Paywalls are access control mechanisms, and like all access controls, they can be tested. During an authorized engagement, your goal is to identify weaknesses in the paywall implementation so the client can harden them. Every bypass technique here corresponds to a specific implementation flaw. I'll walk through how paywalls work, then methodically break each type.

Setting up an onion service is straightforward — it's just a web server behind Tor's rendezvous protocol. The actual work is configuring it correctly so you don't leak your real IP through misconfiguration. Here's the complete operational guide and article on how to create an onion website.