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=== https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/wiki/TorWeeklyNews/2014/36 ===
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version 24
Author: harmony
Date: 2014-09-09T14:26:06+00:00
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Tor Weekly News September 10th, 2014
========================================================================
-Welcome to the thirty-sixth issue of Tor Weekly News in 2014, the weekly
+Welcome to the thirty-sixth issue in 2014 of Tor Weekly News, the weekly
newsletter that covers what is happening in the Tor community.
More monthly status reports for August 2014
version 23
Author: harmony
Date: 2014-09-09T14:21:05+00:00
freeze
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@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
''62nd issue of Tor Weekly News. Covering what's happening from September 2nd, 2014 to September 9th, 2014. To be released on September 10th, 2014.''
-'''Editor:'''
+'''Editor:''' harmony
'''Subject:''' Tor Weekly News — September 10th, 2014
+
+'''Status:''' Frozen. Technical and language fixes only; new items should go in [wiki:TorWeeklyNews/2014/37 next week's edition].
{{{
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@@ -154,8 +156,8 @@
| https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-dev/2014-September/007458.html
-This issue of Tor Weekly News has been assembled by XXX, XXX, and
-Matt Pagan.
+This issue of Tor Weekly News has been assembled by harmony, Matt Pagan,
+Karsten Loesing, and Lunar.
Want to continue reading TWN? Please help us create this newsletter.
We still need more volunteers to watch the Tor community and report
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Author: harmony
Date: 2014-09-09T14:18:49+00:00
small fixes
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+++ version 22
@@ -103,14 +103,17 @@
Users want to know if their personal information is safe when they use Tor
Browser. Personal accounts are no less secure using Tor Browser than they
-are using the web without Tor. The problem of authenticating websites and
+are using the web without Tor: the problem of authenticating websites and
preventing eavesdropping has been addressed outside of the Tor context
-through HTTPS. That's why the Tor Browser ships with the HTTPS-Everywhere
-browser extension. For every website you visit, HTTPS-Everywhere checks
-whether or not that website is known to have an HTTPS version, and if so
-it connects to the site using HTTPS instead of HTTP. Tor + HTTPS provides
-full end-to-end encryption when visiting any site that offers its content
-via HTTPS. Using HTTPS with Tor helps keep users' web accounts secure.
+through HTTPS. That’s why the Tor Browser ships with the HTTPS-Everywhere
+browser extension [XXX] — for every website you visit, HTTPS-Everywhere
+checks whether or not that website is known to have an HTTPS version, and
+if so it connects to the site using HTTPS instead of HTTP. Tor + HTTPS
+provides full end-to-end encryption when visiting any site that offers
+its content via HTTPS. Using HTTPS with Tor helps keep users’ web
+accounts secure.
+
+ [XXX]: https://www.eff.org/https-everywhere
Easy development tasks to get involved with
-------------------------------------------
version 21
Author: harmony
Date: 2014-09-09T14:16:37+00:00
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--- version 20
+++ version 21
@@ -31,6 +31,15 @@
Miscellaneous news
------------------
+
+Nathan Freitas announced [XXX] the release of Orbot 14.0.8, containing
+“some fixes for people who like to fiddle with transproxy/iptables
+settings, which can lead to the device getting into a bad network
+state”, as well as for “a common freak crash that was occuring on app
+exit in some cases.” See Nathan’s message for a full changelog and
+download links.
+
+ [XXX]: https://lists.mayfirst.org/pipermail/guardian-dev/2014-September/003752.html
Mike Perry asked for comments [XXX] on his proposal to drop Tor Browser
support for Mac OSX 10.6, which is no longer receiving security updates
version 20
Author: harmony
Date: 2014-09-09T14:10:07+00:00
write last things
--- version 19
+++ version 20
@@ -80,6 +80,15 @@
[XXX]: http://tor-blog.deadhare.com/
[XXX]: https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/www-team
+Arturo Filastò announced [XXX] the postponement of the OONI development
+meeting scheduled for Friday 12th September. “We decided to ask for
+feedback on whether we should skip next week and postpone it to next
+Friday 19th or if we should do it another day in the week of the 15th.
+If you have a strong opinion on doing either of these please let us
+know, if not it will by default be postponed to Friday 19th 17:00 CET.”
+
+ [XXX]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/ooni-dev/2014-September/000157.html
+
Tor help desk roundup
---------------------
@@ -124,13 +133,13 @@
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
+ Sep XX-XX | Event XXX brief description
+ | Event City, Event Country
+ | Event website URL
+ |
+ Sep 11 14:00 UTC | Globe/Atlas development meeting
+ | #tor-dev, irc.oftc.net
+ | https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-dev/2014-September/007458.html
This issue of Tor Weekly News has been assembled by XXX, XXX, and
@@ -145,8 +154,3 @@
[XXX]: https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/wiki/TorWeeklyNews
[XXX]: https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/news-team
}}}
-
-Possible items:
-
- * (events) OONI meeting being postponed https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/ooni-dev/2014-September/000157.html
- * Meeting to talk about Globe/Atlas development, Sep 11, 14:00 UTC, https://blog.torproject.org/blog/looking-front-end-web-developers-network-status-websites-atlas-and-globe
version 19
Author: harmony
Date: 2014-09-09T13:58:30+00:00
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--- version 18
+++ version 19
@@ -94,19 +94,32 @@
full end-to-end encryption when visiting any site that offers its content
via HTTPS. Using HTTPS with Tor helps keep users' web accounts secure.
-News from Tor StackExchange
----------------------------
-
-Text with cited source [XXX].
-
- [XXX]:
-
Easy development tasks to get involved with
-------------------------------------------
-Text with cited source [XXX].
+If a single human or organization runs more than one relay, they should
+configure all their relays to be in the same “family”, the goal being to
+prevent clients from using more than one of these relays in the same
+circuit. However, the config option used for this, MyFamily, only
+accepts relay fingerprints that are preceeded by $, unlike most other
+config options. It would be great if this option accepted fingerprints
+preceeded by $, as well as without it. Nick Mathewson says this ticket
+would be pretty easy, so why not give it a try? It does sound like some
+fun C hacking. Be sure to post your patch to the ticket [XXX].
- [XXX]:
+ [XXX] https://bugs.torproject.org/12093
+
+Back in the day, the tor daemon, which is the core of the Tor network,
+compiled and ran on Windows 98. But that’s history, and aren’t we all
+glad? Somebody should identify and drop support code for all Windows
+versions prior to Windows XP. Nick says “this is mainly going to
+be a matter of identifying cases where we use LoadLibrary and
+GetProcAddress to find always-present-functions in always-present DLLs.”
+If the previous sentence made any sense to you, maybe you’re a good
+person to help with this! Be sure to comment on the ticket [XXX] if you
+have a branch to review.
+
+ [XXX] https://bugs.torproject.org/11444
Upcoming events
---------------
version 18
Author: harmony
Date: 2014-09-09T13:53:06+00:00
write more misc
--- version 17
+++ version 18
@@ -41,6 +41,18 @@
needs.
[XXX]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-talk/2014-September/034606.html
+
+Hartmut Haase reported [XXX] that Tor Browser occasionally fails to
+open, despite a successful connection being made to the Tor network;
+several other users confirmed that they are also experiencing this
+problem. Georg Koppen suggested [XXX] that the issue is the one covered
+by bug ticket #10804 [XXX]: “Solving this is high on the priority list,
+but alas not as high as getting everything ready for the switch to
+ESR31.”
+
+ [XXX]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-talk/2014-September/034666.html
+ [XXX]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-talk/2014-September/034678.html
+ [XXX]: https://bugs.torproject.org/10804
Thanks to Peter Ludikovsky [XXX] and goll [XXX] for running mirrors of
the Tor Project website and software archive [XXX]!
@@ -124,5 +136,4 @@
Possible items:
* (events) OONI meeting being postponed https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/ooni-dev/2014-September/000157.html
- * Tor Browser start-up problem https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-talk/2014-September/034666.html https://bugs.torproject.org/10804
* Meeting to talk about Globe/Atlas development, Sep 11, 14:00 UTC, https://blog.torproject.org/blog/looking-front-end-web-developers-network-status-websites-atlas-and-globe
version 17
Author: harmony
Date: 2014-09-09T13:45:36+00:00
write osx 10.6 item
--- version 16
+++ version 17
@@ -32,7 +32,15 @@
Miscellaneous news
------------------
-Item 1 with cited source [XXX].
+Mike Perry asked for comments [XXX] on his proposal to drop Tor Browser
+support for Mac OSX 10.6, which is no longer receiving security updates
+from Apple. This means that the Tor Browser team would only have to
+distribute standard-sized 64-bit builds for Mac OSX rather than the
+oversized 32+64-bit set, while users who do not wish to upgrade their
+operating system would still be able to use Tails for their Tor browsing
+needs.
+
+ [XXX]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-talk/2014-September/034606.html
Thanks to Peter Ludikovsky [XXX] and goll [XXX] for running mirrors of
the Tor Project website and software archive [XXX]!
@@ -115,8 +123,6 @@
Possible items:
- * Dropping Tor Browser support for Mac OSX 10.6? https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-talk/2014-September/034606.html
* (events) OONI meeting being postponed https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/ooni-dev/2014-September/000157.html
* Tor Browser start-up problem https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-talk/2014-September/034666.html https://bugs.torproject.org/10804
- * Unofficial sample Tor blog using jekyll https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/10022#comment:22
* Meeting to talk about Globe/Atlas development, Sep 11, 14:00 UTC, https://blog.torproject.org/blog/looking-front-end-web-developers-network-status-websites-atlas-and-globe
version 16
Author: harmony
Date: 2014-09-09T13:33:47+00:00
write blog item
--- version 15
+++ version 16
@@ -49,11 +49,16 @@
[XXX]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-mirrors/2014-September/000690.html
-Item 3 with cited source [XXX].
+As part of an ongoing effort to rescue the Tor blog from rot and ruin
+caused by broken Drupal code, ultrasandwich set up [XXX] an unofficial
+preview [XXX] of a possible blog based on the Jekyll static site
+generator. If you want to contribute to the revamp of the Tor Project
+website, including the blog, the www-team mailing list [XXX] awaits your
+comments and ideas!
- [XXX]:
- [XXX]:
- [XXX]:
+ [XXX]: https://bugs.torproject.org/10022#comment:22
+ [XXX]: http://tor-blog.deadhare.com/
+ [XXX]: https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/www-team
Tor help desk roundup
---------------------
version 15
Author: harmony
Date: 2014-09-09T13:23:16+00:00
write mirrors items
--- version 14
+++ version 15
@@ -34,7 +34,20 @@
Item 1 with cited source [XXX].
-Item 2 with cited source [XXX].
+Thanks to Peter Ludikovsky [XXX] and goll [XXX] for running mirrors of
+the Tor Project website and software archive [XXX]!
+
+ [XXX]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-mirrors/2014-September/000681.html
+ [XXX]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-mirrors/2014-September/000685.html
+
+Andrew Lewman published [XXX] the results of a test he ran to answer the
+question “Why not just use CloudFlare for mirrors of the Tor Project
+website?”: “The results are that using CloudFlare doesn’t offload the
+binaries, which are what make up the bulk of traffic on the mirror […]
+I’ve started to look at CDN providers to see if there are affordable
+services which can offload the entire site itself.”
+
+ [XXX]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-mirrors/2014-September/000690.html
Item 3 with cited source [XXX].
@@ -98,7 +111,6 @@
Possible items:
* Dropping Tor Browser support for Mac OSX 10.6? https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-talk/2014-September/034606.html
- * New mirrors: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-mirrors/2014-September/000681.html https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-mirrors/2014-September/000685.html
* (events) OONI meeting being postponed https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/ooni-dev/2014-September/000157.html
* Tor Browser start-up problem https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-talk/2014-September/034666.html https://bugs.torproject.org/10804
* Unofficial sample Tor blog using jekyll https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/10022#comment:22
version 14
Author: harmony
Date: 2014-09-09T12:56:26+00:00
write in reports
--- version 13
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@@ -10,26 +10,24 @@
========================================================================
Welcome to the thirty-sixth issue of Tor Weekly News in 2014, the weekly
-newsletter that covers what is happening in the XXX Tor community.
+newsletter that covers what is happening in the Tor community.
-Feature XXX
------------
-
-Feature 1 with cited source [XXX]
-
- [XXX]:
-
-Monthly status reports for XXX month 2014
------------------------------------------
+More monthly status reports for August 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].
+month of August continued, with reports from Yawning Angel [XXX],
+George Kadianakis [XXX], Isis Lovecruft [XXX], Colin C. [XXX], and
+Griffin Boyce [XXX].
- [XXX]:
- [XXX]:
- [XXX]:
- [XXX]:
+Arturo Filastò reported on behalf of the OONI team [XXX].
+
+ [XXX]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-reports/2014-September/000643.html
+ [XXX]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-reports/2014-September/000644.html
+ [XXX]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-reports/2014-September/000646.html
+ [XXX]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-reports/2014-September/000647.html
+ [XXX]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-reports/2014-September/000648.html
+ [XXX]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-reports/2014-September/000645.html
Miscellaneous news
------------------
@@ -100,13 +98,6 @@
Possible items:
* Dropping Tor Browser support for Mac OSX 10.6? https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-talk/2014-September/034606.html
- * Reports:
- - Yawning Angel https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-reports/2014-September/000643.html
- - George Kadianakis https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-reports/2014-September/000644.html
- - OONI https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-reports/2014-September/000645.html
- - Isis https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-reports/2014-September/000646.html
- - Colin C. https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-reports/2014-September/000647.html
- - Griffin https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-reports/2014-September/000648.html
* New mirrors: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-mirrors/2014-September/000681.html https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-mirrors/2014-September/000685.html
* (events) OONI meeting being postponed https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/ooni-dev/2014-September/000157.html
* Tor Browser start-up problem https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-talk/2014-September/034666.html https://bugs.torproject.org/10804
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=== https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/wiki/TorWeeklyNews/2014/37 ===
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version 1
Author: harmony
Date: 2014-09-09T14:24:55+00:00
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---
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@@ -0,0 +1,90 @@
+''63rd issue of Tor Weekly News. Covering what's happening from September 9th, 2014 to September 16th, 2014. To be released on September 17th, 2014.''
+
+'''Editor:'''
+
+'''Subject:''' Tor Weekly News — September 17th, 2014
+
+{{{
+========================================================================
+Tor Weekly News September 17th, 2014
+========================================================================
+
+Welcome to the thirty-seventh 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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