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version 9
Author: harmony
Date: 2015-10-23T13:04:40+00:00
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''114th issue of Tor Weekly News.''
-'''Editor:'''
+'''Editor:''' Harmony
-'''Subject:''' Tor Weekly News — September Xth, 2015
+'''Subject:''' Tor Weekly News — October 23rd, 2015
{{{
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-Tor Weekly News September Xth, 2015
+Tor Weekly News October 23rd, 2015
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Welcome to the thirty-sixth issue in 2015 of Tor Weekly News, the weekly
@@ -17,26 +17,40 @@
1. Tails 1.6 is out
2. Orfox reaches beta
- 3. XXX
+ 3. Final Tor Summer of Privacy reports
+ 4. Monthly status reports for September 2015
+ 5. Miscellaneous news
+ 6. Upcoming events
Tails 1.6 is out
----------------
-The [[https://tails.boum.org/news/version_1.6/|Tails 1.6 minor release]]
-was put out on September 22, following the Firefox security
+Tails 1.6, a minor release of the anonymous live operating system, was
+put out one month ago on September 22, following a Firefox security
announcement. As well as Tor Browser 5.0.3, this release includes
-updates to key software, and [[https://tails.boum.org/security/Numerous_security_holes_in_1.5.1/|fixes to security issues]].
-All Tails users must upgrade as soon as possible; see the announcement
-for download instructions.
+updates to key software, and fixes to important security issues [XXX].
+All Tails users must upgrade as soon as possible, if they haven’t
+already done so; see the announcement for download instructions.
+
+ [XXX]: https://tails.boum.org/news/version_1.6/
+ [XXX]: https://tails.boum.org/security/Numerous_security_holes_in_1.5.1/
Orfox reaches Beta
------------------
-We've released Orfox beta on Google Play and the Guardian Project F-Droid Repos.
-https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=info.guardianproject.orfox
-https://guardianproject.info/fdroid/repo/
-If you want to stay updated with this effort, keep an eye on https://dev.guardianproject.info/projects/orfox-private-browser .
-The project is trying to improve communications with both Mozilla and the Tor Browser team in order to try to get upstream as much work as possible!
+The Orfox team released the first beta version of the Tor Browser-like
+Android web browser on Google Play [XXX] and the Guardian Project
+F-Droid repos [XXX]. This is a public testing release, so as usual
+please do not rely on it for strong anonymity just yet.
+
+If you want to stay updated with this effort, keep an eye on the team’s
+homepage [XXX]. The project is trying to improve communications with
+both Mozilla and the Tor Browser team in order to have as much work
+merged upstream as possible!
+
+ [XXX]: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=info.guardianproject.orfox
+ [XXX]: https://guardianproject.info/fdroid/repo/
+ [XXX]: https://dev.guardianproject.info/projects/orfox-private-browser
Final Tor Summer of Privacy reports
-----------------------------------
@@ -95,9 +109,6 @@
Miscellaneous news
------------------
-Discussed designs for bootstrapping even when the authorities are blocked, including Sebastian's suggestion of using the relay's guard as a fallback directory mirror.
-https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/wiki/org/meetings/2015SummerDevMeeting/BootstrapBlockingResistance
-
David Fifield sent out the regular summary of costs [XXX] for the meek
pluggable transport. David also announced that the Microsoft Azure
backend for meek is now rate-limited to the same speed as the Amazon and
@@ -112,6 +123,30 @@
in addition to unseparated ones.
[XXX]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-dev/2015-October/009690.html
+
+There is currently no standard definition of “membership” in the Tor
+Project, although there are various “membership-like” features such as
+internal mailing lists, LDAP accounts, and @torproject.org email
+addresses. Now that the Tor community is growing much more rapidly, a
+discussion was held at the recent Tor dev meeting to try and come up
+with some criteria against which a contributor can be categorized as a
+Tor Project “member”. Discussion is still ongoing, but a summary of the
+ideas so far is available on the wiki [XXX].
+
+ [XXX]: https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/wiki/org/meetings/2015SummerDevMeeting/MembershipProcess
+
+On Thursday, Jacob Appelbaum, Trevor Paglen, and Leif Ryge unveiled the
+latest exhibit at the Edith-Russ-Haus für Medienkunst in Oldenburg,
+Germany — an “Autonomy Cube” [XXX], comprising a fast Tor exit relay housed in
+a transparent case. Until January 3rd, visitors to the gallery can use
+the Cube’s network to access the Internet over Tor, or just contemplate
+all the encrypted traffic passing right under their noses on its way
+around the world. In the basement below the exhibition space, a reading
+room and video gallery will explore some of the installation’s themes in
+greater depth, and the whole exhibition will be accompanied by a book of
+essays.
+
+ [XXX]: http://www.edith-russ-haus.de/ausstellungen/ausstellungen/aktuell.html
Upcoming events
---------------
@@ -142,7 +177,8 @@
| #tails-dev, irc.oftc.net
| https://mailman.boum.org/pipermail/tails-project/2015-October/000335.html
-This issue of Tor Weekly News has been assembled by Harmony, Lunar, XXX.
+This issue of Tor Weekly News has been assembled by Harmony, Lunar,
+Amogh Pradeep, teor, and the Tails developers.
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@@ -153,10 +189,3 @@
[XXX]: https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/wiki/TorWeeklyNews
[XXX]: https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/news-team
}}}
-
-Possible topics:
-
- * working on recognizing Tor contributors more formally https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/wiki/org/meetings/2015SummerDevMeeting/MembershipProcess
- * anve https://hoevenstein.nl/another-virtual-network-environment ; and corresponding thread on tor-dev "Another Virtual Network Environment needs your I/O"
- * Haskell ricochet library https://github.com/Jugendhackt/haskell-ricochet
- * "tor is doing v cool outreach this week—isis's women-only cryptodinner with Anne Roth in Berlin tonight, arma11 at electronic frontier foundation in san francisco at 6 pm tonight, and ioerror and trevor paglen (helped by wiretapped) are exhibiting an autonomy cube/major tor exit node in a museum in oldenburg, germany opening on thursday night. Road trip! (https://twitter.com/EdithRussHaus)."
version 8
Author: harmony
Date: 2015-10-23T12:33:03+00:00
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Tor Weekly News September Xth, 2015
========================================================================
-Welcome to the Xth issue in 2015 of Tor Weekly News, the weekly
-newsletter that covers what’s happening in the XXX Tor community.
+Welcome to the thirty-sixth issue in 2015 of Tor Weekly News, the weekly
+newsletter that covers what’s happening in the Tor community.
Contents
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@@ -38,24 +38,59 @@
If you want to stay updated with this effort, keep an eye on https://dev.guardianproject.info/projects/orfox-private-browser .
The project is trying to improve communications with both Mozilla and the Tor Browser team in order to try to get upstream as much work as possible!
-Feature XXX
------------
+Final Tor Summer of Privacy reports
+-----------------------------------
-Feature 1 with cited source [XXX]
+The “southern hemisphere” schedule for Tor’s first-ever Summer of Privacy
+came to an end, and the two remaining students submitted their final
+progress reports. Israel Leiva’s [XXX] revamp of GetTor, the alternative
+Tor software distributor, now supports additional content delivery networks
+including Github and Google Drive, xmpp requests (with Twitter
+compatibility on the way), multiple languages, and more. Israel will
+continue to work on GetTor as a regular contributor, so expect more
+progress reports from this important project.
- [XXX]:
+Cristóbal Leiva’s [XXX] relay web status dashboard, erebus, now includes
+core frontend and backend functionality, along with a basic UI and full
+code documentation. Cristóbal will also be continuing to work on his
+project over the coming months. Congratulations to both on finishing the
+season with their projects in such good shape!
-Monthly status reports for XXX month 2015
+ [XXX]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-reports/2015-October/000932.html
+ [XXX]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-reports/2015-October/000933.html
+
+Monthly status reports for September 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].
+Tor Project members submitted their regular monthly status reports for
+September. Griffin Boyce [XXX] gave an account of his activities over
+the summer; Pearl Crescent [XXX] worked on development of Tor Browser;
+Karsten Loesing [XXX] helped organize the Tor Metrics
+team and develop the network tools; Sebastian Hahn [XXX] worked on donation-
+and outreach-related website improvements; Georg Koppen [XXX] coded and reviewed
+for the latest Tor Browser releases; Damian Johnson [XXX] worked on Nyx,
+Stem, DocTor, and code review for metrics-lib; Leiah Jansen [XXX] completed
+graphic designs for Tor’s website and for a campaign T-shirt; Colin Childs [XXX]
+organized the new support team and coordinated translations; the Tor Browser
+team [XXX] put out new alpha and stable releases; and George Kadianakis [XXX]
+worked on Tor network security.
- [XXX]:
- [XXX]:
- [XXX]:
- [XXX]:
+George also sent out the report for SponsorR [XXX], while Isabela
+Bagueros sent out a progress report for SponsorU [XXX].
+
+ [XXX]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-reports/2015-September/000917.html
+ [XXX]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-reports/2015-September/000919.html
+ [XXX]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-reports/2015-September/000920.html
+ [XXX]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-reports/2015-October/000923.html
+ [XXX]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-reports/2015-October/000924.html
+ [XXX]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-reports/2015-October/000925.html
+ [XXX]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-reports/2015-October/000927.html
+ [XXX]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-reports/2015-October/000928.html
+ [XXX]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-reports/2015-October/000929.html
+ [XXX]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-reports/2015-October/000930.html
+ [XXX]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-reports/2015-October/000926.html
+ [XXX]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-reports/2015-October/000931.html
+
Miscellaneous news
------------------
@@ -63,56 +98,51 @@
Discussed designs for bootstrapping even when the authorities are blocked, including Sebastian's suggestion of using the relay's guard as a fallback directory mirror.
https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/wiki/org/meetings/2015SummerDevMeeting/BootstrapBlockingResistance
-Item 1 with cited source [XXX].
+David Fifield sent out the regular summary of costs [XXX] for the meek
+pluggable transport. David also announced that the Microsoft Azure
+backend for meek is now rate-limited to the same speed as the Amazon and
+Google bridges, as the free grant has expired [XXX].
-Item 2 with cited source [XXX].
+ [XXX]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-dev/2015-October/009672.html
+ [XXX]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-talk/2015-October/039169.html
-Item 3 with cited source [XXX].
+Karsten Loesing announced [XXX] that the upcoming version 3.0 of the Onionoo
+protocol will support searching for relays by space-separated
+fingerprints (e.g. “9695 DFC3 5FFE B861 329B 9F1A B04C 4639 7020 CE31”)
+in addition to unseparated ones.
- [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]:
-
-This week in Tor history
-------------------------
-
-Text with cited source [XXX].
-
- [XXX]:
+ [XXX]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-dev/2015-October/009690.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
+ Oct 26 17:00 UTC | OONI team meeting
+ | #ooni, itc.oftc.net
+ |
+ Oct 26 19:00 UTC | Tor Browser meeting
+ | #tor-dev, irc.oftc.net
+ |
+ Oct 27 16:00 UTC | SponsorR meeting
+ | #tor-dev, irc.oftc.net
+ |
+ Oct 27 18:00 UTC | Core Tor patch workshop
+ | #tor-dev, irc.oftc.net
+ |
+ Oct 28 14:30 UTC | Network team meeting
+ | #tor-dev, irc.oftc.net
+ |
+ Oct 29 14:00 UTC | Metrics team meeting
+ | #tor-dev, irc.oftc.net
+ |
+ Nov 03 18:00 UTC | Applications team meeting
+ | #tor-project, irc.oftc.net
+ | https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-dev/2015-October/009680.html
+ |
+ Nov 03 19:00 UTC | Tails contributors meeting
+ | #tails-dev, irc.oftc.net
+ | https://mailman.boum.org/pipermail/tails-project/2015-October/000335.html
-
-This issue of Tor Weekly News has been assembled by XXX, XXX, and
-XXX.
+This issue of Tor Weekly News has been assembled by Harmony, Lunar, XXX.
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