[TWN team] Recent changes to the wiki pages

Lunar lunar at torproject.org
Tue Jan 14 12:00:19 UTC 2014 

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version 54
Author: dope457
Date:   2014-01-14T11:22:53+00:00

   minor format fix

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@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 newsletter that covers what is happening in the Tor community.
 
 Orbot 13 is out
-----------------
+---------------
 
 Orbot [XXX] — the Guardian Project's port of Tor on Android platforms —
 has received a major update [XXX]. Version 13 includes “all the latest

version 53
Author: boklm
Date:   2014-01-14T11:09:57+00:00

   small language fix (more easier -> easier)

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@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@
 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
+to make the life of relay operators 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 quite a while, and issues have accumulated [XXX] over time. 

version 52
Author: boklm
Date:   2014-01-14T11:06:12+00:00

   add missing word

--- version 51
+++ version 52
@@ -50,8 +50,8 @@
 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
+users of the Tor website that 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.
 

version 51
Author: lunar
Date:   2014-01-14T10:45:29+00:00

   i'll take care of editing

--- version 50
+++ version 51
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ''28th issue of Tor Weekly News. Covering what's happening from January 7th, 2014 to January 14th, 2014. To be released on January 15th, 2014.''
 
-'''Editor:''' 
+'''Editor:''' Lunar
 
 '''Subject:''' Tor Weekly News — January 15th, 2014
 

version 50
Author: karsten
Date:   2014-01-14T10:39:35+00:00

   Trivial language tweak.

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 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. 
+unmaintained for quite a while, 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

version 49
Author: lunar
Date:   2014-01-14T10:11:20+00:00

   no adjective

--- version 48
+++ version 49
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 ========================================================================
 
 Welcome to the second issue in 2014 of Tor Weekly News, the weekly
-newsletter that covers what is happening in the XXX Tor community.
+newsletter that covers what is happening in the Tor community.
 
 Orbot 13 is out
 ----------------

version 48
Author: lunar
Date:   2014-01-14T10:10:41+00:00

   minor rewording

--- version 47
+++ version 48
@@ -91,19 +91,18 @@
  [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
------------------------------------------
+More monthly status reports for December 2013
+---------------------------------------------
 
 The wave of regular monthly reports from Tor project members for the
-month of December 2013 continued this week as well with Tails team [XXX] 
-releasing their report, followed by reports from George [XXX], 
-Kevin [XXX], Andrew [XXX]
-
- [XXX] https://tails.boum.org/news/report_2013_12/ or ​https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-reports/2014-January/000429.html
- [XXX] ​https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-reports/2014-January/000427.html
- [XXX] ​https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-reports/2014-January/000428.html
+month of December 2013 continued this week as well with the extended
+report form the Tails team [XXX] followed by reports from George
+Kadianakis [XXX], Kevin P Dyer [XXX], and Andrew Lewman [XXX].
+
+ [XXX] https://tails.boum.org/news/report_2013_12/
+ [XXX] https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-reports/2014-January/000427.html
+ [XXX] https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-reports/2014-January/000428.html
  [XXX] https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-reports/2014-January/000430.html
- [XXX]
 
 Miscellaneous news
 ------------------

version 47
Author: lunar
Date:   2014-01-14T10:08:10+00:00

   small fixes

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@@ -195,17 +195,17 @@
 users are asked if their network is free of obstacles. Many 
 users do not if their network is free of obstacles or not. 
 A network is free of obstacles if does not censor 
-connections to the Tor network. A ticket for possible 
-improvements has been opened [XXX].
+connections to the Tor network. Ticket #10610 [XXX] has been opened to
+discuss possible improvements.
 
 A number of users have reported problems using the Tor Browser in 
 Backtrack Linux. Backtrack is unusual among Linux distributions in 
 that the user can only log in as root; there are no other user 
 accounts. The Tor Browser cannot be run as root. One solution for 
-Backtrack users is to create a new account with the useradd command 
-and then run the Tor Browser as that user with the sudo command. 
-
-[XXX]: https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/10610
+Backtrack users is to create a new account with the `useradd` command 
+and then run the Tor Browser as that user with the `sudo` command. 
+
+ [XXX] https://bugs.torproject.org/10610
 
 Upcoming events
 ---------------

version 46
Author: lunar
Date:   2014-01-14T10:06:57+00:00

   remove cruft

--- version 45
+++ version 46
@@ -207,13 +207,6 @@
 
 [XXX]: https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/10610
 
-Vulnerabilities
----------------
-
-XXX: Reported vulnerabilities [XXX].
-
- [XXX] vulnerability report source
-
 Upcoming events
 ---------------
 

version 45
Author: lunar
Date:   2014-01-14T10:06:37+00:00

   events

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+++ version 45
@@ -217,13 +217,13 @@
 Upcoming events
 ---------------
 
-Jul XX-XX | Event XXX brief description
-          | Event City, Event Country
-          | Event website URL
+Feb 1-2   | Tor @ FOSDEM
+          | Brussels, Belgium
+          | https://fosdem.org/2014/
           |
-Jul XX-XX | Event XXX brief description
-          | Event City, Event Country
-          | Event website URL
+April 11  | Roger @ George Mason University
+          | Washington, DC, USA
+          | http://today.gmu.edu/64330/
 
 
 This issue of Tor Weekly News has been assembled by XXX, XXX, and

version 44
Author: lunar
Date:   2014-01-14T10:04:31+00:00

   fix link

--- version 43
+++ version 44
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@
 unpredictable random strings. To address the issue, Nicholas Hopper has sent “a
 threshold signature-based proposal for a shared RNG” [XXX], now up for reviews.
 
- [XXX] https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/8244
+ [XXX] https://bugs.torproject.org/8244
  [XXX] https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-dev/2014-January/006053.html
 
 The next session of low-hanging fruits for Tails will happen [XXX] on February 8th

version 43
Author: lunar
Date:   2014-01-14T10:03:36+00:00

   write about shared RNG

--- version 42
+++ version 43
@@ -141,6 +141,14 @@
  [XXX] https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-dev/2014-January/006038.html
  [XXX] http://www-users.cs.umn.edu/~jansen/papers/sniper-ndss2014.pdf
 
+In order to prevent attacks [XXX] on hidden services based on predicting which directory
+will be used, directory authorities need to periodicly produce shared
+unpredictable random strings. To address the issue, Nicholas Hopper has sent “a
+threshold signature-based proposal for a shared RNG” [XXX], now up for reviews.
+
+ [XXX] https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/8244
+ [XXX] https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-dev/2014-January/006053.html
+
 The next session of low-hanging fruits for Tails will happen [XXX] on February 8th
 in the #tails IRC channel OFTC at 10:00 CET.
 
@@ -234,7 +242,6 @@
 
 * 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 — ''I'm unconvinced this is noteworthy but if someone feels it should be included, just write something up'', Lunar 
 * 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 42
Author: lunar
Date:   2014-01-14T09:54:25+00:00

   next tails low hanging fruit session

--- version 41
+++ version 42
@@ -141,6 +141,11 @@
  [XXX] https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-dev/2014-January/006038.html
  [XXX] http://www-users.cs.umn.edu/~jansen/papers/sniper-ndss2014.pdf
 
+The next session of low-hanging fruits for Tails will happen [XXX] on February 8th
+in the #tails IRC channel OFTC at 10:00 CET.
+
+ [XXX] https://tails.boum.org/contribute/meetings/201401/
+
 Thanks to stalkr.net [XXX], Maki Hoshisawa [XXX] and cYbergueRrilLa AnonyMous
 NeXus [XXX] for running new mirrors of the Tor Project website.
 
@@ -228,7 +233,6 @@
 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 — ''I'm unconvinced this is noteworthy but if someone feels it should be included, just write something up'', Lunar 
-* 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 41
Author: lunar
Date:   2014-01-14T09:52:38+00:00

   write about the sniper attack

--- version 40
+++ version 41
@@ -132,6 +132,15 @@
  [XXX] http://burps.boklm.eu/
  [XXX] https://github.com/boklm/burps-tor
 
+Nick Mathewson mentioned [XXX] that the “Sniper Attack” paper [XXX] by Rob
+Jansen, Florian Tschorsch, Aaron Johnson, and Björn Scheuermann was now available.
+This paper describes serious Denial of Service attacks through memory exhaustion.
+The issue is fixed “thanks to advice from the paper's authors, in Tor 0.2.4.x
+and later”.
+
+ [XXX] https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-dev/2014-January/006038.html
+ [XXX] http://www-users.cs.umn.edu/~jansen/papers/sniper-ndss2014.pdf
+
 Thanks to stalkr.net [XXX], Maki Hoshisawa [XXX] and cYbergueRrilLa AnonyMous
 NeXus [XXX] for running new mirrors of the Tor Project website.
 
@@ -219,7 +228,6 @@
 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 — ''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 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



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