I had been wondering if a Gemini capsule could be hosted as an Onion Service (Tor hidden service) and then accessed from a Gemini client routed via a Tor service SOCKS port. My motivation for thinking about this was to reduce the cost of hosting your own Gemini capsule even further by removing the domain registration fee. After some trial/error I discovered that the answer is yes! You can definitely setup a Gemini Tor/Onion Capsule that's accessible via a Tor proxied Gemini client. ๐ It's a nifty way to get a free .onion domain and possibly add a little privacy to both the server and the clients connecting to it (still investigating the privacy aspect).
I have jotted down some notes/ramblings about it at the link below.
=> Notes/Ramblings about the Gemini Tor Hidden Service experiment
=> Posted in: s/Geminispace | ๐ญ Sw4mp_Sl0th
2024-09-01 ยท 5 months ago ยท ๐ hyperreal, vi, Dio9sys
=> ๐ญ Sw4mp_Sl0th [OP] ยท Sep 01 at 18:01:
@vi Thank you vi! I recently (early last month) discovered the Gemini protocol and I'm loving this stuff ('til wee hours of the morning cruising Gemini space ๐). There's still lots to learn and my little Gemini/Tor experiment was super helpful in that regard. Not long ago I got hit with an email notice of domain prices going up again, so it is definitely reassuring to have .onion domain names as a backup plan.
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