[TWN team] Recent changes to the wiki pages
Lunar
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Wed Nov 6 12:00:04 UTC 2013
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New Tor Browser Bundles based on Firefox 17.0.10esr
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-Erinn Clark released new versions of the Tor Browser Bundle [4] on November
-1st. The previously “beta” bundles have moved to the “release candidate” stage and
-are almost identical to the stable ones, except for the version of the tor
-daemon. A couple of days later, David Fifield also released updated “pluggable
-transport“ bundles [5].
-
-The new bundles include all security fixes from Firefox 17.0.10esr [6], and
-updated versions of libpng, NoScript and HTTPS Everywhere. It also contains
-a handful of improvements and fixes to the Tor Browser patches.
-
-Users of older version of the Tor Browser bundles should already have been
-reminded to upgrade by the notification system. Don't forget about it!
-
-This should be the last bundles based on the 17 branch of Firefox as it is
-going to be superseded by the 24 branch as the new long-term supported version
-in 6 weeks. Major progress has already been made by Mike Perry and Pearl
-Crescent to update the Tor Browser changes and review the new code base [7].
+Erinn Clark released new versions of the Tor Browser Bundle [4] on
+November 1st. The previously “beta” bundles have moved to the “release
+candidate” stage and are almost identical to the stable ones, except for
+the version of the tor daemon. A couple of days later, David Fifield
+also released updated “pluggable transport“ bundles [5].
+
+The new bundles include all security fixes from Firefox 17.0.10esr [6],
+and updated versions of libpng, NoScript and HTTPS Everywhere. It also
+contains a handful of improvements and fixes to the Tor Browser patches.
+
+Users of older version of the Tor Browser bundles should already have
+been reminded to upgrade by the notification system. Don't forget about
+it!
+
+This should be the last bundles based on the 17 branch of Firefox as it
+is going to be superseded by the 24 branch as the new long-term
+supported version in 6 weeks. Major progress has already been made by
+Mike Perry and Pearl Crescent to update the Tor Browser changes and
+review the new code base [7].
[4] https://blog.torproject.org/blog/new-tor-browser-bundles-firefox-17010esr
[5] https://blog.torproject.org/blog/pluggable-transports-bundles-2417-rc-1-pt1-firefox-17010esr
@@ -72,9 +74,10 @@
The wave of regular monthly reports from Tor project members for the
month of October has begun early this time to reach the tor-reports
mailing-list: Damian Johnson [8], Linus Nordberg [9], Karsten Loesing
-[10], Philipp Winter [11], Ximin Luo [12], Lunar [13], Kelley Misata [14],
-Matt Pagan [15], Sherief Alaa [16], Nick Mathewson [17], Pearl Crescent [18],
-George Kadianakis [19], Colin Childs [20], Arlo Breault [21], and Sukhbir Singh [22].
+[10], Philipp Winter [11], Ximin Luo [12], Lunar [13], Kelley Misata
+[14], Matt Pagan [15], Sherief Alaa [16], Nick Mathewson [17], Pearl
+Crescent [18], George Kadianakis [19], Colin Childs [20], Arlo Breault
+[21], and Sukhbir Singh [22].
[8] https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-reports/2013-October/000367.html
[9] https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-reports/2013-October/000369.html
@@ -95,23 +98,27 @@
Tor Help Desk Roundup
---------------------
-One person asked why the lock icon on the Tor Project's website was not outlined
-in green. Sites that use HTTPS can purchase different types of SSL certificates.
-Some certificate issuers offer certificates that supply ownership information, such
-as the physical address of the website operator, for a higher price. Sites that use
-these certificates get the lock icon by their URL outlined in green. The Tor Project
-adds protection to the validity of our SSL certificate a different way, by supplying
-our SSL certificate fingerprint on our FAQ page [23]. You can double check that
-fingerprint on any of the Tor Project's mirror pages as well [24].
-
-One person wanted to known why a website they were visiting over Firefox was telling
-them that they were not using Tor, even though Vidalia told them that Tor was running.
-By default, the Tor Browser Bundle does not anonymize all the traffic on your computer.
-Only the traffic you send through the Tor Browser Bundle will be anonymized. If you
-have Firefox and the Tor Browser open at the same time, the traffic you send through
-Firefox will not be anonymous. Using Firefox and Tor Browser Bundle at the same time is
-not a great idea because the two interfaces are almost identical, and it is easy to get
-the two browsers mixed up, even if you know what you are doing.
+One person asked why the lock icon on the Tor Project's website was not
+outlined in green. Sites that use HTTPS can purchase different types of
+SSL certificates. Some certificate issuers offer certificates that
+supply ownership information, such as the physical address of the
+website operator, for a higher price. Sites that use these certificates
+get the lock icon by their URL outlined in green. The Tor Project adds
+protection to the validity of our SSL certificate a different way, by
+supplying our SSL certificate fingerprint on our FAQ page [23]. You can
+double check that fingerprint on any of the Tor Project's mirror pages
+as well [24].
+
+One person wanted to known why a website they were visiting over Firefox
+was telling them that they were not using Tor, even though Vidalia told
+them that Tor was running. By default, the Tor Browser Bundle does not
+anonymize all the traffic on your computer. Only the traffic you send
+through the Tor Browser Bundle will be anonymized. If you have Firefox
+and the Tor Browser open at the same time, the traffic you send through
+Firefox will not be anonymous. Using Firefox and Tor Browser Bundle at
+the same time is not a great idea because the two interfaces are almost
+identical, and it is easy to get the two browsers mixed up, even if you
+know what you are doing.
[23] https://www.torproject.org/docs/faq.html.en#SSLcertfingerprint
[24] https://torproject.org/getinvolved/mirrors.html.en
@@ -119,62 +126,65 @@
Miscellaneous news
------------------
-The third beta release of TorBirdy has been released [25] as version 0.1.2.
-Among several other fixes and improvements it restores proper usage of Tor
-when used with Thunderbird 24. Be sure to upgrade [26]!
+The third beta release of TorBirdy has been released [25] as version
+0.1.2. Among several other fixes and improvements it restores proper
+usage of Tor when used with Thunderbird 24. Be sure to upgrade [26]!
[25] https://blog.torproject.org/blog/torbirdy-012-our-third-beta-release
[26] https://www.torproject.org/dist/torbirdy/torbirdy-0.1.2.xpi
-starlight reported [27] on running a Tor relays with the daemon
-compiled with the AddressSanitizer [28] memory error detector available
-since GCC 4.8
+starlight reported [27] on running a Tor relays with the daemon compiled
+with the AddressSanitizer [28] memory error detector available since GCC
+4.8
[27] https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-relays/2013-October/003187.html
[28] https://code.google.com/p/address-sanitizer/
-Isis Lovecruft has sent two proposals [29] for improvements to
-BridgeDB. One is finished and addresses the switch to a “Distributed
-Database System and RDBMS”. The second is still in draft stage and
-“specifies a system for social distribution of the centrally-stored
-bridges within BridgeDB”.
+Isis Lovecruft has sent two proposals [29] for improvements to BridgeDB.
+One is finished and addresses the switch to a “Distributed Database
+System and RDBMS”. The second is still in draft stage and “specifies a
+system for social distribution of the centrally-stored bridges within
+BridgeDB”.
[29] https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-dev/2013-November/005713.html
-Karsten Loesing announced [30] the availability of a new tech report he wrote with
-Steven J. Murdoch, and Rob Jansen: “Evaluation of a libutp-based Tor Datagram
-Implementation” [31]. Be sure to have a look if you are interested in one of the
-“promising approach to overcome Tor’s performance-related problems”.
+Karsten Loesing announced [30] the availability of a new tech report he
+wrote with Steven J. Murdoch, and Rob Jansen: “Evaluation of a libutp-
+based Tor Datagram Implementation” [31]. Be sure to have a look if you
+are interested in one of the “promising approach to overcome Tor’s
+performance-related problems”.
[30] https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-dev/2013-October/005700.html
[31] https://research.torproject.org/techreports/libutp-2013-10-30.pdf
-SiNA Rabbani has been asking [32] for comments on two documents he wrote about
-how use cases and design of a “point-and-click” hidden service blogging tool,
-as part of the Cute Otter project [33].
+SiNA Rabbani has been asking [32] for comments on two documents he wrote
+about how use cases and design of a “point-and-click” hidden service
+blogging tool, as part of the Cute Otter project [33].
[32] https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-dev/2013-October/005703.html
[33] https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/attachment/wiki/org/sponsors/Otter/Cute
-David Goulet released third rc of Torsocks 2.0.0 [34] with a lot of fixes and
-improvements. Available to download from GitHub [35] and also as Debian package
-from the experimental distribution [36].
+David Goulet released third rc of Torsocks 2.0.0 [34] with a lot of
+fixes and improvements. Available to download from GitHub [35] and also
+as Debian package from the experimental distribution [36].
[34] https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-dev/2013-November/005728.html
[35] https://github.com/dgoulet/torsocks/archive/v2.0.0-rc3.tar.gz
[36] http://packages.debian.org/experimental/torsocks
-Christian is working on a new round of improvements for Globe [37], a web application
-to learn about relays and bridges of the Tor network. The project seems close to
-be mature enough to replace Atlas [38] according to some.
+Christian is working on a new round of improvements for Globe [37], a
+web application to learn about relays and bridges of the Tor network.
+The project seems close to be mature enough to replace Atlas [38]
+according to some.
[37] https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-dev/2013-November/005725.html
[38] https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-dev/2013-November/005735.html
-A discussion on the tor-relays mailing list prompted Roger Dingledine to ask
-about changing the current default exit policy [39] of the tor daemon. The current
-“restricted exit node” policy has been in place since 2003. As this has surprised
-some operators, switching the default policy to “middle node” is under consideration.
+A discussion on the tor-relays mailing list prompted Roger Dingledine to
+ask about changing the current default exit policy [39] of the tor
+daemon. The current “restricted exit node” policy has been in place
+since 2003. As this has surprised some operators, switching the default
+policy to “middle node” is under consideration.
[39] https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-relays/2013-November/003240.html
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