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The-Tor-Project<\/a><\/h1>

The The-Tor-Project<\/a> is a Massachusetts<\/a>-based 501(c)(3) research-education nonprofit organization that maintains the Tor-Network<\/a>. Founded in 2006 by computer scientists Roger-Dingledine<\/a> and Nick-Mathewson<\/a>, the organization focuses on providing tools for Online-Anonymity<\/a> and bypassing Internet-Censorship<\/a>. The core technology, Onion-Routing<\/a>, was developed in the mid-1990s by employees of the United-States-Naval-Research-Laboratory<\/a>, including Paul-Syverson<\/a>, to protect U.S.-Intelligence<\/a> communications. According to the official history<\/a>, the project transitioned into a community-led effort in the early 2000s with support from the Electronic-Frontier-Foundation<\/a>.<\/p>

The primary tool provided by the project is the Tor-Browser<\/a>, a modified version of