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Comparison between the IDzap free anonymous browsing service
with the IDsecure browsing service
From a security and privacy point of view,
we can think of a web request and its response
as consisting of three major components:
the information on the user (e.g. IP address, browser type,
address of previous page visited, ...) who makes the request,
the web address (URL) of the web page,
and the content of the web page.
In the IDzap anonymous browsing services,
the page requests are made through the IDzap server,
and hence the destination web site does not know who
actually makes the page request.
In most practical situations, the user connects through
an ISP (or your company firewall) before reaching
the IDzap servers. The situation is as shown in the Figure.
That is, all the traffic that the user generates
goes through the ISP or the company firewall.
Hence, it is entirely possible that the ISP, firwewall admin person,
or any eavesdropper who listens to the signal in the wire,
can find out about all the activities of the web user.
In light of these problems,
our IDzap engineers developed the IDsecure service
with the security features to fully protect the privacy
of the web surfers.
The IDsecure service offers the following security features:
- Blocks the user information from reaching the destination web site,
- Secures the channel between the user and the IDzap server,
- Uses advanced encryption technology to encrypt the URL,
(hence the address information is hidden from both the ISP,
firewall admin, and any eavesdropper),
- Uses SSL connections to protect
the content of the web pages in transit,
- Supports retrieval of secure (SSL) pages from destination web sites,
- Provides a mechanism for the user to configure security parameters
including
- Blocks cookies
- Blocks javascript
- Encrypt history folder
- Blocks transmission of "Referer" variable (this variable tells
the destination web site the address of the previous web page
visited)
- Blocks transmission of browser type
Thus, all three components (user information, URL, and page content)
are protected by the IDsecure service.
The IDsecure service is priced at $15 per quarter (3 months)
or $50 per year.
To enjoy all the IDsecure advantages,
please click here
to subscribe.
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