1) they usually only work with http, getting one to work with MSN messenger is neer impossable !
2) although they stop the site you are browsing from knowing who you are, your Internet service provider still knows exactly what you are doing.
3) i hate proxies.
What if....
What if you first ran a local filter proxie, it doesnt do anything major, it just scrubbs any identifying info from your web traffic, things like browser identification, cookies, revelaing DNS info.
then this proxie connected to anouther local service.
this local service encrypted all your traffic, and sent it out to anouther computer somwhere in the world, then re-encrypts it, and sends to a different node.
your traffic bounces around these random nodes, being encrypted, and forwarded a few times, then after serveral bounces, the final node de-crypted the traffic, and sent it to its true destination.
All your Internet Serive Provider knows, is they you sent unknown data (encrypted) on an unknown port, to an unknown random server.
And the end server you connect to , only knows the very last node that the data canme from.
as far as the website, chat server, IRC server, MSN messanger server, EVEN GAME SERVER like Unreat tournament or counterstrike.. all these serbver know about the connection, is an IP address, or a random encrypting node.
it would be completely impossable for anyone, at any node, at the Internet servidce proider, or at the end server to know where or who you are... only the end server, and end node knows what the origonal message was..
but the message was re-encrypted at each node, and the path of nodes the data took is completely random.
This i total 100% annonymous web use. (provided you dont give any personal data out... dont use email addresses you created non-annonymously etc etc.
well guess what... this actually exists !!!
and how much does this amasing service cost ???
NOTHING!
its completely FREE, and best of all OPEN SOURCE !!!!
(and there's even a windows version)
there are currently 100 encryptig nodes world wide, and as this progect was just slashdotted, we can expect the number of volenteer nodes to increace !
Does anyone still doubt open source innovation ???
go get it here !!! http://tor.eff.org/

