Anybody able to use I2P?

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Yes I use I2P with split setup. My setup is as follows:

  1. Use VPN that supports external port forwarding
  2. Configure qubes-tunnel with port forwarding from “sys-vpn” to “sys-i2p”. Now I2P should have full connectivity.
  3. Configure I2P to accept client connections from qubes network interface rather than from localhost
  4. Use sys-i2p as network VM for i2p AppVM
  5. Use local IP of sys-i2p as HTTP proxy in Firefox in the i2p AppVM

Now the i2p AppVM can directly access the IP address of sys-i2p as a HTTP proxy because it is configured as the upstream network VM, so everything works nicely.

Everything in the AppVM that does not have a HTTP proxy configured will bypass I2P and will be routed via the VPN instead. Which is kinda meh in terms of anonymity but should be easy to suppress if necessary.

I just installed I2P in a Qubes Debian 10 template with sudo apt-get install i2p

IIRC the Debian version of I2P is very outdated, you should probably follow the guide here Debian/Ubuntu - I2P

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