<div>Hi Dante,</div><div><br></div>680MHz and 128MB of RAM would work just fine for the application this was intended for.<div>Thanks for the feedback!</div><div><br></div><div>- Kyle<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Dec 23, 2008 at 10:46 AM, dante <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:dante@virtualblueness.net">dante@virtualblueness.net</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">Hi Kyle,<br>
<br>
What about the RB433 or RB433AH which are 300MHz / 64MB / $100 and<br>
680MHz / 128MB / $??? boards? (See <a href="http://routerboard.com" target="_blank">http://routerboard.com</a>).<br>
I know the extra ports are overkill, but they might handle a better load.<br>
<br>
Isn't memory also an issue? My problem running a tor client on the<br>
Linksys wrt54g was memory ( BCM4710 / 16MB ).<br>
<br>
--Tony Basile<br>
<div class="Ih2E3d"><a href="http://opensource.dyc.edu" target="_blank">http://opensource.dyc.edu</a><br>
<br>
<br>
Kyle Williams wrote:<br>
</div><div><div></div><div class="Wj3C7c">> Hi John,<br>
> Yeah, the 133MHz CPU just isn't going to be fast enough for my needs, plus<br>
> the extra ports is a bit over kill for this specific application. I know<br>
> the gumstix is a higher price, but it is exactly what I needed. Thanks for<br>
> the feedback though. All this neat hardware that people are sharing is<br>
> giving me ideas for future projects.<br>
><br>
> - Kyle<br>
><br>
> On Tue, Dec 23, 2008 at 8:18 AM, Jonathan Yu <<a href="http://jonathan.i.yu" target="_blank">jonathan.i.yu</a>@<a href="http://gmail.com" target="_blank">gmail.com</a>>wrote:<br>
><br>
><br>
>> 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>
>><br>
>> On Sun, Dec 21, 2008 at 8:14 AM, Kyle Williams <<a href="mailto:kyle.kwilliams@gmail.com">kyle.kwilliams@gmail.com</a>><br>
>> wrote:<br>
>><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<br>
>>><br>
>> to<br>
>><br>
>>> go with Gumstix(.com).<br>
>>> The privacy adapter is a ARM 400MHz Xscale CPU with 64MB RAM (@100MHz),<br>
>>><br>
>> 16MB<br>
>><br>
>>> of Flash memory for storage, and *TWO* 10/100 NICs. It uses Linux for<br>
>>><br>
>> the<br>
>><br>
>>> OS.<br>
>>> The first thought that many people get, including myself, have is that it<br>
>>><br>
>> is<br>
>><br>
>>> not powerful enough to run Tor. Well, after 2 months of breaking this<br>
>>><br>
>> in,<br>
>><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<br>
>>><br>
>> how<br>
>><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,<br>
>>><br>
>> that<br>
>><br>
>>> was after about 45 minutes of "SIGNAL NEWNYM" and speedtest before I<br>
>>><br>
>> found a<br>
>><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<br>
>>><br>
>> I<br>
>><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<br>
>>><br>
>> the<br>
>><br>
>>> end of DECEMBER 2008!! That's in 10 days! Any orders after Dec. 31,<br>
>>><br>
>> 2008<br>
>><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<br>
>>><br>
>> jumped<br>
>><br>
>>> the gun and chosen to notify the Tor community about this hardware before<br>
>>><br>
>> it<br>
>><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<br>
>>><br>
>> a<br>
>><br>
>>> release date has not been announced." There is reasonable hope that<br>
>>><br>
>> there<br>
>><br>
>>> new motherboad product line (the Overo) will at some point have a dual<br>
>>><br>
>> NIC<br>
>><br>
>>> expansion board.<br>
>>> So this is somewhat a conflicting situation. I've spent months working<br>
>>><br>
>> on<br>
>><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<br>
>>><br>
>> to<br>
>><br>
>>> do what needs to be done. ugh. I'm very much looking forward to their<br>
>>><br>
>> new<br>
>><br>
>>> product line when a dual NIC expansion board is available, but I don't<br>
>>><br>
>> know<br>
>><br>
>>> when that'll be. If anyone is interested in this, but cannot afford to<br>
>>><br>
>> buy<br>
>><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<br>
>>><br>
>> interest<br>
>><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<br>
>>><br>
>> might<br>
>><br>
>>> want to consider buying a gumstix soon.<br>
>>> You'll need the following.<br>
>>> Connex 400mx Motherboard:<br>
>>><br>
>>><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>
>><br>
>>> netDUO-mmc/SD expansion board:<br>
>>><br>
>>><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>
>><br>
>>> 4.0v Power Adapter:<br>
>>><br>
>>><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>
>><br>
>>> Screws and spacer kit:<br>
>>><br>
>>><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>
>><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>
>>><br>
>>><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>
>><br>
>>> Serial port connector:<br>
>>><br>
>>><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>
>><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<br>
>>><br>
>> in<br>
>><br>
>>> case mine breaks. I'll have the source code up withing a week, two tops<br>
>>><br>
>> The<br>
>><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>
>>><br>
><br>
><br>
<br>
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