[tor-talk] Hidden service persistent connections
George Kadianakis
desnacked at riseup.net
Mon May 20 14:55:14 UTC 2019
Memory Vandal <memvandal at gmail.com> writes:
> Hi,
>
> Are client connections to a hidden service .onion address that do not
> disconnect for hours safe?
>
> It may be a big file download or multiple keep-alive transactions that uses
> the established connection over and over for lets say few hours.
>
> If its not safe then what should be the max time a connection to .onion
> service should get disconnected so that it uses a new circuit when it
> reconnects?
>
What kind of attacks are you worried about? I don't see any serious
threats for onion service clients when it comes to long lasting connections.
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