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version 47
Author: mttp
Date: 2013-10-07T11:48:59+00:00
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Tor users have been targetted by the NSA. We directed these users to the Tor Project's
official statement on the subject [XXX].
+One of the most popular questions the help desk receives continues to be whether or not
+Tor is available on iOS devices. Currently there is no officially supported solution,
+although more than project has been presented [XXX] [XXX].
+
+The United Kingdom is now one of the countries where citizens request assistance
+circumventing a national firewall [XXX].
+
[XXX]: https://blog.torproject.org/blog/yes-we-know-about-guardian-article
+[XXX]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-dev/2013-October/005542.html
+[XXX]: https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/8933
+[XXX]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-talk/2013-July/029054.html
Miscellaneous news
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version 46
Author: lunar
Date: 2013-10-07T11:44:56+00:00
add credit
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| http://www.sigsac.org/ccs/CCS2013/
-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,
+dope457 and Matt Pagan.
Want to continue reading TWN? Please help us create this newsletter.
We still need more volunteers to watch the Tor community and report
version 45
Author: lunar
Date: 2013-10-07T11:42:10+00:00
link to eff tweet with nsa's illustration
--- version 44
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accompany the articles.
The documents in question [XXX] offer, alongside characteristically
-entertaining illustrations, an overview of the Tor network from the
+entertaining illustrations [XXX], an overview of the Tor network from the
point of view of the intelligence agencies, as well as a summary of
attacks against Tor users and the network as a whole that they have
considered or carried out.
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@
[XXX] https://blog.torproject.org/blog/tor-nsa-gchq-and-quick-ant-speculation
[XXX] http://media.encrypted.cc/files/nsa
+ [XXX] https://twitter.com/EFF/status/386291345301581825
tor 0.2.5.1-alpha is out
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version 44
Author: lunar
Date: 2013-10-07T11:36:19+00:00
remove cruft
--- version 43
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low-latency anonymity” [XXX].
[XXX] http://www.theguardian.com/world/interactive/2013/oct/04/tor-high-secure-internet-anonymity
-
-New Release of XXX
-------------------
-
-XXX: cite specific release date, numbers, and developers responsible
-
-XXX: details about release
-
- [XXX]
New tranche of NSA/GCHQ Tor documents released
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@@ -218,13 +209,6 @@
[XXX] https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/wiki/org/sponsors/Otter/Attentive
[XXX] https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-dev/2013-October/005544.html
-Vulnerabilities
----------------
-
-XXX: Reported vulnerabilities [XXX].
-
- [XXX] vulnerability report source
-
Upcoming events
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version 43
Author: lunar
Date: 2013-10-07T11:35:59+00:00
write about attentive otter's report
--- version 42
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@@ -211,6 +211,13 @@
[XXX] https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-talk/2013-October/030405.html
[XXX] https://github.com/globaleaks/Tor2web-3.0/wiki/Performance-tuning
+As part of the Attentive Otter project [XXX] which aims to come up with a new bundle for
+instant messaging, Thijs Alkemade wrote a summary about the option to use Pidgin/libpurple
+as the core component.
+
+ [XXX] https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/wiki/org/sponsors/Otter/Attentive
+ [XXX] https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-dev/2013-October/005544.html
+
Vulnerabilities
---------------
@@ -249,5 +256,4 @@
Possible item :
- * NSA/GCHQ Tor documents http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/oct/04/nsa-gchq-attack-tor-network-encryption and http://media.encrypted.cc/files/nsa/
- * Attentive Otter: Analysis of libpurple https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-dev/2013-October/005544.html+ * NSA/GCHQ Tor documents http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/oct/04/nsa-gchq-attack-tor-network-encryption and http://media.encrypted.cc/files/nsa/
version 42
Author: lunar
Date: 2013-10-07T11:30:16+00:00
write about deterministic builds
--- version 41
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[XXX] https://blog.torproject.org/blog/tor-and-silk-road-takedown
[XXX?] http://stackoverflow.com/questions/15445285/how-can-i-connect-to-a-tor-hidden-service-using-curl-in-php
[XXX] https://www.torproject.org/download/download#warning
+
+How did Tor achieved reproducible builds of byte-to-byte identical binaries
+---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+By the end of June, Mike Perry announced [XXX] the first release of the
+Tor Browser Bundle 3.0 alpha series, featuring released binaries “exactly reproducible
+from the source code by anyone”. In a first blog [XXX] published in August, he explained
+why it mattered.
+
+Mike has just published the promised follow-up piece [XXX] describing how this was achieved
+in the new Tor Browser Bundle build process.
+
+He explains how Gitian [XXX] is used to create a reproducible build environment, the tools
+used to produce cross-platform binaries for Windows and OS X from a Linux environment, and several issues
+that prevented the builds to be deterministic. The latter ranges from timestamps to file ordering
+differences when looking up a directory with an extra twist of 3 bytes of pure random mystery.
+
+There is more work to be done to “prevent the adversary from compromising the (substantially weaker)
+Ubuntu build and packaging processes” currently used for the toolchain. Mike writes about making the
+build of the compiler and toolchain part of the build process, cross-compilation between multiple
+architectures, and work being done by Linux distributions to get deterministic builds of their package.
+
+If you are interested in helping, or working on your own software project, there is a lot to learn by
+reading the blog post in full.
+
+ [XXX] https://blog.torproject.org/blog/tor-browser-bundle-30alpha2-released
+ [XXX] https://blog.torproject.org/blog/deterministic-builds-part-one-cyberwar-and-global-compromise
+ [XXX] https://blog.torproject.org/blog/deterministic-builds-part-two-technical-details
+ [XXX] http://gitian.org/howto.html
More monthly status reports for September 2013
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@@ -221,5 +250,4 @@
Possible item :
* NSA/GCHQ Tor documents http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/oct/04/nsa-gchq-attack-tor-network-encryption and http://media.encrypted.cc/files/nsa/
- * deterministic build part 2 https://blog.torproject.org/blog/deterministic-builds-part-two-technical-details
* Attentive Otter: Analysis of libpurple https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-dev/2013-October/005544.html
version 41
Author: lunar
Date: 2013-10-07T11:10:21+00:00
write tor2web misc item
--- version 40
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[XXX] https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/wiki/org/operations/Infrastructure/lists.torproject.org
+Fabio Pietrosanti asked [XXX] for reviews of “experimental Tor's performance tuning for a
+Tor2web node.” Feel free to have a look [XXX] and provide feedback.
+
+ [XXX] https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-talk/2013-October/030405.html
+ [XXX] https://github.com/globaleaks/Tor2web-3.0/wiki/Performance-tuning
+
Vulnerabilities
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@@ -216,5 +222,4 @@
* NSA/GCHQ Tor documents http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/oct/04/nsa-gchq-attack-tor-network-encryption and http://media.encrypted.cc/files/nsa/
* deterministic build part 2 https://blog.torproject.org/blog/deterministic-builds-part-two-technical-details
- * review tor2web optimizations https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-talk/2013-October/030405.html https://github.com/globaleaks/Tor2web-3.0/wiki/Performance-tuning
* Attentive Otter: Analysis of libpurple https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-dev/2013-October/005544.html
version 40
Author: lunar
Date: 2013-10-07T11:06:27+00:00
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Welcome to the fifteenth issue of Tor Weekly News, the weekly newsletter that
covers what is happening in the community of Tor — “king of high-secure,
-low-latency anonymity”.
+low-latency anonymity” [XXX].
+
+ [XXX] http://www.theguardian.com/world/interactive/2013/oct/04/tor-high-secure-internet-anonymity
New Release of XXX
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version 39
Author: lunar
Date: 2013-10-07T11:05:48+00:00
quote nsa's presentation in the header
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========================================================================
Welcome to the fifteenth issue of Tor Weekly News, the weekly newsletter that
-covers what is happening in the XXX Tor community.
+covers what is happening in the community of Tor — “king of high-secure,
+low-latency anonymity”.
New Release of XXX
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version 38
Author: mttp
Date: 2013-10-07T11:03:08+00:00
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[XXX] https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-reports/2013-October/000361.html
[XXX] https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-reports/2013-October/000362.html
+Tor Help Desk Roundup
+---------------------
+
+A number of users wanted to know if Tor was still safe to use given the recent news that
+Tor users have been targetted by the NSA. We directed these users to the Tor Project's
+official statement on the subject [XXX].
+
+[XXX]: https://blog.torproject.org/blog/yes-we-know-about-guardian-article
+
Miscellaneous news
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version 37
Author: lunar
Date: 2013-10-07T10:41:08+00:00
add tails' report
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Gunasekaran [XXX], Ximin Luo [XXX], Matt Pagan [XXX], Pearl Crescent [XXX],
Colin C. [XXX], Arlo Breault [XXX], Karsten Loesing [XXX], Jason Tsai [XXX],
the Tor help desk [XXX], Sukhbir Singh [XXX], Nick Mathewson [XXX], Mike Perry [XXX], Andrew Lewman [XXX],
-and Aaron G.
+Aaron G [XXX], and Tails folks [XXX].
[XXX] https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-reports/2013-October/000346.html
[XXX] https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-reports/2013-October/000347.html
@@ -117,6 +117,7 @@
[XXX] https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-reports/2013-October/000359.html
[XXX] https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-reports/2013-October/000360.html
[XXX] https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-reports/2013-October/000361.html
+ [XXX] https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-reports/2013-October/000362.html
Miscellaneous news
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version 36
Author: lunar
Date: 2013-10-07T10:34:33+00:00
whitespaces
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| Warszawa, Poland
| http://www.secure.edu.pl/
|
-Oct 11 | Kelley @ Journalist Training Event
+Oct 11 | Kelley @ Journalist Training Event
| Helsiniki, Finland
| http://www.journalistiliitto.fi/jp13/
|
version 35
Author: lunar
Date: 2013-10-07T10:08:13+00:00
add aagbsn's report
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with submissions from George Kadianakis [XXX], Lunar [XXX], Sathyanarayanan
Gunasekaran [XXX], Ximin Luo [XXX], Matt Pagan [XXX], Pearl Crescent [XXX],
Colin C. [XXX], Arlo Breault [XXX], Karsten Loesing [XXX], Jason Tsai [XXX],
-the Tor help desk [XXX], Sukhbir Singh [XXX], Nick Mathewson [XXX], Mike Perry [XXX],
-and Andrew Lewman [XXX].
+the Tor help desk [XXX], Sukhbir Singh [XXX], Nick Mathewson [XXX], Mike Perry [XXX], Andrew Lewman [XXX],
+and Aaron G.
[XXX] https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-reports/2013-October/000346.html
[XXX] https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-reports/2013-October/000347.html
@@ -116,6 +116,7 @@
[XXX] https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-reports/2013-October/000358.html
[XXX] https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-reports/2013-October/000359.html
[XXX] https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-reports/2013-October/000360.html
+ [XXX] https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-reports/2013-October/000361.html
Miscellaneous news
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Author: lunar
Date: 2013-10-07T09:50:13+00:00
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Upcoming events
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-Jul XX-XX | Event XXX brief description
- | Event City, Event Country
- | Event website URL
+Oct 09-10 | Andrew speaking at Secure Poland 2013
+ | Warszawa, Poland
+ | http://www.secure.edu.pl/
|
-Jul XX-XX | Event XXX brief description
- | Event City, Event Country
- | Event website URL
+Oct 11 | Kelley @ Journalist Training Event
+ | Helsiniki, Finland
+ | http://www.journalistiliitto.fi/jp13/
+ |
+Nov 04-05 | 20th ACM Conference on Computer and Communications Security,
+ | Berlin, Germany
+ | http://www.sigsac.org/ccs/CCS2013/
This issue of Tor Weekly News has been assembled by XXX, XXX, and
version 33
Author: lunar
Date: 2013-10-07T09:30:57+00:00
volunteer to be editor for this week
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''Fifteenth issue of Tor Weekly News. Covering what's happening from October 2nd, 2013 to October 8th, 2013. To be released on October 9th, 2013.''
-'''Editor:'''
+'''Editor:''' Lunar
'''Subject:''' Tor Weekly News — October 9th, 2013
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