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Re: [tor-talk] large increase in .onion domains



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BBC picked up a story on this:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-35614335

Glad the good professor was able to spot this one :P


On 19/02/16 07:50, Jeremy Rand wrote:
> On 02/19/2016 01:44 AM, CANNON NATHANIEL CIOTA wrote: > > On 2016-02-19 01:40, Jeremy Rand wrote: On 02/19/2016 01:37 AM, > >
CANNON NATHANIEL CIOTA wrote: > >>>> > >>>> That chat program you are
referring to would be ricochet IM > >>>> > > > Well, there was something
called TorChat which fits that > > description, but TorChat hasn't
gotten any security updates or > > maintenance in years, so Ricochet is
pretty clearly preferable. > > > Cheers, -Jeremy Rand > > > I also know
latest version of Bitcoin Core has capability of > > automatically
creating .onion host, maybe the testing of that could > > have been
result in spike as well? Though I am leaning more towards > > botnet or
malware being the likely reason behind jump in hidden > > services. > >
> It's been a while since I looked at that Bitcoin Core feature, but I'm
> pretty sure it only creates a .onion when it detects that Tor is >
already running when Bitcoin Core boots.  So I think it's unlikely to >
generate even close to as many new .onion hosts as we're seeing now. > A
botnet seems more likely to me.  Of course, I have no actual data to >
back up my guess. > > Cheers, > -Jeremy Rand
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