Re: What happened with the Tor USB Keychain idea?

[Matt Thorne <mlthorne@xxxxxxxxx>]

good news as of:

http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?p=1618884

 in the second post they say that they have already used DPA2 with the portable file thumb system.

the posts also said that while it worked, there was a slightly noticable lag with the DPA release over the standard stable release while using the portable thumb drive. (something about it not being compressed the same way...)

I will try it out my self later on tonight and let you know what I find.

 

On 9/9/05, Matt Thorne <mlthorne@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

ok. I will lookinto this and get back to you later on tonight. prolly around 6 ish EST.

I will do what I can.

 

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

Break the DPA2 core so we can get it shoehorned into the portable firefox!

I actually contacted the developer to ask him how we can do this, or
if he had plans to develop it...

ST

On 9/9/05, Matt Thorne <mlthorne@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> ok. cool. can do. what part do I need to break?
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> 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.
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> > On 9/9/05, Arrakis Tor <arrakistor@xxxxxxxxx > wrote:
> > > 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.
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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
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >  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...
> > > >
> > > > 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:
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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?
> > > >
> > > >  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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