[TWN team] Recent changes to the wiki pages
Lunar
lunar at torproject.org
Mon Sep 9 09:20:12 UTC 2013
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version 32
Author: dope457
Date: 2013-09-09T08:40:46+00:00
irc dev meeting
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[XXX] https://gitweb.torproject.org/doctor.git
[XXX] https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-consensus-health
+On Tuesday September 3rd, the IRC meeting was held to discuss a progress on sponsor F [XXX]
+project. See Karsten Loesing’s notes for output [XXX].
+
+ [XXX] https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/wiki/org/sponsors/SponsorF
+ [XXX] https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-dev/2013-September/005370.html
+
Vulnerabilities
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version 31
Author: lunar
Date: 2013-09-09T08:38:49+00:00
trim the introductory quote
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Toward a better performance measurement tool
--------------------------------------------
-“I just finished a first draft of a tech report sketching out the
-requirements and a software design for a new Torperf implementation“
-announced Karsten Loesing [XXX] on the tor-dev mailing list.
+“I just finished […] sketching out the requirements and a software design
+for a new Torperf implementation“ announced Karsten Loesing [XXX] on
+the tor-dev mailing list.
The report begins with: “Four years ago, we presented a simple tool to
measure performance of the Tor network. This tool, called Torperf,
version 30
Author: lunar
Date: 2013-09-09T08:37:19+00:00
cover torperf rewrite
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XXX:Expand
+Toward a better performance measurement tool
+--------------------------------------------
+
+“I just finished a first draft of a tech report sketching out the
+requirements and a software design for a new Torperf implementation“
+announced Karsten Loesing [XXX] on the tor-dev mailing list.
+
+The report begins with: “Four years ago, we presented a simple tool to
+measure performance of the Tor network. This tool, called Torperf,
+requests static files of three different sizes over the Tor network and
+logs timestamps of various request substeps. These data turned out to be
+quite useful to observe user-perceived network performance over
+time [XXX]. However, static file downloads are not the typical use case
+of a user browsing the web using Tor, so absolute numbers are not very
+meaningful. Also, Torperf consists of a bunch of shell scripts which
+makes it neither very user-friendly to set up and run, nor extensible to
+cover new use cases.”
+
+The specification lay out the various requirements for the new tool, and
+details several experiments like visiting high profile websites with an
+automated graphical web browser, downloading static files, crafting a
+canonical web page, measuring hidden service performance, and checking
+on upload capacity.
+
+Karsten added “neither the requirements nor the software design
+are set in stone, and the implementation, well, does not exist yet.
+Plenty of options for giving feedback and helping out, and most parts
+don't even require specific experience with hacking on Tor. Just in case
+somebody's looking for an introductory Tor project to hack on.”
+
+Saytha already wrote that this was enough material to get the
+implementation started [XXX]. The project needs enough work for anyone
+interested. Feel free to join him!
+
+ [XXX] https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-dev/2013-September/005386.html
+ [XXX] https://metrics.torproject.org/performance.html
+ [XXX] https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-dev/2013-September/005388.html
Monthly status reports for XXX month 2013
-----------------------------------------
@@ -174,7 +211,6 @@
* arma's blog post https://blog.torproject.org/blog/how-to-handle-millions-new-tor-clients
* another research paper about hidden services https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-talk/2013-September/029856.html
* fox-it blog post https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-talk/2013-September/029862.html http://blog.fox-it.com/2013/09/05/large-botnet-cause-of-recent-tor-network-overload/
- * Karsten's first draft of Requirements and Software Design for a Better Tor Performance Measurement Tool https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-dev/2013-September/005386.html
* Tor encryption vs. latest revelations about NSA https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-talk/2013-September/029929.html https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-talk/2013-September/029930.html
* Testing flash proxy infrastructure https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-dev/2013-September/005402.html
* Quickly testing TOR using Chutney and Fluxcapacitor https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-dev/2013-September/005403.html
version 29
Author: lunar
Date: 2013-09-09T07:58:06+00:00
cover gsoc and doctor
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Miscellaneous news
------------------
-Thanks Frenn vun der Enn [XXX] for setting up a new mirror [XXX] of the Tor project website.
+Thanks Frenn vun der Enn [XXX] for setting up a new mirror [XXX] of the
+Tor project website.
-[XXX] http://enn.lu/
-[XXX] https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-mirrors/2013-September/000351.html
+ [XXX] http://enn.lu/
+ [XXX] https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-mirrors/2013-September/000351.html
-Item 1 with cited source [XXX].
+With the Google Summer of Code ending in two weeks, the students have
+sent their the next to last reports: Kostas Jakeliunas for the
+Searchable metrics archive [XXX], Johannes Fürmann for EvilGenius [XXX],
+and Hareesan for the Steganography Browser Extension [XXX].
-Item 2 with cited source [XXX].
+ [XXX] https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-dev/2013-September/005380.html
+ [XXX] https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-dev/2013-September/005394.html
+ [XXX] https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-dev/2013-September/005409.html
-Item 3 with cited source [XXX].
+Damian Johnson anounced [XXX] he had completed the rewrite of DocTor in
+Python [XXX], “a service that pulls hourly consensus information and
+checks it for a host of issues (directory authority outages, expiring
+certificates, etc). In the case of a problem it notifies
+tor-consensus-health@ [XXX], and we in turn give the authority operator
+a heads up.”
- [XXX]
- [XXX]
- [XXX]
+ [XXX] https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-reports/2013-September/000338.html
+ [XXX] https://gitweb.torproject.org/doctor.git
+ [XXX] https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-consensus-health
Vulnerabilities
---------------
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* arma's blog post https://blog.torproject.org/blog/how-to-handle-millions-new-tor-clients
* another research paper about hidden services https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-talk/2013-September/029856.html
* fox-it blog post https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-talk/2013-September/029862.html http://blog.fox-it.com/2013/09/05/large-botnet-cause-of-recent-tor-network-overload/
- * gsoc: reports Kostas Jakeliunas Searchable metrics archive https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-dev/2013-September/005380.html ; Johannes Fürmann EvilGenius https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-dev/2013-September/005394.html; Hareesan https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-dev/2013-September/005409.html
* Karsten's first draft of Requirements and Software Design for a Better Tor Performance Measurement Tool https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-dev/2013-September/005386.html
* Tor encryption vs. latest revelations about NSA https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-talk/2013-September/029929.html https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-talk/2013-September/029930.html
- * Doctor rewrite https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-reports/2013-September/000338.html
* Testing flash proxy infrastructure https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-dev/2013-September/005402.html
* Quickly testing TOR using Chutney and Fluxcapacitor https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-dev/2013-September/005403.html
version 28
Author: lunar
Date: 2013-09-09T07:39:57+00:00
move gsoc report
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Tails https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-reports/2013-September/000336.html
Aaron https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-reports/2013-September/000337.html
Damian Johnson https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-reports/2013-September/000338.html
-Hareesan GSoC https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-dev/2013-September/005409.html
Miscellaneous news
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* arma's blog post https://blog.torproject.org/blog/how-to-handle-millions-new-tor-clients
* another research paper about hidden services https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-talk/2013-September/029856.html
* fox-it blog post https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-talk/2013-September/029862.html http://blog.fox-it.com/2013/09/05/large-botnet-cause-of-recent-tor-network-overload/
- * gsoc: reports Kostas Jakeliunas Searchable metrics archive https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-dev/2013-September/005380.html ; Johannes Fürmann EvilGenius https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-dev/2013-September/005394.html
+ * gsoc: reports Kostas Jakeliunas Searchable metrics archive https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-dev/2013-September/005380.html ; Johannes Fürmann EvilGenius https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-dev/2013-September/005394.html; Hareesan https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-dev/2013-September/005409.html
* Karsten's first draft of Requirements and Software Design for a Better Tor Performance Measurement Tool https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-dev/2013-September/005386.html
* Tor encryption vs. latest revelations about NSA https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-talk/2013-September/029929.html https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-talk/2013-September/029930.html
* Doctor rewrite https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-reports/2013-September/000338.html
version 27
Author: dope457
Date: 2013-09-09T06:56:34+00:00
Hareesan report
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Tails https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-reports/2013-September/000336.html
Aaron https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-reports/2013-September/000337.html
Damian Johnson https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-reports/2013-September/000338.html
+Hareesan GSoC https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-dev/2013-September/005409.html
Miscellaneous news
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version 26
Author: dope457
Date: 2013-09-09T06:45:56+00:00
fix
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Tor 0.2.4.17-rc is out
----------------------
-On 5th Thursday, Roger Dingledine announced the release of a new release candidate
+On 5th September, Roger Dingledine announced the release of a new release candidate
for Tor 0.2.4 series [XXX]. It comes with very handy feature in the current situation [XXX]
- prioritizing faster and safer circuit-level handshakes "NTor" over "TAP" used by
0.2.3 clients.
version 25
Author: dope457
Date: 2013-09-09T06:42:27+00:00
0.2.4.17
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Welcome to the eleventh issue of Tor Weekly News, the weekly newsletter that
covers what is happening in the XXX Tor community.
-New Release of XXX
-------------------
+Tor 0.2.4.17-rc is out
+----------------------
-XXX: cite specific release date, numbers, and developers responsible
+On 5th Thursday, Roger Dingledine announced the release of a new release candidate
+for Tor 0.2.4 series [XXX]. It comes with very handy feature in the current situation [XXX]
+- prioritizing faster and safer circuit-level handshakes "NTor" over "TAP" used by
+0.2.3 clients.
-XXX: details about release
+“Relays now process the new "NTor" circuit-level handshake requests with higher
+priority than the old "TAP" circuit-level handshake requests. We still process
+some TAP requests to not totally starve 0.2.3 clients when NTor becomes popular.
+A new consensus parameter "NumNTorsPerTAP" lets us tune the balance later if we
+need to. Implements ticket 9574 [XXX].”
- [XXX]
+Roger asks relay operators to consider upgrading to 0.2.4.17-rc version due the huge
+circuit overload we see nowadays [XXX]. Upgrading to development branch is surprisingly
+easy using this guide [XXX].
+
+ [XXX] https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-talk/2013-September/029857.html
+ [XXX] https://blog.torproject.org/blog/how-to-handle-millions-new-tor-clients
+ [XXX] https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/9574
+ [XXX] https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-relays/2013-September/002701.html
+ [XXX] https://www.torproject.org/docs/debian.html.en#development
+
+ XXX:Expand
+
Monthly status reports for XXX month 2013
-----------------------------------------
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* Asa's timeline about the rise of new users and events that could have affected Tor https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-talk/2013-September/029822.html
* George forgot the torrc modification in his howto https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-relays/2013-September/002691.html
- * Karten's notes on IRC dev-meeting https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-dev/2013-September/005370.html / Nathan's https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-dev/2013-September/005371.html
+ * Karsten's notes on IRC dev-meeting https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-dev/2013-September/005370.html / Nathan's https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-dev/2013-September/005371.html
* Tor 0.2.4.17-rc https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-relays/2013-September/002701.html https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-talk/2013-September/029857.html https://blog.torproject.org/blog/new-tor-02417-rc-packages
* arma's blog post https://blog.torproject.org/blog/how-to-handle-millions-new-tor-clients
* another research paper about hidden services https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-talk/2013-September/029856.html
* fox-it blog post https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-talk/2013-September/029862.html http://blog.fox-it.com/2013/09/05/large-botnet-cause-of-recent-tor-network-overload/
* gsoc: reports Kostas Jakeliunas Searchable metrics archive https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-dev/2013-September/005380.html ; Johannes Fürmann EvilGenius https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-dev/2013-September/005394.html
- * Karten's first draft of Requirements and Software Design for a Better Tor Performance Measurement Tool https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-dev/2013-September/005386.html
+ * Karsten's first draft of Requirements and Software Design for a Better Tor Performance Measurement Tool https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-dev/2013-September/005386.html
* Tor encryption vs. latest revelations about NSA https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-talk/2013-September/029929.html https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-talk/2013-September/029930.html
* Doctor rewrite https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-reports/2013-September/000338.html
* Testing flash proxy infrastructure https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-dev/2013-September/005402.html
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