Jonathan Cooper wrote: | > > 1. anonymous http proxy servers ("re-webbers") | > | > What is wanted/meant for these ? | | A proxy server for HTTP transport so that one could access the web | anonymously. I don't think coding is the problem here; one could be | easily hacked out in perl, or you could use CERN HTTPD as a proxy | server. I think the problem is finding someone who will offer up their | machine as a place to run this service. It might also be nice to encrypt the connection from client to proxy. Otherwise, this service only protects you from the server knowing who you are. If you add encryption, then it begins to offer anonymity agianst people watching the proxy. (Assuming there are multiple connections to the proxy.) Adam -- "It is seldom that liberty of any kind is lost all at once." -Hume

It might also be nice to encrypt the connection from client to proxy. Otherwise, this service only protects you from the server knowing who you are. If you add encryption, then it begins to offer anonymity agianst people watching the proxy. (Assuming there are multiple connections to the proxy.)

In that case, you could make a local daemon software "wedge" that you'd connect to that would open an encrypted connection to the proxy. Should be rather easy. Like I said before, implementation doesn't seem incredibly hard, but I've not seen a deluge of people offering up their boxes for this use. -jon ( --------[ Jonathan D. Cooper ]--------[ entropy@intnet.net ]-------- ) ( PGP 2.6.2 keyprint: 31 50 8F 82 B9 79 ED C4 5B 12 A0 35 E0 9B C0 01 ) ( home page: http://hyperreal.com/~entropy/ ]-------[ Key-ID: 4082CCB5 )