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How many hidden services are there approximately

There are metrics available for this through Tor Metrics. See: Tor Metrics — Unique .onion addresses The following graph shows the number of unique .onion addresses in the network per day. These …
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Can a hidden service's open ports be detected?

No, it cannot be detected without actually trying to connect. The descriptor can easily be retrieved but it does not contain port information. You can see the details of the descriptor content in the …
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How can I learn more about the technical information about an onion service? (details in the...

Fetch a descriptor HSFETCH is a tor control port command that can fetch a descriptor for a hidden service. The Stem python library has functionality to do this, it's documented in the Hidden Servi …
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Hidden services : clear text, or not, at the rendez-vous point?

FWIW I still consider this a duplicate. The other question was about encryption of requested hidden service URIs...this is about the encryption of contents The various parts of the URI are only …
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Can I add hidden services to an existing traditional web server?

It can be run with a traditional server setup, there are certain pitfalls because most Apache, PHP + MySQL setups aren't intended for the kind of privacy that some onion services require. However, of …
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Hidden tor exit nodes

I was wondering can I run an hidden exit note that only few people know of it, somehow hidden from others? No. If not can I protect it via password or something so nobody else can access it? …
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Hidden Service localisation

No, this isn't possible. First of all, no exit nodes are used in connections to onion services. Second of all, the onion service makes it's own circuit through the tor network to respond to your req …
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Why use a rendez vous point instead of a introduction point?

There has been a proposal to do this for some time, the proposal also includes the rational of why they are two seperate relays currently. Ultimately it has not been implemented and given that the ne …
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Backwards Compatibility on the Tor Network

Tor Browser auto updates so all users should be on the latest version. Tor Browser updates are normally accompanied by at least one security fix, so no one should ever be running old versions of Tor B …
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How can I automatically redirect visitors of my site to its onion version if they're Tor users?

With 100% accuracy? You can't. You can use tools like TorDNSEL and lookup each incoming user through a DNS query to discover if they're using a known Tor exit. Alternatively you can use the TorBulkE …
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Port forwarding to a hidden service

Read The !$%# Manual HiddenServicePort VIRTPORT [TARGET] Configure a virtual port VIRTPORT for a hidden service. You may use this option multiple times; each time applies to the service using the mos …
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Trying to config hidden service, but encounter folder permission error

Tor should control the hidden service private key, it has nothing at all to do with the httpd so you shouldn't be putting the private key or setting the hidden service directory anywhere related to th …
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Which node(s), if any, in the circuit for a hidden service, can see the URI of a request to ...

(Assuming the URL is http://X.onion?foo=bar) One relay (HSDir) knows that someone (but not who) wanted to look up the record for where to leave a message to request to talk to "X". Another relay (In …
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What is the difference between a directory server and a hidden service database?

The "database" in the picture is an abstraction, it just represents some shared lookup mechanism. Relays with certain properties can be assigned the HSDir flag. Bob chooses 6 of these relays in the …
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How do I make a Tor HSP on IIS / ASP.NET Core?

Configure your chosen httpd to listen on 127.0.0.1:80 (the port can be arbitrary, just update the value in the torrc to match). Then download a copy of the Tor Expert Bundle, extract it into a folder …
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