Hi all, I thought I'd introduce an experimental mini-project of mine: TorWall (Tor fireWall) - transparent Tor for Windows.
In a nutshell, TorWall does two things: 1) It (transparently) reroutes all HTTP traffic through the Tor anonymity network; and 2) It blocks all non-Tor traffic (including DNS) to and from your computer. TorWall is similar to running Tor as a transparent proxy under Linux. Whilst Linux uses iptables, the TorWall implementation uses WinDivert (http://reqrypt.org/windivert.html), which is also a project of mine. The main advantage of TorWall is that it works with any web browser (without re-configuration), including Chrome, Internet Explorer, etc. The firewall component is can also prevent leaks (e.g. DNS leaks) whilst TorWall is running. Note that TorWall blocks *all* other traffic, so (for example) a corrupt plugin cannot leak information via a non-HTTP traffic. To help prevent leaks via HTTP TorWall also routes web traffic through Privoxy. There are some disadvantages to this approach as well. The TorBorwserBundle contains a browser specifically designed for Tor. Also, the current TorWall prototype does not support HTTPS. Anyway, this was written mostly for fun. Try it out if you want to: - Website: http://reqrypt.org/torwall.html - Repository: https://github.com/basil00/TorWall Note that the current implementation is a prototype, so obviously it should not be relied on. -basil _______________________________________________ tor-talk mailing list tor-talk@lists.torproject.org https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-talk
