Socks5 Won't Hide You Completely

[voodoohippie]

I think the new version of K-Lite should have a FREE and easy program that converts Socs5 to http proxy servers. So I can just go to the es5 forums and copy and paste the http proxies to the program and vala I have a list of 500 proxies that I can use and the program chooses the proxies at random. It also detects bad proxies and deletes them from a list of proxies. Then K-Lite will have more users who feel confident enough to share. Otherwise I am forced to use es5.

Voodoohippie

[RealitY]

Originally posted by voodoohippie@16 September 2003 - 04:17
I think the new version of K-Lite should have a FREE and easy program that converts Socs5 to http proxy servers. So I can just go to the es5 forums and copy and paste the http proxies to the program and vala I have a list of 500 proxies that I can use and the program chooses the proxies at random. It also detects bad proxies and deletes them from a list of proxies. Then K-Lite will have more users who feel confident enough to share. Otherwise I am forced to use es5.

That would be nice, since SOCK5 PROXY are hard to come by.
Just in case you missed it, look at Using Proxies With KaZaa (KL++).

[hugh_m]

Hugh instead of trying to point out the fact that Socks5 wont 100% cover someones online activities, why dont you think of something constructive on how people can try and improve thier online privacy and security.

Okay, point taken. Unfortunately, I can think of no quick and easy solution to the problem. If you are living in North America or Western Europe, I'm pretty sure using SOCKS proxy servers would provide you with adequate anonymity.

If you do feel the need for extra security though, you could look into setting up your own secure proxy platform. See here for an example:

http://www.jestrix.net/tuts/sslsocks-old.html

Even in this scenario, it just offloads the burden of securing the client to the proxy server itself -- which would then need to be located somewhere "safe".

BTW, subscription-based services like Socks2Http (http://totalrc.net), Http-Tunnel (http://www.http-tunnel.com/HT_HTTPDetails.asp) -- as far as I'm aware -- still do not offer encrypted data transfer.

[RealitY]

Originally posted by hugh_m@16 September 2003 - 05:33
Okay, point taken. Unfortunately, I can think of no quick and easy solution to the problem. If you are living in North America or Western Europe, I'm pretty sure using SOCKS proxy servers would provide you with adequate anonymity.

I appreciate that you have taken the time to state this.

I might also add, that with a foriegn SOCKS5 PROXY along with...

1. Using The Hide List Of Shared Files In KL++
2. Using The Banned IP Ranges In KL++
3. Using The Disable Port 1214 In KL++

At that point I imagine the chances are 1 in...