[tor-talk] HTTPS to hidden service unecessary?

proper torbox at riseup.net
Mon Jul 9 23:41:19 UTC 2012


HS + SSL makes sense:

- stronger encryption
Not looking too long for a good source...
https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/wiki/doc/HiddenServiceNames

If you decide to run a hidden service Tor generates an  RSA-1024
keypair. The .onion name is computed as follows: first the  SHA1 hash [...]

Arguably, that are not the recent, most secure algorithms. I think they
have already a few tickets to enhance the strength of the keys.
https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/3972


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