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version 21
Author: harmony
Date:   2013-09-12T13:17:45+00:00

   minor fixes/marked added items

--- version 20
+++ version 21
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
 Tor users, except insofar as they might have traffic flows from both sides
 of the circuit in their database."
 
-Finally, he remarked that rather than engaging in speculation based on
+Finally, he remarked that instead of engaging in speculation based on
 limited evidence, "we'd rather spend our time developing Tor and conducting
 research to make a better Tor."
 
@@ -171,10 +171,10 @@
 
 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
-* karsten updated the GeoIP database https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/9714
-* Improvement of SSL Ciphers of Tor2web https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-talk/2013-September/030003.html
-* The lifecycle of a new relay https://blog.torproject.org/blog/lifecycle-of-a-new-relay
-* Andrew Lewman on Tor, NSA, GCHQ, and QUICK ANT Speculation https://blog.torproject.org/blog/tor-nsa-gchq-and-quick-ant-speculation response to http://www.reddit.com/r/TOR/comments/1m3jum/gchq_tor_events_capture/
-* entry guards and linkability https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-dev/2013-September/005423.html
-* FreeBSD and OpenBSD ports updated http://lists.nycbug.org/pipermail/tor-bsd/2013-September/000044.html+* How about mention Stack Exchange page for Tor? It is getting closer http://area51.stackexchange.com/proposals/56447/tor-online-anonymity-privacy-and-security [done]
+* karsten updated the GeoIP database https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/9714 [done]
+* Improvement of SSL Ciphers of Tor2web https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-talk/2013-September/030003.html [done]
+* The lifecycle of a new relay https://blog.torproject.org/blog/lifecycle-of-a-new-relay [done]
+* Andrew Lewman on Tor, NSA, GCHQ, and QUICK ANT Speculation https://blog.torproject.org/blog/tor-nsa-gchq-and-quick-ant-speculation response to http://www.reddit.com/r/TOR/comments/1m3jum/gchq_tor_events_capture/ [done]
+* entry guards and linkability https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-dev/2013-September/005423.html [done]
+* FreeBSD and OpenBSD ports updated http://lists.nycbug.org/pipermail/tor-bsd/2013-September/000044.html [done]
version 20
Author: harmony
Date:   2013-09-12T13:01:45+00:00

   drafted relay lifecycle item/minor fixes

--- version 19
+++ version 20
@@ -24,13 +24,14 @@
 Official response to QUICK ANT disclosure
 -----------------------------------------
 
-A certain amount of speculation was provoked by a slide leaked as
-part of the ongoing Snowden disclosures and featured in an edition of
-the Brazilian current-affairs show 'Fantástico' broadcast on September
-8th [XXX], which appeared to show a tab in the alleged NSA/GCHQ FLYING
-PIG surveillance interface labelled 'Query QUICK ANT - Tor events QFD'.
-Users on Reddit [XXX] and Twitter [XXX] began to suggest possible attacks
-on Tor that might be managed through such an interface.
+Another round of speculation regarding the attitude of state surveillance
+agencies towards the Tor network was provoked by a slide featured in an
+edition of the Brazilian current-affairs show 'Fantástico', broadcast on
+September 8th [XXX]. The slide, leaked as part of the ongoing Snowden
+disclosures, appeared to show a tab in the alleged NSA/GCHQ FLYING PIG
+surveillance interface labelled 'Query QUICK ANT - Tor events QFD'. Users
+on Reddit [XXX] and Twitter [XXX] began to suggest possible attacks on Tor
+that might be managed through such an interface.
 
 Andrew Lewman posted an official response on the Tor Blog [XXX] in which
 he reiterated that "it's not clear what the NSA or GCHQ can or cannot do",
@@ -85,6 +86,28 @@
  [XXX] https://blog.torproject.org/blog/lifecycle-of-a-new-relay
  [XXX] https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-dev/2013-September/005424.html
 
+The lifecycle of a new relay: further research needed
+-----------------------------------------------------
+
+In response to some confusion on the part of relay operators over the
+apparently slow growth in the use of newly-established nodes by clients,
+Roger Dingledine posted on the Tor Blog [XXX] a detailed account of how
+new relays, and the bandwidth they supply, are gradually integrated into
+the Tor network by directory authorities, bandwidth authorities, and clients
+themselves. Roger stressed that "the descriptions here are in part anecdotal".
+
+Roger described the four broad phases that define the development of a
+relay within the network, and finished by offering a number of questions
+for further research, under a general rubric: "what do these phases look
+like with real-world data?" If you would like to contribute to the Tor
+community's understanding of the interaction between individual relays
+and the network as a whole, please take a look both at the list of sample
+questions and at Tor's publicly-available archive of metrics data [XXX],
+and see what you can find!
+
+ [XXX] https://blog.torproject.org/blog/lifecycle-of-a-new-relay
+ [XXX] https://metrics.torproject.org/data.html
+
 Miscellaneous news
 ------------------
 
@@ -104,7 +127,8 @@
 
 The commitment level for the proposed Tor StackExchange page is hovering
 at 73%; it needs to reach 100% before it will be accepted. If you think
-you will be able to contribute, please sign up! [XXX]
+you will be able to contribute by answering questions from current or
+potential Tor users, please sign up! [XXX]
 
  [XXX] http://area51.stackexchange.com/proposals/56447/tor-online-anonymity-privacy-and-security
 
@@ -132,7 +156,7 @@
           | Event website URL
 
 
-This issue of Tor Weekly News has been assembled by harmony, XXX, and
+This issue of Tor Weekly News has been assembled by harmony, Lunar, and
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