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=== https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/wiki/TorWeeklyNews/2015/34 ===
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Author: harmony
Date: 2015-09-04T10:27:51+00:00
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Contents
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- 1. XXX
- 2. XXX
+ 1. Tor Browser 5.0.2 and 5.5a2 are out
+ 2. Final reports from two Summer of Privacy students
+ 3. Should cloud-based Tor relays be rejected?
+ 4. Miscellaneous news
+ 5. Upcoming events
Tor Browser 5.0.2 and 5.5a2 are out
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@@ -37,6 +40,42 @@
[XXX]: https://blog.torproject.org/blog/tor-browser-502-released
[XXX]: https://blog.torproject.org/blog/tor-browser-55a2-released
[XXX]: https://www.torproject.org/projects/torbrowser.html
+
+Final reports from two Summer of Privacy students
+-------------------------------------------------
+
+Two of the developers participating in Tor’s first-ever Summer of
+Privacy coding season [XXX], Jesse Victors [XXX] and Donncha
+O’Carroll [XXX], submitted their final progress reports after months of
+intensive development.
+
+Jesse’s DNS-like naming system for onion services is already in
+a testable state [XXX]. “All of the infrastructure for OnioNS is in place”,
+and while a few protocols are still to be finished, “the client-side and
+HS-side software is pretty reliable and stable at this point”, with support
+for Debian, Ubuntu, Mint, and Fedora. Development will continue into the
+future, and “once the OnioNS software is fully ready, no modifications to Tor
+should be necessary to merge OnioNS into the Tor network”.
+
+Donncha’s project, the onion service load-balancing manager OnionBalance,
+has also seen one testing release [XXX], and the next steps
+in development are to package the software for Debian, clarify the
+documentation, and implement “smartcard / HSM support master service key
+storage and signing”. “I’ll continue developing OnionBalance so that if
+possible, it can facilitate some form of load balancing and redundancy
+with next-gen hidden services”.
+
+Congratulations to Jesse and Donncha on getting their innovative projects
+to this stage, and thanks to the mentors and coordinators who have made
+the Summer of Privacy a success. The southern-hemisphere development timetable
+is still ongoing, however, so stay tuned for updates from Israel and Cristóbal
+Leiva on their TSoP projects.
+
+ [XXX]: https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/wiki/org/TorSoP
+ [XXX]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-dev/2015-August/009375.html
+ [XXX]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-dev/2015-August/009376.html
+ [XXX]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-dev/2015-August/009221.html
+ [XXX]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-talk/2015-July/038312.html
Should cloud-based Tor relays be rejected?
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Author: harmony
Date: 2015-09-04T10:05:42+00:00
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1. XXX
2. XXX
-Feature XXX
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+Tor Browser 5.0.2 and 5.5a2 are out
+-----------------------------------
-Feature 1 with cited source [XXX]
+The Tor Browser team announced new stable and alpha releases of the
+privacy-preserving web browser. Version 5.0.2 [XXX] fixes a bug that was
+causing the browser’s launcher icons in the Ubuntu Unity and GNOME
+desktops to be duplicated, and includes a newer version of the NoScript
+add-on. Version 5.5a2 [XXX] incorporates these updates along with
+another small crash bug fix from the stable series.
- [XXX]:
+Both new releases include important security updates to their respective
+Firefox versions, so please ensure you upgrade as soon as possible. If
+you are already running a recent Tor Browser, it has probably updated
+itself already; if not, head to the project page [XXX] to download your
+copy now.
-Monthly status reports for XXX month 2015
------------------------------------------
+ [XXX]: https://blog.torproject.org/blog/tor-browser-502-released
+ [XXX]: https://blog.torproject.org/blog/tor-browser-55a2-released
+ [XXX]: https://www.torproject.org/projects/torbrowser.html
-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].
+Should cloud-based Tor relays be rejected?
+------------------------------------------
- [XXX]:
- [XXX]:
- [XXX]:
- [XXX]:
+Observing that “we sometimes see attacks from relays that are hosted on
+cloud platforms”, Philipp Winter investigated [XXX] the actual benefit
+to the Tor network that these relays provide. He found that in an
+average consensus from July 2015, “cloud-hosted relays contributed only
+around 0.8% of bandwidth” (with the caveat that “this is just a lower
+bound”). Rejecting such relays from the consensus might force attackers
+to jump through more hoops, but would mean “obtaining the netblocks that
+are periodically published by all three (and perhaps more) cloud
+providers”.
+
+Tim Wilson-Brown wondered [XXX] about the effect this might have on Tor
+developers and researchers who would like to use cloud-based relays,
+while nusenu requested [XXX] that any rejection be publicly documented
+“so volunteers don’t waste their time and money setting up blacklisted
+relays”.
+
+ [XXX]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-dev/2015-August/009389.html
+ [XXX]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-dev/2015-August/009390.html
+ [XXX]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-dev/2015-August/009391.html
Miscellaneous news
------------------
-Item 1 with cited source [XXX].
+Karsten Loesing announced [XXX] version 2.6 of Onionoo, the Tor network
+data observatory. This release adds two new relay family-related fields
+to details documents that, together with the “effective_family” field
+introduced in version 2.4, replace the older “family” field, which is
+now deprecated. These new fields support different family-mapping
+use-cases that may be required by Tor network tools such as Atlas,
+Globe, and Roster. “The current ‘family’ field will stay available until
+Atlas and Globe are updated. If I should also wait for other clients to
+be updated, please let me know.”
-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]:
-
-This week in Tor history
-------------------------
-
-Text with cited source [XXX].
-
- [XXX]:
+ [XXX]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-dev/2015-August/009385.html
Upcoming events
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Author: harmony
Date: 2015-09-04T09:42:05+00:00
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Sep 09 14:00 UTC | Measurement team meeting
| #tor-project, irc.oftc.net
|
+ Sep 12 19:00 UTC | Tails low-hanging fruit session
+ | #tails-dev, irc.oftc.net
+ | https://mailman.boum.org/pipermail/tails-project/2015-September/000301.html
+ |
Sep 27 - Oct 03 | Tor summer dev meeting 2015
| Berlin, Germany
| https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/wiki/org/meetings/2015SummerDevMeeting
@@ -103,8 +107,7 @@
| https://ooni.torproject.org/event/adina15/
-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.
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: 2015-09-04T09:38:10+00:00
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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 07 17:00 UTC | OONI development meeting
+ | #ooni, irc.oftc.net
+ |
+ Sep 07 18:00 UTC | Tor Browser meeting
+ | #tor-dev, irc.oftc.net
+ |
+ Sep 08 18:00 UTC | little-t tor patch workshop
+ | #tor-dev, irc.oftc.net
+ |
+ Sep 09 13:30 UTC | little-t tor development meeting
+ | #tor-dev, irc.oftc.net
+ |
+ Sep 09 14:00 UTC | Measurement team meeting
+ | #tor-project, irc.oftc.net
+ |
+ Sep 27 - Oct 03 | Tor summer dev meeting 2015
+ | Berlin, Germany
+ | https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/wiki/org/meetings/2015SummerDevMeeting
+ |
+ Oct 01 - Oct 03 | ADINA15: A Dive Into Network Anomalies
+ | Rome, Italy
+ | https://ooni.torproject.org/event/adina15/
This issue of Tor Weekly News has been assembled by XXX, XXX, and
version 1
Author: harmony
Date: 2015-09-04T09:31:14+00:00
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+''112th issue of Tor Weekly News.''
+
+'''Editor:''' Harmony
+
+'''Subject:''' Tor Weekly News — September 4th, 2015
+
+{{{
+========================================================================
+Tor Weekly News September 4th, 2015
+========================================================================
+
+Welcome to the thirty-fourth issue in 2015 of Tor Weekly News, the
+weekly newsletter that covers what’s happening in the Tor community.
+
+Contents
+--------
+
+ 1. XXX
+ 2. XXX
+
+Feature XXX
+-----------
+
+Feature 1 with cited source [XXX]
+
+ [XXX]:
+
+Monthly status reports for XXX month 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]:
+
+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]:
+
+This week in Tor history
+------------------------
+
+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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