Sunday, September 24, 2006
Protecting your online browsing privacy thanks to TOR.
Original text from the age online http://www.theage.com.au/news/web/new-browser-offers-stealth-mode-surfing/2006/09/21/1158431835805.html
A free, portable web browsing tool designed to boost privacy for internet users has been unleashed this week by human rights group, Hacktivismo.
The TorPark download is a modified version of the portable Firefox browser and can be loaded onto a memory stick, for use at home or on any public computer, said the group, which describes itself as a collection of computer security experts committed to "developing technologies in support of the highest standards of human rights".
The Torpark private browsing technology covers users' tracks by linking their computer to a distributed network of servers called the Tor Network via an encrypted tunnel which allows them to surf the internet anonymously.
The creators of the software said it was built to defend against common practises such as tracking IP addresses used by numerous websites and ISPs for traffic analysis, which can also be monitored to pinpoint a user's identity.
However, a number of security agencies around the world have raised their eyebrows at this new network and its products. And they are specially concerned that this browser called Hacktivismo was formed out of the hacking group The Cult of The Dead Cow, which operates under a remit to fight "anyone or any government that aspires to limit free speech".
A free, portable web browsing tool designed to boost privacy for internet users has been unleashed this week by human rights group, Hacktivismo.
The TorPark download is a modified version of the portable Firefox browser and can be loaded onto a memory stick, for use at home or on any public computer, said the group, which describes itself as a collection of computer security experts committed to "developing technologies in support of the highest standards of human rights".
The Torpark private browsing technology covers users' tracks by linking their computer to a distributed network of servers called the Tor Network via an encrypted tunnel which allows them to surf the internet anonymously.
The creators of the software said it was built to defend against common practises such as tracking IP addresses used by numerous websites and ISPs for traffic analysis, which can also be monitored to pinpoint a user's identity.
However, a number of security agencies around the world have raised their eyebrows at this new network and its products. And they are specially concerned that this browser called Hacktivismo was formed out of the hacking group The Cult of The Dead Cow, which operates under a remit to fight "anyone or any government that aspires to limit free speech".
# posted by Peter Saville - IT Consultant @ 1:43 AM 
