[TWN team] Recent changes to the wiki pages
Lunar
lunar at torproject.org
Tue Jan 14 00:00:16 UTC 2014
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==== https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/wiki/TorWeeklyNews/2014/2 ====
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version 38
Author: lunar
Date: 2014-01-13T23:17:16+00:00
fix timezone, better reference
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* some stats year 2013 for my Tor Network Status site torstatus.blutmagie.de http://torstatus.blutmagie.de/monthlyhistory2013.png http://torstatus.blutmagie.de/countrylist2013.pdf — ''I'm unconvinced this is noteworthy but if someone feels it should be included, just write something up'', Lunar
* "Sniper attack" paper by Rob Jansen, Florian Tschorsch, Aaron Johnson, and Björn Scheuermann https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-dev/2014-January/006038.html
-* Next session of low-hanging fruits for Tails: Saturday, February 8 on #tails (OFTC) at 10am CEST https://twitter.com/Tails_live/status/421714171802050561
+* Next session of low-hanging fruits for Tails: Saturday, February 8 on #tails (OFTC) at 10am CET https://tails.boum.org/contribute/meetings/201401/
* Tor now built into DD-WRT https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-talk/2014-January/031705.html http://svn.dd-wrt.com/changeset/23229 — ''I'm unable to find documentation, or a ticket, or a significant changeset. So I'll pass. Feel free to have another look.'', Lunar
* A threshold signature-based proposal for a shared RNG https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-dev/2014-January/006053.html
version 37
Author: lunar
Date: 2014-01-13T22:46:27+00:00
add reference
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* some stats year 2013 for my Tor Network Status site torstatus.blutmagie.de http://torstatus.blutmagie.de/monthlyhistory2013.png http://torstatus.blutmagie.de/countrylist2013.pdf — ''I'm unconvinced this is noteworthy but if someone feels it should be included, just write something up'', Lunar
* "Sniper attack" paper by Rob Jansen, Florian Tschorsch, Aaron Johnson, and Björn Scheuermann https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-dev/2014-January/006038.html
-* Next session of low-hanging fruits for Tails: Saturday, February 8 on #tails (OFTC) at 10am CEST
+* Next session of low-hanging fruits for Tails: Saturday, February 8 on #tails (OFTC) at 10am CEST https://twitter.com/Tails_live/status/421714171802050561
* Tor now built into DD-WRT https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-talk/2014-January/031705.html http://svn.dd-wrt.com/changeset/23229 — ''I'm unable to find documentation, or a ticket, or a significant changeset. So I'll pass. Feel free to have another look.'', Lunar
* A threshold signature-based proposal for a shared RNG https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-dev/2014-January/006053.html
version 36
Author: lunar
Date: 2014-01-13T22:11:24+00:00
comment
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* some stats year 2013 for my Tor Network Status site torstatus.blutmagie.de http://torstatus.blutmagie.de/monthlyhistory2013.png http://torstatus.blutmagie.de/countrylist2013.pdf — ''I'm unconvinced this is noteworthy but if someone feels it should be included, just write something up'', Lunar
* "Sniper attack" paper by Rob Jansen, Florian Tschorsch, Aaron Johnson, and Björn Scheuermann https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-dev/2014-January/006038.html
* Next session of low-hanging fruits for Tails: Saturday, February 8 on #tails (OFTC) at 10am CEST
-* Tor now built into DD-WRT https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-talk/2014-January/031705.html http://svn.dd-wrt.com/changeset/23229
+* Tor now built into DD-WRT https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-talk/2014-January/031705.html http://svn.dd-wrt.com/changeset/23229 — ''I'm unable to find documentation, or a ticket, or a significant changeset. So I'll pass. Feel free to have another look.'', Lunar
* A threshold signature-based proposal for a shared RNG https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-dev/2014-January/006053.html
To mention when TBB 3.5.1 will be officially out:
version 35
Author: lunar
Date: 2014-01-13T22:01:27+00:00
comment
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}}}
Possible items:
-* some stats year 2013 for my Tor Network Status site torstatus.blutmagie.de http://torstatus.blutmagie.de/monthlyhistory2013.png http://torstatus.blutmagie.de/countrylist2013.pdf
+* some stats year 2013 for my Tor Network Status site torstatus.blutmagie.de http://torstatus.blutmagie.de/monthlyhistory2013.png http://torstatus.blutmagie.de/countrylist2013.pdf — ''I'm unconvinced this is noteworthy but if someone feels it should be included, just write something up'', Lunar
* "Sniper attack" paper by Rob Jansen, Florian Tschorsch, Aaron Johnson, and Björn Scheuermann https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-dev/2014-January/006038.html
* Next session of low-hanging fruits for Tails: Saturday, February 8 on #tails (OFTC) at 10am CEST
* Tor now built into DD-WRT https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-talk/2014-January/031705.html http://svn.dd-wrt.com/changeset/23229
version 34
Author: lunar
Date: 2014-01-13T22:00:30+00:00
talk about burps
--- version 33
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@@ -124,6 +124,14 @@
[XXX] https://atlas.torproject.org/#details/7EA6EAD6FD83083C538F44038BBFA077587DD755
[XXX] https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-relays/2014-January/003592.html
+Nicolas Vigier has sent a proposal [XXX] about replacing the current Gitian-based
+build system for the Tor Browser Bundle by a system based on burps [XXX]. Nicolas
+also worked on a prototype [XXX] to go with his proposal.
+
+ [XXX] https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-dev/2014-January/006047.html
+ [XXX] http://burps.boklm.eu/
+ [XXX] https://github.com/boklm/burps-tor
+
Thanks to stalkr.net [XXX], Maki Hoshisawa [XXX] and cYbergueRrilLa AnonyMous
NeXus [XXX] for running new mirrors of the Tor Project website.
@@ -207,7 +215,6 @@
* Next session of low-hanging fruits for Tails: Saturday, February 8 on #tails (OFTC) at 10am CEST
* Tor now built into DD-WRT https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-talk/2014-January/031705.html http://svn.dd-wrt.com/changeset/23229
* A threshold signature-based proposal for a shared RNG https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-dev/2014-January/006053.html
-* new build process proposal https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-dev/2014-January/006047.html
To mention when TBB 3.5.1 will be officially out:
version 33
Author: lunar
Date: 2014-01-13T21:55:29+00:00
write about microsoft's work on the botnet
--- version 32
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[XXX] http://dyne.org/software/dowse
[XXX] https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-talk/2013-July/028833.html
+Microsoft's Geoff McDonald wrote a blog post [XXX] describing how they have
+helped remove half of the estimated four millions of Tor clients [XXX]
+installed by the Sefnit botnet without the computer's owner knowledge.
+
+ [XXX] https://blogs.technet.com/b/mmpc/archive/2014/01/09/tackling-the-sefnit-botnet-tor-hazard.aspx
+ [XXX] https://blog.torproject.org/blog/how-to-handle-millions-new-tor-clients
+
Tor help desk roundup
---------------------
@@ -201,7 +208,6 @@
* Tor now built into DD-WRT https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-talk/2014-January/031705.html http://svn.dd-wrt.com/changeset/23229
* A threshold signature-based proposal for a shared RNG https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-dev/2014-January/006053.html
* new build process proposal https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-dev/2014-January/006047.html
-* Tackling the Sefnit botnet Tor hazard https://blogs.technet.com/b/mmpc/archive/2014/01/09/tackling-the-sefnit-botnet-tor-hazard.aspx
To mention when TBB 3.5.1 will be officially out:
version 32
Author: lunar
Date: 2014-01-13T21:30:53+00:00
write about Tails call for testing
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+++ version 32
@@ -108,6 +108,12 @@
Miscellaneous news
------------------
+The Tails team has put out a call for testing the first release candidate for
+Tails 0.22.1 [XXX]. The new version will bring several bugfixes, an updated
+kernel, and many improvements to the upgrader application.
+
+ [XXX] https://tails.boum.org/news/test_0.22.1-rc1/
+
Directory authorities are in the process of upgrading their directory signing key
to RSA 2048. This has been done for five out of nine authorities [XXX]. The
changes might result in some temporary error messages in logs of Tor relays, as it
@@ -192,7 +198,6 @@
* some stats year 2013 for my Tor Network Status site torstatus.blutmagie.de http://torstatus.blutmagie.de/monthlyhistory2013.png http://torstatus.blutmagie.de/countrylist2013.pdf
* "Sniper attack" paper by Rob Jansen, Florian Tschorsch, Aaron Johnson, and Björn Scheuermann https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-dev/2014-January/006038.html
* Next session of low-hanging fruits for Tails: Saturday, February 8 on #tails (OFTC) at 10am CEST
-* Call for testing Tails 0.22~rc1 https://tails.boum.org/news/test_0.22.1-rc1/
* Tor now built into DD-WRT https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-talk/2014-January/031705.html http://svn.dd-wrt.com/changeset/23229
* A threshold signature-based proposal for a shared RNG https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-dev/2014-January/006053.html
* new build process proposal https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-dev/2014-January/006047.html
version 31
Author: lunar
Date: 2014-01-13T21:24:09+00:00
write about tor weather
--- version 30
+++ version 31
@@ -66,6 +66,31 @@
[XXX] https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/report/45
[XXX] https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/milestone/Tor%20Website%203.0
+Let's save Tor Weather!
+-----------------------
+
+The Tor network does not exist without all the volunteers — currently more than
+3,000 all around the world — who run the 5,000+ relays anonymizing our
+connections.
+
+Tor Weather is one of these small services run by the Tor Project that is meant
+to make the life of relay operators more easier. It can warn them when their
+relay is down or when a new version of tor is available… and when they can
+receive the rewarding t-shirt [XXX]. Unfortunately, Tor Weather has been
+unmaintained for some length, and issues have accumulated [XXX] over time.
+
+Karsten Loesing has sent a call for help with suggestions on how the code
+can be simplified and improved. Abhiram Chintangal and Norbert Kurz have
+already stated their interests. Coordination is done through the tor-dev
+mailing list [XXX] and a design wiki page [XXX]. Join them if you are up to
+some Python hacking or spiffing up the web interface!
+
+ [XXX] https://www.torproject.org/getinvolved/tshirt.html
+ [XXX] https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/query?component=Tor+Weather&order=status
+ [XXX] https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-dev/2014-January/006039.html
+ [XXX] https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-dev
+ [XXX] https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/wiki/doc/weather-in-2014
+
Monthly status reports for XXX month 2014
-----------------------------------------
@@ -165,7 +190,6 @@
Possible items:
* some stats year 2013 for my Tor Network Status site torstatus.blutmagie.de http://torstatus.blutmagie.de/monthlyhistory2013.png http://torstatus.blutmagie.de/countrylist2013.pdf
-* Weather call for help https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-dev/2014-January/006039.html
* "Sniper attack" paper by Rob Jansen, Florian Tschorsch, Aaron Johnson, and Björn Scheuermann https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-dev/2014-January/006038.html
* Next session of low-hanging fruits for Tails: Saturday, February 8 on #tails (OFTC) at 10am CEST
* Call for testing Tails 0.22~rc1 https://tails.boum.org/news/test_0.22.1-rc1/
version 30
Author: lunar
Date: 2014-01-13T21:04:27+00:00
cover Dowse
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+++ version 30
@@ -100,6 +100,17 @@
[XXX] https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-mirrors/2014-January/000442.html
[XXX] https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-mirrors/2014-January/000443.html
+Jaromil announced [XXX] the release of Dowse, “a transparent proxy setup
+supporting Tor”. One feature is that it detects “all URLs whose domain ends in
+.onion, routing them directly to Tor, effectively making the onion network
+accessible without any plugin or software installed.” The transport proxy
+approach has known issues [XXX] but can still be of interest to some users. Jaromil
+is seeking feedback and opinions from the community.
+
+ [XXX] https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-talk/2014-January/031632.html
+ [XXX] http://dyne.org/software/dowse
+ [XXX] https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-talk/2013-July/028833.html
+
Tor help desk roundup
---------------------
@@ -154,7 +165,6 @@
Possible items:
* some stats year 2013 for my Tor Network Status site torstatus.blutmagie.de http://torstatus.blutmagie.de/monthlyhistory2013.png http://torstatus.blutmagie.de/countrylist2013.pdf
-* Dowse https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-talk/2014-January/031632.html
* Weather call for help https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-dev/2014-January/006039.html
* "Sniper attack" paper by Rob Jansen, Florian Tschorsch, Aaron Johnson, and Björn Scheuermann https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-dev/2014-January/006038.html
* Next session of low-hanging fruits for Tails: Saturday, February 8 on #tails (OFTC) at 10am CEST
version 29
Author: lunar
Date: 2014-01-13T20:47:08+00:00
write about website and personas (not great, but well)
--- version 28
+++ version 29
@@ -34,6 +34,37 @@
[XXX] https://lists.mayfirst.org/pipermail/guardian-dev/2014-January/002973.html
[XXX] https://lists.mayfirst.org/pipermail/guardian-dev/2014-January/003016.html
[XXX] https://guardianproject.info/releases/
+
+Who are the Tor Project's website visitors?
+-------------------------------------------
+
+Last week's call for help about Tor Project's website [XXX] has seen a
+pretty impressive response. Discussions then quickly sparkled on the newly
+created mailing list [XXX].
+
+As one of the first concrete outcome, Rey Dhuny contributed an initial set of
+“personas”, later improved by Max Jakob Maass, Silviu Riley with suggestions
+from others. Quoting Wikipedia [XXX]: “personas are fictional characters
+created to represent the different user types within a targeted demographic,
+attitude and/or behavior set that might use a site, brand or product in a
+similar way.”
+
+One can look up at the wiki page [XXX] to know more about the seven different
+users of the Tor website have been currently identified: The Student, The
+Journalist, The Researcher, The Donor, The Engineer, The Activist, The
+Dissident. These personas should probably further refined, but are already a
+very useful tool to think about how to structure a new website.
+
+For anyone interested in following the effort, Andrew Lewman has spent time
+triaging all website related tickets [XXX] and setting up a new milestone [XXX]
+to keep tabs on tasks and issues.
+
+ [XXX] https://blog.torproject.org/blog/tor-website-needs-your-help
+ [XXX] https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/www-team
+ [XXX] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persona_%28user_experience%29
+ [XXX] https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/wiki/Website#Personas
+ [XXX] https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/report/45
+ [XXX] https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/milestone/Tor%20Website%203.0
Monthly status reports for XXX month 2014
-----------------------------------------
version 28
Author: lunar
Date: 2014-01-13T20:12:52+00:00
write about orbot
--- version 27
+++ version 28
@@ -12,14 +12,28 @@
Welcome to the second issue in 2014 of Tor Weekly News, the weekly
newsletter that covers what is happening in the XXX Tor community.
-New Release of XXX
-------------------
+Orbot 13 is out
+----------------
-XXX: cite specific release date, numbers, and developers responsible
+Orbot [XXX] — the Guardian Project's port of Tor on Android platforms —
+has received a major update [XXX]. Version 13 includes “all the latest
+bling across the board” meaning Tor 0.2.4.20 and updated versions
+of OpenSSL and XTables. Nathan also mentions “some important fixes to
+the Orbot service, to ensure it remains running in the background,
+and the active notification keeps working, as well. Finally,
+we've changed the way the native binaries are installed, making
+it more reliable and clean across devices.”
-XXX: details about release
+After the initial release candidates, 13.0.1 [XXX] and then 13.0.2
+were quickly made available to fix various reported issues.
- [XXX]
+The new release is available from the Guardian Project's website [XXX],
+F-Droid repository or Google Play.
+
+ [XXX] https://guardianproject.info/apps/orbot/
+ [XXX] https://lists.mayfirst.org/pipermail/guardian-dev/2014-January/002973.html
+ [XXX] https://lists.mayfirst.org/pipermail/guardian-dev/2014-January/003016.html
+ [XXX] https://guardianproject.info/releases/
Monthly status reports for XXX month 2014
-----------------------------------------
@@ -108,7 +122,6 @@
}}}
Possible items:
-* Orbot v13 RC1 is out https://lists.mayfirst.org/pipermail/guardian-dev/2014-January/002973.html (13.0.2 is out now with few fixes)
* some stats year 2013 for my Tor Network Status site torstatus.blutmagie.de http://torstatus.blutmagie.de/monthlyhistory2013.png http://torstatus.blutmagie.de/countrylist2013.pdf
* Dowse https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-talk/2014-January/031632.html
* Weather call for help https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-dev/2014-January/006039.html
version 27
Author: lunar
Date: 2014-01-13T19:48:05+00:00
write about dir auth key rollover
--- version 26
+++ version 27
@@ -37,6 +37,16 @@
Miscellaneous news
------------------
+
+Directory authorities are in the process of upgrading their directory signing key
+to RSA 2048. This has been done for five out of nine authorities [XXX]. The
+changes might result in some temporary error messages in logs of Tor relays, as it
+did [XXX] when “gabelmoo” changed its key on January 11th.
+
+ [XXX] https://bugs.torproject.org/10324
+ [XXX] https://people.torproject.org/~linus/sign2048.html
+ [XXX] https://atlas.torproject.org/#details/7EA6EAD6FD83083C538F44038BBFA077587DD755
+ [XXX] https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-relays/2014-January/003592.html
Thanks to stalkr.net [XXX], Maki Hoshisawa [XXX] and cYbergueRrilLa AnonyMous
NeXus [XXX] for running new mirrors of the Tor Project website.
@@ -107,7 +117,6 @@
* Call for testing Tails 0.22~rc1 https://tails.boum.org/news/test_0.22.1-rc1/
* Tor now built into DD-WRT https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-talk/2014-January/031705.html http://svn.dd-wrt.com/changeset/23229
* A threshold signature-based proposal for a shared RNG https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-dev/2014-January/006053.html
-* dizum switched key https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-relays/2014-January/003592.html
* new build process proposal https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-dev/2014-January/006047.html
* Tackling the Sefnit botnet Tor hazard https://blogs.technet.com/b/mmpc/archive/2014/01/09/tackling-the-sefnit-botnet-tor-hazard.aspx
version 26
Author: lunar
Date: 2014-01-13T19:37:32+00:00
write about mirrors
--- version 25
+++ version 26
@@ -38,15 +38,12 @@
Miscellaneous news
------------------
-Item 1 with cited source [XXX].
+Thanks to stalkr.net [XXX], Maki Hoshisawa [XXX] and cYbergueRrilLa AnonyMous
+NeXus [XXX] for running new mirrors of the Tor Project website.
-Item 2 with cited source [XXX].
-
-Item 3 with cited source [XXX].
-
- [XXX]
- [XXX]
- [XXX]
+ [XXX] https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-mirrors/2014-January/000439.html
+ [XXX] https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-mirrors/2014-January/000442.html
+ [XXX] https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-mirrors/2014-January/000443.html
Tor help desk roundup
---------------------
@@ -105,7 +102,6 @@
* some stats year 2013 for my Tor Network Status site torstatus.blutmagie.de http://torstatus.blutmagie.de/monthlyhistory2013.png http://torstatus.blutmagie.de/countrylist2013.pdf
* Dowse https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-talk/2014-January/031632.html
* Weather call for help https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-dev/2014-January/006039.html
-* new mirrors https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-mirrors/2014-January/000439.html https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-mirrors/2014-January/000442.html https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-mirrors/2014-January/000443.html
* "Sniper attack" paper by Rob Jansen, Florian Tschorsch, Aaron Johnson, and Björn Scheuermann https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-dev/2014-January/006038.html
* Next session of low-hanging fruits for Tails: Saturday, February 8 on #tails (OFTC) at 10am CEST
* Call for testing Tails 0.22~rc1 https://tails.boum.org/news/test_0.22.1-rc1/
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