[tor-dev] Of CA-signed certs and .onion URIs

[Jacob Appelbaum]

On 11/15/14, Griffin Boyce <griffin at cryptolab.net> wrote:
> Lee wrote:
>>> c) Get .onion IANA reserved
>>
>> It doesn't look like that's going to happen.
>
>    Yeah. Though the biggest use-case for cert+onion is when trying to
> match a clearnet service to a hidden service -- such as Facebook or
> Erowid.
>

That is false. Using TLS has many use-cases - one that is critically
important is stronger defense in depth.

All the best,
Jacob