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[tor-bugs] #8686 [TorBrowserButton]: padlock or colored url bar for connections to hidden services
#8686: padlock or colored url bar for connections to hidden services
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Reporter: proper | Owner: mikeperry
Type: enhancement | Status: new
Priority: normal | Milestone:
Component: TorBrowserButton | Version:
Keywords: | Parent:
Points: | Actualpoints:
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When connected to https protected websites, there is a nice looking
padlock, sometimes if the website bought a Extended Validation
Certificate, there is even a nice looking green bar.
Most people are not aware, that connections to hidden services are
encrypted end-to-end [1] by default, thanks to Tor. This is a nice
security feature and argument for Tor, which has very little public
awareness.
Why not have a padlock or colored (black?) url bar for connections to
hidden services?
This would also be a good way to teach people, that when they are using
services like tor2web or onion.to, that hose connections aren't encrypted
end-to-end, while connections to hidden services using Tor Browser are.
Credit:
This is an original idea of mine. It has been discussed on
[http://www.reddit.com/r/TOR/comments/1bxw2n/how_to_enable_sslhttps_for_onion_domains/
reddit].
,,
[1] To be pedantic, connections to hidden services are only encrypted end-
to-end Tor to Tor, not exactly client (browser) to server.
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Ticket URL: <https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/8686>
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