The Onion Routing – Highly Anonymous

Hii Friends if you read my previous article on “Proxies - Know and Use” & if u want to become Highly Anonymous on internet then today I am going to share article on “The Onion Routing – Highly Anonymous”.

We all many times use proxies for staying anonymous on internet. Lets quickly check out, what we are actually doing while using proxies. We first connect to a proxy server which brings resources requested by us from the web server.

                        
Thus a proxy server hides our identity by acting as an intermediary between us and the web server that we are accessing. You might want to read detailed post on proxies here.

Suppose we break into a server using a proxy server thinking that we are anonymous. But what if owner of web server starts enquiring about the clients connecting to it using the proxy server and it is possible that owners of proxy server might reveal our identity. This means we can’t actually rely on proxy servers for being anonymous online. Here comes the concept of THE ONION ROUTING (TOR) into picture. By using this, the client traffic is supposed to be passed from three different servers or nodes before reaching to actual web server. It may randomly take any path through any three nodes. 

 
Let’s consider it has taken path shown by green arrows. Now

* Node 1 knows only actual origin (client) but not actual destination (web server).
*Node 5 neither knows actual origin nor actual destination.
*Node 9 knows actual destination but not actual origin.

Thus no one exactly knows which client is accessing which web server. So it is highly anonymous.

Installing and Using TOR.

·        Download the TOR client from here and run the setup.
 Password – TRICKS4INDYA

Note: You need to install a Mozilla Firefox add on which is included in package you have downloaded to use Tor.

·        Open the 'Vidalia Control Panel' from the task bar and Click on 'Start Tor'.

·        Now open Mozilla Firefox browser, single click on red highlighted 'Tor Disabled' on right corner of browser and it will turn to green highlighted 'Tor Enabled'

Now just log on to 'www.whatismyip.com' and you will see your new public IP address that will keep changing after an interval of time according to the path randomly taken by web traffic through three different nodes.

Note: This is illegal and is for educational purpose only. Any loss/damage happening will not be in any way our responsibility.

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Proxies - Know and Use

Let’s start from general meaning of word 'proxy'. It’s actually an agent / substitute or anybody acting at place of any other.

Technically, proxies are used to bypass some firewall restrictions, maintaining anonymity or for many other purposes. Like you must using proxies for accessing social networking sites from your college network which your firewall restricts.

Let’s understand the common methodology (talking in general terms).

You bunk the lecture, requests your friend to speak up your attendance, you get the attendance (in case professor doesn’t' detect).

Now talking technically, when college firewall doesn't allow you to connect to a site (say facebook).You requests a proxy server to bring the web page from facebook and serve you, Now the firewall thinks you are dealing with a server other then facebook and allows you to make a connection(in case firewall doesn't detect ). 

Hence you have successfully managed to bypass a firewall. Proxy servers simply act as intermediate between your machine and actual server that you are accessing.

Proxy servers are mostly used to maintain anonymity. Suppose you are planning to commit an online crime, you can use proxy server. The actual webserver doesn’t come to know about you because proxy server is dealing with webserver on your behalf.

Common ways to use proxies: -

1.   Setting in Web Browser 

Steps: -

·        First of all log on to whatismyip.com and pen down your current IP.

·        Logon to google.com and search for 'fresh proxies' you will get many sites providing you list of IPs and respective port numbers. It must be like this IP: port.

Suppose logon to http://www.digitalcybersoft.com/ProxyList/fresh-proxy-list.shtml

·        Now copy the IP and port no.

·        In Mozilla Firefox browser, go to Tools--Options--Advanced--Network--Settings. You will get the dialog box as shown.

Check the option "Manual Proxy Configuration", fill IP and port no. You can configure the proxies in any browser.

·        Check out whatismyip.com again, hopefully it must have been changed. Similarly you can configure proxies in other web browsers.

2.   Using software’s: - You can download many IP hiding softwares. There are easy to use and freely available on internet. They automatically keep changing your IP after a particular interval of time.  I would recommend you one that is Ultrasoft. 

3.   Using websites: - Many websites (e.g- hidemyass.com) provide free services to hide you IP address.

You can directly visit other websites through them. If you really concerned regarding your anonymity, then must read my next coming article “The Onion Routing – Highly anonymous” on TRICKS4INDYA.

Note: This is illegal and is for educational purpose only. Any loss/damage happening will not be in any way our responsibility.

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