RE: [syverson@itd.nrl.navy.mil: Re: Tor on USB]

Fascinating little gizmo. Got a question...sorry I'm just too f'in busy to keep up with this side, but... How long will it take the Greater Tor Network to notice the existence of this little node? In other words, if I go into a Starbucks with this thing, can my laptop or whatever start acting like a temporary Tor node? That's a very fascinating concept: A temporary, transient Tor network. Any node on this network could cease to exist by the time someone tried to jam large portions of it. Or at least, their attacks would have to be a hell of a lot more flexible. -TD

From: Eugen Leitl To: cypherpunks@jfet.org Subject: [syverson@itd.nrl.navy.mil: Re: Tor on USB] Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2005 16:42:27 +0200

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From: Paul Syverson Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2005 10:22:22 -0400 To: or-talk@freehaven.net Cc: Paul Syverson Subject: Re: Tor on USB User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i Reply-To: or-talk@freehaven.net

You might also see the following commercial distribution that bundles Tor, a tiny linux, and related software on a USB stick

http://www.virtualprivacymachine.com/products.html

Looks cool and got favorable reviews, but I haven't used or examined it first hand. This is a pointer, not an endorsement.

-Paul

On Tue, Aug 30, 2005 at 12:47:32AM -0500, Arrakis Tor wrote:

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Interesting implementation. You could use it at a public terminal, a friend's computer, or for plausible deniability on your own computer.

On 8/29/05, Shatadal wrote:

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Arrakis Tor wrote:

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Can firefox be installed to run standalone whatsoever?

Yep. Check out http://johnhaller.com/jh/mozilla/portable_firefox/ and http://portablefirefox.mozdev.org/

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