Tor and Hardware Acceleration with the BeagleBone Black
I’ve made some progress with using hardware acceleration on the BeagleBone Black (BBB) and running Tor. It appears that OpenSSL cryptodev engine does not use all the algorithms that the...
View ArticleMy upcoming CryptoCape and Internet Privacy talks
I’m excited to help kickoff Loveland CreatorSpace (LCS), a new hacker space in Loveland, Colorado, with a presentation and a class! LCS Show and Tell Kickoff On Wednesday, November 13th, LCS will be...
View ArticleCrypto for Makers: Slides from Loveland CreatorSpace Kickoff
I’m posting my slides from last Wednesday’s Loveland CreatorSpace (LCS) show-and-tell. There was a great turn-out for our first meeting and an impressive display of art, jewelry, electronics, CNC...
View ArticlePractical Internet Privacy with Tor
I was happy to give Loveland CreatorSpace’s first class on how to use Tor! By the end everybody knew how to install, run, and verify that Tor is working and they could all connect to a hidden service!...
View ArticleReceived my Tor t-shirt!
I received my Tor t-shirt the other day! One can receive a t-shirt by meeting one of the following criteria (from the Tor Project website): Very cool back of the Tor t-shirt. A large enough ($65+)...
View ArticleHulu Blocks Tor
I run a Tor relay on my home network on a BeagleBone Black. It’s certainly not the fastest Tor relay out there, but it’s inexpensive, small, and doesn’t affect my home network. But more importantly, it...
View ArticleRunning a Tor Relay on the BeagleBone Black for about a year
I have been running a Tor relay on a BeagleBone Black since last August. It’s been reset twice. Once after Heartbleed, which effectively destroyed the uptime calculation since it looks like a new...
View ArticleBanned Books Week 2014
My initial reaction to Banned Books Week, which is this week, was “oh, this when we remember how we used to ban books back in the 50s.” I went to the Banned Books Week website and found a pamphlet that...
View ArticleMy book, BeagleBone for Secret Agents, is now available
My book, BeagleBone for Secret Agents, is now available. The title is slightly misleading as you need not be a secret agent to enjoy this book. ;) There are five self-contained projects involving...
View ArticleRun Tails from the MinnowBoard Max
This Tuesday, I’m on a panel with John Hawley, the community manager of the MinnowBoard Max, where we’ll be discussing the future of open source hardware. Spoilers, I think the future looks good. With...
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