TorK 0.18-beta

[Robert Hogan]

Name: TorK
Version: 0.18-beta
Type: KDE Networking Tool
Depend: KDE 3.5.x
License: GPL
Homepage: http://tork.sf.net
More Info:
http://www.kde-apps.org/content/show.php?content=39442

Description:
 TorK is an Anonymity Manager for KDE.

For information about Tor: http://tor.eff.org

TorK allows you to configure, run and update Tor.
It also allows you to view the Tor network and
choose how you would like to interact with the
network.

TorK contains a number of unique/useful features:

* A graph of your tor and non-tor traffic.
* A quickstart page for launching torified
applications.
        See
https://sourceforge.net/project/screenshots.php?group_id=159836

* A hidden services wizard that allows you to
create and publish hidden 
services.

* A drag-and-drop view of the Tor network. Create,
modify and close circuits. 
Attach and detach streams manually from circuits.
Click on servers to view 
their full details.

* Exit node blocking/preferring by country and
server name.
 See 
https://sourceforge.net/project/screenshots.php?group_id=159836&ssid=45119

* Tor and Non-Tor traffic logs - showing you the
traffic that is going through 
Tor and the traffic that is not. The Tor traffic
log maintains a record of 
the circuit you used for each connection. Both
logs are maintained in memory 
only and can be flushed by the user at any time.

* A turn-on-and-off-able mini-view that shows you
the traffic currently going 
through Tor - including destination, status, and
exit node's name and 
country.

* Passive pop-ups alerting you to important Tor
events, such as changes to  
your server status, DNS leaks, errors reported by
Tor.

* Quick configuration - six default configurations
available for getting Tor 
running the simple and easy way.

* Full access to all Tor configuration options.



TorK is in beta. Please report the any bugs to:
tork-users at lists.sourceforge.net

Changelog:
 2007-07-30 
    TorK 0.18
    Major Features
        o 'Failsafe' settings, including DNS
re-routing for Tor 0.2.0 and above.
        o Add 'program' column to connection
display for Tor 0.2.0 and above
    Minor Features
        o Refactor 'Network View' config pane to
make the config page load faster.
        o Make DNS requests asynchronous.
        o Make default server name uniform rather
than random 'TorKServer'
        o Simplified Chinese Translation from
nihui.
        o Implement general, server and client
status events
        o Add country servers to exclude list if
country blocked
        o Add TorK generated messages to Tor log
and flag accordingly.
        o Implement entry-guards status events
        o Update flags icon-set
    Bug Fixes
        o Remove most compiler warnings
        o Remove dependency on libkonq
        o Install torksocks using the path defined
at compilation
2007-06-01 Robert Hogan 
    TorK 0.17
    Major Features
        o Kicker applet
        o Konqueror plugin
        o Konqueror right-cliick actions
        o Add tor: io slave.
    Minor Features
        o Turkish translation (Emre Aladag, Inanc
Yildirgan, Mustafa Gunay, Ertugrul Erata)
    Minor Bug Fixes
        o Reset filters when server list fully
refreshed

2007-05-08 Robert Hogan 
    TorK 0.16
    **Important Bug Fix**
        o Konqueror settings to disable/enable
plugins/java/javascript were not being applied
          to all existing konqueror windows when
anonymity was toggled.
    Minor Features
        o Make DNS Leak warnings less noisy. The
rationale now is: If we see a DNS request 
          (noticing these is still not failsafe),
and an active Tor connection within the next 6
seconds
          then report a possible DNS leak. The
previous approach was to report possible leaks
          whenever a DNS request was noticed while
KDE/Konqueror were enabled for Tor.
        o Be more informative when KDE-wide
anonymity is toggled.
        o Add Pidgin to application list.
        o Point to
http://healthcheck.anonymityanywhere.com
    Bug Fixes
        o Change installation of GeoIP so that it
is internal to TorK, rather than system wide.
          This prevents crashes if the
installation is not 'as expected'.
        o Enforce 20KB as minimum bandwidth in
configuration module.

2007-04-30 Robert Hogan 
    Minor Features
        o If thttpd is installed, don't offer to
download it.
        o Add 'Run Server' button
        o Alert user that KDE's non-anonymous
settings have been restored when Tork is closed.
        o Beginnings of intro-wizard.
        o Speed up sliding notifications
        o Fix bug when stopping and restarting
connection to tor.
        o Show version of Tor in titlebar

2007-03-25 Robert Hogan 
    Major Features:
        o Add Pseudonymity button
        o Filter servers by country and by type.
        o Filter log events, traffic logs.
        o Display bandwidth per stream.
        o Dynamically block/prefer exits with
right-click.
        o Allow user to specify what bandwidth
should be allowed to Tor and when.
        o Allow user to select terminal type for
tor-ified ssh/telnet sessions.

    Minor Features
        o do not install libwhich and libgeoip
        o count our own seconds for bw events
        o Fix browser settings for opera/firefox
        o Combo select for tor session type
(beneath onion on main page)

    Bug Fixes
        o Really fix irritating window resizes
when long log messages displayed!