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IPREDator: a service that makes people online more anonymous using a VPN

11 points by btw0 17y ago

lacerus 17y ago
Sorry, but that page contains almost zero information: "IPREDator is a network service that makes people online more anonymous using a VPN. it costs about 5 EUR per month and we store no traffic data. the network is under our control. not theirs. the pirate bay likes and knows real kopimism. and waffles." What is this service? How does it work? What is the benefit over existing services?
- btw0 17y ago
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPREDator http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPREDator
- evannyx 17y ago
  You should check this article: http://www.p2pnet.net/story/24418 http://www.p2pnet.net/story/24418 Apparently IPREDator is just Relakks (the pirate bay's previous VPN service) rebranded, which itself is (was?) a PPTPD service.
  - stse 17y ago
    IPREDator is administrated by the same corporation who run Relakks, but has their own hardware. Relakks is run by "Trygghetsbolaget i Lund AB" (approx. Safeness Corporation in Lund Ltd.) and has no affiliation with TPB. The Pirate Party did promote Relakks when it was first released. More about Relakks at http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/20/technology/20iht-net21.1.5784173.html http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/20/technology/20iht-net21.1.5...
gort 17y ago
I sometimes wonder about the names people choose for their projects. A service to make people more anonymous, called iPredator? Even if that's not the correct capitalisation, it still sounds like some service for child molesters.
- noste 17y ago
  IPRED stands for "Intellectual Property Rights Enforcement Directive". See http://wiki.openrightsgroup.org/wiki/IPRED http://wiki.openrightsgroup.org/wiki/IPRED for example.
  - gort 17y ago
    Indeed, but the negative connotations of the name remain.
    - tjogin 17y ago
      Those connotations also reminds people why they need the service to begin with. You need IPREDator because of IPRED.
c00p3r 17y ago
OpenVPN or pptpd paid service?
- evannyx 17y ago
  From: http://www.itnews.com.au/Tools/Print.aspx?CIID=151988 http://www.itnews.com.au/Tools/Print.aspx?CIID=151988 <quote> By accessing the Web through the VPN, subscribers are able to hide their traffic data from Internet Service Providers (ISP), and bypass ISP-level censorship. But the network isn't exactly bulletproof. It is run by Swedish VPN company Trygghetsbolaget, which also built the once-popular Relakks service in 2006. Unlike Relakks, IPREDator does not log its users' traffic information. However, the services are based on the same software, including the use of 128-bit encrypted point-to-point tunnelling protocol (PPTP). PPTP is a user-friendly VPN protocol that was first implemented on Microsoft's operating systems in 1996. Reports by security experts such as Bruce Schneier have since revealed a number of flaws in the technology, including password hashing and encryption issues. IPREDator co-founder Peter Sunde, who also founded popular file-sharing site The Pirate Bay, told iTnews: "128-bit encrypted PPTP can probably be broken by someone that can eavesdrop on the traffic." </quote>
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ajju 17y ago
This has to be a joke. iPredator? seriously?
- wmf 17y ago
  It's almost as dumb as naming a site "The Pirate Bay".
  - ajju 17y ago
    They actually argue that piracy (in the context of downloading music) is o.k. It's to hard to believe that they think using anonymity on the Internet to be a predator is o.k.
st3fan 17y ago
From a legal point of view this is a total minefield.

11 points by btw0 17y ago

Sorry, but that page contains almost zero information: "IPREDator is a network service that makes people online more anonymous using a VPN. it costs about 5 EUR per month and we store no traffic data. the network is under our control. not theirs. the pirate bay likes and knows real kopimism. and waffles." What is this service? How does it work? What is the benefit over existing services?

btw0 17y ago
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPREDator http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPREDator
evannyx 17y ago
You should check this article: http://www.p2pnet.net/story/24418 http://www.p2pnet.net/story/24418 Apparently IPREDator is just Relakks (the pirate bay's previous VPN service) rebranded, which itself is (was?) a PPTPD service.
- stse 17y ago
  IPREDator is administrated by the same corporation who run Relakks, but has their own hardware. Relakks is run by "Trygghetsbolaget i Lund AB" (approx. Safeness Corporation in Lund Ltd.) and has no affiliation with TPB. The Pirate Party did promote Relakks when it was first released. More about Relakks at http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/20/technology/20iht-net21.1.5784173.html http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/20/technology/20iht-net21.1.5...

gort 17y ago

I sometimes wonder about the names people choose for their projects. A service to make people more anonymous, called iPredator? Even if that's not the correct capitalisation, it still sounds like some service for child molesters.

noste 17y ago
IPRED stands for "Intellectual Property Rights Enforcement Directive". See http://wiki.openrightsgroup.org/wiki/IPRED http://wiki.openrightsgroup.org/wiki/IPRED for example.
- gort 17y ago
  Indeed, but the negative connotations of the name remain.
  - tjogin 17y ago
    Those connotations also reminds people why they need the service to begin with. You need IPREDator because of IPRED.

c00p3r 17y ago

OpenVPN or pptpd paid service?

evannyx 17y ago
From: http://www.itnews.com.au/Tools/Print.aspx?CIID=151988 http://www.itnews.com.au/Tools/Print.aspx?CIID=151988 <quote> By accessing the Web through the VPN, subscribers are able to hide their traffic data from Internet Service Providers (ISP), and bypass ISP-level censorship. But the network isn't exactly bulletproof. It is run by Swedish VPN company Trygghetsbolaget, which also built the once-popular Relakks service in 2006. Unlike Relakks, IPREDator does not log its users' traffic information. However, the services are based on the same software, including the use of 128-bit encrypted point-to-point tunnelling protocol (PPTP). PPTP is a user-friendly VPN protocol that was first implemented on Microsoft's operating systems in 1996. Reports by security experts such as Bruce Schneier have since revealed a number of flaws in the technology, including password hashing and encryption issues. IPREDator co-founder Peter Sunde, who also founded popular file-sharing site The Pirate Bay, told iTnews: "128-bit encrypted PPTP can probably be broken by someone that can eavesdrop on the traffic." </quote>

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ajju 17y ago

This has to be a joke. iPredator? seriously?

wmf 17y ago
It's almost as dumb as naming a site "The Pirate Bay".
- ajju 17y ago
  They actually argue that piracy (in the context of downloading music) is o.k. It's to hard to believe that they think using anonymity on the Internet to be a predator is o.k.

st3fan 17y ago

From a legal point of view this is a total minefield.