The Tor BSD Diversity Project (TDP)

Web Site: https://torbsd.github.io or http://bptfp7py2wclht26.onion

Repositories: https://github.com/torbsd

What is TDP?

The Tor BSD Diversity Project (TDP) is an initiative seeking to extend the use of the BSD Unix operating systems in the Tor public anonymity network.

The Tor Project continues to play a critical role in anonymity and privacy solutions. With increasing surveillance and censorship, Tor is a vital tool, and the project has grown by leaps-and-bounds since originating with the US Naval Labs in the 1990’s. Hundreds of thousands rely on Tor in a world filled with threats to anonymity and privacy.

While recognizing that the Tor Project is dynamic open source project with a vibrant community, we are also concerned with the overwhelming GNU/Linux monoculture that is an Achilles’ Heel. Monocultures in nature are dangerous, as vulnerabilities are held in common across a broad spectrum. Diversity means single vulnerabilities are less likely to harm the entire ecosystem. In a global anonymity network, monocultures are potentially disastrous. A single kernel vulnerability in GNU/Linux impacting Tor relays could be devastating. We want to see a stronger Tor network, and we believe one critical ingredient for that is operating system diversity.

The three angles of the TDP’s approach:

• To increase the number of Tor relays running *BSDs, focused on the server/network layer

• To develop a solid, Tor-compatible browser easily portable to other POSIX-based operating systems, focused on the client layer

• To engage the broader *BSD community about the Tor anonymity network

Current TDP work:

• Guides for configuring FreeBSD and OpenBSD relays

• The creation of an OpenBSD Tor Browser port

• Organizing various events for engaging *BSD users about Tor, including birds-of-a-feather sessions

TDP success depends on broader *BSD community involvement.

• Join NYC*BUG’s Tor-BSD mailing list http://lists.nycbug.org/mailman/listinfo/tor-bsd

• Clone https://github.com/torbsd/openbsd-ports and start testing and contributing

• Alternately, set your OpenBSD PKG_PATH to http://mirrors.nycbug.org/pub/distfiles and install the package

• Run a *BSD Tor relay and join the BSD Buildbot at http://buildbot.pixelminers.net

• Spread the word about TDP

https://torbsd.github.io/materials/flier-bsd.html last updated: Tue Jun 13 19:25:38 2017 UTC