[tor-bugs] #24922 [- Select a component]: Misleading Help

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#24922: Misleading Help
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 Reporter:  RogerMont                         |          Owner:  (none)
     Type:  defect                            |         Status:  closed
 Priority:  Medium                            |      Milestone:
Component:  - Select a component              |        Version:
 Severity:  Normal                            |     Resolution:  invalid
 Keywords:  HTTPS,  Self-Signed Certificates  |  Actual Points:
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Comment (by RogerMont):

 Who does not know what an onion service is?

 An onion service is simply a web site that is addressed via the tor
 protocol.  The browser connects to the onion service through 3
 intermediate nodes, the final of the three is an exit node.  Likewise the
 response goes through the 3 intermediate nodes of which the third is an
 exit node.

 The 3rd node (exit node) does the final decryption.  That leaves the final
 transmission in clear text between the user or service with its respective
 exit node.

 Can it be made any clearer?  Do you deny this documented problem?

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