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Tor: A JAP Replacement

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the trust-no-one dept.

kid_wonder writes "Wired is running an article describing an answer to this previous /. story. Packets are sent through a network of randomly selected servers each of which knows only its predecessor and successor. Packets are unwrapped by a symmetric encryption key at each server that peels off one layer and reveals instructions for the next downstream node. As a 'connection-based low-latency anonymous communication system,' Tor seems to be the answer to JAP to allow anonymous networking activities of all kinds."

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  1. Talk about politically incorrect by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    We are REPLACING japs now??!?!?

    1. Re:Talk about politically incorrect by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      The new version will eventually be called ARAB. One of the security improvements is sandboxing, and when a process begins to misbehave, it's quickly killed.

  2. I would imagine by AbbyNormal · · Score: 5, Funny

    our East Asian readers, will readily endorse this new standard...Honestly, I guess not many people think about their acronyms before they are released to the public.

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  3. Onion routing by Rosco+P.+Coltrane · · Score: 5, Funny

    to help Internet users surf the Web anonymously and shield their online activities from corporate or government eyes. The system is based on a concept called onion routing.

    I've just tried to set www.theonion.com:8800 as http proxy but it doesn't work...

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    1. Re:Onion routing by Hard_Code · · Score: 4, Funny

      Nurse we need the defibrillator stat! We're about to lose this joke!

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  4. An Important Message by Gannoc · · Score: 4, Funny


    This technology will certainly become a favored tool of terrorists trying to avoid the justice of the Bush administration.

    Sincerely,

    The MPAA.

  5. Right hand, talk to left hand please! by putaro · · Score: 3, Funny

    I think it's great that the Navy is funding this. Now, where are the wire tap hooks? I always enjoy the way the government exempts itself from its own rules.

  6. Apparently there's a Japanese version as well.... by flimflam · · Score: 3, Funny

    called KRAUT.

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  7. Benjamin Franklin by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    They that can give up essential latency to obtain a little temporary anonymity deserve neither latency nor anonymity.

    I need my data at the speed of light, bitches!