[TWN team] Recent changes to the wiki pages

Lunar lunar at torproject.org
Mon Jan 20 17:40:07 UTC 2014 

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==== https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/wiki/TorWeeklyNews/2014/3 ====
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version 19
Author: lunar
Date:   2014-01-20T17:00:48+00:00

   write about Tails release calender

--- version 18
+++ version 19
@@ -67,6 +67,12 @@
  [XXX] https://gitweb.torproject.org/user/dcf/tor-browser-bundle.git/shortlog/refs/heads/3.6-beta
  [XXX] https://bugs.torproject.org/10418
 
+Tails' release calendar [XXX] has been shifted by two weeks because of the
+holiday break from Mozilla [XXX].
+
+ [XXX] https://tails.boum.org/contribute/calendar/
+ [XXX] https://mailman.boum.org/pipermail/tails-dev/2014-January/004757.html 
+
 Ximin Luo has been discussing with I2P [XXX] developers on how Pluggable
 Transports [XXX] could be made easier to use by other projects.
 
@@ -122,7 +128,6 @@
 
  * Tor key generation and entropy on early boot https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-talk/2014-January/031720.html
  * graphical identity revamp proposal https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/www-team/2014-January/000196.html
- * update to Tails release calendar because of Mozilla holiday beak https://mailman.boum.org/pipermail/tails-dev/2014-January/004757.html https://tails.boum.org/contribute/calendar/
  * Concrete tasks for the website https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/www-team/2014-January/000216.html
  * two weeks left for https://pressfreedomfoundation.org/
  * scoreboard for the traceroute experiment https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-relays/2014-January/003686.html

version 18
Author: lunar
Date:   2014-01-20T16:56:15+00:00

   write about PTTBB merge progress

--- version 17
+++ version 18
@@ -58,6 +58,15 @@
  [XXX] https://web.engr.illinois.edu/~das17/tor-traceroute_v1.html
  [XXX] https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-relays/2014-January/003625.html
 
+The integration of “pluggable transports” in the main Tor Browser Bundle [XXX]
+is moving smoothly. David Fifield published beta images of his recent work [XXX]
+and discussions are moving forward [XXX] regarding the best way to implement a
+default set of bridges.
+
+ [XXX] https://bugs.torproject.org/9444
+ [XXX] https://gitweb.torproject.org/user/dcf/tor-browser-bundle.git/shortlog/refs/heads/3.6-beta
+ [XXX] https://bugs.torproject.org/10418
+
 Ximin Luo has been discussing with I2P [XXX] developers on how Pluggable
 Transports [XXX] could be made easier to use by other projects.
 
@@ -113,7 +122,6 @@
 
  * Tor key generation and entropy on early boot https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-talk/2014-January/031720.html
  * graphical identity revamp proposal https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/www-team/2014-January/000196.html
- * progress on merging PTTTB, see repos and #10418
  * update to Tails release calendar because of Mozilla holiday beak https://mailman.boum.org/pipermail/tails-dev/2014-January/004757.html https://tails.boum.org/contribute/calendar/
  * Concrete tasks for the website https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/www-team/2014-January/000216.html
  * two weeks left for https://pressfreedomfoundation.org/

version 17
Author: lunar
Date:   2014-01-20T16:28:24+00:00

   write about #10629

--- version 16
+++ version 17
@@ -58,6 +58,13 @@
  [XXX] https://web.engr.illinois.edu/~das17/tor-traceroute_v1.html
  [XXX] https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-relays/2014-January/003625.html
 
+Ximin Luo has been discussing with I2P [XXX] developers on how Pluggable
+Transports [XXX] could be made easier to use by other projects.
+
+ [XXX] http://geti2p.net/
+ [XXX] https://www.torproject.org/docs/pluggable-transports.html.en
+ [XXX] https://bugs.torproject.org/10629
+
 Isis Lovecruft has sent late reports on her activity for October [XXX],
 November [XXX] and December 2013 [XXX].
 
@@ -105,7 +112,6 @@
 Possible items:
 
  * Tor key generation and entropy on early boot https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-talk/2014-January/031720.html
- * #10629
  * graphical identity revamp proposal https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/www-team/2014-January/000196.html
  * progress on merging PTTTB, see repos and #10418
  * update to Tails release calendar because of Mozilla holiday beak https://mailman.boum.org/pipermail/tails-dev/2014-January/004757.html https://tails.boum.org/contribute/calendar/

version 16
Author: lunar
Date:   2014-01-20T16:20:25+00:00

   write about geoip2

--- version 15
+++ version 16
@@ -12,26 +12,38 @@
 Welcome to the third issue in 2014 of Tor Weekly News, the weekly
 newsletter that covers what is happening in the XXX Tor community.
 
-New Release of XXX
-------------------
+Future of the geolocalization database used in Tor software
+-----------------------------------------------------------
 
-XXX: cite specific release date, numbers, and developers responsible
+The first version of Tor to include an IP-to-country database was
+0.2.0.27-rc [XXX], released in 2008. In 2010, the database switched
+[XXX] from data provided by WebHosting.Info to use the more up-to-date
+MaxMind's GeoLite service. All was good, until two years later when
+MaxMind started to hide the country of Tor relays [XXX], marking them as
+from the “A1” country, standing for “anonymous proxy”. Karsten Loesing
+has been tirelessly doing manual database updates ever since.
 
-XXX: details about release
+MaxMind has launched GeoIP2 [XXX] as a successor of its previous
+service. The very good news, as spotted by Karsten [XXX], is that the
+new format “provide the A1/A2 information in *addition* to the correct
+country codes”.
 
- [XXX]
+The question lies on how should this new database be integrated into the
+different software using geolocalization information: Tor, BridgeDB,
+the metrics database and the metrics website. The format used by Tor
+so far has always been a custom format, so writing a converter from
+MaxMind's database format is one of the option. The other is to
+integrate the parsing libraries provided by MaxMind into Tor software.
 
-Monthly status reports for XXX month 2014
------------------------------------------
+Both approaches have their advantages. In any cases, they can be useful,
+fun and small projects for someone new to the Tor community. Be sure to
+have a look at Karsten's suggestions if you feel like helping.
 
-The wave of regular monthly reports from Tor project members for the
-month of XXX has begun. XXX released his report first [XXX], followed
-by reports from name 2 [XXX], name 3 [XXX], and name 4 [XXX].
-
- [XXX]
- [XXX]
- [XXX]
- [XXX]
+ [XXX] https://gitweb.torproject.org/tor.git/tree/ee60a8dd
+ [XXX] https://gitweb.torproject.org/tor.git/commit/befcc84f
+ [XXX] https://bugs.torprojet.org/6266
+ [XXX] http://blog.maxmind.com/2013/07/01/introducing-the-geoip2-beta/
+ [XXX] https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-dev/2014-January/006080.html
 
 Miscellaneous news
 ------------------
@@ -94,7 +106,6 @@
 
  * Tor key generation and entropy on early boot https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-talk/2014-January/031720.html
  * #10629
- * GeoIP databases https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-dev/2014-January/006080.html
  * graphical identity revamp proposal https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/www-team/2014-January/000196.html
  * progress on merging PTTTB, see repos and #10418
  * update to Tails release calendar because of Mozilla holiday beak https://mailman.boum.org/pipermail/tails-dev/2014-January/004757.html https://tails.boum.org/contribute/calendar/



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