On Tuesday 06 May 2008 13:40:34 Geoffrey Goodell wrote: > On Tue, May 06, 2008 at 07:04:38AM -0400, buralex@xxxxxxxxx wrote: > > Jamie McCarthy <jamie@xxxxxxxxxxx> said on May 05, 2008 12:38 -0400 (in > > > > part): > >> Please forgive me for not doing more thorough research before > >> emailing. I'm not part of the Tor community and not really > >> interested in getting too into it. I'm just looking for some quick > >> advice. > > > > I've done even less research than Jamie had for his question and I think > > have less technical background than he but ... > > > > I came to TOR looking not so much for the ability to surf anonymously > > but to convince my end target that I'm from a particular country. > > Primarily to allow use of streaming media (radio and video) from sites > > that restrict access to those from the United States. > > What you are looking for is a "Perspective Access Network" -- an overlay > network that allows you to choose the perspective from which you want to > access Internet services. > > Tor allows controllers such as Vidalia to determine exactly how circuits > are built and which TCP streams are attached. However, to our knowledge > nothing that gives you what you want in a useful way actually exists at > this point. > > Fortunately, there is a project in the Vidalia project pipeline to build > perspective choices (such as choosing the country in which you want your > exit node to reside). Matt Edman and Camilo Viecco know more about > this. > > Geoff Not strictly true, TorK provides exactly this option under the 'Citizen Of..' toolbar button. The snag is that TorK is linux-only at this point.
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