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Onion Routing

A method of anonymous communication over the internet.

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Jan 12, 2026
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Jan 17, 2026
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How does Tor encrypt and route internet traffic between my device and the destination?

Tor uses “onion routing”: the Tor client builds a short chain of volunteer-run relays (typically three), negotiates ephemeral keys with each, and wraps the user’s data in multiple nested layers of enc...

Jan 18, 2026

How does OnionBalance change the attacker model for distributed ISP-level correlation, and what operational limits remain?

The recent SUMo flow-correlation work models a realistic, federated coalition of ISPs that can deanonymize Tor onion service sessions by distributing traffic-analysis workload across monitored vantage...

Jan 8, 2026

How can I safely search for sensitive content on the dark web without exposing myself?

Navigating the dark web without exposing oneself requires layered operational security: use the official Tor Browser with its strongest safety settings, isolate activity in a hardened environment (VM ...

Jan 8, 2026

How does tor work?

Tor is a volunteer-run overlay network and browser that aims to obscure who is talking to whom on the Internet by routing traffic through multiple relays and encrypting it in layers — the technique kn...

Jan 8, 2026

How do Tor guard nodes work and what metadata can they expose to observers?

Guard (entry) nodes are the first hop in a Tor circuit and exist to reduce the chance that an adversary will observe both ends of a connection; they are stable, relatively long‑lived relays selected b...