Software Name: The Onion Router
Version: 0.2.0.30
Software Developer: The TOR Project
Software Type: Anonymizer /Server ByPass Utility Tool
Price: Freeware
Minimum Requirements(as specified by CowRouter):
Win 98/ME/2000/2003/XP/Vista
256 MB RAM
Recommended For:
To access blocked websites, usually a precautionary step taken in Colleges, Schools & Offices.
Description:
TOR is a software which was sponsored by the US Naval Research Laboratory. To use TOR, the user has to install a software for Proxy to their computer, which would eventually connect to other Proxies running in other parts of the world, & thus sometime one would be accessing the server from Spain, sometime the Netherlands, and so on. It is the leading software as an anonymizer which hides the identity of the user & thus, does not let the Server identify the user.
For example, sites like rapidshare.com, orkut.com, facebook.com are blocked in colleges & schools. With the help of TOR, one can not only access the website but also send & receive information, as if the site has never been blocked.
Proxy address: 127.0.0.1
Proxy Port:8118
Upsides:
Works with latest version of Limewire also, if you put in the address & port in messenger's proxy settings, then even they will work. Yahoo works! others are left to be tested.
Downsides:
The server speeds need to be good enough so that TOR can route you. If your speed is not good, TOR wont be useful to a large extent. The speed is always dependent on availability of other Proxies.
Overall, 3.5/5.0
Freeware Link:
www.torproject.org/download.html.en
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