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Simple script to calculate the onion address from a Tor hidden service descriptor or public key
import hashlib
import base64
import argparse
import sys
from Crypto.PublicKey import RSA
def calculate_onion(pem_key):
key = RSA.importKey(pem_key)
if key.has_private():
key = key.publickey()
onion_address = hashlib.sha1(key.exportKey('DER')).digest()[:10]
return base64.b32encode(onion_address).decode('utf-8').lower()
if __name__ == '__main__':
parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
description="%s calculates the onion address from a hidden service "
"descriptor or public key.")
parser.add_argument("file", help="Descriptor or PEM encoded public key.")
args = parser.parse_args()
# Load the descriptor or public key
with open(args.file, 'r') as descriptor:
descriptor = descriptor.read()
# Read the PEM encoded key block
in_key = False
public_key = ''
for line in descriptor.split('\n'):
if line == '-----BEGIN RSA PUBLIC KEY-----':
in_key = True
if in_key:
public_key += line.strip() + '\n'
if line == '-----END RSA PUBLIC KEY-----':
break
if not public_key:
print('No public key block found')
sys.exit(1)
onion_address = calculate_onion(public_key)
print('Onion Address: %s.onion' % onion_address)
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Thanks, this script is very helpful. But unfortunately it doesn't work for me without a fix.
Onion address generation ignores the first 22 bytes of SubjectPublicKeyInfo (the output of exportKey). The script works when I replace line 14 of the script with onion_address = hashlib.sha1(key.exportKey('DER')[22:]).digest()[:10].

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