[Commotion-dev] Torouter on Commotion

[Stephanie Alarcon]

One other note, if I recall correctly, the makefile for Tor in OpenWRT 
downloads whatever the current stable release is.  I think.  But I have 
a pretty clear memory that it did not specify a particular or 
out-of-date version.  You should check the makefile to make sure I'm not 
lying to you.

On 05/22/2013 12:32 PM, Stephanie Alarcon wrote:
> Hey all,
>
> My apologies for not being forthcoming with good documentation of what I
> worked on and found out about running Tor on Commotion.  Griffin and I
> have plans to talk today or tomorrow so I can do a braindump.  This is
> good incentive for me to sit down and summarize my work as promised, and
> I'll get going on that this week or next.  I had some pressing home
> repair issues that kept me away from my desk, but now those dragons are
> mostly at bay and I'm flexible Wednesdays through Fridays.
>
> My recommendations for further work can be summed up by this haiku:
>
> Access Labs router:
> Nice work, hard to get in touch.
> It runs great, but how??
>
> On 05/20/2013 06:08 PM, Dan Staples wrote:
>> Updating the OpenWRT Tor package to the latest stable versions would be
>> a benefit for everyone :)
>>
>> And making a LuCI interface could be useful, but there would be more to
>> it than that. Did you talk to Stephanie about what she implemented?
>> When we discussed the possibility of using Tor in Commotion, there were
>> some factors brought up for consideration:
>>
>> 1. How would the end user use it? Would it be a specific access point
>> on Commotion-OpenWRT that provided a transparent proxy through the Tor
>> network?
>> 2. If so, how do we manage the information leak risks that would
>> otherwise be addressed by using the Tor browser bundle?
>> 3. If we provide a transparent proxy to the Tor network, how do we
>> handle local traffic for mesh-only services?
>> 4. How would this be implemented in Commotion client software (android,
>> linux, mac, windows)?
>>
>> Dan
>>
>> On Mon 20 May 2013 11:22:16 AM EDT, Griffin Boyce wrote:
>>> So after a lengthy discussion with someone involved with Torouter, he
>>> identified some outstanding features/issues
>>>
>>>    * Torouter doesn't have a user interface, which makes
>>>      use/configuration difficult
>>>    * No one is updating the OpenWRT package (though it is working, the
>>>      tor binary needs occasional updates)
>>>    * Current OpenWRT implementation is just "TransPort, DNSPort and a
>>>      few iptables rules"
>>>
>>> Not sure if this would be considered an app or a feature, but what do
>>> you all think?  Nat mentioned that making a generic luci interface to
>>> configure tor likely wouldn't be too difficult.
>>>
>>> ~Griffin
>>>
>>>
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>> --
>> Dan Staples
>>
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