How to surf web anonymously with TOR

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. 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 cant 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.

Lets consider it has taken path shown by green arrows. Now

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

Step 1. Download the TOR client from the given link and run the setup .
   
http://www.ziddu.com/download/12331095/vidalia-bundle-0.2.1.26-0.2.10-1.exe.html

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

                                          
Step 2. Open the 'Vidalia Control Panel' from the task bar and Click on 'Start Tor'.

                         
Step3. 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.

About The Author
This is a guest post written by Aneesh M Makker. Aneesh M.Makker is an Ethical hacker from Malout, a town in Punjab.Click here to visit his Facebook Profile

Free anonymous web surfing with firefox

I previously posted on Ultrasurf for anonymous browsing but the problem with ultrasurf was that it only worked with internet explorer.Firefox users Ultrasurf is a useful software to hide your Ip address thus maintaining your online privacy helping in anonymous web surfing.Ultrasurf is used for bypassing firewall/rapidshare etc restrictions.But ultrasurf cannot be used in Firefox hence creating problems for those who want to surf anonymously.Hence for making it compatible with firefox "WJ" addon is used
What is WJ?
WJ is a firefox addon which is used for making ultrasurf compatible with firefox browser.The addon makes it possible to change proxy setting but for this addon to work correctly you should have Ultrasurf installed.With the addon you will get Free anonymous web surfing with firefox.

On installing the addon, its presence is displayed in status bar by "WJ Enabled" or "WJ Disabled".

If you have accidently disabled it, enable it by clicking on it..


How to use WJ for anonymous browsing?

For using WJ for anonymous surfing follow the steps given below:


Step 1:
First of all download WJ addon for firefox.

Step 2:
Now unzip the downloaded file.

Step 3:
Now double click on this file and open it with firefox. It will open with firefox and a dialog box asking about addon installation.

Step 4:
Click Install and addon will be installed.

Step 5:
Restart Firefox to see the addon status in status bar.
  
Step 6:
Now, start Ultrasurf with addon "WJ enabled".Ultrasurf will provide with 3 proxy servers.

Step 7:
Select any one of them having max speed and now your IP address is changed.

and you are Done! Feel free to ask if you are having any kind of trouble

Free Anonymous web surfing with Ultrasurf

If any of you are banned from forums or any other internet group, or wanted to bypass Rapidshare unlimited download or wanted to bypass school firewall to acess sites like Facebook,orkut,myspace etc.In this post i have mentioned about a tool called Ultrasurf to browse the web anonymously.I had preveiously posted on IP Hiding Method for anonymous browsing,.Today i will tell you on how to use Ultrasurf for anonymous web surfing.

Ultrasurf is totally free software used to surf anonymously. It is better than any other anonymous browsing software. Infact, it searches for 3 fast proxy servers, assigns percentage(%) indicating speed of proxy servers and we can choose any of three.

Using ultrasurf for anonymous web surfing:

1.First of all download Ultrasurf
2.Now extract the contents from the file
3.Now log on to www.whatismyipaddress.com  and check your current IP address
4.Run u.exe

You will see a window like this:

5.Now, you can see three proxy servers with their speed percentages.
6. Just select the proxy server with max speed.
7.And you are Done.

Now just log in to www.whatismyipaddress.com and see your newly changed IP Address.This Method is only for Internet explorer users,I will soon post an article on Anonymous Browsing with firefox and other browsers

How to bypass/hack a Firewall

As we know that Firewall is a basic component for securing a network.The basic purpose of a firewall is to isolate one network from another. Firewalls are becoming available as appliances, meaning they are installed in to the network between two networks.The Hackers often bypass Antiviruses and Anti-spywares by some methods Like Crypting,Hexing, File-pumping etc,but it becomes very difficult for a Hacker to bypass a Firewall so this article will explain on what methods do Hackers use to bypass/Hack firewalls

Firewall is often called Hindrance(Obstacle) in Hacking,the following chart will show you the working of the firewall.

The method which most Hackers use to bypass firewall is known as SSH tunneling.

What is SSH Tunneling?

Well according to wikipedia  A Secure Shell (SSH) tunnel consists of an encrypted tunnel created through an SSH protocol connection. Users may set up SSH tunnels to tunnel unencrypted traffic over a network through an encrypted channel

For more information on SSH Tunneling See it on Wikipedia Here

Why do you want to Bypass firewall?

Most network administrators at work, university or school deny access to file sharing, instant messaging or social networks such as facebook or myspace with a firewall or proxy server. If you are constantly getting a message saying "Can't connect" or something similar, the service you are trying to connect to has probably been blocked by your network administrator.

SSH Tunneling Demonstration:

Now i will demonstrate you on How to Bypass/Hack firewall using SSH Tunneling

1.The first thing you need to do is to set up an account for SSH access,There are many paid and free SSH providers listed in DMOZ directory,e.g Superprotocol.com

2.Next you need to download PUTTY.Putty is an open source SSH client.

3.Once you have downloaded it execute it and you will be sent to the configuration page.

4.You will enter in the host name the server through which we can connect SSH access with,make sure SSH is selected using port 22.

5.Now goto Tunnels in SSH options,Here we will set up a Tunnel

6.Change Source port to 8080 and click Dynamic.


7.Once this is Done Click open.

8.Now login in with your information you provided in the SSH Provider

9.Now you have successfully established the tunnel.

10.Now Download WireShark  and execute wireshark.

11.Now start Packet capture,it will be empty and now visit google.com from your browser you will see packets getting captured

12.Now we will configure Mozilla firefox to use SSH connection.

13.Go to the "Tools" menu and then "Options

14.Go to the "Advanced" button, the "Network" tab, and then click "Settings

15.In the connection settings enter "localhost" as the "Socks Host and your port number, such as "1080" into the "Port:" field

Now we will go back to wire shark you will see bunch of SSH connection,as you can see we no longer have information what was being sent from server to client

Newbie's will find it very difficult to do it,lots of people were complaining me that you are only posting content for newbie's what for Intermediate so this article is for all of those guys,

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