[tor-relays] Onion address or clearnet address

[Thomas Themel]

Hi,
Luther Blissett (lblissett at paranoici.org) wrote on 2014-02-06:
> 1. When you access the clearnet you need dns name resolving which need
> to be "proxyfied" to avoid dns leaks. This issue is supposed to be
> solved on decent OSes and with TBB, but it is difficult to guarantee
> that other software/OS won't try to bypass you proxy settings, so it's a
> permanent worry. When you connect to hidden services, name resolving is
> done inside tor, never leaving out.

I don't really get this concern. Assuming tor doesn't manage to
intercept DNS resolution, won't trying to resolve a well-known .onion
address leak as much information as resolving the equivalent clear
address?

ciao,
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