.onion
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.onion is a special-use top-level domain name designating an anonymous onion service, which was formerly known as a "hidden service", reachable via the Tor network. Such addresses are not actual DNS names, and the .onion TLD is not in the Internet DNS root, but with the appropriate proxy software installed, Internet programs such as web browsers can access sites with .onion addresses by sending the request through the Tor network.
Key facts
- Top level domain.name
- .onion
- Top level domain.image
- Tor-logo-2011-flat.svg
- Top level domain.introduced
- 2004
- Top level domain.type
- Host suffix
- Top level domain.status
- Not in root, but used by Tor clients, servers, and proxies
- Top level domain.registry
- Tor
- Top level domain.intendeduse
- To designate an onion service reachable via Tor
- Top level domain.actualuse
- Used by Tor users for services in which both the provider and the user are anonymous and difficult to trace
- Top level domain.restrictions
- Addresses are "registered" automatically by Tor client when an onion service is set up
- Top level domain.structure
- Names are opaque strings generated from public keys
- Top level domain.disputepolicy
- N/A
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Official website
- www.torproject.org
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- inception
- 2004-00-00
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Article
8 sectionsContents
- Format
- WWW to .onion gateways
- .exit (defunct pseudo-top-level domain)
- Official designation
- HTTPS support
- See also
- References
- External links
.onion is a special-use top-level domain name designating an anonymous onion service, which was formerly known as a "hidden service", reachable via the Tor network. Such addresses are not actual DNS names, and the .onion TLD is not in the Internet DNS root, but with the appropriate proxy software installed, Internet programs such as web browsers can access sites with .onion addresses by sending the request through the Tor network.
The "onion" name refers to onion routing, the technique used by Tor to achieve a degree of anonymity.