Cut the Onion Sequel - Automatic redirection to onion service sites for Tor Browser users
As mentioned last time, to provide both normal web services and onion services, consider having connections from Tor's egress IP address automatically redirect to the onion service address, for example. Then Tor Browser 9.5 came, and this method didn't work anymore...
New way to automatically redirect Tor Browser users to onion service sites - a special HTTP Header
It's Onion-Location. When Tor Browser opens a website with this HTTP Header, it will add a ".Onion Available" prompt in the address bar, like the purple one above.
After the user clicks, they can jump to the set onion service website, or set up automatic redirection in the settings.
In practice, you can add this header to the configuration file of the web server you use, for example, Nginx:
add_header Onion-Location http://<your-onion-address>.onion$request_uri;
(Replace <your-onion-address> with the domain name of your own onion service.)
and other new features added in Tor Browser 9.5
Onion services can verify identity by exchanging keys with users, as detailed here.
Redesigned the address bar icon for the Onion service website.
The error message when a specific onion service cannot be reached has become clearer.
And the simplified .tor.onion domain has been experimented with on several specific onion services.
The Intercept: theintercept.securedrop.tor.onion http://xpxduj55x2j27l2qytu2tcetykyfxbjbafin3x4i3ywddzphkbrd3jyd.onion Lucy Parsons Labs: lucyparsonslabs.securedrop.tor.onion http://qn4qfeeslglmwxgb.onion
Or can you teach us how to remember names like xpxduj55x2j27l2qytu2tcetykyfxbjbafin3x4i3ywddzphkbrd3jyd.onion...
Tor Browser 9.5 Release Notes: https://blog.torproject.org/new-release-tor-browser-95
Download Tor Browser: https://www.torproject.org/download/
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