[tor-reports] SponsorR November 2016 report

[George Kadianakis]

Hello,

here is the November 2016 report for SponsorR:

- The prop224 HSDir branch got merged to upstream tor! This is a big
  part of prop224 and we are very excited about this!!!
   https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/17238

- The prop224 ESTABLISH_INTRO code also got some more review and
  revisions: https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/19043
  We are not too far from merging this.

- The first draft of the prop224 INTRODUCE1 was published and initial an
  review was performed!  This is the final piece of the relay-side of
  prop224!

- We also moved forward in figuring out how client autorization is gonna
  look like in prop224:
       https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-dev/2016-November/011617.html

  And an alternative client auth protocol was suggested by Nick which
  swaps symmetric keys for public key cryptography:
       https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-dev/2016-November/011632.html

- We also discussed how prop224 deployment should happen with regards to
  the tor configuration options. How these should look like and how the
  user experience should be. The discussion is still open and we hope to
  come to results on December:
       https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-dev/2016-November/011661.html

- We are also planning to revive Tor proposal reading groups which have
  been helpful in evaluating and planning the development of technical
  proposals: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-dev/2016-November/011703.html