<div>good news as of:</div>
<div><a href="http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?p=1618884">http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?p=1618884</a></div>
<div> in the second post they say that they have already used DPA2 with the portable file thumb system. </div>
<div>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...)
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<div>I will try it out my self later on tonight and let you know what I find. <br><br> </div>
<div><span class="gmail_quote">On 9/9/05, <b class="gmail_sendername">Matt Thorne</b> <<a href="mailto:mlthorne@gmail.com">mlthorne@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</span>
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<div>ok. I will lookinto this and get back to you later on tonight. prolly around 6 ish EST. </div>
<div>I will do what I can.<br><br> </div>
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<div><span class="gmail_quote">On 9/9/05, <b class="gmail_sendername">Arrakis Tor</b> <<a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="mailto:arrakistor@gmail.com" target="_blank">arrakistor@gmail.com</a>
> wrote:</span>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">Break the DPA2 core so we can get it shoehorned into the portable firefox!<br><br>I actually contacted the developer to ask him how we can do this, or
<br>if he had plans to develop it...<br><br>ST<br><br>On 9/9/05, Matt Thorne <<a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="mailto:mlthorne@gmail.com" target="_blank">mlthorne@gmail.com</a>> wrote:
<br>> ok. cool. can do. what part do I need to break?<br>><br>> <br>><br>> On 9/9/05, Arrakis Tor <<a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="mailto:arrakistor@gmail.com" target="_blank">
arrakistor@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>> > DPA2 is Deer Park Alpha 2, the code named latest Firefox release,<br>> > which of course has the internal option to do remote DNS resolution, <br>> > enabling us to drop privoxy from the image.
<br>> ><br>> > ST<br>> ><br>> ><br>> ><br>> > On 9/9/05, Arrakis Tor <<a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="mailto:arrakistor@gmail.com" target="_blank">arrakistor@gmail.com
</a>> wrote:<br>> > > The one offered for $45 uses Damn Small Linux.<br>> > ><br>> > > The one we want will just be a FAT with files to autorun under a win32<br>> environ.<br>> > >
<br>> > > On 9/9/05, ADB <<a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="mailto:firefox-gen@walala.org" target="_blank">firefox-gen@walala.org</a>> wrote:<br>> > > > So is this Win32 specific binaries, or does it utilize some kind of
<br>> Damn<br>> > > > Small Linux like distro?<br>> > > > ~Andrew<br>> > > ><br>> > > ><br>> > > > Arrakis Tor wrote:<br>> > > > Okay, great, we have linux tor on a USB keychain for $45...
<br>> > > ><br>> > > > Anyone interested in testing or helping me develop a USB image for<br>> > > > Firefox/Tor/Privoxy, or Deer Park/Tor?<br>> > > ><br>> > > > This should be a 1 hour project, i think, if we can get deerpark alpha
<br>> > > > 2 portable version... else we have to resort to the damn privoxy...<br>> > > ><br>> > > > The advantage is you don't have to run an OS, it is completely<br>> > > > configed for windows, with
autorun.inf interface, can fit on 32/64mb<br>> > > > (?), runs firefox, and is free.<br>> > > ><br>> > > > ST<br>> > > ><br>> > > ><br>> > > > On 9/9/05, ADB <
<a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="mailto:firefox-gen@walala.org" target="_blank">firefox-gen@walala.org</a>> wrote:<br>> > > ><br>> > > ><br>> > > > Unless you specify in torrrc, it's going to save configs, keys, etc.
<br>> to the <br>> > > > local system, which is not good obviously! as for ease-of-use, does<br>> Portable<br>> > > > Firefox, etc. do a complete RAW FS format of the memory card, or does<br>
> it<br>> > > > just install by copying stuff to a folder or whatever? If it's the <br>> former,<br>> > > > and the code is available, it wouldn't be that hard to come up w/ an<br>> FS<br>
> > > > image with all that software on it. All you'd have to do would be to<br>> install <br>> > > > the image to the USB stick, and there you'd be, pending a few config<br>> tweaks<br>> > > > afterwards of course.
<br>> > > ><br>> > > ><br>> > > > Bryan L. Fordham wrote: <br>> > > > On Fri, Sep 09, 2005 at 10:29:53AM -0500, Arrakis Tor wrote:<br>> > > ><br>> > > >
<br>> > > > I like the idea of the self-contained firefox and tor client on a <br>> > > > keychain. Did anyone discover if this would work? Is there a Deer Park<br>> > > > (outsourced DNS) firefox that is mobile yet?
<br>> > > ><br>> > > > I got portable firefox, and installed the regular version of tor <br>> (windows)<br>> > > > onto the thumbdrive. Worked fine, as far as I could tell. I never paid
<br>> much<br>> > > > attention to what, if anything, tor saved in user settings or<br>> whatever. <br>> > > ><br>> > > > --B<br>> > > ><br>> > > ><br>> > > >
<br>> > > ><br>> > > ><br>> > > ><br>> > > ><br>> > > > <br>> > > ><br>> > > ><br>> > > ><br>> > > ><br>> > >
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