Are there any differences between hosting a .onion site and a “normal” site?
from governorkeagan@lemdro.id to nostupidquestions@lemmy.world on 29 Aug 22:30
https://lemdro.id/post/12475683

Assuming I’ve got a website hosted on GitHub via Cloudflare with a custom domain. How different would it be to host the same site with a .onion address?

EDIT: I’ve had a few drinks so hopefully this isn’t too bad or at least makes sense.

#nostupidquestions

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DmMacniel@feddit.org on 29 Aug 22:34 next collapse

It’s just a name that gets resolved into an IP. Tor though does a bit more with it. But that’s the gist behind it.

db2@lemmy.world on 29 Aug 22:52 next collapse

What’s the point? If your server goes down they both do, you’re not adding any value by having it on Tor.

BombOmOm@lemmy.world on 29 Aug 23:03 collapse

It adds extra privacy for people who value such.

Many domains actually host both.

twistypencil@lemmy.world on 30 Aug 00:18 next collapse

Such as Facebook

Flax_vert@feddit.uk on 30 Aug 00:28 next collapse

How do you host both?

Azzu@lemm.ee on 30 Aug 00:36 collapse

You simply follow the steps for both. But when it says in the steps to set up a webserver, instead of using 2 different webservers, you use 1.

electro1@infosec.pub on 30 Aug 02:19 collapse

The question is can governments figure out where the server location is ? like there r extensions which allow u to c where the website is hosted

Azzu@lemm.ee on 30 Aug 05:02 collapse

Providing both a clearnet and a onion domain is not to protect the website’s privacy, but to protect the user’s privacy.

linearchaos@lemmy.world on 30 Aug 01:44 collapse

I screwed around on tor the other day for the first time in a long time, most onion sites I could find were down. The only thing that worked fine was Wikipedia LibGen and a few other places out of hundreds deadlinks.

marx2k@lemmy.world on 30 Aug 11:12 collapse

That’s how I remember it as well. It was a frustrating mess of dead sites or sites that looked like they were created in 1993 and loaded with the speed of a BBS coming through a 1200 baud modern

expatriado@lemmy.world on 29 Aug 23:31 next collapse

websites with .onion top level domain have layers

not_that_guy05@lemmy.world on 30 Aug 00:54 next collapse

Ogres have layers.

Deceptichum@quokk.au on 30 Aug 06:28 collapse

websites with .ogre top level domain have layers

Etterra@lemmy.world on 30 Aug 07:53 collapse

Also they’re satirical.

shamrockpreacher5@reddthat.com on 30 Aug 00:03 next collapse

Yeah, hosting it on Tor or i2p will be beneficial for those clients who don’t want to browse the clearnet. I think most all sites should have both

Azzu@lemm.ee on 30 Aug 00:37 collapse

community.torproject.org/onion-services/setup/

I.e. you either need your own server or a provider that supports Tor. Don’t think GitHub supports it.