Full title in original language:
Surfing the Web Anonymously - The Good and Evil of the Anonymizer
Education level:
University University (18+ years)Topic / subtopic:
Cybercrime Cybercrime investigationTarget audience:
Students,
Teachers / Lecturers
Type of resource:
Publication / Article
Languages:
English
Region of relevance:
Global
Access:
open access
Individual authors:
Peter Chow
Publication year:
2014
Published by:
SANS Institute
Copyright holder:
© Peter Chow, SANS Institute
Contact name and address:
SANS Institute
Contact email:
emea@sans.org
Key themes:
cyber, cybercrime, forensic, investigation, web, surf, Anonymizer
Links:
Short description:
Companies of all sizes spend large amounts of time, resources and money to ensure that their network resources and Internet connections are not being misused. They hire the best Information Technology Professionals, however, even the most technically challenged end user, with very little technical skills, can find creative ways to circumvent firewall rules and bypass blocked websites. This paper will describe how an anonymizer or an anonymous proxy can bypass firewall rules and weaken the ability to enforce Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability (CIA triad) in a network infrastructure. On the other hand, an anonymizer can be used for good, and is a useful way to hide IP addresses to surf the web anonymously.