What happened with the Tor USB Keychain idea?

[Matt Thorne]

ok. I will lookinto this and get back to you later on tonight. prolly around 
6 ish EST. 
I will do what I can.

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