[tor-onions] [rt.torproject.org #63908] Onion Services & External Resources Hosted On Them

[Wilton Gorske]

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Subject: [rt.torproject.org #63908] Onion Services & External Resources
Hosted On Them
Date: Fri, 29 Jan 02016 02:19:11 +0000
From: mk via RT <help at rt.torproject.org>
Reply-To: help at rt.torproject.org
To: wilton at riseup.net

I think you might want to try it on our new ML:
https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-onions.

On 02016-01-27 23:34:47, wilton at riseup.net wrote:
> Hello Tor,
>
> I have a question about Onion Services hosting external resources.
>
> If there's a webserver hosted as an Onion Service, with an external
> resource coded (for instance, a Flickr image on the home page), which
> 'node' in the rendezvous points system calls that resource? The client?
> The hidden service? The rendezvous?
>
> It's obviously clear how this works with an exit node on the clearnet,
> but not so (to me) with Onion Services. I guess it's the hidden service,
> but that means someone watching the network connection of the service
> could see it calling the resources for a client every time it was
> requested. Right?
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Wilton


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m.k.