[noey]

Long time since I've been on these forums, but I had a question to pose to the Hackforums community: Is it possible to host and register a website anonymously, and, if so, how is this done?

I'll just be straight up. The reason I'm asking is I plan on hosting a website with videos, and I want to ensure my identity will remain as anonymous as possible to information seekers and government authorities. I owned an online streaming website as a teen that generated thousands of dollars each month, but I eventually shut it down due to a horde of DMCA requests, and other issues. At the time, my personal identity was relatively easy to find and I put myself at risk of being sued. This new website will host similar material, but I believe the content owners will be more aggressive in pursuing infringement.

After doing a bit of research, here is what I've found:

OPTION 1:

Use a website like PRQ.se (hosts sites like Wikileaks) to register domain and host server. These types of providers are known to protect your identity at all costs.

OPTION 2:

1. Use TOR/proxy to protect IP address when doing anything related to your website.
2. Register domain name using fake information
3. Use an offshore hosting provider that is likely to protect your identity
4. Make payments using bitcoins, or other untraceable payment system

Are there any holes in what I said?
And, furthermore, can anyone recommend sites that will accept fake registration information and also offshore hosting providers that actually protect your identity, while also accepting bitcoins?

[Truth]

Eh I would just setup a little server on a remote location or secret location someone and let people connect via the IP

Prob can hook it up to cloudflare too if you can sign up via VPN and enter random details but its prob best to just let it go.


I wouldnt trust anyone, I do it myself.

[HIGH PAID FELLA]

SilkRoad admin got caught because he made fatal mistakes when he started the marketplace, he posted on the clearnet about his market on TOR which gave away his identity.

You have to be:
- not lazy
- paranoid

And you need to know what you're doing, are you running a highly criminal forum then you would need a system in place, in case the feds break in, when you click 1 button everything is wiped/gone.

It's actually how far you want to go.

[noey]

Eh I would just setup a little server on a remote location or secret location someone and let people connect via the IP

Prob can hook it up to cloudflare too if you can sign up via VPN and enter random details but its prob best to just let it go.


I wouldnt trust anyone, I do it myself.

This might sound a little nooby... but how the fuck do I do that haha?

[BetaSec]

SilkRoad admin got caught because he made fatal mistakes when he started the marketplace, he posted on the clearnet about his market on TOR which gave away his identity.

You have to be:
- not lazy
- paranoid

And you need to know what you're doing, are you running a highly criminal forum then you would need a system in place, in case the feds break in, when you click 1 button everything is wiped/gone.

It's actually how far you want to go.

I think he was pretty lazy and stupid😁

[BrianKush]

So you're wanting to make a movie / tv show steaming website?

Here's a few recommendations:

• Prepare yourself with multiple domains from different registrars. Make sure you pay via Crypto Currency that has been tumbled or can't be connected to you just incase.

• Ask yourself, are you physically located in a country that cares about copyright violation and what the penalty is if you get caught.

• Make sure you protect your servers with Reverse Proxies and have multiple of them linking to your server.

• Hide behind a service like CloudFlare + reverse proxies.

• Make sure your database is encrypted and all identifiable information about you or any of your staff members are destroyed.

Have fun and don't get careless. Good luck with whatever you choose to do.

[Factor9™]

Get offshore hosting (DMCA IGNORED), cloudflare, and a domain from a registrar that is not icann compliant.

Use bitcoin when purchasing all of the following^
Make sure you're connected to a socks5 and VPN always while using your FTP, and purchasing the domain and hosting. Use throwaway emails for everything but keep them jotted down incase you forget credentials one day.

The guy above me explained it well also. Tbh I think the best route to take for anonymously purchasing your hosting/domain/dirty work in general is virtual machine > cracked/public wifi > socks5 > OpenVpn > RDP.

Hope I helped!

[John Watson]

@noey There are tons of holes in what you proposed. I agree with TryAgain. You should set-up a remote server in a place where they don't give a crap about DMCA or copyrights or blackhat activity and use all necessary precautions.

Trusting an offshore hosting with your server, activity and data is the worst thing you can do.
Just check out what happened to a Panama company (about Panama Papers leak).
It's not that much different from what can happen to an offshore hosting company.

Also, you'd have to go to that location physically and not trust someone else (paranoid level 1337).