Re: [tor-talk] onion id calculation

2012-09-16 Thread Marek Lukaszuk
On Sat, Sep 15, 2012 at 11:19 AM, grarpamp wrote: > rend-spec... > "permanent-id" is the permanent identifier of the hidden service, > consisting of 80 bits. It can be calculated by computing the hash value > of the public hidden service key and truncating after the first 80 bits: > permanent-id

[tor-talk] Salutations and update requst of info

2012-09-16 Thread voragar
Hi dear TOR users! Thanks for creating and maintaining TOR community ! I just subscribed to the mail list. I am using Tor browser bundle and today the start page suggested a security update. After I downloaded it and went to the usual address to watch the page I saw the browser tries to downlo

[tor-talk] Hidden Services

2012-09-16 Thread Scurvy Scott
I'm sure this has been asked on here before but: Is it "possible" to basically brute force tor hidden services by simply visiting every possible .onion address and then indexing the ones that are active? Yes all 32^16 possibilities.. Is there possibly another way to do this? Perhaps by contacting

Re: [tor-talk] Hidden Services

2012-09-16 Thread Sebastian Hahn
On Sep 17, 2012, at 12:19 AM, Scurvy Scott wrote: > I'm sure this has been asked on here before but: > > Is it "possible" to basically brute force tor hidden services by simply > visiting every possible .onion address and then indexing the ones that are > active? Yes all 32^16 possibilities.. Is

Re: [tor-talk] Hidden Services

2012-09-16 Thread Scurvy Scott
Clearly brute forcing would be way, way out of the question just based on sheer size. I've read about the introduction points being stored on some type of DHT. Is it possible to access the hash table in order to pull the necessary information for indexing the entire hidden services set? I figure th

[tor-talk] Tor trafic bad? A necessary bad? Or good?

2012-09-16 Thread antispam06
I keep reading on the .onion forums about the trafic and the dislike for some *other* communities. But, on the other hand the key to that privacy is to have more trafic. If all guys in States do their porn shopping on clearnet and all the guys in Iran do get their porn thorugh Tor, that could lead