I am relatively new to .onion domain names, and have already tried to generate a few names using the /etc/tor/torrc file as such:
HiddenServiceDir /var/lib/tor/hidden_service1/
HiddenServicePort 80 127.0.0.1:80
HiddenServiceDir /var/lib/tor/hidden_service2/
HiddenServicePort 80 127.0.0.1:80
and am considering finding a vanity address by adding lines in this file by adding i.e. 100 or so hidden services and simply deleting the hidden service folders I do not like, then restart.
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HiddenServiceDir /var/lib/tor/hidden_serviceN/
HiddenServicePort 80 127.0.0.1:80
i.e. cat /var/lib/tor/hidden_service*/hostname > /root/current.onions
Then if none are ok, simply delete all hidden services by simply
rm -Rf /var/lib/tor/hidden_service*
and service tor@default restart
Is this an acceptable method, or is there some way to announce that I will drop the hidden service addresses before doing so. Or is it any better way I can do this?
I am aware of several projects such as
However, am not searching for any particular first few characters - only an address that looks good, so I do not think those are correct for me for now.