#OnioNS - the Onion Name System
Tor-Powered Distributed DNS for Tor Hidden Services
OnioNS is a distributed, privacy-enhanced, metadata-free, and highly usable DNS for Tor hidden services. OnioNS allows hidden service operators to select a meaningful and globally-unique domain name for their service, which users can then reference from the Tor Browser. The system is powered by the Tor network, relies on a distributed database, and provides anonymity to both operators and users. This project aims to address the major usability issue that has been with Tor hidden services since their introduction in 2002.
This repository provides the common shared library for the other OnioNS packages, -HS, -server, and -client.
This repository is a much older version of the software. The work continues on the json-rpc branch on all four repositories. The json-rpc branch contains a major but experimental network protocol that uses JSON-RPC-CPP as the underlying transport. That branch also contains the latest design specifications, as described in OnioNS-literature.
I will ask for volunteers when the software is ready to go. In the meantime, please feel to examine my latest commits for any security issues or other concerns.
Yes, I know the network is down. It's currently private because the code is moving around. Once the dust settles, the nodes will come back online.
Debian 7 and 8, Ubuntu 14.04 - 15.10, Mint 17 - 17.2, Fedora 21 - 23
i386, amd64, and armhf architectures are supported, so it should run on 32-bit, 64-bit, and ARM machines. I'm also supporting ARM boards such as the Pi, BBB, Odroid, etc.
Not currently supported. I have long-term plans of porting this repository and OnioNS-client to Windows, but no intentions to port the other packages to Windows.
Not currently supported, support planned in the far future. I am willing to provide upstream support to anyone who wishes to port the software over there. I have not attempted to compile this code on any BSD system. My current primary focus is developing the Linux edition.
Please do not install the software from this branch as it is likely obsolete and will not be supported. See the json-rpc branch instead.