The original tutorial from 8ch (the only issue is that the "Hypnosis Keyserver" is mostly down):
The Hypnosis RetroShare Network is a free, anonymous file sharing network with tens of thousands of files available.
Retroshare uses Tor, an anonymous and secure network, so setting it up takes a bit more time than just creating an account on a website but it's worth it.
It's now much easier to get in (broken down in very small steps):
1. Get Retroshare (Tor Only version) Qt5, Portable: http://retroshare.net/downloads.html
2. Extract the folder somewhere you like
3. Start retroshare.exe that is inside the folder you just extracted
4. Choose a username, a password, move your mouse arround a bit and press "Go!"
5. Wait until tor establishes a connection
6. Retroshare is open and ready to connect to the network. We now need to register you with the keyserver
7. Download the tor browser. You just need it once: https://www.torproject.org/download/down...sy.html.en
8. Extract it and run it
9. Go to the following url: http://scwmwsig5mvoyz32.onion
10. Click on English
11. Open Retroshare in the first ("Home") tab
12. Copy the big block of text. That's your certificate/key
13. Paste it in the box on the website
14. Solve the captcha and press "Validate"
15. The server gives you it's own certificate back. Copy it and go back to retroshare
16. In the "Home" tab, click on the "Add friends certificate" button
17. Paste the certificate of the keyserver into the new window and press "next"
18. Press "finish"
19. Go to the "Network" tab and wait a minute. The "Hypnosis Keyserver" should connect and appear green
20. Inside the "Network" tab, click on the "Keyring" tab. You will now have access to all the nodes that have ever existed on the network. No need to accept them all!
21. Order the Keyring table by "Last Used" and wait for one hour. After that all the keys should show "Today" in the "Last used" column. After some more waiting you will see that if you sort again, some nodes show "Last hour" again. That means they are active
22. Double Click those active nodes and press the big "accept connections" button, then "OK"
23. These users will be notified that you have tried to connect to them and will eventually add you back
That's it!
Read the next post for a short introduction on how the network is structured.
If you need support at any point, here's how you do it:
- If you managed to connect to the Keyserver then go to the "Chats" tab and double click the "Chatserver EN" entry on the left. You will be able to chat with people in the network. The answer may take time if noone is looking at their computer, but we'll answer.
The Hypnosis RetroShare Network is a free, anonymous file sharing network with tens of thousands of files available.
Retroshare uses Tor, an anonymous and secure network, so setting it up takes a bit more time than just creating an account on a website but it's worth it.
It's now much easier to get in (broken down in very small steps):
1. Get Retroshare (Tor Only version) Qt5, Portable: http://retroshare.net/downloads.html
2. Extract the folder somewhere you like
3. Start retroshare.exe that is inside the folder you just extracted
4. Choose a username, a password, move your mouse arround a bit and press "Go!"
5. Wait until tor establishes a connection
6. Retroshare is open and ready to connect to the network. We now need to register you with the keyserver
7. Download the tor browser. You just need it once: https://www.torproject.org/download/down...sy.html.en
8. Extract it and run it
9. Go to the following url: http://scwmwsig5mvoyz32.onion
10. Click on English
11. Open Retroshare in the first ("Home") tab
12. Copy the big block of text. That's your certificate/key
13. Paste it in the box on the website
14. Solve the captcha and press "Validate"
15. The server gives you it's own certificate back. Copy it and go back to retroshare
16. In the "Home" tab, click on the "Add friends certificate" button
17. Paste the certificate of the keyserver into the new window and press "next"
18. Press "finish"
19. Go to the "Network" tab and wait a minute. The "Hypnosis Keyserver" should connect and appear green
20. Inside the "Network" tab, click on the "Keyring" tab. You will now have access to all the nodes that have ever existed on the network. No need to accept them all!
21. Order the Keyring table by "Last Used" and wait for one hour. After that all the keys should show "Today" in the "Last used" column. After some more waiting you will see that if you sort again, some nodes show "Last hour" again. That means they are active
22. Double Click those active nodes and press the big "accept connections" button, then "OK"
23. These users will be notified that you have tried to connect to them and will eventually add you back
That's it!
Read the next post for a short introduction on how the network is structured.
If you need support at any point, here's how you do it:
- If you managed to connect to the Keyserver then go to the "Chats" tab and double click the "Chatserver EN" entry on the left. You will be able to chat with people in the network. The answer may take time if noone is looking at their computer, but we'll answer.
