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1) <page xmlns="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/"
2)   type="topic"
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3)   id="onion-services">
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4) 
5) <info>
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6)   <desc>Services that are only accessible using Tor</desc>
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7)   <link type="guide" xref="index" />
8) </info>
9) 
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10) <title>Onion Services</title>
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11) <p>
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12) Onion services (also known as “hidden services”) are services (like websites) 
13) that are only accessible through the Tor network.
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14) </p>
15) 
16) <p>
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17) Onion services offer several advantages over ordinary services on the
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18) non-private web:
19) </p>
20) 
21) <list>
22)  <item>
23)   <p>
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24)   An onion services’s location and IP address are hidden, making it difficult
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25)   for adversaries to censor it or identify its operators.
26)   </p>
27)  </item>
28)  <item>
29)   <p>
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30)   All traffic between Tor users and onion services is end-to-end encrypted,
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31)   so you do not need to worry about <link
32)   xref='secure-connections'>connecting over HTTPS</link>.
33)   </p>
34)  </item>
35)  <item>
36)   <p>
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37)   The address of an onion service is automatically generated, so the
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38)   operators do not need to purchase a domain name; the .onion URL also
39)   helps Tor ensure that it is connecting to the right location and that
40)   the connection is not being tampered with.
41)   </p>
42)  </item>
43) </list>
44) 
45) <section id="access">
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46) <title>How to access an onion service</title>
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47) <p>
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48) <media type="image" width="600" src="media/onionsites/onion_url.png" />
49) </p>
50) <p>
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51) Just like any other website, you will need to know the address of an
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52) onion service in order to connect to it. An onion address is a string of
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53) sixteen mostly random letters and numbers, followed by “.onion”.
54) </p>
55) </section>
56) 
57) <section id="troubleshooting">
58) <title>Troubleshooting</title>
59) <p>
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60) If you cannot reach the onion service you require, make sure that you have
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61) entered the 16-character onion address correctly: even a small mistake
62) will stop Tor Browser from being able to reach the site.
63) </p>
64) <p>
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65) If you are still unable to connect to the onion service, please try again