Tor-ramdisk
Tor-ramdisk is a uClibc-based micro Linux distribution whose only purpose is to host a Tor server in an environment that maximizes security and privacy. Tor is a network of virtual tunnels that allows people and groups to improve their privacy and security on the Internet. Security is enhanced in tor-ramdisk by employing a monolithically compiled GRSEC/PAX patched kernel and hardened system tools. Privacy is enhanced by turning off logging at all levels so that even the Tor operator only has access to minimal information. Finally, since everything runs in ephemeral memory, no information survives a reboot, except for the Tor configuration file and the private RSA key, which may be exported and imported by FTP or SSH.
| Tags | Internet Communications Proxy Servers Security Operating Systems Linux Distributions Networking |
|---|---|
| Licenses | GPLv3 |
Recent releases
- 28 Nov 2012 23:30
Release Notes: For the i686 and x86_64 ports, Tor was updated to 0.2.3.25, libevent to 2.0.20, and the kernel to 3.6.7 plus Gentoo's hardened-patches-3.6.7-1.extras. The MIPS port also incorporates these changes, but for this architecture, libevent was updated to 2.0.21, while the kernel was kept at vanilla 3.2.5.
- 23 Sep 2012 21:41
Release Notes: For the i686 and x86_64 ports, Tor was updated to 0.2.2.39, openssh to 6.1p1, and the kernel to 3.4.7 plus Gentoo's hardened-patches-3.4.7-1.extras. The MIPS port also incorporates these changes, but for this architecture, libevent was updated to 2.0.20, while the kernel was kept at vanilla 3.2.5.
- 27 Aug 2012 22:00
Release Notes: Tor was updated to 0.2.2.38, BusyBox to 1.20.2, and the kernel to 3.4.5 plus Gentoo's hardened-patches-3.4.5-1.extras. The MIPS port also incorporates these changes, but for this architecture the kernel was kept at vanilla 3.2.5.
- 23 Jun 2012 05:43
Release Notes: Tor was updated to 0.2.2.37, BusyBox to 1.20.1, and the kernel to 3.4.2 plus Gentoo's hardened-patches-3.4.2-2.extras. The MIPS port also incorporated these changes, but for this architecture the kernel was kept at vanilla 3.2.5.
- 02 Jun 2012 04:20
Release Notes: This release incorporates major changes from upstream to all components of tor-ramdisk. Tor was updated to 0.2.2.36, libevent to 2.0.18, OpenSSH to 6.0p1, BusyBox to 1.20.0, and uclibc to 0.9.33.2, and the kernel was updated to 3.2.11 plus Gentoo's hardened-patches-3.2.11-1.extras. The MIPS port also incorporated these changes, but for this architecture libevent was updated to 2.0.19 and the kernel to 3.2.5.
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