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''66th issue of Tor Weekly News. Covering what's happening from September 30th, 2014 to October 7th, 2014. To be released on October 8th, 2014.''
'''Editor:''' Lunar
+
+'''Status:''' FROZEN. Only technical and language fixes accepted. New items should go to [wiki:TorWeeklyNews/2014/41 next week edition]. Expected publication time 2014-10-08 12:00 UTC.
'''Subject:''' Tor Weekly News — October 8th, 2014
@@ -15,151 +17,153 @@
Setup ooniprobe in five minutes
-------------------------------
-New versions of the Open Observatory of Network Interference [XXX]
-(OONI) tools are out. On October 1st, Arturo Filastò announced [XXX]
-ooniprobe 1.2.0 and oonibackend 1.1.4.
+New versions of the Open Observatory of Network Interference [1] (OONI)
+tools are out. On October 1st, Arturo Filastò announced [2] ooniprobe
+1.2.0 and oonibackend 1.1.4.
“One of the most interesting new features that are now part of ooniprobe
is the ability to generate test decks for the country you are in a way
that is much easier than before” writes Arturo.
He adds: “As a matter of fact to start contributing useful measurements
-it's just a mater of 5 minutes of setup [XXX].” So don't be shy on
-adding your measurements to the project!
-
- [XXX]: https://ooni.torproject.org/
- [XXX]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/ooni-dev/2014-October/000171.html
- [XXX]: https://pypi.python.org/pypi/ooniprobe#ooni-in-5-minutes
+it's just a mater of 5 minutes of setup [3].” So don't be shy on adding
+your measurements to the project!
+
+ [1]: https://ooni.torproject.org/
+ [2]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/ooni-dev/2014-October/000171.html
+ [3]: https://pypi.python.org/pypi/ooniprobe#ooni-in-5-minutes
Monthly status reports for September 2014
-----------------------------------------
The wave of regular monthly reports from Tor project members for the
-month of September has begun. Juha Nurmi released his report first [XXX], followed
-by reports from Juha Nurmi [XXX], Georg Koppen [XXX], Damian
-Johnson [XXX], George Kadianakis [XXX], Matt Pagan [XXX], Lunar [XXX],
-Sherief Alaa [XXX], Leiah Jansen [XXX], Harmony [XXX], Pearl
-Crescent [XXX], Nick Mathewson [XXX], Karsten Loesing [XXX], Sukhbir
-Singh [XXX], Nicolas Vigier [XXX] (in addition to July [XXX] and
-August [XXX]), Arlo Breault [XXX], J. Todaro [XXX], and Colin C. [XXX]
-
- [XXX]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-reports/2014-September/000652.html
- [XXX]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-reports/2014-September/000653.html
- [XXX]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-reports/2014-September/000654.html
- [XXX]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-reports/2014-October/000655.html
- [XXX]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-reports/2014-October/000656.html
- [XXX]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-reports/2014-October/000658.html
- [XXX]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-reports/2014-October/000659.html
- [XXX]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-reports/2014-October/000660.html
- [XXX]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-reports/2014-October/000661.html
- [XXX]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-reports/2014-October/000662.html
- [XXX]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-reports/2014-October/000663.html
- [XXX]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-reports/2014-October/000665.html
- [XXX]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-reports/2014-October/000666.html
- [XXX]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-reports/2014-October/000669.html
- [XXX]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-reports/2014-October/000667.html
- [XXX]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-reports/2014-October/000668.html
- [XXX]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-reports/2014-October/000670.html
- [XXX]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-reports/2014-October/000672.html
- [XXX]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-reports/2014-October/000673.html
-
-Lunar also reported on Tor help desk [XXX], Mike Perry for the Tor
-Browser team [XXX], and Arturo Filastò for OONI [XXX].
-
- [XXX]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-reports/2014-October/000657.html
- [XXX]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-reports/2014-October/000664.html
- [XXX]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-reports/2014-October/000671.html
+month of September has begun. Juha Nurmi released his report first [4],
+followed by reports from Juha Nurmi [5], Georg Koppen [6], Damian
+Johnson [7], George Kadianakis [8], Matt Pagan [9], Lunar [10], Sherief
+Alaa [11], Leiah Jansen [12], Harmony [13], Pearl Crescent [14], Nick
+Mathewson [15], Karsten Loesing [16], Sukhbir Singh [17], Nicolas
+Vigier [18] (in addition to July [19] and August [20]), Arlo
+Breault [21], J. Todaro [22], and Colin C. [23]
+
+ [4]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-reports/2014-September/000652.html
+ [5]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-reports/2014-September/000653.html
+ [6]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-reports/2014-September/000654.html
+ [7]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-reports/2014-October/000655.html
+ [8]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-reports/2014-October/000656.html
+ [9]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-reports/2014-October/000658.html
+ [10]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-reports/2014-October/000659.html
+ [11]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-reports/2014-October/000660.html
+ [12]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-reports/2014-October/000661.html
+ [13]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-reports/2014-October/000662.html
+ [14]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-reports/2014-October/000663.html
+ [15]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-reports/2014-October/000665.html
+ [16]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-reports/2014-October/000666.html
+ [17]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-reports/2014-October/000669.html
+ [18]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-reports/2014-October/000667.html
+ [19]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-reports/2014-October/000668.html
+ [20]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-reports/2014-October/000670.html
+ [21]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-reports/2014-October/000672.html
+ [22]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-reports/2014-October/000673.html
+
+Lunar also reported on Tor help desk [24], Mike Perry for the Tor
+Browser team [25], and Arturo Filastò for OONI [26].
+
+ [23]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-reports/2014-October/000657.html
+ [24]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-reports/2014-October/000664.html
+ [25]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-reports/2014-October/000671.html
Miscellaneous news
------------------
-Orbot users should rejoice to learn that orWall [XXX] 1.0.0 has been
-released [XXX]! orWall will force selected applications through Tor while
-preventing unauthorized applications to have any network access. “Any feedback
-from Tor/Orbot users interest me in order to improve orWall. I think the
-current release is pretty good, but as the main dev I'm maybe not that neutral
-regarding this statement” joked CJ.
+Orbot users should rejoice to learn that orWall [27] 1.0.0 has been
+released [28]! orWall will force selected applications through Tor while
+preventing unauthorized applications to have any network access. “Any
+feedback from Tor/Orbot users interest me in order to improve orWall. I
+think the current release is pretty good, but as the main dev I'm maybe
+not that neutral regarding this statement” joked CJ.
- [XXX]: https://orwall.org/
- [XXX]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-talk/2014-October/035040.html
+ [26]: https://orwall.org/
+ [27]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-talk/2014-October/035040.html
The OONI project has been “developing a test that allows probes in
-censored countries to test which bridges are blocked and which are
-not”. George Kadianakis is seeking help [XXX] to create interesting
+censored countries to test which bridges are blocked and which are not”.
+George Kadianakis is seeking help [29] to create interesting
visualization of the resulting data. He shared a sketch about countries
-and pluggable transports [XXX] and another one showing time before
-blocks happened [XXX].
-
- [XXX]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-dev/2014-October/007585.html
- [XXX]: https://people.torproject.org/~asn/bridget_vis/countries_pts.jpg
- [XXX]: https://people.torproject.org/~asn/bridget_vis/tbb_blocked_timeline.jpg
-
-Nick Mathewson announced [XXX] the release of Trunnel [XXX] 1.3. Trunnel is
-a a code generator for binary encoders/decoders. Nick adds: “Some code that it
-has generated has been merged into the Tor master branch for the 0.2.6
-release series, though that code is not yet in active use.“
-
- [XXX]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-dev/2014-October/007580.html
- [XXX]: https://gitweb.torproject.org/trunnel.git
-
-David Fifield sent a summary [XXX] of the cost induced by the meek [XXX]
+and pluggable transports [30] and another one showing time before blocks
+happened [31].
+
+ [28]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-dev/2014-October/007585.html
+ [29]: https://people.torproject.org/~asn/bridget_vis/countries_pts.jpg
+ [30]: https://people.torproject.org/~asn/bridget_vis/tbb_blocked_timeline.jpg
+
+Nick Mathewson announced [32] the release of Trunnel [33] 1.3. Trunnel
+is a a code generator for binary encoders/decoders. Nick adds: “Some
+code that it has generated has been merged into the Tor master branch
+for the 0.2.6 release series, though that code is not yet in active
+use.“
+
+ [31]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-dev/2014-October/007580.html
+ [32]: https://gitweb.torproject.org/trunnel.git
+
+David Fifield sent a summary [34] of the cost induced by the meek [35]
pluggable transport for the month of September 2014. More details are
included in the email, but costs are currently really low: “$3.85 for
App Engine, $4.59 for Amazon, $0.00 for Azure”.
- [XXX]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-dev/2014-October/007576.html
- [XXX]: https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/wiki/doc/meek
-
-Virgil Griffith shared [XXX] a tech report on Tor growth. To pick just one
-finding, the Tor bandwidth has been doubling every 13–14 months so far.
-
- [XXX]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-talk/2014-October/035076.html
-
-The Knight Foundation is going to fund projects [XXX] about “the future
-of libraries”. The Library Freedom Project [XXX] wants to teach
+ [33]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-dev/2014-October/007576.html
+ [34]: https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/wiki/doc/meek
+
+Virgil Griffith shared [36] a tech report on Tor growth. To pick just
+one finding, the Tor bandwidth has been doubling every 13–14 months so
+far.
+
+ [35]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-talk/2014-October/035076.html
+
+The Knight Foundation is going to fund projects [37] about “the future
+of libraries”. The Library Freedom Project [38] wants to teach
“librarians about privacy rights, law, and tech tools to protect patrons
-from dragnet surveillance”. It's based on their previous
-experience [XXX] promoting Tor and other privacy tools in Massachusetts'
-libraries. Show them support!
-
- [XXX]: https://www.newschallenge.org/challenge/libraries/brief.html
- [XXX]: https://www.newschallenge.org/challenge/libraries/submissions/the-library-freedom-project-bringing-privacy-education-and-digital-tools-to-local-communities-through-libraries
- [XXX]: http://boingboing.net/2014/09/13/radical-librarianship-how-nin.html
-
-The US National Science Foundation is seeking input [XXX] to lay out a future
-Privacy Research Strategy. The deadline being October 17th, Roger Dingledine
-suggests: “if anybody here has partially written ideas that they want to put
-together into a submission, please do!”
-
- [XXX]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-talk/2014-October/035059.html
- [XXX]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-talk/2014-October/035059.html
-
-Thanks to opi [XXX] for running a new mirror of Tor Project's website
-and software.
-
- [XXX]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-mirrors/2014-October/000713.html
+from dragnet surveillance”. It's based on their previous experience [39]
+promoting Tor and other privacy tools in Massachusetts' libraries. Show
+them support!
+
+ [36]: https://www.newschallenge.org/challenge/libraries/brief.html
+ [37]: https://www.newschallenge.org/challenge/libraries/submissions/the-library-freedom-project-bringing-privacy-education-and-digital-tools-to-local-communities-through-libraries
+ [38]: http://boingboing.net/2014/09/13/radical-librarianship-how-nin.html
+
+The US National Science Foundation is seeking input [40] to lay out a
+future Privacy Research Strategy. The deadline being October 17th, Roger
+Dingledine suggests: “if anybody here has partially written ideas that
+they want to put together into a submission, please do!”
+
+ [39]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-talk/2014-October/035059.html
+ [40]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-talk/2014-October/035059.html
+
+Thanks to opi [41] for running a new mirror of Tor Project's website and
+software.
+
+ [41]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-mirrors/2014-October/000713.html
Easy development tasks to get involved with
-------------------------------------------
-oonibackend [XXX] is used by ooni, the Open Observatory of Network
-Interference [XXX], to run in the background and perform tasks like
+oonibackend [42] is used by ooni, the Open Observatory of Network
+Interference [43], to run in the background and perform tasks like
discovering addresses of test helpers and performing measurements that
require a backend system to talk to. When oonibackend was changed to fix
compatibility with Twisted 13.1 it lost its ability to start tor and
-then drop privileges [XXX]. Arturo suspects that the correct way of
-doing this is to place the logic for starting tor inside of
-preApplication or startService. But from a quick research he suspects
-that Twisted does not support returning Deferreds in there. He also
-points to two relevant Twisted tickets [XXX, XXX]. If you have
-experience with Twisted and want to help debug or even solve this
-problem, be sure to post your thoughts or patches to the ticket.
-
- [XXX]: https://github.com/TheTorProject/ooni-backend
- [XXX]: https://ooni.torproject.org/
- [XXX]: https://bugs.torproject.org/13116
- [XXX]: https://twistedmatrix.com/trac/ticket/5941
- [XXX]: https://twistedmatrix.com/trac/ticket/6813
+then drop privileges [44]. Arturo suspects that the correct way of doing
+this is to place the logic for starting tor inside of preApplication or
+startService. But from a quick research he suspects that Twisted does
+not support returning Deferreds in there. He also points to two relevant
+Twisted tickets [45, 46]. If you have experience with Twisted and want
+to help debug or even solve this problem, be sure to post your thoughts
+or patches to the ticket.
+
+ [42]: https://github.com/TheTorProject/ooni-backend
+ [43]: https://ooni.torproject.org/
+ [44]: https://bugs.torproject.org/13116
+ [45]: https://twistedmatrix.com/trac/ticket/5941
+ [46]: https://twistedmatrix.com/trac/ticket/6813
Upcoming events
---------------
@@ -189,10 +193,10 @@
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
+important news. Please see the project page [47], write down your
+name and subscribe to the team mailing list [48] 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
+ [47]: https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/wiki/TorWeeklyNews
+ [48]: https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/news-team
}}}
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========================================================================
Welcome to the fortieth issue in 2014 of Tor Weekly News, the weekly
-newsletter that covers what is happening in the XXX Tor community.
-
-Feature XXX
------------
-
-Feature 1 with cited source [XXX]
-
- [XXX]:
+newsletter that covers what is happening in the Tor community.
Setup ooniprobe in five minutes
-------------------------------
@@ -146,18 +139,6 @@
[XXX]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-mirrors/2014-October/000713.html
-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
-------------------------------------------
version 31
Author: lunar
Date: 2014-10-07T20:58:23+00:00
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--- version 30
+++ version 31
@@ -203,8 +203,8 @@
| http://broadbandworldforum.com/agenda/day-3/#81301
-This issue of Tor Weekly News has been assembled by XXX, XXX, and
-XXX.
+This issue of Tor Weekly News has been assembled by Lunar, 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
version 30
Author: lunar
Date: 2014-10-07T20:57:40+00:00
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--- version 29
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@@ -215,6 +215,3 @@
[XXX]: https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/wiki/TorWeeklyNews
[XXX]: https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/news-team
}}}
-
-Possible items:
- * Attack linking Tor circuits https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-dev/2014-September/thread.html#7489
version 29
Author: lunar
Date: 2014-10-07T20:53:29+00:00
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@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@
[XXX]: https://github.com/TheTorProject/ooni-backend
[XXX]: https://ooni.torproject.org/
- [XXX]: https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/13116
+ [XXX]: https://bugs.torproject.org/13116
[XXX]: https://twistedmatrix.com/trac/ticket/5941
[XXX]: https://twistedmatrix.com/trac/ticket/6813
version 28
Author: lunar
Date: 2014-10-07T20:49:04+00:00
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--- version 27
+++ version 28
@@ -161,9 +161,24 @@
Easy development tasks to get involved with
-------------------------------------------
-Text with cited source [XXX].
-
- [XXX]:
+oonibackend [XXX] is used by ooni, the Open Observatory of Network
+Interference [XXX], to run in the background and perform tasks like
+discovering addresses of test helpers and performing measurements that
+require a backend system to talk to. When oonibackend was changed to fix
+compatibility with Twisted 13.1 it lost its ability to start tor and
+then drop privileges [XXX]. Arturo suspects that the correct way of
+doing this is to place the logic for starting tor inside of
+preApplication or startService. But from a quick research he suspects
+that Twisted does not support returning Deferreds in there. He also
+points to two relevant Twisted tickets [XXX, XXX]. If you have
+experience with Twisted and want to help debug or even solve this
+problem, be sure to post your thoughts or patches to the ticket.
+
+ [XXX]: https://github.com/TheTorProject/ooni-backend
+ [XXX]: https://ooni.torproject.org/
+ [XXX]: https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/13116
+ [XXX]: https://twistedmatrix.com/trac/ticket/5941
+ [XXX]: https://twistedmatrix.com/trac/ticket/6813
Upcoming events
---------------
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=== https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/wiki/TorWeeklyNews/2014/41 ===
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version 3
Author: lunar
Date: 2014-10-07T21:03:32+00:00
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@@ -90,3 +90,4 @@
Possible items:
* Attack linking Tor circuits https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-dev/2014-September/thread.html#7489
+ * Noel's report https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-reports/2014-October/000674.html
version 2
Author: lunar
Date: 2014-10-07T20:57:29+00:00
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--- version 1
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@@ -87,3 +87,6 @@
[XXX]: https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/wiki/TorWeeklyNews
[XXX]: https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/news-team
}}}
+
+Possible items:
+ * Attack linking Tor circuits https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-dev/2014-September/thread.html#7489
version 1
Author: lunar
Date: 2014-10-07T20:57:03+00:00
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+''67th issue of Tor Weekly News. Covering what's happening from October 7th, 2014 to October 14th, 2014. To be released on October 15th, 2014.''
+
+'''Editor:'''
+
+'''Subject:''' Tor Weekly News — October 15th, 2014
+
+{{{
+========================================================================
+Tor Weekly News October 15th, 2014
+========================================================================
+
+Welcome to the forty-first issue in 2014 of Tor Weekly News, the weekly
+newsletter that covers what is 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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