[TWN team] Recent changes to the wiki pages
Lunar
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Mon May 5 14:40:06 UTC 2014
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=== https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/wiki/TorWeeklyNews/2014/18 ===
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version 38
Author: mttp
Date: 2014-05-05T14:05:27+00:00
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Tor help desk roundup
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-Summary of some questions sent to the Tor help desk.
+Many users alerted the help desk of a new bug [XXX] in Tor Browser 3.6 that
+prevents users from setting a proxy. Developers have said this bug is related
+to the introduction of Pluggable Transport support. A new Tor Browser release
+addressing this issue is expected this week.
+
+[XXX]: https://bugs.torproject.org/11658
News from Tor StackExchange
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version 37
Author: qbi
Date: 2014-05-05T13:49:56+00:00
Tor.SE circuit length
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[XXX]: https://tor.stackexchange.com/q/2041/88
+user1698 wants to extend the number of Tor relays in a circuit and asks if it
+is possible to have one with 5 or 6 nodes [XXX]. Tom Ritter suggests that
+this is only possible when one changes the source code. There is another
+question which deals with extending the number of nodes in a circuit [XXX].
+Steven Murdoch warns the user in his answer that under some circumstances
+it might be possible to de-anonymize a person. Furthermore alaf discusses
+the performance, throughput and anonymity of longer circuits.
+
+ [XXX]: https://tor.stackexchange.com/q/2039/88
+ [XXX]: https://tor.stackexchange.com/q/103/88
+
Upcoming events
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version 36
Author: qbi
Date: 2014-05-05T13:39:27+00:00
Tor.SE: Exit probability
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News from Tor StackExchange
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-Text with cited source [XXX].
-
- [XXX]:
+Tom Ritter wonders how the Exit Probability is calculated [XXX] and wants to
+know if all values add up to 100 %. If anyone knows a good answer please
+don't hesitate and add it to the question.
+
+ [XXX]: https://tor.stackexchange.com/q/2041/88
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