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ImNeat

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Registered: 2006-06-02

Posts: 9

Request: Torpark

"Torpark is a free program which allows you to surf the internet anonymously..."
http://www.torrify.com/
I've always wanted to try it, and I think it would be somewhat popular.

hightower

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Registered: 2006-04-02

Posts: 182

Re: Request: Torpark

After a short look at the homepage, I think it's a special tool for windows to use the tor network.

You can use it with linux, too. You need the package tor out of the Extra repository and as far as I know, you need privoxy, too.
But you should consult the wiki page about this topic: http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Pro … nd_Privoxy

Hightower

ImNeat

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Registered: 2006-06-02

Posts: 9

Re: Request: Torpark

I've been fighting with tor & privoxy lately - I'm looking for help in this thread:
http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php? … highlight=
(The firefox plugin suggested in the wiki is out of date tho - incompatible with firefox 2).

But I am still sure that Torpark is offered for other OSs - they're just marketing it to Windows users.  They offer downloads here:
http://www.torrify.com/download.php
(Including the source code, at the bottom).

hightower

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Registered: 2006-04-02

Posts: 182

Re: Request: Torpark

Indeed, there are some informations in the Torpark forums and in this thread, too. Apparently it works with wine. Perhaps, they'll can tell you more about their project concerning linux. As far as I know they use some Nullsoft programming language but try to move to C/python?!

hightower

ImNeat

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Registered: 2006-06-02

Posts: 9

Re: Request: Torpark

I think you're right in that it's only really designed for Windows atm.  Thanks for your help