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[webwml/staging] Remove Globe from volunteer page
by sebastian＠torproject.org 19 Jun '16

19 Jun '16

commit d1e1a0b51ccbafe8c30e5a26e9329a01fa9dbbfa Author: Damian Johnson <atagar(a)torproject.org> Date: Fri Jun 10 08:28:34 2016 -0700 Remove Globe from volunteer page Good point by arlolra that we now want to direct folks to Atlas rather than Globe. --- getinvolved/en/volunteer.wml | 23 +++-------------------- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-) diff --git a/getinvolved/en/volunteer.wml b/getinvolved/en/volunteer.wml index 706b52e..aaf8259 100644 --- a/… [View More]

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[webwml/staging] We now have a Seattle mailing address.
by sebastian＠torproject.org 19 Jun '16

19 Jun '16

commit a3cfaaa1793662fcc35486813ee246b13be31c1b Author: Nick Mathewson <nickm(a)torproject.org> Date: Wed Jun 1 21:26:55 2016 -0400 We now have a Seattle mailing address. --- donate/en/donor-faq.wml | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/donate/en/donor-faq.wml b/donate/en/donor-faq.wml index 0b95e8c..701e4de 100644 --- a/donate/en/donor-faq.wml +++ b/donate/en/donor-faq.wml @@ -337,8 +337,8 @@ </li> <li> … [View More]

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[webwml/staging] Add new Tor Browser version: 6.5a1
by sebastian＠torproject.org 19 Jun '16

19 Jun '16

commit 7a56b3ede27da91b7ba13f98d2bdc523e42d9dee Author: Nicolas Vigier <boklm(a)torproject.org> Date: Tue Jun 7 22:21:56 2016 +0200 Add new Tor Browser version: 6.5a1 --- include/versions.wmi | 18 +++++++++--------- projects/torbrowser/RecommendedTBBVersions | 8 +++++++- 2 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-) diff --git a/include/versions.wmi b/include/versions.wmi index 1f985ec..f58aae2 100644 --- a/include/versions.wmi +++ b/include/versions.… [View More]wmi @@ -5,28 +5,28 @@ <define-tag version-torbrowserdevelopbranch whitespace=delete>maint-5.5</define-tag> <define-tag version-torbrowserbundledir whitespace=delete>6.0.1</define-tag> -<define-tag version-torbrowserbundlebetadir whitespace=delete>6.0a5</define-tag> +<define-tag version-torbrowserbundlebetadir whitespace=delete>6.5a1</define-tag> <define-tag version-torbrowserbundle whitespace=delete>6.0.1</define-tag> <define-tag releasedate-torbrowserbundle whitespace=delete>2016-06-07</define-tag> -<define-tag version-torbrowserbundlebeta whitespace=delete>6.0a5</define-tag> -<define-tag releasedate-torbrowserbundlebeta whitespace=delete>2016-04-28</define-tag> +<define-tag version-torbrowserbundlebeta whitespace=delete>6.5a1</define-tag> +<define-tag releasedate-torbrowserbundlebeta whitespace=delete>2016-06-07</define-tag> <define-tag version-torbrowserbundlelinux32 whitespace=delete>6.0.1</define-tag> <define-tag releasedate-torbrowserbundlelinux32 whitespace=delete>2016-06-07</define-tag> <define-tag version-torbrowserbundlelinux64 whitespace=delete>6.0.1</define-tag> <define-tag releasedate-torbrowserbundlelinux64 whitespace=delete>2016-06-07</define-tag> -<define-tag version-torbrowserbundlelinux32beta whitespace=delete>6.0a5</define-tag> -<define-tag releasedate-torbrowserbundlelinux32beta whitespace=delete>2016-04-28</define-tag> -<define-tag version-torbrowserbundlelinux64beta whitespace=delete>6.0a5</define-tag> -<define-tag releasedate-torbrowserbundlelinux64beta whitespace=delete>2016-04-28</define-tag> +<define-tag version-torbrowserbundlelinux32beta whitespace=delete>6.5a1</define-tag> +<define-tag releasedate-torbrowserbundlelinux32beta whitespace=delete>2016-06-07</define-tag> +<define-tag version-torbrowserbundlelinux64beta whitespace=delete>6.5a1</define-tag> +<define-tag releasedate-torbrowserbundlelinux64beta whitespace=delete>2016-06-07</define-tag> <define-tag version-torbrowserbundleosx32 whitespace=delete>6.0.1</define-tag> <define-tag releasedate-torbrowserbundleosx32 whitespace=delete>2016-06-07</define-tag> <define-tag version-torbrowserbundleosx64 whitespace=delete>6.0.1</define-tag> <define-tag releasedate-torbrowserbundleosx64 whitespace=delete>2016-06-07</define-tag> -<define-tag version-torbrowserbundleosx64beta whitespace=delete>6.0a5</define-tag> -<define-tag releasedate-torbrowserbundleosx64beta whitespace=delete>2016-04-28</define-tag> +<define-tag version-torbrowserbundleosx64beta whitespace=delete>6.5a1</define-tag> +<define-tag releasedate-torbrowserbundleosx64beta whitespace=delete>2016-06-07</define-tag> <define-tag package-win32-stable whitespace=delete>../dist/torbrowser/<version-torbrowserbundledir>/tor-win32-<version-win32-stable>.zip</define-tag> diff --git a/projects/torbrowser/RecommendedTBBVersions b/projects/torbrowser/RecommendedTBBVersions index b03558c..eb2c3f8 100644 --- a/projects/torbrowser/RecommendedTBBVersions +++ b/projects/torbrowser/RecommendedTBBVersions @@ -16,5 +16,11 @@ "6.0a5-MacOS", "6.0a5-Windows", "6.0a5-hardened", -"6.0a5-hardened-Linux" +"6.0a5-hardened-Linux", +"6.5a1", +"6.5a1-Linux", +"6.5a1-MacOS", +"6.5a1-Windows", +"6.5a1-hardened", +"6.5a1-hardened-Linux" ] [View Less]

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[webwml/staging] iAttempt at adding the rule-41 page
by sebastian＠torproject.org 19 Jun '16

19 Jun '16

commit 79f570efddcea6c595a8b3a98f5691877a5e687f Author: Sebastian Hahn <sebastian(a)torproject.org> Date: Sun Jun 19 14:24:21 2016 +0200 iAttempt at adding the rule-41 page --- include/head.wmi | 16 + rule-41/banner.html | 78 +++ rule-41/css/actions.css | 13 + rule-41/css/bootstrap-theme.min.css | 7 + rule-41/css/bootstrap.min.css | 14 + rule-41/css/call-email-… [View More]

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[webwml/staging] get rid of the table of contents for the table of contents
by sebastian＠torproject.org 19 Jun '16

19 Jun '16

commit a5d7a5e3da014b37524eaf43396d893f02624859 Author: Roger Dingledine <arma(a)torproject.org> Date: Fri Mar 11 14:37:01 2016 -0500 get rid of the table of contents for the table of contents --- docs/en/faq.wml | 14 -------------- 1 file changed, 14 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/en/faq.wml b/docs/en/faq.wml index 4c082db..f8d3566 100644 --- a/docs/en/faq.wml +++ b/docs/en/faq.wml @@ -14,20 +14,6 @@ <h1>Tor FAQ</h1> <hr> - <a href="#… [View More]

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[webwml/staging] clean up the 'how is tor different' section
by sebastian＠torproject.org 19 Jun '16

19 Jun '16

commit b5f1407d2a89d400a508268057ab1f2115503299 Author: Roger Dingledine <arma(a)torproject.org> Date: Fri Mar 11 16:05:54 2016 -0500 clean up the 'how is tor different' section --- docs/en/faq.wml | 72 +++++++++++++++++++++++---------------------------------- 1 file changed, 29 insertions(+), 43 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/en/faq.wml b/docs/en/faq.wml index f8d3566..024ae9a 100644 --- a/docs/en/faq.wml +++ b/docs/en/faq.wml @@ -301,25 +301,22 @@ things?</a></li> … [View More] - The Tor software is a program you can run on your computer that -helps keep - you safe on the Internet. Tor protects you by bouncing your -communications + Tor is a program you can run on your computer that helps keep + you safe on the Internet. It protects you by bouncing your communications around a distributed network of relays run by volunteers all around - the world: it prevents somebody watching your Internet connection -from + the world: it prevents somebody watching your Internet connection from learning what sites you visit, and it prevents the sites you visit - from learning your physical location. This set of volunteer relays -is - called the Tor network. You can read more about how Tor works on the -<a - href="<page about/overview>">overview page</a>. + from learning your physical location. + This set of volunteer relays is called the Tor network. + The way most people use Tor is with Tor Browser, + which is a version of Firefox that fixes many privacy issues. + You can read more about how Tor works on the <a href="<page + about/overview>">overview page</a>. - The Tor Project is a non-profit (charity) organization that -maintains - and develops the Tor software. + The Tor Project is a non-profit (charity) organization that + maintains and develops the Tor software. <hr> @@ -342,47 +339,38 @@ install anything. You just have to point your browser at their proxy server. Simple proxy providers are fine solutions if you do not want protections for -your privacy and anonymity online and you trust the provider from doing +your privacy and anonymity online and you trust the provider to not do bad things. Some simple proxy providers use SSL to secure your connection -to them. -This may protect you against local eavesdroppers, such as those at a -cafe with -free wifi Internet. +to them, which protects you against local eavesdroppers, such as those at a +cafe with free wifi Internet. Simple proxy providers also create a single point of failure. The provider -knows who you are and where you browse on the Internet. They can see +knows both who you are and what you browse on the Internet. They can see your traffic as it passes through their server. In some cases, they can even see inside your encrypted traffic as they relay it to your banking site or to ecommerce stores. -You have to trust the provider isn't doing any number of things, such as +You have to trust the provider isn't watching your traffic, injecting their own advertisements into your traffic -stream, and recording your personal details. +stream, or recording your personal details. Tor passes your traffic through at least 3 different servers before sending it on to the destination. Because there's a separate layer of encryption for -each of the three relays, Tor does not modify, or even know, what you -are -sending into it. It merely relays your traffic, completely encrypted -through -the Tor network and has it pop out somewhere else in the world, -completely -intact. The Tor client is required because we assume you trust your -local -computer. The Tor client manages the encryption and the path chosen -through -the network. The relays located all over the world merely pass -encrypted -packets between themselves. +each of the three relays, somebody watching your Internet connection +can't modify, or read, what you are +sending into the Tor network. Your traffic is encrypted between the Tor +client (on your computer) and where it pops out somewhere else in the +world. + <dl> <dt>Doesn't the first server see who I am?</dt><dd>Possibly. A bad @@ -395,18 +383,16 @@ merely sees world, so using Tor by itself is fine. You are still protected from this node figuring -out who you are and where you are going on the Internet.</dd> +out both who you are and where you are going on the Internet.</dd> <dt>Can't the third server see my traffic?</dt><dd>Possibly. A bad third of three servers can see the traffic you sent into Tor. It won't know who sent -this traffic. If you're using encryption, such as visiting a bank or -e-commerce website, or encrypted mail connections, etc, it will only -know the -destination. It won't be able to see the data inside the traffic -stream. You -are still protected from this node figuring out who you are and if using -encryption, what data you're sending to the destination.</dd> +this traffic. If you're using encryption (like +HTTPS), it will only know the destination. See <a +href="https://www.eff.org/pages/tor-and-https">this visualization of +Tor and HTTPS</a> to understand how Tor and HTTPS interact. +</dd> </dl> [View Less]

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[webwml/staging] Attempt to fix the redirect crazyness
by sebastian＠torproject.org 19 Jun '16

19 Jun '16

commit 3621889b4ba451076d97912aadd289aa73b64614 Author: Sebastian Hahn <sebastian(a)torproject.org> Date: Wed Mar 9 20:50:46 2016 +0100 Attempt to fix the redirect crazyness --- .htaccess | 1 - projects/en/projects.wml | 4 ++-- 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/.htaccess b/.htaccess index 0c13a77..73a8e95 100644 --- a/.htaccess +++ b/.htaccess @@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ RewriteRule ^press/index.html(.*) /press/press.html$1 [R=301,L] # … [View More]

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[webwml/staging] clean up and update the people pages
by sebastian＠torproject.org 19 Jun '16

19 Jun '16

commit 7be9037f953a3afb5d02cf90302bc5879a907e3b Author: Roger Dingledine <arma(a)torproject.org> Date: Thu Mar 10 16:40:19 2016 -0500 clean up and update the people pages --- about/en/board.wml | 2 +- about/en/contributors.wml | 70 ++++++++++++++ about/en/corepeople.wml | 239 +++++++++++++++++++++++----------------------- 3 files changed, 193 insertions(+), 118 deletions(-) diff --git a/about/en/board.wml b/about/en/board.wml index fd22ec5..426d0ff 100644 --- a/… [View More]

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[webwml/staging] try doing the tormessenger redirect at the htaccess level
by sebastian＠torproject.org 19 Jun '16

19 Jun '16

commit 676fa50c02ff61de78a9a08598cd2a3627cd4356 Author: Roger Dingledine <arma(a)torproject.org> Date: Wed Mar 9 14:38:23 2016 -0500 try doing the tormessenger redirect at the htaccess level --- .htaccess | 1 + projects/en/tormessenger.wml | 4 ---- 2 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/.htaccess b/.htaccess index 73a8e95..0c13a77 100644 --- a/.htaccess +++ b/.htaccess @@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ RewriteRule ^press/index.html(.*) /press/press.html$… [View More]

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[webwml/staging] Remove TorBirdy project idea from the volunteer page
by sebastian＠torproject.org 19 Jun '16

19 Jun '16

commit 171554f9f40abfbcec8b1e537e39b0c87733403a Author: Sukhbir Singh <sukhbir(a)torproject.org> Date: Thu Mar 10 10:54:35 2016 -0500 Remove TorBirdy project idea from the volunteer page --- getinvolved/en/volunteer.wml | 48 -------------------------------------------- 1 file changed, 48 deletions(-) diff --git a/getinvolved/en/volunteer.wml b/getinvolved/en/volunteer.wml index 93c1239..2e0eed2 100644 --- a/getinvolved/en/volunteer.wml +++ b/getinvolved/en/volunteer.wml @@ -525,… [View More]11 +525,6 @@ meetings around the world.</li> TorBirdy is Torbutton for Thunderbird and related Mozilla mail clients. - - Project Ideas: - <a href="#makeTorbirdyBetter">Make TorBirdy Better</a> - - <a id="project-obfsproxy"></a> <h3><a href="<page projects/obfsproxy>">Obfsproxy</a> (<a href="https://gitweb.torproject.org/pluggable-transports/obfsproxy.git">code</a>, @@ -836,49 +831,6 @@ meetings around the world.</li> <ol> - <a id="makeTorbirdyBetter"></a> - <li> - Make TorBirdy Better - - Language: JavaScript, C++ - - Likely Mentors: Sukhbir Singh (sukhe) - - -TorBirdy is an extension that configures Thunderbird to make connections over -the Tor anonymity network. TorBirdy has been under development for quite a -while but there are two known leaks that prevent it from being used by a wider -audience. As part of this project, you will be working on implementing a HTTP -proxy. - - - -HTTP Proxy TorBirdy needs a HTTP proxy or a HTTP -> SOCKS5 shim. Please look at -ticket <a href="https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/6958">#6958</a> -for more information. Note: this has to be done using JavaScript and without using -an external proxy. - - - -If time permits and you are awesome enough to finish the above two tasks, you -will be working on the <a href="https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/query?status=!closed&component=Tor…"> -remaining TorBirdy tickets</a>. - - - -Applicants should be familiar with JavaScript (and preferably C++ as well). As -part of your application for this project, please submit code samples for -previous JavaScript projects that you have developed, or point us to projects -you have been involved with (links to a public Git/GitHub repository -preferred). Prior extension development is a big plus and will be given -preference during application ranking. - - - -You may contact the mentors on IRC for more information. (sukhe on #tor-dev, #tor on irc.oftc.net) - - </li> - <a id="improveHiddenServices"></a> <li> Help improve Tor hidden services [View Less]

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