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why did tor use .onion?
06-04-2014, 04:31 AM
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The tor network uses an 'onion routing' security technique, where a text file is wrapped in multiple layers of encryption, which are removed one by one, peeled off like the layers of an onion.
Since that's the security the Tor network is based on, they use .onion as a (pseudo) top level domain identifier.
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why did tor use .onion? - Ivan - 06-04-2014, 04:22 AM
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