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A Public DNS/ICMP Tunneling Service for evading filters, paywalls and firewalls
Figured some people here might be interested
This is a public DNS/ICMP tunnel server, through which you can proxy to the internet to evade stupid filters, firewalls, and other nonsense getting in the way of your internet use. All outbound traffic is routed over the Tor Anonymity Network, for obvious reasons of me not wanting to get over nine thousand abuse mails over whatever shit you put through this tunnel. You may find this tunnel useful for things like getting past WiFi paywalls, and the likes.
Site is here.
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Oh nice is there a link?
Posted a little too fast, I updated the post with a link
Any experience about connection speed?
My guess is it'd be vaguely reminiscent of dial-up Internet, for those of us old enough to recall that age.
Nice find! Certain times I've always wanted to try it for curiosity, but never wanted to do the leg work.
While an interesting idea I cant help but think about the potential DDoS magnet they are.
Additionally with egress over TOR, thats a pretty hefty limit on speed. Dont know if it could be all that usable as a result.
That's what's the ultimate email spam protection is
the guy notes his email as:
python -c 'print "c2t5aGlnaGF0cmlzdEB0Znduby5nZg==".decode("base64")'
Tor can be surprisingly fast. Speeds along the lines of 100KB/sec are not unusual.
As for being a DDoS magnet - all outbound traffic goes over Tor, so the tunnel server IP doesn't ever appear anywhere. That should keep it from getting attacked.
@joepie91 You connect to a DigitalOcean VM. Tor does nothing to hide the ICMP/DNS proxy server.
Of course. But why would that attract DDoS? The only way proxy servers usually end up being DDoS magnets, is by people causing drama and appearing to connect from that proxy.
Paywalls on WiFi are fences erected by the rich to exploit the poor
Told that to the grocery shop while holding a banana but he didn't budge.
Was the banana still there after you took it?
My wife takes care of the banana issues in our household.
I will probably never try it and then wish I had next time I am faced with a paywall.
Well they kind of are, right? The stakeholders want a steady return on their investment. But who would pay for Wi-Fi...
Yeah, ok - but it's one thing to grab a lemon from the tree in your neighbors yard and a whole other level to curse him for "exploiting" you by not knocking your door to offer you that lemon because you (the general "you", not you) deserve it.
Those who want to use it?
Who looses something as a result of the service? The answer is obvious.
And actually that was the first place I looked for the IP. Getting the IP from egress is pretty much just people doing gaming (i.e XBox Live / PSN DDoS of gamer clients) which isnt really applicable.
I asked you a question about the example with the grocery store you gave earlier, but you chose to make a meaningless comment instead of replying.
Fruits, like bananas and apples, are not the same as data, they are physical objects, once you take it, it's gone. In the case of wireless paywalls, whether you use the service or not, it's still there. Particularly the OP's setup with low bandwidth has practically no impact on a high speed connection.
On the other hand, the providers of these paywall services are exploiting the public good: wireless spectrum designated for private use. Unlike mobile internet service providers, paywall WiFi ventures do not lease dedicated spectrum from the government, but instead piggyback on the public WiFi frequencies. In doing so they cause interference for legitimate users of the shared WiFi channels, for example mobile hotspots with considerably less powerful transmitters.
Thus, we can say that paywalls on public WiFi frequencies are fences erected by the rich to exploit the poor by interfering with their designated WiFi spectrum and by reselling a public good (WiFi signal) without reimbursing the public (by means of leasing spectrum for commercial use from the government).
Isn't 3G cheaper..?
Depends on the country. Some countries have outrageous mobile data pricing.
I got a promotion on my 3G network.... 3g network, unlimited data* for $6 USD :P
This could come in handy when 3g isn't available. I was on a cruise recently and there were no mobile networks in the middle of the ocean, but DNS tunneling worked (although slow as molasses, partly due to the WiFi itself being slow).
If you're traveling to another country in general you likely won't have access to local mobile networks unless you get a SIM, so this comes in quite handy.
free is good. looking forward to fusion power.
too much work to do on android. hopefully someone may build apk for this.
Serious questions get serious answers. You didn't bother previously to write something like you did this time but chose to leave me to divine what exactly you meant, so you got an appropriate response to that. Now, I'll be happy to point out the fallacy in your line of thought.
First of all, there are no public goods. But for the sake of the argument, let us suppose a public good exists - let's say it's a fountain of nutella and since it's a public good, all you have to do is go there, unleash your spoon and do your thing (you take it but it's "not gone").
Now, that nutella fountain is located 50 miles from your city. People use their cars to get there, but unfortunately you do not own one. Obviously, your neighbor's car is not a public good. Are you justified in stealing his car in order to visit to the nutella fountain? Or should you save enough money to buy a ticket to ride the bus?
This is a separate question from my argument, I am really surprised by you writing this. If a spectrum is a "public good", then its use has no reason to be restricted. For example, air. Should the government forbid you from bottling air and selling it?
(ignoring my point above) Suppose this is true - they are violating the property rights of the government. Say a seller of hotdogs sells his wares on a public pavement. And he is certainly causing interference for pedestrians who walk on that pavement. Now, what is the proper response to that violation?
Anyone got an easy tutorial for Android that would be perfect
I found many such paywalls/login blocks allowing all UDP traffic through port 53. That would allow for a pretty stable openvpn connection. I tried DNS Tunnel, but too slow (2G speeds)
Nor is the bandwidth. I pay my ISP for a certain quantity. I'd really like it if they didn't charge, but haven't found a way around that yet. If someone else uses up all my bandwidth, I can't use it at the same time. If someone uses up my 40GB monthly allowance, I have to come up with more money for my own use of the service. So, the bottom line is that if someone uses my wifi resources, the part they use is NOT still there.
WiFi paywalls are typically used by businesses, not individuals. To my knowledge, business plans are not capped on traffic in most (Western) countries.
Here's one quote from an Canadian ISP:
Whoa, thats expensive!