http://anon.inf.tu-dresden.de/index_en.html
JAP functions as a locally installed proxy, and requires a Java JRE
(free download from http://www.java.com). The concept behind JAP is
quite simple: once installed, you run the JAP application, and it
creates an encrypted tunnel from your machine to a cluster of
intermediary machines, most of which are in Germany right now. JAP
reconfigures your web browser to use a proxy on your localhost
interface (127.0.0.1), from that point forward any future
communications from your web browser are sent through the local proxy
agent over an encrypted tunnel to a cluster of anonymous browsing
agents. Those remote agents then make the request for you then relay
information back to your browser. Anyone attempting to watch your
browsing traffic locally will see nothing but an encrypted SSL tunnel
going in and out of your local PC. More importantly, the remote web
server you are talking with (say http://groups.google.com for example)
gets the IP address of the intermediary server, most of whom live in
Germany right now. Versions available for Win32, Linux, and almost
all Unix variants. Free.
http://www.freehaven.net/tor/
TOR is an anonymizing overlay network for TCP, based on an "onion
routing" concept. Uses strong crypto from the client to the first
intermediary hop, after which your traffic is stripped of identifying
information then sent to the next random hop. The way TOR is
designed, only the hop you are directly communicating with knows your
true identity. Anyone watching your local web browsing gets nothing.
The remote web server you are communicating with gets the IP address
of a random intermediary host, not the machine you are connecting
from. Versions available for Win32, Linux, and almost all Unix
variants. Free.
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