I agree. Local files are much more secure than a local web server. Less attack profile for the computer starting TBB from USB for example.

Also less chance that something will fail (eg server fails to start).

Silviu.

On Jan 8, 2014 10:12 AM, "Rey Dhuny" <rey@spcshp.com> wrote:
Sean Rafferty: 

> Just to clarify: technically tools like Jekyll or Sinatra could be used because the server can be started wherever the site files are located whether it’s a USB stick or a laptop, correct?

I am of the opinion that starting a local server on a USB stick adds a level of complexity compared to distributing a bunch of flat files that Jekyll/Middleman generate.

Rey

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On Wednesday, 8 January 2014 at 15:09, Sean Rafferty wrote:

Just to clarify: technically tools like Jekyll or Sinatra could be used because the server can be started wherever the site files are located whether it’s a USB stick or a laptop, correct?

On Jan 8, 2014, at 9:34 AM, Lunar <lunar@torproject.org> wrote:

Sean Rafferty:
Pardon my ignorance, but is the requirement for a static site a
security concern or simply an ease-of-use issue?

Security concerns, ease to setup, ease of mirroring.

Another dumb question, but when you say the site needs to work
offline, do you mean people can view the content without a web
server, or that it must run on a local instance of a web sever and not
require things like google's cdn version of query?

Tor is used for censorship circumvention. Think about an USB stick with
the Tor Browser Bundle, and a copy of the website. The website should be
usable without requiring any access to the network so people can learn
how to use Tor to reach the wider Internet.

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