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Comment by crtasm | Hacker News Reader

I'd still recommend trying it - performance is good enough for my needs.

Is there still an onion service config option to use 3 hops instead of 6? I can't find the documentation on the current tor project website.

edit: found it in the manpage: HiddenServiceSingleHopMode

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Disable the SocksPort, then set two options to really convince tor that you know what you're doing, then configure your onion service as usual.

    SocksPort 0
    HiddenServiceSingleHopMode 1
    HiddenServiceNonAnonymousMode 1
    HiddenServiceDir /var/lib/tor/ssh_service
    HiddenServicePort 22
    HiddenServiceDir /var/lib/tor/http_service
    HiddenServicePort 80

why disable SocksPort?

By default it is six hops for complete circuit between client and hidden service. Three hops from client to rendezvous point, then three hops from rendezvous point to the hidden service. If you go below that you might as well host on the public internet.

If the main goal is not anonymity this should not be a problem?

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