


The Tor software is now developed by the Tor Project, a research/education, non-profit organization that receives a diverse base of financial support. Tor became an Electronic Frontier Foundation ( EFF) project in late 2004, and the EFF supported Tor financially until November 2005. Naval Research Laboratory as a method for communicating online anonymously. (The name derives from the original software project name, The Onion Router.) Tor directs Internet traffic through a free, worldwide, volunteer network consisting of more than 7,000 relays to conceal a user's location and usage from anyone conducting network surveillance or traffic analysis. Free software for enabling anonymous communication.
