Anonymous Iran

Commissar

Short Instructions

1. Go here and read for an introduction.
2. Download and install a distribution appropriate for your system here.
3. Install and configure Tor, keeping this in mind.
4. Practice good information hygiene whenever you attempt to surf anonymously.

What Tor Can and Cannot Do

1. Tor only protects Internet applications that are configured to send their traffic through Tor — it doesn't magically anonymize all your traffic just because you install it. We recommend you use Firefox with the Torbutton extension.

2. Browser plugins such as Java, Flash, ActiveX, RealPlayer, Quicktime, Adobe's PDF plugin, and others can be manipulated into revealing your IP address. You should probably uninstall your plugins (go to "about:plugins" to see what is installed), or investigate QuickJava, FlashBlock, and NoScript if you really need them. Consider removing extensions that look up more information about the websites you type in (like Google toolbar), as they may bypass Tor and/or broadcast sensitive information. Some people prefer using two browsers (one for Tor, one for unsafe browsing).

3. Beware of cookies: if you ever browse without Tor and Privoxy and a site gives you a cookie, that cookie could identify you even when you start using Tor again. You should clear your cookies frequently. CookieCuller can help protect any cookies you do not want to lose.

4. Tor anonymizes the origin of your traffic, and it encrypts everything inside the Tor network, but it can't encrypt your traffic between the Tor network and its final destination. If you are communicating sensitive information, you should use as much care as you would on the normal scary Internet — use HTTPS or other end-to-end encryption and authentication.

5. While Tor blocks attackers on your local network from discovering or influencing your destination, it opens new risks: malicious or misconfigured Tor exit nodes can send you the wrong page, or even send you embedded Java applets disguised as domains you trust.

ARC

For more advanced users, who want stronger anonymity (but taking more time and costing money): How To: Increase your anonymity using a VM and VPN.

echo

I saw a tweet about still able to use Freegate yesterday. There are a few other similar alternatives that may still be accessible. You need to download a small client like Freegate. Freegate is only free for some countries now. Ultrasurf is fast, possibly has some US govt fund. Hotspot Shield is a very fast VPN, ad supported. Both US servers. JonDo is Europe based, a bit slower, best before UTC 9am, when TOR is just about usable (at my geolocation).

GPass can be used directly or via skype. I heard a lot of middle east telco block skype, but also heard that it's hard to block. All the above are always encrypted.

For simple CGI proxy there's vtunnel.com ctunnel.com and a list at ctunnel. Working well and ran by the same people. Most proxy can use SSL encryption as option.

There are alternatives to installing a cgi proxy on your computer such as J Marshall's. As above, TOR can be set to operate as a relay with or without exposing your IP as an exit point. But I doubt if it makes a dent on the TOR network. In JonDo, you can allow others to access the service through your client, but I don't know how it works because if you can block JonDo, you can also block it's infoservices(?), which tell others where to look for you.

scary

Inside Iran Only SM Feed
@dorfird TOR uses SSL connection and doesn't work in Iran anymore either! #iraneleciton #gr88
29 minutes ago from Twitter

Lynx

Tor is well known and respected as the best most efficient most anonymous proxy service. The Onion Routing makes the user almost completely untraceable.

• First thing first, download the install package. (The tor browser-im package)
  • English : http://torir.org/dist/tor-im-browser-1.2.2_en-US.exe
  • Farsi : http://torir.org/dist/tor-im-browser-1.2.2_fa-IR.exe
• After you save it someplace double-click on tor-browser-1.2.2_en-US.exe
  
• There now should be a window that says "7-Zip self-extracting archive" open on your screen.
  
• Now click on the button that says '....'
  
• Another window will open asking for a folder. I would recommend My Documents but you can choose anywhere you want.
  
• Open the 'Tor Browser' folder located where you extracted files.
  
• Double-Click on 'Start Tor Browser' and you should see Vidalia very shortly.
  
• When Tor is ready it will open up firefox and Pidgin instant messaging client.
  
• Start chatting and/or browsing.
  
• After you are done exit Firefox and/or Pidgin. The list of web pages and cookies will be removed.

For more detailed instructions you can visit:

English: http://torir.org/
Farsi: http://torir.org/index.html.fa

To connect to Anonymous IRC

• Open Pidgin by right-clicking on its icon on the task bar.
  
• Right-Click on 'Manage Accounts'
  
• Right-Click on 'Add...' button on the lower farthest right
  
• Under login options there should be a drop down menu called Protocol
  
• Right-Click and select 'IRC'
  
• Enter your desired Nick under 'Username'
  
• Enter lxkghnyg2owy6scd.onion in the 'Server' field
  
• Type in '/join #iran' under the tab 'AnonServ' (You should already be here).
  
• The #iran chatroom should open up shortly
  
• Start Chatting

Unregistered

If running firefox, DNS-lookups will not be done through the proxy.


In the address field (Ctrl-L) type about:config

Click continue.

Find the field network.proxy.socks_remote_dns and set it to true.

Now all traffic is directed through your proxy.

Lynx, update your instructions?

Artaban

VPN ports in whole the country is closed, I have paid VPN for a long time meself but from election day (a day before any protest) all vpn ports are closed in Iran as I know; till yesterday it wasn't available to connect atall, but today it connects finally but have no traffic atall, even a simple ping won't work;
I wasn't aware that they can close vpn ports this widely!

echo

That's what I'm wondering. Port numbers can be changed. Are they blocking individual services like VPN providers and big proxy servers like TOR/Ultrasurf? Some rich guys can donate VPN servers and spread the secret IP's. But if they can block at the protocol level, like SSL, there's not much can be done except open network proxies.

I saw tweets about TOR. At my geolocation, it's slow. The TOR people can't do much about, it is p2p, and they don't provide much servers if any. The following are similar systems, encrypted proxy, which normally fast enough to watch youtube video (never TOR) - JonDoNym, Ultrasurf, GPass(skype). They are private so adding server capacity is possible. JonDo is from a German University, the others are developed for China, with something to do with Voice of America.

There are a few free VPN's and a number of privates ones that can donate their service. But that's not for a home computer and they can block them one by one.

BTW squad sucks for me but psiphon is simple enough to install and verify, which is like an encrypted cgi proxy that needs SSL to work.

The security of various anonymity systems are only important if they have to prove what you are transmitting.

Unregistered

Instead of installing Tor, configuring everything, just use https://www.torproject.org/torbrowser/ it's even in farsi already.

Mehr

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[*]once you have it running you should hope to see this:


When the dos like window opens, ( rg; lunching request. ) is written on it
and i can see NO WORKING


please help me out, I really need to connect to the internet