Hi John,<div><br></div><div>Yeah, the 133MHz CPU just isn't going to be fast enough for my needs, plus the extra ports is a bit over kill for this specific application. I know the gumstix is a higher price, but it is exactly what I needed. Thanks for the feedback though. All this neat hardware that people are sharing is giving me ideas for future projects.</div>
<div><br></div><div>- Kyle<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Dec 23, 2008 at 8:18 AM, Jonathan Yu <span dir="ltr"><<a href="http://jonathan.i.yu">jonathan.i.yu</a>@<a href="http://gmail.com">gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">Hi:<br>
<br>
What about the Soekris boards?<br>
<br>
The lowest end board, net4501, with a case is $173 USD.<br>
<br>
<a href="https://www.soekris.com/shop/product_info.php?products_id=75" target="_blank">https://www.soekris.com/shop/product_info.php?products_id=75</a><br>
<br>
133 Mhz CPU, 64 Mbyte SDRAM, 3 Ethernet, 2 Serial, CF socket, 1<br>
Mini-PCI socket, 3.3V PCI connector.<br>
<br>
The low processor speed may hinder encryption, but other than that, it<br>
looks like it would make a pretty good replacement for Gumstix.<br>
Probably not as small, though.<br>
<br>
It might be nice to note that these boards have been in production for<br>
a pretty long time and continue to be so. Also some firmwares like<br>
DD-WRT support this hardware.<br>
<br>
Cheers,<br>
<br>
Jon<br>
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On Sun, Dec 21, 2008 at 8:14 AM, Kyle Williams <<a href="mailto:kyle.kwilliams@gmail.com">kyle.kwilliams@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> Hello Everyone,<br>
> I've been working on a project for a couple of months now that I'm sure<br>
> would be of interest to some of you. The goal was to apply the same<br>
> transparent model coderman and I used with JanusVM and Tor VM into<br>
> hardware. I wanted something small that you could connect, power on, and<br>
> use. Literally plug-n-privacy. After several weeks of searching the web<br>
> looking at different hardware configuration, specs, etc, etc, I decided to<br>
> go with Gumstix(.com).<br>
> The privacy adapter is a ARM 400MHz Xscale CPU with 64MB RAM (@100MHz), 16MB<br>
> of Flash memory for storage, and *TWO* 10/100 NICs. It uses Linux for the<br>
> OS.<br>
> The first thought that many people get, including myself, have is that it is<br>
> not powerful enough to run Tor. Well, after 2 months of breaking this in,<br>
> I'm very happy with the results.<br>
> I ran this as a Tor server for about 4 days, and got a good baseline for how<br>
> much data it can handle. As a Tor server, it was pushing about 250KB/sec<br>
> (125KB in, 125 KB out).<br>
> As a Tor client, the best speed test I got was about 1.2MB/sec. BTW, that<br>
> was after about 45 minutes of "SIGNAL NEWNYM" and speedtest before I found a<br>
> fast circuit.<br>
> Here's the URL for what I've got so far.<br>
> <a href="http://www.janusvm.com/goldy/JanusPA/index.html" target="_blank">http://www.janusvm.com/goldy/JanusPA/index.html</a><br>
> It is lacking all forms of documentation, and the source code needs to be<br>
> cleaned up some.<br>
> It does have a general description, the index of the soon to come<br>
> documentation, openssl speed test benchmarks, pictures, and stats of when I<br>
> tested it as a Tor server.<br>
> After about two months of using it, I've never felt more secure and<br>
> satisfied when using Tor. This is a hardware router that routes your<br>
> traffic through the Tor network, it's small, and is easy to use. As for<br>
> security, all TCP and DNS are routed through Tor, and everything else is<br>
> dropped. So all the nasty side-channel attacks that us hackers have been<br>
> working on to leak your real IP address are rendered useless.<br>
> But there is good news and bad news.<br>
> The bad news:<br>
> The manufacture (Gumstix.com) is "Phasing Out" this particular setup at the<br>
> end of DECEMBER 2008!! That's in 10 days! Any orders after Dec. 31, 2008<br>
> will have to be in bulk orders, which is 120 or more units. Shitty.<br>
> Because of the short amount of time left to get this hardware, I've jumped<br>
> the gun and chosen to notify the Tor community about this hardware before it<br>
> is gone or out of a practical price range for most of us.<br>
> The good news:<br>
> I've been in communication with a very nice gentleman at gumstix who said<br>
> "Gumstix is also working on a netDUO expansion board for Overo, although a<br>
> release date has not been announced." There is reasonable hope that there<br>
> new motherboad product line (the Overo) will at some point have a dual NIC<br>
> expansion board.<br>
> So this is somewhat a conflicting situation. I've spent months working on<br>
> this awesome anonymity adpater, and it's about to be discontinued without<br>
> knowing an exact date as to when the new line with have the capabilities to<br>
> do what needs to be done. ugh. I'm very much looking forward to their new<br>
> product line when a dual NIC expansion board is available, but I don't know<br>
> when that'll be. If anyone is interested in this, but cannot afford to buy<br>
> hardware at the moment, please contact Don Anderson (<a href="mailto:don@gumstix.com">don@gumstix.com</a>)and<br>
> encourage the idea of extending their phase out date or express and interest<br>
> in a dual NIC expansion board for their new Overo product line.<br>
> If anyone is interested in getting a hardware based Tor solution, you might<br>
> want to consider buying a gumstix soon.<br>
> You'll need the following.<br>
> Connex 400mx Motherboard:<br>
> <a href="http://www.gumstix.com/store/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=27&products_id=136" target="_blank">http://www.gumstix.com/store/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=27&products_id=136</a><br>
> netDUO-mmc/SD expansion board:<br>
> <a href="http://gumstix.com/store/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=31&products_id=156" target="_blank">http://gumstix.com/store/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=31&products_id=156</a><br>
> 4.0v Power Adapter:<br>
> <a href="http://gumstix.com/store/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=28&products_id=148" target="_blank">http://gumstix.com/store/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=28&products_id=148</a><br>
> Screws and spacer kit:<br>
> <a href="http://gumstix.com/store/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=28&products_id=161" target="_blank">http://gumstix.com/store/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=28&products_id=161</a><br>
> This will run you $237.00 USD + shipping and handling.<br>
> I would also *HIGHLY* recommend the following because flashing the device<br>
> over the network is very, very risky and has resulted in me having to<br>
> re-flash it through the serial port many, many times.<br>
> Serial null-modem cable:<br>
> <a href="http://gumstix.com/store/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=28&products_id=85" target="_blank">http://gumstix.com/store/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=28&products_id=85</a><br>
> Serial port connector:<br>
> <a href="http://gumstix.com/store/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=31&products_id=106" target="_blank">http://gumstix.com/store/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=31&products_id=106</a><br>
> This will run you $32.00 USD.<br>
> If anyone is seriously thinking about a good hardware based solution for<br>
> Tor, I'd buy the gumstix now. In fact, I just bought a couple more just in<br>
> case mine breaks. I'll have the source code up withing a week, two tops The<br>
> FULL documentation will take about a bit longer to get done.<br>
> Well, that's about it. Feedback is welcome.<br>
><br>
> Best Regards,<br>
> Kyle<br>
> PS. Happy Holidays!<br>
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