What happened with the Tor USB Keychain idea?

Matt Thorne mlthorne at gmail.com
Fri Sep 9 20:10:28 UTC 2005


ok... one problem... what the hell is DPA2?

On 9/9/05, Arrakis Tor <arrakistor at gmail.com> wrote: 
> 
> In that case, break apart DPA2, and we'll get to work on the firefox
> update so we don't have to use privoxy.
> 
> On 9/9/05, Matt Thorne <mlthorne at gmail.com> wrote:
> > I would be more than happy to help test/design this... although how good 
> I
> > would be at designing i don't know.
> > I am good at breaking things reliably... not at making them work.
> >
> >
> >
> > On 9/9/05, Arrakis Tor <arrakistor at gmail.com> 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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