Tor: A JAP Replacement

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."

Comments

talk about racist

[Anonymous Coward]

If I called my project NI**ER, it'd never get accepted. Why JAP?

Re:Talk about politically incorrect

[Anonymous Coward]

Yes, the cry of "Tor! Tor! Tor!" has historically been the beginning of the end for Japs.

Re:Child porn in a non-profitable environment

[KrisHolland]

"I suspect that much of the child porn around is made by amateurs for their personal gratification rather than for profit."

Yes, the photography is gratification incidental to the actual act itself. How is banning child pornography on Freenet going to reduce sexual acts that would happen anyway?

"And since this is an addiction"

I see no proof that pornography or sex is defacto an 'addiction'. I am sure it might be argued it *can* be, and if such is the case I prefer that the pedophiles will find an outlet on Freenet instead of on a child.