Freegate
Sign in to saveFreegate is a software application developed by Dynamic Internet Technology (DIT) that enables internet users to view websites blocked by their governments. The program takes advantage of a range of proxy servers called Dynaweb. This allows users to bypass Internet firewalls that block web sites by using DIT's Peer-to-peer (P2P)-like proxy network system. FreeGate's anti-censorship capability is further enhanced by a new, unique encryption and compression algorithm in the versions of 6.33 and above. Dynamic Internet Technology estimates Freegate had 200,000 users in 2004. The maintainer and CE
Key facts
- Software.name
- Freegate
- Software.screenshot
- Freegate screenshot.png
- Software.caption
- Freegate 7.27
- Software.developer
- Dynamic Internet Technology Inc. (DIT)
- Software.latest release version
- Freegate 8.03
- Software.repo
- https://github.com/freegate-release/
- Software.operating system
- Windows, Android mobile
- Software.language
- English, Chinese, Spanish
- Software.genre
- Anonymizer
- Software.license
- Freeware
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Wikidata facts
- Official website
- dit-inc.us/freegate.html
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- software version identifier
- 8.05
- issue tracker URL
- forums.internetfreedom.org/index.php?board=2.0
- inception
- 2002-03-00
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6 sectionsContents
- Dynaweb
- Creation and funding
- Malware reports
- See also
- References
- External links
Freegate is a software application developed by Dynamic Internet Technology (DIT) that enables internet users to view websites blocked by their governments. The program takes advantage of a range of proxy servers called Dynaweb. This allows users to bypass Internet firewalls that block web sites by using DIT's Peer-to-peer (P2P)-like proxy network system. FreeGate's anti-censorship capability is further enhanced by a new, unique encryption and compression algorithm in the versions of 6.33 and above. Dynamic Internet Technology estimates Freegate had 200,000 users in 2004. The maintainer and CEO of DIT is Bill Xia.
Freegate was one of a dozen circumvention tools evaluated by a Freedom House-funded report based on user experience from China in 2010, which include Hotspot Shield, Tor, and Ultrasurf. The tool is free to download.
Available in 11 languages
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