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Re: Tor TransPort on OpenBSD?



Christopher Davis <loafier@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On Sun, Aug 10, 2008 at 12:28:05PM -0600, macintoshzoom wrote:
 
> > Which one do you recommend?... I want latest TransPort and tor features 
> > and I'm on an experimental box, so I don't care too much about bugs if 
> > they are not a privacy/security issue, that is the main tor 
> > implementation goal.
> > 
> > I think I would like to go by now to stable 0.2.0.30 if TransPorts works 
> > as you tell, unless the alpha offers stunning new improvements... Do you 
> > know?

> I've been running 0.2.0.30 on FreeBSD for a few weeks, and the 
> transparent proxy functions well for my needs. I haven't used the 
> alpha version, so I can't tell you how it compares to stable. Perhaps 
> another user can respond.

The alpha releases work pretty well for me.

> If patching and rebuilding is too much trouble, then simply adjust the 
> permissions on /dev/pf, ie:
> 
> # chgrp torgroup /dev/pf
> # chmod 660 /dev/pf
> 
> Where 'torgroup' is the group Tor runs as. This should quiet the 
> errors.

Unless things changed recently, read permissions
are sufficient for DIOCNATLOOK on OpenBSD.

Fabian

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