Re: Smallest cheapest device to run a tor home server?
On Fri, Apr 11, 2008 at 11:47 AM, Rochester TOR Admin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Maybe someone else has found a better answer but when I researched this I found that although dd-wrt can run tor, there aren't any updated pre-built packages so you will most likely have to compile your own. Check out the archives for some help: http://archives.seul.org/or/talk/Sep-2006/msg00389.html I still think in the end it's better to run a cheap computer dedicated to tor than to try to install it onto the firmware. If you do find an easier solution, let us know! :) ROC Tor Admin On Thu, Apr 10, 2008 at 1:58 PM, Chris Palmer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Tom Arnold writes: I have a linux WLAN router ( DD-WRT ) with 125 Mhz, 4 mb flash and 16 mb RAM ( 3 mb free ). Is that enough to run Tor? ( I didnt find any recent ipk packages .. so i guess it is not worth it otherwise people would do it ... ) Would a 32 mb device with 200 mhz do the trick? Or what about the NSLU2 or the Linkstation. Or is a used laptop the best choice? Those are all likely to be insufficient. A used laptop could work, or you could take a look at sites like http://mini-itx.com/ for small systems. Personally I am running Tor on an old server, 2x500Mhz PII's with a cable modem (e.g., keeping ~1350 connections open at once). While I have quite a bit of RAM and hard drive space Tor doesn't take up much of either, and the computing power is more than enough. If you want me to run some benchmark's I'd be more than happy to. -madjon -- [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Smallest cheapest device to run a tor home server?
Tom Arnold wrote: Would a 32 mb device with 200 mhz do the trick? Or what about the NSLU2 or the Linkstation. Or is a used laptop the best choice? So many questions :) ( BTW i didnt find any requirements on the homepage ) A fanless VIA Epia board, booted from CF could do the trick.
Re: Smallest cheapest device to run a tor home server?
Yes, Epia would certainly do the trick. I guess a 32mb router with 200 mhz could do it too. The Slug ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NSLU2 ) seems to work too. But i think something more powerfull like the gigabit Linkstation ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linkstation ) will certainly be enough to route 60 kb/sec ( 30 up and down ) .. why would TOR need more resouces?? I think i might get an old Pentium notebook with 64mb+ RAM or a Linkstation.
Re: Smallest cheapest device to run a tor home server?
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 Jonathan Addington wrote: (much snippage) Personally I am running Tor on an old server, 2x500Mhz PII's with a cable modem (e.g., keeping ~1350 connections open at once). While I have quite a bit of RAM and hard drive space Tor doesn't take up much of either, and the computing power is more than enough. If you want me to run some benchmark's I'd be more than happy to. (snip) Kitsune started on an old PII 300Mhz with 256MB of RAM; I've since migrated it to some AMD Duron 800Mhz/512MB RAM hardware a friend gave me. The Debian Etch install on the hard drive was transferred in its entirety via a dd command, although I did swap the generic x86 kernel for a K7-optimized one. Kitsune had been a guard node before, while on the PII; on the Duron, it's been running for about a month, and has been marked as Fast/Guard/Stable for most of that time. It's important to note that - as some have noted here - the stability of the perimeter router/firewall is VERY important. I used to have a WRT54G running HyperWRT/Thibor at the front lines; it crashed A LOT (it couldn't handle the large state tables that were being generated). After migrating kitsune, I killed the 54G's routing function, and converted it to a switch/AP only. The old PII that used to run kitsune, got a pfSense install. It's VERY stable, and the traffic shaper is really nice; I haven't had to use any traffic limitations on kitsune itself. * So, bottom line, the processing requirements aren't bad, but you need to be careful with what you do for a perimeter router/firewall. =:oD - -- F. Fox AAS, CompTIA A+/Network+/Security+ Owner of Tor node kitsune http://fenrisfox.livejournal.com -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iQIVAwUBSAAQe+j8TXmm2ggwAQih4Q/9F45ezsAvhZWTxp7UilRE4EZ+Ty1ZO2OF /N4Bpg5jKxFWJbSTNw6Q1pbwPD6AXx9CwTI3RsZopwTQwKlzp5rLhGm+vFoDDyB9 DxzLo95sYpBOV7b/m6l6m4EbtV5tDfuL/ClB/tBpMWybOrv8VByoNooSOeq4vXVx m56bmlofooqYu0DhLDhI/TeDQtpH3bTuqtuhk7Ta+gRRbN3icw20qn7p0oouh2zp BWTWBPc0o/6S1Tp46HyONoPgqBJQGJM0BKNDVPSHTYqc0pd7LF55zMOv5liXwr0Z ekRRo+M8wUE1HKerXbVmnntRcyl/pSBcSruYgBVDy53HHe2rU80Jr9tTjxLmCeI+ qDzOI/cp8kNduSUVl85B5dRKghc2U1mYDLykbcetsMBiB3QOQ5aTfaEZlDusl9WE DhjWRJ30huMyDyvId6xrOGFi59amPFr2OnayfsO0IDxmrAhBh36G9TWZcpBhVadi EPVXKJwAEzkTqpsZvOqoyRLWlzDT9zMQvNVWxdulUjcivf0E6AGaMs2mSr4Pq+5W CE4V91JqDyT3KbVSbhu0icwXE4EFG+4ruMAOGQ6Zjq4TMqwBXdf7aKlu14Y83P3o Ki6dO/JNOAFhTkkPwLCKv4Rh/X+G/zNY0KY5iCFNRRP5Th/QIPsp6YiRj7co7yw1 C2Q7cDaoQbQ= =Hd+1 -END PGP SIGNATURE-
Re: Smallest cheapest device to run a tor home server?
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 I should also note that with the pfSense box, I used a three-interface configuration, allowing for a true DMZ; this not only gave me more peace-of-mind, but made traffic shaping for the Tor server a lot easier. I just used catch-all rules for all traffic coming from and going into the DMZ, putting it in pfSense's P2P queue - the lowest priority. - -- F. Fox AAS, CompTIA A+/Network+/Security+ Owner of Tor node kitsune http://fenrisfox.livejournal.com -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iQIVAwUBSAARPuj8TXmm2ggwAQjNghAAoNt0YGdQvSdHTaOZIJ6pqtvflvu3Q91G xU5MO5t91VqKCTKUPlrtgOpS4jNaNgLF519Arv+gWWu+VrPQiWNQgKRsVrXOL4GF QTxuwX/Kd2v5VFHh2yYSyrhtW+o8vCBmIDDxb/Z2Kr68KW6XSDaws/TDLVXXxViY xdWX9GGQXS1j9Gn5ArcPZu4mVUH74ikkTB4mbokNRvS9NCK43NTOxMDVWm3t2BlA quKOShPsJmxd+CXWgd5nJpkPzDyNlXm32KSncTwVC6d/zF0WM5oDHCOK+ZJJ9fFT MPaa8SXv+fRWuwbbuJgrZJxDgrF2BCIzO1iGC5UlTurviQHcsZ+AOhitaT+UUpMq p4NUB5rnmGv/RnACTvznZP/+SgI9yV/pnXbw5q1DqbyITbAx1mMBMLNpahhoWHqi TSSlewdKa6EZYESeXn8Gz4voFxTAL5yj7bUv9jEGmR3WhJRHvERfdYEPzWo222A2 Psd++Vch7XfWEnj3c8RHqMbtkIuOfbbxQBcKSG7bSRxNbx/caQJfYEFRb76FpWzT E0TfRhQlLaTwtlrs+cMu8gH4aDWvrkgHUQKYQLdlXtqlE3XFq9Lr0JDi9JzN74vd NjEuJ3arwV8BxNJqNdlkjE3KDmIc7qVtEmREt+6Kx0x5zCaws7rA4MADmpDSROe3 J2qKY6uc674= =naTw -END PGP SIGNATURE-
Smallest cheapest device to run a tor home server?
Hello Everone ( I am new ), i love Tor and i want to contribute. First of all does it make sense to run a tor relay on a ADSL line. I would be willing to share 30-40kb a sec 24/7. I have a linux WLAN router ( DD-WRT ) with 125 Mhz, 4 mb flash and 16 mb RAM ( 3 mb free ). Is that enough to run Tor? ( I didnt find any recent ipk packages .. so i guess it is not worth it otherwise people would do it ... ) Would a 32 mb device with 200 mhz do the trick? Or what about the NSLU2 or the Linkstation. Or is a used laptop the best choice? So many questions :) ( BTW i didnt find any requirements on the homepage ) ThanksRegards, T0M PS: sorry for asking, but i already asked on the german CCC list but didnt get any definite answers.
Re: Smallest cheapest device to run a tor home server?
Tom Arnold writes: I have a linux WLAN router ( DD-WRT ) with 125 Mhz, 4 mb flash and 16 mb RAM ( 3 mb free ). Is that enough to run Tor? ( I didnt find any recent ipk packages .. so i guess it is not worth it otherwise people would do it ... ) Would a 32 mb device with 200 mhz do the trick? Or what about the NSLU2 or the Linkstation. Or is a used laptop the best choice? Those are all likely to be insufficient. A used laptop could work, or you could take a look at sites like http://mini-itx.com/ for small systems.
