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After the demise of Anonx, I was wondering if anyone had tried Findnot and had any opinions on its performance ?
Has anyone gotten their hand slapped for exceeding the bandwidth, how are the speeds, do you trust them etc. There are a few other main proxies out there but the feelin' I get is that anonx and findnot are/were the main 2.
Opinions generally,
Thanks.
link please
findnot.com
Ive heard mostly good reviews in comparison although the speed may be a lttle slower although I havent tried it myself but would say it sounds worth it if you need that type of service and you can signup for just one month at first to tset it out I guess...
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Originally Posted by FilesAreGood
http://findnot.com/
Why pay for something you can get for free. I'm sure there's software out that does all that. But it's the sign of the times ,isn't it ? Computer protection is big business now . :(
I was using it before I went offline for a few months. Never had any issues with it and no capping of speed or anything. I have about 125 kb down and it will stay maxed with NG's.
You can pick from several servers to go through if you notice any speed issues. Just pick another location.
Its not really software based as its server based via vpn thus you go through their server and are only seen as such so nobody knows who you are in theory and only see the IP of the server your on other than them of course if they wanted to I guess...Quote:
Originally Posted by peat moss
Thanks for the info.
The main pain in the ass with proxies is that you can't receive incoming connections limiting users you can connect to. Fine for newsgroups but crap for p2p. Though I probably wouldn't use a proxy on newsgroups as I have reasonable trust in the server I'm gonna sign up to (newshosting).
I've always wondered about this, couldn't the proxy assign a port for each user (assuming that the server you were on had less then ~65535 users), and let you know through the site which port was yours? A kind of proxy port forwarding, we could then set this as our incoming port in out p2p client.
Anyways, I think I might try it out. Their site says there is a cap but after contacting them they say its loosely enforced and really just gives them the right to ask users to stop that are bringing in say 10G a day.
Sad that Anonx is gone though, as Wyatt really was trying to make it p2p friendly, working on the socks proxy and all (I don't think the FindNot one works as well). But I think things went from bad to worse the moment the IP range they were using changed.
anyone tried this and any recommendations? before end of april please
any reviews as of yet?
I have been using findnot since December, when I got a nasty letter from my ISP over a file I never downloaded. I got in at $10 a month, and they said they will never raise that. We will see on that one.
Overall, Findnot has been a good service so far. There are three ways to connnect. First is with VPN, that encrypts everything you do on the net and hides your IP address. That is nice, but it eats up a lot of bandwidth with things you don't need encrypted. Also, it is next to impossible to send email thru the VPN, since most ISP email servers will not accept your outgoing mail from findnot servers (spammers) so you have to kill the VPN to send mail. Speed is a little slower than usual, but not much
.
Second is through thier socks servers. I got that to work with Firefox, but Kazaalite and eMule would never connect with thier proxy settings. I even tried to use sockscap and they still would not connect, so there isn't much I can tell you about that, except that Firefox was little slower in some cases.
Third is thier shh tunnel. This works wonderfull. The d/l speed is actually faster than it is through my ISP on downloads on eMule. Again, you have to find the right server. What is great about this is if the tunnel is lost, eMule disconnects and cannot connect directly like it can on VPN. You can use the rest of your applications direct through your ISP and use the tunnel for what you need. A negative is the DOS window that stays open on your desktop all the time you are running the tunnel, but that's no big deal
Findnot says they have a soft limit of 500 mgs a day, which isn't a lot. I know I have gone over that quite a few times, and have never heard from them. If the server is not overloaded, they don't really care, it seems.
The findnot email service seems to work OK. Your signin ID becomes your email name, and you can't change it, so choose carefully if you sign up. Don't use your real name for an ID.
Overall, I think it is worth the $10 a month to not have to worry about getting the letters etc. FIndnot says they do not log anything, but who knows. They do have a sort of sleazy sales pitch on thier home page that kind of made me wonder, but so far I have had no problems. I usually use an off shore server just in case, so Lars will have to go through more trouble to find me.
Hope this helps.
Call me skeptical. First post sorryrat & touting a pay service. Probably used an advanced search technic on Google to find his way here.
I am not touting anything. I am giving my opinion as the OP asked. I was doing a search, to see if anyone was having any anonymity problems with findnot, because I am still a little sceptical, as I stated. I found this page, signed up, and tried to answer the OP's questions
Trust me, I am not trying to sell anything. I could have had nicer words to say about some of the findnot experiances I have had. I could have claimed that everything works perfect, but I didn't. I explained ther problems I had with the service, and the successes. What else was I asked to do?
But I do understand your concern. I hate it when people spam boards, just like you do.
Welcome Aboard...Quote:
Originally Posted by sorryrat
:) :)
I have been a subscriber for about 5 months (when AnonX folded) . I have
3mbs DSL . Connected to FindNot (after trying and selecting the fastest server) my
download speed drops from 2700 to 2900 kbs to 190 kbs! For about an hour, I was
getting 675kbs using a server in Florida (which disconnected!) .
I am in New Jersey, maybe other areas do better. It is easy to check download speed
using pcpitstop.com.
I cannot even imagine the speeds you describe, since I am on the cox.net "value package" and 30 kbs is about max speed for me. But it beats the hell out of AOL's 4 kbs that I am used to. My speed is no where near what Cox advertizes.
If I could find a service that provides faster speed at a cost of less than $50 a month, I would be interested.
I suspect that Cox is capping P2P programs, since I can get faster speeds with a tunnel that I can through them direct. But I don't know a lot about that kind of stuff. Please, if someone can enlighten me as to what I need to do to get better speeds, post it here. Thanks for any help you can give.
sorryrat- broadband is quoted in kb/s (kiloBITS/s), if you get 30 kBs (kilobytes/s)
multiply by 8 to get kbs (in this case 240 kbs). If you haven't already, reset the
cable modem by unplugging power cord for a minute (if it feeds a router, do the same
to the router). Reconnect and check your internet connection speed with atl.speakeasy.net or pcpitstop.com. If you get less than 1mbs with cable you are
getting robbed, I would call Cox.
I ran the pcpitstop test and it told me I am getting 85 KBS. Cox advertised 500 kbs for this plan. I know that eMule speed to limited to the uploaders speed, but I can set my P2P to nearly unlimited, and still only get a total of maybe 30 kbs upload. If I am getting ripped, please let me know. If anyone else is on Cox and can tell me what thier experiance is, I would love to hear it. Thanks to everyone for the help.
Just signed up with them today to give 'em a try, and so far I'm not very impressed. Have tried all 23 SSH Tunnel servers and the best dl speed I can get is about 900 kbps. Normally I average 3500+. This is the first time I've tried a service like this, so maybe I'm being too critical. Am I? I just like to think that there's another similar service out there that won't deprive me of more than two-thirds of my bandwidth! :huh:
I would love to get 900 kbs speed. Even without findnot, the best I can hope for is around 50 total up/download speed. It takes me days to download a 600 meg CD.
I have a 10/100 Linksys router feeding 2 computers, and one is dedicated to downloading eMule, and I keep that one set up with a tunnel. That one is a dual processer 450 Gateway with 512 megs of RAM. My other is 2.0 meghrtz with a gig of ram. The speed is the same on both. I have cox.net thru a Motorola SB5100 cable modem.
Please, someone tell me how to get those kind of speeds.
"Please, someone tell me how to get those kind of speeds."
Pay for it, mate. :)
You use Cox, right? Maybe they don't offer better where you live, but usually they have much better DL rates available than you're getting.
Tried it, did not like it.
ok so i see my beloved anonx has now become a porn site...sighs...
LOL, where you been? I thought you got lost when the anonx forum went bust ;)
Good to see ya.
TD
Always did wonder what ever happened to Wyatt, and no explanation on why AnonX closed down.
k, call me a paranoid, misguided, tinfoiled idiot.
but, you folks want to be anonymous and you need to give information,
not to mention teh ca$h to someone to do that?
How upside-down is that?
I think you're buying some semi-anonymosity, which might be an easier path to take,
but not nessecarily the best way to go.
To be 100% invisible to any/everyone on the net is not an easy task.
But to start that with giving info is rather, well, silly is it not?
Tradin my personal info for anonymosity sounds like buying cash.
Ofcourse, you could give Teh Wrong info (which folks should do by default imo.)
:D
Im not saying this aforementioned program is bad in what it does etc.
But, I would look elsewhere for free applications where you could get teh source-code too.
The "Getting Teh Source Code" is a good indicator that there's not
spyware or hidden features about.
Proxomitron and such apps helps a long way too.
Infact, it'll be more than enough for me to get anonymosity for my needs.
One might need even more, if one is truly into some shady bisnes, hehe,
but in that case, buying anonymosity would be a silly way to go on about it.
For anonymosity in p2p, I dunno because im not concerned about it.
I dont have Teh Shady bisnes to run, I dont share kiddiepr0n or state-secrets
so I dont have to be afraid if the feds are coming to me. I dont think they're really
interested of a regular Joe Sixpack like me.
I think there's more stuff out there that should interest the feds,
like, Real Crime(tm) which could include, but not limited to:
Ppl actually getting hurt, Heavy Drugs, Mafiosos, Corporate Inc.,
Terrorism etc...
**AA? Fuck 'em. They got nothing on me. It's all scare tactics as far as im concerned.
Some Las has to change before I change my stand on that.
Btw, I dont live in US.
The tools available nowadays for safer, more anon. type of surfing are out there.
I use Opera/Firefox with Proxomitron.
Anything that has to "connect to the server" to be anonymous is automatically anonymous?
There should not be a reason to "connect to the server" in the first place.
To wear the tinfoil, one needs to understand what kinda data leaves your computer
to the internet, and filter out any info you dont want to give,
then use proxys(s). (Not a proxy program that "connects to server")
Its all about where do you draw the line, how much anonymosity you want,
ie. how much info about you are willing to give out there to feel "safe".
To be 100% safe one needs way much more than one 3rd party app.
You'd need to understand what leaves your puter and how to
leave as little as possible traces on the net while you surf.
This is just "imo", t'ween you and me guys, don't tell anyone, duh...
:lol:
Your using cox "value plan" so am i.. Where are you located?
I'm getting well over 500-600kb/sec on dl's..
Location: San Diego,CA
I have tried findnot for a year the service was okay, but they introduced new feature which I wasn't given access to. But my real surprise was they store your credit card details and when your subscription ends they use your credit card again without warning you. And you say I didn't want to renew they charge you 20 dollars to cancel the subscription no matter what. I'm going to take it up with my credit card company and there sister company 1st class software. I'm not the only one they have done this to.
so Bewarned people
have been using their service for about a month, im on a 2mbit connection but the speeds i get are like extremely slow like a 56k or a 128kbit connection it sucks some of their proxies are not compatible with mirc.
Well I came accross this post:
http://www.freshproxy.com/viewpost.23250.html#23250
by Gennoslo
HE SAYS THERE :
I have been using the Metropipe Tunneler PRO service for a while now and never have problems with speed. and if its true what metropipe.net is saying Im glad I didnt choos Findnot.com. :DQuote:
I was looking at Metropipe.net today and they posted a Security Advisorie for the Findnot.com service.
they are saying that FindNot.com has security holes all over the place. Shocked
http://www.metropipe.net/advisories.php?id=FN15294
says:
Quote: Several vulnerabilities have been reported in Findnot.com's Microsoft PPTP VPN Service Client, which can cause intermittent immediate loss of anonymity and privacy while using the service:
and
http://www.metropipe.net/advisories.php?id=FN15398
Says:
Quote: Several vulnerabilities have been reported in Findnot.com's SSH Proxy Service which can cause all DNS requests for lookup of sites visited to be resolved using local DNS servers. Exposing the location of all sites visited to local wireless, network, sysadmin snoopers or to an ISP that is monitoring their DNS server.
Looks like from what they are saying, at the links I posted above, all it takes is a loss of connection to their servers. or a blip in the connection and your IP is sent out.
I have been using the Metropipe Tunneler PRO for a little over 4 months and I know it dosn't have these problem.
Have any of you guys come accross this same thing with the Findnot service?
~ Gennoslo
This is what I use http://tor.eff.org/ it is free and works great!
It might be a little complicated for an average pc user, but if you read the directions, you can figure out how to install and use it.
Thanks.:)
I have and it sucks big time. I dumped them.
For those who really care about privacy and dont have the super hacker skills requiered to get it for free (like me) I recommend after finding out that they keep logs for 5 days and that they have holes in their service and that what I was actually using their VPN continuesly losses of anonymity and privacy, I changed my mind and actually paid for Metropipes tunneler pro service which really rocks and this guys make me feel so secure cos I know they do care about privacy and freedom, they have a weblog about privacy that I check out everyday and I my skype is encrypted so I call my girlfriend in Russia with no guilt hehe
dude, where is the support on metropipe?
I can't get the vpn thing to work...and where is the software download link?
wtf?
Metropipe sucks if you are going to do file sharing. For $27 a month you are allowed 830 MB of downloads a day, or 25 GB for the month.
I'll stick with Findnot thank you, for $12 month I get a GB a day. And they have fixed all those so called "security holes" that Metropipes was advertising to win business from Findnot.
Anyone else having problems connecting to Findnot.com right now?
Hi !
We may have had the same idea after not beeing able to connect to findnot ...
In short : Yes I have problems connecting, I can't even go to the www.findnot.com page ... They may be down ... Hope it won't last too long !
Regards
Bachus
I also can't connect to their "afiliate" (www.ipeliminator.com)
There must be a serious problem with the servers or an attack ? ...
I hope its nothing serious.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bachus
Nothing I can do but just wait, and hope everything goes back up.
I looked but foundnot.
I must have jinxed Findnot. Findnot had been up 24/7 for me before my post. Right after I posted about how the price for Findnot was so much better than that for Metropipe I have been unble to connect to their website. Attempts to connct just timeout. Hope this is temporary thing. Can find no information afot the site. Was hoping someone here had news.