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InvisibleNet Presents IIP
An anonymous submitter writes: "A new and ever growing project has launched into the alternative
network realm, changing the pace by focusing directly on speech, rather than file sharing. The Invisible Irc Project, a peer
distributed secure and anonymous internet relay chat network has popped up
at some of the recent conventions this past year. The creator, and project leader, known as 0x90, has been seen at
CodeCon 2002 introducing
it to the public, at that time in more of a primitive state, and
today, almost a year later, the software has noticeably been more
usable by the masses. 0x90 just gave a talk at ToorCon 2K2 on designing a robust
& secure Peer-2-Peer framework, and their InvisibleNet site just released
new software
along with a two part interview that
was taken in July. A good read that details the depths of their
project, including the state it is in now, and the future vision of
a privately distributed steganographical crypto-net. I have tried
out the software and it is very easy to set up, and it supports the
freenixes, OS X, and Win32 machines. You can use any irc client
with it seemlessly, and the cryptography is handled transparently
within your "IIP" node. It's GPL so peer review is welcome, as it
also states this on their site. It appears to have a nice community
of users with a range of discussions. So if you have a bit of time
on your hands to engage in some chatting online, give this a try.
It's alternative, creative, and possibly a standard setting step to
securing IRC as we know it."
Why wouldn't someone put up proper firewall protection BEFORE they go into IRC channels that broadcast IPs. Better yet, get one of the (many) programs that spoof your IP for you.
Geez.
Its also the 6502 assembly opcode for Relative Branch if Clear Carry. And keep in mind, the x86 NOP instruction is actually aliased to XCHG EAX, EAX.
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Oh, that's right.