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en/index.wml  24) <h2>Tor: An anonymous Internet communication system</h2>

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en/index.wml  26) <br />
en/index.wml  27) <p>
en/index.wml  28) NEWS: <a href="<page index>#News">see News below for German server story</a>
en/index.wml  29) </p>
en/index.wml  30) 

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index.html    32) Tor is a toolset for a wide range of organizations and people that want

index.html    33) to improve their safety and security on the Internet. Using Tor can help
index.html    34) you anonymize web browsing and publishing, instant messaging, IRC, SSH,

index.html    35) and other applications that use the TCP protocol. Tor also provides a
index.html    36) platform on which software developers can build new applications with
index.html    37) built-in anonymity, safety, and privacy features.

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index.html    40) <p>

en/index.wml  41) Tor aims to defend against <a href="<page overview>">traffic analysis</a>,

en/index.wml  42) a form of network surveillance that threatens personal

en/index.wml  43) anonymity and privacy, confidential business activities and relationships,
en/index.wml  44) and state security.

en/index.wml  45) Communications are bounced around a distributed network of servers called
en/index.wml  46) onion routers, <a
en/index.wml  47) href="http://wiki.noreply.org/noreply/TheOnionRouter/TorFAQ#WhatProtections">protecting you</a>
en/index.wml  48) from websites that build profiles of your interests,
en/index.wml  49) local eavesdroppers that read your data or learn what sites you visit,

en/index.wml  50) and even the onion routers themselves.

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index.html    53) <p>
index.html    54) Tor's security is improved as its user base grows and as

en/index.wml  55) more people volunteer to run servers.  Please consider

en/index.wml  56) <a href="<page volunteer>">volunteering your time</a> or

en/index.wml  57) <a href="<page docs/tor-doc-server>">volunteering your

en/index.wml  58) bandwidth</a>.

index.html    59) And remember that this is development code—it's not a good idea to rely

index.html    60) on the current Tor network if you really need strong anonymity.

en/index.wml  61) </p>
en/index.wml  62) 

en/index.wml  63) <a id="News"></a>
en/index.wml  64) <h2><a class="anchor" href="#News">News</a></h2>

en/index.wml  65) 

en/index.wml  66) <ul>
en/index.wml  67) 

en/index.wml  68) <li>Sep 11 2006:
en/index.wml  69) <p>
en/index.wml  70) Last week, a few Tor exit nodes were seized by the German police in a
en/index.wml  71) massive sting against child pornography.  From our friends on the ground in

en/index.wml  72) Germany, we hear that dozens and dozens of other computers unrelated
en/index.wml  73) to Tor may have been seized too.

en/index.wml  74) </p>
en/index.wml  75) 
en/index.wml  76) <p>So far as we know, only six of those were Tor servers.  We have heard
en/index.wml  77) from the server operators.  None of them has been charged.  We hope that
en/index.wml  78) this is just a misunderstanding that can be solved by educating German
en/index.wml  79) law enforcement about Tor.
en/index.wml  80) </p>
en/index.wml  81) 
en/index.wml  82) <p>

en/index.wml  83) <b>This is not a "crackdown on Tor"</b>, as has been widely reported.

en/index.wml  84) This seems to be part of a wide sweep on computers associated by IP address
en/index.wml  85) with a large child porn bust.  There does not seem to be any specific

en/index.wml  86) targeting of Tor — Tor is used by journalists, human rights

en/index.wml  87) activists, dissident bloggers, and a vast array of blameless users.
en/index.wml  88) </p>
en/index.wml  89) 
en/index.wml  90) <p>
en/index.wml  91) We hope that the volunteer Tor server operators in Germany will get their
en/index.wml  92) equipment back after this has blown over, and there will be no action against
en/index.wml  93) Tor.
en/index.wml  94) </p>
en/index.wml  95) 
en/index.wml  96) <p>
en/index.wml  97) Please contact <a href="mailto:shava@freehaven.net">Shava Nerad</a>
en/index.wml  98) for more press information.
en/index.wml  99) </p>
en/index.wml 100) 
en/index.wml 101) <p>
en/index.wml 102) If you are a Tor server operator in Germany, please contact <a

en/index.wml 103) href="mailto:julius@ccc.de">Julius Mittenzwei</a> for more

en/index.wml 104) information.
en/index.wml 105) </p>
en/index.wml 106) </li>

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en/index.wml 108) <li>Feb 2006: The Tor network has grown to hundreds of thousands of

en/index.wml 109) users. The developers can't do all the new features, bug fixes, and
en/index.wml 110) documentation. <a href="<page volunteer>">We need your help!</a></li>
en/index.wml 111) 

en/index.wml 112) <li>Jan 2006: <b>We are now actively looking for new sponsors and funding.</b>

en/index.wml 113) If your organization has an interest in keeping the Tor network usable
en/index.wml 114) and fast, please <a href="<page contact>">contact us</a>. Sponsors of Tor
en/index.wml 115) also get personal attention, better support, publicity (if they want it),
en/index.wml 116) and get to influence the direction of our research and development.</li>
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