diff --git a/source/support/concepts.rst b/source/support/concepts.rst index 79105c8..a7e7b3b 100644 --- a/source/support/concepts.rst +++ b/source/support/concepts.rst @@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ Your Embassy hosts itself on the LAN and is reachable by visiting its *.local* U SSL === -Visiting websites on the Tor network is slow. We wanted to provide a be \er 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. +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. Browser's makes it noticeable visiting a site over HTTP in the URL bar - it could be red, show an unlocked lock, or warn the connection is not secure. @@ -88,4 +88,4 @@ If a malicious third party were to intercept a request, they would see a garbled When you use Tor to communicate with services running on the Embassy, all the traffic is onion routed and encrypted, and there are no Tor exit nodes involved - it's totally private with no configuration needed. -Furthermore, every service on the Embassy has a different Tor address, including the device itself. This is for privacy reasons - should one Tor address be exposed, the others will not be compromised. Tor addresses are actually ed25519 keys, which means they also provide all the benefits of cryptographically secure private/public keys. \ No newline at end of file +Furthermore, every service on the Embassy has a different Tor address, including the device itself. This is for privacy reasons - should one Tor address be exposed, the others will not be compromised. Tor addresses are actually ed25519 keys, which means they also provide all the benefits of cryptographically secure private/public keys.