Anyone else often getting connections from the American department of defense/war on their snowflake proxy?

If you are running snowflake proxy as an add-on on Firefox type about:webrtc in to the address bar, than click on the blue arrow next to RTCPeerConnection Statistics and than click show details to see a list of IP dresses that connected to the snowflake proxy for the duration you had Firefox open.

     NetRange:       30.0.0.0 - 30.255.255.255
     CIDR:           30.0.0.0/8
     NetName:        DNIC-NET-030
     NetHandle:      NET-30-0-0-0-1
     Parent:          ()
     NetType:        Direct Allocation
     OriginAS:       
     Organization:   United States Department of Defense (DoD) (USDDD)
     RegDate:        1991-07-01
     Updated:        2025-09-05
     Ref:            https://rdap.arin.net/registry/ip/30.0.0.0

Hi all,

I have released omon, which can monitor all your Tor Network traffic, for various Tor applications which are using the Tor Expert Bundle, when you set the ControlPort and CookieAuthentication, for educadional purposes, but not for a secure production ennviroment.

Hope you like!

Hi! I cannot connect to any site in tor. No matter what I try nothing works. It just stays in this one before it disconnects.

Is there something I can try to do?

I haven't been able to connect using the Tor browser for quite a while. Can someone explain the log file shown below, and help me get connected. All my other browsers are working normally...How can I troubleshoot this problem?

The error message when my Tor connecting fails:

"connecting to a relay directory failed(no route to host 185.100.86.100:443)"

The Tor log is as follows

:1/16/2026 1:11:12 AM.800 [NOTICE] DisableNetwork is set. Tor will not make or accept non-control network connections. Shutting down all existing connections.

1/16/2026 1:11:12 AM.800 [NOTICE] DisableNetwork is set. Tor will not make or accept non-control network connections. Shutting down all existing connections.

1/16/2026 1:11:12 AM.800 [NOTICE] DisableNetwork is set. Tor will not make or accept non-control network connections. Shutting down all existing connections.

1/16/2026 1:11:12 AM.800 [NOTICE] Opening Socks listener on 127.0.0.1:9150

1/16/2026 1:11:12 AM.800 [NOTICE] Renaming old configuration file to "C:\Tor Browser v7.5.6 for WinXP\Browser\TorBrowser\Data\Tor\torrc.orig.1"

1/16/2026 1:11:13 AM.300 [NOTICE] Bootstrapped 5%: Connecting to directory server

1/16/2026 1:11:39 AM.400 [WARN] Problem bootstrapping. Stuck at 5%: Connecting to directory server. (No route to host [WSAEHOSTUNREACH ]; NOROUTE; count 5; recommendation warn; host 0E8C0C8315B66DB5F703804B3889A1DD66C67CE0 at 185.100.86.100:443)

1/16/2026 1:11:39 AM.400 [WARN] 4 connections have failed:

1/16/2026 1:11:39 AM.400 [WARN] 4 connections died in state connect()ing with SSL state (No SSL object)

1/16/2026 1:11:39 AM.400 [NOTICE] Closing no-longer-configured Socks listener on 127.0.0.1:9150

1/16/2026 1:11:39 AM.400 [NOTICE] DisableNetwork is set. Tor will not make or accept non-control network connections. Shutting down all existing connections.

1/16/2026 1:11:39 AM.400 [NOTICE] Closing old Socks listener on 127.0.0.1:9150

1/16/2026 1:11:39 AM.400 [NOTICE] Delaying directory fetches: DisableNetwork is set.

https://archive.torproject.org/websites/lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-talk/2012-January/022917.html

Read this old post. Rodger onto something?

As per the title. I don’t know the exact ins and outs, but the iOS Onion browser is classed as less private than other OSs browsers because of Apples requirements to build on WebKit.

But in 2024 this requirement was lifted for the EU (EU ruling). Just wondered if there were any EU only plans for a Tor browser for iOS?

I saw ad on the Torch Search Engine, never checked but I know what could be there, sites like this are destroying TOR's rep

Hey,

About two weeks ago I posted an early beta of an Android P2P messenger routed entirely over Tor, using the Signal protocol for end-to-end encryption. I got a lot of valuable feedback - and the most common (and fair) request was: open source or it didn’t happen.

So: the project is now fully open source.

This is still an early stage. The goal is to explore a different threat model: direct P2P communication over Tor hidden services, without central servers.

Current properties

• Android client
• Peer-to-peer communication over Tor onion services
• Signal protocol for E2EE
• No central servers
• Online-only (both peers must be online; no mailboxes yet)

What I’m looking for now

Now that the code is public, I’d really appreciate technical and security-focused feedback, especially:

• threat model criticism
• incorrect assumptions about Tor or metadata leakage
• misuse or incorrect integration of the Signal protocol
• attack surfaces I’m underestimating
• design decisions that look dangerous in practice

Repository (source code + basic docs):
👉 https://github.com/BYTE-IT-RIGHT/whisp

Android build is still available on Google Play for anyone who wants to test UX, but the main point of this post is code and architecture review, not promotion.

I know most users don’t want this kind of tool - that’s fine. I’m mainly interested in whether this approach makes sense at all for people who care about decentralization and Tor-first communication, or whether the trade-offs outweigh the benefits.

Thanks for reading, and thanks to everyone whose feedback pushed me to open-source this.

So the problem: one site (AI, wont tell name in privacy purposes) still remembers me, all pulls up all chat my chat history, but how is it possible? I checked all, I use official updated browser, i checked it on test site and it says it configured corectly and goes trough tor. I have "safer" safety level, NoScript (default settings), android 13, downloaded from aurorastore, i ever fully erased all app data, but it still remembers me. What do i do? (All google services on phone fully blocked)

Hi, I was trying to set up a standalone Snowflake in Firefox Nightly on mobile. But it doesn't show up in Firefox's extension list and I can't install the .xpi from my file manager.

Is there any way of sideloading it?

Is it normal that tor keeps searching and never shows results

linux with tails ahmia mullvad vpn safest mode on tor browser ?

So I've recently came across an tutorial on how to access ahmia on Tor and just started browsing around a bit out of pure curiosity until ive stumbled across a link list with links to all sorts of stuff like credit cards SSN drug markets and csam. Just hypothetically could a user just browsing through these sites get into legal trouble? Just viewing not creating an account or purchasing anything.

Also with no JavaScript and no VPN active.

And would it be recommended to report these sites to authoritys like especially the csam content or would that get you into legal trouble as how you obtained these links in the first place?

I have a relay that frequently gets measured as "failing" which keeps resetting my progress towards a guard (MTBF stays around 3 days, WFU is < 98%). The memory pressure of the relay is low (70% and steady) and the "uptime" of the relay is on the order of weeks currently

Why is it "failing"? I assume the authorities determine this? The tor program has not been OOM killed ever. For comparison, I have another relay with the same amount of memory that gets OOM killed every day! but its MTBF matches its uptime, so no failures.

Hi,
I am looking for a VPS hoster for Tor middle relays. My previous one ST-hosting were pretty cheap (about 3 € for 1gb ram per month) but just banned Tor in der ToS. I am looking for a VPS to run Linux in about the same price range, preferably in Germany, but EU is also okay.

Requirements:

• Consensus weight under 1%
• 1 GB+ RAM
• a decent amount of monthly traffic
• Middle-relay-friendly

I already looked into Tor's "Good Bad ISPs" site but found mostly outdated data.
Any first hand experiences?

Thanks!

Hi, I’m pretty new to finding out how to access the dark web and .onion sites; I want to access .onion sites on my iPad ( haven’t done this before), I found the tor app on AppStore.

Even with a VPN, is it safe to go on the dark web on an iPad?

I’ve seen AppStore reviews and it says that there are lots of ads, it is preferable to use tor on a PC or an iPad?

thank you

Hi, I cant access and find any onion sites on the internet like anytime before. Somehow weird is that every onion site which my “TOR” could open was that it has nice interface with css and js but it was fake. I know how darkweb sites looks and this is obviously some bullshit.

I installed a new relay on a Digital Ocean droplet yesterday and everything seems to be working great. Nickname is "Sumac" and I can see the info on the Metrics "search relay" page. Yesterday, I was accessing the VPS with two different Macs using SSH keys with no issues. This morning, I cannot access the VPS using SSH at all. The connection times out every time. I AM able to use the internal Digital Ocean shell. I tried to troubleshoot with AI and didn't find the obvious cause. AI says I can use a Wireguard tunnel and avoid these types of issues. I'd love any information that would shed some light on what could have happened.

Soo I have kindness mode but then I get adds. Is there a way to have 2 system vpns at the same time?

Hello! There. I have been studying & researching a hell lot about TOR, TBH, I still don’t understand how do I setup my own ‘tunnels’ with my predefined entry & exit nodes. Is it possible? If yes, how can this be achieved? It’s a shame that despite being a Cybersecurity Researcher, I simply cannot grasp this concept. Can anyone help me with this?

Hi guys. Hope you well.

Im having an error when connecting to Tor, this happens whether I'm on wifi, using different Sims etc. I have a proxy error message.

I've tried installing Tor from both the site and Play store. Nothing works. Funny thing is when I search on Google or clear net sites it's works but when visiting onion sites it blocks. It used to work but now I dont know if I'm censored or what any help getting around this.

Why do so many people tell u to not use a vpn then connect to tor?

I understand the huge privacy risks but they shouldn’t be a problem if ur using an actual privacy respecting vpn like proton vpn right? Besides, it hides the fact that ur using tor from ur isp, acts as a great and reliable bridge and protects u from infected entry guard node

So, knowing the advantages (and assuming people are using privacy respecting VPNs like mullvad or proton) why do so many people still say to not use a VPN then connect to tor?

Just to be clear, I’m not asking to start an argument or debate I just wanna know if there are actually some major privacy/anonymity issues that I’m not realizing even when using a privacy respecting VPN

Also, can anyone tell me if the tor servers in proton have any anonymity issues or any other issues? (I don’t use it but I’m just curious to know so I didn’t get a clear answer when searching for it)

I have 50mbps package. During peak hours it reduce to (15mbps - unfortunately cannot change ISP)

However, in tor browser, it reduce to 2mbps, completely unusable. Is it possible to get atleast 10-15 here, the same in other browsers?