TOR Network explanation.
TOR Network explanation.
TOR (The Onion Router) is a network protocol that allows for anonymous communication over the internet. It was originally developed by the US Naval Research Laboratory in the 1990s and was later released as open-source software.
TOR works by routing internet traffic through a series of servers, known as nodes or relays, which are distributed around the world. Each node in the network only knows the identity of the previous and next nodes in the chain, so no single node knows both the source and the destination of the traffic. This makes it very difficult for anyone to trace the origin of the traffic or the identity of the person sending it.
When you use TOR, your internet traffic is encrypted and sent through a series of TOR nodes, which peel off one layer of encryption at each step, like layers of an onion. This is where the name "The Onion Router" comes from. The final destination of the traffic could be a website, a messaging service, or any other internet service.
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