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Lunar
lunar at torproject.org
Mon Aug 4 14:40:10 UTC 2014
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version 28
Author: lunar
Date: 2014-08-04T13:55:47+00:00
write about Tails call for testers
--- version 27
+++ version 28
@@ -124,6 +124,14 @@
[XXX]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-dev/2014-August/007288.html
[XXX]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-dev/2014-August/007293.html
+The Tails team is looking for testers to solve a possible incompatiblity
+in one of the recommended installation procedure. If you have a running Tails
+system, a spare USB stick and some time, please help [XXX]. Don't miss
+the recommended command-line options [XXX]!
+
+ [XXX]: https://mailman.boum.org/pipermail/tails-testers/2014-July/000059.html
+ [XXX]: https://mailman.boum.org/pipermail/tails-testers/2014-July/000060.html
+
Tor help desk roundup
---------------------
@@ -178,5 +186,4 @@
Possible items:
* Tor security advisory: "relay early" traffic confirmation attack https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-announce/2014-July/000094.html https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-relays/2014-August/005046.html
- * Call for testing: isohybrid vs. Tails 1.1 https://mailman.boum.org/pipermail/tails-testers/2014-July/000059.html https://mailman.boum.org/pipermail/tails-testers/2014-July/000060.html
* Proposal 236 and the guardiness of a guard https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-dev/2014-July/007269.html
version 27
Author: lunar
Date: 2014-08-04T13:51:17+00:00
add events
--- version 26
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@@ -146,13 +146,20 @@
Upcoming events
---------------
-Jul XX-XX | Event XXX brief description
- | Event City, Event Country
- | Event website URL
- |
-Jul XX-XX | Event XXX brief description
- | Event City, Event Country
- | Event website URL
+ Aug. 6 19:00 UTC | little-t tor development meeting
+ | #tor-dev, irc.oftc.net
+ |
+ Aug. 11 18:00 UTC | Tor Browser online meeting
+ | #tor-dev, irc.oftc.net
+ | https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tbb-dev/2014-August/000100.html
+ |
+ August 18 | Roger @ FOCI ’14
+ | San Diego, California, USA
+ | https://www.usenix.org/conference/foci14
+ |
+ August 20-22 | Roger @ USENIX Security Symposium ’14
+ | San Diego, California, USA
+ | https://www.usenix.org/conference/usenixsecurity14
This issue of Tor Weekly News has been assembled by XXX, XXX, and
@@ -173,4 +180,3 @@
* Tor security advisory: "relay early" traffic confirmation attack https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-announce/2014-July/000094.html https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-relays/2014-August/005046.html
* Call for testing: isohybrid vs. Tails 1.1 https://mailman.boum.org/pipermail/tails-testers/2014-July/000059.html https://mailman.boum.org/pipermail/tails-testers/2014-July/000060.html
* Proposal 236 and the guardiness of a guard https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-dev/2014-July/007269.html
- * Tor Browser Weekly IRC meetings moved to 18:00 UTC Mondays https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tbb-dev/2014-August/000100.html
version 26
Author: lunar
Date: 2014-08-04T13:46:37+00:00
write about carml
--- version 25
+++ version 26
@@ -90,6 +90,21 @@
[XXX]: http://opensource.dyc.edu/pipermail/tor-ramdisk/2014-August/000132.html
+meejah has announced [XXX] a new command-line application. carml is a versatile
+set of tools to “query and control a running Tor”. It can do things like “list
+and remove streams and circuits; monitor stream, circuit and address-map
+events; watch for any Tor event and print it (or many) out; monitor bandwidth;
+run any Tor control-protocol command; pipe through common Unix tools like grep,
+less, cut, etcetera; download TBB through Tor, with pinned certs and signature
+checking; and even spit out and run xplanet configs (with router/circuit
+markers)!” The application is written in Python and uses the
+txtorcon library [XXX]. meejah describes it as early-alpha and warn that it
+might contain “serious, anonymity-destroying bugs”. Watch out!
+
+ [XXX]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-dev/2014-August/007295.html
+ [XXX]: https://github.com/meejah/carml
+ [XXX]: https://txtorcon.readthedocs.org/
+
Only two weeks left for the Google Summer of Code students, and the last but
one round of reports: Juha Nurmi on the ahmia.fi project [XXX], Marc Juarez on
website fingerprinting defenses [XXX], Amogh Pradeep on Orbot and Orfox
@@ -159,4 +174,3 @@
* Call for testing: isohybrid vs. Tails 1.1 https://mailman.boum.org/pipermail/tails-testers/2014-July/000059.html https://mailman.boum.org/pipermail/tails-testers/2014-July/000060.html
* Proposal 236 and the guardiness of a guard https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-dev/2014-July/007269.html
* Tor Browser Weekly IRC meetings moved to 18:00 UTC Mondays https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tbb-dev/2014-August/000100.html
- * carml 'super-alpha' https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-dev/2014-August/007295.html
version 25
Author: lunar
Date: 2014-08-04T13:35:31+00:00
write about gsoc reports
--- version 24
+++ version 25
@@ -90,6 +90,25 @@
[XXX]: http://opensource.dyc.edu/pipermail/tor-ramdisk/2014-August/000132.html
+Only two weeks left for the Google Summer of Code students, and the last but
+one round of reports: Juha Nurmi on the ahmia.fi project [XXX], Marc Juarez on
+website fingerprinting defenses [XXX], Amogh Pradeep on Orbot and Orfox
+improvements [XXX], Zack Mullaly on the HTTPS Everywhere secure ruleset update
+mechanism [XXX], Israel Leiva on the GetTor revamp [XXX], Quinn Jarrell on the
+pluggable transport combiner [XXX], Daniel Martí on incremental updates to
+consensus documents [XXX], Noah Rahman on Stegotorus enhancements [XXX],
+and Sreenatha Bhatlapenumarthi on the Tor Weather rewrite [XXX].
+
+ [XXX]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-reports/2014-August/000600.html
+ [XXX]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-reports/2014-August/000606.html
+ [XXX]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-dev/2014-August/007282.html
+ [XXX]: https://lists.eff.org/pipermail/https-everywhere/2014-August/002199.html
+ [XXX]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-dev/2014-August/007284.html
+ [XXX]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-dev/2014-August/007285.html
+ [XXX]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-dev/2014-August/007287.html
+ [XXX]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-dev/2014-August/007288.html
+ [XXX]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-dev/2014-August/007293.html
+
Tor help desk roundup
---------------------
@@ -141,13 +160,3 @@
* Proposal 236 and the guardiness of a guard https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-dev/2014-July/007269.html
* Tor Browser Weekly IRC meetings moved to 18:00 UTC Mondays https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tbb-dev/2014-August/000100.html
* carml 'super-alpha' https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-dev/2014-August/007295.html
- * GSoC:
- - ahmia https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-reports/2014-August/000600.html
- - wfpadtools https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-reports/2014-August/000606.html
- - Orbot & Orfox https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-dev/2014-August/007282.html
- - HTTPS Everywhere https://lists.eff.org/pipermail/https-everywhere/2014-August/002199.html
- - Revamp GetTor https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-dev/2014-August/007284.html
- - PT combiner https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-dev/2014-August/007285.html
- - Consensus diffs https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-dev/2014-August/007287.html
- - Stegotorus https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-dev/2014-August/007288.html
- - Rewrite Tor Weather https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-dev/2014-August/007293.html
version 24
Author: lunar
Date: 2014-08-04T13:17:47+00:00
write about bad-relays
--- version 23
+++ version 24
@@ -18,6 +18,41 @@
Feature 1 with cited source [XXX]
[XXX]:
+
+Why is bad-relays a closed mailing list?
+----------------------------------------
+
+Damian Johnson and Philipp Winter have been working on improving the
+process of reporting bad relays [XXX]. The process starts by having
+users report odd behaviors to the bad-relays mailing list.
+
+Only a few trusted volunteers receive and review these reports. Nusenu
+started a discussion on tor-talk [XXX] advocating for more transparency.
+Nusenu argues that an open list would “likely get more confirm/can't
+confirm feedback for a given badexit candidate”, and that it would allow
+worried users to act faster than operators of directory authorities.
+
+Despite being “usually on the side of transparency”, Roger Dingledine
+udescribe [XXX] being “stuck” on the issue, “because the arms race is so
+lopsidedly against us”.
+
+Roger explains: “we can scan for whether exit relays handle certain
+websites poorly, but if the list that we scan for is public, then exit
+relays can mess with other websites and know they'll get away with it.
+We can scan for incorrect behavior on various ports, but if the list of
+ports and the set of behavior we do is public, then again relays are
+free to mess with things we don't look for.”
+
+A better future and more transparency probably lies in adaptative test
+systems run by multiple volunteer groups. Until they come to existence,
+as a small improvement, Philipp Winter wrote [XXX] it was probably safe
+to publish why relays were disabled, through “short sentence along the
+lines of ‘running HTTPS MitM’ or ‘running sslstrip’”.
+
+ [XXX]: https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/wiki/doc/ReportingBadRelays
+ [XXX]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-talk/2014-July/034198.html
+ [XXX]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-talk/2014-July/034219.html
+ [XXX]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-talk/2014-July/034216.html
Monthly status reports for July 2014
------------------------------------
@@ -104,7 +139,6 @@
* Tor security advisory: "relay early" traffic confirmation attack https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-announce/2014-July/000094.html https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-relays/2014-August/005046.html
* Call for testing: isohybrid vs. Tails 1.1 https://mailman.boum.org/pipermail/tails-testers/2014-July/000059.html https://mailman.boum.org/pipermail/tails-testers/2014-July/000060.html
* Proposal 236 and the guardiness of a guard https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-dev/2014-July/007269.html
- * Why make bad-relays a closed mailing list? https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-talk/2014-July/034198.html https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-talk/2014-July/034216.html https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-talk/2014-July/034219.html
* Tor Browser Weekly IRC meetings moved to 18:00 UTC Mondays https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tbb-dev/2014-August/000100.html
* carml 'super-alpha' https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-dev/2014-August/007295.html
* GSoC:
version 23
Author: lunar
Date: 2014-08-04T12:51:46+00:00
write reports
--- version 22
+++ version 23
@@ -19,17 +19,31 @@
[XXX]:
-Monthly status reports for XXX month 2014
------------------------------------------
+Monthly status reports for July 2014
+------------------------------------
-The wave of regular monthly reports from Tor project members for the
-month of XXX has begun. XXX released his report first [XXX], followed
-by reports from name 2 [XXX], name 3 [XXX], and name 4 [XXX].
+Time for monthly reports from Tor project members. The July 2014 round
+was opened by Georg Koppen [XXX], followed by Philipp Winter [XXX],
+Sherief Alaa [XXX], Lunar [XXX], Nick Mathewson [XXX], Pearl
+Crescent [XXX], George Kadianakis [XXX], Matt Pagan [XXX], Isis
+Lovecruft [XXX], and Griffin Boyce [XXX].
- [XXX]:
- [XXX]:
- [XXX]:
- [XXX]:
+ [XXX]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-reports/2014-July/000598.html
+ [XXX]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-reports/2014-July/000599.html
+ [XXX]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-reports/2014-August/000601.html
+ [XXX]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-reports/2014-August/000603.html
+ [XXX]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-reports/2014-August/000604.html
+ [XXX]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-reports/2014-August/000605.html
+ [XXX]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-reports/2014-August/000608.html
+ [XXX]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-reports/2014-August/000609.html
+ [XXX]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-reports/2014-August/000610.html
+ [XXX]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-reports/2014-August/000611.html
+
+Lunar reported on behalf of the help desk [XXX] and Mike Perry for the
+Tor Browser team [XXX].
+
+ [XXX]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-reports/2014-August/000602.html
+ [XXX]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-reports/2014-August/000607.html
Miscellaneous news
------------------
@@ -88,19 +102,6 @@
Possible items:
* Tor security advisory: "relay early" traffic confirmation attack https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-announce/2014-July/000094.html https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-relays/2014-August/005046.html
- * Reports:
- - Georg Koppen https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-reports/2014-July/000598.html
- - Philipp Winter https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-reports/2014-July/000599.html
- - Sherief Alaa https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-reports/2014-August/000601.html
- - Help desk https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-reports/2014-August/000602.html
- - Lunar https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-reports/2014-August/000603.html
- - Nick Mathewson https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-reports/2014-August/000604.html
- - Pearl Crescent https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-reports/2014-August/000605.html
- - Tor Browser https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-reports/2014-August/000607.html
- - George's status report https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-reports/2014-August/000608.html
- - Matt P. https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-reports/2014-August/000609.html
- - Isis https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-reports/2014-August/000610.html
- - Griffin Boyce https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-reports/2014-August/000611.html
* Call for testing: isohybrid vs. Tails 1.1 https://mailman.boum.org/pipermail/tails-testers/2014-July/000059.html https://mailman.boum.org/pipermail/tails-testers/2014-July/000060.html
* Proposal 236 and the guardiness of a guard https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-dev/2014-July/007269.html
* Why make bad-relays a closed mailing list? https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-talk/2014-July/034198.html https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-talk/2014-July/034216.html https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-talk/2014-July/034219.html
version 22
Author: lunar
Date: 2014-08-04T12:46:03+00:00
write about tor-ramdisk
--- version 21
+++ version 22
@@ -34,15 +34,12 @@
Miscellaneous news
------------------
-Item 1 with cited source [XXX].
+Anthony G. Basile announced a new release of tor-ramdisk, an i686 or
+x86_64 uClibc-based micro Linux distribution whose only purpose is to
+host a Tor server. Version 20140801 [XXX] updates Tor to version
+0.2.4.23, and the kernel to 3.15.7 with Gentoo's hardened patches.
-Item 2 with cited source [XXX].
-
-Item 3 with cited source [XXX].
-
- [XXX]:
- [XXX]:
- [XXX]:
+ [XXX]: http://opensource.dyc.edu/pipermail/tor-ramdisk/2014-August/000132.html
Tor help desk roundup
---------------------
@@ -108,7 +105,6 @@
* Proposal 236 and the guardiness of a guard https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-dev/2014-July/007269.html
* Why make bad-relays a closed mailing list? https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-talk/2014-July/034198.html https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-talk/2014-July/034216.html https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-talk/2014-July/034219.html
* Tor Browser Weekly IRC meetings moved to 18:00 UTC Mondays https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tbb-dev/2014-August/000100.html
- * Tor-ramdisk 20140520 released http://opensource.dyc.edu/pipermail/tor-ramdisk/2014-May/000131.html
* carml 'super-alpha' https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-dev/2014-August/007295.html
* GSoC:
- ahmia https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-reports/2014-August/000600.html
version 21
Author: lunar
Date: 2014-08-04T12:37:03+00:00
add report
--- version 20
+++ version 21
@@ -103,6 +103,7 @@
- George's status report https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-reports/2014-August/000608.html
- Matt P. https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-reports/2014-August/000609.html
- Isis https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-reports/2014-August/000610.html
+ - Griffin Boyce https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-reports/2014-August/000611.html
* Call for testing: isohybrid vs. Tails 1.1 https://mailman.boum.org/pipermail/tails-testers/2014-July/000059.html https://mailman.boum.org/pipermail/tails-testers/2014-July/000060.html
* Proposal 236 and the guardiness of a guard https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-dev/2014-July/007269.html
* Why make bad-relays a closed mailing list? https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-talk/2014-July/034198.html https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-talk/2014-July/034216.html https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-talk/2014-July/034219.html
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