qwijibow 0 Report post Posted May 22, 2005 The problem with Proxy servers....1) they usually only work with http, getting one to work with MSN messenger is neer impossable !2) although they stop the site you are browsing from knowing who you are, your Internet service provider still knows exactly what you are doing.3) i hate proxies.What if....What if you first ran a local filter proxie, it doesnt do anything major, it just scrubbs any identifying info from your web traffic, things like browser identification, cookies, revelaing DNS info.then this proxie connected to anouther local service.this local service encrypted all your traffic, and sent it out to anouther computer somwhere in the world, then re-encrypts it, and sends to a different node.your traffic bounces around these random nodes, being encrypted, and forwarded a few times, then after serveral bounces, the final node de-crypted the traffic, and sent it to its true destination.All your Internet Serive Provider knows, is they you sent unknown data (encrypted) on an unknown port, to an unknown random server.And the end server you connect to , only knows the very last node that the data canme from.as far as the website, chat server, IRC server, MSN messanger server, EVEN GAME SERVER like Unreat tournament or counterstrike.. all these serbver know about the connection, is an IP address, or a random encrypting node.it would be completely impossable for anyone, at any node, at the Internet servidce proider, or at the end server to know where or who you are... only the end server, and end node knows what the origonal message was..but the message was re-encrypted at each node, and the path of nodes the data took is completely random.This i total 100% annonymous web use. (provided you dont give any personal data out... dont use email addresses you created non-annonymously etc etc.well guess what... this actually exists !!!and how much does this amasing service cost ???NOTHING!its completely FREE, and best of all OPEN SOURCE !!!!(and there's even a windows version)there are currently 100 encryptig nodes world wide, and as this progect was just slashdotted, we can expect the number of volenteer nodes to increace !Does anyone still doubt open source innovation ???go get it here !!! https://tor.eff.org/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
qwijibow 0 Report post Posted May 22, 2005 UPDATE !works like a charm, and easy to set-up.in gentoo linux, i just opened up a terminal...emerge torand it was done, then configure my web browsers, and other internet applications to use a socks5 proxy at 127.0.0.1:9050.i went to whatsMyUIp.comfirst i was in Japan, revisited the site, and i was reported to be in America, an then Sweden.And the whole thing is lightning fast ! i can barely tell the difference between normal web surfing !this ROCKS ! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Giniu 0 Report post Posted May 22, 2005 That's great :)amazing tool... where did you diged it out? this would work with any connection, right? (ADSL, Dial-up, Broadband and so on?) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
qwijibow 0 Report post Posted May 22, 2005 Any application that can be configured to use a SOCKS proxy (which is almost anything)It works with any connection, its lightning fast on my 600kbps broadband, but ive no idea how it would perform on dial-up.its pretty cool, every different site i visit reports me as having a completely different IP, at the top right of each of my posts, look at my reported IP addressEDIT: just remembered, only MODS can do that :)my first post is my real Ip address, reported as 62.254.0.X (nottingham england)my second posts IP is reported as 140.247.62.121 which is Harvard University in America !!!my third post is 82.94.251.206 (Amsterdam in Holland) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
signatureimage 0 Report post Posted May 22, 2005 Just posting to check what my Signature Image PHP will generate..... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
qwijibow 0 Report post Posted May 22, 2005 You are 24.20.70.130 at comcast.netbash-2.05b$ whois 24.20.70.130Comcast Cable Communications, IP Services EASTERNSHORE-1 (NET-24-16-0-0-1) 24.16.0.0 - 24.23.255.255 Comcast Cable Communications OREGON-7 (NET-24-20-0-0-1) 24.20.0.0 - 24.21.255.255  # ARIN WHOIS database, last updated 2005-05-21 19:10 # Enter ? for additional hints on searching ARIN's WHOIS database.  some whois reports are better than others. anyways, totally wrong Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jcguy 0 Report post Posted May 22, 2005 Why would you want to be able to surf truely anonymously on the Internet? If one isn't doing anything illegal like trying to hack into servers etc, then i think it's fine to surf not-so-anonymously. Are there reasons to surf anonymously? Privacy reasons? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
qwijibow 0 Report post Posted May 22, 2005 I tried it out because its just plain cool !This software also allows you to publish legal material completely annonymously.But yeah, its all about privacy. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Giniu 0 Report post Posted May 22, 2005 Yeah... also when you live in some countries you can be discriminated... for example pay-for-search-engine (Omega search) is well known to not work from Poland - you get only: "you are connecting from unsuported country" - they are blocking IP numbers from Poland (don't know why) - I use account just like others - so they shouldn't do what they do. So - things like this would allow me and others from "country black list???" (why?) use some service that normalny are blocked. And it is legal (I think) as long as you are doing legal things... so why not use it and get more secuirity? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GameUltra 0 Report post Posted May 22, 2005 Wow, this program is cool how did you manage to find it? I think I might use this from now on, it's very nice. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
spacewaste1405241471 0 Report post Posted May 23, 2005 Dude. this is truely amazing software.*tips hat off*But what if somebody evantualy finds a way to trace you back from node to node? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
qwijibow 0 Report post Posted May 23, 2005 But what if somebody evantualy finds a way to trace you back from node to node?what if someone fnd a way to make someone else burst into flames with a mere thought from the other side of the world? LOL, i dont think its possable without re-porgramming all the nodes to delibratly trace you.lol. Read the documentation on the web-site under how it works.Unless soemone re-programmed every node to not re-encrypted each packet before re-transmiting, and keep a huge log containing the packet sniffed contents of every packet passing through the node (which would eat up terrabypes of disk space quite quicly, and would need a hell of a lot of cpu power) i dont think anyone is going to be tracing yyou any time soon. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rhodesian.dragon 0 Report post Posted May 23, 2005 I don't care what anyone says there is no such thing as 100% Anonymous Internet surfing. Sure this method may make it harder for people to be tracked but not impossible. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Neverseen 0 Report post Posted May 24, 2005 very interesting topic thanks for the info... gotta try it for fun one day Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mtheory 0 Report post Posted May 25, 2005 Now...this is a VERY impressive piece of news....heheheheheCAN'T CATCH ME NOW!!MWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!<hears knocking at the door> Share this post Link to post Share on other sites