Free VPN

Beard · 08-14-2006

I wonder how good this really is.

http://www.anchorfree.com/hotspot-shield/

dakkon2k · 08-14-2006

I'm wondering what spam/spyware it installs.

streaker69 · 08-14-2006

Quote:

Originally Posted by dakkon2k

I'm wondering what spam/spyware it installs.

Download it, install it, report back.

dakkon2k · 08-14-2006

Quote:

Originally Posted by streaker69

Download it, install it, report back.

mmmm`kay doing so now. Will report back in a few... maybe

dakkon2k · 08-14-2006

Some heavy requirements to use it!

Quote:

Technical Requirements: Hotspot Shield runs on Windows 2000/XP and higher

Don't have a XP Home/Media Center or Vista machine to test on, sorry.
Heres the License Agreement:

Quote:

Hotspot Shield

This program is distributed by Anchorfree in the hope that it will
be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty
of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY Anchorfree ``AS IS'' AND ANY
EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE
IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL Anchorfree
BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL,
SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT
NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES;
LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION)
HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT,
STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE)
ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED
OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.

Install starts @ 1.8megs, finishes at 5.3megs. They use the Nullsoft installer.

OK, here is the license.txt file:

Quote:

Hotspot Shield

Copyright (C) 2002-2006 OpenVPN Solutions LLC <info@openvpn.net>
All Rights Reserved

This distribution contains multiple components, some
of which fall under different licenses. By using Hotspot Shield
or any of the bundled components enumerated below, you
agree to be bound by the conditions of the license for
each respective component.

Hotspot Shield license:
------------------------

Copyright (C) 2002-2006 OpenVPN Solutions LLC <info@openvpn.net>
All Rights Reserved

This license entitles you to use (but not redistribute) the Hotspot Shield
software during the three month period starting April 10, 2006 thru
July 10, 2006. By agreeing to this license agreement, you agree to uninstall
all copies of this software by July 11, 2006.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY OpenVPN Solutions LLC. ``AS IS'' AND ANY
EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE
IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL OpenVPN Solutions LLC.
BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL,
SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT
NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES;
LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION)
HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT,
STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE)
ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED
OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.

Windows DDK Samples:
--------------------

The Windows binary distribution includes devcon.exe, a
Microsoft DDK sample which is redistributed under the terms
of the DDK EULA.

NSIS License:
-------------

Copyright (C) 2002-2003 Joost Verburg

This software is provided 'as-is', without any express or implied
warranty. In no event will the authors be held liable for any damages
arising from the use of this software.

Permission is granted to anyone to use this software for any purpose,
including commercial applications, and to alter it and redistribute
it freely, subject to the following restrictions:

1. The origin of this software must not be misrepresented;
you must not claim that you wrote the original software.
If you use this software in a product, an acknowledgment in the
product documentation would be appreciated but is not required.
2. Altered versions must be plainly marked as such,
and must not be misrepresented as being the original software.
3. This notice may not be removed or altered from any distribution.

OpenSSL License:
----------------

The OpenSSL toolkit stays under a dual license, i.e. both the conditions of
the OpenSSL License and the original SSLeay license apply to the toolkit.
See below for the actual license texts. Actually both licenses are BSD-style
Open Source licenses. In case of any license issues related to OpenSSL
please contact openssl-core@openssl.org.

/* ================================================== ==================
* Copyright (c) 1998-2003 The OpenSSL Project. All rights reserved.
*
* Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
* modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
* are met:
*
* 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
* notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
*
* 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
* notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in
* the documentation and/or other materials provided with the
* distribution.
*
* 3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this
* software must display the following acknowledgment:
* "This product includes software developed by the OpenSSL Project
* for use in the OpenSSL Toolkit. (http://www.openssl.org/)"
*
* 4. The names "OpenSSL Toolkit" and "OpenSSL Project" must not be used to
* endorse or promote products derived from this software without
* prior written permission. For written permission, please contact
* openssl-core@openssl.org.
*
* 5. Products derived from this software may not be called "OpenSSL"
* nor may "OpenSSL" appear in their names without prior written
* permission of the OpenSSL Project.
*
* 6. Redistributions of any form whatsoever must retain the following
* acknowledgment:
* "This product includes software developed by the OpenSSL Project
* for use in the OpenSSL Toolkit (http://www.openssl.org/)"
*
* THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE OpenSSL PROJECT ``AS IS'' AND ANY
* EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE
* IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
* PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE OpenSSL PROJECT OR
* ITS CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL,
* SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT
* NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES;
* LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION)
* HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT,
* STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE)
* ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED
* OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
* ================================================== ==================
*
* This product includes cryptographic software written by Eric Young
* (eay@cryptsoft.com). This product includes software written by Tim
* Hudson (tjh@cryptsoft.com).
*
*/

Original SSLeay License
-----------------------

/* Copyright (C) 1995-1998 Eric Young (eay@cryptsoft.com)
* All rights reserved.
*
* This package is an SSL implementation written
* by Eric Young (eay@cryptsoft.com).
* The implementation was written so as to conform with Netscapes SSL.
*
* This library is free for commercial and non-commercial use as long as
* the following conditions are aheared to. The following conditions
* apply to all code found in this distribution, be it the RC4, RSA,
* lhash, DES, etc., code; not just the SSL code. The SSL documentation
* included with this distribution is covered by the same copyright terms
* except that the holder is Tim Hudson (tjh@cryptsoft.com).
*
* Copyright remains Eric Young's, and as such any Copyright notices in
* the code are not to be removed.
* If this package is used in a product, Eric Young should be given attribution
* as the author of the parts of the library used.
* This can be in the form of a textual message at program startup or
* in documentation (online or textual) provided with the package.
*
* Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
* modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
* are met:
* 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the copyright
* notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
* 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
* notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
* documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
* 3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software
* must display the following acknowledgement:
* "This product includes cryptographic software written by
* Eric Young (eay@cryptsoft.com)"
* The word 'cryptographic' can be left out if the rouines from the library
* being used are not cryptographic related :-).
* 4. If you include any Windows specific code (or a derivative thereof) from
* the apps directory (application code) you must include an acknowledgement:
* "This product includes software written by Tim Hudson (tjh@cryptsoft.com)"
*
* THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY ERIC YOUNG ``AS IS'' AND
* ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE
* IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE
* ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE
* FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL
* DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS
* OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION)
* HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT
* LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY
* OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
* SUCH DAMAGE.
*
* The licence and distribution terms for any publically available version or
* derivative of this code cannot be changed. i.e. this code cannot simply be
* copied and put under another distribution licence
* [including the GNU Public Licence.]
*/

OK, I know I'ma `tard for not have windiff or something similar to see what they really did.

Testimonials:
or `tard-a-monials
"This is cool. You guys are the only free solution I've found that really works."
- John (San Francisco, CA)

"I didn't think I needed something like this, until recently when I had my computer accessed at a Cafe. Thanks for the useful tool."
- Jeremy (Chicago, IL)

OK now for some info:
The Hotspot Shield Control Panel is a Javascript/Ajax application which cannot run unless Javascript is supported and enabled in the browser.
Outgoing port: 8041, UDP to: 209.128.101.114, 74.52.44.18, 74.52.44.34,
Outgoing port: 8042, UDP to: 209.128.101.114, 74.52.44.18, 74.52.44.34
Outgoing port: 8043, UDP to: 74.52.44.18
Outgoing port: 8044, UDP to: 74.52.44.34, 74.52.44.18

config
State: Connected
VPN IP Address: 10.207.80.6
VPN Server Address: 74.52.44.18

They do list alot of "Commercial" free hotspots, no adds or pop-ups. Then again FF w/NoScript+Adblock.

Gives you a little system tray icon.

Over all free is free, somewhere they have to make a $0.10 to keep those 3 servers running. I'm guessing its from saleing services to the businesses they list in the Wifi Finder list.

I know, most anyone can get a ssl/vpn box setup and running at home for next to nothing. Yes it would safer, more secure if you did it your self too.

Bottom line, it appears to work.

streaker69 · 08-14-2006

Nice report, you get a B+ and you get to stay after class and clap the erasers.

Beard · 08-14-2006

Thanks for the report. It could be useful then for those of us that travel alot and can't maintain a personel vpn box. [If I used Windows much.}

beakmyn · 08-15-2006

Anything in there about "anonymous" logging of internet activity through the VPN?

goldfndr · 08-21-2006

Quote:

This license entitles you to use (but not redistribute) the Hotspot Shield software during the three month period starting April 10, 2006 thru July 10, 2006. By agreeing to this license agreement, you agree to uninstall all copies of this software by July 11, 2006.

That seems rather forbidding.

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Beard Talking softly Join Date: May 2005 Location: Ozark mountains, Arkansas Posts: 349	Thanks for the report. It could be useful then for those of us that travel alot and can't maintain a personel vpn box. [If I used Windows much.} __________________ Beard "We hold these truths to be self evident".... Religous: "Thou shalt not steal." Amish: "You shall burn in hell for theft of wifi." {courtesy streaker69} Secular: What's on the books. {courtesy beakmyn} Redneck; "Thievin' bastard, [blam, blam]" Solutions for the most common problems or questions of new members are here, here, and here .

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