I am delighted that you as one of the original TorVM developers, is answering this thread. If you are still interested in this project, you are invited to join us.
> > My project, TorBOX [4] offers the already > same functionality. > > not quite; some differences that drove the original > Tor VM effort: > - you rely on closed source virtualization (Tor VM builds > modified > Qemu from source) Nothing is closed source. VirtualBox is used as virtualizer. Nowadays VirtualBox is fully Open Source. It was not in past, but now it is. There is a closed source extension package for VirtualBox with stuff like rdp, but that is not required. We use only the Open Source edition which is available for Windows, Linux, etc. > - you don't support windows robustly (e.g. the > /29 discussion, We do. It's secured through an internal network. You confirmed it in a cursory check. https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-talk/2012-March/023531.html If you see any issues with it, let us know. > simplified install/run) > that said, you do have many additional > useful features in TorBOX. > > > > Almost all key features are ready and almost > all critical issues have been solved. TorVM has been forked, components > exchanged, > extended, build process simplified and documented. Users with basic linux > knowledge can use the howto and set it up. > > there seem to be different audiences > here. Tor VM was explicitly > targeted for windows Windows and Linux is supported as host operating system. > and ease of use > (no technical > know how required). It's also our goal. We make it as easy as possible. > it didn't quite get there, but calling TorBOX equivalent > is a bit > misleading. > > <snip> TorVM would be renamed > to TorBOX. > > what would be the purpose? > > (Do you just > prefer the name?) > I prefer the name. TorBOX offers more than TorVM. I believe it is the more appropriate name. Reasons: - TorBOX can be run either in virtual machines - or in a "box" (real hardware, "bare metal" as described in the article) - and is also "a closed box", in meaning of that the protocol can not leak the IP as it's confined in a "box" > make TorBOX easy to use on windows. > then it could provide what the Tor > VM experiment failed to do. We are working on it. ______________________________________________________ powered by Secure-Mail.biz - anonymous and secure e-mail accounts. _______________________________________________ tor-talk mailing list [email protected] https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-talk
