Ryan Lackey of CloudFlare and Marc Rogers of Lookout revealed a new
OPSEC device at Def Con called PORTAL (Personal Onion Router to Assure
Liberty).
It "provides
always-on Tor routing, as well as 'pluggable' transport for Tor that
can hide the service's traffic signature from some deep packet
inspection systems."
In essence, PORTAL is a travel router that the
user simply plugs into their existing device for more than basic Tor
protection (counterpoint to PogoPlug Safeplug and Onion Pi).
On the
down side, you have to download PORTAL from Github and flash it "onto a
TP-Link compatible packet router." The guys behind the device
acknowledge that not many people may want to (or even know how to) do
that, so they're asking everyone to standby because a solution is
pending.
The project's GitHub page has a README file that lists compatible models,
with some caveats: "It is highly recommended to use a modified router.
The modified MR11U and WR703N provide a better experience than the stock
routers due to the additional RAM.
The severe space constraints of the
stock router make them very challenging to work with.
Due to the lack of
usable space, it is necessary to use an external disk to store the Tor
packages. The stock router has only a single USB port, and the best
option is to use a microSD in a 3G modem."
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