[tor-reports] Nick's post-most-of-December status report
Nick Mathewson
nickm at torproject.org
Sun Dec 30 01:21:16 UTC 2012
Hi, all!
I'm sending this status report early because I expect my next couple
of days to be fun and not much online; I expect to wake on New Year's
Day in no mood to write a status report, and I expect to scramble to
get things done for a day or two after. So here goes.
This month, I:
* Implemented the ntor handshake and CREATE2 cells. (#7202 = prop216,
#7199 = prop200) The ntor handshake will, once it's merged and in
use, make circuit extension faster and more forward-secure. Currently
it's waiting on a little more review and one more batch of testing.
* Implemented a first cut of directory guards (#6526). It's not
perfect, but it's a decent start.
* Revised and reviewed many, many patches -- some mine, some other
people's. Right now, except for the ntor handshake and #7691, I
believe Tor 0.2.4 has all the big features it's getting. See the
0.2.4.7 changelog and current changs/* files in git master for more
information. Once we shake the bugs out, 0.2.4 will be the Best Tor
Ever, as is traditional.
* Recast the 10Dec merge deadline as a big-feature-is-implemented
deadline, since review-and-merge is taking so much longer than
expected. Must allocate more time in the next cycle. The freeze date
for small features is now 20Jan. I might stop merging stuff then, and
I *will* ignore any feature that isn't implemented by then.
* Scrambled to fix last-minute and first-minute bugs in 0.2.4.7.
* Got coverity scan working again. Didn't find anything earth-shaking.
* Took a break on and around Chistmas.
In the remainder of December, I will try to:
* Figure out which tasks are most critical for January.
In January, I will:
* Write a presentation about challenges and opportunities in Tor of
interest to cryptographers.
* Finally merge the last two chunky items in 0.2.4.x.
* Implement and merge various small features.
* Chase bugs in 0.2.4.
* Attend the "Impending End of RSA" workshop and the "Real World
Crypto" workshop in the south bay
* Attend an "internet crypto" research retreat and a little of ECRYPT
II's "Crypto for 2020" event.
* Try to advance various threads of effort from various cool
volunteers who have been sent towards me by Andrew, and to Tor via
29c3 contacts.
* Try to keep sane.
si vales valeo,
--
Nick
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