Activists Unveil Stealth Browser

[Case]

We now have a portable FireFox spin-off that will conceal IP information (http://news.zdnet.co.uk/software/applications/0,39020384,39283566,00.htm) and run off of a flash drive. The driving theory behind this would be use of your own browser and settings at public terminals.

Hacktivismo, a well-known group of human-rights advocates and computer security experts, this week officially released a Firefox-based browser designed to allow anonymous Web surfing.

The browser is over here (http://torpark.nfshost.com/).

[keith]

Nice find, Case :)

[Case]

Yea soon as i get a beta of MojoPac (https://www.mojopac.com/) id like ot set this up on it ASAP. I have been testing with Ceedo but mojopac seems to promiss much more in terms of installing virtualy anything. But this is def one that will bbe on my external drive with mojopac.

Many have attempted to create a virtual mobile PC, but this is the first time I've seen one that works. MojoPac lets you install PC apps onto damn near any mobile drive, plug it into a host machine running Windows XP and run your desktop as an overlay. I saw it working from an iPod and several kinds of external HDs, but the client footprint is small enough that you could even put it on a cellphone. Along with running the basic Office suite, you can install games and even Skype, all of it using the connectivity of the underlying PC. A menu bar across the top of the screen lets you switch between desktops with a click.

MojoPac was supposed to be under wraps until DEMO (http://www.demo.com/conferences/demofall2006.php) next week. But one of the 2,000 beta testers bragged (http://steelvalor.com/?p=50) about it, and then an investor blabbed (http://venturebeat.com/2006/09/22/mojopac-the-latest-pc-virtualization-product/#more-1994) about it, and that's why we're able to give you the exclusive lowdown on pricing: $29.99 for the next 30 days and $49.99 after that. It's still in private beta until Monday. More screenshots and details coming soon.

[kadhal]

the problem with the stealth browser is that it can only conceal ip information. I am sure that it uses some kind of a dynamic proxy but the problem with that is that SSL and certain other encryption mite not work.

[SpyReview]

For basic web browsing, it works well. I wouldn't trust anything of any financial importance over it though. It is slightly slow, so its not a fast browsing experience.

[triumph]

Yeah I would not try to use any secure forms over it, but that is not really the concern of someone trying to do this.

I actually needed something like this, so this is a great find. Thank you so much.

[karenlyn]

Very cool. And this looks like just the starting technology. Perhaps they'll be able to improve this to the point to make it useful for all types of surfing.

[FourBear]

Thanks so much for sharing this. It is not perfect (it is a bit slow, and I'm sure not everything is completely "stealthed"), but I think it paves the way for other products like this in the future.

I think I'll try this out when I use the computer user rooms on campus.

[triumph]

Thanks so much for sharing this. It is not perfect (it is a bit slow, and I'm sure not everything is completely "stealthed"), but I think it paves the way for other products like this in the future.

I think I'll try this out when I use the computer user rooms on campus.

Actually it is farily secure. If you are not familar with TOR it is pretty cool. Basically TOR works as a double-proxy of sorts. You have tunnels where the two end might know about each other and pass traffic, but they do not know about traffic before it got there. So they are actually much more secure than just a normal proxy.

IE if I want to go to site abc, I will connect with Tor to Tor Server A. Tor Server A will then connect to Tor Server B, and Tor Server B will connect to your destination.

That is a very simplistic explanation, and it can include more than just two hops, but is general how it works.

[Case]

Its not 100 % but this is how most hackers hide thier tracks they will mask thier route by making it look like they are coming trough other servers hiding and changing where its originating from... for all of our purposes its fine

[tater03]

I think this would work well for what i would need it for. Thank you for the information. I will have to check this out.