It has now become more common to capitalize only the first letter – “Tor” – which is also how the developers refer to it. The name “TOR” was originally used as an acronym for what was called the “The Onion Routing” project in direct reference to the technology on which it is based. The free technology is designed for TCP connections and allows the anonymous use of web browsers, instant messaging, IRC, SSH, email, and P2P. Tor uses fixed-size cell, which is not efficient for some applications like telnet, ssh.The Tor network allows users to anonymously access content on the internet.

Current directory distribution scheme is not scalable.It is transparent for applications on end hosts.

Tor is simple and doesn’t involve complicated mechanisms.

Smear-resistance: against socially disapproved acts.

Robustness: maintain a long-term pseudonymous identity.

Access Control: filtering incoming requests.

Design goals for location hidden services.

It provides anonymity to servers in the form of location-hidden services.

Hidden services are accessed through pseudomain.

Tor does not try to conceal who is connected to the network.

Not secure against end-to-end attacks.

Data is sent in fixed size (bytes) cells.

Onion Proxy fetches directories and creates circuits on the network.

It enables to connect to those internet services blocked by their local Internet providers.

Allows people to visit websites without being tracked or monitored.

Allows people and groups to improve their privacy and security on the Internet.

Is a system intended to enable online anonymity.

Tor is the second-generation onion router.

TOR – THE ONION ROUTER BY, AnishShanmugasundaram And YashwanthSainathJammi

Tor definition the onion router