JonDonym News Center

Software des Jahres und Gewinnspiel

nospam@example.com (C. Vogl) — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 22:45:26 +0100

JonDonym wurde für den Preis "Software des Jahres" von softwareload.de nominiert. Da dieser Award auf Basis einer im September laufenden Abstimmung vergeben wird, freuen wir uns nun auf eure Hilfe. Eure Stimme zählt!
Bewertet uns und gewinnt Preise im Wert von über 10.000 Euro!
Schritt 1:
Webseite aufrufen: http://softwareload.kpcustomer.de/voting/public/vote.php?fid=36&tplid=1
Schritt 2:
JAP auswählen und bewerten.
Schritt 3:
Am Gewinnspiel teilnehmen.

Hinweis: Es müssen alle Softwareprodukte innerhalb der Kategorie bewertet werden um an der Abstimmung teilzunehmen.

Nach der Abstimmung könnt ihr an einer Verlosung mit Preisen im Wert von über 10.000 Euroteilnehmen! Zu gewinnen gibt es unter anderem einen Philips Großbild-Fernseher mit 3D und Ambilight, einen Apple iMac 21,5 Zoll, ein HTC Desire Smartphone und ein Apple iPad mit 16GB und 3G.

JonDoFox 0.2.6: More security for web searches and SSL connections

nospam@example.com (JonDos) — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 13:04:41 +0100

Today, on the 9th of September, the JonDos GmbH publishes the new version of the JonDoFox anonymous browser software.

What is JonDoFox?

JonDoFox is both a profile (current version: 2.4.0) and an extension (current version: 0.2.6) for the popular Mozilla Firefox web browser. It protects the user's privacy while surfing the web. As it is open source software and free to use, it is an ideal add-on for anonymization services like JonDonym and Tor, but may also be used without anonymization tools.

What is new?

The new version of JonDoFox integrates a slightly enhanced version of the popular Firefox extension „Certificate Patrol“. „Certificate Patrol“ checks all encrypted (SSL-) connections to web pages whether their certificates have changed since the last visit. Thereby it is easier to see whether third parties try to sneak into the secured connection (man-in-the-middle attack).

Furthermore, JonDoFox provides more security for the searchbar of Firefox: Automatic search suggestions are disabled so that the data cannot be sent to search engines before the input is complete. Moreover, the input in the search field is immediately deleted after the search query is finished. As, in addition to that, the search history is deleted every thirty minutes, it is not possible to reproduce the searching process. This also protects from a glance over the shoulder.

On startup of JonDoFox, an information page is now shown which shortly explains the numerous security features of the software. JonDoFox 0.2.6 as well as the JonDoFox profile 2.4.0 are compatible to Firefox 4 beta 4.

The JonDoFox development team is happy to present you the new version of JonDoFox! Enjoy it!

Download JonDoFox anonymous browser

JonDo ist für den Award "Software des Jahres" nominiert

nospam@example.com (cane) — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 21:51:01 +0100

JonDo ist für den Preis "Software des Jahres" von softwareload.de nominiert. Dieser Award wird auf Basis einer Abstimmung vergeben, die bis Ende September laufen wird. Auf der Voting Website können sie verschiedene Programme aufgeteilt in 18 Kategorien in den Stufen von 1…10 bewerten. JonDo finden sie in der Kategorie "Freeware" unter "JAP".

Hinweis: Die Bewertung muss in einer Flash-Applikation abgegeben werden - JonDo kann dabei keine Anonymität gewährleisten. Bei der Teilnahme am Gewinnspiel können Sie Preise im Wert von über 10000 Euro gewinnen.

Free services are currently overloaded

nospam@example.com (JonDos) — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 08:27:39 +0100

The free services are currently overloaded, as some of the services are unavailable for various reasons. This situation may last another one or two weeks.

Reasons:

The Dresden Mix has a severe error that leads to its disappearance in the inforaservice after some hours. We did heavy implementation work to find the error, but failed until now. We hope to get this done within the next 2-3 weeks. Unfortunatley, our development ressources are very limited.
The free Bolzano exit mit (SurfSky) is down. The server is unreachable to reasons unknown to the operator. It is unclear when it will be online again.
The free ULD mix is down. ULD assumes that it has to do with billing issues. They are investigating the problem, but we have no report on how long it will take.

We apologize for any inconvenience caused thereby. The Premium services are stable as usual, though.

New version of the JonDo anonymization software

nospam@example.com (JonDos) — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 15:32:30 +0100

The version 00.13.001 of the IP anonymization software JonDo provides a series of enhancements:

Changelog

JonDonym is an anonymizing Internet network of mutually independent and geographically distributed
service providers, the "mix operators". The JonDonym anonymization service provides very powerful
protection of your Internet identity, the IP address: it protects both against the observation of your Internet activities by tird parties, e.g. Internet providers, and against the mix operators themselves.

The software (client and server) of JonDonym - developed together with German Universities - is completely open source: its security may thereby be analyzed by independent privacy experts. The base functions of the program are free of charge. Faster and more secure Premium services are available for a fee.

The JonDo program is available for Windows, Linux and MacOS X. You may also run it from a USB flash drive without installation.

Download-URL:
http://anonymous-proxy-servers.net/en/jondo/download

General information about Internet anonymity:
http://anonymous-proxy-servers.net/en/help/wwwprivacy.html
http://secure-proxy-howto.anonymous-proxy-servers.net/index.php/Benefits

Titan down

nospam@example.com (Delta-Protect (rss)) — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 11:20:16 +0100

Dear customer,

based on certificate problems we shutdown our Titan Mix. We are still working on this problem and will be back soon.

Regards

Mix Operator: Delta-Protect
Source Link: http://www.mix-proxy-servers.org

Fondue-Uranus-SecureInternet7 is back

nospam@example.com (SecureInternet (rss)) — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 12:27:33 +0100

Due to failure in the Montreal data center, the Fondue-Uranus-SecureInternet7 mix proxy cascade was offline from Thursday last week to yesterday. After resolving the Montreal issue, the cascade is back in services again.

Mix Operator: SecureInternet
Source Link: http://www.mix-proxy-servers.org

New JonDonym rates for testing: monthly data volume

nospam@example.com (JonDos) — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 21:35:16 +0100

The JonDo beta version since 00.12.066 offers new rates for testing.
Continue reading "New JonDonym rates for testing: monthly data volume"

Planned Mix-Update

nospam@example.com (Pimenidis (rss)) — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 21:48:55 +0100

Cascades Koelsch, Fondue, Grolsch and Sushi will be unavailable for a few seconds. Update is scheduled for friday morning.

We're sorry for any inconvenience.

Mix Operator: Lexi Pimenidis
Source Link: http://www.mix-proxy-servers.org

Planned Mix-Update

nospam@example.com (Pimenidis (rss)) — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 21:48:55 +0100

PLANNED MAINTENANCE MIX LOCKE ON FRIDAY

nospam@example.com (Behrens (rss)) — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 21:23:04 +0100

Maintenance work is scheduled for Mix Locke on Friday, the 13th of August, at between 9 AM UTC.

The following cascade is affected:

Premium Cascade
- Locke-Goose-SecureInternet4

The cascade will be unavailable for approximately a few seconds.

Best regards, Martin Behrens

Mix Operator: Martin Behrens
Source Link: http://www.mix-proxy-servers.org

Private browsing mode does not safeguard privacy while surfing the Web

nospam@example.com (G. Koppen) — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 15:33:30 +0100

As browser vendors have implemented so-called private browsing modes, people might think that separate anonymity and/or privay enhancing software is not needed at all. But recent research has shown that this assumption is wrong. There exist many data leaks be it in the browser itself or in installable extensions. For instance, self-signed certificates installed in normal browsing mode are as well available in private mode, thus allowing to connect both states and potentially track the user's surfing habits. But even if the private browsing mode worked like it should, the biggest threat of loosing one's anonymity is unmitigated: leaking the IP address. Therefore, in order to protect your privacy properly while surfing the Web (in private as well as in normal browsing mode) carefully crafted tools, like JonDonym and JonDoFox, are still indispensible.

New York Hosting outage

nospam@example.com (Delta-Protect (rss)) — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 20:05:23 +0100

Dear Customer,

currently all mix-servers located in our New York datacenter are down. The datacenter administration give us the following info.

Datacenter New York:
Unfortunately we have had a power transformer explode at our facility. This has resulted in the complete loss of power not just at our facility but for the entire building. Con Edison and our electricians are working diligently to resolve this situation. We expect power restored and to be fully back online within the next few hours. We greatly apologize for this inconvenience.

Regards

Mix Operator: Delta-Protect
Source Link: http://www.mix-proxy-servers.org

Planned Maintenance mix rousseau on Sunday

nospam@example.com (Behrens (rss)) — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 17:28:12 +0100

Maintenance work is scheduled for Mix Rousseau on sunday, the 1st of August, between 11 PM and 9 AM.

The following cascades may be affected:

Premium Cascade
- Koelsch-Rousseau-SecureInternet1

The cascade will be unavailable for approximately a few seconds during the above maintenance window.

Best regards, Martin Behrens

Mix Operator: Martin Behrens
Source Link: http://www.mix-proxy-servers.org

15 minutes planned maintenance for SecureInternet8 today

nospam@example.com (SecureInternet (rss)) — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 14:56:50 +0100

SecureInternet8, the middle mix of the Sushi-SecureInternet8-Venus mix proxy cascade, will need a 15 minutes nap today, July 28, almost probably at 23:00 UTC due to some hardware maintenance needed. We'll try to bring up the machine ASAP after things were done.

Regards

Mix Operator: SecureInternet
Source Link: http://www.mix-proxy-servers.org