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

What the Dark Web IS

Just kidding...

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

Popular Myths

• There are no "Levels"
• It’s not "for porn, drugs, and assassinations"
• There are no "secret leaks" buried in the dark web waiting to be exposed
• It’s no "romantic" as the main-stream media pictures it
• There are no "red rooms"

Dark Web Users

• People who cherish privacy
• Digital rights activists
• Free speech activists
• Dissidents
• Criminals
• Whistleblowers

How Tor Works

How messages are encrypted in TOR

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
  • e.g. http://3g2upl4pq6kufc4m.onion/
• I2P works slightly differently

Markets

• Libertas
• Tochka (Russian)
• Zion
• Lots of exit scams
• Past 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

Questions?