
Press the button Config in JonDo's main window, Also, JonDonym (then called JAP) made efforts to alert its users to the investigation.JonDo Help: Forwarding server JAP - ANONYMITY & PRIVACYĪnti censorship service This panel is only available in the Extended View. I gather that some of its relays logged IP addresses that accessed child pornography. JonDonym is still tarred by its cooperation in 2003 under a warrant from the German BKA. The FAQ referenced above addresses many of these issues. Given that JonDonym is more centralized than Tor, it's arguably more vulnerable to coercion by LEA and various TLAs. Searching Tor.SE will lead you to more from me about that. For better anonymity, one can sign up using Tor, and pay with Bitcoins that have been throughly anonymized via Tor. JonDonym now accepts Bitcoins for premium accounts.
#Jondo servers free#
The free version is slower than most Tor circuits, while the premium version is faster than most Tor circuits. JonDonym provides both free and premium versions. That reflects its open design, and its price (free). Tor provides notoriously low and variable bandwidth. You have to become a verified mix operator first. Mix server and hope, you will be part of the anonymous proxy service. JonDonym works in a different way than Tor or I2P. Mix operators must be certified, as outlined here: JonDos is the company which is activelyĭeveloping JonDo and is the billing instance between the users and the
#Jondo servers software#
Predecessor of JonDo, the client software which connects users to the JonDonym is a development branch of the AN.ON project. JonDonym is a closed network of trusted mixes. Anyone can run a relay, and Tor is expressly designed to resist compromise by malicious relays. See this JonDonym page for further discussion of differences.Īlso, Tor is an open network of untrusted relays. Thus, onion routing networks are designed to resist a local adversary, one that can only see a subset of the network and the traffic on it. Onion routing assumes that an adversary who observes both ends of a communication path will completely break the anonymity of its traffic. Mixes are also usually intended to resist an adversary that can observe all traffic everywhere and, in some threat models, to actively change traffic. This gets at the essence of the two even if it is a bit too quick on both sides. And onion routers typically employ no mixing at all. Onion routing networks primarily get their security from choosing routes that are difficult for the adversary to observe, which for designs deployed to date has meant choosing unpredictable routes through a network. Mix networks get their security from the mixing done by their component mixes, and may or may not use route unpredictability to enhance security. Quoting Syverson (2009) Why I'm not an Entropist: First, JonDonym is a mix network, whereas Tor is an onion-routing network. JonDonym and Tor differ greatly in both design and implementation. TorProject my feature out the advantages for Tor by self. I think, this fact may influence the point of centralization of main components in the discussion. 1 of 5 infoservices is operated by JonDos GmbH. (Only different names used by Tor and JonDo for same function - both provide information about running relays.)ģ of 5 Authority servers (Tor) are operated by members/developers of TorProject. Authority servers (Tor) and Infoservices (JonDo/JAP) are another component.
#Jondo servers full#
May be, Tor gets a bit more attention, I don't have a full list for counting publication.Īuthority Servers / Infoservices: An anonymisation service doesn't contain only relays. Research: Both projects are supported by scientific research of universities. (Startup of JonDonym was funded by German government from 2000-2004). JonDonym is funded only by users (premium users) and don't get money from governments any more. Some other points for comparison of both services:įunding: is mainly funded by US government over the last years (see financial reports of ). See "Available billing methods" atįor better anonymity, one can sign up using JonDonym free services, but Tor works too. JonDo now accepts Bitcoins for premium accounts.Īnonymous payments for JonDonym premium accounts are possible by Paysafecard (Euro, Dollar) and by snake mail letter too.
