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Author: lunar
Date: 2013-09-10T09:40:37+00:00
rework the get involved section
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[XXX] https://blog.torproject.org/blog/calea-2-and-tor
[XXX] http://www.torproject.org/docs/faq.html.en#Backdoor
-Simple Ways to Contribute This Week
------------------------------------
-
-Each week will be listed here some simple tasks that people who want to
-begin to hack on the Tor Project could do.
-
-If you're hacking on Tor and want a ticket featured here, add "easy" to
-the keywords field on Trac.
-
-Highlighted this week:
-
-* Let User's know which IP is making a new control port connection [XXX]
- Why? Let User's know which IP/application is making a new control port
- connection so they have info to go on to rule out an attack.
- Skills: C, Network Service Primitives
-
-* Runa Sandvik is asking for help [XXX] to diagnose what's currently
- wrong with Tor Cloud [XXX] images.
- Why? Their numbers are declining [XXX], and may impact censored users
- being able to reach the Tor network.
- Skills: Debian System Administration, Package Managers, ???
-
+Help the Tor community!
+-----------------------
+
+Tor is about protecting everyone’s freedom and privacy. There are many
+way to help [XXX] but getting involved in such a busy community can be
+daunting. Here's a selection of tasks on which one can get started:
+
+Get tor to log the source of control port connection [XXX]. It would
+help developping controller applications or libraries (like Stem [XXX])
+to know which program is responsible for a given access to the control
+facilities of the tor daemon. Knowledge required: C programming,
+basic understanding of network sockets.
+
+Diagnose what is currently wrong with Tor Cloud images [XXX]. Tor
+Cloud [XXX] is an easy way to deploy bridges and it looks like
+the automatic upgrade procedure had troubles. Let's have these
+virtual machines be again useful for censored users. Knowledge
+required: basic understanding of Ubuntu system administration.
+
+ [XXX] https://www.torproject.org/getinvolved/volunteer.html.en
+ [XXX] https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/9698
+ [XXX] https://stem.torproject.org/
[XXX] https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-dev/2013-September/005417.html
[XXX] https://cloud.torproject.org
- [XXX] https://metrics.torproject.org/network.html#cloudbridges
- [XXX] https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/9698
Upcoming events
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version 61
Author: mparte
Date: 2013-09-10T08:56:07+00:00
changes to 'how to contribute' section
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[XXX] https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-reports/2013-September/000336.html
-Runa Sandvik is asking for help [XXX] to diagnose what's currently wrong with
-Tor Cloud [XXX] images. If you have some knowledge on how Linux-based system
-are suppose to run and a little bit of time, please have a look!
-
- [XXX] https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-dev/2013-September/005417.html
- [XXX] https://cloud.torproject.org
-
Thanks Frenn vun der Enn [XXX] for setting up a new mirror [XXX] of the
Tor project website.
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* Let User's know which IP is making a new control port connection [XXX]
Why? Let User's know which IP/application is making a new control port
connection so they have info to go on to rule out an attack.
- Practice: C, Network Service Primitives
-
-* Change 'your' to 'this' on check.torproject.org page [XXX]
- Why? A small percentage of users will misinterpret "your browser" to
- mean their existing browser with dire consequences.
- Practice: Git, Patch, Diff
-
-* Add tests to Stem to try and detect new versions of Tor [XXX]
- Why? Reduce workload for keeping Stem up to date with changes in Tor &
- making sure programs that rely on Stem are kept closely up to date with
- Tor.
- Practice: Python, Tor Control Protocol, Testing
-
+ Skills: C, Network Service Primitives
+
+* Runa Sandvik is asking for help [XXX] to diagnose what's currently
+ wrong with Tor Cloud [XXX] images.
+ Why? Their numbers are declining [XXX], and may impact censored users
+ being able to reach the Tor network.
+ Skills: Debian System Administration, Package Managers, ???
+
+ [XXX] https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-dev/2013-September/005417.html
+ [XXX] https://cloud.torproject.org
+ [XXX] https://metrics.torproject.org/network.html#cloudbridges
[XXX] https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/9698
- [XXX] https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/9631
- [XXX] https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/8250
Upcoming events
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version 60
Author: dope457
Date: 2013-09-10T08:30:59+00:00
possible item - stack exchange
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Possible items:
+* How about mention Stack Exchange page for Tor? It is getting closer http://area51.stackexchange.com/proposals/56447/tor-online-anonymity-privacy-and-security
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