Author: phobos Date: 2011-03-30 00:19:31 +0000 (Wed, 30 Mar 2011) New Revision: 24506 Modified: website/trunk/about/en/overview.wml Log: copy the inception paragraph from torusers over to overview, since clearly paranoids don't read anything but what they want to read. Modified: website/trunk/about/en/overview.wml =================================================================== --- website/trunk/about/en/overview.wml 2011-03-29 21:18:00 UTC (rev 24505) +++ website/trunk/about/en/overview.wml 2011-03-30 00:19:31 UTC (rev 24506) @@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ <h3>Topics</h3> <ul> <li><a href="<page about/overview>#overview">Overview</a></li> + <li><a href="<page about/overview>#inception">Inception</a></li> <li><a href="<page about/overview>#whyweneedtor">Why we need Tor</a></li> <li><a href="<page about/overview>#thesolution">The Solution</a></li> <li><a href="<page about/overview>#hiddenservices">Hidden services</a></li> @@ -26,6 +27,19 @@ <!-- END SIDEBAR --> <hr> + + <a name="inception"></a> + <h3><a class="anchor" href="#inception">Inception</a></h3> + + <p> + Tor was originally designed, implemented, and deployed as a + third-generation <a href="http://www.onion-router.net/">onion routing + project of the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory</a>. It was originally + developed with the U.S. Navy in mind, for the primary purpose of + protecting government communications. Today, it is used every day + for a wide variety of purposes by normal people, the military, + journalists, law enforcement officers, activists, and many + others. </p> <p> Tor is a network of virtual tunnels that allows people and groups to