[tor-talk] large increase in .onion domains

[Jeremy Rand]

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On 02/19/2016 01:44 AM, CANNON NATHANIEL CIOTA wrote:
> On 2016-02-19 01:40, Jeremy Rand wrote: On 02/19/2016 01:37 AM,
> CANNON NATHANIEL CIOTA wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> That chat program you are referring to would be ricochet IM
>>>> 
> 
> Well, there was something called TorChat which fits that
> description, but TorChat hasn't gotten any security updates or
> maintenance in years, so Ricochet is pretty clearly preferable.
> 
> Cheers, -Jeremy Rand
> 
> I also know latest version of Bitcoin Core has capability of 
> automatically creating .onion host, maybe the testing of that could
> have been result in spike as well? Though I am leaning more towards
> botnet or malware being the likely reason behind jump in hidden
> services.
> 

It's been a while since I looked at that Bitcoin Core feature, but I'm
pretty sure it only creates a .onion when it detects that Tor is
already running when Bitcoin Core boots.  So I think it's unlikely to
generate even close to as many new .onion hosts as we're seeing now.
A botnet seems more likely to me.  Of course, I have no actual data to
back up my guess.

Cheers,
- -Jeremy Rand
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