Bjarne Verschorre

What is a Vanity Onion Url

A vanity url is just like any other onion url, but you can choose the first few characters of the url. For example, my vanity url is http://bjarnev3[...].onion/.

You can get such urls by generating a lot of urls and checking if they match your desired prefix.

Using mkp224o

mkp224o^↗ is a tool that can generate vanity urls for you.

Docker

You can use the docker

docker run --rm -it -v $PWD:/keys ghcr.io/cathugger/mkp224o:master -d /keys PREFIX

Manual

You can also build the tool yourself

sudo apt install gcc libc6-dev libsodium-dev make autoconf
git clone https://github.com/cathugger/mkp224o.git
cd mkp224o/
./autogen.sh
./configure
make

Usage: ./mkp224o FILTER [FILTER...] [OPTION]
       ./mkp224o -f FILTERFILE [OPTION]

• -n 1, stop after it has generated 1
• Optionally specify the output directory with -d <DIR>

./mkp224o <PREFIX> -n 1

Using your Vanity Url

Once you’ve generating atleast one url (one set of keys), you can use it in your tor hidden service configuration.

sudo mv <PREFIX>*.onion/* /var/lib/hidden_service/

Retart the tor service

sudo systemctl restart tor

You should now be able to access your hidden service with your new vanity url.