Onion Routing on Lightning Network & Privacy Features
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Загружено: 2023-10-16
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Onion routing is a privacy-enhancing technique used in computer networking, particularly in the context of anonymizing internet traffic. It's named after the layers of an onion because it involves encapsulating data in multiple layers of encryption, similar to peeling back the layers of an onion.
Here's how onion routing works:
Layered Encryption: When a message or data packet is sent through an onion-routing network, it is encrypted multiple times, with each layer of encryption corresponding to a different node (or "hop") in the network. Each node can only decrypt one layer of encryption, revealing instructions for the next hop.
Routing through Nodes: The message is passed through a series of nodes in the network, with each node responsible for decrypting one layer of encryption and forwarding the message to the next node. Importantly, each node in the network only knows about the previous and next nodes in the chain, not the source or destination of the data.
Final Destination: The final node in the chain (often called the "exit node") decrypts the last layer of encryption and delivers the message to its intended destination. Since no single node knows both the source and destination of the data, this process helps to preserve the anonymity and privacy of the sender.
Onion routing is commonly used in privacy-focused networks like the Tor network, which allows users to browse the internet anonymously. In Tor, the data packets travel through a series of volunteer-operated nodes, making it difficult for anyone, including internet service providers or potential eavesdroppers, to trace the origin and destination of the traffic.
In summary, onion routing is a technique that adds multiple layers of encryption to data packets, routing them through a series of nodes to enhance privacy and anonymity on the internet.
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