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The onion link cannot be accessed
I can't access onion links that I could access before. I tried using another computer and they still work. When I try to log in I get the error Details: 0xF0 — The requested onion service descriptor ...
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Why tor allow only root to connect to control port?
I have enabled control port, using password authentication.
I run this
telnet localhost 9051
Trying 127.0.0.1...
Connected to localhost.
Escape character is '^]'.
With root is ok, I can send commands ...
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Measurements to deploy a Tor Service anonymously
I am planning on creating a new Tor service. It will be a website made in PHP/Laravel/Symfony, a database like MySQL and there will be a payment system for Monero transactions.
I'm already familiar on ...
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does onion sites uses any standard for blocking crawler
does onion sites uses robot.txt files to hide or restrict crawlers? as i know normal webservices uses robot.txt files to stop google crwaler from knowing more about the website or limitaions. so does ...
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What ports do I need to open on my UFW firewall? I cannot log into nyx. Do I need to also open my 9051/tcp port?
I have just installed tor middle relay using this youtube guide.
I did everything up until the 12th minute of this video.
I have tor installed on a vps server I run from Vultr.
Then I have installed ...
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Tor Browser not able to open sites
I am not able to open any sites with tor browser from my win 10 laptop in office, even though I could do this earlier. I suspect my IT admin is now blocking tor through the office router/firewall. ...
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Chrome OS and Tor. Linux wont set up either. Says no space
I'm not computer expert. Just trying to learn. My problem is Chrome OS and Tor. Linux wont set up either. Says no space. Can anyone splain this to me please? I'm a 54 yr old woman. So I didn't grow up ...
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Tor slow to respond on control port on mobile
We have an application that's trying to connect to Tor, and when Tor starts, it blocks for about 15 seconds before responding on the control port.
This is the behaviour we are observing:
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Marginal download speed shown on Android, yet videos still play OK
I am testing watching videos and the Tor Browser client on Android often shows zero or very minimal download speed, even though the video plays fine. The Torbrowser still says that I am connected so ...
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If I turn on JavaScript, can my workplace see what sites I'm using TOR to access?
My question is about what my ISP can see if I enable JavaScript on a site.I would like to use TOR to access sites without letting my work know, but some sites will only work with JavaScript on.
If I ...
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Are desktop notifications not working in more recent TOR versions?
I ran a comparative test, two different versions, out-of-the-box, used same site to test:
This is the website that I used to test: https://www.bennish.net/web-notifications.html .
Tor 12.0.3: working
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Are the external IP addresses the same for two torified programs simultaneously running?
Suppose there are two torified programs that are simultaneously running in the shell on the same computer (which uses a single network interface). Are the external IP addresses assigned to the two ...
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Why dosen't Tor always know the external IP address?
The "getinfo address" command documentation says:
"address" -- the best guess at our external IP address. If we
have no guess, return a 551 error. (Added in 0.1.2.2-alpha)
Why ...
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How do I monetize my Tor-Exit Node?
I want to monetize my traffic that goes through my Tor -Exit Node, to maintain the cost that comes with running an Exit Node.
How do I do that?
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Tor crashes on startup-I don't think it's my antivirus (WINDOWS 11)
Tor crashes on start-up every time. I have tried reinstalling from scratch. I have tried disabling my firewall and made sure Tor is allowed through the firewall. I have no anti-virus open and disabled ...
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How to setup filezilla client to access TOR?
So the question is obvious now here's what I did:
I've tried without openning TOR browser to go to Edit->Settings, then I went to Connection->Generic Proxy and I've selected SOCKS5, then I typed host ...
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Tor 'service start' not working on NetHunter Kali Linux
I am using NetHunter Kali Linux. I am using the Tor service to start the Tor hidden services. When I enter sudo service tor start in the command line, the following error pops up:
/etc/init.d/tor: ...
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Only can't access Facebook and Youtube [closed]
I use tor and it opens up any website but Facebook and Youtube, although I can access them by a proxy. I'm in middle east, what should I do? 348205
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Error in Tails Error opening directory 'home/amnesia'
I have setup the persistence volume within Tail (Complete).
Problem: When I download a file it send it asks me where I want to save it. I try to click which where to save example like in Home, and an ...
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Need help with private Tor network setup
I'm working on my thesis, the goal of which is to create my own instance of a private Tor network. I currently have 5 nodes in my network, 1 node is a client and 4 nodes are for creating circuits(...
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Tor browser not opening
Okay so earlier today I went to go use Tor so I can us stuff unblocked but when I went to open it its said that "This item 'firefox.exe' that this shortcut refers to has been changed or moved, so ...
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I'm installing Chutney to try to emulate a private TOR network
My goal is to create a private Tor network in order to first de-anonymize a user and then develop a patch to address the issue. Currently, I have decided to create the Tor network using Chutney. ...
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Sending a json request over tor to a Hidden Service Onion Address on port 50001
First post here as I've just started using Tor. I have a server running on a machine with a hidden service on port 50001. I'm trying to connect to it from my laptop using the server hidden service ...
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How to connect to my configured personal meek bridge in Tor client?
I have configured a meek client with the following Tor configuration:
BridgeRelay 1
ORPort 9001
ExtORPort auto
SocksPort 0
ServerTransportListenAddr meek 0.0.0.0:7002
ServerTransportPlugin meek exec /...
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What encryption does Tails use for persistent storage?
I've gathered that persistent storage in Tails uses LUKS, but I can't find the specifics of the encryption, e.g. the algorithm.
Most of the Tails website and other various places is scant with ...
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How do I set up a Tor relay as a docker container?
How do I use Docker to run a Tor middle/guard relay so that I can easily stay up-to-date with the latest software changes?
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How can we get more community-operated (non-NSA) Tor relays set up?
One of the greatest threats I can see to the anonymity of the Tor network and its users, is NSA/GCHQ (etc.)-operated Tor nodes.
No matter how state-of-the-art 'good practice' a Tor user adheres to - ...
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Tor onion domain: should the secret key be expanded?
When generating a tor address domain and keys the secret key must be additionally "expanded":
specification for key expansion: https://github.com/torproject/torspec/blob/...
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Tor onion service: why the public key file is needed?
I created an onion v3 service and the Tor created three files for it: private and public keys and hostname.
The private key is actually contains the public key internally. So why do we need the public ...
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Choosing an outgoing interface instead of an outgoing IP
I have a computer with two interfaces connected to two different networks:
wlan0 should not ever be used for tor traffic.
tor0 should be used for outgoing traffic, but the IP is dynamic, so I cannot ...
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SSH to vSphere VPS via TOR
Is it possible to set up vSphere VM so one will be able to connect to it via SSH using an onion domain name?
For example:
ssh user@s4k4ceiapwwgcm3mkb6e4diqecpo7kvdnfr5gg7sph7jjppqkvwwqtyd.onion
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Bridge distribution mechanism says "none" despite it having been set in torrc?
So I am running a new bridge relay at https://metrics.torproject.org/rs.html#details/D8931228F0FEB5668C7F5680D9B6CDB2AF86690E
Oddity happening, despite it being listed in the torrc confoguration to be ...
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MacBook Air 2014: when I boot with SDcard "SDXC", the mouse does not work. However, when booting via USB stick, there are no problems on the same HW
I use latest Tails with persistent LUKS volume. My hardware is MacBook Air 2014 (running Debian as daily driver; the machine is well supported).
When I boot with SDcard "SanDisk SDXC" (there ...
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Tor starts but does not connect
I am trying to use Tor with Windows10 (I know, I know...).
All seems to go well but I can't connect to any site ("connecting" then back to the welcome page).
Same thing with the anti-virus and ...
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Is making tor to route through port 80 ,443 (standard internet ports ) is better for my anonymity
Is making tor to route through port 80 ,443 (standard internet ports ) is better for my anonymity so my ISP may watching default tor starting port ?
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Couldn't load XPCOM. Tor browser
When I try to open the Tor browser, I get a Firefox message box, saying: Couldn't load XPCOM . And no, I don't have any Webroot product. Could someone please help me?
I had already asked this question,...
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How may I run multiple Tor relay instances in a single Linux machine?
Suppose I have a Linux machine (for example Debian) with more than one public IPs, sufficient bandwidth, memory and CPU resources.
How may I run more than one Tor relay instance in that single ...
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Configuring my website with both a clearnet and a onion address
I am running a wordpress blog and in the clear net and I want for it to be accessible from Tor as well. Kinda like how Facebook has both a normal and a onion address.
I have read the one way to do ...
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Can `SUCCEEDED` be the last message for a Tor stream reported by Tor control?
I've been trying to fully understand what is happening with a single Tor stream. I can see in my logs Tor control events:
650 STREAM 97 NEW 0 my.website.com:443 SOURCE_ADDR=127.0.0.1:48828 PURPOSE=...
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Couldn't load XPCOM
When I try to open the Tor browser, I get a Firefox message box, saying: Couldn't load XPCOM . And no, I don't have any Webroot product. Could someone please help me?
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Are .onion sites also written in HTML?
Websites are primarily saved in .htm(l) format, being based on HTML (hypertext mark-up language), CSS, sometimes Javascript.
Are .onion sites on the darknet no different, or are there unique coding ...
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TOR Browser hangs up when maximized on Windows 11
I had installed Windows 11 and started TOR Browser (from a non-system drive, where it was installed earlier). It was running well, even if I maximized the window.
But now (after an update or something,...
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Tor exited during startup on fresh install
I have used the Tor browser for a long time with no problem, but I got a new laptop recently and every time I install and run Tor, I get the same error.
Tor exited during startup. This might be due to ...
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Tor doesn't launch on Arch with "XPCOMGlueLoad error"
Tor doesn't launch on a fresh Arch install with "XPCOMGlueLoad error" despite following all instructions available.
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Tor Browser is not working in the new Tails 3.3 version
The browser simple doesn't load. When I click in the icon both in the favorites or Internet menu nothing happens. When I try using the command line (through tor-browser command) it shows this:
The ...
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And if DDoS attacks could enhance the anonymity of the Tor network?
The most effective approach for an attacker would be to establish Tor routing and send packets to trigger a chain reaction across 3 or more relays.
Now, couldn’t these attacks potentially be an ...
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localhost wordpress won't load completely on tor browser
first , sorry for bad English
i try to run a wordpress site on local machine and everything is ok but when i brows my site using tor browser page wont load completely an when i click on a link ,[
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Registering .onion with Certificate Authority?
Is it possible to register my onion with LetsEncrypt? I'm using Arch.
If no, why not?
Thanks!
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