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[webwml/master] Remove note to closed bug on FAQ
by sebastian＠torproject.org 11 Feb '15

11 Feb '15

commit 8c76eeae2ddaecc7e736597ddee4bbdaa52613a1 Author: Sebastian Hahn <sebastian(a)torproject.org> Date: Wed Feb 11 05:17:32 2015 +0100 Remove note to closed bug on FAQ --- docs/en/faq.wml | 5 ----- 1 file changed, 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/en/faq.wml b/docs/en/faq.wml index a6c3e28..be15a45 100644 --- a/docs/en/faq.wml +++ b/docs/en/faq.wml @@ -1587,11 +1587,6 @@ href="http://www.crowdstrike.com/community-tools/index.html#tool-79">proposed <pre> ServerTransportPlugin obfs3 exec /usr/bin/obfsproxy managed </pre> - - This third option is pretty klunky right now; see e.g. <a - href="https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/10449">this bug</a>; - but we're hoping it will become an easy option in the future. - <hr>

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[webwml/master] tweak the gettor page a little
by sebastian＠torproject.org 11 Feb '15

11 Feb '15

commit 7c03ac85ca68f647573a10d416ba9f66f052fa94 Author: Sebastian Hahn <sebastian(a)torproject.org> Date: Wed Feb 11 04:13:14 2015 +0100 tweak the gettor page a little --- projects/en/gettor.wml | 81 +++++++++--------------------------------------- 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 67 deletions(-) diff --git a/projects/en/gettor.wml b/projects/en/gettor.wml index d7b0d3b..ff9e3bd 100644 --- a/projects/en/gettor.wml +++ b/projects/en/gettor.wml @@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ <a href="<page projects/projects>">Projects » </a> <a href="<page projects/gettor>">GetTor » </a> </div> - <div id="maincol"> + <div id="maincol"> <h1>GetTor robot</h1> GetTor is a service that provides alternative methods to download Tor @@ -19,12 +19,12 @@ SMTP (email). <h2>Download Tor Browser via email</h2> -Users can communicate with GetTor robot by sending messages via email. +Users can communicate with GetTor robot by sending messages via email. Currently, the best known email address to do this is gettor(a)torproject.org. This should be the most current and stable GetTor robot as it is operated by Tor Project itself. -To ask for Tor Browser, a user should send an email to GetTor robot with +To ask for Tor Browser, a user should send an email to GetTor robot with one of the following options in the body of the message: <ul> @@ -36,69 +36,10 @@ one of the following options in the body of the message: </li> </ul> -Options are case insensitive. If a user selects two or more options, only -the first one will be considered. After the user sends a valid option, GetTor -robot will reply with links to download Tor Browser from popular cloud -services. For now, the only cloud service supported is Dropbox. A sample -reply from GetTor robot should look similar to this: - -<pre> - Thank you for your request for windows-en. - - Here are the download links: - - === - Tor Browser Bundle: - === - - Dropbox - - Package (32/64-bit): - https://www.dropbox.com/s/0p4oew8w/torbrowser-install-4.0.1_en-US.exe?dl=1 - - ASC signature (32/64-bit): - https://www.dropbox.com/s/y68h/torbrowser-install-4.0.1_en-US.exe.asc?dl=1 - - Package SHA256 checksum (32/64-bit): - e41078c34785e6834657d008d0c2b0b671b793b5cbc67ebc60e8d55735504a10 - - Fingerprint: 8738 A680 B84B 3031 A630 F2DB 416F 0610 63FE E659 - - === - Support: - === - - Still need help? If you have any questions, trouble connecting to Tor - network, or need to talk to a human, please contact our support team at: - - help(a)rt.torproject.org - - We are ready to answer your queries in English, Farsi, Chinese, Arabic, - French and Spanish. -</pre> - - -If a user sends something different from the options mentioned before, -GetTor robot will reply with a help message explaining how to interact with -it. A sample help message should look like this: - -<pre> - Hello, this is the 'GetTor' robot. - - Thank you for your request. I am here to help you download the latest - Tor Browser Bundle. - - Please reply to this message with one of the options below: - - windows - linux - osx - - And I will send you the download instructions quickly. - - Tip: Just send a blank reply to this message if you are not sure. -</pre> - +Options are case insensitive. If a user selects two or more options, only +the first one will be considered. After the user sends a valid option, GetTor +robot will reply with links to download Tor Browser from popular cloud +services. For now, the only cloud service supported is Dropbox. Once the files have been downloaded users should verify the @@ -115,6 +56,12 @@ pluggable transports</a>. These guides will be provided by the GetTor robot in the future. + +If a user requests an invalid option, GetTor robot will reply with a +help message explaining how to interact with it. + + + </div>  <div id = "sidecol"> @@ -124,4 +71,4 @@ robot in the future.  </div>  -#include <foot.wmi> +#include <foot.wmi>

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[webwml/master] Remove useless sentence on gettor page (thanks ilv)
by sebastian＠torproject.org 11 Feb '15

11 Feb '15

commit a0e2fa74e1cf7d47bc5ce704bd54fd889b7710f6 Author: Sebastian Hahn <sebastian(a)torproject.org> Date: Wed Feb 11 04:23:19 2015 +0100 Remove useless sentence on gettor page (thanks ilv) --- projects/en/gettor.wml | 6 ------ 1 file changed, 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/projects/en/gettor.wml b/projects/en/gettor.wml index ff9e3bd..67fd9fb 100644 --- a/projects/en/gettor.wml +++ b/projects/en/gettor.wml @@ -56,12 +56,6 @@ pluggable transports</a>. These guides will be provided by the GetTor robot in the future. - -If a user requests an invalid option, GetTor robot will reply with a -help message explaining how to interact with it. - - - </div>  <div id = "sidecol">

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[webwml/staging] Remove useless sentence on gettor page (thanks ilv)
by sebastian＠torproject.org 11 Feb '15

11 Feb '15

commit a0e2fa74e1cf7d47bc5ce704bd54fd889b7710f6 Author: Sebastian Hahn <sebastian(a)torproject.org> Date: Wed Feb 11 04:23:19 2015 +0100 Remove useless sentence on gettor page (thanks ilv) --- projects/en/gettor.wml | 6 ------ 1 file changed, 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/projects/en/gettor.wml b/projects/en/gettor.wml index ff9e3bd..67fd9fb 100644 --- a/projects/en/gettor.wml +++ b/projects/en/gettor.wml @@ -56,12 +56,6 @@ pluggable transports</a>. These guides will be provided by the GetTor robot in the future. - -If a user requests an invalid option, GetTor robot will reply with a -help message explaining how to interact with it. - - - </div>  <div id = "sidecol">

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[webwml/staging] Add note about security issues
by sebastian＠torproject.org 11 Feb '15

11 Feb '15

commit 6f1225fc6c52b172e33de1cc11e3780f82e55abc Author: Sebastian Hahn <sebastian(a)torproject.org> Date: Sun Feb 8 18:27:53 2015 +0100 Add note about security issues --- about/en/contact.wml | 10 ++++++++++ 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+) diff --git a/about/en/contact.wml b/about/en/contact.wml index e1e1d6c..e7d6c2c 100644 --- a/about/en/contact.wml +++ b/about/en/contact.wml @@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ <li><a href="#twitter">Twitter</a></li> <li><a href="#phone">Telephone</a></li> <li><a href="#mail">Mailing Address</a></li> + <li><a href="#security">Security Issues</a></li> </ul> <a id="support"></a> @@ -105,6 +106,15 @@ Cambridge, MA 02139-2403 USA + <a id="security"></a> + <h3><a class="anchor" href="#security">Security Issues</a></h3> + If you found a security issue in one of our projects or our + infrastructure, please email the respective maintainer. You can find + their GPG fingerprint/key on our <a + href="https://db.torproject.org">developer ldap search page</a>. Due + to the many different projects we have, we do not offer a single + list for security issues. + </div>  <div id = "sidecol">

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[webwml/staging] Drop mentors who've been unresponsive
by sebastian＠torproject.org 11 Feb '15

11 Feb '15

commit e5162adafd00d6f1c362ab5e664ffd08d52a89ba Author: Damian Johnson <atagar(a)torproject.org> Date: Sun Feb 8 10:24:02 2015 -0800 Drop mentors who've been unresponsive Dropping Nick, Aaron, Mike, Nicolas, Steven, George, and Isis as prospective mentors and in a couple cases where they were the only people dropping their projects. We can add them back if they voice an interest in mentoring. --- getinvolved/en/volunteer.wml | 30 ++++++++++++++---------------- 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-) diff --git a/getinvolved/en/volunteer.wml b/getinvolved/en/volunteer.wml index 00500fa..92bf903 100644 --- a/getinvolved/en/volunteer.wml +++ b/getinvolved/en/volunteer.wml @@ -735,11 +735,6 @@ meetings around the world.</li> in. This was actively developed until Fall of 2010. - - Project Ideas: - <a href="#newBridgedbDistributor">New BridgeDB Distributor</a> - - <a id="project-ooni-probe"></a> <h3><a href="https://ooni.torproject.org/">Ooni Probe</a> (<a href="https://gitweb.torproject.org/ooni-probe.git">code</a>, <a @@ -930,7 +925,7 @@ meetings around the world.</li> Skill Level: Medium to High - Likely Mentors: Nick (nickm), David (dgoulet) + Likely Mentors: David (dgoulet) The Tor code is more than 10 years old in places, and we haven't always had enough time or wisdom to write things as well as we could have. Our unit @@ -973,7 +968,7 @@ meetings around the world.</li> Skill Level: Medium - Likely Mentors: Steven (sjmurdoch), Ximin (infinity0), George (asn) + Likely Mentors: Ximin (infinity0) For Tor users in censored countries, we have a <a href="<page docs/pluggable-transports>"> @@ -1044,7 +1039,7 @@ meetings around the world.</li> Skill Level: High - Likely Mentors: Steven (sjmurdoch), Yawning + Likely Mentors: Yawning There are <a href="https://research.torproject.org/techreports/datagram-comparison-2011-11-07.…">lots @@ -1182,7 +1177,7 @@ You may contact the mentors on IRC for more information. (sukhe on #tor-dev, #to Skill Level: Medium - Likely Mentors: Arturo (hellais), Aaron (aagbsn) + Likely Mentors: Arturo (hellais) The feature should also add support for including only packet capture data that is relevant to the test being run. This means that the pcap should not contain @@ -1257,7 +1252,7 @@ configurations is a good first step to understanding this problem. Skill Level: Medium - Likely Mentors: Nick (nickm), David (dgoulet) + Likely Mentors: David (dgoulet) Right now, our unit test coverage with the tests we ship is around 30% -- only 30% of the executable lines in our source are reached by the @@ -1323,7 +1318,7 @@ easy to test.) Skill Level: Medium - Likely Mentors: Nick (nickm), David (dgoulet) + Likely Mentors: David (dgoulet) Right now, if you run a busy Tor server on a multicore computer, most of the cores are mostly unused. We have a "cpuworker" mechanism to move @@ -1373,7 +1368,7 @@ the codebase that you want to work on. Skill Level: Medium - Likely Mentors: Nick (nickm), David (dgoulet) + Likely Mentors: David (dgoulet) We're working on a revamp of the entire Tor hidden service design to improve the security and reliability of the hidden service system. @@ -1410,7 +1405,7 @@ the codebase that you want to work on. Skill Level: Medium - Likely Mentors: Nick (nickm), David (dgoulet) + Likely Mentors: David (dgoulet) Right now, you can only use Tor's DNS support to look up IPv4 and IPv6 addresses, and to fetch PTR records. But DNS can do so much more! @@ -1446,7 +1441,7 @@ the codebase that you want to work on. Skill Level: Medium - Likely Mentors: Nick (nickm), David (dgoulet) + Likely Mentors: David (dgoulet) The seccomp2 mechanism on Linux lets programs improve their robustness against unforseen bugs by running with restrictions on which system @@ -1511,7 +1506,7 @@ the codebase that you want to work on. Skill Level: Medium - Likely Mentors: Georg (GeKo), Mike Perry, Nicolas Vigier + Likely Mentors: Georg (GeKo) The <a href="https://panopticlick.eff.org">Panopticlick project by the EFF</a> @@ -1561,6 +1556,7 @@ implementation. </li> + + <!-- <a id=""></a> <li>

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[webwml/staging] Minors changes on the text. Replaced autoresponder by robot. Fixed length of links.
by sebastian＠torproject.org 11 Feb '15

11 Feb '15

commit 341f6034fbbe6c831c39aee42058187731156ed0 Author: ileiva <ileiva(a)users.noreply.github.com> Date: Sun Feb 8 16:45:00 2015 -0300 Minors changes on the text. Replaced autoresponder by robot. Fixed length of links. --- projects/en/gettor.wml | 38 ++++++++++++++++++++++---------------- 1 file changed, 22 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-) diff --git a/projects/en/gettor.wml b/projects/en/gettor.wml index 0bf1854..d7b0d3b 100644 --- a/projects/en/gettor.wml +++ b/projects/en/gettor.wml @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ # Revision: $Revision$ # Translation-Priority: 3-low -#include "head.wmi" TITLE="Tor Project: GetTor autoresponder" CHARSET="UTF-8" +#include "head.wmi" TITLE="Tor Project: GetTor robot" CHARSET="UTF-8" <div id="content" class="clearfix"> <div id="breadcrumbs"> <a href="<page index>">Home » </a> @@ -11,20 +11,21 @@ </div> <div id="maincol"> - <h1>GetTor autoresponder</h1> -GetTor is a program that presents alternative methods to download Tor -Browser, specially when access to Tor Project's official website and mirrors -is blocked. For now, the only available method is SMTP (email). + <h1>GetTor robot</h1> +GetTor is a service that provides alternative methods to download Tor +Browser, specially for situations where access to Tor Project's official +website and mirrors is blocked. For now, the only available method is +SMTP (email). <h2>Download Tor Browser via email</h2> Users can communicate with GetTor robot by sending messages via email. -Currently, the best known GetTor email address is gettor @ torproject.org. -This should be the most current stable GetTor robot as it is operated by -Tor Project. +Currently, the best known email address to do this is gettor(a)torproject.org. +This should be the most current and stable GetTor robot as it is operated +by Tor Project itself. -To ask for Tor Browser a user should send an email to GetTor robot with -one of the following options in the message body: +To ask for Tor Browser, a user should send an email to GetTor robot with +one of the following options in the body of the message: <ul> <li>windows: If the user needs Tor Browser for Windows. @@ -35,11 +36,11 @@ one of the following options in the message body: </li> </ul> -Options are case insensitive. If a user select two or more options, only +Options are case insensitive. If a user selects two or more options, only the first one will be considered. After the user sends a valid option, GetTor robot will reply with links to download Tor Browser from popular cloud services. For now, the only cloud service supported is Dropbox. A sample -reply from GetTor robot should look like this: +reply from GetTor robot should look similar to this: <pre> Thank you for your request for windows-en. @@ -52,9 +53,14 @@ reply from GetTor robot should look like this: Dropbox - Package (32/64-bit): https://www.dropbox.com/s/0p4oew8w2u7vzv2/torbrowser-install-4.0.1_en-US.ex… - ASC signature (32/64-bit): https://www.dropbox.com/s/y68hhrk378lygn4/torbrowser-install-4.0.1_en-US.ex… - Package SHA256 checksum (32/64-bit): e41078c34785e6834657d008d0c2b0b671b793b5cbc67ebc60e8d55735504a10 + Package (32/64-bit): + https://www.dropbox.com/s/0p4oew8w/torbrowser-install-4.0.1_en-US.exe?dl=1 + + ASC signature (32/64-bit): + https://www.dropbox.com/s/y68h/torbrowser-install-4.0.1_en-US.exe.asc?dl=1 + + Package SHA256 checksum (32/64-bit): + e41078c34785e6834657d008d0c2b0b671b793b5cbc67ebc60e8d55735504a10 Fingerprint: 8738 A680 B84B 3031 A630 F2DB 416F 0610 63FE E659 @@ -105,7 +111,7 @@ install instructions</a> to start using Tor Browser. A user that can't reach the Tor network after the install process should consider using <a href="https://bridges.torproject.org">bridges</a> or <a href="https://www.torproject.org/docs/pluggable-transports.html.en"> -pluggable transports</a>. This guide will be provided by the GetTor +pluggable transports</a>. These guides will be provided by the GetTor robot in the future.

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[webwml/staging] Add George as a potential mentor of the HS project
by sebastian＠torproject.org 11 Feb '15

11 Feb '15

commit 1b53532871a3a65da9c4487a36188bdff6fad211 Author: Damian Johnson <atagar(a)torproject.org> Date: Sun Feb 8 13:08:37 2015 -0800 Add George as a potential mentor of the HS project --- getinvolved/en/volunteer.wml | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/getinvolved/en/volunteer.wml b/getinvolved/en/volunteer.wml index 92bf903..ab1b164 100644 --- a/getinvolved/en/volunteer.wml +++ b/getinvolved/en/volunteer.wml @@ -1368,7 +1368,7 @@ the codebase that you want to work on. Skill Level: Medium - Likely Mentors: David (dgoulet) + Likely Mentors: David (dgoulet), George (asn) We're working on a revamp of the entire Tor hidden service design to improve the security and reliability of the hidden service system.

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[webwml/staging] give an extra help for people confused by os x gatekeeper
by sebastian＠torproject.org 11 Feb '15

11 Feb '15

commit 1e96f7e96f192dd341854b5b9ac709775f9a2a50 Author: Roger Dingledine <arma(a)torproject.org> Date: Sun Feb 8 21:29:09 2015 -0500 give an extra help for people confused by os x gatekeeper --- projects/en/torbrowser.wml | 5 ++++- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/projects/en/torbrowser.wml b/projects/en/torbrowser.wml index 95ae518..99e80ed 100644 --- a/projects/en/torbrowser.wml +++ b/projects/en/torbrowser.wml @@ -516,7 +516,10 @@ <div class="pjtitle"><h2>Mac OS X Instructions</h2></div> <div class="pjtext"> Download the file above, save it somewhere, then click on it. - This opens the .dmg file. Drag the included file into your Applications folder and you will + This opens the .dmg file. (On recent versions of OS X, you might get + a warning that it's from an "unidentified developer" — you can + get around this complaint by <a href="https://tor.stackexchange.com/questions/1187/my-osx-is-saying-torbrowserbun…">control-clicking and selecting "open"</a>.) + Drag the included file into your Applications folder and you will have a Tor Browser application in your chosen language that you can pin on your Dock. </div>

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[webwml/staging] Nobody wants irix or mac os x 10.2 systems
by sebastian＠torproject.org 11 Feb '15

11 Feb '15

commit 0e965dd5b3d93a40592af34fc09953e6c612e7fd Author: Sebastian Hahn <sebastian(a)torproject.org> Date: Mon Feb 9 05:54:11 2015 +0100 Nobody wants irix or mac os x 10.2 systems --- donate/en/donate-hardware.wml | 7 +++---- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/donate/en/donate-hardware.wml b/donate/en/donate-hardware.wml index e605dd2..6dbe35d 100644 --- a/donate/en/donate-hardware.wml +++ b/donate/en/donate-hardware.wml @@ -14,10 +14,9 @@ that could be used to provide the infrastructure that supports Tor's operations, including website mirrors, database servers, build systems and legacy hardware for supporting packages on older Operating - Systems; such as OS X 10.2, OS X 10.3, Windows XP, Windows 7, IRIX, - Redhat, CentOS, Fedora, Debian, etc. A number of service providers - have an abundance of bandwidth capacity, but need hardware in order - to donate it to us. + Systems; Windows 7, Redhat, CentOS, Fedora, Debian, etc. A number of + service providers have an abundance of bandwidth capacity, but need + hardware in order to donate it to us. By donating hardware, you're joining our many <a href="<page about/sponsors>">sponsors</a> in providing online privacy and anonymity. If

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