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Tor-ramdisk 20090125 (MIPS Port branch)
Tor-ramdisk is an i686 uClibc-based micro Linux distribution whose only purpose is to host a Tor server in an environment that maximizes security and privacy. Tor is a network of virtual tunnels that allows people and groups to improve their privacy and security on the Internet. Security is enhanced in tor-ramdisk by employing a monolithically compiled GRSEC/PAX patched kernel and hardened system tools. Privacy is enhanced by turning off logging at all levels so that even the Tor operator only has access to minimal information. Finally, since everything runs in ephemeral memory, no information survives a reboot, except for the Tor configuration file and the private RSA key, which may be exported/imported by FTP. License: GNU General Public License v3 Changes:
This initial port of tor-ramdisk to the MIPS architecture has only been tested in a QEMU emulated environment, but is functional despite known issues. Its is built using tor-0.2.0.33, busybox-1.13.2, and linux-2.6.18.6. Unlike the default branch, binaries are statically linked against glibc, and a vanilla kernel is employed. Image

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tor-gencert

TOR-GENCERT(1)							    Tor Manual							    TOR-GENCERT(1)

NAME

       tor-gencert - Generate certs and keys for Tor directory authorities

SYNOPSIS

       tor-gencert [-h|--help] [-v] [-r|--reuse] [--create-identity-key] [-i id_file] [-c cert_file] [-m num] [-a address:port]

DESCRIPTION

       tor-gencert generates certificates and private keys for use by Tor directory authorities running the v3 Tor directory protocol, as used by
       Tor 0.2.0 and later. If you are not running a directory authority, you don't need to use tor-gencert.

       Every directory authority has a long term authority identity key (which is distinct from the identity key it uses as a Tor server); this
       key should be kept offline in a secure location. It is used to certify shorter-lived signing keys, which are kept online and used by the
       directory authority to sign votes and consensus documents.

       After you use this program to generate a signing key and a certificate, copy those files to the keys subdirectory of your Tor process, and
       send Tor a SIGHUP signal. DO NOT COPY THE IDENTITY KEY.

OPTIONS

       -v
	   Display verbose output.

       -h or --help
	   Display help text and exit.

       -r or --reuse
	   Generate a new certificate, but not a new signing key. This can be used to change the address or lifetime associated with a given key.

       --create-identity-key
	   Generate a new identity key. You should only use this option the first time you run tor-gencert; in the future, you should use the
	   identity key that's already there.

       -i FILENAME
	   Read the identity key from the specified file. If the file is not present and --create-identity-key is provided, create the identity
	   key in the specified file. Default: "./authority_identity_key"

       -s FILENAME
	   Write the signing key to the specified file. Default: "./authority_signing_key"

       -c FILENAME
	   Write the certificate to the specified file. Default: "./authority_certificate"

       -m NUM
	   Number of months that the certificate should be valid. Default: 12.

       --passphrase-fd FILEDES
	   Filedescriptor to read the file descriptor from. Ends at the first NUL or newline. Default: read from the terminal.

       -a address:port
	   If provided, advertise the address:port combination as this authority's preferred directory port in its certificate. If the address is
	   a hostname, the hostname is resolved to an IP before it's published.

BUGS

       This probably doesn't run on Windows. That's not a big issue, since we don't really want authorities to be running on Windows anyway.

SEE ALSO

       tor(1)

       See also the "dir-spec.txt" file, distributed with Tor.

AUTHORS

	   Roger Dingledine <arma@mit.edu>, Nick Mathewson <nickm@alum.mit.edu>.

AUTHOR

       Nick Mathewson
	   Author.

Tor								    09/26/2014							    TOR-GENCERT(1)