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Where is the Replacement for the JAP Anon-Proxy?

Posted by Cliff on from the for-anonymous-cowards-everywhere dept.

An anonymous reader asks: "Now that it has been a month since the University of Dresden's Java Anonymous Proxy was back-doored via court order, what is the status of forked projects? Have any universities or individuals in countries with more respect for freedom taken the initiative to provide a truly anonymous alternative? Could a Freenet/P2P type system, with plausible deniability, be developed from the remnants of the JAP program? I would be willing to operate a mix if I could restrict the bandwidth usage and use a SOCKS proxy for my P2P apps. Could a phoenix rise from the ashes of JAP which delivered a 1-2 punch to censorship and media conglomerate entrapment?"

3 of 28 comments (clear)

  1. Why? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Why create another Freenet?

  2. JAP isn't back-doored by Elias+Serge · · Score: 3, Interesting

    ATM, the JAP programs's Crime Detection Feature has been removed. German Police are appealing the isuue, but it is currently secure.

  3. why not block instead of compromise? by chrisvdb · · Score: 2, Interesting

    What I don't understand about JAP is why they just don't block the websites that the German law inforcers demand access to.

    This way they wouldn't compromise the base idea of their system and they wouldn't aid criminal activity. Most countries' legal system doesn't allow helping criminal activity, but cannot force to cooperate fighting it either!

    I for one would certainly trust this way much better...

    Any thoughts?

    Chris.
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    http://www.vandenberghe.org/chris