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From: Jessica Frazelle <me-XvZkT8t+Da5Wk0Htik3J/w@public.gmane.org>
To: tor-dev-AQ2JdjIqcwS4QsDJlTKKhWD2FQJk+8+b@public.gmane.org
Cc: musl-ZwoEplunGu1jrUoiu81ncdBPR1lH4CV8@public.gmane.org
Subject: Re: [Proposal] A simple way to make Tor-Browser-Bundle more portable and secure
Date: Sat, 29 Oct 2016 06:54:57 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAEk6tEzBnYD=R3qD+O1MfoLhQ6V2cF-w2Nw1kTygi81XM5WqCw@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
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There must already be a version of Tor working with musl since there are
Alpine Linux packages for Tor. I'm sure they dynamically link but it's
seems like patching that would be the way to go.

https://pkgs.alpinelinux.org/package/edge/community/x86_64/tor

On Oct 29, 2016 06:51, "Daniel Simon" <ddanielsimonn-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote:

> Anyone got further into this?
> It would be a joint-project between musl and tor organizations.
> Maybe for GSoC 2017 if nobody works on it until then?
>
>
> On Mon, May 9, 2016 at 11:15 AM, Daniel Simon <ddanielsimonn-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
> wrote:
> > Hello.
> >
> > How it's currently done - The Tor Browser Bundle is dynamically linked
> > against glibc.
> >
> > Security problem - The Tor Browser Bundle has the risk of information
> > about the host system's library ecosystem leaking out onto the
> > network.
> >
> > Portability problem - The Tor Browser Bundle can't be run on systems
> > that don't use glibc, making it unusable due to different syscalls.
> >
> > Solution proposed - Static link the Tor Browser Bundle with musl
> > libc.[1] It is a simple and fast libc implementation that was
> > especially crafted for static linking. This would solve both security
> > and portability issues.
> >
> > What is Tor developers' opinion about this? I personally don't see any
> > drawbacks and would be interested in discussing this further.
> >
> > Sincerely,
> > Daniel
> >
> > [1] https://www.musl-libc.org/
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  parent reply	other threads:[~2016-10-29 13:54 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2016-05-09 14:15 Daniel Simon
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2016-10-29 13:51   ` Daniel Simon
     [not found]     ` <CAPWP2JNevbdXZwex+oU82uDn46u38fcmcBUaj0bqwo-Ry6---A-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
2016-10-29 13:54       ` Jessica Frazelle [this message]
2016-10-29 14:39   ` Tom Ritter
2016-10-29 21:59     ` Re: [tor-dev] " Szabolcs Nagy

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