Porteus

Posted: **27 Sep 2020, 13:52**

Hello all!
for those of you interested in security: we can use the Tor Browser directly from Porteus! I am posting this topic using the Tor Browser with a light modification to use it as root.
How to get it running in Porteus:
1. Enter the site torproject.org and search the Tor Browser for linux.
2. Download file tor-browser-linux64-10.0_en-US.tar.xz,
3. Extract it to "tor-browser_en-US" and move the folder to "optional"..
4. Open the file "tor-browser_en-US>Browser>start-tor-browser"
5. Search the file for the word "root"
6. One line before, where it reads "-eq 0", change the 0 to 1 so it reads "-eq 1"
7. Save the file.

If you would like to navigate annonimously, then go to "optional" and click on "tor-browser_en-US>start-tor-browser.desktop"

Enjoy!

Posted: **10 Nov 2020, 04:20**

wread wrote: ↑
27 Sep 2020, 13:52
I am posting this topic using the Tor Browser with a light modification to use it as root.

is it a good idea running Tor Browser as root? a browser aimed at security and anonymity should run as standard user. though i not used it in ages having no clue about how recent Tor Browser handles such security matters.

Posted: **12 Apr 2021, 09:25**

If you only use the Tor browser very seldom/occasionally, you will want to use the current version.
This script downloads the current version and starts it.
Very comfortable.

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#!/bin/bash
cd /home/guest/Downloads
wget -r -l 1 -nd -A tar.xz https://www.torproject.org/en-US/download/ &&
mv tor-browser* tor-browser.tar.xz
tar xfv tor-browser.tar.xz 
rm tor-browser.tar.xz
cd tor-browser_en-US
mv start-tor-browser.desktop start-browser
./start-browser

# in line 3 and 7  "en-US"  replace with   de es fr it ru  if necessary

Comment:
This script only works for 64-bit systems

Posted: **13 Nov 2021, 13:00**

The latest version of the Tor browser cannot be started in Porteus 4.0.
Therefore the script (above # 3) does not work in Porteus 4.0 Xfce.
The browser downloads but does not start.
See also #5 in
Change from Porteus 4.0 to Porteus 5.0

Posted: **13 Nov 2021, 14:27**

Addendum:
The error only seems to occur in Porteus 4.0
I've tried the script (above #3) in other distros as well.
It works there.The Tor browser is launched.

Posted: **17 Nov 2021, 14:18**

Kulle wrote: ↑
12 Apr 2021, 09:25
wget -r -l 1 -nd -A tar.xz https://www.torproject.org/en-US/download/ &&

I tried the following:

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guest@porteus:/bin/linux/tor-browser$ wget -r -l 1 -nd -A tar.xz https://www.torproject.org/en-UK/download/
--2021-11-17 15:06:20--  https://www.torproject.org/en-UK/download/
Resolving www.torproject.org (www.torproject.org)... 116.202.120.166, 95.216.163.36, 38.229.82.25, ...
Connecting to www.torproject.org (www.torproject.org)|116.202.120.166|:443... connected.
^C

aborted after several minutes nothing happening.

Same here:

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guest@porteus:/bin/linux/tor-browser$ wget -r -l 1 -nd -A tar.xz https://www.torproject.org/de/download/
--2021-11-17 15:07:48--  https://www.torproject.org/de/download/
Resolving www.torproject.org (www.torproject.org)... 116.202.120.165, 38.229.82.25, 95.216.163.36, ...
Connecting to www.torproject.org (www.torproject.org)|116.202.120.165|:443... connected.

Also tried in the Palemoon browser:

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 https://www.torproject.org/en-UK/download/

The only thing the Status Bar tells me is this

but the site never loads. Does that happen at times?

Posted: **17 Nov 2021, 14:48**

@ Rava
..../en-UK/download/" is not valid, --> 404

Download link:
https://www.torproject.org/dist/torbrow ... -US.tar.xz

Posted: **17 Nov 2021, 15:19**

Kulle wrote: ↑
12 Apr 2021, 09:25
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wget -r -l 1 -nd -A tar.xz https://www.torproject.org/en-US/download/ &&

Worked for me.

Posted: **17 Nov 2021, 16:07**

^
Nope, same old same old:

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/bin/linux/tor-browser$ wget -r -l 1 -nd -A tar.xz https://www.torproject.org/en-US/download/
--2021-11-17 17:02:15--  https://www.torproject.org/en-US/download/
Resolving www.torproject.org (www.torproject.org)... 38.229.82.25, 95.216.163.36, 116.202.120.165, ...
Connecting to www.torproject.org (www.torproject.org)|38.229.82.25|:443... connected.

maybe in Germoney they now censor torproject.org as an "Anti CoVid conspiracy theory measurement"… :paranoid:

Posted: **17 Nov 2021, 16:54**

To update Tor, I'm just opening the old version and let him update (you can force with Menu-->Help-->About Tor), then repack your module replacing the TOR-MODULE.xzm/home/guest/tor-browser_en-US folder with the new one in your $USER folder. ( /home/guest/tor-browser_en-US )

Posted: **17 Nov 2021, 18:44**

M. Eerie wrote: ↑
17 Nov 2021, 16:54
To update Tor, I'm just opening the old version and let him update

Would that work with a very outdated one like e.g. tor-browser-gnu-linux-x86_64-1.1.11-dev-de_Fx_3.6.17.xzm from 2011? Aka a whooping 10 years outdated.

Posted: **17 Nov 2021, 19:16**

Rava wrote: ↑
17 Nov 2021, 18:44
Would that work with a very outdated one

I don't know... A hotlink to the last en-US version follows. You can unpack and create a module out of it by following the posted gif.
https://dist.torproject.org/torbrowser/ ... -US.tar.xz

If you can't reach torproject.org domain, then try to give Palemoon an anonymizer extension. download from here:
https://oshi.at/VEwuTJ

Note the file has been renamed as GNzF.xz
sha256sum:
13a1828cc892b38b0f5033482611c9ff30746a3df17bf0f359c529c4d647a5b3 tor-browser-linux64-11.0.1_en-US.tar.xz

as shown here:

Posted: **17 Nov 2021, 21:48**

M. Eerie wrote: ↑
17 Nov 2021, 19:16
f you can't reach torproject.org domain, then try to give Palemoon an anonymizer extension. download from here:
https://oshi.at/VEwuTJ

That download works like a charm. Weird thing, eh?
(currently downloading it)

Thanks a lot!

Added in 6 minutes 33 seconds:
Download complete, sha256 checks okay. But now it is bed time, probably I manage to work with it tomorrow.

Posted: **18 Nov 2021, 09:03**

The problem:
In some Linux distributions the latest version of the Tor browser doesn't work anymore
Look here:
https://www.linuxquestions.org/question ... 175703351/
Look here:
https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/appli ... sues/40693
I am using Porteus 4.0 64Bit Xfce.
And exactly the same issue occurs here:

Version 11.0 doesn't work.
The Tor 10.5.10 is the last version that I can run on Portus 4.0

Posted: **18 Nov 2021, 10:42**

Kulle wrote: ↑
18 Nov 2021, 09:03
Version 11.0 doesn't work.
The Tor 10.5.10 is the last version that I can run on Portus 4.0

When you want a current tor, seems your only option is to also have a Porteus 5,0rc3 and run that for tor.
I run 5.0rc3 and the current tor from above (tor-browser-linux64-11.0.1_en-US) seems to work fine. For now I just started it but not went online with it, but I presume when it starts and runs okay than the going online should also work.