psiphon

The code for psiphon is announced as being released under the GPL, the most common and preferred open/free license, but I couldn't find a source repository.

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A psiphonode is a psiphon server that is operated by an administrator residing in an uncensored country (this is an integration of 'psiphon' and 'Node').

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What is psiphon? psiphon is a censorship circumvention solution that allows users to access blocked sites in countries where the Internet is censored. psiphon turns a regular home computer into a personal, encrypted server capable of retrieving and displaying web pages anywhere

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The psiphonode administrator is responsible for creating and managing user accounts and running the psiphon server.

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There is no connection between the psiphonite and the requested website, as psiphon transparently proxies the request through the psiphonode's computer allowing the psiphonite to browse blocked websites seamlessly.

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A psiphonite is a psiphon user, residing within a jurisdiction that blocks arbitrary web sites, and utilizes a psiphonode residing in an uncensored jurisdiction.

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How does psiphon work? psiphon acts as a "web proxy" for authenticated psiphonites, retrieving requested web pages and displaying them in a user's browser. psiphon uses a secure, encrypted connection to receive web requests from the psiphonite to the psiphonode who then transports the results back to the psiphonite.

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The download page says that the code is licensed under the "psiphon code license (GPL)," which makes no sense to me.

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The authors of psiphon stress that these issues are "trust" issues, with exception of poor security practices, and should not present a problem because of the positive social relationship (s) between psiphon user (s) and psiphonode administrator (s).

CounterPunch 2009

The authors of psiphon stress that these issues are "trust" issues, with exception of poor security practices, and should not present a problem because of the positive social relationship (s) between psiphon user (s) and psiphonode administrator (s).

CounterPunch 2009