Tor and the Dark Web
The web is dark and full of terrors
CryptoParty TLV
January 2018
Who We Are
- Yuval Adam
- Noam Rotem
- CryptoParty TLV
Disclaimer
- We ARE NOT here to advocate for criminal activities
- DO NOT ask us to help you with such requests
- Please respect these boundries and do not make us ask you to leave
Urban Myths
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What the Dark Web IS
- A loose term use to describe "hidden" parts of the Internet
- An overlay network on top of the clearweb
- Provides a layer of anonymity
- Several implementations:
- Tor
- I2P
Dark Web Users
- Digital rights activists
- Free speech activists
- Dissidents
- Criminals
- Whistleblowers
How Tor Works
Accessing the Dark Web
- Tor Browser
- SOCKS proxy
- Torify (CLI)
- I2P
Onion (Hidden) Services
- Provide anonymity for website publishers
- Routed over Tor directory services, instead of DNS
- Addresses are hashed public keys
- I2P works slightly differently
Markets
- Silk Road
- AlphaBay
- Hansa
Warnings
- Never visit illegal content (child abuse, etc.)
- Never download files from unknown sources
- Never provide any identifying information
- Always assume you are being scammed
Where to go from here
- Explore the dark web
- Deploy onion services
- Use TAILS as a compartmentalized OS
- etc.
Questions?
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