Can we create a next generation hidden services [onion v3]

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Hi everyone waves

I want to host a hidden service forum using whonix for added security, however earlier I was reading the tor project blogs and I came across next generation hidden services

It says we just update the torrc file with this

SocksPort auto

HiddenServiceDir /home/user/tmp/hsv3
HiddenServiceVersion 3
HiddenServicePort 6667 127.0.0.1:6667

SafeLogging 0
Log notice stdout
Log notice file /home/user/tmp/hs/hs.log
Log info file /home/user/tmp/hs/hsinfo.log

Will this work on whonix? If no, will it work with whonix 14?

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Good day,

Should work no problem, Whonix does not make modifications to Tor itself for a host of reasons. However, please mind the bugs: The Tor Project / Organization · GitLab

Have a nice day,

Ego

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Not by default. v3 onions require Tor 0.3.2 or higher (which is currently in alpha-testing). The latest stable series (included in Whonix 13 & 14) is 0.3.1. If you want to test, you can install the experimental version from Tor Project’s repo: How can we help? | Tor Project | Support

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Would I need to install tor alpha on both gateway and workstation?

I must also note this is not going to be a live forum anymore now due to this version of tor is still alpha state, It will be tested on my home machine only.

Thanks in advance.

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Gateway only. Workstation tor is skipped over by anon-ws-disable-stacked-tor package.

v3 onions are a big deal in the evolution of Tor. Would be great if you could test and report back. You may be the first - so no guarantees that it’ll even work.

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I’ve got no work tomorrow, I’m going to test it then and report back.

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