Gemini over tor?

https://www.reddit.com/r/geminiprotocol/comments/11vdtn2/gemini_over_tor/

created by xen_garden on 19/03/2023 at 06:43 UTC

7 upvotes, 4 top-level comments (showing 4)

Does anyone know if gemini network traffic can be anonymized by passing it through a gateway configured to route traffic through the TOR network? I haven't been able to find any information about this, either in gemini documentation or anything related to TOR. Thanks!

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Comment by Capitan_Picard at 19/03/2023 at 07:12 UTC

3 upvotes, 1 direct replies

Yes it works quite well and it's no different than setting up a web server with Tor. (By the way, it's Tor not TOR). However most Gemini client are not configured to use proxies and will fail with the torsocks tool. The best Gemini client to use with Tor, imo is Lagrange. It does work with torsocks while amfora and kristall will not.

Comment by [deleted] at 19/03/2023 at 07:14 UTC*

1 upvotes, 1 direct replies

Well, Tor is more or less a transport layer like HTTP (or more like a proxy server or an in-between solution): it defines how to transfer something rather than what to transfer. It should be possible to transfer Gemini over it, but I don't think any projects like that are already available.

EDIT: Appearently, there are some limited options out there. Check other comments for details.

Comment by signofzeta at 20/03/2023 at 04:08 UTC

1 upvotes, 1 direct replies

I make my capsule available over Tor. Not saying my little blog is exciting or useful, but it’s there.

Comment by [deleted] at 27/04/2023 at 23:28 UTC

1 upvotes, 0 direct replies

A list of capsules hosted on Tor

gemini://cdg.thegonz.net/infrastructure/gateways/onion/

Heres a guide i found for setting up a capsule on Tor

gemini://tilde.pink/~shardiame/2021/hidden_gemini.gmi