Two tips about connection

Hi all,

I have done the initial configuration of server one and everything seems to be fine. I have not installed any services yet. I am trying to figure out two things first, for which I am asking for suggestions:

  1. to connect locally with another pc, do I have to trusted the Root CA again or can I just enter the server’s IP address in the browser of the second pc?

  2. to connect remotely via TOR, is it sufficent to type in the .onion address (via http) obtained during the first configuration or is it necessary to connect via https ? And in this case, how can it be done ? I ask this because trying to connect on TOR through http I get the following warning : “Http detected - Tor is faster over https. Your Root CA must be trusted. View instructions”

Thank you very much in advance for your help

giovinda

In response to your questions:

  1. In order to connect locally to any device on your network, the recommended way is to trust the Root CA on each device so you can visit your server’s unique .local address.
    Start9 | Trusting Your Root CA

  2. Connecting remotely via tor can be done by using the tor browser and can use either http or https. But as the message says in order to use https you will have to have trusted the root CA on the device you are using to access your server.

Thank you very much for your reply.

Regarding point 2, I have trusted the root CA also on the second device, on Linux and Firefox. However, I cannot repeat the procedure on TOR with the last step indicated in the manual (‘Configuring firefox to respect your Root CA’) because the browser is TOR and not Firefox and the procedure ends with a message ‘Unable to add module’. How can I resolve this ?

You don’t need to do this. Tor Browser will never properly respect your Root CA. You can safely choose to ignore the warning and not show it again.

so it is safe to use tor via http to connect to the server remotely, is that correct?

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ok, but better http or https with TOR ? Sorry, I am a newbie…

I always go with https:// even with Tor