

Nevertheless, the study of plant TOR has been largely limited to the model plant Arabidopsis thaliana (and select few other plant species, see: Nanjareddy et al., 2016 De Vleesschauwer et al., 2018) and further investigation is crucial if we are to fully elucidate TOR function in diverse developmental processes across the plant kingdom. Since the discovery of the TOR inhibitor rapamycin from the soil bacterium Streptomyces hygroscopicus ( Sehgal et al., 1975), and its use to identify and isolate TOR in yeast ( Heitman et al., 1991 Kunz et al., 1993), mammals ( Sabatini et al., 1994) and plants ( Menand et al., 2002), our knowledge and understanding of TOR signaling mechanisms and function has progressed immensely. Nutrients and growth factors activate TOR, whilst energy deprivation, starvation and stresses are responsible for its inactivation ( Dobrenel et al., 2016). Remarkably, the TARGET OF RAPAMYCIN (TOR) protein kinase has been identified as a “master regulator” of such networks in all eukaryotes, from single-celled yeast and algae, to complex multicellular organisms such as plants, animals and humans ( Dobrenel et al., 2016). Mounting evidence suggests that integrated signaling and metabolic networks play an instructive role in developmental programs and responses to environmental changes and stresses ( Li and Sheen, 2016 Krejci and Tennessen, 2017). There's also no way to know if the service you are trying to connect to was on Freedom Hosting or not.TOR Is a Key Plant Developmental Regulator So a lot of the hidden services no longer exist if you are finding lists of old links. There was a big news story about it a few years back. He was caught from his own stupidity.įreedom Hosting was taken down, but not before law enforcement put some java script that exploited a flaw in the browser bundle to identify users. It also turns out he was hosting child porn on the side. Turns out it was actually run by an guy who ran/owned a hosting company. About half of the onion sites I knew about were hosted on FH including Tormail.įreedom Hosting was a service that would host your hidden service for free (within reason) and many people use it to set up for legitimate services. There can also be the issue that you just weren't able to build a route to connect to them.Īnother big issue is that Freedom Hosting is no longer a thing. As others have said, a lot of sites are run by people who don't really have either the capacity, connection, or know how to run a hidden service.
