Submitted via IRC for SoyCow5743
[On September 12], Bleeping Computer came across a new Dark Web portal that allows users to search Tor Onion sites in the same way users utilize Shodan to discover Internet-exposed services [1, 2].
Named Ichidan — the Japanese word for "first stage/step" — the service is located at ichidanv34wrx7m7.onion, and, in the long run, can prove a useful tool for anyone investigating Dark Web services.
"This search engine is gold," said Victor Gevers, after Bleeping Computer asked the researcher for an opinion. "There is so much we didn't know about many .onion addresses. I am just amazed at things I see."
[...] Under normal circumstances, Tor sites should not be exposing such wealth of information, as they could reveal the whereabouts and identity of the website's owner.
While this much data is good news when tracking down cyber-criminals and other crooks, this might not be good news if you're running a secret news portal in a country with an oppressive regime.
(Score: 2, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Monday September 25 2017, @07:50PM
that your Tor circuit has changed between when you started to reply and when you actually manage to post.
Tor circuits normally only have a 10 minute lifetime, unless an intervening node disconnects you first, and if the circuit is inactive at the end of that time you have to create a new one which almost always results in a new endpoint IP address and thus the message about the wrong key above.
I just got in the habit both here and on the green site of just typing up my post, copying it, then going back and starting a new circuit and THEN posting a comment. Less than a half a page comment you might get in under the deadline, but anything longer you almost definitely won't.