In case any of this shit passes and this information becomes illegal, I will tell you how you can make yourself relatively immune to these draconian bills.
Information on these bills here and here
SECTIONS
- Tor
- Peerblock
- VPN's
- Truecrypt
- I2P
- Freenet
- Osiris
- Darknets
- DNS Blocking Circumvention
- Sample IP List
Option 1 - TOR PROJECT
https://www.torproject.org/download/download-easy.html.en
Think of these TOR users as layers of an onion. Get it?
However there are some limitations. While the traffic is encrypted and cant be analyzed on the way to the "EXIT" or "END" node (last TOR user before your destination site) it cant be analyzed if that exit node is someone with ill intentions, or anyone monitoring that gap between that person and the site your trying to get to. For safety reasons, dont log in to sites or do your banking etc.
Also because of the methods used, its not recommended to use with bit torrent (high frowned upon) or for websites like YouTube.
Best to use it when you want to remain hidden for small amounts of time.
Another nifty thing about TOR is you can access TOR "hidden services" I wont explain how to do it, but there are guides out there on how. The main reason I wont is because a lot of the hidden services are things you dont want to mess with or look at. Just dont do it unless you know what your doing already.
Option 2 - PEERBLOCK
http://www.peerblock.com/releases
A software that blocks your computer from accessing known "bad computers" via IP addresses and vise versa. Depending on how you have it set up, you can block anywhere from governments, corporations, machines flagged for anti-p2p activities, campus network police etc.
You can get more block lists form http://www.iblocklist.com/
Can it protect you from being caught downloading content via bit torrent?
Some say yes, some say no. Some say this is almost 100% for anything, some say this is absolute false and will not protect you with p2p or anything. But it doesnt hurt to have some precautions. Even with this you may still connect to a bad IP what just isnt known yet.
Best way to not get caught downloading is to just not do it.
You can toggle PEERBLOCK on or off whenever you want.
Option 3 - VPN
A VPN is a "Virtual Private Network" It is a service you can find for free or paid that will encrypt and route your information (like TOR) to a selected servers in several countries, and then forward it to your destination site.
Same concept except a little more secure. What ever company you go with, may or may not store you info or log, or give it up to any requesting government. Some may let you use it for bit torrent, some may not. It all depends on the company and where they host their servers and their policy.
You can read this and see what VPN's people use and who is secure or more likely to release your info to governments etc. Remember to read the comments, lots of good info in them.
http://torrentfreak.com/which-vpn-providers-really-take-anonymity-seriously-111007/
Of all the options, VPN's are your best bet.
OK NOW WHAT? WHAT IS THEY COME TO SEIZE MY COMPUTER!
Well, if your suspected of anything, and they do come for you for whatever reason, or during some worst case scenario shtf censorship law passes, use TRUECRYPT. Lock those fuckers out.
http://randomaccesstalk.blogspot.com/2012/01/physical-computer-security.html
Give it a read, and check their site out. All info in the link.
OK, IM DOING ALL THE ABOVE, BUT THE GOVERNMENT TAKES DOWN ALL VPN'S TOR PEERBLOCK AND HAVE IMPLEMENTED CHINESE STYLE FIREWALL! WTF NOW??
Well, prepare for revolution? I dont know. I personally dont think they will go this far, or that they can fully eliminate TOR but you never know.
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I also urge everyone to consider the following programs:
I2P http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I2P
Freenet http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freenet
Osiris http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osiris_%28Serverless_Portal_System%29
Also get familiar with "darknets" and how they work.
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And in case you guys havent already done this, switch over to FireFox. And get theses addons:
- Adblock Plus
- Better Privacy
- Flashblock
Fist is to block ads, second is to block "LSO's" aka super cookies (I have 1567 blocked and removed so far to date) and the third one is to block like YouTube videos and flash advertisements. It just has a play button over everything flash so you see what YOU want to see.
Also, Mozilla (makers of FireFox) is ANTI SOPA/PIPA yay
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What if another bill or something comes in and does the SOPA DNS blocking?
For those who didnt know the SOPA bill was going to use DNS blocking to censor the web.
Basically DNS is when you type "google.com" a request is sent out to the DOMAIN NAME SYSTEM (dns) asking what the IP is for google. It does this because the computer doesnt know what "google.com" is. It needs to know the IP.
In DNS blocking, that request is blocked. It wont give you the IP for your computer to connect to. And the site wont come up.
However you can bypass this easily (silly SOPA people) Just know the IP of the site you want. In stead of tyoing google.com try typing in the address 74.125.227.148
To get the IP's of sites (must be done before DNS blocking) either look them up online or do it yourself with the "CMD" aka COMMAND PROMPT
Go to the lower left of your screen where it says start or has the windows icon, click it, in run or in search (depending on your windows version) type "cmd" without quotations and hit enter.
Ignore how funky the black window looks when it pops up.
Imediatly type "ping" no quotations, hit space bar then type the website (google.com etc) and hit enter. Let it run and it will spit out the IP.
You can also edit your host file but I dont recommend it unless you know what your doing.
Here are some IP's to get started
tumblr.com 174.121.194.34
wikipedia.org 208.80.152.201
# News
bbc.co.uk 212.58.241.131
aljazeera.com 198.78.201.252
# Social media
reddit.com 72.247.244.88
imgur.com 173.231.140.219
google.com 74.125.157.99
youtube.com 74.125.65.91
yahoo.com 98.137.149.56
hotmail.com 65.55.72.135
bing.com 65.55.175.254
digg.com 64.191.203.30
theonion.com 97.107.137.164
hush.com 65.39.178.43
gamespot.com 216.239.113.172
ign.com 69.10.25.46
cracked.com 98.124.248.77
sidereel.com 144.198.29.112
github.com 207.97.227.239
# Torrent sites
thepiratebay.org 194.71.107.15
mininova.com 80.94.76.5
btjunkie.com 93.158.65.211
demonoid.com 62.149.24.66
demonoid.me 62.149.24.67
# Social networking
facebook.com 69.171.224.11
twitter.com 199.59.149.230
tumblr.com 174.121.194.34
livejournal.com 209.200.154.225
dreamwidth.org 69.174.244.50
# Live Streaming Content
stickam.com 67.201.54.151
blogtv.com 84.22.170.149
justin.tv 199.9.249.21
chatroulette.com 184.173.141.231
omegle.com 97.107.132.144
own3d.tv 208.94.146.80
megavideo.com 174.140.154.32
# Television
gorillavid.com 178.17.165.74
videoweed.com 91.220.176.248
novamov.com 91.220.176.248
tvlinks.com 208.223.219.206
1channel.com 208.87.33.151
# Shopping
amazon.com 72.21.211.176
newegg.com 216.52.208.187
frys.com 209.31.22.39
# File Sharing
mediafire.com 205.196.120.13
megaupload.com 174.140.154.20
fileshare.com 208.87.33.151
multiupload.com 95.211.149.7
uploading.com 195.191.207.40
warez-bb.org 31.7.57.13
hotfile.com 199.7.177.218
gamespy.com 69.10.25.46
what.cd 67.21.232.223
warez.ag 178.162.238.136
putlocker.com 89.238.130.247
uploaded.to 95.211.143.200
dropbox.com 199.47.217.179
pastebin.com 69.65.13.216
CLOSING THOUGHTS
Do everything at your own risk. I take no responsibility for anything. Research everything.
And for you other techy guys who might read this, please post any fixes and thoughts. Im sure I have mistakes, its 4:35am as I type *THIS* lol.
A VPN should be enough for anyone, hopefully things don't have to go that far though.
ReplyDeleteAwesome post. I love how the world is against the governments bill proposals and by using our brains together and utilising mass intelligence they really can't do anything.
ReplyDeleteWe can let this happen! Following
ReplyDeleteLife will always find a way.
ReplyDeleteI'm just glad that I'm not in the US.
ReplyDeleteLucky you.
DeleteTnx for the IPs thats a lot of work..
ReplyDeletenot much new material to me, but thanks for sharing
ReplyDeletenice post mon frere this stuff interests me, alot of work gone into this one /fistpump
ReplyDeleteThis is awesome, so much information. Definitely following.
ReplyDeleteBookmarked this.
ReplyDeleteSadly, this would work against SOPA/PIPA, but not against some of the other, more nefarious laws, like the one that gets your ISP to record everything that you do and file a report every month.
ReplyDeleteThank you very much!
ReplyDeleteTyrannical laws need to be overturned or stopped
ReplyDeleteAgreed. People need to give the government a reality check
Deletehorrible encroachment of our internet freedoms =/
ReplyDeletedo want tor
ReplyDeleteWow, great stuff man, I will definitely be spreading the word on this.
ReplyDeletePlease do!
DeleteThanks for this, following!
ReplyDeleteJust trying to help!
DeleteThis is a great post, thanks for sharing that information. And all these internet laws are just terrible.
ReplyDeleteSopa is really the cancer of the internet :D
ReplyDeleteI hope this doesn't happen!!!!!
ReplyDeleteMabel
Mabel Time
Tor is not the future of the Internet is a complex network, but is very fragile
ReplyDeleteI printed this out and put it on my wall but all the websites will probably be taken down before something like SOPA passes.
ReplyDeleteFor now it is HR 1871 and ACTA that we need to worry about. Especially ACTA, as it is a treaty, so all Obama has to do is sign it and it goes into effect immediately. Everyone should go sign the ACTA petition: http://wowanotherrandomblog.blogspot.com/2012/01/international-sopa.html.
ReplyDeletenot familiar on what HR 1871 is
DeleteObama signed it.
DeleteI love tor. I will have to look into the other stuff, thanks for the info.
ReplyDeleteVery, very handy. Though you failed to mention CPIP.
ReplyDeleteI'm hoping to get a VPN of my own going in the future.
2am, refresh my mind what is a CPIP?
DeleteHmm... I'm gonna need to bookmark this or something.
ReplyDeleteFor the ip thingy, the most webservers have a static ip yes but if dynamic it will change after some time and a webserver has or a static or a dynamic one and not both as explained above.
ReplyDeleteAnd SOPA doesn't do dns blocking >< that would be just stupid, they block the real ip adres, only option then is a iptunnel through a pc which is not blocked to that ipadress.
Tor network is a little bit suspisicous to me because like said on their own site. The software itself is from the US Military. Although now run by volunteers...
SOPA did have DNS blocking in the bill. Which is why it was criticized so much. It was easy to bypass and would of also caused a lot of instability. It was struck form the bill on the 14th I think of this month before it eventually got put on hold. It cant and wouldn't of blocked the IP. Just the name.
DeleteAnd as for TOR, it was only funded by the military. Yeah it is a little suspicious but as of now its all volunteers. I wouldn't worry to much about it considering so many people use it world wide for legal and illegal purposes in many countries that forbid it and that have strict censorship.
This is great info thanks
ReplyDeleteI heard that TOR isn't really that safe anymore. Considering that it's free of charge and is known to be used in criminal activities I don't think we'll be seeing TOR around for much longer. Same goes for Peerblock, it's free and doesn't cost a thing but I don't trust it too much.
ReplyDeleteA paid VPN is really your best bet.