Anonymity

How to use the anonymizing service

On the register card Configuration, the settings and the current status of the JAP concerning the connection to the anon service is displayed the within option Anonymity. If the check box Activate anonymous access is activated, the JAP directs all requests through the anon service. Directly below this, the URL of the first mix is displayed. Additionally, there is a status display that provides information about the service's usability. If you want to surf anonymously, it must show Status: active.

Please note that you must have connected to the Internet before activating anonymous access, since JAP establishes a permanent connection to the first mix. This connection still remains active even if you don't send any requests, since status information is periodically exchanged.

Please note that - as long as the anonymous access is activated - the automatic disconnection after a certain time of inactivity does not work, since JAP permanently gets status information from the Info Service.

Configuration

You can change the URL of the anon service if you want to use a different mix cascade. For this please click on the button Change.

Now there are three possibilities to choose another anon service:

Manually entering the anon service makes sense if there are alternative operators of mix cascades who work with the JAP protocol. Normally, only the first two settings should be used.