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Date: 2014-12-03T10:59:31+00:00
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Tor Weekly News December 3rd, 2014
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-Welcome to the forty-eighth issue in 2014 of Tor Weekly News, the
-weekly newsletter that covers what’s happening in the Tor community.
+Welcome to the forty-eighth issue in 2014 of Tor Weekly News, the weekly
+newsletter that covers what’s happening in the Tor community.
GetTor is back
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@@ -18,8 +18,8 @@
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.
+GetTor [1], an alternative software distribution system for Tor Browser,
+was created.
After a period of neglect, GetTor has been revamped and redeployed:
users can now email the name of their operating system to
@@ -29,83 +29,83 @@
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!
+Tor blog [2] 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
- [XXX]: https://blog.torproject.org/blog/say-hi-new-gettor
+ [1]: https://www.torproject.org/projects/gettor
+ [2]: https://blog.torproject.org/blog/say-hi-new-gettor
Monthly status reports for November 2014
----------------------------------------
The wave of regular monthly reports from Tor project members for the
month of November has begun. Damian Johnson released his report
-first [XXX], followed by reports from Juha Nurmi [XXX], George
-Kadianakis [XXX], David Goulet [XXX], Philipp Winter [XXX], Sherief
-Alaa [XXX], Tom Ritter [XXX], Nick Mathewson [XXX], Georg Koppen [XXX],
-Griffin Boyce [XXX], Karsten Loesing [XXX], Andrew Lewman (for both
-October [XXX] and November [XXX]), Noel Torres [XXX], and Harmony [XXX].
+first [3], followed by reports from Juha Nurmi [4], George
+Kadianakis [5], David Goulet [6], Philipp Winter [7], Sherief Alaa [8],
+Tom Ritter [9], Nick Mathewson [10], Georg Koppen [11], Griffin
+Boyce [12], Karsten Loesing [13], Andrew Lewman (for both October [14]
+and November [15]), Noel Torres [16], and Harmony [17].
-George Kadianakis also sent out the SponsorR report [XXX], while Colin
-C. reported on behalf of the help desk [XXX], and Mike Perry for the Tor
-Browser team [XXX].
+George Kadianakis also sent out the SponsorR report [18], while Colin C.
+reported on behalf of the help desk [19], and Mike Perry for the Tor
+Browser team [20].
- [XXX]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-reports/2014-November/000698.html
- [XXX]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-reports/2014-November/000699.html
- [XXX]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-reports/2014-November/000701.html
- [XXX]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-reports/2014-November/000702.html
- [XXX]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-reports/2014-November/000703.html
- [XXX]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-reports/2014-December/000704.html
- [XXX]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-reports/2014-December/000705.html
- [XXX]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-reports/2014-December/000706.html
- [XXX]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-reports/2014-December/000708.html
- [XXX]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-reports/2014-December/000709.html
- [XXX]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-reports/2014-December/000710.html
- [XXX]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-reports/2014-December/000712.html
- [XXX]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-reports/2014-December/000713.html
- [XXX]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-reports/2014-December/000714.html
- [XXX]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-reports/2014-December/000717.html
- [XXX]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-reports/2014-November/000700.html
- [XXX]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-reports/2014-December/000711.html
- [XXX]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-reports/2014-December/000716.html
+ [3]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-reports/2014-November/000698.html
+ [4]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-reports/2014-November/000699.html
+ [5]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-reports/2014-November/000701.html
+ [6]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-reports/2014-November/000702.html
+ [7]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-reports/2014-November/000703.html
+ [8]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-reports/2014-December/000704.html
+ [9]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-reports/2014-December/000705.html
+ [10]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-reports/2014-December/000706.html
+ [11]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-reports/2014-December/000708.html
+ [12]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-reports/2014-December/000709.html
+ [13]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-reports/2014-December/000710.html
+ [14]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-reports/2014-December/000712.html
+ [15]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-reports/2014-December/000713.html
+ [16]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-reports/2014-December/000714.html
+ [17]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-reports/2014-December/000717.html
+ [18]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-reports/2014-November/000700.html
+ [19]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-reports/2014-December/000711.html
+ [20]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-reports/2014-December/000716.html
Miscellaneous news
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-Nathan Freitas announced [XXX] version 14.1.4 of Orbot, the Tor client
+Nathan Freitas announced [21] version 14.1.4 of Orbot, the Tor client
for Android, which brings with it further improvements to background
service operation, as well as theme and layout tweaks.
- [XXX]: https://lists.mayfirst.org/pipermail/guardian-dev/2014-November/004080.html
+ [21]: 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
+scheduling mechanism more efficient was finally merged [22]. 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].
+KIST” [23].
- [XXX]: https://bugs.torproject.org/9262
- [XXX]: http://www.robgjansen.com/publications/kist-sec2014.pdf
+ [22]: https://bugs.torproject.org/9262
+ [23]: 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.
+proposal [24] of possible improvements to integration testing for Tor.
- [XXX]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-dev/2014-December/007898.html
+ [24]: 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.
+Sebastian Hahn informed [25] 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
+ [25]: 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.
+Gareth Owen started a discussion [26] 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
+ [26]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-dev/2014-November/007870.html
Tor help desk roundup
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+ [27]: https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/wiki/TorWeeklyNews
+ [28]: https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/news-team
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