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Topic: Stealth Surfer, Secure surfing & encryption protection

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macadavy

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Posted: April 14 2006,22:21

Has anyone considered creating a secure password-protected, encrypted USB drive version of DSL with anonymous surfing? A FOSS (Free & Open Source) version of StealthSurfer?
And could the multi-protocol IM client GAIM be made available as a MyDSL extension?

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humpty

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Posted: April 15 2006,00:37

because DSL can be installed on a usb pendrive, you already carry your stuff on th pendrive. SSL as I remember, requires a the server to authenticate for you. StealhSurfer is charging between 3 to 6 times more for a usb pendrive for the service of no more than installing free software for you.

macadavy

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Posted: April 15 2006,06:02

Thanks for your response humpty. I realize Stealth Surfer is an expensive solution for what I want. DSL already offers all SS does and much more. All it lacks to make it a free & open source alternative are password protection, encryption & anonymization (proxy). Perhaps some USB drives already have password protection built in, apart from any software or data you place on them, I don't know. Anonymization can be taken care of with Anonymizer or httProxy extensions for Firefox. That leaves encryption. I didn't see any programs like AxCrypt or TrueCrypt in the MyDSL repository. There is an encryption program especially for pen drives called Remora but its only for Windoze.
Perhaps once I've learned more about DSL and creating MyDSL packages I can 'roll my own'. Meanwhile, is anyone else interested in taking a crack at it?

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humpty

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Posted: April 15 2006,07:24

i tried proxy servers before, the free ones tend to be r e a l l y slow with frequent disconnects (if you can connect at all!).

there is a 'protect' cheat code (see f3 of iso) for a password
encrypted backup, but i have not used it before.

macadavy

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Posted: April 15 2006,08:37

Thanks again humpty. Maybe with a little tweaking I've got what I'm looking for. You're right about free proxies, I mentioned the Firefox extensions in the spirit of 'free beer' as well as 'free speech'. When I need anonymity I use something like Guardster but their fast one ain't free. Unfortunately _ any_ proxy will slow your surfin' somewhat but I'll pay that penalty for privacy.
I'm intrigued by your mention of a password encrypted backup - can you elucidate the specificity of your reference: "see f3 of iso"? It sailed right over this newb's head! Does this encrypt, with password protection, the entire contents of the DSL USB drive, or only the /home & /opt directories normally saved in a backup? If it does encrypt everything, well that's just what I'm looking for and I've pretty much got my FOSS stealth surfer - thanks for helping!

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