[prev in list] [next in list] [prev in thread] [next in thread] 

List:       tor-talk
Subject:    Tor-ramdisk 20090821 released
From:       basile <basile () opensource ! dyc ! edu>
Date:       2009-08-21 11:36:06
Message-ID: 4A8E86A6.7070603 () opensource ! dyc ! edu
[Download RAW message or body]


Hi everyone,

I want to announce to the list that a new rlease of tor-ramdisk is out.  Tor-ramdisk \
is an i686 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.

Changelog:

This is a maintenance update: tor was updated to tor-0.2.1.19 in the new stable \
branch and busybox to 1.14.3.  The hardened toolchain to build the image was updated \
to uClibc-0.9.30.1 and gcc-4.4.1 patched with espf-0.3.3 to address a bug in the \
older hardened compiler gcc-3.4.6 (see tor's flyspray task #1060).

As with all releases, this one come tested "in the wild". Tor-relay node "simba" has \
been running this version with no problems for a week now.

-- 

Anthony G. Basile, Ph.D.
Chair of Information Technology
D'Youville College
Buffalo, NY 14201
USA

(716) 829-8197


["signature.asc" (application/pgp-signature)]

[prev in list] [next in list] [prev in thread] [next in thread]