Tor

Tor

Abstract: This page provides information about Tor and its corresponding silvertunnel-ng.org Netlib TorNetLayer implementation.

Introduction

The Tor anonymity network protects you by bouncing your communications around a distributed network of relays run by volunteers all around the world: it prevents somebody watching your Internet connection from learning what sites you visit, and it prevents the sites you visit from learning your physical location. Tor doesn't magically encrypt all of your Internet activities, though. You should understand what Tor does and does not do for you - read the [Tor Warning].

Here is an alternative explanation - from Wikipedia:

Tor is a system intended to enable online anonymity, composed of client software and a network of servers which can mask information about users' locations and other factors which might identify them. Use of this system makes it more difficult to trace internet traffic to the user, including visits to Web sites, online posts, instant messages, and other communication forms. It is intended to protect users' personal freedom, privacy, and ability to conduct confidential business, by keeping their internet activities from being monitored. The software is open-source and the network is free of charge to use.

See also:

• Tor Project Overview
• Tor: Hidden Service Protocol
• Tor implementation for [Netlib]: TorNetLayer

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Tor Documentation Overview

• Tor anonymity network background information (not silvertunnel-ng.org specific):
  • [Tor Warning]
  • Tor Java Overview - a comparison of silvertunnel.org and other Tor implementations for Java
  • [Tor Terms and Concepts]
  • [Tor Specifications]
  • [Tor Public Key Infrastructure] - include example documents
  • [Tor Directory Server URLs]
  • [Netlib References] - collection of Tor related links

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