[tor-bugs] #3374 [Torouter]: Torouter OS and configuration

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#3374: Torouter OS and configuration
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 Reporter:  runa      |          Owner:  runa
     Type:  task      |         Status:  new 
 Priority:  normal    |      Milestone:      
Component:  Torouter  |        Version:      
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Comment(by runa):

 Replying to [comment:11 rransom]:
 > Replying to [comment:9 runa]:
 > > Replying to [comment:6 cypherpunks]:
 >
 > > > I propose that we ship the following Tor Project packages and work
 to get them into Debian ASAP:
 > {{{
 > ttdnsd
 > }}}
 > >
 > > I see that some work has already been done to package this for Debian
 (there's a Debian directory in the ttdnsd.git repository). What's the
 status of that?
 > >
 > > Also, I believe that tsocks (which ttdnsd depends on) is out of date
 and that we should use torsocks instead. Thoughts?
 >
 > Yes, we should use torsocks instead of tsocks if we configure any
 software to act as a Tor client.  But ttdnsd is only useful for a client
 configuration -- its main use is as a fallback DNS server for DNS requests
 that Tor cannot handle, as part of a Tor transparent proxy configuration.

 So, if ttdnsd is only useful for a client configuration, do we really need
 it right now? We're only shipping bridge-by-default plugs to begin with,
 and users can choose to set them up as relays if they want to.

 > > > We need to package a few things for this process to work.
 > > >
 > > > clockspeed needs to be packaged:
 > > > http://cr.yp.to/clockspeed.html
 > > > http://thedjbway.b0llix.net/clocksd/index.html
 > > >
 > > > We'd need to install daemontools for clockspeed and this is already
 supported on Debian.
 > > >
 > > > An alternative that I trust less is OpenNTPD but it is already
 packaged:
 > {{{
 > openntpd
 > }}}
 > >
 > > Why do you trust it less?
 >
 > clockspeed was written by DJB, and is ''very'' unlikely to have security
 holes.  clockspeed also appears to use less frequent network queries than
 NTP clients would, although it might not behave properly on a computer
 with CPU frequency scaling.

 Ok, guess we can add this to the list of software to package as well. Who
 wants to give it a go?

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