<div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, May 30, 2011 at 1:35 AM, Runa A. Sandvik <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:runa.sandvik@gmail.com">runa.sandvik@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
<div class="im">On Mon, May 30, 2011 at 12:21 AM, Jacob Appelbaum <<a href="mailto:jacob@appelbaum.net">jacob@appelbaum.net</a>> wrote:<br>
> On Sat, May 28, 2011 at 11:52 PM, Runa A. Sandvik <<a href="mailto:runa.sandvik@gmail.com">runa.sandvik@gmail.com</a>><br>
> wrote:<br>
>><br>
>> Hi everyone,<br>
>><br>
>> DreamPlug is a new plug computer from GlobalScale Technologies:<br>
>> <a href="http://www.globalscaletechnologies.com/c-5-dreamplugs.aspx" target="_blank">http://www.globalscaletechnologies.com/c-5-dreamplugs.aspx</a>. The spec<br>
>> looks good, it runs Ubuntu by default and it doesn't cost too much. I<br>
>> thought that the DreamPlug was going to be very user friendly and a<br>
>> potential candidate for the Torouter project. (Maybe) I was wrong.<br>
>><br>
>><br>
>> When the SheevaPlug came out a couple of years ago, it shipped with a<br>
>> web interface that enabled users to change various network options. I<br>
>> thought the DreamPlug would ship with some kind of interface as well<br>
>> (and my plan was to just plug in a Tor page). This is not the case; it<br>
>> ships with lighthttpd by default and displays a static and very simple<br>
>> placeholder page on 192.168.1.1.<br>
><br>
> That's great news. A complex web app is just a giant PITA and huge attack<br>
> surface anyhow.<br>
<br>
</div>Yeah, that's true.<br>
<div class="im"><br>
>> If we want to use the DreamPlug for the Torouter, we will have to<br>
>> write a web interface for easy configuration of Tor. The interface<br>
>> should probably also provide options to better secure the DreamPlug.<br>
>> Downloading and installing Tor isn't a problem, but the configuration<br>
>> side of things can be tricky for users who aren't used to the command<br>
>> line.<br>
><br>
> Or perhaps we can just turn Tor on by default, ship tor-fw-helper and write<br>
> a basic status of Tor out to a static html file?<br>
<br>
</div>Users who aren't familiar with the command line will probably still<br>
have a problem configuring Tor. I think that a webui package in<br>
Debian/Ubuntu is the best way to go.<br>
<div class="im"><br></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Why would they have to configure anything on our router? They just need to open a port or let it happen automatically, right?</div><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
<div class="im">
>><br>
>> Thoughts? Comments?<br>
>><br>
><br>
> The Freedombox will likely run on the dream plug, it's the reference<br>
> platform. I think we should work on ensuring that if we ship a dream plug,<br>
> we ship a freedombox pre-configured to run Tor - this will likely be the<br>
> case with the FB anyway:<br>
> <a href="http://wiki.debian.org/FreedomBox" target="_blank">http://wiki.debian.org/FreedomBox</a><br>
> Basically Tor needs some kind of webui package in Debian and we'd be good to<br>
> go.<br>
<br>
</div>Yep, sounds good.<br>
<div><div></div><div class="h5"><br>
--<br>
Runa A. Sandvik<br>
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