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Discussion => Security => Topic started by: springseed23 on September 08, 2012, 07:04 am

Title: TAILS----PLEASE This is scary---not tor
Post by: springseed23 on September 08, 2012, 07:04 am
Please, someone who knows----this shit is now scary.  Tails, if you look to left of the adress bar, you see a square, that square tells you wether the site your on is safe and encrypted.   

SR is not encrypted, how is that happening in TAILS, or why is TAILS saying that?

I thought tor encrypts and Tails is Tor on steriods--sort of---but why get this message on SR, and not on Tor page.

Someone please answer, cause I am thinking I have information just floating around for all of LE to see:{

Please explain you smart MF's
Title: Re: TAILS----PLEASE This is scary---not tor
Post by: raven92 on September 08, 2012, 07:32 am
Tor handles encryption/decryption of .onion sites in a different manner than SSL. Between Tor->firefox the data is not encrypted, and firefox realize that it is.

This has nothing to do with TAILS, its just how onion sites work on Tor.
Title: Re: TAILS----PLEASE This is scary---not tor
Post by: anonaddict on September 08, 2012, 01:43 pm
Correct. Actually having a .onion site use SSL would make it less secure and vulnerable to detection or location within the tor network. Si if it's a .onion site it is better than SSL.

Check and make sure you have HTTPS Everywhere installed as a firefox add on. If you are using tor browser bundle that it's there already.
Title: Re: TAILS----PLEASE This is scary---not tor
Post by: springseed23 on September 08, 2012, 04:32 pm
Thank you very much, feeling a lil easier now, but must say, had some midnight paranoia!!!
Title: Re: TAILS----PLEASE This is scary---not tor
Post by: anonaddict on September 08, 2012, 06:37 pm
Thank you very much, feeling a lil easier now, but must say, had some midnight paranoia!!!

Glad to put your mind at rest. i hope everything is going well for you IRL
Title: Re: TAILS----PLEASE This is scary---not tor
Post by: springseed23 on September 08, 2012, 07:22 pm
Thank you very much, feeling a lil easier now, but must say, had some midnight paranoia!!!

Glad to put your mind at rest. i hope everything is going well for you IRL

Honestly, I am going gray quick.  I have never been so busy in my life, and I am running on fumes, exhaustion.  Started hallucinating out at dinner the other night.  Sleep deprivation sucks, and its not because of playing, but work and family:}   Just happy everyone is healthy, but yea, I have seen better days-----please dont get me wrong though----I volunteered for all of this happily:}, so I am not complaining, I just have a much better understanding and respect for responsability these days:}

Thanks for asking Anon!!  Side note--registered today for group:)