[LINK] Browse the web anonymously with Torpark
Roger Clarke
Roger.Clarke at xamax.com.au
Sun Sep 24 09:18:57 AEST 2006
A colleague added:
>As I think your reply suggests, you're aware that Tor is capable of
>onion routing any TCP protocol. I've run SSH through it to log back
>into my own system and, upon inspection, discovered that I was logged
>in from a host at .purdue.edu. ;-)
>
>So, to allay brd's fears, if you want proper secrecy with Tor, you
>need to do that yourself using (say) SSL. The only thing I would add
>is that I have my own reservations about using the network of
>configured onion routers provided with the Tor package. However,
>there is nothing stopping you from finding a couple of dozen friends
>who you "trust" and constructing your own network.
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