Re: What happened with the Tor USB Keychain idea?

On 9/9/05, Arrakis Tor <arrakistor@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

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
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> > 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.
> > >
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> > >  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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