Torino

Torino is an example of an Onion Address generator for Tor hidden services.

This was a simple little "can I do it project?" and ultimately isn't likely worth using in a production environment due to how slow the program is but it's fun all the same if you want to try it out or see how Tor addresses are generated.

Install and use

To install globally run

npm install -g torino

running torino -h

  Usage: torino [options]

  Options:

    -h, --help                           output usage information
    -V, --version                        output the version number
    -m, --match-pattern [regex pattern]  find an onion address that matches the [regex pattern]

To generate any address (no pattern) run with no options:

torino

Giving you an output like so:

uqggk3zd6ragkh3n.onion

-----BEGIN RSA PRIVATE KEY-----
MIIBWwIBAAKBgQCsIqpV5MeQO20kYEsRtpUoYPz6uG3marMmJb6a3u7TovDolVPm
KPsvI+KNt9QMCmzDfEjF/Mhmfo2/7reMuhNWNe07lowFmQ+DSRLdNbnWnExmdd36
FW8I0LveHYPsWwXFR8Vq53MG2ncSbEF8vJ/pE+lZXljfYDzvmGwrc5XA8QIBAQIB
AQJBAOurrhMMeSjAxVdRpesB5nTmXIbuG1/BuEyDh/LLQ41QvgLYr1YPVc4hHPjp
Ar/oJbOoYAWvdqORyIVWPI/vuzsCQQC6+++OaJp8gy6ALF4W2GoOtcQDVdKkw6VW
PlYIzF+PwI17eztaoLNpdAbieaJy7VUmM1PHOTLa25eZGRLVPjnDAgEBAgEBAkBL
A17mdcSJzrKWkhYsuqBir1mEDq8CR+P73+2v9bT43+5MPDoF6XkXKLy3Ie8vgFXK
kPO3xrwooif+2ozG/CzY
-----END RSA PRIVATE KEY-----

To generate an address that matches a regex pattern run with :

torino --match-pattern ^a

With the pattern ^a it'll key generating keys until it has an address that starts with the character a.

You can also use the library behind the program as well in your own project if you so wish simply install it like so:

npm install torino --save

Then use as follows:

 
const torino = require('torino').onionAddressGenerator;
const rsa = require('torino').privateKey;
 
const myPattern = '^torino';
 
torino.searchForAddress(myPattern).then(function (result) {
    const address = result.address;
    const privateKey = rsa.privateKeyToPem(result.privateKey); // Converts it to a PEM format for use in Tor
});

Hell it's slow, can it be improved?

I'd love to make the program production useful but to compete against the likes of Shallot and Scallion it's just not possible without having a low level implementation of the key generation or hashing algorithms. There's no reason the use of OpenCL that's seen in Scallion couldn't be done in nodejs, it's just not something I have a huge background in or time to learn about. If you want to give it ago, please do share your results.

License

It's licensed under MIT, enjoy.