Haystack is an encryption software program which is presently being used to get around the censors in the authoritarian country of Iran. If it can work there then Australia might be another market for this powerful program for free speech.
Quote:
'Haystack' gives Iranian opposition hope for evading Internet censorship Haystack, an encryption software custom made to help the Iranian opposition evade official attempts to censor the Internet, is giving some regime opponents hope of organizing and making progress online.
...
Haystack first provides high-grade encryption of data, similar to that used when accessing a bank website. It then hides that data inside other normal data streams and makes it look like normal Internet traffic itself, so the original data is as difficult to detect and stop as finding " as advertised " a needle in a haystack.
Haystack is an encryption software program which is presently being used to get around the censors in the authoritarian country of Iran. If it can work there then Australia might be another market for this powerful program for free speech
So where can I get one then?
If it does the trick in Iran, it's sounds good enough for me!
http://blog.austinheap.com/tag/censorship-research-center/
According to blogger, Austin Heap and founder of the Censorship Research Center, this nonprofit is the producer of the software. Perhaps if you emailed them they can tell you the whereabouts and the hows.
Daniel Colascione, Director of Technology
Daniel Colascione is one of the founders of the CRC and is currently its Director of Technology. Daniel is the creator and chief architect of Haystack, the CRC’s flagship project designed to counter Iran’s censorship technology and the infrastructure to support it. He previously worked as a commercial software developer where he led teams developing and implementing both interactive web technologies and high-performance, robust, and scalable infrastructure products. He has worked in the open-source community for many years, contributing in areas ranging from web browser improvement to protocol optimization to programming language profiling. He holds a B.S. from the University at Buffalo in Computer Science.
Daniel can be reached at [email protected].
Stumble It!
Tweet This
Bookmark on Delicious
Share on Facebook
Share on MySpace