Do you use torpark? How practical is it to use and what are its pros and cons?

Answer 1

Yes, I use it, but mainly for surfing the net. It’s great if you don’t want people to track your IP. Other than that, I really don’t see many benefits. It’s slow to connect, especially if you’re using it from a USB drive, and it takes a lot longer to load pages from the internet. Plus, they've stated it's potentially unsafe to input sensitive information while using this browser.

Answer 2

Torpark is a launcher. Torpark launches unmodified versions of Mozilla Firefox and Tor and manages their process. However, Torpark launches Firefox using an external profile, instead of the one normally stored on your computer.

Here is basically how it works:

Torpark launches
Torpark checks to see if Torpark is already running. if so, offer to shutdown both.
TP checks to see if all needed files are found. If there is an INI it reads it.
TP checks to see if firefox is already running. if so, kill it.
TP launches Tor using a custom config file (torrc)
TP periodically checks to see if a tor circuit has been established by using an external program to query the control port.
If a circuit is established, launch FF with the external profile.
If no circuit, go to the timeout dialog and give options.
Periodically check to see if Firefox is still running. FF is tricky, it respawns its process and kills itself.
If firefox is no longer running, shut down tor, clean up, and exit.


Torpark itself is derived from John Haller's PortableFirefox, which is a firefox launcher. It does not include PortableFirefox as a component.

Answer 3

never used it, but have been reading about it. It seems to be good for private, secure communication. The cons seem to be that if there are not enough nodes nearby, it could be slow.