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« on: June 15, 2002, 07:29:20 AM »
Anyone have a speedy filter that can obfuscate URLs outgoing? I've been considering obfuscating the links in my browser start page so that if anybody at my ISP is snooping it will create a lot of work for them. Then I got to thinking that it might be nice to obfuscate all outgoing URLs but I don't want to do it if it will slow me down too much.

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« Reply #1 on: June 15, 2002, 07:52:16 AM »
I think what you are looking for is this cool tool:
http://www.searchlores.org/zipped/unfrozen3.zip

Data from the url field when I go to All Nettols:

http://3629961137/pr.htm


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« Reply #2 on: June 15, 2002, 07:57:54 AM »
Remember! It will also confuse you filters.
(Bypass List and other which are related to an URL)
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« Reply #3 on: June 15, 2002, 08:00:35 AM »
Thanks Arne, I was just looking at that. I'll check it out.

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« Reply #4 on: June 15, 2002, 08:16:46 AM »
Is it supposed to work automatically as I browse or just *per url*? If automatically it isn't working like that here. Nice little tool though.

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« Reply #5 on: June 15, 2002, 08:25:49 AM »
No it does not work automatically. one have to put in the url's or use it's history.

This is a nice project though and I will be spending some of my day trying to make this work in a filter and have it been done automatically. I invite the others to try to make one too.

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« Reply #6 on: June 15, 2002, 08:25:59 AM »
There is an updated verson at

http://yoda.w3.to/

Edit: This version is better. Check it out!

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Edited by - hpguru on 15 Jun 2002  09:48:54
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« Reply #7 on: June 16, 2002, 03:10:29 AM »
just in case you want a document describing the techniques:
http://www.pc-help.org/obscure.htm
Also, here's some javascript to do it:
http://www.searchlores.org/son_33_1.htm
it's a bit long, though.

 
 

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« Reply #8 on: June 16, 2002, 03:39:42 AM »
Great! That means it can be done by a filter.
However, too difficult for me.

 
 

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« Reply #9 on: June 16, 2002, 09:12:13 AM »
Yes, I have been there and I will take the problem with me on the laptop this summer. Why do you guys think I ended up making a new logo up there in the left corner? LOL!!!

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« Reply #10 on: June 16, 2002, 11:58:31 AM »
I have not come further than to write this javascript function which converts a string to it's hexadecimal value. That will alos obscure it just as fine as the other value. But I have not yet found a way to capture the url from the URL Field, change it and put it back.

<script language="JavaScript">
<!--
var text1 = 'TheURL';
var text2=' ';

for (i=0;i<text1.length;i++){
    text2 += '%'
    text2 += text1.charCodeAt(i).toString(16);
}
document.write (text2); //Just for testing
//-->
</script>

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« Reply #11 on: June 16, 2002, 12:08:37 PM »
The above function would change http://www.yahïo.com to:

%68%74%74%70%3a%2f%2f%77%77%77%2e%79%61%68%6f%6f%2e%63%6f%6d

Which would get you to the site if pasted into the URL field. But how to do this in RL stands to find out

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« Reply #12 on: June 16, 2002, 12:19:19 PM »
I also don't know if this can be of any use. The reason I am thinking of it, is that I know my isp sometimes sits there an look at where I am surfing. I don't know what he looks at and where, how and so on. But I was hoping with the use of this to have some fun with him and making it more difficult for him to see it. I am not even sure if this will make it more confusing for him or not. Anyway it is a fun idea. (I know he listens in since he have told me that. It is not a secret)

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« Reply #13 on: June 16, 2002, 04:50:00 PM »
Imagine their profound disapointment in thinking they've caught you going somewhere naughty, going to the time, trouble and *expense* to decode your URLs and in the end finding out that you're visiting nothing but ordinary sites.

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« Reply #14 on: June 16, 2002, 05:10:40 PM »
Yes that was what I was smiling about inside myself too LOL. I know he is there looking at the speed of this machine and things like that. I am the fastest machine on their network (surfing speed) and it is just my many years old "Amanda" who is tweaked in all ends. He is also a bit frustrated since I have blocked him in every way I can think of. But I still see him pinging me from time to time, - not getting any response back. So it has become sort af a game we play.

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