| Nomen Nescio 2006-08-04, 1:16 am |
| phantomdiablerie wrote:
> A word about using JAP...
>
> Apparently, some time ago, the developers were forced by the German
> government to include a backdoor, and because it was open source
> somebody found the problem. As far as I know, it was taken out, but now
> the program remains "in developmental stages" or whatever the
> disclaimer at the site says, so it's not flawless.
If you find an anonymity tool that's flawless, please share it with the
rest of us. 
> I was psyched about the program at first, but now I've shyed away from
> it.
I'm more or less torn regarding Jap. I don't normally recommend it, but
that's to some extent a result of it being a Java critter, and to a
greater extent it being a Java critter that routes traffic through a
central collection of two or three servers last I looked at it. I'd
feel a lot more friendly towards Jap if it functioned more like Tor,
without any such centralization, but it's design is also truly
anonymous. I just don't thik it's as good an implementation of an
anonymous protocol as Tor, by a long shot.
The "back door" incident goes to their favor in my opinion. They were
served and gagged, something that could happen to anyone, but honored
the warrant in such a way that the compromise was laughably obvious.
They didn't have to do that, and the fact that they did tells more
about their integrity than it does about how secure Jap is. I'd imagine
they caught hell over it, and knew they would when they did it.
But yes, it does send shivers up you spine even knowing it actually
happened. 
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