I connect to my tor node remotely with the ControlPort. I send a ADD_ONION instruction with ED25519 private key in the KeyBlob and with the Detach flag set. After, I disconnect.
The question: does my private key stay in memory where the tor node is? If yes, is there a way to hide it or is it physically needed to listen on that onion?
it physically needed, and there is no way escaping the storing on ram as this variable needs to be accessed all the time, the alternative is using storage instead of ram(this is much worse), ram is almost the best option for this case, you can add secret management and other stuff, but for the server usage he will need the private key.
if you want to show authenticity and just prove that you are who you say you are, use pgp for that.
if you want to show authenticity and just prove that you are who you say you are, use pgp for that.
Thank you. That is unfortunate but as I suspected.
I know about PGP and canaries. I am more concerned about feds stealing the onion key from VM memory dump and setting up a transparent MITM proxy to spy on user activity, or perhaps something worse.
I know about PGP and canaries. I am more concerned about feds stealing the onion key from VM memory dump and setting up a transparent MITM proxy to spy on user activity, or perhaps something worse.
reverse proxies and covering your tracks + cleaning breadcrumbs in your way, using tor, i2p, etc... or a combination of them may help you obfuscate the location of the main machine.
and v3 vanity addresses aren't ment to be permenant, try to find a place where you can expose your "Many valid v3 vanity addresses", with various confirmation like pgp (it looks like i am biased on pgp and it is true pgp is battle proof and long lasting identification method)
and v3 vanity addresses aren't ment to be permenant, try to find a place where you can expose your "Many valid v3 vanity addresses", with various confirmation like pgp (it looks like i am biased on pgp and it is true pgp is battle proof and long lasting identification method)