.onion

. onion is a pseudo-top -level domain for the use of hidden services ( German: hidden services) in the anonymizer The Onion Routing ( gate).. onion addresses are not approved by ICANN and not part of the corresponding DNA, but can be interpreted by applications when they are sent through a proxy in the Tor network. Be used such addresses to make both the recipient and the provider of the data, or in river difficult trackable; both with each other, as well as to another host or an outsider.

Examples of use

Known services of the so-called "Deep Web" (with onion address. ), For example:

Access without Tor client

There are services that allow its own proxy access. Onion without the user is in the actual Tor network. Often needs to be replaced with a different extension in a specific URL only the extension. Onion. In this scenario, it is both the operator of the proxy and the service in the Tor network possible to identify the user by the IP address or browser features.

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