[TWN team] Recent changes to the wiki pages
Lunar
lunar at torproject.org
Sat May 24 22:40:10 UTC 2014
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=== https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/wiki/TorWeeklyNews/2014/21 ===
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version 24
Author: harmony
Date: 2014-05-24T22:04:49+00:00
add stem item to misc
--- version 23
+++ version 24
@@ -80,6 +80,12 @@
[XXX]: https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/wiki/doc/AChildsGardenOfPluggableTransports
[XXX]: https://www.torproject.org/docs/pluggable-transports
+Damian Johnson wrote a new tutorial [XXX] for the Stem controller
+library, giving an overview of Stem’s control prompt and Python
+interpreter, and what can be done with it.
+
+ [XXX]: https://stem.torproject.org/tutorials/down_the_rabbit_hole.html
+
Israel Leiva published [XXX] the initial version of a design
proposal [XXX] for the “Revamp GetTor” Google Summer of Code project,
having concluded that a full rewrite is needed.
@@ -92,7 +98,8 @@
[XXX]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-reports/2014-May/000536.html
-kzhm sent out [XXX] instructions for installing obfsproxy on Fedora 20, to go with those for other Linux distributions [XXX].
+kzhm sent out [XXX] instructions for installing obfsproxy on Fedora 20,
+to go with those for other Linux distributions [XXX].
[XXX]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-talk/2014-May/033032.html
[XXX]: https://www.torproject.org/projects/obfsproxy-instructions.html
@@ -151,5 +158,4 @@
* RFC: obfs4 https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-dev/2014-May/006897.html
* or-applet https://github.com/yawning/or-applet
* TBB built with Address Sanitizer https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-qa/2014-May/000414.html
- * New Stem intepreter tutorial https://stem.torproject.org/tutorials/down_the_rabbit_hole.html
* Instantbird OTR support with minimalistic UI https://bugs.torproject.org/11533
version 23
Author: harmony
Date: 2014-05-24T21:57:11+00:00
add fedora obfs item to misc
--- version 22
+++ version 23
@@ -92,6 +92,11 @@
[XXX]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-reports/2014-May/000536.html
+kzhm sent out [XXX] instructions for installing obfsproxy on Fedora 20, to go with those for other Linux distributions [XXX].
+
+ [XXX]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-talk/2014-May/033032.html
+ [XXX]: https://www.torproject.org/projects/obfsproxy-instructions.html
+
Tor help desk roundup
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@@ -146,7 +151,5 @@
* RFC: obfs4 https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-dev/2014-May/006897.html
* or-applet https://github.com/yawning/or-applet
* TBB built with Address Sanitizer https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-qa/2014-May/000414.html
- * obfsproxy instructions for fedora https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-talk/2014-May/033032.html
- * ahmia.fi GSoC weekly report https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-reports/2014-May/000536.html
* New Stem intepreter tutorial https://stem.torproject.org/tutorials/down_the_rabbit_hole.html
* Instantbird OTR support with minimalistic UI https://bugs.torproject.org/11533
version 22
Author: harmony
Date: 2014-05-24T21:52:52+00:00
add ahmia.fi to misc
--- version 21
+++ version 22
@@ -87,6 +87,11 @@
[XXX]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-dev/2014-May/006903.html
[XXX]: https://github.com/ileiva/gettor/blob/master/spec/overview.txt
+Juha Nurmi submitted [XXX] the first weekly report for the ahmia.fi GSoC
+project.
+
+ [XXX]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-reports/2014-May/000536.html
+
Tor help desk roundup
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version 21
Author: harmony
Date: 2014-05-24T21:49:27+00:00
add gettor item to misc
--- version 20
+++ version 21
@@ -80,6 +80,13 @@
[XXX]: https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/wiki/doc/AChildsGardenOfPluggableTransports
[XXX]: https://www.torproject.org/docs/pluggable-transports
+Israel Leiva published [XXX] the initial version of a design
+proposal [XXX] for the “Revamp GetTor” Google Summer of Code project,
+having concluded that a full rewrite is needed.
+
+ [XXX]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-dev/2014-May/006903.html
+ [XXX]: https://github.com/ileiva/gettor/blob/master/spec/overview.txt
+
Tor help desk roundup
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@@ -134,7 +141,6 @@
* RFC: obfs4 https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-dev/2014-May/006897.html
* or-applet https://github.com/yawning/or-applet
* 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
* ahmia.fi GSoC weekly report https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-reports/2014-May/000536.html
* New Stem intepreter tutorial https://stem.torproject.org/tutorials/down_the_rabbit_hole.html
version 20
Author: harmony
Date: 2014-05-24T21:43:36+00:00
add possible items from timeline
--- version 19
+++ version 20
@@ -136,4 +136,6 @@
* 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
- * ahmia.fi GSoC weekly report https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-reports/2014-May/000536.html
+ * ahmia.fi GSoC weekly report https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-reports/2014-May/000536.html
+ * New Stem intepreter tutorial https://stem.torproject.org/tutorials/down_the_rabbit_hole.html
+ * Instantbird OTR support with minimalistic UI https://bugs.torproject.org/11533
version 19
Author: harmony
Date: 2014-05-24T21:32:58+00:00
add pt item to misc
--- version 18
+++ version 19
@@ -66,6 +66,20 @@
[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
+David Fifield published [XXX] “A Child’s Garden of Pluggable
+Transports” [XXX], a detailed visualization of different pluggable
+transport protocols, including “aspects of different transports that I
+think are hard to intuit, such as what flash proxy rendezvous looks
+like, and how transports look under the encrypted layer that is visible
+to a censor”. A few other transports supported by Tor [XXX] are not yet
+discussed in the guide; “if you know how to run any of those transports,
+and you know an effective way to visualize it, please add it to the
+page”, wrote David.
+
+ [XXX]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-dev/2014-May/006891.html
+ [XXX]: https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/wiki/doc/AChildsGardenOfPluggableTransports
+ [XXX]: https://www.torproject.org/docs/pluggable-transports
+
Tor help desk roundup
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@@ -117,7 +131,6 @@
Possible items:
- * 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
* TBB built with Address Sanitizer https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-qa/2014-May/000414.html
version 18
Author: harmony
Date: 2014-05-24T21:20:19+00:00
apostrophes
--- version 17
+++ version 18
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
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
+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!
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@
News from Tor StackExchange
---------------------------
-yohann2008 doesn't want their hidden service to be indexed by search
+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
version 17
Author: harmony
Date: 2014-05-24T21:18:23+00:00
stray space
--- version 16
+++ version 17
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
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
+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”.
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