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How to protect a hidden service against DDOS attack?

How to protect a hidden service against DDOS attack? I did some research and found that it is possible to do load balancing with HAProxy. Is there any other solution that could be implemented?
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Does Tor latency leak location information?

This might be a general question about any anonymizing service, but I'm new here and curious about, but not super familiar with, Tor. Suppose there's a service that engages in some handshake with clients that takes the form of a 'call-and-response'.…
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Are there trustworthy third-party audits of the Tor source code?

Was the Tor source code trustworthily audited by a third party to check if it does not contain a back-door? Are such audit results freely available?
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I got infected by ransomware, and it tells me to download Tor. What's going on?

I went to a dangerous website using an unpatched browser and/or risky plugins like Java, Flash, and Adobe Reader, and now something has taken over my computer and encrypted my files. It left me a note saying that I need to get Bitcoins and then…
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HTML5 Canvas Image Extraction

I accidentally allowed YouTube to access the data on a canvas. How do I disable a website from access a canvas?
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How to set Tor proxy for Windows 10 instead of VPN?

When I open windows 10 settings and then "Network & Internet" I see: Settings -> Network & Internet 1. Data usage 2. VPN 3. Dial-up …
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How to change country in Mac OS X?

How do I change the exit node country for TorBrowser on Mac OS X? I can't find a file called "torrc" on my Mac.
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Are browsing files stored locally?

Does Tor store any local files that show history in the same manner that Windows has a Temp folder? If it does, where are they located?
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Is it possible to setup a private TOR relay

I have a proxy setup on one of my machines which is behind a router. And I need to use that proxy from another network. But my problem is that I cannot forward ports from the router to the proxy machine. :( So I have no way to connect to the machine…
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Do all .onion addresses use SSL/TLS?

Do .onion sites encrypt the information going through the exit node? Because a lot of them start with HTTP and not HTTPS.
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Is it dangerous to use Tails without persistent entry guards?

Being a LiveCD with no persistent storage by default, Tails currently does not use persistent Tor entry guards. In a recent post on the Tor blog, arma discussed the possibility of "improving Tor's anonymity" by increasing entry-guard persistence. Is…
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Why shouldn't one run Firefox/Chrome/any browser behind a fully torified system?

One can fully torify a system using Qubes OS TorVM, Whonix or a custom transparent proxy. Everything gets torified, even Adobe Flash. Why should one use Tor Browser even though everything is already torified and can't just use Firefox or Chrome?
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What is browser fingerprinting? What is linkability?

What do people refer to when they talk about browser fingerprinting? What is the difference between browser fingerprinting and linkability? Why is it important? For what is it used?
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Why does the number of open circuits fluctuate that much in my heartbeat logs?, new d

I have a new exit relay running on DSL. It's version 0.2.3.25 running on Windows. Most of the time, there's only a few connections, but every so often there's a lot more. They all appear and disappear in a short time. This is copied from the…
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How to change the entry node?

When Tor changes circuit it only changes middle node and exit node, the entry node stays the same since the Tor started, so I guess the entry node is limiting the traffic if you make too much traffic, right? So changing the entry node is the idea…
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