.onion is a special top-level domain name denoting an anonymous onion service formerly known as the "hidden service", accessible through the Tor network. These addresses are not real DNS names, and the .onion TLD is not in the Internet DNS root directory. However, if the appropriate proxy software is installed, Internet programs such as web browsers can access websites with .onion addresses by sending the request over the Tor network.
The purpose of using such a system is to make it difficult to trace both the information provider and the person accessing the information, whether by the other, an intermediary network host, or an outsider. Web sites that offer special .onion addresses can provide an additional layer of identity assurance via EV HTTPS certificates. Providing an onion site also helps mitigate SSL stripping attacks by malicious exit nodes on the Tor network on users who would otherwise access traditional HTTPS clearnet pages through Tor.
The purpose of using such a system is to make it difficult to trace both the information provider and the person accessing the information, whether by the other, an intermediary network host, or an outsider. Web sites that offer special .onion addresses can provide an additional layer of identity assurance via EV HTTPS certificates. Providing an onion site also helps mitigate SSL stripping attacks by malicious exit nodes on the Tor network on users who would otherwise access traditional HTTPS clearnet pages through Tor.
by .Onion November 25, 2021
Get the .onionmug. A sarcastic idiom that is used to mock a person or people that think they understand a certain concept.
Person A: Oh I see! So quantum physics is basically advanced physics!
Person B: Ah yes, Ogres Are Onions... It's not.. You.. You can't simplify it that much my dude...
Person B: Ah yes, Ogres Are Onions... It's not.. You.. You can't simplify it that much my dude...
by MAJE_4 November 14, 2021
Get the Ogres Are Onionsmug. by What8888 March 10, 2017
Get the beefy onionmug. by Deschain1985 June 11, 2022
Get the Dumping Onionsmug. by watchova April 7, 2024
Get the Acting Onionsmug. 1. Someone or something that tastes so spicy (even if it did not comes from an onion plant) that it makes want to vomit
2. A vegetable that comes from the onion plant
3. An ounce of a drug
2. A vegetable that comes from the onion plant
3. An ounce of a drug
1.Jack's friends licked him and said, "Bruh, you're an onion," even though he was a human.
2. This onion is spicy.
3. This bottle has 5 onions so it weighs 5 ounces.
2. This onion is spicy.
3. This bottle has 5 onions so it weighs 5 ounces.
by DictionaryGuy5000 April 7, 2019
Get the Onionmug. by Roy McHebroid June 22, 2021
Get the Onion carriagemug.