[P-box] (fwd) Tor Hardware Router (Tor in a box)

[Marco A. Calamari]

On Mon, 2005-06-13 at 09:57 +0200, George Orwell wrote: 
> -- forwarded message -- 
> From: "onion-dt" <numE at onionizer.de>
> Subject: Tor Hardware Router (Tor in a box)
> Date: Sun, 12 Jun 2005 12:38:57 +0200
> 
> Hi,
> 
> i talked to some ppl about this point and so far all of them
> thought, that it could be a good idea - so i want to present my idea to
> you, too.
> 
> In my opinion it would be a good thing for spreading tor,
> if tor would be easier for end-users.
> 
> I imagine an independent tor-router hardware.
> 
> for example:
> http://www.pcengines.ch/wrap.htm
> (it is a little embedded pc - quite cheap - form factor of a normal home
> use router)
> wireless mini-pci cards are optional - so it could be used as a wireless
> access point, too.
> 
> the whole thing should be configurable via webinterface, like for example
> the m0n0wall linux firewall (they also use the wrap hardware):
> (see here: http://m0n0.ch/wall/ )
> 
> features should include:
> - webadministration
> - possibility to run as server, client, hidden service (forward to local
> network)
> - built in proxy
> - ...
> - independent trust system (external directory service or something)
> 
> 
> (if the box images would be precompiled they could be more trustworthy,
> of course sources should be availiable, too)
> 
> only a quick idea - you probably have even more ideas...
> perhaps we should look at the m0n0wall project... i think there are some
> ideas realized, which could
> be used for a tor-in-a-box project, too:
> 
> quoute from m0n0wall:
> " m0n0wall is probably *the first UNIX system that has its boot-time
> configuration done with PHP*,
> rather than the usual shell scripts, and that has *the entire system
> configuration stored in XML format*."

In fact pbox Level II is quite similar to the configuration 
 you drafted; the major problem if you want to use
 it as a dedicated computer (you really mean "router" isn't it?)
 is the memory footprint & cpu power; embedded processor are in the
 range of 64-128Mb, non-upgradable, and Pentium 233 equivalent. 

https://www.winstonsmith.info/pbox/index-e.html

But the Tor route use a lot of bandwidth, so if you
 can afford it, probably you can afford anoter dedicated
 pc or blade too.

What do you think ?

Ciao.   Marco

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