A new release of our live-cd/dvd is ready for download. It supports LUKS-encrypted persistent storage with USB sticks or USB hard drives. You may use the wizard to prepare a pesistent storage media and keep your data files and settings over reboot.

We re-added the I2P router with a suitable configuration for live systems and added the client software for Wuala cloud storage. Contrary to Dropbox and other cloud services all files are encrypted before upload by Wuala. JonDoBrowser, Jitsi and others were updated to latest release versions.

A few weeks ago we started with the roll-out a a new server software on free mix cascades. This new version contains an additionally integrity check to improve security for users of JonDonym. Unfortunately the latest version has a bug which triggers the following error message in JonDo mostly in case of server overload:

In the last two weeks we have had an overload situation on free mix cascades because of outage of the free mix cascade provided by TU Dresden and time by time because of unexpected very high traffic on free cascades. In the last case it may be possible, the overload was the result on an attack by unknown third parties to disturb the operation of mix servers.

We are working together with TU Dresden to fix the bug and together with mix operators to improve the robustness against server overload. We're sorry for any inconvenience.

We installed new SSL certificates on our webservers. Only the following certificates are valid now:

• For our main domains anonymous-proxy-servers.net and www.anonym-surfen.de the SHA1 fingerprint of the valid HTTPS certificate is:

  89:33:DD:4C:45:AA:33:CD:21:38:5E:79:8B:7A:38:FE:11:A8:10:A3

• For all subdomains *.anonymous-proxy-servers.net (shop.anonymous-proxy-servers.net, storage.anonymous-proxy-servers.net and others) the SHA1 fingerprint of the valid HTTPS certificate is:

  6B:99:C0:75:B5:8D:AF:E0:72:)E:BF:0B:DA:26:CD:18:36:9C:65:63

Today JonDos GmbH launches a Bitcoin Shop. You my use our Bitcoin shop to buy Bitcoin anonymously and pay with Paysafecard. Paysafecard vouchers for the currencies euro and dollar are accepted.

Bitcoin is a digital currency and it uses peer-to-peer technology to operate with no central authority. Therefore, it does not depend on the monetary policy of any central bank, but rather evolves based on the user performing an activity. A long list of merchants accepts bitcoin for payment.

The theoretical roots of Bitcoin can be found in the Austrian school of economics led by Eugen v. Böhm-Bawerk, Ludwig Mises und Friedrich A. Hayek. The economists criticize the current fiat money system and the current money creation process in a fractional-reserve banking system. Friedrich A. Hayek wrote some influential publications like Denationalisation of Money (1976, PDF), in which he claims that governments should not have a monopoly over the issuance of money and for returning to money based on the gold standard.

At the moment Bitcoin is the most popular digital currency inspired by the Austrian scholl of economics. With cryptographic methods the problem of double spending was solved the the total number of available coins is limited. Therefore, it can be used for payment services.

Bitcoin is not perfect and it is discussed controversial, but we decided to support Bitcoin. Since July 2011 it is accept for payment for premium services by JonDos GmbH. Now we offer an anonymous Bitcoin Shop and you may find hints for anonymous administration of your wallet in our onine help.

Update 1: Because of licensing requirements and orders of BaFIN we can offer the Bitcoin shop only for our customers (the user of JonDonym). Please use our anonymisation service to get access to our Bitcoin shop.

Update 2: At the moment the pool of Bitcoins is sold very fast. We are working on a solution to supply the pool with new Bitcoins depending on the selling rate. But it will take a few days.

The version 0.9.29 is a major release of our live-cd. It is based on Debian "wheezy", offers improved hardware support and contains many bugfixes and other improvements. The new privacyfriendly browser JonDoBrowser is installed for web-surfing.

To meet the wishes of different user groups we offer two versions for download:

1. The CD version for anonymous internet communication with some small office tools
2. The DVD version with more office programs, tools for image manipulation, website development...

Download JonDo Live-CD / DVD

A new release of the Thunderbird add-on TorBirdy is now out. TorBirdy is the safest way to manage anonymous e-mail accounts with Mozilla Thunderbird together with anonymisation services like JonDonym or Tor but it's still quite experimental.

Download TorBirdy 0.0.13.1

We recommend the usage of Mozilla Thunderbird for anonymous e-mail accounts and explained the reasons in the former blog post Secure your E-Mail Usage.

The Thunderbird add-on TorBirdy simplifies the configuration of Thunderbird and implements security features for anonymous e-mail usage. We offer a newer version for download with small bugfixes and improvements, which are not available in the TorBirdy release published on the Mozilla add-on page until now. Install instructions and download links you may find in our online help at the page Anonymous e-mail accounts with Thunderbird .

We will launch a new mix server software next time. At first the cascade "Dresden" will switch to the new mix version on next monday morning UTC. The other free mix cascades will follow a few days later and the premium services in the next but one week in case of no problems.

The new mix server software implements an improved protocol with integrity checks recommeded by scientific research at the University Trondheim (Norway). Old JonDo proxy clients below version 0.16.001 will not be able to connect to the mix cascades any more. If you were running an old version, please update your JonDo proxy client. The latest version you may find at the download page.

JonDos GmbH sells JonDonym premium accounts forBitcoins. At the moment you can buy JonDonym premium coupons with Bitcoins in our webshop. Integration in JonDo comes with the next release of JonDo.

Bitcoin is a digital peer-to-peer currency without central authority. You can buy Bitcoins on several markets or earn some coins by providing computational power to the network.