[TWN team] Recent changes to the wiki pages
Lunar
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Tue Mar 11 09:00:12 UTC 2014
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=== https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/wiki/TorWeeklyNews/2014/10 ===
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version 37
Author: qbi
Date: 2014-03-11T08:11:53+00:00
Tor.SE Socks5Proxy
--- version 36
+++ version 37
@@ -131,6 +131,13 @@
[XXX]: http://www.gnutls.org/security.html#GNUTLS-SA-2014-2
[XXX]: https://tor.stackexchange.com/q/1652/88
+tor_user found the option Socks5Proxy and wanted to know what OR
+connection are and if this option allows running a Tor node over a
+SOCKS proxy[XXX]. Jens Kubieziel explained that OR connections are such
+between two relays or between client and relay. It can also be used
+to run a relay over a SOCKS proxy.
+
+ [XXX]: https://tor.stackexchange.com/q/1654/88
Vulnerabilities
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version 36
Author: qbi
Date: 2014-03-11T07:43:22+00:00
Tor.SE Q regarding GnuTLS bug
--- version 35
+++ version 36
@@ -120,6 +120,18 @@
not as easy it would seem. Relevant bug tickets here are
#2176, #5194, #5698, and #10888.
+News from Tor StackExchange
+---------------------------
+
+The last weeks brought several vulnerabilities in GnuTLS and the
+SSL protocol in general[XXX]. Ivar wanted to know, if the GnuTLS
+bug affects Tor somehow[XXX]. As Tor uses OpenSSL instead of GnuTLS,
+the answer is no.
+
+ [XXX]: http://www.gnutls.org/security.html#GNUTLS-SA-2014-2
+ [XXX]: https://tor.stackexchange.com/q/1652/88
+
+
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