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What is AnonSurf?

Anonsurf [1] is Parrot's anonymous mode to force connections through tor and/or the i2p network. Anonsurf's usage has a graphical interface, and a CommandLine Interface (CLI).

What is Tor?

Tor [2] is a SOCKS4 [3] & SOCKS5 encryption protocol.
Tor tunnels all traffic running across the users network anonymously.
Tor conceals a user's location and network data from anyone monitoring the user locally, and remotely.

Tor Has Several Use Cases

Used with on the browser (torbrowser & iceweasel)
IRC [4] clients (hexchat)
Instant messanging (torchat [5], tormessanger
Hidden servers (Creating .onion sites)

Tor Technical Details

The Tor protocol works by: Multiplexing [6] multiple “circuits” over a single node-to-node TLS connection.
Tor traffic is routed through 3 nodes by default: Guard, relay, and exit.

To be able to route multiple relays, Tor has something called stream multiplexing capability: [+] multiple TCP connections can be carried over a single Tor circuit. [+] Each node knows only the source and destination pairing for a circuit. It does not know the whole path.

Taken from Mike Perry's talk at blackhat in 2007 found here [7]

 

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