D Y Patil International University

http://learning.dypiu.ac.in
School of Computer Science, Engineering, and Applications
Academic Year 2022-2023
Practical Assignment No. 5

Class: MCA-SEM II Subject: Cyber Security and Applications

Date 23 / 02 /2023

Name : Pranav Kivade

PRN :20220804051

Experiment 5: Dark Web

a. To understand the working environment of the “Dark Web”

Aim: - To understand the working environment of the “Dark Web”.

Requirements: - TOR browser and XAMPP server.

TOR Browser:
The Tor Browser is a web browser that anonymizes your web
traffic using the Tor network, making it easy to protect your
identity online.

Procedure:
a) XAMPP
 Install the XAMPP server.
 After installing XAMPP, create a html file in the htdocs
folder which will be present in the xampp folder in the C
drive.
 Start Apache and MySQL.
 Now, open the browser and type ‘localhost:8080’ and
then write the name of the html file created, in my case
it will be ‘localhost:8080/Cybersecurity Lab-5.html’.
b) Tor Browser
 Install the TOR browser.
 Create a new folder named ‘tor domain’ in the Tor
browser folder created on the desktop during the
installation.
 From Tor Browser folder go to Browser\Tor Browser\
Data\Tor and open the torrc file in notepad and add two
parameters.
 The first named ‘HiddenServiceDir’ in front of this add the
path of the ‘tor domain’ folder created. The second
parameter named ‘HiddenServicePort’ in front of this add
80 127.0.0.1:8080.
 Now, start the Tor browser and close it. Then 4 files will
be created in the ‘tor domain’ folder which is created
inside the Tor browser folder.

 Inside the ‘tor domain’ folder open the hostname file in

notepad, a ‘.onion’ domain will be seen.
  Now, copy the domain and then paste it in the Tor
browser further type the name of the html file
created inthe htdocs folder.
 On doing this the webpage of the html file will
be seen inTor browser.

Result:
Thus, we have successfully installed the Tor browser and
XAMPP server and learned how to create a private
domain andhosting in local server.