Re: What happened with the Tor USB Keychain idea?

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

DPA2 is Deer Park Alpha 2, the code named latest Firefox release,
which of course has the internal option to do remote DNS resolution,
enabling us to drop privoxy from the image.

ST

On 9/9/05, Arrakis Tor <arrakistor@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> The one offered for $45 uses Damn Small Linux.
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> The one we want will just be a FAT with files to autorun under a win32 environ.
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> 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...
> >
> > 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...
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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.
> >
> > 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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