Re: What happened with the Tor USB Keychain idea?

[Arrakis Tor <arrakistor@xxxxxxxxx>]

The one offered for $45 uses Damn Small Linux.

The one we want will just be a FAT with files to autorun under a win32 environ.

On 9/9/05, ADB <firefox-gen@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>  So is this Win32 specific binaries, or does it utilize some kind of Damn
> Small Linux like distro?
>  ~Andrew
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>  Arrakis Tor wrote: 
>  Okay, great, we have linux tor on a USB keychain for $45...
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> Anyone interested in testing or helping me develop a USB image for
> Firefox/Tor/Privoxy, or Deer Park/Tor?
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> 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...
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> 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.
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> ST
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> On 9/9/05, ADB <firefox-gen@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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>  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.
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>  Bryan L. Fordham wrote: 
>  On Fri, Sep 09, 2005 at 10:29:53AM -0500, Arrakis Tor wrote:
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>  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?
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>  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.
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> --B
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