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====== How to setup a weechat relay with Tor ======
Using [[Tor]] as a means for a [[Weechat]] relay is a nice way to have a private connection to your home [[PC]]'s [[IRC]] session without having to port forward.
===== Weechat ===== 
In a weechat session:
<code>
/relay add weechat 9000
/set relay.network.bind_address "::"
/set relay.network.allowed_ips "127.0.0.1"
/set relay.network.allow_empty_password on
/save
</code>
===== Tor =====
Add these lines to your ''torrc'', usually in ''/etc/tor/torrc'' or ''/usr/local/etc/tor/torrc'':
<code>
HiddenServiceDir /var/lib/tor/weechat/
HiddenServicePort 9000 127.0.0.1:9000
</code>
In a shell, as root: 
<code>
mkdir /var/lib/tor/weechat
chown debian-tor:debian-tor /var/lib/tor/weechat # Change debian-tor to whoever is the owner of /var/lib/tor
chmod 700 /var/lib/tor/weechat
</code>
Then restart Tor and you're finished.