Re: [tor-relays] Onion address or clearnet address

Hi, Luther Blissett (lblissett@paranoici.org) wrote on 2014-02-06:

1. When you access the clearnet you need dns name resolving which need

to be "proxyfied" to avoid dns leaks. This issue is supposed to be solved on decent OSes and with TBB, but it is difficult to guarantee that other software/OS won't try to bypass you proxy settings, so it's a permanent worry. When you connect to hidden services, name resolving is done inside tor, never leaving out.

I don't really get this concern. Assuming tor doesn't manage to intercept DNS resolution, won't trying to resolve a well-known .onion address leak as much information as resolving the equivalent clear address?

ciao,