Questions tagged [onion-routing]
Questions relating to onion routing, and onion routing protocols
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Tor hiden service ratelimits
While we are building a denial of service protection using and onionbalance for our HSv3 resources was discovered an interesting thing: during testing with simulated DDoS (launched 1000 tor client ...
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Is it possible to a onion server to be censored?
I can see from the answer to "How exactly do onion addresses work" that the tor protocol needs to upload the hidden service descriptor in item 6, to a distributed hash table (DHT). Is it not ...
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How to change onion URL
I am well aware of how to generate an onion address with mkp224o, and how it spits out the keys, but how do I then use that new address to replace the old one. Many people have answered questions ...
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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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Intercepting .onion Sites with BurpSuite + Tor
I'm stuck on this. I've configure the Tor browser to the BurpSuite proxy so I can intercept.It work for regular web addresses but not .onion sites. Does anybody know why? And what can I do to fix it? ...
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burpsuite onion http request intercept
I have an Onion Website, and i want to try and exploit it to find the Real IP-Address behind this Service.
The problem:
'Cannot intercept Traffic from .onion' i also used this Settings in BurpSuite:
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Trying to reach the Alpha Bay marketplace first time using Tor
I am trying to buy something on Alpha Bay but I am not sure how to get to the Alpha Bay website and how do I know it's the real one and not a spoofed mirror site.
I am using an iPhone and just went to ...
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Can nodes know which .onion address I'm connecting to?
If I open an onion site with the Tor browser, can nodes know the address of the .onion site I'm connecting to?
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how to change my onion URL?
I have my onion site online but I'd like to change my URL.
For example my URL looks like :
http://j3cjshcxrizpbq4txis7lk242hascwom5vwhvhdfvgpajqkwlzfrynad.onion/
But I would like to change my URL and ...
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Multiple hidden services on one server
How is it that I can host multiple (static) hidden services on one server?
I am just needing 3 simple and static HTML sites with their own .onion?
If I add multiple HiddenServiceDir do they have to be ...
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UFW Rules and Tor
Would the following rules still allow Tor or would I need to add something? Also running DNScrypt with 1.1.1.1 in case that matters and I would also like to use a bridge.
~$ sudo ufw allow out on <...
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Why doesn't Tor use garlic routing?
Garlic routing is a variant of onion routing which the Invisible Internet Project (I2P) uses. Why doesn't Tor use garlic routing instead of onion routing?
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All onion channels show HungryTREX as first node
after upgrading to Tails 4.14, the first server in all onion channels is HungryTREX with an IP address from Toronto, Canada.
This isn't looking sane, but what I do know...
Many services are ...
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How does a Tor client find the correct HSDir to connect to when fetching a "descriptor" of a hidden service?
It seems that a Tor client connects to a HSDir through a circuit of 3 Tor nodes when retrieving a hidden service descriptor. But to access a hidden service, a user only needs to know the .onion ...
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What's an "onion circuit"?
Being new to tor, I had opened a "onion circuits" window just to see some of it's magic without fully understanding what it means.
I noticed that in the "normal case" I see a variety of hosts from ...
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Most '.onion' links won't load?
OS: Kali Linux Live
Settings have not been modified.
Most '.onion' links that I try to access simply refuse to load. They will hang on the loading screen until the connection times out. Not all of ...
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Can't host my own hidden service
I use lighttpd, i can access localhost with Firefox, use port 9000,
I modified my torrc with this port;
HiddenServiceDir /var/lib/tor/hidden_service/
HiddenServicePort 80 127.0.0.1:9000
Reload, ...
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making request onion sites without tor
I made a simple server at my home hosted by tor. The server contains my personal files and i dont like paying services for hosting websites because hosting on tor is free and hidden. It doesn't matter ...
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Tor Key Exchange Remaining Anonymous
If the client device performs 3 DH key exchanges with the 3 Tor relay devices, how does Tor provide anonymity to the client; wouldn't the IP address of the client be seen during the key exchange?? How ...
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How to create a mirror of a clearnet website?
I have an already running https website and I would like to also have a full functioning (with logins) mirror of it. I have read about EOTK and Onionize but I am not quite sure about it.
Thanks in ...
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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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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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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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*.onion don't work in Safari
I install Tor via Homebrew. Set SOCKS to localhost:9050 in System Preferences.
Go to https://check.torproject.org in Safari and get "Congratulations. This browser is configured to use Tor."
When I ...
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How block clearnet in Tor browser?
Some .onion websites contain clearnet links which sends you to https (or http) websites. I understood that https/http is lesser anonymous than .onion. How can I block in Tor browser all links that ...
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.php and .onion will not work
When I type in URLs directly the page will not be found. I understand that sites often get taken offline, but not a single site has worked for me (out of at least 40). Using any words such as "onion ...
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White Bar Under Tor Status Onion Icon?
I am using Tor in Tails 1.8.1. I am attempting to upgrade online to 1.8.2 yet I'm noticing that the Tor onion status logo is green yet it has a white bar at the bottom of it. I've seen this before ...
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mkp224o v3 onion link get overwritten by tor
Firstly, I'm using windows.I created the hostname, secret key and public key on windows. When I changed it, tor rewrites it every time I reopen tor.
i replaced these 3 files with the keys i got from ...
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Is an .onion service aware of its own circuit?
So I understand that when a user logs into an onion service, they are logged as ”127.0.0.1” and port
now, does the onion service log the relays or know what relays it connected to in order to ...
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Tor Downloads/ Anonymity
I had a question regarding Downloading files Using the Tor software . Lets say you are a journalist and you were on some website on TOR (like a .onion) and you needed to download standard MP4/ PNG/ ...
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Why I can't open any onion link on TOR?
I am not able to open any .onion link on my Tor browser, I tried everything but don't understand what I missed. I also tried to open https://facebookcorewwwi.onion/ but I can't.
Please help me and ...
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How to make JSoup access the web via Tor
First of all, I'd just like to emphasize -- I am new to Tor and I have only very basic networking knowledge.
I am currently working on a simple web scraper using Jsoup, my goal with this scraper was ...
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I can no longer access many onion sites
So recently I have been unable to access some onion sites. At first I thought that just the site I was visiting was down but as I have done more research it seems like half of the sites I try to ...
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How can I create a site on the tor network? PHP
I programmed on my PC a website in php using xampp and mysql server, but how do I send these files contained in my folder, which is located at:
(ex: htdocs/my finished site),
to the tor network?
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Error accessing onion service websites
When I access sites on the onion network, I get the following error: [warn] Onion address [scrubbed] requested from a port with .onion disabled how do I solve this problem?
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What is the difference of double onion and just onion?
Can anyone eli5 the difference of double onion and onion? How many hops will doubleonion use?
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Tor doesn't work until I run "Tor" in the terminal
[email protected] fails to run and journalctl -eu tor@default outputs this - https://campfirebg.eu5.org/upload/log.txt
Any help?
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Tor doesn't read the torrc file
When I tried to create a .onion service by modifying the torrc file, nothing happened. I mean nothing. The official website says that if tor is not starting then there is a problem. Well tor is ...
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Prosody XMPP server with onion domain
I set up the XMPP Prosody server in conjunction with the onion domain, it works fine with v2 domains, but when I trying to configure it with onion v3, it does not connect. Everything is clear in ...
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Map Multiple Tor Daemon Local Names/Addreses/Ports to Multiple Country Specific ExitNodes
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Is it possible to Map Multiple Tor Daemon Local Names/Addresses/Ports to Multiple Country Specific ExitNodes without running multiple instances of the Tor daemon?
amazon.cn (127.0.0.1) => ...
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Tails OS on one USB drive, but save downloaded files to second USB or SD drive
If two USB drives are connected to a Windows notebook, one containing the Tails OS, are there any security loopholes or anonymity breaches by downloading files from .onion sites to the second USB ...
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How to route all network traffic through tor
I'm trying to create a network that sends all traffic through tor.
So far I've got a PFsense box acting as a router and a separate debian instance with tor installed and running. Is there a way to ...
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Will Tor route thru my internet connection (and back) when connecting to onion service on local network?
I want to run a Nextcloud server on my home network and I also want it to be accessible from the internet. Instead trying to tunnel the port to internet and messing with SSL certificates, running it ...
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If a client builds a full circuit to the rendezvous point, how can there be 6 hops between client and hidden service?
On https://2019.www.torproject.org/docs/onion-services it says that whenever the client or server contacts the rendezvous point or one introduction point, it always builds a full tor circuit.
So, why ...
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Samsung Email Client
I have tor running through Termux on my phone and I was able to set up Firefox Android to use that tor connection without any problems. Now, I'd like to be able to use the stock Samsung Email Client ...
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two or more onion domains on the same vps
I installed a few onion domains: in /etc/torrc and /var/lib/tor/hidden_services.... on the same port and configured one virtual host on nginx for these domains (same document root). Usually all the ...
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Configuring Tor to Work in Other Web Browsers
I am trying to configure my internet options so I can use the Tor servers in another browser, specifically Internet Explorer. Yes, I know this is not recommended and it's an old browser, but I need to ...
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TOR will only open SOME onlion links
I just installed linux on my laptop (parrot). I can access a lot of onion links via Tor, but for some reason places like Empire and Dread are just not loading. I tried the exact same links on my ...
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Can legit antivirus spying on user when ''accessibility-services'' in Tor are turned off and onion routing using?
I use one of the most popular antivirus program for Windows for months and some days ago I just noticed that it at least uses firewall and ''internet security and protection'' settings turned on and ...
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Can the attacker's malicious node see the full link of .onion sites users have access to?
If we talk about .onion sites only, can the bad nodes see the part of site's link? Like "example.onion/" or full link like "example.onion/user404/data/page/example123.txt"?
I don't talk about IP of ...
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