> > > They said we must cross-compile any native code into Javascript. I am > > > not sure if that was meant to be a joke or not. > > > > > > > > > They are probably talking about using emscripten : > > https://github.com/kripken/emscripten/wiki > > > > > > Yeah, I've seen people talk about using emscripten to port Tor to > <whatever>, but I've yet to see someone present their finished code. That > makes me suspect that it's not especially easy/do-able. The process seems > very straightforward for video games, but Tor is a very complex set of > programs that have to work together ~just so~ in order to preserve privacy. > > And as much as I like javascript, I would be hesitant to use a security > program that was automagically turned into javascript. This would still > require heavy testing and likely heavy development before it was ready to > be used by the general public. > >
For what it's worth, I sent some patches to emscripten https://github.com/kripken/emscripten/commits?author=arlolra and was able to compile Tor. I did *not*, however, do the hard work of actually making it useable. Arlo _______________________________________________ tor-talk mailing list tor-talk@lists.torproject.org https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-talk
