[tor-project] Rhatto's Monthly Status Report, August 2023

[rhatto]

Hi all :)

This is my monthly status report for August 2023 with the main relevant
activities I have done during the period.

## 0. Research

* Tor Browser Quality Assurance for Onion Services:
  * Started the next round of testing with the recent TBB releases.
  * Went back to some reported issues to research on how they can be addressed.
  * Results reported to the Applications Team.

* Continued research on TLS certificates for Onion Services and Tor Browser.

## 1. Development

* Brainstorming and discussion in how Proof of Work (PoW) can be brought
  to Onionbalance:
  https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/onion-services/onionbalance/-/issues/13

## 2. Support

* PoW defense for Onion Services: helped with the release strategy and
  documentation:
  https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/onion-services/onion-support/-/wikis/Documentation/PoW-FAQ
  https://forum.torproject.org/t/proof-of-work-pow-defense-for-onion-service-is-released/8887

* The usual sponsored work with deployment, maintenance and monitoring of Onion
  Services.

## 3. Organization

* Helped organizing the next Hackweek:
  https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-project/2023-August/003675.html
  https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/community/hackweek

Time spent (from the total available for Tor-related work):

| Category      | Percentage
|---------------|------------
| Research      |  17
| Development   |   5
| Support       |  44
| Organization  |  34
|---------------|------------
| Total         | 100

-- 
Silvio Rhatto
pronouns he/him
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