[TWN team] Recent changes to the wiki pages
Lunar
lunar at torproject.org
Tue Nov 4 23:40:13 UTC 2014
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=== https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/wiki/TorWeeklyNews/2014/44 ===
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version 22
Author: harmony
Date: 2014-11-04T22:50:05+00:00
apostrophe
--- version 21
+++ version 22
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@
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The help desk has been asked if Tor Browser acts as a relay by
-default. Tor Browser's Tor by default acts only as a client, and
+default. Tor Browser’s Tor by default acts only as a client, and
not as a bridge relay, exit relay, or relay. Additionally, this
is unlikely to change in the future [XXX].
@@ -193,6 +193,18 @@
Upcoming events
---------------
+ Nov 03 - 07 | Roger @ WPES and CCS
+ | Phoenix, Arizona, USA
+ | https://www.cylab.cmu.edu/news_events/events/wpes2014/
+ | http://www.sigsac.org/ccs/CCS2014/
+ |
+ Nov 05 16:00 UTC | Pluggable transports meeting
+ | #tor-dev, irc.oftc.net
+ |
+ Nov 06 13:30 UTC | little-t tor development meeting
+ | #tor-dev, irc.oftc.net
+ | https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-dev/2014-November/007714.html
+ |
Nov 03 - 07 | Roger @ WPES and CCS
| Phoenix, Arizona, USA
| https://www.cylab.cmu.edu/news_events/events/wpes2014/
version 21
Author: harmony
Date: 2014-11-04T22:48:08+00:00
one more link/freeze
--- version 20
+++ version 21
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
'''Editor:''' Harmony
'''Subject:''' Tor Weekly News — November 5th, 2014
+
+'''Status:''' Frozen. Technical and language fixes only; new items should go in [wiki:TorWeeklyNews/2014/45 next week's edition]
{{{
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@@ -35,15 +37,16 @@
------------------------
Mike Perry announced [XXX] a bugfix release by the Tor Browser team.
-This version disables DirectShow, which was causing the Windows build of
-Tor Browser to crash when visiting many websites [XXX]. This is not a
-security release, but Windows users who have experienced this issue
-should upgrade.
+This version disables DirectShow [XXX], which was causing the Windows
+build of Tor Browser to crash when visiting many websites [XXX]. This
+is not a security release, but Windows users who have experienced this
+issue should upgrade.
Please see Mike’s post for the changelog, and download your copy from
the project page [XXX].
[XXX]: https://blog.torproject.org/blog/tor-browser-401-released
+ [XXX]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DirectShow
[XXX]: https://www.torproject.org/projects/torbrowser.html
Facebook, hidden services, and HTTPS certificates
version 20
Author: harmony
Date: 2014-11-04T22:40:09+00:00
reduce britishness
--- version 19
+++ version 20
@@ -84,10 +84,10 @@
This last point generated some confusion, since Facebook have also
acquired an HTTPS certificate for their hidden service, which might seem
-like an unnecessary belt-and-braces approach to security. This has been
-the subject of “feisty discussions” in the Internet security community,
-with many points for and against: on the one hand, users have been
-taught that “https is necessary and http is scary, so it makes sense
+like an unnecessary belt-and-suspenders approach to security. This has
+been the subject of “feisty discussions” in the Internet security
+community, with many points for and against: on the one hand, users have
+been taught that “https is necessary and http is scary, so it makes sense
that users want to see the string “https” in front of” URLs, while on
the other, “by encouraging people to pay Digicert we’re reinforcing the
certificate authority business model when maybe we should be continuing
version 19
Author: harmony
Date: 2014-11-04T22:33:12+00:00
me/events/credits
--- version 18
+++ version 19
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
''70th issue of Tor Weekly News. Covering what's happening from October 28th, 2014 to November 4th, 2014. To be released on November 5th, 2014.''
-'''Editor:'''
+'''Editor:''' Harmony
'''Subject:''' Tor Weekly News — November 5th, 2014
@@ -190,17 +190,30 @@
Upcoming events
---------------
-Jul XX-XX | Event XXX brief description
- | Event City, Event Country
- | Event website URL
- |
-Jul XX-XX | Event XXX brief description
- | Event City, Event Country
- | Event website URL
-
-
-This issue of Tor Weekly News has been assembled by XXX, XXX, and
-XXX.
+ Nov 03 - 07 | Roger @ WPES and CCS
+ | Phoenix, Arizona, USA
+ | https://www.cylab.cmu.edu/news_events/events/wpes2014/
+ | http://www.sigsac.org/ccs/CCS2014/
+ |
+ Nov 05 16:00 UTC | Pluggable transports meeting
+ | #tor-dev, irc.oftc.net
+ |
+ Nov 06 13:30 UTC | little-t tor development meeting
+ | #tor-dev, irc.oftc.net
+ | https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-dev/2014-November/007714.html
+ |
+ Nov 07 17:00 CET | OONI development meeting
+ | #ooni, irc.oftc.net
+ |
+ Nov 10 18:00 UTC | Tor Browser online meeting
+ | #tor-dev, irc.oftc.net
+ |
+ Nov 11 17:00 UTC | little-t tor patch workshop
+ | #tor-dev, irc.oftc.net
+
+
+This issue of Tor Weekly News has been assembled by Lunar, Matt Pagan,
+and Harmony.
Want to continue reading TWN? Please help us create this newsletter.
We still need more volunteers to watch the Tor community and report
@@ -211,8 +224,3 @@
[XXX]: https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/wiki/TorWeeklyNews
[XXX]: https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/news-team
}}}
-
-Possible items:
-
- * PT meeting weds https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-dev/2014-November/007713.html
- * Patch meeting thurs https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-dev/2014-November/007714.html
version 18
Author: harmony
Date: 2014-11-04T22:19:43+00:00
remove unused sections
--- version 17
+++ version 18
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
========================================================================
Welcome to the forty-fourth issue in 2014 of Tor Weekly News, the weekly
-newsletter that covers what’s happening in the XXX Tor community.
+newsletter that covers what’s happening in the Tor community.
Tor 0.2.6.1-alpha is out
------------------------
@@ -187,20 +187,6 @@
[XXX]: https://www.torproject.org/docs/faq#EverybodyARelay
-News from Tor StackExchange
----------------------------
-
-Text with cited source [XXX].
-
- [XXX]:
-
-Easy development tasks to get involved with
--------------------------------------------
-
-Text with cited source [XXX].
-
- [XXX]:
-
Upcoming events
---------------
version 17
Author: harmony
Date: 2014-11-04T22:17:40+00:00
more misc
--- version 16
+++ version 17
@@ -144,6 +144,13 @@
Miscellaneous news
------------------
+Mike Perry updated [XXX] the Tor Browser design document [XXX] to cover
+Tor Browser version 4.0 — “Feedback welcome! Patches are even more
+welcomer!”
+
+ [XXX]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tbb-dev/2014-October/000148.html
+ [XXX]: https://www.torproject.org/projects/torbrowser/design/
+
Israel Leiva sent out an update [XXX] on the progress of the GetTor
redevelopment project.
@@ -161,6 +168,14 @@
“explosion” in use.
[XXX]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-dev/2014-November/007716.html
+
+Esfandiar Mohammadi announced [XXX] the MATor project [XXX] and
+accompanying paper. MATor is a tool that “assesses the influence of Tor’s
+path selection on a user’s anonymity”; “since MATor is an ongoing project,
+we would appreciate your opinion about the approach in general.”
+
+ [XXX]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-dev/2014-October/007692.html
+ [XXX]: http://www.infsec.cs.uni-saarland.de/projects/anonymity-guarantees/mator.html
Tor help desk roundup
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@@ -213,7 +228,5 @@
Possible items:
- * TBB design doc updated for 4.0 https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tbb-dev/2014-October/000148.html
- * MATor: A live-monitor for anonymity guarantees https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-dev/2014-October/007692.html
* PT meeting weds https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-dev/2014-November/007713.html
* Patch meeting thurs https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-dev/2014-November/007714.html
version 16
Author: harmony
Date: 2014-11-04T22:04:44+00:00
some misc
--- version 15
+++ version 16
@@ -144,15 +144,23 @@
Miscellaneous news
------------------
-Item 1 with cited source [XXX].
-
-Item 2 with cited source [XXX].
-
-Item 3 with cited source [XXX].
-
- [XXX]:
- [XXX]:
- [XXX]:
+Israel Leiva sent out an update [XXX] on the progress of the GetTor
+redevelopment project.
+
+ [XXX]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-dev/2014-October/007700.html
+
+David Fifield distributed [XXX] a graph [XXX] of “the number of
+simultaneous relay users for every country, one country per row”.
+
+ [XXX]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-dev/2014-October/007697.html
+ [XXX]: https://people.torproject.org/~dcf/graphs/relays-all.pdf
+
+David also sent out a summary [XXX] of the costs incurred by the meek
+pluggable transport, which have increased significantly following its
+incorporation into the latest stable Tor Browser and the consequent
+“explosion” in use.
+
+ [XXX]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-dev/2014-November/007716.html
Tor help desk roundup
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@@ -206,8 +214,6 @@
Possible items:
* TBB design doc updated for 4.0 https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tbb-dev/2014-October/000148.html
- * Graph of Tor users for every country https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-dev/2014-October/007697.html
- * GetTor development status https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-dev/2014-October/007700.html
* MATor: A live-monitor for anonymity guarantees https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-dev/2014-October/007692.html
* PT meeting weds https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-dev/2014-November/007713.html
* Patch meeting thurs https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-dev/2014-November/007714.html
version 15
Author: harmony
Date: 2014-11-04T21:49:31+00:00
more relevant link
--- version 14
+++ version 15
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@
help other people think of further novel uses for hidden services.”
[XXX]: https://www.facebook.com/notes/protect-the-graph/making-connections-to-facebook-more-secure/1526085754298237
- [XXX]: https://facebookcorewwwi.onion
+ [XXX]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-talk/2014-October/035403.html
[XXX]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-talk/2014-October/035413.html
[XXX]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-talk/2014-October/035416.html
[XXX]: https://gitweb.torproject.org/torspec.git/blob_plain/HEAD:/proposals/224-rend-spec-ng.txt
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=== https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/wiki/TorWeeklyNews/2014/45 ===
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version 1
Author: harmony
Date: 2014-11-04T22:45:05+00:00
create page
---
+++ version 1
@@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
+''71st issue of Tor Weekly News. Covering what's happening from November 4th, 2014 to November 11th, 2014. To be released on November 12th, 2014.''
+
+'''Editor:'''
+
+'''Subject:''' Tor Weekly News — November 12th, 2014
+
+{{{
+========================================================================
+Tor Weekly News November 12th, 2014
+========================================================================
+
+Welcome to the forty-fifth issue in 2014 of Tor Weekly News, the weekly
+newsletter that covers what’s happening in the XXX Tor community.
+
+Feature XXX
+-----------
+
+Feature 1 with cited source [XXX]
+
+ [XXX]:
+
+Monthly status reports for XXX month 2014
+-----------------------------------------
+
+The wave of regular monthly reports from Tor project members for the
+month of XXX has begun. XXX released his report first [XXX], followed
+by reports from name 2 [XXX], name 3 [XXX], and name 4 [XXX].
+
+ [XXX]:
+ [XXX]:
+ [XXX]:
+ [XXX]:
+
+Miscellaneous news
+------------------
+
+Item 1 with cited source [XXX].
+
+Item 2 with cited source [XXX].
+
+Item 3 with cited source [XXX].
+
+ [XXX]:
+ [XXX]:
+ [XXX]:
+
+Tor help desk roundup
+---------------------
+
+Summary of some questions sent to the Tor help desk.
+
+News from Tor StackExchange
+---------------------------
+
+Text with cited source [XXX].
+
+ [XXX]:
+
+Easy development tasks to get involved with
+-------------------------------------------
+
+Text with cited source [XXX].
+
+ [XXX]:
+
+Upcoming events
+---------------
+
+Jul XX-XX | Event XXX brief description
+ | Event City, Event Country
+ | Event website URL
+ |
+Jul XX-XX | Event XXX brief description
+ | Event City, Event Country
+ | Event website URL
+
+
+This issue of Tor Weekly News has been assembled by XXX, XXX, and
+XXX.
+
+Want to continue reading TWN? Please help us create this newsletter.
+We still need more volunteers to watch the Tor community and report
+important news. Please see the project page [XXX], write down your
+name and subscribe to the team mailing list [XXX] if you want to
+get involved!
+
+ [XXX]: https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/wiki/TorWeeklyNews
+ [XXX]: https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/news-team
+}}}
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