[TWN team] Recent changes to the wiki pages
Lunar
lunar at torproject.org
Mon Mar 3 16:00:53 UTC 2014
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version 58
Author: lunar
Date: 2014-03-03T15:28:16+00:00
add more meetings, oh my
--- version 57
+++ version 58
@@ -258,6 +258,12 @@
Mar 05 18:00 UTC | Tor Weather development meeting
| #tor-dev, irc.oftc.net
|
+Mar 05 19:00 UTC | Tor Browser development meeting
+ | #tor-dev, irc.oftc.net
+ |
+Mar 05 20:00 UTC | little-t tor development meeting
+ | #tor-dev, irc.oftc.net
+ |
Mar 05 21:00 UTC | Tails contributors meeting
| #tails-dev, irc.oftc.net
| https://mailman.boum.org/pipermail/tails-dev/2014-February/004934.html
version 57
Author: lunar
Date: 2014-03-03T15:26:37+00:00
remove cruft
--- version 56
+++ version 57
@@ -248,13 +248,6 @@
Summary of some questions sent to the Tor help desk.
-Vulnerabilities
----------------
-
-XXX: Reported vulnerabilities [XXX].
-
- [XXX]: vulnerability report source
-
Upcoming events
---------------
version 56
Author: lunar
Date: 2014-03-03T15:26:06+00:00
add events
--- version 55
+++ version 56
@@ -258,6 +258,10 @@
Upcoming events
---------------
+Mar 03-07 | Tor @ Financial Cryptography and Data Security 2014
+ | Barbados
+ | http://fc14.ifca.ai/
+ |
Mar 05 18:00 UTC | Tor Weather development meeting
| #tor-dev, irc.oftc.net
|
@@ -265,14 +269,13 @@
| #tails-dev, irc.oftc.net
| https://mailman.boum.org/pipermail/tails-dev/2014-February/004934.html
|
-Mar XX-XX | Event XXX brief description
- | Event City, Event Country
- | Event website URL
- |
-Mar XX-XX | Event XXX brief description
- | Event City, Event Country
- | Event website URL
-
+Mar 07-11 | Karen and Kelley @ SXSW 2014
+ | Austin, Texas, USA
+ | http://schedule.sxsw.com/2014/events/event_IAP19728
+ |
+Mar 22-23 | Tor @ LibrePlanet 2014
+ | Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
+ | http://libreplanet.org/2014/
This issue of Tor Weekly News has been assembled by XXX, XXX, and
Mike Perry.
version 55
Author: lunar
Date: 2014-03-03T15:19:27+00:00
add a link to Lantern's website
--- version 54
+++ version 55
@@ -214,11 +214,12 @@
[XXX]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-dev/2014-March/006358.html
David Fifield published [XXX] a guide to patching meek, an HTTP
-pluggable transport, so that it can be used to send traffic via Lantern,
-a program which “acts as an HTTP proxy and proxies your traffic through
-trusted friends.”
+pluggable transport, so that it can be used to send traffic via Lantern [XXX],
+a censorship circumvention system which “acts as an HTTP proxy and proxies
+your traffic through trusted friends.”
[XXX]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-dev/2014-March/006356.html
+ [XXX]: https://www.getlantern.org/
Fortasse started a discussion [XXX] on tor-talk about using HTTPS Everywhere to
redirect Tor Browser users to .onion addresses when available. Several people
@@ -288,4 +289,4 @@
Possible items:
- * tor2web proposal https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-dev/2014-February/006344.html (I'd like to see a comment on this before covering it — Lunar)+ * tor2web proposal https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-dev/2014-February/006344.html (I'd like to see a comment on this before covering it — Lunar)
version 54
Author: lunar
Date: 2014-03-03T15:01:36+00:00
write about Nagios plugins
--- version 53
+++ version 54
@@ -233,6 +233,14 @@
[XXX]: https://mailman.boum.org/pipermail/tails-dev/2014-February/005023.html
[XXX]: http://nightly.tails.boum.org/build_Tails_ISO_experimental/
+
+Ramo wrote [XXX] to announce its Nagios plugin project [XXX] to the
+relay operator community. Lunar pointed out a complementary probe named
+“check_tor.py” [XXX].
+
+ [XXX]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-relays/2014-March/004007.html
+ [XXX]: https://github.com/goodvikings/tor_nagios/
+ [XXX]: http://anonscm.debian.org/gitweb/?p=users/lunar/check_tor.git;a=blob;f=README;hb=HEAD
Tor help desk roundup
---------------------
@@ -280,5 +288,4 @@
Possible items:
- * tor2web proposal https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-dev/2014-February/006344.html (I'd like to see a comment on this before covering it — Lunar)
- * Nagios probe for Tor https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-relays/2014-March/004007.html https://github.com/goodvikings/tor_nagios/ and also Lunar's check_tor.py http://anonscm.debian.org/gitweb/?p=users/lunar/check_tor.git;a=blob;f=README;hb=HEAD
+ * tor2web proposal https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-dev/2014-February/006344.html (I'd like to see a comment on this before covering it — Lunar)
version 53
Author: lunar
Date: 2014-03-03T14:58:16+00:00
write about Tor Launcher in Tails
--- version 52
+++ version 53
@@ -226,6 +226,13 @@
the EFF into some kind of registrar.
[XXX]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-talk/2014-February/032220.html
+
+anonym has been busy [XXX] adapting the configuration interface from the Tor Browser —
+called “Tor Launcher” — to Tails' needs. Preliminary results can already be seen
+in the images built from the experimental branch [XXX].
+
+ [XXX]: https://mailman.boum.org/pipermail/tails-dev/2014-February/005023.html
+ [XXX]: http://nightly.tails.boum.org/build_Tails_ISO_experimental/
Tor help desk roundup
---------------------
@@ -274,5 +281,4 @@
Possible items:
* tor2web proposal https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-dev/2014-February/006344.html (I'd like to see a comment on this before covering it — Lunar)
- * Progress on a new bridge mode in Tails using Tor Launcher https://mailman.boum.org/pipermail/tails-dev/2014-February/005023.html
* Nagios probe for Tor https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-relays/2014-March/004007.html https://github.com/goodvikings/tor_nagios/ and also Lunar's check_tor.py http://anonscm.debian.org/gitweb/?p=users/lunar/check_tor.git;a=blob;f=README;hb=HEAD
version 52
Author: lunar
Date: 2014-03-03T14:52:02+00:00
cover Whonix
--- version 51
+++ version 52
@@ -157,6 +157,14 @@
[XXX]: https://mailman.stanford.edu/pipermail/liberationtech/2014-February/013041.html
[XXX]: https://xmpp.net/reports.php#onions
+
+Patrick Schleizer announced [XXX] the release of version 8 of
+Whonix [XXX] — an operating system focused on anonymity, privacy and
+security based on the Tor anonymity network, Debian and security by
+isolation. The curious should take a look at the long changelog.
+
+ [XXX]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-talk/2014-February/032227.html
+ [XXX]: https://www.whonix.org/
Kelley Misata wrote up an account of her talk “Journalists — Staying
Safe in a Digital World”, which she delivered at the Computer-Assisted
@@ -266,6 +274,5 @@
Possible items:
* tor2web proposal https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-dev/2014-February/006344.html (I'd like to see a comment on this before covering it — Lunar)
- * 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
* Nagios probe for Tor https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-relays/2014-March/004007.html https://github.com/goodvikings/tor_nagios/ and also Lunar's check_tor.py http://anonscm.debian.org/gitweb/?p=users/lunar/check_tor.git;a=blob;f=README;hb=HEAD
version 51
Author: lunar
Date: 2014-03-03T14:47:09+00:00
add comment
--- version 50
+++ version 51
@@ -265,7 +265,7 @@
Possible items:
- * tor2web proposal https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-dev/2014-February/006344.html
+ * tor2web proposal https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-dev/2014-February/006344.html (I'd like to see a comment on this before covering it — Lunar)
* 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
* Nagios probe for Tor https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-relays/2014-March/004007.html https://github.com/goodvikings/tor_nagios/ and also Lunar's check_tor.py http://anonscm.debian.org/gitweb/?p=users/lunar/check_tor.git;a=blob;f=README;hb=HEAD
version 50
Author: lunar
Date: 2014-03-03T14:38:01+00:00
write about the fallback charset issue
--- version 49
+++ version 50
@@ -189,6 +189,14 @@
between the Tor Project and Mozilla.
[XXX]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-talk/2014-February/032204.html
+
+On the “anonymity is hard” front, David Fifield reported [XXX] a fingerprinting
+issue on the Tor Browser. Fallback charsets can be used to learn the user
+locale as they vary from one to another. The next release of the Tor Browser
+will use “windows-1252” for all locale, as this matches the impersonated
+“User-Agent” string of Firefox — English version — on Windows.
+
+ [XXX]: https://bugs.torproject.org/10703
Yawning Angel called for help [XXX] in testing and reviewing
obfsclient-0.0.1rc2, the second obfsclient release candidate this week:
@@ -257,7 +265,6 @@
Possible items:
- * fingerprinting through default charset #10703
* tor2web proposal https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-dev/2014-February/006344.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
version 49
Author: lunar
Date: 2014-03-03T14:29:45+00:00
write about HTTPS Everywhere redirecting to .onion
--- version 48
+++ version 49
@@ -203,6 +203,13 @@
trusted friends.”
[XXX]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-dev/2014-March/006356.html
+
+Fortasse started a discussion [XXX] on tor-talk about using HTTPS Everywhere to
+redirect Tor Browser users to .onion addresses when available. Several people
+commented regarding security, process, or how it could turn the Tor Project or
+the EFF into some kind of registrar.
+
+ [XXX]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-talk/2014-February/032220.html
Tor help desk roundup
---------------------
@@ -250,7 +257,6 @@
Possible items:
- * onion-everywhere? https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-talk/2014-February/032220.html
* fingerprinting through default charset #10703
* tor2web proposal https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-dev/2014-February/006344.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)
version 48
Author: lunar
Date: 2014-03-03T14:23:56+00:00
write about mozilla dev reaching out
--- version 47
+++ version 48
@@ -182,6 +182,13 @@
[XXX]: https://people.torproject.org/~mikeperry/images/TBBDMG.png
[XXX]: https://bugs.torproject.org/4261
+
+David Rajchenbach-Teller from Mozilla reached out [XXX] to the Tor Browser
+developers about their overhaul of the Firefox Session Restore
+mechanism. This is another milestone in the growing collaboration
+between the Tor Project and Mozilla.
+
+ [XXX]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-talk/2014-February/032204.html
Yawning Angel called for help [XXX] in testing and reviewing
obfsclient-0.0.1rc2, the second obfsclient release candidate this week:
@@ -243,7 +250,6 @@
Possible items:
- * Mozilla dev. reaching out: New API for TorBrowser add-on https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-talk/2014-February/032204.html
* onion-everywhere? https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-talk/2014-February/032220.html
* fingerprinting through default charset #10703
* tor2web proposal https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-dev/2014-February/006344.html
version 47
Author: lunar
Date: 2014-03-03T14:20:11+00:00
write about dmg
--- version 46
+++ version 47
@@ -175,6 +175,13 @@
[XXX]: http://petsymposium.org/2012/papers/hotpets12-1-usability.pdf
[XXX]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-talk/2014-February/032205.html
[XXX]: http://www.norcie.com/papers/torUSEC.pdf
+
+Mac OS X users will be thrilled to learn that the next Tor Browser Bundle
+will be shipped as a DMG (disk image) [XXX] instead of the previous unusual
+.ZIP archive [XXX].
+
+ [XXX]: https://people.torproject.org/~mikeperry/images/TBBDMG.png
+ [XXX]: https://bugs.torproject.org/4261
Yawning Angel called for help [XXX] in testing and reviewing
obfsclient-0.0.1rc2, the second obfsclient release candidate this week:
@@ -240,7 +247,6 @@
* onion-everywhere? https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-talk/2014-February/032220.html
* fingerprinting through default charset #10703
* 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
- * Nagios probe for Tor https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-relays/2014-March/004007.html https://github.com/goodvikings/tor_nagios/ and also Lunar's check_tor.py http://anonscm.debian.org/gitweb/?p=users/lunar/check_tor.git;a=blob;f=README;hb=HEAD+ * Nagios probe for Tor https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-relays/2014-March/004007.html https://github.com/goodvikings/tor_nagios/ and also Lunar's check_tor.py http://anonscm.debian.org/gitweb/?p=users/lunar/check_tor.git;a=blob;f=README;hb=HEAD
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