Look at the Tor Rendezvous Specification rend-spec-v3.txt https://gitweb.torproject.org/torspec.git/tree/rend-spec-v3.txt, the onion addresses that a user enter are Self authenticating, Because the onion address is the public key of the hidden service. Roger explains this in the DEF CON talk here https://youtu.be/Di7qAVidy1Y?t=1124 https://youtu.be/Di7qAVidy1Y?t=1124
On Oct 14, 2017, at 12:33 AM, Toralf Förster toralf.foerster@gmx.de wrote:
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