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Discussion => Security => Topic started by: jazel on August 08, 2011, 03:45 am

Title: how do you get a domain name like SR with onion on it...
Post by: jazel on August 08, 2011, 03:45 am
how do you get a domain name like SR with onion on it...
Title: Re: how do you get a domain name like SR with onion on it...
Post by: rake on August 08, 2011, 04:34 am
you generate it with the tor software.  Look for hidden service in the tor documentation.

https://www.torproject.org/docs/tor-hidden-service.html.en
Title: Re: how do you get a domain name like SR with onion on it...
Post by: CrunchyFrog on August 08, 2011, 04:40 am
The short answer is: you don't.  That's because there's no domain name system (DNS) in onionland.  The .onion psuedo-domain is meaningful -- and exists -- only inside of the Tor network.