Analysis of onion network in the search for hidden services for the sale and purchase of exploits to break into aviation software

Nikolaev K. A.

In the modern world, the problem of personal data protection is becoming more and more urgent, in connection with this, various anonymizers are gaining popularity, allowing them to hide their location on the network, VPN networks that allow you to connect from a certain country or even a city and an onion routing network. The main representative of networks with onion routing is the network The Onion Router. Monthly the number of active users of this network exceeds 3 million people, and the number of servers serving this network exceeds 8,000. [1] This article examines the network with onion routing The Onion Router, the principles of its operation and the principles of the operation of hidden services within this network. The article deals with the problem of searching for hidden services for hacking the software of aircraft with the help of the modified client of The Onion Router network. During the research, it was revealed the possibility of finding hidden services in TheOnionRouter network, including shops selling malicious code.

Keywords:The Onion Router, TOR, hidden service, onion routing, exploits, operation systems of aircraft