[liberationtech] Tor-only wireless access

[Jonathan Wilkes]

On 06/24/2014 11:35 AM, michi1 at michaelblizek.twilightparadox.com wrote:
> Hi!
>
> On 07:55 Mon 23 Jun     , Jonathan Wilkes wrote:
>> Hi,
>>       Is anybody doing router software that allows guest access, but _only_ if the client is using Tor to connect?  The Tor network and its various relays and exits are known, so it seems like it should be doable.
>>
>> In this case, the router owner could open up access with less risk of having their IP associated with bad behavior, and the user armed with TBB could rest assured that the router isn't screwing with their packets.
>>
>> -Jonathan
> I am programing a layer 3+4 network protocol for mesh networks (see
> http://michaelblizek.twilightparadox.com ). My idea for uplinks is basically
> to run application level gateways which do not put the uplink operator at risk
> (e.g. tor bridge, socks proxy limited to openvpn port, gnunet, ...).
>
> Integrating tor should be rather straightforward: run a bridge on the uplink,
> run a tor client on client and tell the tor client to use a bridge at
> localhost:someport (my program will then route it to the next bridge)

Why can't the client just run Tor?

-Jonathan