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diff --git a/contrib/tor.spec.in b/contrib/tor.spec.in index d1a8ff27a..5d9c1356d 100644 --- a/contrib/tor.spec.in +++ b/contrib/tor.spec.in @@ -6,14 +6,14 @@ %define initdir /etc/rc.d/init.d -Summary: tor: The Onion Router; patent-free Onion Routing +Summary: tor: anonymizing overlay network for TCP Name: tor Version: @VERSION@ Vendor: R. Dingledine <arma@seul.org> Release: %{release} License: BSD-like Group: Applications/Internet -URL: http://freehaven.net/tor +URL: http://freehaven.net/tor/ Source0: http://freehaven.net/tor/dist/tor-%{version}.tar.gz @@ -23,15 +23,34 @@ Requires(pre): %{_sbindir}/useradd, %{_sbindir}/groupadd BuildRoot: %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{relbase}-root %description -Tor is a system that conceals the sources of TCP connections -by relaying those connections through multiple independently administered -forwarding nodes; it is a "cascaded mix" system. Among older systems, -Tor is most similar to Onion Routing. The basic concept of Tor is also -similar to that of the Zero Knowledge Freedom system or the Java Anonymous -Proxy. The "onions" used in Tor are similar in concept to the reply blocks -used with type I "cypherpunks" anonymous remailers. Feeding phrases -from this paragraph into search engines should give you more background -information than you really want. +Tor is a connection-based low-latency anonymous communication system which +addresses many flaws in the original onion routing design. + +In brief, Onion Routing is a connection-oriented anonymizing communication +service. Users choose a source-routed path through a set of nodes, and +negotiate a "virtual circuit" through the network, in which each node +knows its predecessor and successor, but no others. Traffic flowing down +the circuit is unwrapped by a symmetric key at each node, which reveals +the downstream node. + +Basically Tor provides a distributed network of servers ("onion +routers"). Users bounce their tcp streams (web traffic, ftp, ssh, etc) +around the routers, and recipients, observers, and even the routers +themselves have difficulty tracking the source of the stream. + +Note that Tor does no protocol cleaning. That means there is a danger that +application protocols and associated programs can be induced to reveal +information about the initiator. Tor depends on Privoxy and similar protocol +cleaners to solve this problem. + +Client applications can use the Tor network by connecting to the local +onion proxy. If the application itself does not come with socks support +you can use a socks client such as tsocks. Some web browsers like mozilla +and web proxies like privoxy come with socks support, so you don't need an +extra socks client if you want to use Tor with them. + +Remember that this is alpha code, and the network is very small -- Tor will +not provide anonymity currently. This package provides the "tor" program, which serves as both a client and a relay node. Scripts will automatically create a "tor" user and |