Dark Web Environment Setup
When poking around the dark web It's important that you don't pick up any unwanted hitchhikers or other types of Malware, so let's be extra careful. All the software in this tutorial is free and to my knowledge the easiest and safest way to Traverse the DarkWeb.
Hear’s a quick run-through of the applications involved.
VirtualBox is a type two hypervisor. Hypervisors allow multiple instances of VMs (Virtual Machine). Virtual Machines can be computers or servers. VirtualBox is a free and open source software, originally created by Innotech GmbH, acquired by Sun Microsystems in 2008, then in 2010 obtained by Oracle. There are other types of Hypervisors like Hyper-V(Windows). But in this tutorial, we will be using VirtualBox as it works seamlessly with Whonix.
Whonix is a Linux operating system, security-hardened, and with strong privacy and anonymity features built into this system, it’s ideal for surfing the DarkWeb. Whonix was founded by Patrick Schleizer, This operating system consists of two virtual machines a workstation running Debian and a Gateway Running on the Tor network which all communication is tunneled through.
Getting up and running with Virtual box!
Let's head over to the VirtualBox Download. { https://www.virtualbox.org/ }
Click { Download VirtualBox 7.0 }
For this tutorial we will focus on Windows Installation!
Click on { Windows host }
Now your download should began!
Now lets go to { File explorer }
And click on { Downloads }
Now click on { VirtualBox-7.0.2-154219-Win.exe }
{ Click Next! }
{ Click Next! }
{ Click YES! }
{ Click YES! }
{ Click Install! }
{ Uncheck Box }
{ Click Finish! }
The reason not to run VirtualBox at this moment is we need to add the Extension pack.
So lets head back over to the Downloads section @ { https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads }
Click on { All supported platforms }
Now lets go to { File explorer }
And click on { Downloads }
Now click on { Oracle_VM_VirtualBox_Extension_Pack-7.0.2.vbox-extpack }
Click on { Upgrade }
Click on { I Agree }
Ok Now with VirtualBox all setup lets go and download Whonix @ { https://www.whonix.org/ }
Lets scroll down an select your operating system!
Click on { Whonix Xface (FREE!) }
Click on { Download Whonix }
Now With VirtualBox installed, and Whonix downloaded, we are ready to deploy Whonix in our virtual environment!
Lets go to the desktop and click on { VirtualBox }
Dont be alarmed if you see mine is different its in dark mod.
Click on { File }
Click on { Import appliance }
Click on { The little file folder }
Click on { Downloads }
Then Click on { Whonix-XFCE.ova }
Then click on { Open }
Click on { Next }
Click on { Finish }
Click on { Agree }
And Then
Click on { Agree }
After Importing is all finish your VirtualBox GUI should look like this!
As you can see we have two VMs, one is for the gateway and the other is for the browser.
Lets get that gateway set up first.
Click on { Whonix Gateway }
Then
Click on { Start }
This will take a bit of time to load!
Click on { Understood }
Click on { Next }
Then again.
Click on { Understood }
Click on { Next }
Then click { Finish }
Click on { Connect }
Then
Click on { Next }
Then
Click on { Next }
Click on { Finish }
When this box comes up Click { OK }
Ok now we have our gateway all set up, lets minimize this screen making sure to leave the gateway running!
Lets get back to { VirtualBox manager}
Click on { Whonix-Workstation }
Click on { Start }
Click on { Understood }
Click on { Next }
Then again.
Click on { Understood }
Click on { Next }
Then click { Finish }
This will take some time to load!
Click on { ok }
Congratulations you are up and running with Whonix!
Just remember to always run your gateway first!
To get started with web browser.
Your all set up!
Here are some Union links to get started with!
http://jaz45aabn5vkemy4jkg4mi4syheisqn2wn2n4fsuitpccdackjwxplad.onion/
http://s4k4ceiapwwgcm3mkb6e4diqecpo7kvdnfr5gg7sph7jjppqkvwwqtyd.onion/
Thank you!
BY: Nick Keenan