On Sat, May 28, 2011 at 11:52 PM, Runa A. Sandvik <runa.sand...@gmail.com>wrote:
> Hi everyone, > > DreamPlug is a new plug computer from GlobalScale Technologies: > http://www.globalscaletechnologies.com/c-5-dreamplugs.aspx. The spec > looks good, it runs Ubuntu by default and it doesn't cost too much. I > thought that the DreamPlug was going to be very user friendly and a > potential candidate for the Torouter project. (Maybe) I was wrong. > When the SheevaPlug came out a couple of years ago, it shipped with a > web interface that enabled users to change various network options. I > thought the DreamPlug would ship with some kind of interface as well > (and my plan was to just plug in a Tor page). This is not the case; it > ships with lighthttpd by default and displays a static and very simple > placeholder page on 192.168.1.1. > That's great news. A complex web app is just a giant PITA and huge attack surface anyhow. > > If we want to use the DreamPlug for the Torouter, we will have to > write a web interface for easy configuration of Tor. The interface > should probably also provide options to better secure the DreamPlug. > Downloading and installing Tor isn't a problem, but the configuration > side of things can be tricky for users who aren't used to the command > line. > Or perhaps we can just turn Tor on by default, ship tor-fw-helper and write a basic status of Tor out to a static html file? > > Thoughts? Comments? > > The Freedombox will likely run on the dream plug, it's the reference platform. I think we should work on ensuring that if we ship a dream plug, we ship a freedombox pre-configured to run Tor - this will likely be the case with the FB anyway: http://wiki.debian.org/FreedomBox Basically Tor needs some kind of webui package in Debian and we'd be good to go. All the best from Egypt, Jake
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