Tor: An anonymous Internet communication system

Troubleshooter · 12-27-2004, 03:09 PM

I figured since this came from the EFF it should go here instead of the Internet category.

http://tor.eff.org/

Tor is a toolset for a wide range of organizations and people that want to improve their safety and security on the Internet. Using Tor can help you anonymize web browsing and publishing, instant messaging, IRC, SSH, and more. Tor also provides a platform on which software developers can build new applications with built-in anonymity, safety, and privacy features.

SteveDallas · 12-27-2004, 05:44 PM

Very interesting--I currently have an account at cotse.net but the idea of chained servers would improve on that for many reasons. (It would also, given the track record of mixmaster anonymous remailers, be a real challenge to implement reliably.)

SteveDallas · 04-08-2005, 01:58 PM

OK, I'm checking this out. (I saw another reference to it & decided to give it a whirl.)

It's cool.

jaguar · 04-08-2005, 02:13 PM

Very interesting, bascially a random chain of proxies, combine this with logless proxies, net cafes, freenet and ahoodie and you've got the closest you're going to get to anon net use.

SteveDallas · 04-08-2005, 02:27 PM

Yes well now that you've completely anonymized your communication from your computer on out to whereever, how to clean up (or better yet prevent in the first place) evidence from your own computer?

Happy Monkey · 04-08-2005, 02:33 PM

Set up a RAM drive, and put the internet caches on it?

jaguar · 04-08-2005, 02:33 PM

if you want to do one thing and not leave a trail thermite works well.

SteveDallas · 04-08-2005, 08:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jaguar

if you want to do one thing and not leave a trail thermite works well.

Hey that's a great suggestion!!!

Ummmm Tony.... bad news... there are some Cellar posts I don't want to leave arond for posterity. I'll be over on Sunday afternoon with the thermite . . . .

Beestie · 04-08-2005, 10:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Happy Monkey

Set up a RAM drive, and put the internet caches on it?

Or buy a stealth surfer (http://www.stealthsurfer.biz) or download the new USB drive compatible version of Firefox (http://johnhaller.com/jh/mozilla/portable%5Ffirefox/).

BigV · 04-08-2005, 10:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Beestie

Or buy a stealth surfer (http://www.stealthsurfer.biz) or download the new USB drive compatible version1 of Firefox (http://johnhaller.com/jh/mozilla/portable%5Ffirefox/).

and combined with this, suh-weet!

I have this mighty mite, and it rocks!

SteveDallas · 04-09-2005, 12:44 PM

I'm still very skeptical .... a modern web browser is so big and does so many things, I'm not convinced having the cache and temp files on an external disk is enough to keep traces out of the computer itself.

jaguar · 04-09-2005, 10:13 PM

not by a long shot at many levels.

12-27-2004, 03:09 PM	#1
Troubleshooter The urban Jane Goodall Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Florida Posts: 3,012	Tor: An anonymous Internet communication system I figured since this came from the EFF it should go here instead of the Internet category. http://tor.eff.org/ Tor is a toolset for a wide range of organizations and people that want to improve their safety and security on the Internet. Using Tor can help you anonymize web browsing and publishing, instant messaging, IRC, SSH, and more. Tor also provides a platform on which software developers can build new applications with built-in anonymity, safety, and privacy features. __________________ I have gained this from philosophy: that I do without being commanded what others do only from fear of the law. - Aristotle

04-08-2005, 02:13 PM	#4
jaguar whig Join Date: Apr 2001 Posts: 5,075	Very interesting, bascially a random chain of proxies, combine this with logless proxies, net cafes, freenet and ahoodie and you've got the closest you're going to get to anon net use. __________________ Good friends, good books and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life. - Twain

04-08-2005, 02:33 PM	#6
Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 13,575	Set up a RAM drive, and put the internet caches on it? __________________ _________________ \|...............\| We live in the nick of times. \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| \|_______________\| [pics]

04-08-2005, 02:33 PM	#7
jaguar whig Join Date: Apr 2001 Posts: 5,075	if you want to do one thing and not leave a trail thermite works well. __________________ Good friends, good books and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life. - Twain

04-09-2005, 10:13 PM	#12
jaguar whig Join Date: Apr 2001 Posts: 5,075	not by a long shot at many levels. __________________ Good friends, good books and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life. - Twain

12-27-2004, 05:44 PM	#2
SteveDallas Your Bartender Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Philly Burbs, PA Posts: 7,651	Very interesting--I currently have an account at cotse.net but the idea of chained servers would improve on that for many reasons. (It would also, given the track record of mixmaster anonymous remailers, be a real challenge to implement reliably.)

04-08-2005, 01:58 PM	#3
SteveDallas Your Bartender Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Philly Burbs, PA Posts: 7,651	OK, I'm checking this out. (I saw another reference to it & decided to give it a whirl.) It's cool.

04-08-2005, 02:27 PM	#5
SteveDallas Your Bartender Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Philly Burbs, PA Posts: 7,651	Yes well now that you've completely anonymized your communication from your computer on out to whereever, how to clean up (or better yet prevent in the first place) evidence from your own computer?

04-09-2005, 12:44 PM	#11
SteveDallas Your Bartender Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Philly Burbs, PA Posts: 7,651	I'm still very skeptical .... a modern web browser is so big and does so many things, I'm not convinced having the cache and temp files on an external disk is enough to keep traces out of the computer itself.

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