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Re: What happened with the Tor USB Keychain idea?



In that case, break apart DPA2, and we'll get to work on the firefox
update so we don't have to use privoxy.

On 9/9/05, Matt Thorne <mlthorne@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I would be more than happy to help test/design this... although how good I
> would be at designing i don't know. 
> I am good at breaking things reliably... not at making them work.
> 
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>  
> On 9/9/05, Arrakis Tor <arrakistor@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: 
> > Okay, great, we have linux tor on a USB keychain for $45...
> > 
> > Anyone interested in testing or helping me develop a USB image for 
> > Firefox/Tor/Privoxy, or Deer Park/Tor?
> > 
> > This should be a 1 hour project, i think, if we can get deerpark alpha
> > 2 portable version... else we have to resort to the damn privoxy...
> > 
> > The advantage is you don't have to run an OS, it is completely 
> > configed for windows, with autorun.inf interface, can fit on 32/64mb
> > (?), runs firefox, and is free.
> > 
> > ST
> > 
> > 
> > On 9/9/05, ADB <firefox-gen@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: 
> > >  Unless you specify in torrrc, it's going to save configs, keys, etc. to
> the
> > > local system, which is not good obviously! as for ease-of-use, does
> Portable
> > > Firefox, etc. do a complete RAW FS format of the memory card, or does it
> > > just install by copying stuff to a folder or whatever? If it's the
> former,
> > > and the code is available, it wouldn't be that hard to come up w/ an FS
> > > image with all that software on it. All you'd have to do would be to
> install 
> > > the image to the USB stick, and there you'd be, pending a few config
> tweaks
> > > afterwards of course.
> > >
> > >
> > >  Bryan L. Fordham wrote:
> > >  On Fri, Sep 09, 2005 at 10:29:53AM -0500, Arrakis Tor wrote: 
> > >
> > >
> > >  I like the idea of the self-contained firefox and tor client on a
> > > keychain. Did anyone discover if this would work? Is there a Deer Park
> > > (outsourced DNS) firefox that is mobile yet? 
> > >
> > >  I got portable firefox, and installed the regular version of tor
> (windows)
> > > onto the thumbdrive. Worked fine, as far as I could tell. I never paid
> much
> > > attention to what, if anything, tor saved in user settings or whatever. 
> > >
> > > --B
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