[tor-dev] [Proposal] A simple way to make Tor-Browser-Bundle more portable and secure

[Daniel Simon]

Anyone got further into this?
It would be a joint-project between musl and tor organizations.
Maybe for GSoC 2017 if nobody works on it until then?


On Mon, May 9, 2016 at 11:15 AM, Daniel Simon <ddanielsimonn at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello.
>
> How it's currently done - The Tor Browser Bundle is dynamically linked
> against glibc.
>
> Security problem - The Tor Browser Bundle has the risk of information
> about the host system's library ecosystem leaking out onto the
> network.
>
> Portability problem - The Tor Browser Bundle can't be run on systems
> that don't use glibc, making it unusable due to different syscalls.
>
> Solution proposed - Static link the Tor Browser Bundle with musl
> libc.[1] It is a simple and fast libc implementation that was
> especially crafted for static linking. This would solve both security
> and portability issues.
>
> What is Tor developers' opinion about this? I personally don't see any
> drawbacks and would be interested in discussing this further.
>
> Sincerely,
> Daniel
>
> [1] https://www.musl-libc.org/