[tor-bugs] #2553 [Tor Hidden Services]: tor2web mode for accessing hidden services

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#2553: tor2web mode for accessing hidden services
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 Reporter:  arma                 |          Owner:       
     Type:  enhancement          |         Status:  new  
 Priority:  normal               |      Milestone:       
Component:  Tor Hidden Services  |        Version:       
 Keywords:                       |         Parent:  #2552
   Points:                       |   Actualpoints:       
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Comment(by rransom):

 Replying to [ticket:2553 arma]:
 > Once we have some answers, we'll want to ponder if this is really
 something we want to leave in for arbitrary users to shoot themselves in
 the foot with (cf attractive nuisance).

 The simplest way to prevent accidental autodepeditation due to this
 feature is to refuse to connect to non-hidden-service hostnames when
 tor2web mode is on.

 We could also make this feature harder to turn on by requiring that a
 tor2web Tor instance be run as a published relay and indicating in the
 relay descriptor that it is running in tor2web, so that only minimal
 further information can be gained by attempting to monitor introduction
 points and rendezvous points (thus removing one of the risks that led us
 to prohibit one-hop circuits).

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