amanda <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Just pick up a copy of Freedom <www.freedom.net>. It works. It is
> available now. It protects more than just your surfing.
>
> A.
>From a brief look at the web page and FAQ:
* It's Windows specific.
* No source is provided.
* They claim that they will "endeavor to identify" people who are
engaging in illegal activities like trafficing child pornography,
which implies that they actually can identify the perpetrator.
* It appears centralized.
* While they claim that traffic is redirected through multiple
servers, it might as well be directed through only one, since all
of the servers are apparently under control of the same authority.
* Apparently one can only use their tunnelling service to connect to
ports which they have blessed, like port 23.
> On 24 Apr 2000, lcs Mixmaster Remailer wrote:
>
> > What do you think of a program which works as follows.
> >
> > It is a TCP/IP redirector, but it is designed to protect the anonymity
> > of web servers. People voluntarily run this program on their systems.
> > A server which wants to be anonymous connects to one of these redirectors,
> > and gives it a command telling it to listen on port X, and any incoming
> > connections on that port should be forwarded to port Y on the requesting
> > host.
