Bug#885705: RFP: reqrypt - a HTTP request tunneling tool
Package: wnpp
Severity: wishlist
Package name : reqrypt
Version : 1.3.1
URL : https://reqrypt.org/reqrypt.html
License : GPLv3
ReQrypt is a free tool for bypassing a local adversary. This includes:
ISP-level URL-filtering (a.k.a. censorship) systems;
ISP or government data-logging/snooping systems; and
ISP or local network forced transparent proxying.
Unlike other anti-censorship tools, ReQrypt does not rely on a network of friendly proxy severs. Instead, ReQrypt works more like a user-controllable routing tool, that lets the user redirecting outbound packets through one or more encrypted tunnel(s) -- bypassing the local adversary. ReQrypt does not affect inbound traffic, which is sent via the normal route.
ReQrypt has the following advantages:
Since ReQrypt does not rely on proxy servers, your IP address will not be changed. To the remote web server, it appears as though your traffic was sent directly from your PC unchanged (save for TTL values and fragmentation).
Since inbound packets are sent directly from the web server to your browser, and not via a proxy server, ReQrypt is fast.
(For tunnel operators): running a ReQrypt server is cheaper than running a proxy server, since outbound traffic (web requests) is usually much smaller than inbound traffic (web responses).
ReQrypt is effective against most lightweight filtering/logging systems that are popular in western countries, since such systems usually only intercept outbound traffic. Intercepting inbound traffic is generally more expensive and technically challenging, thus is usually ignored.
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