Questions tagged [onion-routing]
Questions relating to onion routing, and onion routing protocols
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Differences between Onion Routing (Public Key) and Tor-Circuit (Session Key)
I have a hard time understanding how a message is transmitted, when the Public Keys are used and when the Session Keys.
Tor Client connects to a directory server to get a list of active relays & ...
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Cloudflare DNS & Tor
Been toying with Cloudflare DNS (IPv4 is 1.1.1.1:1.0.0.1 the IPv6 addresses are 2606:4700:4700::1111,2606:4700:4700::1001) set in my router and had a pretty good experience so far, just wondered ...
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Is Mix-Kaskading based on the Onion-Routing?
[Note: I'm no native english speaker]
1981 David Chaum first introduced Mix-Networks.
1995 Tor began its life as a research project in the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL), where 1996 three ...
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Can't change hostname and key for Tor hidden service
I've generated private key and hostname to my onion domain using scallion, and I have tried to copy and paste it into the hidden service directory, to the "hostname" and "privatekey" files, but wheb I ...
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Bitcoin wallet address on Dream Market
I cannot get my bitcoin wallet full on Dream Market because the Bitcoin address is only valid for 10 days but then they don't give you a new one or the tip to get a new BTC address.Can you help me ...
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TOR How does middle node know which chain a packet belongs to?
"Tor works like a chain of proxies, where each proxy only knows about the next hop and the previous hop."
I presume that a TOR node may be part of more than one circuit though, how does it know which ...
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union domain can not resolve [duplicate]
I use gost for create ShadowSocks server and forward all traffic to tor m with this command:
gost -L ss://aes-256-cfb:1234@:1212 -F=socks4://127.0.0.1:9050
I can see and open all domain, not problem,...
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how do i host .onion on my top level domain name
I understand how to start up a TLD and host the website.
how do i host .onion on my top level domain name. Do we purchase the .onion?
Any suggestions on this question.
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Peer To Peer utilizing Tor
I am working on a kind of Tor- Instant messaging app ( I know there are some done before and I have no problem to write one )
I understand the whole picture from one client to another and I ...
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Unable to access onion sites (Worked first time, not working now)
You are trying to reach an onion/hidden service. To access - via web you will have to use the Tor Browser.
Tor displays the above message whenever I try to connect to any onion site.
I used tor ...
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From RSA Public Key to the Onion-Adress
i've got a question. Is it possible to generate out of the RSA-Public-Key the onion adress?
I know the public key and want to know which onion adress it could be.
I'm not sure if the process i ...
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What happens if orbot loses connection while you are browsing the normal net and onion sites?
If orbot loses it's connection to Tor while you're browsing in regular net or onion sites does your isp automatically see where you are and what your browsing? Because as far as I can tell you won't ...
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how to Disable the onion routing in a tor browser?
This question may seem counter intuitive. However, I would like to disable the 'onion routing' feature of the TOR browser. Whenever I type the .onion address into the browser, I would like it ...
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data sharing across websites?
lets say I login to an account with my real name through tor (https). Would a separate website I'm using through tor be able to see that I'm logged in under my real name somewhere else and link the ...
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TOR client ip from the server side
Question regarding running a hidden service.
In php, when i do:
$ip = $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'];
echo $ip;
It returns my client ip address as 127.0.0.1
Is this due to the client never leaving via an ...
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How the tor network works?
There are different questions that come up to my mind when using tor.
1)I know that private_key of a hidden service is really secret and if leaked can make you traceable. But how can I trace some ...
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What is the purpose of the .onion domain?
I do understand the point of the TOR network in order to anonymize your connections, especially in states where you don't have much liberties. That's probably a good thing.
However what is the point ...
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Tor Relay can not confirm ORPort or DirPort is reachable
I am attempting to run a simple tor relay node in my Fedora server (latest version). When I run systemctl status tor I receive the following.
Your server (PUBLICIP:9030) has not managed to confirm ...
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How is connecting to clearnet sites diffrent than connecting to .onion sites?
So, I understand that for .onion sites it can help keep them anonymous but is there much of a difference for the user? Does have any added privacy/security?
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Does Tor use Garlic Routing?
I came across the garlic routing section (8.1.1) in Roger's Master's thesis: https://dspace.mit.edu/bitstream/handle/1721.1/86475/46861930-MIT.pdf?sequence=2. I am not sure whether current Tor version ...
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Unable to connect to localhost or 127.0.0.1
I am trying to setup onion hidden service and i am using xampp default apache web server.
I setup everything correctly and got my hostname and private key but the main problem i am getting is that i ...
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How make Ruby on Rails app available in .onion?
I have dedicated web server working by Rybu on Rails. But I don't know how to make it work in .onion link.
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Can a relay know how far away it is from the exit node?
This answer suggests that Tor relays can't easily know how many relays are before/after it.
RELAY_EARLY was added to limit circuit length, as a relay will destroy the circuit if it receives too many ...
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“Establishing an encrypted directory connection failed (done - 149.56.223.242.443).” - Cannot connect to Tor
HTTPS sites were also giving me issues until I turned off the firewall. Scanned PC fully with Malwarebytes and Windows Defender, and no malware whatsoever. Really don't know what the issue is.
Will ...
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How do I route only .onion addresses through Tor?
I would like to create a virtual adapter or proxy to allow clearnet traffic to be attached to an adapter and onion addresses through Tor. Cross platform solutions appreciated.
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Generating .onion adresses out of public key
Suppose in my node.js app I have a 1024bit RSA key pair., I hashed the public key and derive .onion addres from the hash.
Is it possible to register this exact keypair and the hostname as a hidden ...
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Tor Browser won't connect to any .onion site [duplicate]
I am using Tor Browser on OS X. I see my Tor Browser clearly. My Tor Browser is up and running. I can connect to the clearnet but no .onion sites. I have tried several .onion sites and I am unable to ...
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How does an OP acknowledges an OR onion key?
According to the paper "Tor: The Second-Generation Onion Router" in section 4, The Tor Design, it is said that ORs have 3 different keys: a long-term identity key used to sign, a short-term onion key ...
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What happens when you add a .to or .direct or .city to an onion link? [closed]
So I thought that would happen if I type an .onion address into safari and add a .to to the address without deleting .onion while doing this I was using a VPN but the page did not open so I tried ....
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How does Tor browser find hidden websites [closed]
I was reading about search engines and i have seen that google for example is crawling and expending it's indexes by finding new links inside of the current websites he is scanning at the time.
So my ...
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Tor Launcher Error Message
What does "Could not Connect to Control Port" mean? How do I fix this? Is there a way to do this from Windows Command Prompt?
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Non-tor service over tor
I'm struggling to find information on how to route non Tor services over Tor.
Say i wanted to run a GPS tracking server as a hidden service, I could create a hidden service and point that to the ...
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Do Tor relays require knowledge of the real IP address of a hidden service, to enable routing to it?
From what I have read so far from the internet, in order to use the hidden service, the hidden service contacts random TOR relays and sends the public key to them. The hidden service also signs a ...
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Finding all onion addresses
Is there any direct way to ask all registered onion addresses from Tor directories? If it is not available, it should be bruteforced for specific ports? I mean all 16 chars onion addresses should be ...
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How do I tell TOR to not cache Onion descriptors?
When I run tor.exe and try to make a connection to a .onion domain via SOCKS and the hidden service is available at that moment, the connection opens quickly. Conversely, if the hidden service is not ...
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How does TOR route back to the originator while maintaining privacy? [duplicate]
Obviously, the original IP address of the TOR user isn't available to the website they are viewing, but when the website responds back to the exit node, what information is the exit node maintaining ...
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can I use hiddenservice address for irc and ssh or just one [closed]
I was wondering If i can use extra onion address I got from code as >showing:
Step Three: More advanced tips
If you plan to keep your service available for a long time, you >might want to ...
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Remove all .cab .rip .guide .to [closed]
I was wondering if anyone can explain to me on how to remove all of ?>the .to and .cab and .rip or .guide and so on and only keep .onion >only nothing else add to it. I look everywhere on this and I ...
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Using Ricochet concurrently?
Is it safe to run two ricochet instances on the same system; side-by-side? Is there anything that might conflict (listening ports, etc) that could cause issues? Would you recommend against it for any ...
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Why can't I connect to an .onion site on safari?
I have a question and I also have a doubt why I can't connect to deep web it loads then shows this:
And should I worry about maybe some malware could have been injected to my computer or accessed my ...
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Home Assistant hidden service unreachable/time out on raspberry pi tor
Following is what I have setup on my Raspberry Pi 3 model B
Raspbian GNU/Linux 8 (jessie)
Home Assistant 0.51.2
tor v0.2.5.14
Problem:
I am able to access Home Assistant locally perfectly fine i.e. ...
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Tor onion routing process [duplicate]
I am trying to understand the Tor anonymity process. I figure out that Onion routing is the concept which makes it more impressive. So if I am correct list of Onion routers(OR's) are loaded on client ...
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What do ORs 'know'?
It is often said that each node 'knows' the preceding and proceding nodes. But what identification information does the node have exactly? Just the IP address? Also, as a result of what protocol does ...
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Looking to create a onion domain; need some help [closed]
Where can I find a place to register my own onion domain and is there any hosting sites that I could use for hosting for my hidden service?
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IP address and staying anonymous?
What identification information does Tor strip besides IP addresses? I realize that, by filtering through ORs, my IP address is no longer identifiable. But what other ID information, besides the data ...
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OR Forward and reverse keys
It's my understanding that between the user and an OR there are two symmetric keys, one for sending data forward and another for receiving data. These keys are forged according to either TAP, which ...
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Tor Won't Launch
Every time since last night when I try to launch TOR I get "Tor exited during startup. This might be due to an error in your torrc file, a bug in Tor or another program on your system, or faulty ...
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What is passed to the Onion Proxy in terms of the OSI model?
I'm trying to understand at what layer does the SOCKS proxy receive. For example, if I visit a website and make a HTTP get to the web server it is passed through via SOCKS to make the request.
At ...
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Better understanding of the routing tables inside each TOR router [duplicate]
I've just learnt about the Onion routing protocol on Wikipedia, and the computerphile's video. And some of the concepts aren't very clear to me.
Each nodes keep the information about the previous and ...
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Preview site content safely
Sometimes I come across .onion links.
How can I know if the content inside is legal without actually going there first?
Scenario
Hey everyone! Go to https://3g2upl4pq6kufc4m.onion/ to learn how ...
