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Take Back the Darknet (Part 6)

Nix McRetro // 4th January 2016 // Guides, Raspberry Pi

Part 6 - Installing Samba Server We need a way to gain access to the files on the Raspberry Pi so we can update your new website. Samba allows sharing across Windows, OS X and Linux. Very useful. An alternative is FTP but isn’t covered in this guide. Install Samba... Continue reading

Take Back the Darknet (Part 5)

Nix McRetro // 4th January 2016 // Guides, Raspberry Pi

Part 5 - Installing Apache 2.4 HTTP Server If you are hosting a clearnet website, you will want to make sure ports 80 (http) and 443 (https) are forwarded on your router. One of the wonderful things about the darknet is that it does not require any port forwarding due... Continue reading

Take Back the Darknet (Part 4)

Nix McRetro // 4th January 2016 // Guides, Raspberry Pi

Part 4 - Hardening Your Pi Hardening, important for the sake of reducing attack vectors! First off we’ll create a new user and then delete the “pi” user that comes preinstalled. Log back in via SSH / Terminal / PuTTY ssh pi@xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx Think of a new username. Could be your... Continue reading

Take Back the Darknet (Part 3)

Nix McRetro // 4th January 2016 // Guides, Raspberry Pi

Part 3 - Setting a Static IP Address As we are using Raspbian Jessie, both sudo and Nano are installed by default. Nano is a simple text editor, think Notepad for the command line. Easier to navigate than Vim. Sudo allows us to be the superuser which pretty much lets... Continue reading

Take Back the Darknet (Part 2)

Nix McRetro // 4th January 2016 // Guides, Raspberry Pi

Part 2 - Image Raspbian, Basic Settings and Updates First off we need to get an operating system onto the MicroSD card. We will be using the official image from raspberrypi.org. At the time of writing the most recent version was Raspbian Jessie Lite (November 2015). To restore this onto... Continue reading