[tor-talk] HTTPS to hidden service unecessary?

[garulf]

On 09/07/2012 23:55, Matthew Finkel wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 9, 2012 at 10:49 PM, Juenca R <juenca at yahoo.com>
> wrote:
> 
>> 
>> 
>>> T or HS provide end-to-end encryption, however imho SSL it
>>> still maybe useful if:
>>> 
>>> - You use a Tor Gateway (for example in a Lan or WiFi) to reach
>>> the .onion darknet space and you don't want to trust your Tor
>>> Gateway or your Lan
>> 
>> good point. but don't most regular users install Tor on their PC
>> so it's local, no gateway?
>> 
> 
> It still needs work, but they do exist. 
> https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/wiki/doc/Torouter

Tor2Web?.. Ok it is already in https but if you don't trust it and
want end-to-end encryption to your HS you need SSL/TLS.