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LAN
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A Local Area Network (LAN) is a computer network that interconnects computers within a limited area such as a residence, school, laboratory, university campus, or office building.
Devices on a LAN are private and protected, such that only devices connected to the same Ethernet or WiFi network can see or communicate with them.
Your Embassy hosts itself on the LAN and is reachable by visiting its ``embassy.local`` URL in the browser while also connected to the LAN.
.. note:: Any device connected to a LAN can inspect all communications on that LAN. To avoid snooping, your Embassy's LAN communications are encrypted using :ref:`ssl`, which requires :ref:`additional setup <ssl-setup>`.
.. note:: Any device connected to a LAN can inspect all communications on that LAN. To avoid snooping, your Embassy's LAN communications are encrypted using :ref:`ssl`, which requires :ref:`additional setup <lan-setup>`.
.. _lan-cert:
LAN Certificate
---------------
When you visit an SSL secured website (https://), in addition to the connection being secured using SSL/TSL encryption, the website will present your browser with an SSL certificate showing that it (or more accurately ownership of the website's public key) has been authenticated by a recognized Certificate Authority (CA). In the case of your Embassy, this certificate is "self-signed," and as such, the CA is you.
Your certificate is created when you initially setup your Embassy, or migrate to a new version, such as 0.3.0.
.. _mdns:
MDNS
----
Multicast Domain Name System (MDNS) is a protocol that resolves a human-readable hostname to an IP address on a small network, such as the home or office network you might host your Embassy on.
This is known as a "zeroconf," or zero-configuration service, meaning that you can instantly visit a human-recognizable domain name, such as ``embassy.local`` from your network.
@@ -32,7 +38,6 @@ This domain is not broadcast outside of your local network, so it is as private
SSL
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Visiting websites on the Tor network is slow. We wanted to provide a better option to access the Embassy at home. That’s why we created an address for the Embassy that can be accessed on your Local Area Network.
By default, this ``.local`` address is served like a regular website, over HTTP. Browsers make it noticeable when visiting a site over HTTP in the URL bar - it could be red, show an unlocked lock, or warn that the connection is not secure.
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Tor
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The Onion Router, or Tor, is a free and open source software that enables anonymous communication. By routing Internet traffic though a worldwide, volunteer overlay network of nodes, requests are bundled in layers of encryption like the layers of an onion. The request is relayed across nodes, decrypting a layer only to reveal the next relay destination, until the request meets its final destination, without revealing the source IP address.
If a malicious third party were to intercept a request, they would see a garbled mess of the remaining onion encryption, and would only know that it came from some onion node and was heading to some other onion node. The contents, source, and destination of the message are totally anonymous.
@@ -67,7 +71,6 @@ Here's an introductory video on `Tor <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6czcc1gZ7A
Tor Browser
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The Tor Browser is a version of Firefox specifically made for use with the Tor Network. Tor Browser has Tor built-in, so that you do not need to be running Tor natively in order to use the network. This makes it a great browser for use with your Embassy.
.. caution:: Tor Browser has some advanced security and privacy settings, which can be useful, but please keep in mind that if you raise them from the standard level, you may be unable to use some websites, such as your Embassy UI.
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Tor Hidden Service
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A Tor Hidden Service is essentially just software or a website that is only broadcast on the Tor network. These are identified by a long, random public key, and end with the ``.onion`` suffix. For example, you can visit http://privacy34kn4ez3y3nijweec6w4g54i3g54sdv7r5mr6soma3w4begyd.onion to view the Start9 homepage on Tor.
In order to reach a Hidden Service, you must use a browser that can handle ``.onion`` domains, such as `The Tor Browser <https://www.torproject.org/download/>`_ or by configuring :ref:`Firefox <>` ***REF NEEDED***.