The message itself is encrypted so that the only people who can read the message are the person sending the message and the last person in the network before the message is sent to its destination (the exit node). and after multiple transfers it eventually gets to its destination. A message is generated by your kid and sent to random other users on the network who then send it to other random users on the network. and asks to forward the message to sends the message to reply by sending his message to and asks to forward the message to message passing setup completely bypasses the rule you put in your router to block from sending messages to is a VERY simplified example of how the Tor network works. they all agree that if they receive a message that is from one of these other people and not specifically addressed to them they will send it to that person on behalf of the original sender. This works great at preventing from talking with kids have this nasty habit of learning new things, and your kid discoverers that he can find 3 more random kids on the internet that are also having there messages blocked by there parents. However, lets pretend for sake of argument you dislike your kids friend and set a rule in your firewall (more likely the router) that messages destined for get thrown away. Imagine for a moment that your child is sending an email from to This message would attempt to find the shortest path between the computer that sent the email and the computer that it is destined for. so let me try and create an analogy that will help you better understand what is taking place. This description, while accurate, is not incredibly useful for people who dont understand the foundations of how the Internet works. The personal privacy of users, as well as their freedom and ability toĬonduct confidential communication by keeping their Internet

This includes 'visits to Web sites, online posts, instant messages,Īnd other communication forms'. It more difficult for Internet activity to be traced back to the user: Relays to conceal a user's location and usage from anyoneĬonducting network surveillance or traffic analysis.

Worldwide, volunteer network consisting of more than seven thousand Tor directs Internet traffic through a free, The name isĭerived from an acronym for the original software project name 'The Free software for enabling anonymous communication.

Tor meaning hacking