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Lunar
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version 33
Author: harmony
Date: 2014-03-01T16:02:38+00:00
promote the tails thing and combine it with the other one
--- version 32
+++ version 33
@@ -48,11 +48,38 @@
heard from before reading their application.”
If you are hoping to contribute to Tor as part of the Summer of Code
-program, please have a look through Damian’s advice and then, as he says,
-“come to the list or IRC channel and talk to us!”
+program, please have a look through Damian’s advice and then, as he
+says, “come to the list or IRC channel and talk to us!”
[XXX]: https://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/org2/google/gsoc2014/tor
[XXX]: https://blog.torproject.org/blog/tor-google-summer-code-2014
+
+Two ways to help with Tails development
+---------------------------------------
+
+One of the most interesting upcoming additions to the Tails operating
+system is the ability to thwart attempts at tracking the movements
+of network-enabled devices by spoofing the MAC address on each boot.
+As part of the testing process for this new feature, the Tails
+developers have released [XXX] an experimental disk image which
+turns it on by default, alongside a step-by-step guide to trying it
+out and reporting any issues encountered. However, as the developers
+note, “this is a test image. Do not use it for anything other than
+testing this feature.” If you are willing to take note of this caveat,
+please feel free to download the test image and let the community
+know what you find.
+
+Turning to the longer-term development of the project, the team also
+published [XXX] a detailed set of guidelines for anyone who wants to
+help improve Tails itself by contributing to the development of Debian,
+the operating system on which Tails is based. They include advice on the
+relationship between the two distributions, tasks in need of attention,
+and channels for discussing issues with the Tails community; if you are
+keen on the idea of helping two free-software projects at one stroke,
+please have a look!
+
+ [XXX]: https://tails.boum.org/news/spoof-mac/
+ [XXX]: https://tails.boum.org/contribute/how/debian/
Monthly status reports for February 2014
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@@ -114,16 +141,6 @@
[XXX]: https://mailman.stanford.edu/pipermail/liberationtech/2014-February/013041.html
[XXX]: https://xmpp.net/reports.php#onions
-
-The Tails developers published [XXX] a detailed set of guidelines for
-anyone who wants to help improve Tails itself by contributing to the
-development of Debian, the operating system on which Tails is based.
-They include advice on the relationship between the two distributions,
-tasks in need of attention, and channels for discussing issues with the
-Tails community; if you are keen on the idea of helping two
-free-software projects at one stroke, please have a look!
-
- [XXX]: https://tails.boum.org/contribute/how/debian/
Tor help desk roundup
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@@ -175,7 +192,6 @@
* Why Johnny Can't Blow the Whistle https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-talk/2014-February/032205.html
* onion-everywhere? https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-talk/2014-February/032220.html
* obfsclient release candidate https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-dev/2014-February/006325.html
- * Tails Call for testing: MAC address spoofing https://tails.boum.org/news/spoof-mac/
* fingerprinting through default charset #10703
* change in milestone conventions https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-dev/2014-February/006341.html
* tor2web proposal https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-dev/2014-February/006344.html
version 32
Author: harmony
Date: 2014-03-01T15:35:03+00:00
add tails/debian item to misc
--- version 31
+++ version 32
@@ -115,6 +115,16 @@
[XXX]: https://mailman.stanford.edu/pipermail/liberationtech/2014-February/013041.html
[XXX]: https://xmpp.net/reports.php#onions
+The Tails developers published [XXX] a detailed set of guidelines for
+anyone who wants to help improve Tails itself by contributing to the
+development of Debian, the operating system on which Tails is based.
+They include advice on the relationship between the two distributions,
+tasks in need of attention, and channels for discussing issues with the
+Tails community; if you are keen on the idea of helping two
+free-software projects at one stroke, please have a look!
+
+ [XXX]: https://tails.boum.org/contribute/how/debian/
+
Tor help desk roundup
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@@ -171,5 +181,4 @@
* tor2web proposal https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-dev/2014-February/006344.html
* Disk image instead of zip file for TBB on OS X: #4261 https://people.torproject.org/~mikeperry/images/TBBDMG.png
* Whonix 8 https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-talk/2014-February/032227.html (should be misc: I have yet still to see an analysis by an outsider -- Lunar)
- * Progress on a new bridge mode in Tails using Tor Launcher https://mailman.boum.org/pipermail/tails-dev/2014-February/005023.html
- * Improving Tails... by working on Debian https://mailman.boum.org/pipermail/tails-dev/2014-February/005054.html+ * Progress on a new bridge mode in Tails using Tor Launcher https://mailman.boum.org/pipermail/tails-dev/2014-February/005023.html
version 31
Author: harmony
Date: 2014-03-01T15:00:22+00:00
do more writing
--- version 30
+++ version 31
@@ -12,14 +12,47 @@
Welcome to the ninth issue of Tor Weekly News in 2014, the weekly
newsletter that covers what is happening in the XXX Tor community.
-New Release of XXX
-------------------
+Tor 0.2.4.21 is out
+-------------------
-XXX: cite specific release date, numbers, and developers responsible
+Roger Dingledine announced [XXX] the release of Tor 0.2.4.21, whose
+major new feature is the forced inclusion of at least one NTor-capable
+relay in any given three-hop circuit as a defence against adversaries
+who might be able to break 1024-bit encryption; this feature was first
+seen in the latest alpha release (0.2.5.2-alpha) three weeks ago [XXX],
+but is here incorporated into the current stable series.
-XXX: details about release
+You can find full details of this release’s other features and bugfixes
+in Roger’s announcement.
- [XXX]:
+ [XXX]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-talk/2014-March/032242.html
+ [XXX]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-talk/2014-February/032150.html
+
+Tor in Google Summer of Code 2014
+---------------------------------
+
+As has been the case over the past several years, Tor will once again
+be participating [XXX] in Google’s annual Summer of Code program —
+aspiring software developers have the chance to work on a Tor-related
+project with financial assistance from Google and expert guidance from a
+core Tor Project member. Several prospective students have already
+contacted the community with questions about the program, and Damian
+Johnson took to the Tor Blog [XXX] to give a brief summary of what
+students can expect from the Summer of Code, and what the Tor Project
+expects from its students.
+
+In particular, Damian encouraged potential applicants to discuss their
+ideas with the community on the tor-dev mailing list or IRC channel
+before submitting an application: “Communication is essential to success
+in the summer of code, and we’re unlikely to accept students we haven’t
+heard from before reading their application.”
+
+If you are hoping to contribute to Tor as part of the Summer of Code
+program, please have a look through Damian’s advice and then, as he says,
+“come to the list or IRC channel and talk to us!”
+
+ [XXX]: https://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/org2/google/gsoc2014/tor
+ [XXX]: https://blog.torproject.org/blog/tor-google-summer-code-2014
Monthly status reports for February 2014
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@@ -133,12 +166,10 @@
* onion-everywhere? https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-talk/2014-February/032220.html
* obfsclient release candidate https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-dev/2014-February/006325.html
* Tails Call for testing: MAC address spoofing https://tails.boum.org/news/spoof-mac/
- * GSoC 2014 https://blog.torproject.org/blog/tor-google-summer-code-2014
* fingerprinting through default charset #10703
* change in milestone conventions https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-dev/2014-February/006341.html
* tor2web proposal https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-dev/2014-February/006344.html
* Disk image instead of zip file for TBB on OS X: #4261 https://people.torproject.org/~mikeperry/images/TBBDMG.png
- * Tor 0.2.4.21 https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-talk/2014-March/032242.html
* Whonix 8 https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-talk/2014-February/032227.html (should be misc: I have yet still to see an analysis by an outsider -- Lunar)
* Progress on a new bridge mode in Tails using Tor Launcher https://mailman.boum.org/pipermail/tails-dev/2014-February/005023.html
* Improving Tails... by working on Debian https://mailman.boum.org/pipermail/tails-dev/2014-February/005054.html
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