Tor web browser

Thomas Steen Rasmussen thomas at gibfest.dk
Tue Jul 29 11:38:32 UTC 2014


On 28-07-2014 20:58, Darren Pilgrim wrote:
> On 7/27/2014 12:30 PM, Jerry wrote:
>> Sun, 27 Jul 2014 15:24:21 -0400
>>
>> Is there a port of the "Tor web browser" <https://www.torproject.org/>
>> available? The site lists one for BSD, but I would prefer to get it
>> via the
>> port's system
> 
> I think the reason it isn't in ports is because it's literally just a
> portable Firefox with a premade profile.  You can replicate it using
> parts already in ports and a few minutes work creating a Firefox profile.

This is incorrect. torbrowser contains a bunch of patches
to the firefox codebase to help anonymity:

https://github.com/flavioamieiro/torbrowser/tree/master/src/current-patches/firefox

A port of torbrowser would make a lot of sense.

/Thomas



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