Two weeks ago, Secnews featured the Anonabox, an attempt by a California developer to create a router that would connect directly to the Tor network, allowing anonymous browsing. The Anonabox was eventually pulled from Kickstarter after users complained that it violated basic terms and conditions and lacked basic security information. The developers who worked on the router are now planning to sell their product through their own website.
The brief launch of the Anonabox on Kickstarter, however, highlighted the market demand for such a device and prompted many to imitate it. So after the publicity that the project received, similar products appeared, aiming to claim market share and achieve what the Anonabox failed to do. The Invizbox is a device with similar features: 64 megabytes of RAM, 16 megabytes of Flash storage, Linux-based OpenWRT embedded OS.
The main difference, according to the team that designed it (Elizabeth Canavan, Paul Canavan, Chris Monks) is that their router will be more secure.
Another Tor-based router that has made an appearance is the TorFi, which is based on the TP-Link TL-WR841N. What's striking is that the team behind it is not your average group of programmers. Jesse Enjaian is a law school graduate and David Xu is an engineer. The pair hope to release the TorFi for $30 and negotiate a reduced price for the hardware if there is enough demand.
In case you need a Tor-based router immediately, you can take a look at the following websites:
No-name Tor-based router
Raspberry Pi-based Onion Router $135
or build your own.
