Tor TransPort on OpenBSD?

[macintoshzoom]

Thanks!, I will try and tell you about.

Mac.

Christopher Davis wrote:
> On Sun, Aug 10, 2008 at 12:28:05PM -0600, macintoshzoom wrote:
>> Hi Christopher Davis,
>>
>> What it is exactly "trunk" vs "0.2.0.30"?
>> I'm a bit confused about all this jargon and cvs repositories.
>>
> 
> trunk is where the current Tor development goes in the subversion
> repository. Tor 0.2.0.30 is the latest stable version.
> 
>> What should I do now?
>>
>> I built my tor port for tor-0.2.1.1-alpha (seems successfully) but now I 
>> am on 4.4 -current (+-) (1-2 weeks ago) and last tor source is stable 
>> 0.2.0.30 and unstable 0.2.1.4-alpha:
>>
>> Which one do you recommend?... I want latest TransPort and tor features 
>> and I'm on an experimental box, so I don't care too much about bugs if 
>> they are not a privacy/security issue, that is the main tor 
>> implementation goal.
>>
>> I think I would like to go by now to stable 0.2.0.30 if TransPorts works 
>> as you tell, unless the alpha offers stunning new improvements... Do you 
>> know?
>>
> 
> I've been running 0.2.0.30 on FreeBSD for a few weeks, and the 
> transparent proxy functions well for my needs. I haven't used the 
> alpha version, so I can't tell you how it compares to stable. Perhaps 
> another user can respond.
> 
>> I would like to build a new personal port for my i386 box using this 
>> last sources.
>> Could you briefly tell me how?
>>
>> Latest port at openports.se mirror from Rui Reis is for tor-0.1.2.19, 
>> now "obsolete" (OpenBSD is always "obsolete" in many latest top-trend 
>> software, I am quite tired about this (I hope they get some $millions 
>> soon to improve its paid staff) ... (this is why I am starting to learn 
>> how to build my own ports for key software).
>>
>> I patched my port by hand, using as sample the openports.se latest port 
>> from then, by I would like to know how to patch from (your) diff file-s 
>> using the KDE kompare (I am on KDE graphical environment, I am building 
>> an OpenBSD graphical system, you know, to attract MS and youngsters, ex 
>> MS-user from decades ago ...) or the proper OpenBSD experts console tool 
>> which I don't (yet) know which one is.
>>
> 
> https://www.torproject.org/download-unix.html
> 
> Instead of installing Tor from an OpenBSD port or package, an easier 
> way would be to download the source package from Tor's download page, 
> then unpack, apply the patch, and compile and install. Applying the
> patch should be straightforward. See my last email for the commands.
> Remember to run the patch command from the root directory of the 
> source package. The same might be accomplished with the KDE tool, but
> I am not familiar with it. 
> 
> I've attached the patch to this email.
> 
> If patching and rebuilding is too much trouble, then simply adjust the 
> permissions on /dev/pf, ie:
> 
> # chgrp torgroup /dev/pf
> # chmod 660 /dev/pf
> 
> Where 'torgroup' is the group Tor runs as. This should quiet the 
> errors.
> 
>> Thanks for your efforts for porting latest tor, there are about half a 
>> million privacy/conscious tor users worldwide, and many ones from 
>> oppressed countries as fascist China and the like (beware!, privacy 
>> human rights are also threatened in the states), where free-speech is 
>> forbidden and people get 10 years jail just to check amnesty.org, 
>> hrw.org, or tibetan-exiled gov pages!
>> For them a secure OpenBSD + tor bundle (which I am trying to build) is a 
>> breeze of hope in their future.
>>
>> Mac.
>>
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