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Support => Technical support => Topic started by: John2220000 on July 07, 2012, 11:13 pm

Title: SR url in my browser is NOT https://
Post by: John2220000 on July 07, 2012, 11:13 pm
It's not blue or green either. I don't know if I am using the correct SR URL. I've heard of fakes out there so that's why I'm asking here.
Title: Re: SR url in my browser is NOT https://
Post by: John2220000 on July 07, 2012, 11:24 pm
Guess I should have elaborated a bit more.

My questions are:

Why is it not https?
Am I safe to browse SR anon?


Thanks!
Title: Re: SR url in my browser is NOT https://
Post by: anonaddict on July 08, 2012, 12:27 am
https is short for Hyper-Text Transfer Protocol Secured. By default all .onion site have the secured part built into it with tor. Trying to use ssl on a .onion site would make it less secure.
Title: Re: SR url in my browser is NOT https://
Post by: eJ3k1 on July 08, 2012, 08:45 am
Why is it not https?
Am I safe to browse SR anon?
there is no need for https, because it is a .onion url.

Traffic from and to .onion websites stays within the tor network, and is therefore already very strongly encrypted.

The url is silkroadvb5piz3r.onion

So as long as that URL is in your address bar, you are safe.
Title: Re: SR url in my browser is NOT https://
Post by: oscarzululondon on July 08, 2012, 07:35 pm
Report back when it is HTTPS, so then I can freak out...

Anyway HTTPS is a weak form of security, especially if someone already has access to your network, such as if you're using wifi at home or in a public wifi zone.