Re: Torpark - Anonymous, Portable Browser Released in Security http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r16940240 en Wed, 02 Dec 2009 20:26:41 EDT Wed, 02 Dec 2009 20:26:41 EDT Re: Torpark - Anonymous, Portable Browser Released http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,16959972 anon : I can't even get Tor to work decent on my pc half the time, so I'm not suprised it won't work very well off a usb drive. It is usually verrrrryyyyyy slow when I have tried it on my pc. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,16959972 Sat, 23 Sep 2006 14:52:18 EDT Re: Torpark - Anonymous, Portable Browser Released http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,16954457 anon : had trouble until i set the cache under "options" to 60M, then it began behaving. Find it pretty quick, actually, once loaded.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,16954457 Fri, 22 Sep 2006 15:53:39 EDT Re: Torpark - Anonymous, Portable Browser Released http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,16944097 jig : could someone check to see if the browser reports the operating system it's being used on?

this page reports a lot of the basic information:

»gemal.dk/browserspy/basic.html
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My first try was when I unpacked it directly to my USB - mistake - didn't work. When I unpacked and copied the folder to USB, worked OK except for the slow circuit build and timeouts requiring a "wait".

Personally, the TOR thing serves me little purpose. I can't see using it on any regular basis, but I believe the package and authors are legitimate. My only concern would be those who expect Tor to provide total security from being identified and downloading a malware-hacked distribution. That's why I always check the MD5 against the documented hash value when getting open source stuff.

It *was* fun playing with it - it even worked on a WIN98SE machine of mine, although quite slowly.

May 8 dated Newsforge article;
»business.newsforge.com/article.p···/1657204

Edit - here's newadvsplash.dll info, seems to be an open source splash screen and initialization plugin;
»nsis.sourceforge.net/NewAdvSplash_plug-in

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I think I'll pass. :hmm:]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,16941901 Wed, 20 Sep 2006 17:31:16 EDT Re: Torpark - Anonymous, Portable Browser Released http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,16941738 OZO : Tried to run it from local HD sandboxed and got this error.
Downloaded with MD5: 323cc9bf99d6830ec5ad693737eab518
SandboxIE: ver. 2.60

What is the newadvsplash.dll ?
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said by SUMware See Profile :

Hacktivismo, an international group of computer security experts and human rights workers...
And, as usual, for those residing in locked-down lands, a note of caution. Even if an anonymizer works effectively to hide the packet trails to/from the end website, accessing an anonymizer's functional site(s) can be observed externally and traced back to the user's specific computer (assuming the active cooperation of co-opted ISPs - normal, in those lands). Even Internet cafes are required to verify and preserve records of all users' personal identification on specific computers at specific times. And in such lands, using an anonymizer is generally considered worse than simply surfing to prohibited places, since the powers-that-be argue it shows deliberate action to evade... in some places, that is classed as treasonable. Please tread cautiously.
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said by dbarber See Profile :

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I was looking for something to carry on my U3 drive, but I guess I'll have to keep looking. :huh:
What's wrong with Portable Firefox that this browser is supposedly based on?

»software.u3.com/Product_Details.···ng=en-US

»portableapps.com/apps/internet/f···portable

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Hmm, a bunch of dark gray Crown Victorias with spotlights on them outside. Wow, look at all the suits... :D]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,16940250 Wed, 20 Sep 2006 13:20:15 EDT Re: Torpark - Anonymous, Portable Browser Released http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,16940240 izvie : I have been using Torpark for about two weeks, but I do not recall where I downloaded it from. It works great on my XP Home box on a Sandisk 256 stick. It *does* take a couple of minutes to load though.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,16940240 Wed, 20 Sep 2006 13:17:41 EDT Re: Torpark - Anonymous, Portable Browser Released http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,16940179 EGeezer :
EDIT - removed a DEV/NULL link now invalid.

If running from a USB, be sure to extra time to establish a circuit. Mine timed out every time on the USB, had to click "keep waiting".
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I was looking for something to carry on my U3 drive, but I guess I'll have to keep looking. :huh:
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Time to send an e-mail to the developers.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,16939472 Wed, 20 Sep 2006 11:16:46 EDT Re: Torpark - Anonymous, Portable Browser Released http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,16939413 visormiser : tried it in vmware, but could not get it to work at all. it never established a connection. anyone get this thing actually working on a Windows box? (i even turned off all the firewalls on the machine). ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,16939413 Wed, 20 Sep 2006 11:04:35 EDT Verify the checksum - http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,16939355 EGeezer : A note on downloading - The MD5 checksum did not match either of the site's numnbers on the evilshare download I pulled. The Freehaven file did match. With this in mind, I concur with the site's recommendation to verify the MD5 checksum before executing or opening any downloaded files.

Maybe it was just an administrative mistake or an updated legit file, maybe not. I assume any mismatches are suspicious.

EDIT - a look at the checksums on the reference page shows two MD5 values among all the mirrors. The download mirror files all match one or the other hashes, but the download sites and hashes are mixed up on the reference page.

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Here's the spot:

»torpark.nfshost.com/]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,16939232 Wed, 20 Sep 2006 10:29:48 EDT Torpark - Anonymous, Portable Browser Released http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,16939112 SUMware : Hacktivismo, an international group of computer security experts and human rights workers, just released Torpark, an anonymous, fully portable Web browser based on Mozilla Firefox. Torpark comes pre-configured, requires no installation, can run off a USB memory stick, and leaves no tracks behind in the browser or computer. Torpark is a highly modified variant of Portable Firefox, that uses the TOR (The Onion Router) network to anonymize the connection between the user and the website that is being visited.

Torpark is being released under the GNU General Public License]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,16939112 Wed, 20 Sep 2006 10:10:05 EDT