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''100th issue of Tor Weekly News. Covering what's happening from May 26th, 2015 to June 2nd, 2015. To be released on June 3rd, 2015.''
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Welcome to the hundredth issue of Tor Weekly News, the weekly
-newsletter that covers what’s happening in the XXX Tor community.
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-Feature XXX
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-Feature 1 with cited source [XXX]
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- [XXX]:
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-Monthly status reports for XXX month 2015
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+newsletter that covers what’s happening in the Tor community.
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+Contents
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+ 1. United Nations Special Rapporteur endorses Tor
+ 2. Monthly status reports for May 2015
+ 3. Miscellaneous news
+ 4. Upcoming events
+
+United Nations Special Rapporteur endorses Tor
+----------------------------------------------
+
+David Kaye, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on freedom of opinion
+and expression, last week issued his first report [XXX] to the UN Human
+Rights Council addressing the relationship between secure online
+communication, the freedom of expression, and regulation of these by
+States and governments. The report draws on submissions by UN
+member states as well as advocacy groups and non-governmental
+organizations, including the Tor Project.
+
+Recognizing that “the ability to search the web, develop ideas and
+communicate securely may be the only way in which many can explore basic
+aspects of identity, such as one’s gender, religion, ethnicity, national
+origin or sexuality”, and that the right to free expression must be
+protected “especially in situations where it is not only the State
+creating limitations but also society that does not tolerate
+unconventional opinions or expression”, the report concludes by
+encouraging “States, civil society organizations, and corporations” to
+”engage in a campaign to bring encryption by design and default to users
+around the world”.
+
+There can be few clearer endorsements of the Tor Project’s work
+than this; that it comes in a report to the UNHRC only adds to its
+significance. David Kaye also identified Tor by name as an example of
+essential anonymity software in an interview with the Washington
+Post [XXX].
+
+You can read Tor Project board member Wendy Seltzer’s analysis of the
+report on the Tor blog [XXX]; thanks to everyone who contributed to its
+preparation!
+
+ [XXX]: http://www.ohchr.org/EN/Issues/FreedomOpinion/Pages/CallForSubmission.aspx
+ [XXX]: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-switch/wp/2015/05/28/un-report-encryption-is-important-to-human-rights-and-backdoors-undermine-it
+ [XXX]: https://blog.torproject.org/blog/un-special-rapporteur-anonymity-gateway-free-expression
+
+Monthly status reports for May 2015
+-----------------------------------
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]:
+month of May has begun. Philipp Winter [XXX] released his report first
+(for work on Sybil attack detection), followed by reports from Damian
+Johnson [XXX] (hacking on Stem and Nyx), Karsten Loesing [XXX] (for work
+on Sponsors O & R, Onionoo, Metrics, and CollecTor), Georg Koppen [XXX]
+(developing Tor Browser), Jacob Appelbaum [XXX] (working on outreach),
+Tom Ritter [XXX] (for work on Tor Browser and Tor network tools),
+Griffin Boyce [XXX] (reporting on several coding projects and research),
+Nick Mathewson [XXX] (leading core Tor development, as well as
+organizational work), David Goulet [XXX] (on onion service research,
+code review, and Torsocks development), George Kadianakis [XXX]
+(conducting onion service and security research), Juha Nurmi [XXX]
+(leading the ahmia.fi project and outreach in Finland), Leiah
+Jansen [XXX] (creating the Tor Project’s design and branding), Pearl
+Crescent [XXX] (developing Tor Browser and Tor Launcher), and Isabela
+Bagueros [XXX] (project-managing all of the above).
+
+Colin C. sent out the May report for the Tor help desk [XXX], while
+Isabela sent out a comprehensive core Tor report [XXX], and Mike Perry
+reported on the Tor Browser team’s monthly progress [XXX].
+
+ [XXX]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-reports/2015-May/000830.html
+ [XXX]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-reports/2015-May/000831.html
+ [XXX]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-reports/2015-June/000833.html
+ [XXX]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-reports/2015-June/000834.html
+ [XXX]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-reports/2015-June/000835.html
+ [XXX]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-reports/2015-June/000836.html
+ [XXX]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-reports/2015-June/000837.html
+ [XXX]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-reports/2015-June/000838.html
+ [XXX]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-reports/2015-June/000840.html
+ [XXX]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-reports/2015-June/000841.html
+ [XXX]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-reports/2015-June/000842.html
+ [XXX]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-reports/2015-June/000843.html
+ [XXX]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-reports/2015-June/000844.html
+ [XXX]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-reports/2015-June/000845.html
+ [XXX]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-reports/2015-June/000832.html
+ [XXX]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-reports/2015-June/000839.html
+ [XXX]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-reports/2015-June/000846.html
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
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-
-Text with cited source [XXX].
-
- [XXX]:
-
-This week in Tor history
-------------------------
-
-Text with cited source [XXX].
-
- [XXX]:
+Anthony G. Basile announced [XXX] version 20150531 of Tor-ramdisk, the
+micro Linux distribution whose only purpose is to host a Tor server in
+an environment that maximizes security and privacy. This release updates
+Tor and the Linux kernel, along with other key software.
+
+ [XXX]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-talk/2015-June/038051.html
+
+David Goulet announced [XXX] the release of Torsocks 2.1.0, featuring
+support for TCP fast open, outbound localhost connections, saner warning
+defaults, and more; see the changelog for full details.
+
+ [XXX]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-dev/2015-May/008871.html
+
+Philipp Winter added functionality [XXX] to sybilhunter [XXX], the tool
+for detecting attempts to take control of a large part of the Tor
+network, that produces a visualization of similarities between relay
+descriptors. “Please let me know if you have any suggestions on how to
+improve the tool or its visualisation”, writes Philipp.
+
+ [XXX]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-dev/2015-May/008898.html
+ [XXX]: https://gitweb.torproject.org/user/phw/sybilhunter.git/
+
+Matthew Finkel updated [XXX] proposal 237, which concerns making all
+relays into directory servers by default, to include plans for a NotDir
+consensus flag, because if the proposal is implemented, relays that do
+not respond to directory requests will be more unusual (and hence
+deserving of a flag) than those that do.
+
+ [XXX]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-dev/2015-May/008883.html
+
+Nick Mathewson sent out a draft [XXX] of proposal 245, which suggests
+ways to deprecate the mostly-defunct TAP circuit extension protocol
+without breaking anything.
+
+ [XXX]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-dev/2015-June/008917.html
+
+Thomas White asked for feedback [XXX] (via an online survey) on his
+upcoming shared onion service hosting platform: “The priority and thought
+behind the service is to enable people who aren’t usually confident,
+skilled or bothered to go through the process of creating their own
+hidden service, thus outsourcing the development, deployment and
+maintainance…to a third party company like mine.”
+
+ [XXX]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-talk/2015-May/037985.html
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.
+ Jun 03 19:00 UTC | Tails contributors meeting
+ | #tails-dev, irc.oftc.net
+ | https://mailman.boum.org/pipermail/tails-project/2015-May/000206.html
+ |
+ Jun 04 16:00 UTC | SponsorO support/documentation meeting
+ | #tor-project, irc.oftc.net
+ |
+ Jun 05 16:00 UTC | SponsorO Tor Messenger/Tor Mail meeting
+ | #tor-project, irc.oftc.net
+ |
+ Jun 05 10:30 CEST| Jacob @ Summer school on real-world crypto and privacy
+ | Šibenik, Croatia
+ | http://summerschool-croatia15.cs.ru.nl/program.shtml
+ |
+ Jun 08 18:00 UTC | Tor Browser meeting
+ | #tor-dev, irc.oftc.net
+ |
+ Jun 08 18:00 UTC | OONI development meeting
+ | #ooni, irc.oftc.net
+ |
+ Jun 09 18:00 UTC | little-t tor patch workshop
+ | #tor-dev, irc.oftc.net
+ |
+ Jun 10 13:30 UTC | little-t tor development meeting
+ | #tor-dev, irc.oftc.net
+ |
+ Jun 10 02:00 UTC | Pluggable transports/bridges meeting
+ | #tor-dev, irc.oftc.net
+ |
+ Jun 12 19:00 UTC | Tails low-hanging fruit session
+ | https://mailman.boum.org/pipermail/tails-project/2015-June/000218.html
+ |
+ Jun 30 - Jul 02 | Many Tor people @ 15th Privacy Enhancing Technologies Symposium
+ | Philadelphia, USA
+ | https://petsymposium.org/2015/
+
+
+This issue of Tor Weekly News has been assembled by Harmony.
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