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title: Encryptthe.net!
description: Guide on how to protect yourself on the internet.
extends: base.j2
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<p>This site will talk about the easy steps you can take to encrypt your traffic on the internet.  Encrypting your traffic increases your privacy, keeps your data secure when using public access points and prevents ISPs and governments from illegally capturing and mining your traffic.</p>
<p>There will be different sections for people of different technical levels from end-users to the web masters to system administrators.</p>
<p>Protect your data, encryptthe.net!</p>
<p>Why would I need to encrypt my internet traffic?</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/11/04/firesheep_theatre/">Software engineer blogs own Starbucks wiretap</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/01/22/nsa_dismissal/">NSA beats warrantless wiretap rap</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.eff.org/nsa/faq">EFF's NSA Spying FAQ</a></li>
<li><a href="https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Secrecy_of_correspondence">Secrecy of correspondence</a> &mdash; The constitution does not explicately guarantee privacy of correspondences.</li>
<li><a href="https://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/12/29/senate_fisa_extension_vote/">Senate votes to continue FISA domestic spying through 2017</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/01/31/github_ssl_man_in_the_middle_attack/">Great Firewall architects fingered for GitHub attack</a></li>
<li><a href="https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2013/03/09/apple-finally-adopts-https-for-the-app-store-here-is-why-it-matters/">Apple finally adopts HTTPS for the App Store - here's why it matters</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/06/06/verizon_handing_all_customer_data_tonsa/">Leaked docs show NSA collects data on all Verizon customers</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/08/08/lavabit_shuts_down/"></a>Snowden's secure email provider Lavabit shuts down under gag order</li>
<li><a href="https://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/08/16/nsa_internal_audit_privacy_violations/">NSA coughs to 1000s of unlawful acts of snooping on US soil since 2008</a></li>
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what can I do?

sysadmin:
install certificate on mail server  (sendmail by default uses TLS if available, even if it can't veriy the cert)
get a real certificate for your https web site
redirect all non-https requests to https

user:
turn on encryption on bittorrent
use gpg or S/MIME for email
make sure you are using an SSL protected IMAP/POP connection
enable whole disk encryption
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</ul>
<p>Some useful links:</p>
<ul>
<li>DNS Related:
<ul>
<li><a href="https://dnscurve.org/">DNSCurve</a></li>
<li><a href="https://datatracker.ietf.org/wg/dane/">DANE - DNS-based Authentication of Named Entities</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Web/HTTP Related:
<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.eff.org/https-everywhere">HTTPS Everywhere</a> (Firefox plugin)</li>
<li><a href="https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Strict_Transport_Security">Strict Transport Security</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Transport Related:
<ul>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datagram_Transport_Layer_Security">Datagram Transport Layer Security</a></li>
<li><a href="https://curvecp.org/">CurveCP</a> &mdash; Uses UDP instead of TCP</li>
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</ul>
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</ul>
<p>Comments and suggestions can be emailed to <a href="mailto:iwill@encryptthe.net">iwill@encryptthe.net</a></p>