wanted: configurable proxy server package to overcome censorship

[Neal McBurnett]

The latest specific application of this idea is NedaNet:

 http://www.catb.org/esr/nedanet/

Any interest out there?

Neal McBurnett                 http://neal.mcburnett.org/

On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 07:59:50AM -0600, Neal McBurnett wrote:
> Over and over, censorship rears its head in the world, sometimes
> suddenly, as in Iran right now.  Citizens want information but it is
> blocked.  See e.g.
> 
>  http://reinikainen.co.uk/2009/06/iranelection-cyberwar-guide-for-beginners/
> 
> One way the world can help is to provide proxies for services like
> HTTP (and twitter, an HTTP REST protocol).
> 
> Here are some instructions emerging right now to help Iran:
> 
>  http://blog.austinheap.com/2009/06/15/how-to-setup-a-proxy-for-iran-citizens/
> 
> The Ubuntu way would be to provide a package and a convenient way to
> configure it for the hero-of-the-day opportunity.  Of course such
> proxies have many risks and downsides, so big warnings, hardening, etc
> would also be important.
> 
> Some sort of ability to allow remote configuration tuning might also
> be appropriate, so that I could get someone else to keep it up to date
> and turn it off when needed.  Sort of a more flexible white-hat botnet
> I guess.
> 
> Does anything like that exist now?  Anyone want to spring into action
> with their PPA?
> 
> Neal McBurnett                 http://neal.mcburnett.org/