[tor-talk] Tor Gateway and Tor Workstation by ra [was: remove any all links from torproject.com to JanusVM]

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> Is Ra's Tor gateway VM
> <http://ra.fnord.at/2011/05/easy-and-secure-anonymous-internet-usage/>
> safe to use on trusted host machines?

I wouldn't use it. This story is similar to JanusVM.
https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/wiki/doc/JanusVM

Dunno when ra last time updated the software package but the blog entry
was last edited May 29, 2011 while latest Tor release is from December
16th, 2011. Which means ra's package probable does not contain the latest
version of Tor.

Many people (ra, JanusVM, me) are interested in deploying something ra
calls 'Tor Workstation', which might not be the most bad name. (an
isolated machine which routes everything transparently through Tor)

As long as this project isn't an official Tor package it seams somewhat
difficult to keep it as current as the latest Tor release. People get busy
with their lives, forget about the project or loose interest. Problematic
thing about this is that Tor users will still find old discussions on
Google and still download and use potentially dangerous old Tor versions.

> It's an OpenWRT VM with virtual LAN
> routed through Tor.
>
>  It seems to borrow from the Torouter project
> <https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/wiki/doc/Torouter>. One of the
> Torouter's prototypes uses OpenWRT
> <https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/wiki/doc/OpenWRT>. But Torouter
> is a hardware device that provides WiFi access to Tor (and serves as a
> bridge) whereas Ra's Tor gateway is a VM. Is that a crucial difference?

I would say so. Of course it is always better if you do not use virtual
machines but therefore extra real hardware.

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