October 2013 - tor-commits - lists.torproject.org

r26374: {website} strip trailing whitespace (no changes) (website/trunk/about/en)
by Roger Dingledine 02 Oct '13

02 Oct '13

Author: arma Date: 2013-10-02 17:26:38 +0000 (Wed, 02 Oct 2013) New Revision: 26374 Modified: website/trunk/about/en/overview.wml Log: strip trailing whitespace (no changes) Modified: website/trunk/about/en/overview.wml =================================================================== --- website/trunk/about/en/overview.wml 2013-10-02 01:24:56 UTC (rev 26373) +++ website/trunk/about/en/overview.wml 2013-10-02 17:26:38 UTC (rev 26374) @@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ </ul> </div>  - + <hr> <a name="inception"></a> @@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ for a wide variety of purposes by normal people, the military, journalists, law enforcement officers, activists, and many others. </p> - + <a name="overview"></a> <h3><a class="anchor" href="#overview">Overview</a></h3> @@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ to share information over public networks without compromising their privacy. </p> - + <p> Individuals use Tor to keep websites from tracking them and their family members, or to connect to news sites, instant messaging services, or the @@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ communication: chat rooms and web forums for rape and abuse survivors, or people with illnesses. </p> - + <p> Journalists use Tor to communicate more safely with whistleblowers and dissidents. Non-governmental organizations (NGOs) use Tor to allow their @@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ country, without notifying everybody nearby that they're working with that organization. </p> - + <p> Groups such as Indymedia recommend Tor for safeguarding their members' online privacy and security. Activist groups like the Electronic Frontier @@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ consulting job-hunting websites? Which research divisions are communicating with the company's patent lawyers? </p> - + <p> A branch of the U.S. Navy uses Tor for open source intelligence gathering, and one of its teams used Tor while deployed in the Middle @@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ web sites without leaving government IP addresses in their web logs, and for security during sting operations. </p> - + <p> The variety of people who use Tor is actually <a href="http://freehaven.net/doc/fc03/econymics.pdf">part of what makes @@ -101,10 +101,10 @@ so the more populous and diverse the user base for Tor is, the more your anonymity will be protected. </p> - + <a name="whyweneedtor"></a> <h3><a class="anchor" href="#whyweneedtor">Why we need Tor</a></h3> - + <p> Using Tor protects you against a common form of Internet surveillance known as "traffic analysis." Traffic analysis can be used to infer @@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ affiliation to anyone observing the network, even if the connection is encrypted. </p> - + <p> How does traffic analysis work? Internet data packets have two parts: a data payload and a header used for routing. The data payload is @@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ possibly, what you're saying. That's because it focuses on the header, which discloses source, destination, size, timing, and so on. </p> - + <p> A basic problem for the privacy minded is that the recipient of your communications can see that you sent it by looking at headers. So can @@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ analysis might involve sitting somewhere between sender and recipient on the network, looking at headers. </p> - + <p> But there are also more powerful kinds of traffic analysis. Some attackers spy on multiple parts of the Internet and use sophisticated @@ -147,11 +147,11 @@ these attackers, since it only hides the content of Internet traffic, not the headers. </p> - + <a name="thesolution"></a> <h3><a class="anchor" href="#thesolution">The solution: a distributed, anonymous network</a></h3> <img src="$(IMGROOT)/htw1.png" alt="How Tor works"> - + <p> Tor helps to reduce the risks of both simple and sophisticated traffic analysis by distributing your transactions over several places on the @@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ through several relays that cover your tracks so no observer at any single point can tell where the data came from or where it's going. </p> - + <p> To create a private network pathway with Tor, the user's software or client incrementally builds a circuit of encrypted connections through @@ -174,9 +174,9 @@ separate set of encryption keys for each hop along the circuit to ensure that each hop can't trace these connections as they pass through. </p> - + <p><img alt="Tor circuit step two" src="$(IMGROOT)/htw2.png"></p> - + <p> Once a circuit has been established, many kinds of data can be exchanged and several different sorts of software applications can be deployed @@ -186,20 +186,20 @@ only works for TCP streams and can be used by any application with SOCKS support. </p> - + <p> For efficiency, the Tor software uses the same circuit for connections that happen within the same ten minutes or so. Later requests are given a new circuit, to keep people from linking your earlier actions to the new ones. </p> - + <p><img alt="Tor circuit step three" src="$(IMGROOT)/htw3.png"></p> - - + + <a name="hiddenservices"></a> <h3><a class="anchor" href="#hiddenservices">Hidden services</a></h3> - + <p> Tor also makes it possible for users to hide their locations while offering various kinds of services, such as web publishing or an instant @@ -213,10 +213,10 @@ hidden services</a> and how the <a href="<page docs/hidden-services>">hidden service protocol</a> works. </p> - + <a name="stayinganonymous"></a> <h3><a class="anchor" href="#stayinganonymous">Staying anonymous</a></h3> - + <p> Tor can't solve all anonymity problems. It focuses only on protecting the transport of data. You need to use protocol-specific @@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ while browsing the web to withhold some information about your computer's configuration. </p> - + <p> Also, to protect your anonymity, be smart. Don't provide your name or other revealing information in web forms. Be aware that, like all @@ -235,10 +235,10 @@ arriving at your chosen destination, he can use statistical analysis to discover that they are part of the same circuit. </p> - + <a name="thefutureoftor"></a> <h3><a class="anchor" href="#thefutureoftor">The future of Tor</a></h3> - + <p> Providing a usable anonymizing network on the Internet today is an ongoing challenge. We want software that meets users' needs. We also @@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ or <a href="<page getinvolved/volunteer>">volunteering</a> as a <a href="<page docs/documentation>#Developers">developer</a>. </p> - + <p> Ongoing trends in law, policy, and technology threaten anonymity as never before, undermining our ability to speak and read freely online. These @@ -262,7 +262,7 @@ provides additional diversity, enhancing Tor's ability to put control over your security and privacy back into your hands. </p> - + </div>  <div id = "sidecol"> @@ -272,4 +272,4 @@  </div>  -#include <foot.wmi> +#include <foot.wmi>

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[check/master] Switch to less ambiguous wording.
by arlo＠torproject.org 02 Oct '13

02 Oct '13

commit b53d83e91ec10b554f336c618e69430e04ad15ec Author: Arlo Breault <arlolra(a)gmail.com> Date: Wed Oct 2 09:58:13 2013 -0700 Switch to less ambiguous wording. It has been reported that some users are confused by the distinction between "This" and "Your" browser. https://github.com/arlolra/check/issues/1 https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-talk/2013-October/030259.html --- check.pot | 7 ++----- public/index.html | 2 +- 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/check.pot b/check.pot index 8a6f05b..6533998 100644 --- a/check.pot +++ b/check.pot @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ # TorCheck gettext template -# Copyright (C) 2008-2012 The Tor Project, Inc +# Copyright (C) 2008-2013 The Tor Project, Inc # msgid "" msgstr "" @@ -13,10 +13,7 @@ msgstr "" "Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit\n" "Generated-By: pygettext.py 1.5\n" -msgid "Congratulations. Your browser is configured to use Tor." -msgstr "" - -msgid "Congratulations. <u>This</u> browser is configured to use Tor." +msgid "Congratulations. This browser is configured to use Tor." msgstr "" msgid "" diff --git a/public/index.html b/public/index.html index 944d980..652f7ae 100644 --- a/public/index.html +++ b/public/index.html @@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ {{ end }} <h1 class="{{ .OnOff }}"> {{ if .IsTor }} - {{ GetText .Lang "Congratulations. Your browser is configured to use Tor." }} + {{ GetText .Lang "Congratulations. This browser is configured to use Tor." }} {{ else }} {{ GetText .Lang "Sorry. You are not using Tor." }} {{ end }}

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[doctor/master] Rate limiting recommended version notifications
by atagar＠torproject.org 02 Oct '13

02 Oct '13

commit afb2c6e47302602a135576c1de33019df4eacd0e Author: Damian Johnson <atagar(a)torproject.org> Date: Wed Oct 2 07:42:38 2013 -0700 Rate limiting recommended version notifications Limiting notifications about the recommended versions being out of sync to once per day. In practice authorities look to be out of sync for 4-6 hours after they change their recommended versions, and giving multiple notifications of this is unhelpful. --- consensus_health_checker.py | 6 ++++-- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/consensus_health_checker.py b/consensus_health_checker.py index 45e6f64..12bb451 100755 --- a/consensus_health_checker.py +++ b/consensus_health_checker.py @@ -230,7 +230,8 @@ def different_recommended_client_version(latest_consensus, consensuses, votes): differences.append(msg) if differences: - return Issue.for_msg(Runlevel.NOTICE, 'DIFFERENT_RECOMMENDED_VERSION', 'client', ', '.join(differences)) + if rate_limit_notice('different_recommended_versions.client', days = 1): + return Issue.for_msg(Runlevel.NOTICE, 'DIFFERENT_RECOMMENDED_VERSION', 'client', ', '.join(differences)) def different_recommended_server_version(latest_consensus, consensuses, votes): @@ -244,7 +245,8 @@ def different_recommended_server_version(latest_consensus, consensuses, votes): differences.append(msg) if differences: - return Issue.for_msg(Runlevel.NOTICE, 'DIFFERENT_RECOMMENDED_VERSION', 'server', ', '.join(differences)) + if rate_limit_notice('different_recommended_versions.server', days = 1): + return Issue.for_msg(Runlevel.NOTICE, 'DIFFERENT_RECOMMENDED_VERSION', 'server', ', '.join(differences)) def _version_difference_str(authority, consensus_versions, vote_versions):

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[stem/master] Adding a hash method to our Version class
by atagar＠torproject.org 02 Oct '13

02 Oct '13

commit bcd849f0cbf3e5a823049dcea51f9158baf897b9 Author: Damian Johnson <atagar(a)torproject.org> Date: Wed Oct 2 07:32:11 2013 -0700 Adding a hash method to our Version class Our Version class lacked a __hash__() method, causing it to behave unintuitively in dictionaries and sets... >>> from stem.version import Version >>> foo = set([Version('0.2.4.9-alpha')]) >>> bar = set([Version('0.2.4.9-alpha')]) >>> foo.difference(bar) set([<stem.version.Version object at 0xb71fae0c>]) This is because python opts for the object's identity when a hash method does not exist. --- stem/version.py | 13 +++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+) diff --git a/stem/version.py b/stem/version.py index 3630611..b529f86 100644 --- a/stem/version.py +++ b/stem/version.py @@ -236,6 +236,19 @@ class Version(object): return self._compare(other, lambda s, o: s >= o) + def __hash__(self): + my_hash = 0 + + for attr in ("major", "minor", "micro", "patch", "status"): + my_hash *= 1024 + + attr_value = getattr(self, attr) + + if attr_value is not None: + my_hash += hash(attr_value) + + return my_hash + class _VersionRequirements(object): """

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[translation/torcheck_completed] Update translations for torcheck_completed
by translation＠torproject.org 02 Oct '13

02 Oct '13

commit d19914dedbfb25de5e68196a92001fa4d28bcc1d Author: Translation commit bot <translation(a)torproject.org> Date: Wed Oct 2 08:45:48 2013 +0000 Update translations for torcheck_completed --- ar/torcheck.po | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/ar/torcheck.po b/ar/torcheck.po index 11326ea..ff81868 100644 --- a/ar/torcheck.po +++ b/ar/torcheck.po @@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ msgstr "" "Project-Id-Version: The Tor Project\n" "Report-Msgid-Bugs-To: https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor\n" "POT-Creation-Date: 2012-02-16 20:28+PDT\n" -"PO-Revision-Date: 2013-10-02 08:11+0000\n" +"PO-Revision-Date: 2013-10-02 08:20+0000\n" "Last-Translator: Sherief Alaa <sheriefalaa.w(a)gmail.com>\n" "Language-Team: Arabic (http://www.transifex.com/projects/p/torproject/language/ar/)\n" "MIME-Version: 1.0\n"

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[translation/torcheck] Update translations for torcheck
by translation＠torproject.org 02 Oct '13

02 Oct '13

commit 3690261d3b738ce9cb275ef190067690509d89ae Author: Translation commit bot <translation(a)torproject.org> Date: Wed Oct 2 08:45:45 2013 +0000 Update translations for torcheck --- ar/torcheck.po | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/ar/torcheck.po b/ar/torcheck.po index 11326ea..ff81868 100644 --- a/ar/torcheck.po +++ b/ar/torcheck.po @@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ msgstr "" "Project-Id-Version: The Tor Project\n" "Report-Msgid-Bugs-To: https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor\n" "POT-Creation-Date: 2012-02-16 20:28+PDT\n" -"PO-Revision-Date: 2013-10-02 08:11+0000\n" +"PO-Revision-Date: 2013-10-02 08:20+0000\n" "Last-Translator: Sherief Alaa <sheriefalaa.w(a)gmail.com>\n" "Language-Team: Arabic (http://www.transifex.com/projects/p/torproject/language/ar/)\n" "MIME-Version: 1.0\n"

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[translation/torcheck_completed] Update translations for torcheck_completed
by translation＠torproject.org 02 Oct '13

02 Oct '13

commit 1f69843a98f6042cc2a1b990ff6159ee1d52a695 Author: Translation commit bot <translation(a)torproject.org> Date: Wed Oct 2 08:15:47 2013 +0000 Update translations for torcheck_completed --- ar/torcheck.po | 8 ++++---- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/ar/torcheck.po b/ar/torcheck.po index 7e675b3..11326ea 100644 --- a/ar/torcheck.po +++ b/ar/torcheck.po @@ -5,14 +5,14 @@ # Mohammed ALDOUB <voulnet(a)gmail.com>, 2012 # Mohammed ALDOUB <voulnet(a)gmail.com>, 2012 # OsamaK <osamak(a)gnu.org>, 2011 -# Sherief <sheriefalaa.w(a)gmail.com>, 2013 +# Sherief Alaa <sheriefalaa.w(a)gmail.com>, 2013 msgid "" msgstr "" "Project-Id-Version: The Tor Project\n" "Report-Msgid-Bugs-To: https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor\n" "POT-Creation-Date: 2012-02-16 20:28+PDT\n" -"PO-Revision-Date: 2013-05-13 01:27+0000\n" -"Last-Translator: Sherief <sheriefalaa.w(a)gmail.com>\n" +"PO-Revision-Date: 2013-10-02 08:11+0000\n" +"Last-Translator: Sherief Alaa <sheriefalaa.w(a)gmail.com>\n" "Language-Team: Arabic (http://www.transifex.com/projects/p/torproject/language/ar/)\n" "MIME-Version: 1.0\n" "Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8\n" @@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ msgid "" "Please refer to the <a href=\"https://www.torproject.org/\">Tor website</a> " "for further information about using Tor safely. You are now free to browse " "the Internet anonymously." -msgstr "الرجاء الرجوع إلي <a href=\"https://www.torproject.org/\">موقع تور</a> للمزيد من المعلومات حول استخدام تور بأمان. يمكنك الآن التصفح بأمان و خصوصية. " +msgstr "الرجاء الرجوع إلي <a href=\"https://www.torproject.org/\">موقع تور</a> للمزيد من المعلومات حول استخدام تور بآمان. يمكنك الان استخدام شبكة الانترنت بخصوصية. " msgid "There is a security update available for the Tor Browser Bundle." msgstr "هناك تحديث أمني متوفر لحزمة متصفح تور."

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[translation/torcheck] Update translations for torcheck
by translation＠torproject.org 02 Oct '13

02 Oct '13

commit 3280280ee39b8cf5beb7cc23b5d24d852a4ee759 Author: Translation commit bot <translation(a)torproject.org> Date: Wed Oct 2 08:15:44 2013 +0000 Update translations for torcheck --- ar/torcheck.po | 8 ++++---- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/ar/torcheck.po b/ar/torcheck.po index 7e675b3..11326ea 100644 --- a/ar/torcheck.po +++ b/ar/torcheck.po @@ -5,14 +5,14 @@ # Mohammed ALDOUB <voulnet(a)gmail.com>, 2012 # Mohammed ALDOUB <voulnet(a)gmail.com>, 2012 # OsamaK <osamak(a)gnu.org>, 2011 -# Sherief <sheriefalaa.w(a)gmail.com>, 2013 +# Sherief Alaa <sheriefalaa.w(a)gmail.com>, 2013 msgid "" msgstr "" "Project-Id-Version: The Tor Project\n" "Report-Msgid-Bugs-To: https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor\n" "POT-Creation-Date: 2012-02-16 20:28+PDT\n" -"PO-Revision-Date: 2013-05-13 01:27+0000\n" -"Last-Translator: Sherief <sheriefalaa.w(a)gmail.com>\n" +"PO-Revision-Date: 2013-10-02 08:11+0000\n" +"Last-Translator: Sherief Alaa <sheriefalaa.w(a)gmail.com>\n" "Language-Team: Arabic (http://www.transifex.com/projects/p/torproject/language/ar/)\n" "MIME-Version: 1.0\n" "Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8\n" @@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ msgid "" "Please refer to the <a href=\"https://www.torproject.org/\">Tor website</a> " "for further information about using Tor safely. You are now free to browse " "the Internet anonymously." -msgstr "الرجاء الرجوع إلي <a href=\"https://www.torproject.org/\">موقع تور</a> للمزيد من المعلومات حول استخدام تور بأمان. يمكنك الآن التصفح بأمان و خصوصية. " +msgstr "الرجاء الرجوع إلي <a href=\"https://www.torproject.org/\">موقع تور</a> للمزيد من المعلومات حول استخدام تور بآمان. يمكنك الان استخدام شبكة الانترنت بخصوصية. " msgid "There is a security update available for the Tor Browser Bundle." msgstr "هناك تحديث أمني متوفر لحزمة متصفح تور."

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[tor/master] one last teeny-tiny change
by arma＠torproject.org 02 Oct '13

02 Oct '13

commit e65b54ec75e3c9e9ada33c8f3ee868d1bea167f5 Author: Roger Dingledine <arma(a)torproject.org> Date: Tue Oct 1 22:54:25 2013 -0400 one last teeny-tiny change --- ChangeLog | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog index 2be78ce..c067781 100644 --- a/ChangeLog +++ b/ChangeLog @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -Changes in version 0.2.5.1-alpha - 2012-10-02 +Changes in version 0.2.5.1-alpha - 2013-10-02 Tor 0.2.5.1-alpha introduces experimental support for syscall sandboxing on Linux, allows bridges that offer pluggable transports to report usage statistics, fixes many issues to make testing easier, and provides

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[tor/master] give it a release blurb
by arma＠torproject.org 02 Oct '13

02 Oct '13

commit 513a118d386fec64d89c656334f6161c4fdc20b6 Author: Roger Dingledine <arma(a)torproject.org> Date: Tue Oct 1 22:32:35 2013 -0400 give it a release blurb --- ChangeLog | 8 ++++++-- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog index a466764..2be78ce 100644 --- a/ChangeLog +++ b/ChangeLog @@ -1,5 +1,9 @@ -Changes in version 0.2.5.1-alpha - 2012-10-0? - Tor 0.2.5.1-alpha [...] +Changes in version 0.2.5.1-alpha - 2012-10-02 + Tor 0.2.5.1-alpha introduces experimental support for syscall sandboxing + on Linux, allows bridges that offer pluggable transports to report usage + statistics, fixes many issues to make testing easier, and provides + a pile of minor features and bugfixes that have been waiting for a + release of the new branch. This is the first alpha release in a new series, so expect there to be bugs. Users who would rather test out a more stable branch should

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