[tor-relays] Bridges on OpenWrt

Runa A. Sandvik runa at torproject.org
Wed Mar 9 20:34:12 UTC 2011


On Wed, Mar 9, 2011 at 7:28 PM, Mitar <mmitar at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi!

Hi,

> Is there some package for running Tor bridges on OpenWrt supported devices?

Yes, we have Tor packages in the OpenWrt repository.

> But as I understand Tor bridges consumes same amount of CPU power and
> RAM as Tor itself so they are not really possible for low power
> devices as WiFi routers where OpenWrt normally runes (with typically
> around 16 MB RAM and 200 MHz CPU power).
>
> But on the other hand, as we have in operation a lot of WiFi routers
> around the country, many of them having their own public IP from very
> diverse IP ranges, this would be quite useful for bridges.
>
> So my question is if somebody has tried to do something like that?
> Have some experience with it?

You might want to read more about the Torouter:
https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/wiki/TheOnionRouter/Torouter
and https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/wiki/TheOnionRouter/Torouter_notes.
It would be great if you wanted to help out.

Let me know if you have any questions.

Thanks,

-- 
Runa A. Sandvik


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