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

[Tyler Durden]

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 <eugen at leitl.org>
>To: cypherpunks at jfet.org
>Subject: [syverson at itd.nrl.navy.mil: Re: Tor on USB]
>Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2005 16:42:27 +0200
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>From: Paul Syverson <syverson at itd.nrl.navy.mil>
>Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2005 10:22:22 -0400
>To: or-talk at freehaven.net
>Cc: Paul Syverson <syverson at itd.nrl.navy.mil>
>Subject: Re: Tor on USB
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>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:
> > 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 <shatadal at vfemail.net> wrote:
> > > Arrakis Tor wrote:
> > > > 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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