onion proxy that mirrors the standard site, in other words allowing traffic to enter Tor but not leave it, bypassing the exit part.įor the BBC’s new site that’s, while for the NYT it’s (notice the use of HTTPS to secure the first hop between the user and Tor itself). We won’t delve into the inner workings of Tor (see previous coverage), but suffice to say that exit nodes – the last router before traffic is directed to the real site – have been under attack by nation-states looking to compromise and spy on Tor users for some years.ĮOTK’s answer to that is to create an. That includes people in countries that censor news content and that may spy on those who try to access it, which is why the BBC and others are interested.Īs already noted, users can already gain access visiting the standard BBC site using the Tor browser, but there’s a potential problem with this – malicious Tor exit nodes. While it’s true that the dark web is used for criminality, it could just as easily be used to preserve privacy and anonymity for positive reasons too. Because of its private nature, it has a reputation for hiding shady websites (child abuse imagery, drugs, weapons, etc).
The dark web gets its name the fact users must access it unconventionally using a browser designed to connect via dedicated privacy-preserving routing networks, principally Tor. The Corporation isn’t the first news organisation to do this with EOTK – Facebook and The New York Times mirrored their sites in 20 – but it’s still a big advert for what remains a largely mysterious part of the internet.īut what is the ‘dark web’ and why might the BBC and others want to mirror themselves on it when you can already access the standard site using Tor? Not so dark I should probably admit: this has been a 2 year project, though it could only have been brought to fruition with the partner/involvement of both & the BBC.Īs well as English, versions for the BBC’s Arabic, Persian and Russian services will also be available. The site is the result of a collaboration between the BBC and Alec Muffett who in 2017 launched something called the Enterprise Onion Toolkit (EOTK) to make it easier to create dark web mirror sites. Is this just a temporary problem on the server side or can/do I have to do anything to fix this? I want my Tor Browser back and working.A mirror copy of the BBC’s international news website is now available to users on the so-called dark web. If I open the Tor Browser Settings from terminal torbrowser-launcher -settings, select a different mirror and to "search for updates on next launch", then click on Launch TorBrowser, I get the following dialogue and terminal output (first answering Start, second time answering Exit): NotImplementedError: contextFactory must implement IPolicyForHTTPS
'contextFactory must implement IPolicyForHTTPS') Super(_SOCKSAgent, self)._init_(*a, **kw)įile "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/txsocksx/http.py", line 37, in _init_ Self.download('signature',, )įile "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/torbrowser_launcher/launcher.py", line 454, in downloadĪgent = SOCKS5Agent(reactor, VerifyTorProjectCert(), proxyEndpoint=torEndpoint)įile "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/txsocksx/http.py", line 58, in _init_
TOR BROWSER MAC MIRROR UPGRADE
TBB is out of date, attempting to upgrade to 5.5a4-hardenedįile "/usr/bin/torbrowser-launcher", line 30, in įile "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/torbrowser_launcher/_init_.py", line 69, in mainįile "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/torbrowser_launcher/launcher.py", line 130, in _init_įile "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/torbrowser_launcher/launcher.py", line 284, in build_uiįile "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/torbrowser_launcher/launcher.py", line 293, in startįile "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/torbrowser_launcher/launcher.py", line 318, in run_task
TOR BROWSER MAC MIRROR UPDATE
When I run torbrowser-launcher in a terminal, I get this: Tor Browser LauncherĬhecked for update within 24 hours, skipping And on the next try, it will still complain about a non-default mirror.
If I click Yes when it asks to switch to the default mirror, that doesn't change anything.
TOR BROWSER MAC MIRROR DOWNLOAD
This however fails due to a Download error: 404 Not Found as you can see in the two screenshots below.
Since today, after the update to 5.5a4-hardened became available, torbrowser-launcher does not start the browser any more but tries to update itself. I use torbrowser-launcher (package version 0.2.0-2 from the Wily/universe amd64 repository on 15.10) which runs Tor Browser 5.0.4.
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