internet software

A linux console application that blocks connections from/to hosts listed in a file in peerguardian format (guarding.p2p and p2p.p2b) or ipfilter.dat files. It uses iptables libnetfilter_queue userspace library and NFQUEUE kernel module.

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^ 1	was http://moblock.berlios.de/

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TODO – add any notes and make a more complete review

Linux email clients >

(on Wikipedia)
Chocolatey: claws-mail
https://www.claws-mail.org/ (on Windows)

A light and capable email client.

POP3, POP before SMTP, APOP, IMAP4rev1, IMAP over SSH, IMAP CAPABILITY, mh, SMTP, SMTP AUTH, NNTP, SSL/TLS, full OpenPGP support, external editors, filtering, muliple identities. Good multilanguage and character set support.

Uses the MH Message Handling System.
Can import the Mbox format.

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Arora

2009-05-11

abandoned, freeware, glances, GUI software, internet software, Linux software, macOS software, open-source software, software, software with Git repositories, web browsers

Software > Web browsers >

(on Wikipedia)
https://github.com/arora/arora

A simple web browser I had checked out in 2009, but as of 2018-03-05 I’m told it’s been abandoned.

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Whisper

2009-05-10

abandoned, commandline software, dead, freeware, glances, internet software, liked, open-source software, Ruby software, software, weblog software, website software

2016-12-15 – It seems this project has been abandoned and perhaps the entire author is gone.

Software >

http://web.archive.org/web/20150213122315/http://masanjin.net/whisper/

A Ruby blog. Very simple and fast and cool. Makes micro-mailing lists: Comments are done via email!

I learned about it through sup‘s blog (all-thing.net is apparently gone)

http://web.archive.org/web/20101102144701/http://all-thing.net/label/whisper/

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Software > Web browsers >
Internet security >

(on Wikipedia)
https://www.torproject.org/

Tor can be thought of like a secure proxy.

I experimented with it during my research on Replacing Firefox.

UPDATE: Tor has been subverted for some time. I know when and how, with confirmation, but not by whom.

It must not be used for high-level security requirements (governmental, military, international) and probably even mid-level requirements (corporate, police). Little people using it as a proxy are fine.

Don’t do anything illegal with it if you’re within three degrees of a Bad Guy. So.. don’t use it for anything illegal. Remember that PRISM records everything, so that, once flagged, you can be found retroactively guilty (even by association) for past internet usage.

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