#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:17 cypherpunks]:
> Replying to [comment:9 runa]:
> > Replying to [comment:6 cypherpunks]:
> > > I propose that we ship the following debian packages:
> > > {{{
> > > http://packages.debian.org/squeeze/denyhosts
> > > http://packages.debian.org/squeeze/openssh-server
> > > http://packages.debian.org/squeeze/cron-apt
> > > }}}
> >
> > Sure, looks good.
> >
> > > 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?
> >
>
> We have packages for ttdnsd in deb.torproject.org; they're not uploaded
to Debian.
Why not?
> > Also, I believe that tsocks (which ttdnsd depends on) is out of date
and that we should use torsocks instead. Thoughts?
>
> Yes, torsocks is safe, tsocks is not.
In that case, shouldn't ttdnsd be updated to use torsocks instead of
tsocks?
> > > 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?
> >
>
> djb wrote one, who the hell knows about the other? :-) We absolutely
must not use ISC software whatever we do.
Seems like I missed out on something; why can't we use ISC software (and
what, on a standard Debian system, classifies as ISC software)?
> > > We'll also need the most recent 0.2.3.x Tor release as a Debian
package, specifically we need to build it with tor-fw-helper. This means
that we need to package the upnp and natpmp shared libraries.
> >
> > I assume weasel is the person to ask regarding Debian packages for
0.2.3.x. Do you want to package upnp and natpmp?
>
> Want is a curious way to phrase it... :-)
I wonder if we should wait with shipping 0.2.3.x until it can be
considered stable. The purpose of the Torouter is to provide a (cheap)
consumer-level Internet router that is a tor bridge. Shipping with
software that cannot be considered stable and/or hasn't been tested in the
wild may not be a good idea.
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