I would like to introduce to you guys a something more useful and powerful which can use for the anonymous internet surfing. I received so many mails by asking how to unblock restricted websites. I explained in my previous posts about proxy sites and also listed some proxy sites which you can use to browse the internet anonymously. But it seems all those proxy sites have been blocked on your network. So what to do if the firewalls on your network block all your favorite websites and proxy sites as well?? Don’t worry still you have a solution.. That is the Torpark.
So what the hell is that and how does it do it huh??
First of all how your firewall blocks websites?
Basically it blocks websites by specified website URLS and by looking at keywords which has given by network administrator. For example FortiGate firewall has web filtering features such as URL/Keyword/Phrase Block, URL Exempt List, Content Profiles, Blocks Java Applet, Cookies, Active X, etc. In the FortiGate firewall content blocking enables you to specify file types and words that should have to block. With web content block enabled, every requested web page is checked against the content block list. The score value of each pattern appearing on the page is added, and if the total is greater than the threshold value set in the protection profile, the page is blocked.
That can be happened if the firewall can read and understand the content of incoming data packets. So what if the firewall can’t understand the content of incoming data packets?? That means the firewall can’t find out any specific URLs or keywords within that web content…
So that’s what exactly happened when we are browsing internet using Torpark. So let’s go in to the subject….
The Torpark is a combination of Mozilla FireFox browser and the Tor(Onion Router).
So what the hell is Tor??
Tor is an Internet based system which enables users to communicate anonymously on the Internet. The Tor network encrypts traffic between a computer and the Tor network of routers. The client side Torpark browser connects out to Tor, periodically negotiating a virtual circuit through the Tor network. Tor provides a way for two parties - a connection initiator and a connection responder to communicate with each other anonymously. Which protects its communications against traffic analysis attacks. The all data packets are encrypted in a tunnel between your PC and the Tor network. After sending encrypted data to the Tor network, it will change the tunnels until it reach the internet as unencrypted. Also Tor network will be passing back data to your computer as encrypted and your Torpark browser is used to decrypt them and render it to user. So it will be bit slowly specially when establishing the circuit.
So now you see how hard it is for network observers (such as crackers, companies, and governments) to reliably learn who is talking to whom and for what purpose, by examining data packets flowing over the network since which used to communicate all data in an encrypted and anonymous way. And another good thing is Torpark browser is portable and you can run it in a USB drive as well.
So I think I am done with this post. Hope you all got the idea. So good luck you all.
You can Download Torpark using following Urls:-
http://www.download.com/Torpark/3000-2356_4-10586817.html?hhTest=1
Click here to Direct Download
For More Info:-
http://security.ngoinabox.org/ScreenShots/Torpark/manual.html
http://security.ngoinabox.org/Documentation/Manuals/chapters/Torpark.pdf
http://advosys.ca/viewpoints/2006/09/torpark-quick-look/
http://www.linux.com/articles/53394
http://news.softpedia.com/news/Anonymous-Portable-Web-Browsing-Via-Torpark-36123.shtml
