Another question i want to ask but i dont know well the answer if we look at all the clearnet sources for securedrop we see the main website is Directory then /entityname then mirrored over different onion v3 link… The issue i see in here is that all these services based on one side control which is securedrop meaning if time being manipulated we will have all of the onion v3 related to securedrop going to be manipulated which is taking the biggest chunk of sdwdate onion sources.
Great list! Giving time for discussion and will review later.
It’s a good point. We do need to rely on on the SecureDrop directory. It’s a useful pointer but not necessarily trusted (as in IT trusted - sometimes you trust because you have to, not because you want to). For example it “gives us a little friendly hint” that ABC news runs a SecureDrop onion". The existence of the ABC news SecureDrop onion however can be verified independently from the SecureDrop directory directly on the ABC news page. SecureDrop - ABC News - would have been better to archive that link.
That link is also from the SecureDrop directory but checking that the top level domain abc.net.au is authentic and the real ABC news is again sufficient for verification. Plus on top if we wanted to have a comprehensive review manual, pointing out the obvious, one would have to review that ABC news is a real thing.
Apr 13 19:17:03 host sdwdate[798]: * stderr: connect error: SOCKSHTTPConnectionPool(host='privacy2zbidut4m4jyj3ksdqidzkw3uoip2vhvhbvwxbqux5xy5obyd.onion', port=80): Max retries exceeded with url: / (Caused by NewConnectionError('<urllib3.contrib.socks.SOCKSConnection object at 0x69bb371dd100>: Failed to establish a new connection: 0x04: Host unreachable'))
Apr 13 19:17:03 host sdwdate[798]: * stderr: connect error: SOCKSHTTPConnectionPool(host='3gtoclri7h6xrtjjapfezcerj4dqf3fwfk3jmhrhz25i5pyprmz47gad.onion', port=80): Max retries exceeded with url: / (Caused by NewConnectionError('<urllib3.contrib.socks.SOCKSConnection object at 0x71a75f1ed100>: Failed to establish a new connection: 0x04: Host unreachable'))
Apr 13 19:17:16 host sdwdate[798]: * stderr: connect error: SOCKSHTTPConnectionPool(host='jamie3vkiwibfiwucd6vxijskbhpjdyajmzeor4mc4i7yopvpo4p7cyd.onion', port=80): Max retries exceeded with url: / (Caused by NewConnectionError('<urllib3.contrib.socks.SOCKSConnection object at 0x71bc491d7100>: Failed to establish a new connection: 0x04: Host unreachable'))
Apr 14 18:20:37 host sdwdate[798]: * stderr: connect error: SOCKSHTTPConnectionPool(host='rpzgejae7cxxst5vysqsijblti4duzn3kjsmn43ddi2l3jblhk4a44id.onion', port=80): Max retries exceeded with url: / (Caused by NewConnectionError('<urllib3.contrib.socks.SOCKSConnection object at 0x69546d2e4100>: Failed to establish a new connection: 0x04: Host unreachable'))
Therefore merged and reverted. Then I’ve removed the ones that you suggested since these were down. And then also updated the 1 to TLS where it was suggested. Finally, reviewed the new securedrop onion services.