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=== https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/wiki/TorWeeklyNews/2014/48 ===
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version 14
Author: harmony
Date: 2014-12-03T01:15:44+00:00
add missing link
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+++ version 14
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
GetTor to the test yourself and send your comments to the community!
[XXX]: https://www.torproject.org/projects/gettor
+ [XXX]: https://blog.torproject.org/blog/say-hi-new-gettor
Monthly status reports for November 2014
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version 13
Author: harmony
Date: 2014-12-03T01:15:15+00:00
write about gettor
--- version 12
+++ version 13
@@ -12,12 +12,28 @@
Welcome to the forty-eighth issue in 2014 of Tor Weekly News, the
weekly newsletter that covers what’s happening in the Tor community.
-Feature XXX
------------
+GetTor is back
+--------------
-Feature 1 with cited source [XXX]
+Some Tor users need to access the Internet from networks so heavily
+censored that they cannot reach the Tor Project website, or any of its
+mirrors, to download Tor in the first place; with these users in mind,
+GetTor [XXX], an alternative software distribution system for Tor
+Browser, was created.
- [XXX]:
+After a period of neglect, GetTor has been revamped and redeployed:
+users can now email the name of their operating system to
+gettor at torproject.org, and in return they will receive Dropbox download
+links for the latest Tor Browser and the package signature, as well as a
+checksum and the fingerprint of the key used to make the signature.
+
+The lead developer on this project is Israel Leiva, who did most of the
+work on it during this year’s Google Summer of Code. Israel took to the
+Tor blog [XXX] to explain the background and outcome of the
+redevelopment work; please see that post for more information, or put
+GetTor to the test yourself and send your comments to the community!
+
+ [XXX]: https://www.torproject.org/projects/gettor
Monthly status reports for November 2014
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@@ -135,6 +151,3 @@
[XXX]: https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/wiki/TorWeeklyNews
[XXX]: https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/news-team
}}}
-
-Notes:
- * GetTor https://blog.torproject.org/blog/say-hi-new-gettor
version 12
Author: harmony
Date: 2014-12-03T00:56:10+00:00
reorder events
--- version 11
+++ version 12
@@ -106,12 +106,12 @@
Dec 03 13:30 UTC | little-t tor development meeting
| #tor-dev, irc.oftc.net
|
+ Dec 03 16:00 UTC | Pluggable transports meeting
+ | #tor-dev, irc.oftc.net
+ |
Dec 03 20:00 UTC | Tails contributors meeting
| #tails-dev, irc.oftc.net
| https://mailman.boum.org/pipermail/tails-dev/2014-November/007418.html
- |
- Dec 03 16:00 UTC | Pluggable transports meeting
- | #tor-dev, irc.oftc.net
|
Dec 08 18:00 UTC | Tor Browser online meeting
| #tor-dev, irc.oftc.net
version 11
Author: harmony
Date: 2014-12-03T00:54:29+00:00
small tweaks
--- version 10
+++ version 11
@@ -90,14 +90,15 @@
---------------------
The help desk has been asked how to set up a relay on a Windows laptop.
-We don't recommend running a relay on a laptop. The relays that are most
+We don’t recommend running a relay on a laptop: the relays that are most
useful to the network have faster bandwidth than most home internet
connections can offer. Relays also need to have as much uptime as
possible, and a laptop that gets put to sleep and woken up once a week
or more is not a good computing environment for a relay that should
-serve the network in a consistent way. We are not able to provide much
-help to users who report errors when using any of the Vidalia bundles,
-as Vidalia is no longer maintained.
+serve the network in a consistent way.
+
+We are not able to provide much help to users who report errors when
+using any of the Vidalia bundles, as Vidalia is no longer maintained.
Upcoming events
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version 10
Author: harmony
Date: 2014-12-03T00:52:07+00:00
events/credits/remove unused sections
--- version 9
+++ version 10
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
''74th issue of Tor Weekly News. Covering what's happening from November 25th, 2014 to December 2nd, 2014. To be released on December 3rd, 2014.''
-'''Editor:'''
+'''Editor:''' Harmony
'''Subject:''' Tor Weekly News — December 3rd, 2014
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
========================================================================
Welcome to the forty-eighth issue in 2014 of Tor Weekly News, the
-weekly newsletter that covers what’s happening in the XXX Tor community.
+weekly newsletter that covers what’s happening in the Tor community.
Feature XXX
-----------
@@ -89,44 +89,41 @@
Tor help desk roundup
---------------------
-The help desk has been asked how to set up a relay on a Windows laptop.
-We don't recommend running a relay on a laptop. The relays that are most
-useful to the network have faster bandwidth than most home internet
-connections can offer. Relays also need to have as much uptime as
-possible, and a laptop that gets put to sleep and woken up once a week
-or more is not a good computing environment for a relay that should
-serve the network in a consistent way. We are not able to provide much
-help to users who report errors when using any of the Vidalia bundles,
-as Vidalia is no longer maintained.
-
-News from Tor StackExchange
----------------------------
-
-Text with cited source [XXX].
-
- [XXX]:
-
-Easy development tasks to get involved with
--------------------------------------------
-
-Text with cited source [XXX].
-
- [XXX]:
+The help desk has been asked how to set up a relay on a Windows laptop.
+We don't recommend running a relay on a laptop. The relays that are most
+useful to the network have faster bandwidth than most home internet
+connections can offer. Relays also need to have as much uptime as
+possible, and a laptop that gets put to sleep and woken up once a week
+or more is not a good computing environment for a relay that should
+serve the network in a consistent way. We are not able to provide much
+help to users who report errors when using any of the Vidalia bundles,
+as Vidalia is no longer maintained.
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
+ Dec 03 13:30 UTC | little-t tor development meeting
+ | #tor-dev, irc.oftc.net
+ |
+ Dec 03 20:00 UTC | Tails contributors meeting
+ | #tails-dev, irc.oftc.net
+ | https://mailman.boum.org/pipermail/tails-dev/2014-November/007418.html
+ |
+ Dec 03 16:00 UTC | Pluggable transports meeting
+ | #tor-dev, irc.oftc.net
+ |
+ Dec 08 18:00 UTC | Tor Browser online meeting
+ | #tor-dev, irc.oftc.net
+ |
+ Dec 08 18:00 UTC | OONI development meeting
+ | #ooni, irc.oftc.net
+ |
+ Dec 09 17:00 UTC | little-t tor patch workshop
+ | #tor-dev, irc.oftc.net
-This issue of Tor Weekly News has been assembled by XXX, XXX, and
-XXX.
+This issue of Tor Weekly News has been assembled by Matt Pagan, Nick
+Mathewson, and Harmony
Want to continue reading TWN? Please help us create this newsletter.
We still need more volunteers to watch the Tor community and report
version 9
Author: harmony
Date: 2014-12-03T00:43:03+00:00
more misc
--- version 8
+++ version 9
@@ -58,12 +58,33 @@
[XXX]: https://lists.mayfirst.org/pipermail/guardian-dev/2014-November/004080.html
+After much back-and-forth, work by Andrea Shepard to make Tor’s cell
+scheduling mechanism more efficient was finally merged [XXX]. Although
+performance is not yet affected, these changes could form the basis of
+other improvements to managing congestion caused by “mismanaged socket
+output” in the Tor network, as discussed by Jansen et al. in “Never Been
+KIST” [XXX].
+
+ [XXX]: https://bugs.torproject.org/9262
+ [XXX]: http://www.robgjansen.com/publications/kist-sec2014.pdf
+
+Following a discussion with David Goulet, Nick Mathewson posted a draft
+proposal [XXX] of possible improvements to integration testing for Tor.
+
+ [XXX]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-dev/2014-December/007898.html
+
Sebastian Hahn informed [XXX] users of the Tor Project’s git
repositories that cloning via the unauthenticated git:// protocol is no
longer supported — secure https:// access has been and still is the
preferred method for retrieving code.
[XXX]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-dev/2014-November/007892.html
+
+Gareth Owen started a discussion [XXX] of suspicious relay behaviors
+that automated Tor network tests could scan for, in addition to those
+that are already monitored.
+
+ [XXX]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-dev/2014-November/007870.html
Tor help desk roundup
---------------------
@@ -118,7 +139,4 @@
}}}
Notes:
- * Merging #9262 was a major deal, though it doesn't yet impact performance. It should get a mention. -Nick
- * Malicious relays and honeypots https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-dev/2014-November/007870.html
- * Integration testing plans https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-dev/2014-December/007898.html
* GetTor https://blog.torproject.org/blog/say-hi-new-gettor
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