Self-Hosting on the Dark Web

The article describes how a website can be self-hosted as a Tor hidden service, eliminating DNS, certificate authorities, and exposed IP addresses while relying on Tor’s encrypted relay network for anonymity and resilience against tracking and censorship. For IT leaders, the strategic takeaway is that privacy-preserving distribution can be operationalized with standard web tooling and automated dual deployments, but it also requires new runbooks, security controls, and content/build processes to support separate clearnet and onion environments.