[TWN team] Recent changes to the wiki pages
Lunar
lunar at torproject.org
Sat Sep 21 21:00:06 UTC 2013
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=== https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/wiki/TorWeeklyNews/2013/12 ===
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version 14
Author: harmony
Date: 2013-09-21T20:21:30+00:00
reword mirror item [is it really a new mirror, or did they just rename
it?]
--- version 13
+++ version 14
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
Miscellaneous news
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-New mirror, thanks nsane2307 [XXX].
+Thanks to nsane2307 for running a new mirror of torproject.org [XXX].
[XXX] https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-mirrors/2013-September/000362.html
@@ -121,6 +121,6 @@
* Reimbursement of Exit Operators https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-relays/2013-September/002824.html
* Final? GSoC report on Searchable metrics archive by Kostas Jakeliunas https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-dev/2013-September/005483.html
on EvilGenius by Johannes Fürmann https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-dev/2013-September/005484.html
- * new TBBs https://blog.torproject.org/blog/new-tor-browser-bundles-firefox-1709esr
+ * new TBBs https://blog.torproject.org/blog/new-tor-browser-bundles-firefox-1709esr [done]
* Tor mini-hackathon https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-talk/2013-September/030154.html
- * turtles hickup https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-relays/2013-September/002888.html+ * turtles hickup https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-relays/2013-September/002888.html [done]
version 13
Author: harmony
Date: 2013-09-21T20:01:44+00:00
write clock skew item
--- version 12
+++ version 13
@@ -64,7 +64,14 @@
Jacob Appelbaum inquired with VUPEN about the Tor Project having the right of first
refusal for Tor Browser bugs, in order to protect users [XXX].
- [XXX] http://storify.com/fredericjacobs/discussion-between-tor-s-ioerror-and-vupen-s-chaou
+ [XXX] http://storify.com/fredericjacobs/discussion-between-tor-s-ioerror-and-vupen-s-chaou
+
+In the course of stopping Tor clients from communicating their local time to servers,
+a bug was introduced into the tor master branch that caused relays to warn their
+operators of clock skew, after receiving the Unix epoch as the current time from
+affected directory authorities [XXX].
+
+ [XXX] https://bugs.torproject.org/9798
Item 1 with cited source [XXX].
version 12
Author: harmony
Date: 2013-09-21T19:47:03+00:00
write up new tbb story/make minor changes
--- version 11
+++ version 12
@@ -15,22 +15,35 @@
Tails 0.20.1 is out
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-Tails has seen its 33rd release on September 19th [XXX]. The most visible change
-might be the upgrade of tor to version 0.2.4.17-rc which should result in
+Tails saw its 33rd release on September 19th [XXX]. The most visible change
+might be the upgrade of tor to version 0.2.4.17-rc, which should result in
faster and more reliable access to the network after the sudden bump in
Tor clients [XXX].
Among other minor bugfixes and improvements, persistence volumes are now properly unmounted
-on shutdown. This should prevent data loss in some situations, and avoid sometimes lengthy
+on shutdown. This should prevent data loss in some situations, and avoid a sometimes lengthy
pause upon activation.
-It also fixes several important security issues [XXX], all users should upgrade [XXX].
+It also fixes several important security issues [XXX]. It is recommended that
+all users upgrade as soon as possible [XXX].
- [XXX] https://tails.boum.org/news/version_0.20.1/
- [XXX] https://blog.torproject.org/blog/how-to-handle-millions-new-tor-clients
- [XXX] https://tails.boum.org/security/Numerous_security_holes_in_0.20/
- [XXX] https://tails.boum.org/news/version_0.20.1/
+ [XXX] https://tails.boum.org/news/version_0.20.1/
+ [XXX] https://blog.torproject.org/blog/how-to-handle-millions-new-tor-clients
+ [XXX] https://tails.boum.org/security/Numerous_security_holes_in_0.20/
+ [XXX] https://tails.boum.org/news/version_0.20.1/
+New Tor Browser Bundles released
+--------------------------------
+
+A new set of stable and beta Tor Browser Bundles was announced on the Tor blog [XXX].
+As well as disabling the filtering of results for queries submitted to Startpage,
+the default search engine, they include an updated version of HTTPS-Everywhere that
+no longer causes a storm of requests to clients1.google.com, an issue reported by many
+users after the last release [XXX]. In addition, they incorporate important security
+updates; it is recommended that all users upgrade as soon as possible.
+
+ [XXX] https://blog.torproject.org/blog/new-tor-browser-bundles-firefox-1709esr
+ [XXX] https://bugs.torproject.org/9713
New Release of XXX
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@@ -46,7 +59,12 @@
New mirror, thanks nsane2307 [XXX].
- [XXX] https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-mirrors/2013-September/000362.html
+ [XXX] https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-mirrors/2013-September/000362.html
+
+Jacob Appelbaum inquired with VUPEN about the Tor Project having the right of first
+refusal for Tor Browser bugs, in order to protect users [XXX].
+
+ [XXX] http://storify.com/fredericjacobs/discussion-between-tor-s-ioerror-and-vupen-s-chaou
Item 1 with cited source [XXX].
@@ -64,10 +82,6 @@
XXX: Reported vulnerabilities [XXX].
[XXX] vulnerability report source
-
-Jacob Appelbaum inquired with VUPEN about having the right of first refusal for Tor Browser bugs to protect users:
-
- http://storify.com/fredericjacobs/discussion-between-tor-s-ioerror-and-vupen-s-chaou
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