[OT] another proxy, but not open source :-(

[Justin Aplin]

On May 25, 2010, at 2:45 AM, Scott Bennett wrote:

>     I don't know who "Censorship Research Center" might be, but they  
> claim
> to have a development project going for another encrypted proxy  
> service.
> However, they say it will be free software, but *not* be open  
> source, so no
> one can examine what they have done in order to look for bugs,  
> design flaws,
> etc. :-(  There isn't much real information at the web site,

Without the community support, I wonder how quickly it could be  
adopted. I'm assuming it's going to rely on user-run exits like Tor,  
and I wonder how many large contributors would be willing to install  
closed-source software that they're not involved in developing on  
their servers.

> but what little there is looks very much like an attempt to sucker  
> people
> who don't understand much about security.
>     Oh.  I almost forgot.  Their FAQ page mentions tor, complaining  
> about
> tor's publicly available directory and arguing that their method is  
> better,
> while not mentioning bridges.

Haters' gonn' hate. I'll admit, though, that using bridges might be a  
bit above the "average" user, especially when it comes to finding  
them. Not exactly plug-n-play. I also don't see why it would be  
terribly difficult for a sufficiently determined government to amass a  
large list of bridges and make that option essentially (if not  
completely) inviable.

I am a tad unnerved at the number of links to the donation page,  
though I appreciate the costs associated with such an endeavor.

~japlin

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