Cyber warfare
Austin Heap says
Freegate has cut Iran’s access by 75% after being hit with the realities of technical limitations. Private individuals cannot run Freegate “nodes” or servers as the
source code nor binary for the server are available. Freegate runs all
their “nodes” internally.
July 3 2009 update
THE NEEDLE IN THE HAYSTACK
In the upcoming days, Daniel Colascione and [Austin Heap] will release a new
program to provide unfiltered internet access to the people of Iran. A
software package for Windows, Mac and Unix systems, called Haystack,
will specifically target the Iranian government’s web filtering
mechanisms.
Similar to Freegate, the program directed against China’s “great
firewall,” once installed Haystack will provide completely uncensored
access to the internet in Iran while simultaneously protecting the
user’s identity. No more Facebook blocks, no more government warning
pages when you try to load Twitter, just unfiltered Internet.
04-07-2009
HACKING
Use these instructions to disable websites attempting to identify Iranian protesters:
sahandnews.com is
hunting down protesters: Go to START click RUN & type ping -t -l
60000 174.142.31.49 to attack and destroy!
gerdab.ir is hunting down protesters: Go to START click RUN & type ping -t -l 60000 81.12.13.144 to attack and destroy!
Hackers, use your skills! Nasty gvt website tracking protesters is asking desperatly hacked! http://ow.ly/fMWc
This guy claims his
virtual machine will slow down only the target, not the entire Iranian web.
PROXIES
If you are in Iran, use
IP Rental or another service set up for you to refresh your IP adresses instantly, constantly and for free. Secure your anonymity.
plz email proxies to gr88proxies@googlegroups.com
TOR
Tor is a program that allows people to bypass firewalls and use the
internet anonymously. Communications from Iran are being actively
filtered and they are trying to block some proxies too. Here is a
step-by-step tutorial to set up Tor and help Iranians access the web without getting detained, tortured.
When you get the Tor running, post it
here
SPAMMING
Usually spam is a 4 letter word, but in this context comment spamming is an important way of stressing, confounding state press core, officials and politicians concerned with national image:
"Irans propaganda machine: http://www.presstv.ir/ You can post messages to their news lies. Go give them hell: post post post"
INFO-WAR
In a country like Iran, the government rules the media. The Media can
only report what they are allowed to report, once the news passes the
official censors. The idea is to get news from the outside world circulating in Iran, forwarded as
emails or printed and circulated by hand. The plan is to send enough material into Iran that even if a
secretary picks up a fax, she can read a bit of information before she
passes it on, or tosses the fax.
Irancontacts is all about getting so much information into Iran that the censors cannot catch it all!