[TWN team] Recent changes to the wiki pages

Lunar lunar at torproject.org
Tue Sep 30 21:40:09 UTC 2014


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=== https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/wiki/TorWeeklyNews/2014/39 ===
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version 35
Author: harmony
Date:   2014-09-30T20:49:52+00:00

   small fixes

--- version 34
+++ version 35
@@ -68,12 +68,12 @@
 Tails 1.1.2 is out
 ------------------
 
-The second pointfix in the Tails 1.1.x series was released [XXX], “mainly
-to fix a serious flaw in the Network Security Services (NSS) library used
-by Firefox and other products that allows attackers to create forged RSA
-certificates. Before this release, users on a compromised network could
-be directed to sites using a fraudulent certificate and mistake them for
-legitimate sites.”
+The second point release in the Tails 1.1.x series was put out [XXX]
+by the Tails team, “mainly to fix a serious flaw in the Network Security
+Services (NSS) library used by Firefox and other products that allows
+attackers to create forged RSA certificates. Before this release, users
+on a compromised network could be directed to sites using a fraudulent
+certificate and mistake them for legitimate sites.”
 
 Other packages affected by recently-disclosed security flaws and updated
 in this version include APT, bash, and GnuPG, so all Tails users should
@@ -169,32 +169,32 @@
 Help Desk Roundup
 -----------------
 
-On Firefox, it is possible to drag a URL from the Navigation Toolbar to 
-the Desktop in order to create a Desktop shortcut to a website. The 
-help desk has been asked why this functionality is disabled in Tor Browser. 
-A Desktop shortcut to a URL, when clicked, would be opened by the operating 
-system's default browser, not by Tor Browser. Permitting this behavior 
+In Firefox, it is possible to drag a URL from the Navigation Toolbar to 
+the Desktop in order to create a shortcut to a website, and the help desk has
+been asked why this functionality is disabled in Tor Browser. A Desktop
+shortcut to a URL, when clicked, would be opened by the operating 
+system’s default browser, not by Tor Browser. Permitting this behavior 
 would open the door to confusion as to whether or not a user was visiting 
-a link over Tor, and would violate the "Proxy Obedience" requirement of the 
-Tor Browser design [XXX].
-
-[XXX]: https://www.torproject.org/projects/torbrowser/design/#proxy-obedience
+a link over Tor, and would violate the “Proxy Obedience” requirement of the 
+Tor Browser design [XXX].
+
+ [XXX]: https://www.torproject.org/projects/torbrowser/design/#proxy-obedience
 
 News from Tor StackExchange
 ---------------------------
 
-Tor StackExchange has started its site self-evaluation for September 2014 [XXX].
-Ten questions were selected [XXX] and you’re asked to review them. Are they good or
+Tor StackExchange has started its site self-evaluation for September 2014 [XXX].
+Ten questions were selected [XXX] and you’re asked to review them. Are they good or
 is there room for improvement? Please have a look at the questions and rate them.
 
- [XXX]: https://meta.tor.stackexchange.com/q/221/88
- [XXX]: http://tor.stackexchange.com/review/site-eval
+ [XXX]: https://meta.tor.stackexchange.com/q/221/88
+ [XXX]: http://tor.stackexchange.com/review/site-eval
 
 Jens Kubieziel noted that users mix up the terms Tor, Tor Browser and
-torbrowser-launcher [XXX], so he explained each of them to users of
+torbrowser-launcher [XXX], so he explained each of them to users of
 the Q&A page.
 
- [XXX]: https://tor.stackexchange.com/q/4192/88
+ [XXX]: https://tor.stackexchange.com/q/4192/88
 
 Upcoming events
 ---------------

version 34
Author: harmony
Date:   2014-09-30T20:35:29+00:00

   remove uncovered item

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@@ -233,6 +233,3 @@
   [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


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=== https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/wiki/TorWeeklyNews/2014/40 ===
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version 3
Author: harmony
Date:   2014-09-30T20:52:00+00:00

   add reports

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@@ -90,3 +90,7 @@
 
 Possible items:
  * Attack linking Tor circuits https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-dev/2014-September/thread.html#7489
+ * Reports:
+  * Juha Nurmi https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-reports/2014-September/000652.html
+  * Georg Koppen https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-reports/2014-September/000653.html
+  * Damian Johnson https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-reports/2014-September/000654.html

version 2
Author: harmony
Date:   2014-09-30T20:35:25+00:00

   add postponed item

--- version 1
+++ version 2
@@ -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: harmony
Date:   2014-09-30T20:32:42+00:00

   create page

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+++ version 1
@@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
+''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:''' 
+
+'''Subject:''' Tor Weekly News — October 8th, 2014
+
+{{{
+========================================================================
+Tor Weekly News                                        October 8th, 2014
+========================================================================
+
+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]:
+
+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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