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Last edited by Alexander Færøy Jun 15, 2020
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glossary

Tor glossary version 1.0

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A

add-on, extension, or plugin

#WebBrowser

antivirus software

#TorTornetworkCoreTor

App

#client

Atlas

#relay

B

bandwidth authority

#relay

bridge

#relay

bridge authority

#bridge

browser fingerprinting

#TorBrowser

browsing history

#WebBrowser

C

CAPTCHA

#TorTornetworkCoreTor

checksum

#hash

circuit

#TorTornetworkCoreTor

client

#TorTornetworkCoreTor

Compass

#relay

consensus

#directoryauthority

cookie

#HTTP

cross-site scripting (XSS)

Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) allows an attacker to add malicious functionality or behavior to a website when they shouldn't have the ability to do so.

cryptographic signature

#publickeycryptographyhttps://www.torproject.org/docs/verifying-signatures.html.en.

D

Daemon

A daemon is a computer program that runs as a background process, rather than being under the direct control of a user.

directory authority

#relay

E

encryption

#TorTornetworkCoreTor

end-to-end encrypted

#encryption

exit

#relay

ExoneraTor

#relay

F

Firefox

#WebBrowser

firewall

#traffic

Flash Player

#add-onextensionorplugin

fte

#traffic

G

GetTor

#TorBrowser

GSoC

The Tor Project participates in the Google Summer of Code, which is a summer program for university students.

guard

#relay

H

hash

A cryptographic hash value is the result of a mathematical algorithm that maps data to a bit string of a fixed size. It's designed as one-way-function which means the value is easy to calculate in one direction but infeasible to invert. Hash values serve to verify the integrity of data.

hidden services

#onionservices

hop

#TorTornetworkCoreTor

HTTP

The Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) is a channel used to send files and data between devices on a network. Originally used to transfer only web pages, it is now relied upon to deliver many forms of data and communication.

HTTPS

#encryption

HTTPS-Everywhere

#Firefox

I

Internet Service Provider (ISP)

#TorBrowser

IP address

#TorBrowser

J

JavaScript

#WebBrowser

K

L

little-t tor

"little-t tor" is one way of referring to tor the network daemon, as opposed to Tor Browser or Tor Project.

M

meek

#pluggabletransports

middle relay

#circuit

N

New Identity

#TorBrowser

New Tor Circuit for this Site

#exit

network censorship

#TorTornetworkCoreTor

NoScript

#TorBrowser

nyx

#relay

O

obfs3

#pluggabletransports

obfs4

#pluggabletransports

onion address

#self-authenticatingaddress

OONI

#networkcensorship

onion services

#hiddenservices

Onionoo

#relay

onionsite

#onionservices

onionspace

#onionservices

Operating System (OS)

The main system software that manages computer hardware and software resources and provides common services for computer programs. The most used desktop operating systems are Windows, OS X and Linux. Android and iOS are the dominant mobile operating systems.

Orbot

#App

Orfox

#App

P

pluggable transports

#TorTornetworkCoreTor

private key

#publickeycryptography

proxy

#client

public key

#publickeycryptography

public key cryptography

#publickey

Q

R

relay

#TorTornetworkCoreTor

S

Satori

#add-onextensionorplugin

scramblesuit

#bridge

script

Elements used for offering dynamic/interactive content via websites.

Security Slider

#TorBrowser

self-authenticating address

#onionaddress

server

A device on a network which offers a service, such as file and web page storage, email or chat.

session

#TorBrowser

single onion service

#circuit

Stem

#TorTornetworkCoreTor

Sybil attack

The Sybil attack in computer security is an attack wherein a reputation system is subverted by creating a large number of identities, and using them to gain a disproportionately large influence in the network.

T

Tails

#OperatingSystemOS

The Tor Project

The Tor Project can refer to either The Tor Project Inc, a 501(c)3 US nonprofit responsible for maintaining the Tor software, or the Tor Project community made up of thousands of volunteers from all over the world who help create Tor.

third-party tracking

#IPaddress

Tor / Tor network/ Core Tor

#relay

Tor Browser

#TorTornetworkCoreTor

Tor Launcher

#TorBrowser

Tor log

#TorTornetworkCoreTor

Tor Messenger

#traffic

TorBirdy

#add-onextensionorplugin

Torbutton

#NewIdentity

torrc

#TorTornetworkCoreTor

Torsocks

#TorTornetworkCoreTor

Tor2Web

#onionservices

TPI

TPI is an acronym for The Tor Project, Inc.

tpo

People on IRC often use tpo to abbreviate torproject.org when writing hostnames. For example, trac.tpo is an abbreviation for trac.torproject.org.

traffic

#client

U

V

W

Web Browser

#Firefox

website mirror

A website mirror is an one-to-one copy of a website which you can find under other web addresses. A current list of torproject.org mirrors is available at https://www.torproject.org/getinvolved/mirrors.html.en.

X

Y

Z

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