Nostr Web Client

If your running linux do this:

1. install tor and i2pd "sudo apt install tor" and "sudo apt install i2pd"

2. Find the proxy settings in FireFox (settings -> general -> network) or at your system level (settings -> network -> network proxy -> automatic)

3. Paste this URL as the configuration URL https://cdn.hzrd149.com/20ae592ff0761399537dbc20089003e3ed52f16494ebfe1ae759f5527d2c53ba.pac

4. Access any .onion or .i2p site (or nostr relay) using FireFox or any other browser on your system

FireFox network settings:

GNOME network settings

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Discussion

hzrd149 2mo ago

For those that are curious, the file is a proxy auto config file that directs .onion domains to go through the local tor proxy, .i2p domains to go through the local i2pd proxy, and everything else go to clearnet

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proxy_auto-config

joe 2mo ago

Why would someone do this instead of using the Tor browser for both Tor and i2p sites?

hzrd149 2mo ago

You can use the tor browser, its much more secure. but with this you visit .onion sites in your default browser so you don't need to switch browsers just to open tor sites

joe 2mo ago

But it's less secure, so why di that? It's such a slight inconvenience to open another browser. They're already using Tor/i2p, so willing to accept inconvenience for privacy.

ede3d957... 2mo ago

Might be a nice normie setup for normies in transition.

joe 2mo ago

No, they should just use Tor browser. It does a lot more than just proxy your traffic.

Enki 2mo ago

For I2P specifically, there's also the Firefox extension, I2P in private. When it sees an I2P address, it opens up a configured container. (Or however that works in Firefox. I don't think container is the right word.)

hzrd149 2mo ago

interesting... although the i2p part was mostly an afterthought since I never come across .i2p addresses 😞

Enki 2mo ago

I'm a big fan, but it is a depressingly underused network.

(I should probably double check and make sure all my crap is reachable on I2P still)