Tor part 6: onionshare for sharing files anonymously

• Author: Solène
• Date: 21 November 2018
• Tags: tor unix networking openbsd

NILIf for some reasons you need to share a file anonymously, this can be done

through Tor using the port net/onionshare. Onionshare will start a web server

displaying an unique page with a list of shared files and a Download Files

button leading to a zip file.

While waiting for a download, onionshare will display HTTP logs. By default,

onionshare will exit upon successful download of the files but this can be

changed with the flag --stay-open.

Its usage is very simple, execute onionshare with the list of files to

share, as you can see in the following example:

solene@computer ~ $ onionshare Epictetus-The_Enchiridion.txt

Onionshare 1.3 | https://onionshare.org/

Connecting to the Tor network: 100% - Done

Configuring onion service on port 17616.

Starting ephemeral Tor onion service and awaiting publication

Settings saved to /home/solene/.config/onionshare/onionshare.json

Preparing files to share.

 * Running on http://127.0.0.1:17616/ (Press CTRL+C to quit)

Give this address to the person you're sending the file to:

http://3ngjewzijwb4znjf.onion/hybrid-marbled

Press Ctrl-C to stop server

Now, I need to give the address http://3ngjewzijwb4znjf.onion/hybrid-marbled

to the receiver who will need a web browser with Tor to download it.