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Generating custom .onion names with the WebCrypto API
/* This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
* License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this file,
* You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/. */
"use strict";
/*
* thirty-two
* https://github.com/chrisumbel/thirty-two
*
* Copyright (c) 2011, Chris Umbel
*/
function base32(plain) {
var charTable = "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz234567";
plain = new Uint8Array(plain);
var shiftIndex = 0;
var digit = 0;
var encoded = "";
for (var i=0; i<plain.length;) {
var current = plain[i];
if (shiftIndex > 3) {
digit = current & (0xff >> shiftIndex);
shiftIndex = (shiftIndex + 5) % 8;
digit = (digit << shiftIndex) | ((i + 1 < plain.length) ?
plain[i + 1] : 0) >> (8 - shiftIndex);
i++;
} else {
digit = (current >> (8 - (shiftIndex + 5))) & 0x1f;
shiftIndex = (shiftIndex + 5) % 8;
if (shiftIndex == 0) i++;
}
encoded += charTable[digit];
}
return encoded;
}
/*
* base64-arraybuffer
* https://github.com/niklasvh/base64-arraybuffer
*
* Copyright (c) 2012 Niklas von Hertzen
* Licensed under the MIT license.
*/
function base64(arraybuffer) {
var chars = "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789+/";
var bytes = new Uint8Array(arraybuffer),
i, len = bytes.length, base64 = "";
for (i = 0; i < len; i+=3) {
base64 += chars[bytes[i] >> 2];
base64 += chars[((bytes[i] & 3) << 4) | (bytes[i + 1] >> 4)];
base64 += chars[((bytes[i + 1] & 15) << 2) | (bytes[i + 2] >> 6)];
base64 += chars[bytes[i + 2] & 63];
}
if ((len % 3) === 2) {
base64 = base64.substring(0, base64.length - 1) + "=";
} else if (len % 3 === 1) {
base64 = base64.substring(0, base64.length - 2) + "==";
}
return base64;
}
function formatKey(key) {
// Export the DER-encoded ASN.1 private key information.
var promise = crypto.subtle.exportKey("pkcs8", key);
return promise.then(function (pkcs8) {
var encoded = base64(pkcs8);
// Wrap lines after 64 characters.
var formatted = encoded.match(/.{1,64}/g).join("\n");
// Wrap the formatted key in a header and footer.
return "-----BEGIN PRIVATE KEY-----\n" + formatted +
"\n-----END PRIVATE KEY-----";
});
}
function generateRSAKey() {
var alg = {
// This could be any supported RSA* algorithm.
name: "RSASSA-PKCS1-v1_5",
// We won't actually use the hash function.
hash: {name: "SHA-1"},
// Tor hidden services use 1024 bit keys.
modulusLength: 1024,
// We will use a fixed public exponent for now.
publicExponent: new Uint8Array([0x03])
};
return crypto.subtle.generateKey(alg, true, ["sign", "verify"]);
}
function computeOnionHash(publicKey) {
// Export the DER encoding of the SubjectPublicKeyInfo structure.
var promise = crypto.subtle.exportKey("spki", publicKey);
promise = promise.then(function (spki) {
// Compute the SHA-1 digest of the SPKI.
// Skip 22 bytes (the SPKI header) that are ignored by Tor.
return crypto.subtle.digest({name: "SHA-1"}, spki.slice(22));
});
return promise.then(function (digest) {
// Base32-encode the first half of the digest.
return base32(digest.slice(0, 10));
});
}
function findOnionName(pattern) {
var key;
// Start by generating a random key pair.
var promise = generateRSAKey().then(function (pair) {
key = pair.privateKey;
// Generate the .onion hash of the public key.
return computeOnionHash(pair.publicKey);
});
return promise.then(function (hash) {
// Try again if the pattern doesn't match.
if (!pattern.test(hash)) {
return findOnionName(pattern);
}
// Key matches! Export and format it.
return formatKey(key).then(function (formatted) {
return {key: formatted, hash: hash};
});
});
}
findOnionName(/ab/).then(function (result) {
console.log(result.hash + ".onion", result.key);
}, function (err) {
console.log("An error occurred, please reload the page.");
});
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neuhaus commented Jan 9, 2018

Has anyone written something for the new longer v3 addresses yet?
https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/wiki/doc/NextGenOnions#Howtosetupyourownprop224service

@princeCoolstar
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How can I get onion domain name from the private key?

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wkliang commented Oct 18, 2020

firefox 81.0.2(64-bit) will throw following error:
OperationError: The operation failed for an operation-specific reason,
but it work well with google chrome 86.0.4240.75 (Official Build) (64-bit)

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