The website was updated to match the progress of the project. Most content was added to the frequently asked questions section - notably information about registration and how does selection of users work.
We have also released an English version of the contract.
It is finally here. Today first invitations to preregistered users were sent. We are starting slowly to make sure everything works as expected, so do not be alarmed if you did not receive an invitation. We will send larger amounts of invitations during the following weeks.
If you are amongst the lucky ones already invited, we are looking forward to your feedback.
To make it possible for our users to study the end user contract in advance and comment on its content, we made it publicly available on this website in the Privacy section.
The source code of applications running on router Turris was released to the public. As in other public projects of CZ.NIC, we made it available through our GitLab web interface. The source code contains both original applications by CZ.NIC and modified versions of OpenWrt, its packages and other tools.
In order to spread the routers evenly in the network, we decided to add a few more questions to the pregistration. New preregistrations will already contain the new questions, those who preregistered earlier will receive an e-mail with a link to additional survey.
The goal of the extended preregistration is to ensure that different types of users are properly represented. One of the most significant parameters is the position of the router in the internet, which should correspond to the market shares of individual internet service providers. In other parameters, such as the size of the network and connection type, we would like to reach maximum variedness.
We will use the updated preregistration data to order the list of interested users and start the registration process by inviting the topmost candidates.
On Jan 16, Czech Big Brother Awards 2013 were announced in Bio Oko. Project Turris received the only positive award for privacy protection. The awards committee emphasized openness of the project despite its focus on network monitoring.
Due to preparations of manufacture, we did not have time to update this website in November and December. To rectify this lack of information, we release pictures of first pieces from the serial production.
Manufacture will continue till January when we also plan to release the first routers to end-users.
After the second prototype of the board, we also have the second prototype of the box of the router. We have updated the hardware page with a few pictures of it.
We have successfully breathed live into first pieces from the second prototype series of our routers yesterday.
In the following days, we will test the devices thoroughly to check that all issues discovered on the first prototypes were fixed.
More information including all documentation will be released soon.
Project Turris will be part of three conferences this autumn. The first appearance will be at Open Source solutions in networks in Karviná on Oct 23, the second at the popular LinuxAlt in Brno on Nov 3. Last but not least, a whole section will be dedicated to Turris at the IT 13.2 conference organized by CZ.NIC on Nov 30.
If you plan to attend any of these actions, we are looking forward to seeing you there.
We were assigned OUI D8-58-D7 by the IEEE yesterday. This number identifies individual manufacturers and is most commonly used as a prefix for MAC addresses.
So, when you see a MAC address starting with D8-58-D7 in the future, it is hardware from CZ.NIC.
A page dedicated to hardware documentation was released. It contains router schematics, 3D model of the board and other files for download. At present, the first prototype is available. New versions will be released as the project progresses.
