    def message_related(self, msg, include_self=False):
        clients = set()
        if include_self:
            clients.add(self)
        for channel in self.channels.values():
            clients |= channel.members
        if not include_self:
            clients.discard(self)
        for client in clients:
            client.message(msg)

    def send_lusers(self):
        self.reply("251 %s :There are %d users and 0 services on 1 server"
                   % (self.nickname, len(self.server.clients)))

    def send_motd(self):
        server = self.server
        motdlines = server.get_motd_lines()
        if motdlines:
            self.reply("375 %s :- %s Message of the day -"
                       % (self.nickname, server.name))
            for line in motdlines:
                self.reply("372 %s :- %s" % (self.nickname, line.rstrip()))
            self.reply("376 %s :End of /MOTD command" % self.nickname)
        else:
            self.reply("422 %s :MOTD File is missing" % self.nickname)


class Server(object):
    def __init__(self, options):
        self.ports = options.ports
        self.password = options.password
        self.ssl_pem_file = options.ssl_pem_file
        self.motdfile = options.motd
        self.verbose = options.verbose
        self.debug = options.debug
        self.channel_log_dir = options.channel_log_dir
        self.chroot = options.chroot
        self.setuid = options.setuid
        self.state_dir = options.state_dir
        self.log_file = options.log_file
        self.log_max_bytes = options.log_max_size * 1024 * 1024
        self.log_count = options.log_count
        self.logger = None

        if options.password_file:
            with open(options.password_file, "r") as fp:
                self.password = fp.read().strip("\n")

        if self.ssl_pem_file:
            self.ssl = __import__("ssl")

        # Find certificate after daemonization if path is relative:
        if self.ssl_pem_file and os.path.exists(self.ssl_pem_file):
            self.ssl_pem_file = os.path.abspath(self.ssl_pem_file)
        # else: might exist in the chroot jail, so just continue

        if options.listen:
            self.address = socket.gethostbyname(options.listen)
        else:
            self.address = ""
        server_name_limit = 63  # From the RFC.
        self.name = socket.getfqdn(self.address)[:server_name_limit]

        self.channels = {}  # irc_lower(Channel name) --> Channel instance.
        self.clients = {}  # Socket --> Client instance.
        self.nicknames = {}  # irc_lower(Nickname) --> Client instance.
        if self.channel_log_dir:
            create_directory(self.channel_log_dir)
        if self.state_dir:
            create_directory(self.state_dir)

    def make_pid_file(self, filename):
        try:
            fd = os.open(filename, os.O_RDWR | os.O_CREAT | os.O_EXCL, 0o644)
            os.write(fd, "%i\n" % os.getpid())
            os.close(fd)
        except:
            self.print_error("Could not create PID file %r" % filename)
            sys.exit(1)

    def daemonize(self):
        try:
            pid = os.fork()
            if pid > 0:
                sys.exit(0)
        except OSError:
            sys.exit(1)
        os.setsid()
        try:
            pid = os.fork()
            if pid > 0:
                self.print_info("PID: %d" % pid)
                sys.exit(0)
        except OSError:
            sys.exit(1)
        os.chdir("/")
        os.umask(0)
        dev_null = open("/dev/null", "r+")
        os.dup2(dev_null.fileno(), sys.stdout.fileno())
        os.dup2(dev_null.fileno(), sys.stderr.fileno())
        os.dup2(dev_null.fileno(), sys.stdin.fileno())

    def get_client(self, nickname):
        return self.nicknames.get(irc_lower(nickname))

    def has_channel(self, name):
        return irc_lower(name) in self.channels

    def get_channel(self, channelname):
        if irc_lower(channelname) in self.channels:
            channel = self.channels[irc_lower(channelname)]
        else:
            channel = Channel(self, channelname)
            self.channels[irc_lower(channelname)] = channel
        return channel

    def get_motd_lines(self):
        if self.motdfile:
            try:
                return open(self.motdfile).readlines()
            except IOError:
                return ["Could not read MOTD file %r." % self.motdfile]
        else:
            return []

    def print_info(self, msg):
        if self.verbose:
            print(msg)
            sys.stdout.flush()
        if self.logger:
            self.logger.info(msg)

    def print_debug(self, msg):
        if self.debug:
            print(msg)
            sys.stdout.flush()
        if self.logger:
            self.logger.debug(msg)

    def print_error(self, msg):
        sys.stderr.write("%s\n" % msg)
        if self.logger:
            self.logger.error(msg)

    def client_changed_nickname(self, client, oldnickname):
        if oldnickname:
            del self.nicknames[irc_lower(oldnickname)]
        self.nicknames[irc_lower(client.nickname)] = client

    def remove_member_from_channel(self, client, channelname):
        if irc_lower(channelname) in self.channels:
            channel = self.channels[irc_lower(channelname)]
            channel.remove_client(client)

    def remove_client(self, client, quitmsg):
        client.message_related(":%s QUIT :%s" % (client.prefix, quitmsg))
        for x in client.channels.values():
            client.channel_log(x, "quit (%s)" % quitmsg, meta=True)
            x.remove_client(client)
        if client.nickname \
                and irc_lower(client.nickname) in self.nicknames:
            del self.nicknames[irc_lower(client.nickname)]
        del self.clients[client.socket]

    def remove_channel(self, channel):
        del self.channels[irc_lower(channel.name)]

    def start(self):
        serversockets = []
        for port in self.ports:
            s = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
            s.setsockopt(socket.SOL_SOCKET, socket.SO_REUSEADDR, 1)
            try:
                s.bind((self.address, port))
            except socket.error as e:
                self.print_error("Could not bind port %s: %s." % (port, e))
                sys.exit(1)
            s.listen(5)
            serversockets.append(s)
            del s
            self.print_info("Listening on port %d." % port)
        if self.chroot:
            os.chdir(self.chroot)
            os.chroot(self.chroot)
            self.print_info("Changed root directory to %s" % self.chroot)
        if self.setuid:
            os.setgid(self.setuid[1])
            os.setuid(self.setuid[0])
            self.print_info("Setting uid:gid to %s:%s"
                            % (self.setuid[0], self.setuid[1]))

        self.init_logging()
        try:
            self.run(serversockets)
        except:
            if self.logger:
                self.logger.exception("Fatal exception")
            raise

    def init_logging(self):
        if not self.log_file:
            return

        log_level = logging.INFO
        if self.debug:
            log_level = logging.DEBUG
        self.logger = logging.getLogger("miniircd")
        formatter = logging.Formatter(
            ("%(asctime)s - %(name)s[%(process)d] - "
             "%(levelname)s - %(message)s"))
        fh = RotatingFileHandler(
            self.log_file,
            maxBytes=self.log_max_bytes,
            backupCount=self.log_count)
        fh.setLevel(log_level)
        fh.setFormatter(formatter)
        self.logger.setLevel(log_level)
        self.logger.addHandler(fh)

    def run(self, serversockets):
        last_aliveness_check = time.time()
        while True:
            (iwtd, owtd, ewtd) = select.select(
                serversockets + [x.socket for x in self.clients.values()],
                [x.socket for x in self.clients.values()
                 if x.write_queue_size() > 0],
                [],
                10)
            for x in iwtd:
                if x in self.clients:
                    self.clients[x].socket_readable_notification()
                else:
                    (conn, addr) = x.accept()
                    if self.ssl_pem_file:
                        try:
                            conn = self.ssl.wrap_socket(
                                conn,
                                server_side=True,
                                certfile=self.ssl_pem_file,
                                keyfile=self.ssl_pem_file)
                        except Exception as e:
                            self.print_error(
                                "SSL error for connection from %s:%s: %s" % (
                                    addr[0], addr[1], e))
                            continue
                    try:
                        self.clients[conn] = Client(self, conn)
                        self.print_info("Accepted connection from %s:%s." % (
                            addr[0], addr[1]))
                    except socket.error as e:
                        try:
                            conn.close()
                        except:
                            pass
            for x in owtd:
                if x in self.clients:  # client may have been disconnected
                    self.clients[x].socket_writable_notification()
            now = time.time()
            if last_aliveness_check + 10 < now:
                for client in list(self.clients.values()):
                    client.check_aliveness()
                last_aliveness_check = now


_maketrans = str.maketrans if PY3 else string.maketrans
_ircstring_translation = _maketrans(
    string.ascii_lowercase.upper() + "[]\\^",
    string.ascii_lowercase + "{}|~")


def irc_lower(s):
    return s.translate(_ircstring_translation)


def main(argv):
    op = OptionParser(
        version=VERSION,
        description="miniircd is a small and limited IRC server.")
    op.add_option(
        "--channel-log-dir",
        metavar="X",
        help="store channel log in directory X")
    op.add_option(
        "-d", "--daemon",
        action="store_true",
        help="fork and become a daemon")
    op.add_option(
        "--debug",
        action="store_true",
        help="print debug messages to stdout")
    op.add_option(
        "--listen",
        metavar="X",
        help="listen on specific IP address X")
    op.add_option(
        "--log-count",
        metavar="X", default=10, type="int",
        help="keep X log files; default: %default")
    op.add_option(
        "--log-file",
        metavar="X",
        help="store log in file X")
    op.add_option(
        "--log-max-size",
        metavar="X", default=10, type="int",
        help="set maximum log file size to X MiB; default: %default MiB")
    op.add_option(
        "--motd",
        metavar="X",
        help="display file X as message of the day")
    op.add_option(
        "--pid-file",
        metavar="X",
        help="write PID to file X")
    op.add_option(
        "-p", "--password",
        metavar="X",
        help="require connection password X; default: no password")
    op.add_option(
        "--password-file",
        metavar="X",
        help=("require connection password stored in file X;"
              " default: no password"))
    op.add_option(
        "--ports",
        metavar="X",
        help="listen to ports X (a list separated by comma or whitespace);"
             " default: 6667 or 6697 if SSL is enabled")
    op.add_option(
        "-s", "--ssl-pem-file",
        metavar="FILE",
        help="enable SSL and use FILE as the .pem certificate+key")
    op.add_option(
        "--state-dir",
        metavar="X",
        help="save persistent channel state (topic, key) in directory X")
    op.add_option(
        "--verbose",
        action="store_true",
        help="be verbose (print some progress messages to stdout)")
    if os.name == "posix":
        op.add_option(
            "--chroot",
            metavar="X",
            help="change filesystem root to directory X after startup"
                 " (requires root)")
        op.add_option(
            "--setuid",
            metavar="U[:G]",
            help="change process user (and optionally group) after startup"
                 " (requires root)")
    else:
        op.chroot = False
        op.setuid = False

    (options, args) = op.parse_args(argv[1:])
    if options.debug:
        options.verbose = True
    if options.ports is None:
        if options.ssl_pem_file is None:
            options.ports = "6667"
        else:
            options.ports = "6697"
    if options.chroot:
        if os.getuid() != 0:
            op.error("Must be root to use --chroot")
    if options.setuid:
        from pwd import getpwnam
        from grp import getgrnam
        if os.getuid() != 0:
            op.error("Must be root to use --setuid")
        matches = options.setuid.split(":")
        if len(matches) == 2:
            options.setuid = (getpwnam(matches[0]).pw_uid,
                              getgrnam(matches[1]).gr_gid)
        elif len(matches) == 1:
            options.setuid = (getpwnam(matches[0]).pw_uid,
                              getpwnam(matches[0]).pw_gid)
        else:
            op.error("Specify a user, or user and group separated by a colon,"
                     " e.g. --setuid daemon, --setuid nobody:nobody")
    if (os.getuid() == 0 or os.getgid() == 0) and not options.setuid:
        op.error("Running this service as root is not recommended. Use the"
                 " --setuid option to switch to an unprivileged account after"
                 " startup. If you really intend to run as root, use"
                 " \"--setuid root\".")

    ports = []
    for port in re.split(r"[,\s]+", options.ports):
        try:
            ports.append(int(port))
        except ValueError:
            op.error("bad port: %r" % port)
    options.ports = ports
    server = Server(options)
    if options.daemon:
        server.daemonize()
    if options.pid_file:
        server.make_pid_file(options.pid_file)
    try:
        server.start()
    except KeyboardInterrupt:
        server.print_error("Interrupted.")


main(sys.argv)

#################################

top of the script don't think needed just in case
ya might add 'import ssl'
on github the python file is named a bit different
to start the script save it as example: minircd.py
chmod +x the script

as root from hidircz directory with your pem file and motd file:
# python minircd.py --ssl-pem-file=/root/hidircz/hidz.pem --listen 127.0.0.1 --motd=huh.motd --setuid=root

i didn't test this out but to run the script as non root ya might need change directory to say /home/nonrootuser
move everything there, chown -R nonroot:nonroot all the files
so ssl doesn't gripe about an error i might be wrong on this fyi 

to get help with the irc server:
# python minircd.py -h

i forgot to mention to start tor at least on arch:
# /usr/bin/tor -f /etc/tor/torrc

so now you have a irc tor chat server up in stealth mode
plus an additional layer of ssl 

the clients say via irssi can connect as follows:
# socat TCP4-LISTEN:8000,reuseaddr,fork SOCKS4a:127.0.0.1:newtorsitenamehere.onion:6697,socksport=9050

you don't add the 'irc' in front of the 'domain' just the onion address without 'irc' 

then launch irssi and to connect
/connect -ssl 127.0.0.1 8000

you can create a room join chat typical irc stuff
anything done as /whois will show localhost no ip info

for pidgin users little different but not much...
basic tab is irc protocol
yer user name
server is the tor address without 'irc'
advanced tab
port 6697
proxy tab...
proxy is http
host 127.0.0.1 port 8118

start privoxy before connecting:
# /usr/bin/privoxy --no-daemon /etc/privoxy/config

here is my privoxy config:
#######################################

# Generally, this file goes in /etc/privoxy/config
# unfucked config by cm0s 010117
# to start /usr/bin/privoxy --no-dameon /etc/privoxy/config
# Tor listens as a SOCKS4a proxy here:
forward-socks5 / 127.0.0.1:9050 .

# confz
confdir /etc/privoxy
logdir /var/log/privoxy
# actionsfile standard  # Internal purpose, recommended
actionsfile default.action   # Main actions file
actionsfile user.action      # User customizations
filterfile default.filter

# timeout shit
keep-alive-timeout 600
# mohr timeout shit
default-server-timeout 600
# yet mohhhrrr...
socket-timeout 600

# Don't log interesting things, only startup messages, warnings and errors
logfile logfile
#jarfile jarfile
#debug   0    # show each GET/POST/CONNECT request
debug   4096 # Startup banner and warnings
debug   8192 # Errors - *we highly recommended enabling this*

user-manual /usr/share/doc/privoxy/user-manual
listen-address  localhost:8118
toggle  1
enable-remote-toggle 0
enable-edit-actions 0
enable-remote-http-toggle 0
buffer-limit 4096
#
#
########################################

a quick side note:
make sure logging is off in pidgin and also the otr plugin

so recap, ya just launched your very own irc chat server
can make your own motd, publish your otr key add whatever custom
stuff ya want and ya really made it private coz it's in stealth mode
stealth mode tor is NOT listed in the tor directory and even if someone
finds your onion address they can't do anything, won't even let them 
scan your address without the auth cookie, and you added another layer of ssl

cheerz

splif

i don't think the reply was useless,

simply pointing out ya don't need newer hardware

to get performance

for me, i trust the older hardware more than the newer stuff

by far, the other thing is tends to be less tracks on it

since older computers were bought/sold many times

and if someone is at your cpu probably game over anyway right?

have a good day

a magnet is a txt file

not much overhead there

adware on a torrent site means a 3rd party

has access to your site's traffic

that by itself is the biggest liability to a torrent

site's security

you can hit github, get a magnet scraper, scrape your favorite torrent site

and put all the magents up on one single page on a site somewhere for next to

nothing

i got a couple magnets up on my site, cost me zero to add them, few minutes of time

and drinking too much coffee  

with iptables these are the rules i am using basically:

iptables -A OUTPUT -d 255.255.255.255 -j ACCEPT #communicate with any DHCP server/router
iptables -A INPUT -s 255.255.255.255 -j ACCEPT #communicate with any DHCP server/router
iptables -A INPUT -s 192.168.0.0/16 -d 192.168.0.0/16 -j ACCEPT #communicate within lan
iptables -A OUTPUT -s 192.168.0.0/16 -d 192.168.0.0/16 -j ACCEPT
iptables -A FORWARD -i eth0 -o tun0 -j ACCEPT
iptables -A FORWARD -i tun0 -o eth0 -j ACCEPT # make sure eth0/tun0 can communicate
iptables -t nat -A PREROUTING -s 0/0 -p udp --dport 53 -j DNAT --to 10.5.0.1 #use vpn dns
iptables -t nat -A PREROUTING -s 0/0 -p tcp --dport 53 -j DNAT --to 10.5.0.1 # use vpn dns
iptables -t nat -A POSTROUTING -o tun0 -j MASQUERADE # map tun0 outgoing IP addy
iptables -A OUTPUT -o eth0 ! -d 127.0.0.1 -p tcp --dport 1413 -j DROP # if traffic isn't vpn

and my tor config:

VirtualAddrNetwork 10.192.0.0/10
TransPort 9040
DNSPort 53
AutomapHostsOnResolve 1

##hidden service shit
HiddenServiceDir /var/lib/tor/
HiddenServicePort 443 127.0.0.1:443
HiddenServiceAuthorizeClient stealth v1ztr
HidServAuth z4ojdtiaqvdfi4ys.onion sumkewlkey 

with static config my /etc/resolv.conf shows only airvpn 10.5.0.1

and have my router set to static also

i'm working on a script that works with airvpn/ssl/tor

what i am trying to do is i have found scripts/iptables rules online that

you can make your tor traffic on your box system wide, meaning if ya use any

app on your box your box's traffic goes through tor system wide and that i know how to do, what i'd like to do is have some iptables rules that allows me to connect to airvpn first like above, because really at this point my threat model is my ISP, just from their basic data-mining practices, anway, could someone paste a set of iptables rules that adds onto what is above so after my box is connected to airvpn/ssl via port 443 all traffic then gets routed to the tor network?

i've come close modding the backbox anonymous script that raffaele made for his distro backbox

splif

not sure if it would be a good idea to do transparent routing but if you do have iptables rules that can route all traffic through vpn and have tor system wide please let me know, been googling it and testing this, i don't want to mess with the resolv.conf want to keep that 10.5.0.1

the idea here is this saves me from having to torsocks this or privoxy that, however might be further ahead to keep the config like it is, dunno yet...

http://www.dnstrails.com/index.html

another online nyce to have dns-tool link

say yer drive is incrypted your grub would look like this:

GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet"
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="cryptdevice=/dev/sda3:cryptroot ipv6.disable=1 video=1360x768"

then recheck/build...
# grub-install --recheck /dev/sda
# grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg

if you do an ip link command or ifconfig and don't see ipv6 addr good sign

here's another link for debian ubuntu etc:

http://www.binarytides.com/disable-ipv6-ubuntu/

arch basically above but more info:

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/IPv6

same info but mohr detail as above:

https://askubuntu.com/questions/440302/how-to-disable-ipv6-when-connecting-to-an-openvpn-server-using-network-manager-o

iptables stuff:

https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/108029/is-it-better-to-set-rules-in-ip6tables-or-disable-ipv6

https://superuser.com/questions/488341/block-ipv6-traffic-using-iptables-on-linux-using-layer-2-info

i'd suggest not torrenting on a windows box

speaking of the old days serenacat that reminded me for jean clead's point,

about linux being open also, it's just less popular out there

but yeah, old hardware, go as old as you can and still have your config function

i do not trust anything new at all

right now my boxes are pentium 4s with about a gig of ram in them

one is literally out of a dumpster and i love that box

it's all in the config, i can down a torrent with rtorrent, dump via t-shark, run suricata ids, my firewall

browse the net with firefox and run my tor site plus other stuff around a gig of ram on a pentium 4

now the torrent app if it starts to really pull in will slow firefox down at times but most time it doesn't

the average phone out there crushes my boxes but there ya go, bloat config

probably one really good thing about microsoft getting so big jean clead, they took a lot of the malware biz

with them, i'll run clamav, unhide etc once in a while but like anyone else, get lazy on it

that's the thing to remember kinda a diff between the general junk you encounter online and say stuff written

for your distro or specifically getting targeted