[TWN team] Recent changes to the wiki pages

Sat May 24 17:00:07 UTC 2014

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=== https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/wiki/TorWeeklyNews/2014/21 ===
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version 16
Author: harmony
Date:   2014-05-24T16:28:55+00:00

   add tor-ramdisk to misc

--- version 15
+++ version 16
@@ -21,6 +21,17 @@
 
 Miscellaneous news
 ------------------
+
+Anthony G. Basile released [XXX] version 20140520 of tor-ramdisk [XXX],
+the micro Linux distribution “whose only purpose is to host a Tor server
+in an environment that maximizes security and privacy”. The new version
+upgrades Tor to version 0.2.4.22, which “adds an  important block to
+authority signing keys that were used on authorities vulnerable to the
+“heartbleed” bug in OpenSSL”, among other fixes; upgrading “is strongly
+recommended”.
+
+ [XXX]: http://opensource.dyc.edu/pipermail/tor-ramdisk/2014-May/000131.html
+ [XXX]: http://opensource.dyc.edu/tor-ramdisk
 
 Micah Lee published OnionShare [XXX], a program that “makes it simple to
 share a file securely using a password-protected Tor hidden service”. It
@@ -54,12 +65,6 @@
  [XXX]: https://www.eff.org/pages/tor-and-https/
  [XXX]: https://people.torproject.org/~lunar/tor-and-https/
  [XXX]: https://gitweb.torproject.org/user/lunar/tor-and-https.git/blob/HEAD:/tor-and-https.pot
-
-Item 3 with cited source [XXX].
-
- [XXX]:
- [XXX]:
- [XXX]:
 
 Tor help desk roundup
 ---------------------
@@ -115,7 +120,6 @@
  * A Child's Garden of Pluggable Transports https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-dev/2014-May/006891.html
  * RFC: obfs4 https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-dev/2014-May/006897.html
  * or-applet https://github.com/yawning/or-applet
- * Tor-ramdisk 20140520 released http://opensource.dyc.edu/pipermail/tor-ramdisk/2014-May/000131.html
  * TBB built with Address Sanitizer  https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-qa/2014-May/000414.html
  * GetTor revamp proposal https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-dev/2014-May/006903.html
  * obfsproxy instructions for fedora https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-talk/2014-May/033032.html

version 15
Author: harmony
Date:   2014-05-24T16:20:01+00:00

   add Tor+HTTPS item to misc

--- version 14
+++ version 15
@@ -40,7 +40,20 @@
  [XXX]: https://stem.torproject.org/
  [XXX]: https://github.com/meejah/txtorcon
 
-Item 2 with cited source [XXX].
+Lunar announced [XXX] the creation of a repository [XXX] for an
+SVG+Javascript version of the EFF’s interactive “Tor and HTTPS”
+visualization [XXX], which has proven useful in explaining to users the
+types of data that can be leaked or intercepted, and by whom, when using
+Tor or HTTPS (or both, or neither). As Lunar wrote, “The good news is
+that it's translatable”: copies have so far been published in 18
+languages. The amount of translation required is very small, so if you'd
+like to contribute in your language then download the POT file [XXX] and
+submit a patch!
+
+ [XXX]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-talk/2014-May/033001.html
+ [XXX]: https://www.eff.org/pages/tor-and-https/
+ [XXX]: https://people.torproject.org/~lunar/tor-and-https/
+ [XXX]: https://gitweb.torproject.org/user/lunar/tor-and-https.git/blob/HEAD:/tor-and-https.pot
 
 Item 3 with cited source [XXX].
 
@@ -103,7 +116,6 @@
  * RFC: obfs4 https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-dev/2014-May/006897.html
  * or-applet https://github.com/yawning/or-applet
  * Tor-ramdisk 20140520 released http://opensource.dyc.edu/pipermail/tor-ramdisk/2014-May/000131.html
- * Tor and HTTPS graphic + translations https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-talk/2014-May/033001.html
  * TBB built with Address Sanitizer  https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-qa/2014-May/000414.html
  * GetTor revamp proposal https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-dev/2014-May/006903.html
  * obfsproxy instructions for fedora https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-talk/2014-May/033032.html

version 14
Author: harmony
Date:   2014-05-24T16:03:42+00:00

   language fixes

--- version 13
+++ version 14
@@ -56,20 +56,20 @@
 News from Tor StackExchange
 ---------------------------
 
-yohann2008 doesn't want his hidden service to be indexed by search
-engines [XXX]. puser suggested to use a robots.txt file [XXX]
-as on a normal webpage. Jens Kubieziel later got a confirmation
-at the IRC channel of ahmia.fi [XXX]. This search engine indeed
-repects the robots.txt. It is unknown if others do.
+yohann2008 doesn't want their hidden service to be indexed by search
+engines [XXX]. puser suggested using a robots.txt file [XXX],
+as on a normal webpage. Jens Kubieziel later received confirmation
+on the IRC channel of ahmia.fi [XXX] that this search engine does indeed
+respect the robots.txt; however, it is unknown whether others do.
 
  [XXX]: https://tor.stackexchange.com/q/2130/88
  [XXX]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robots_exclusion_standard
  [XXX]: https://ahmia.fi/
 
-Herbalist saw the following line in his log file [XXX] and
-wonders what that could mean:
+Herbalist saw the following line in their log file [XXX] and
+wonders what it could mean:
   Apr 04 16:08:07.000 [warn] Rejecting INTRODUCE1 on non-OR or non-edge circuit 7503.
-If you could reveal this mystery please answer the question.
+If you can unravel this mystery, please submit your answer to the question.
 
  [XXX]: https://tor.stackexchange.com/q/1866/88
 

version 13
Author: harmony
Date:   2014-05-24T15:59:05+00:00

   add onionshare to misc (maybe promote if more detail needs to be
   given?)

--- version 12
+++ version 13
@@ -19,22 +19,26 @@
 
  [XXX]:
 
-Monthly status reports for XXX month 2014
------------------------------------------
-
-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]:
-
 Miscellaneous news
 ------------------
 
-Item 1 with cited source [XXX].
+Micah Lee published OnionShare [XXX], a program that “makes it simple to
+share a file securely using a password-protected Tor hidden service”. It
+originally ran only in Tails, but has now been made compatible with
+other GNU/Linux distros, Windows, and OS X. As part of that process,
+Micah wondered [XXX] about the best way to make the program work with a
+Tor Browser or system tor process, as “I would really like to not be in
+the business of distributing Tor myself”. meejah [XXX] and David
+Stainton [XXX] responded with relevant details of the Stem and txtorcon
+controller libraries, which allow this kind of operation to take place
+via tor’s ControlPort.
+
+ [XXX]: https://github.com/micahflee/onionshare
+ [XXX]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-dev/2014-May/006895.html
+ [XXX]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-dev/2014-May/006896.html
+ [XXX]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-dev/2014-May/006899.html
+ [XXX]: https://stem.torproject.org/
+ [XXX]: https://github.com/meejah/txtorcon
 
 Item 2 with cited source [XXX].
 
@@ -95,7 +99,6 @@
 
 Possible items:
 
- * Micah Lee wrote Onionshare https://github.com/micahflee/onionshare ask about Tor integration https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-dev/2014-May/006895.html
  * A Child's Garden of Pluggable Transports https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-dev/2014-May/006891.html
  * RFC: obfs4 https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-dev/2014-May/006897.html
  * or-applet https://github.com/yawning/or-applet



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