-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 10/11/2010 11:25 PM, Anders Andersson wrote: > On Mon, Oct 11, 2010 at 11:16 PM, Jacob Appelbaum <[email protected]> wrote: >> On 10/11/2010 10:52 AM, Anthony G. Basile wrote: >>> >>> Hi everyone >>> >>> I want to announce to the list that a new release of tor-ramdisk is out. >>> Tor-ramdisk is an i686, x86_64 or MIPS uClibc-based micro Linux >>> distribution whose only purpose is to host a Tor server in an >>> environment that maximizes security and privacy. Security is enhenced by >>> hardening the kernel and binaries, and privacy is enhanced by forcing >>> logging to be off at all levels so that even the Tor operator only has >>> access to minimal information. Finally, since everything runs in >>> ephemeral memory, no information survives a reboot, except for the Tor >>> configuration file and the private RSA key, which may be >>> exported/imported by FTP. >>> >> >> Via FTP? It's probably not a good idea to export a private key without >> using encryption... >> >> All the best, >> Jake > > My first thought as well. Pretty much every protocol invented is > better than FTP, in this case and most other cases. > > Another question regarding the logging: I hope you include enough to > know if the node is working correctly or not. The logs that are > generated could also be deleted after a couple of minutes or an hour > as well, which might make it possible to log some more information if > necessary to verify functionality. > > Great project though, a lot of people request this. > *********************************************************************** > To unsubscribe, send an e-mail to [email protected] with > unsubscribe or-talk in the body. http://archives.seul.org/or/talk/
Originally I thought of tor-ramdisk as only being accessed via FTP on a trusted LAN. However, several people have suggested using the image "in the cloud". I have plans on adding sftp. Also, you can enable logging to console for diagnostics. - -- Anthony G. Basile, Ph. D. Chair of Information Technology D'Youville College Buffalo, NY 14201 (716) 829-8197 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.16 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAky3vpQACgkQl5yvQNBFVTXmAgCfc8NnqKGE0Ak+ZRR7cT7GIlT3 br8AoIL+YHoEX2lb57c0Jsyde+/KaiYt =afLg -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- *********************************************************************** To unsubscribe, send an e-mail to [email protected] with unsubscribe or-talk in the body. http://archives.seul.org/or/talk/
