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1) <page xmlns="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/"
2)   type="topic"

3)   id="onion-services">

4) 
5) <info>

6)   <desc>Services that are only accessible using Tor</desc>

7)   <link type="guide" xref="index" group="six" />

8) </info>
9) 

10) <title>Onion Services</title>

11) <p>

12) Onion services (formerly known as “hidden services”) are services (like websites)

13) that are only accessible through the Tor network.

14) </p>
15) 
16) <p>

17) Onion services offer several advantages over ordinary services on the

18) non-private web:
19) </p>
20) 
21) <list>
22)  <item>
23)   <p>

24)   An onion services’s location and IP address are hidden, making it difficult

25)   for adversaries to censor it or identify its operators.
26)   </p>
27)  </item>
28)  <item>
29)   <p>

30)   All traffic between Tor users and onion services is end-to-end encrypted,

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>

37)   The address of an onion service is automatically generated, so the

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">

46) <title>How to access an onion service</title>

47) <p>

48) <media type="image" width="600" src="media/onionsites/onion_url.png" />
49) </p>
50) <p>

51) Just like any other website, you will need to know the address of an

52) onion service in order to connect to it. An onion address is a string of

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>

60) If you cannot reach the onion service you require, make sure that you have

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>

65) If you are still unable to connect to the onion service, please try again

66) later. There may be a temporary connection issue, or the site operators
67) may have allowed it to go offline without warning.
68) </p>

69) <p>
70) You can also ensure that you're able to access other onion services by
71) connecting to <link href="http://3g2upl4pq6kufc4m.onion/">DuckDuckGo's Onion
72) Service</link>
73) </p>