Hidden sites and two-way anonymity

- [Instructor] Hidden sites are one of the most well known … services provided by Tor, … and they're what people generally refer to … when they speak of the Dark Web. … Hidden sites are web servers running on the Internet … that route all of their communications … through the Tor network. … Users wanting to access a hidden site … connect to it through Tor, … but they access it in an indirect fashion … that provides two-way anonymity. … The user doesn't know the true IP address … of the hidden site, … and the hidden site doesn't know the true IP address … of the user. … To create these links, … hidden sites use special URLs known as onion addresses. … The onion address … is a randomly generated alphanumeric address … that uniquely identifies the web server, … and takes the place of a normal domain name. … We'll look more at onion addresses in the next video. … Let's talk first about … how someone goes about creating a hidden site. … First, they build a web server … just like they would …