[iwar] triangleboy, safeweb and cia


From: Vernon Stagg
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Subject: [iwar] triangleboy, safeweb and cia
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This is an interesting concept. Allows for viewing web pages from an
independent source, potential problem with treating your pc like a web site
though. Seems the CIA are interested too, see article at bottom.

Vernon


Original article appeared in
http://www.digitaldesk.com/dd/01/01/17/198211.shtml

Can the Chinese government stop its nation's netizens from accessing
information on the Web? Well, they're certainly trying, but a new software
has been developed that will make access control much harder.

Tiananmen Square 1989
Think about what might have happened at Tiananmen Square if the net had
really existed back then. It would have been a real nightmare for the
Chinese government if more of the population had had open access to
information from outside sources on what was taking place there. That's why
it censors what websites its citizens can go to. And it does so by setting
up a computer that kind of acts as a border guard.
Here's how it works:

The computer has a list of websites that are forbidden (like CNN or Digital
Desk for example). When Chinese citizens try to go to those kinds of sites,
the computer looks at its list, looks at Digital Desk, sees that it's on the
list, and blocks it. But a company called safeWeb has figured out a way of
fooling the border guard computer. It's developed a program called Triangle
Boy that, when downloaded, will enable freedom of speech activists all over
the world to disguise their PCs to look like websites; benign, ordinary
websites that are not on the prohibited list.

The tricky thing is, these websites will actually be gateways to the entire
Internet with all it has to offer, so Chinese people will be able to go in
through these links and get to anything they want.

Stephen Hsu
"Each Triangle Boy provides a door that lets you enter a sort of alternate
internet," says safeWeb CEO Stephen Hsu. "An internet which is fully
encrypted, in which every page you look at is served up to your computer
through a layer of encryption which is probably unbreakable, even by
national governments."

And what will happen when the Chinese government finds out about Triangle
Boy? Hsu says the numbers will save them:

"They may have to play a cat and mouse game where they go after all the
Trianlge Boy clients around the world and try to block those IP addresses
but I think that quickly becomes a very difficult thing for them if we get a
lot of volunteers who deploy the product."

Ultimately, for Hsu, it's about revitalizing the collective quality of the
Net and providing a chance for the average person to help people around the
world fight censorship, and totalitarianism.

"I think everybody has an interest in spreading democracy and freedom of
speech and fighting censorship worldwide and this is a chance for anybody
with just a standard PC and a cable modem plugged into the wall to help
people that are half way around the world. And I think that appeals to a lot
of people."

*******

Click this link to see it work https://www.safeweb.com/

*******

Article in Cipher E41

The CIA wants to use Triangle Boy, a program by SafeWeb, to mask its
movements on the Internet, so it can gather information incognito. The
system can turn a personal computer into a surrogate Web server. It also
allows users to navigate to any number of those PC addresses, and then go
to the Web site they are seeking. The CIA wants a custom version so it
can handle the CIA's encryption. It also wants to ensure that only its own
employees and contacts can communicate via its version of Triangle Boy.
Some observers suggest that the CIA's real interest is figuring out how
to crack Triangle Boy and to thwart its use among the public. Seems like
they could do that without a custom version.


_____________________________________
Vernon Stagg B.Sc(Hons) - PhD Candidate
Department of Computing and Mathematics
Deakin University, Geelong, Victoria
Australia,    3217

email  : vstagg@deakin.edu.au
web1  : http://deakin.infowar.com.au/~vstagg
web2  : http://www.infowar.com.au/
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