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[webwml/staging] Drop 'Panopticlick' project idea
by hiro＠torproject.org 15 Feb '17

15 Feb '17

commit 6a4c6520db7c4ebbf444b9e2639ba570e94c9fd3 Author: Damian Johnson <atagar(a)torproject.org> Date: Sun Jan 29 13:15:24 2017 -0800 Drop 'Panopticlick' project idea Kinda confusing since they called it 'Fingerprint Central' instead but from what I can tell this was Pierre Laperdrix's project last year. --- getinvolved/en/volunteer.wml | 54 -------------------------------------------- 1 file changed, 54 deletions(-) diff --git a/getinvolved/en/volunteer.wml b/getinvolved/en/volunteer.wml index 5671320..00f1d73 100644 --- a/getinvolved/en/volunteer.wml +++ b/getinvolved/en/volunteer.wml @@ -896,60 +896,6 @@ the codebase that you want to work on. </p> </li> - <a id="panopticlick"></a> - <li> - <b>Panopticlick</b> - <br> - Likely Mentors: <i>Georg (GeKo)</i>, <i>Günes Acar</i>, <i>Nicolas (boklm)</i> - <p> - -The <a href="https://panopticlick.eff.org">Panopticlick project by the EFF</a> -revolutionized how people think about <a -href="https://panopticlick.eff.org/static/browser-uniqueness.pdf">browser -fingerprinting</a>, both by developing tests and metrics to measure browser -fingerprintability, and by crowdsourcing the evaluation and contribution of -individual browser features to overall fingerprintability. - - </p> - <p> - -Unfortunately, the way Panopticlick is designed <a -href="https://blog.torproject.org/blog/effs-panopticlick-and-torbutton">makes -it difficult</a> to evaluate defenses to browser fingerprinting, especially -for browsers with a relatively small userbase such as Tor Browser. This is -because any approach we take to reduce fingerprinting automatically makes our -users more distinct from the previous users who submitted their fingerprint -data to the EFF. Indeed, it is also impossible to ever expect that users of -one browser will ever be able to blend in with users of another browser -(Chrome users will always be distinguishable from Firefox users for example, -based on feature set alone). - - </p> - <p> - -To address this, we would like to have <a -href="https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/6119">our own -fingerprint test suite</a> to evaluate the fingerprintability of each browser -feature for users running a specific Tor Browser version. There are also <a -href="https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/query?keywords=~tbb-fingerprinting">additional -fingerprinting tests</a> we can add beyond those deployed by Panopticlick. - </p> - <p> - -For this project, the student would develop a website that users can -voluntarily visit to test and record their Tor Browser fingerprint. The user -should get feedback on how she performed and the test results should be -available in a machine readable format (e.g. JSON), broken down by Tor Browser -version. In a second step one could think about adding more sophisticated -tests or supporting other browser vendors that might want to test the -uniformity amongst their userbase as well. Of course, results from each -browser would also need to be broken down by both browser implementation and -version, so that results would only reflect the population of that specific -implementation. - - </p> - </li> - <a id="stegotorus"></a> <li> <b>Make Stegotorus deployment ready</b>

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[webwml/staging] Drop txtorcon project ideas
by hiro＠torproject.org 15 Feb '17

15 Feb '17

commit 22b42db3d4eb6e5d3c7ea5bbaf8a279daec8c691 Author: Damian Johnson <atagar(a)torproject.org> Date: Sun Jan 29 23:21:50 2017 -0800 Drop txtorcon project ideas Meejah reports that the ideas are still relevant but that he doesn't have time to mentor this summer. --- getinvolved/en/volunteer.wml | 60 -------------------------------------------- 1 file changed, 60 deletions(-) diff --git a/getinvolved/en/volunteer.wml b/getinvolved/en/volunteer.wml index 567cd0c..5f99a8f 100644 --- a/getinvolved/en/volunteer.wml +++ b/getinvolved/en/volunteer.wml @@ -578,12 +578,6 @@ meetings around the world.</li> Used by OONI and APAF. </p> - <p> - <b>Project Ideas:</b><br /> - <i><a href="#txtorcon_use_txaio">Convert txtorcon to use txaio</a></i><br /> - <i><a href="#txtorcon_use_pytest">Convert txtorcon to py.test</a></i> - </p> - <a id="project-metrics"></a> <h3><a href="https://metrics.torproject.org/">Metrics</a> (<a href="https://gitweb.torproject.org/metrics-web.git">web</a>)</h3> @@ -842,60 +836,6 @@ the codebase that you want to work on. </p> </li> - <a id="txtorcon_use_txaio"></a> - <li> - <b>Convert txtorcon to use txaio</b> - <br> - Language: <i>Python, asyncio, Twisted</i> - <br> - Likely Mentors: <i>meejah</i> - <br><br> - <p> - txtorcon is currently supports only Twisted users. Re-working txtorcon - to use the txaio library would allow users to choose between Twisted and - asyncio for the client code. - </p> - - <p> - This would involve fairly extensive refactoring to txtorcon, as it - currently makes heavy use of @inlineCallbacks which doesn't work with - txaio. A prospective student should be very familiar with event-based - programming in general, and be familiar with one of Twisted or asyncio. - See also: https://github.com/meejah/txtorcon/issues/135 - </p> - </li> - - <a id="txtorcon_use_pytest"></a> - <li> - <b>Convert txtorcon to py.test</b> - <br> - Language: <i>Python, Twisted</i> - <br> - Likely Mentors: <i>meejah</i> - <br><br> - <p> - Currently txtorcon uses the built-in "unittest" module, as well as - Twisted's Deferred-respecting extensions on top. However, meejah has - found py.test's "fixture" approach to be much more powerful in other - situations. - </p> - - <p> - This project would be to port at least part of txtorcon's test-suite to - use py.test style tests and fixtures and evaluate: are the tests easier - to read? are there fewer lines of code? If so, the rest of the suite - should be ported and txtorcon switched over to use py.test exclusively. - </p> - - <p> - As some of txtorcon's tests aren't very well-written, this would take a - prospective student who is very strong in unit-testing knowledge. As - txtorcon is event-based, familiarity with that style of programming - (preferrably with Twisted) is ideal. - See also: https://github.com/meejah/txtorcon/issues/136 - </p> - </li> - <a id="stegotorus"></a> <li> <b>Make Stegotorus deployment ready</b>

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[webwml/staging] Revise 'Help improve Tor hidden services' project idea
by hiro＠torproject.org 15 Feb '17

15 Feb '17

commit 48d39df3d959728f4c01e3798156d8ea05c23eac Author: Damian Johnson <atagar(a)torproject.org> Date: Mon Jan 30 08:53:14 2017 -0800 Revise 'Help improve Tor hidden services' project idea George confirmed the idea's still relevant. Applying requested revisions. --- getinvolved/en/volunteer.wml | 37 +++++++++++++++++++------------------ 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-) diff --git a/getinvolved/en/volunteer.wml b/getinvolved/en/volunteer.wml index 5f99a8f..8604881 100644 --- a/getinvolved/en/volunteer.wml +++ b/getinvolved/en/volunteer.wml @@ -809,30 +809,31 @@ meetings around the world.</li> Likely Mentors: <i>George (asn), David Goulet (dgoulet)</i> <br><br> <p> -We're working on a revamp of the entire Tor hidden service design to -improve the security and reliability of the hidden service system. +The hidden services team is busy implementing <a +href="https://gitweb.torproject.org/torspec.git/tree/proposals/224-rend-spec-ng.t…">proposal +224</a> but we are always open to mentoring fun and exciting hidden +service projects. </p> <p> -This is a big project: see -<a href="https://gitweb.torproject.org/torspec.git/tree/proposals/224-rend-spec-ng.t…">proposal -224</a> for the latest design. Are you interested in implementing some -part of that? +In the past, we've mentored a wide variety of projects related to hidden +services, ranging from <a +href="https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-dev/2016-April/010832.html">onion +search engines</a>, <a +href="https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-talk/2015-May/037966.html">to +scaling techniques for hidden services</a>, +and also various approaches +of making onion services more <a +href="https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-dev/2012-June/003588.html">usable</a> +<a href="https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-dev/2015-May/008826.html">by +common people</a>. </p> <p> -This is a very ambitious project, so we're deliberately not suggesting -particular sub-topics. If you're interested in participating, try to -read and understand the <a -href="https://gitweb.torproject.org/torspec.git/tree/rend-spec.txt">existing -design</a> and the design proposal for the new design, and then talk to -us about what part you want to work on. - </p> - - <p> -As part of the application process for this project, please contribute a -nontrivial patch to Tor -- ideally, one that will affect some part of -the codebase that you want to work on. +Let us know if you have a project you would like to work on, or check +our proposals and technical documents for <a +href="https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-dev/2016-October/011514.html">various</a> +ideas. </p> </li>

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[webwml/staging] List Philipp as secondary mentor of the stem descriptor project
by hiro＠torproject.org 15 Feb '17

15 Feb '17

commit 0ce7dad440429b196d4c3f7c82b486f63417a5e8 Author: Damian Johnson <atagar(a)torproject.org> Date: Sat Feb 4 15:46:57 2017 -0800 List Philipp as secondary mentor of the stem descriptor project Philipp has graciously said he'd be willing to act as the backup mentor for this. --- 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 1fa28a0..bf13aec 100644 --- a/getinvolved/en/volunteer.wml +++ b/getinvolved/en/volunteer.wml @@ -904,7 +904,7 @@ ideas. <br> Language: <i>Python</i> <br> - Likely Mentors: <i>Damian Johnson (atagar)</i> + Likely Mentors: <i>Damian Johnson (atagar), Philipp Winter (phw)</i> <p> <a href="https://stem.torproject.org/">Stem</a> is a Python library for working with tor. With it you can build applications on tor as well as learn information about the relay network. This project concerns this second capability. </p>

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[webwml/staging] Order task ideas by project
by hiro＠torproject.org 15 Feb '17

15 Feb '17

commit cd2885ac23d8845a77c75a8d2c77264232006c9b Author: Damian Johnson <atagar(a)torproject.org> Date: Thu Feb 2 09:58:45 2017 -0800 Order task ideas by project Most intuitive order I could think of was to list project ideas in the same order that we list the projects above. Really doesn't matter (most ideas don't apply to any of them). --- getinvolved/en/volunteer.wml | 126 +++++++++++++++++++++---------------------- 1 file changed, 63 insertions(+), 63 deletions(-) diff --git a/getinvolved/en/volunteer.wml b/getinvolved/en/volunteer.wml index 64b30b1..b6c6011 100644 --- a/getinvolved/en/volunteer.wml +++ b/getinvolved/en/volunteer.wml @@ -838,6 +838,69 @@ ideas. </p> </li> + <a id="feedbackExtension"></a> + <li> + <b>Feedback Extension for Tor Browser</b> + <br> + Likely Mentors: <i>Nima (mrphs)</i>, <i>Sukhbir (sukhe)</i> + <p> + Design and implement an extension for Tor Browser that can be used to gather + end-user UI/UX feedback on an opt-in basis. While the design and + implementation is left as an exercise for the applicant (and also serves as + the qualification task), examples of the information we are looking to gather + can include troubleshooting network connectivity issues, testing the various + pluggable transports, or gathering information about the network of the users. + </p> + + <p> + Please propose the extension design in a way that the information is strictly + on an opt-in basis and scrubs any information that can be used to identify a + user, and also come up with a way to send the gathered information to a + central server, whether to an onion address (if the user has Tor running), or + otherwise. To start with, we are looking to gather only text as part of the + feedback process. + </p> + </li> + + <a id="torBrowserCrashReport"></a> + <li> + <b>Crash Reporter for Tor Browser</b> + <br> + Likely Mentors: <i>Tom Ritter (tjr)</i>, <i>Georg (GeKo)</i> + <p> + Currently Tor Browser disables the Crash Reporter. We would like to + build it reproducible, enable it, and configure it to report crashes + containing non-detailed and impersonal information to Tor, on a .onion + submission platform that would allow us to view and explore the + crashes. + </p> + + <p> + The project will entail enabling the Crash Report on Tor Browser and + creating a backend to receive reports from it. Once created, the crash + reporter data will be analyzed and modified to fit Tor's requirements + for personal data collection. As time permits, we will update the + build system to ensure the crash reporter is built reproducibly and + add data analysis tools for the crash report database to visualize top + crashers and similar statistics. + </p> + </li> + + <a id="fasterTorBrowser"></a> + <li> + <b>Make Tor Browser Faster</b> + <br> + Likely Mentors: <i>Tom Ritter (tjr)</i>, <i>Georg (GeKo)</i> + <p> + This project will enable and take advantage of HTTP/2, the Alt-Srv + header, and tor's new single hop .onion mode to enable websites to + transparently move their traffic to a .onion address. In addition to + improvements in security, we will benchmark page load and paint times + under normal HTTP/1.1, HTTP/2, and when taking advantage of features + such as Server Push. + </p> + </li> + <a id="stegotorus"></a> <li> <b>Make Stegotorus deployment ready</b> @@ -1051,69 +1114,6 @@ ideas. </p> </li> - <a id="feedbackExtension"></a> - <li> - <b>Feedback Extension for Tor Browser</b> - <br> - Likely Mentors: <i>Nima (mrphs)</i>, <i>Sukhbir (sukhe)</i> - <p> - Design and implement an extension for Tor Browser that can be used to gather - end-user UI/UX feedback on an opt-in basis. While the design and - implementation is left as an exercise for the applicant (and also serves as - the qualification task), examples of the information we are looking to gather - can include troubleshooting network connectivity issues, testing the various - pluggable transports, or gathering information about the network of the users. - </p> - - <p> - Please propose the extension design in a way that the information is strictly - on an opt-in basis and scrubs any information that can be used to identify a - user, and also come up with a way to send the gathered information to a - central server, whether to an onion address (if the user has Tor running), or - otherwise. To start with, we are looking to gather only text as part of the - feedback process. - </p> - </li> - - <a id="torBrowserCrashReport"></a> - <li> - <b>Crash Reporter for Tor Browser</b> - <br> - Likely Mentors: <i>Tom Ritter (tjr)</i>, <i>Georg (GeKo)</i> - <p> - Currently Tor Browser disables the Crash Reporter. We would like to - build it reproducible, enable it, and configure it to report crashes - containing non-detailed and impersonal information to Tor, on a .onion - submission platform that would allow us to view and explore the - crashes. - </p> - - <p> - The project will entail enabling the Crash Report on Tor Browser and - creating a backend to receive reports from it. Once created, the crash - reporter data will be analyzed and modified to fit Tor's requirements - for personal data collection. As time permits, we will update the - build system to ensure the crash reporter is built reproducibly and - add data analysis tools for the crash report database to visualize top - crashers and similar statistics. - </p> - </li> - - <a id="fasterTorBrowser"></a> - <li> - <b>Make Tor Browser Faster</b> - <br> - Likely Mentors: <i>Tom Ritter (tjr)</i>, <i>Georg (GeKo)</i> - <p> - This project will enable and take advantage of HTTP/2, the Alt-Srv - header, and tor's new single hop .onion mode to enable websites to - transparently move their traffic to a .onion address. In addition to - improvements in security, we will benchmark page load and paint times - under normal HTTP/1.1, HTTP/2, and when taking advantage of features - such as Server Push. - </p> - </li> - <a id="ahmiaSearch"></a> <li> <b>Ahmia - Hidden Service Search</b>

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[webwml/staging] Update GSoC page for 2017
by hiro＠torproject.org 15 Feb '17

15 Feb '17

commit d58ba60da5dc29a311002d60c2e34cc4e52a13d2 Author: Damian Johnson <atagar(a)torproject.org> Date: Sun Feb 5 13:42:56 2017 -0800 Update GSoC page for 2017 Few changes... * Update year to be for 2017. * Change back to 'applying' rather than 'accepted'. * Dropping the paragraph that discusses tor-assistants@. List is no longer available, and the rest of the paragraph doesn't really add much that isn't obvious. * Dropping proposal examples that are now 404s. Mostly this is the melange links. --- about/en/gsoc.wml | 27 +++++++++------------------ 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-) diff --git a/about/en/gsoc.wml b/about/en/gsoc.wml index 79e35fb..54ceddd 100644 --- a/about/en/gsoc.wml +++ b/about/en/gsoc.wml @@ -2,14 +2,14 @@ # Revision: $Revision$ # Translation-Priority: 4-optional -#include "head.wmi" TITLE="Tor: Google Summer of Code 2016" CHARSET="UTF-8" +#include "head.wmi" TITLE="Tor: Google Summer of Code 2017" CHARSET="UTF-8" <div id="content" class="clearfix"> <div id="breadcrumbs"> <a href="<page index>">Home » </a> <a href="<page about/gsoc>">Google Summer of Code</a> </div> <div id="maincol"> - <h2>Tor: Google Summer of Code 2016</h2> + <h2>Tor: Google Summer of Code 2017</h2> <hr> <br /><br /> @@ -17,9 +17,14 @@ <p> The Tor Project, in collaboration with <a href="https://www.eff.org/">The Electronic Frontier Foundation</a>, have taken part in Google Summer of Code - for 2007 through 2014, mentoring the total of 57 students. Now google has + for 2007 through 2016, mentoring the total of 64 students. We have applied + to <a href="https://summerofcode.withgoogle.com/">GSoC 2017</a>, and we + should know at the end of February whether we are in this year. +  </p> <p> @@ -189,17 +194,6 @@ </p> <p> - If you're interested, you can either contact the <a href="<page - about/contact>">tor-assistants list</a> (a private list) with a brief - summary of your proposal and we'll give you feedback, or just jump right in - and post your ideas and goals to the <a href="<page - docs/documentation>#MailingLists">tor-dev mailing list</a> (which is open). - Make sure to be responsive during the application selection period; if we - like your application but you never answer our mails asking for more - information, that's not a good sign. - </p> - - <p> We're always happy to have new contributors so if you haven't filled up your summer plans yet, please consider spending some time working with us to make Tor better! @@ -216,14 +210,11 @@ <ul> <li><h4><a href="https://ahmia.fi/gsoc/">Ahmia.fi - Search Engine for Hidden Services</a> by Juha Nurmi</h4></li> - <li><h4><a href="http://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/proposal/public/google/gsoc2014/amoghbl1…">Orbot & Orfox</a> by Amogh Pradeep</h4></li> <li><h4><a href="http://ilv.github.io/gettor_proposal.html">Revamp GetTor</a> by Israel Leiva</h4></li> <li><h4><a href="https://sites.google.com/site/sreenathadev/gsoc-2014-weather-rewrite">Weather Rewrite</a> by Sreenatha Bhatlapenumarthi</h4></li> <li><h4><a href="http://kostas.mkj.lt/gsoc2014/gsoc2014.html">BridgeDB Distributor</a> by Kostas Jakeliunas</h4></li> <li><h4><a href="http://kostas.mkj.lt/gsoc2013/gsoc2013.html">Searchable Tor descriptor archive</a> by Kostas Jakeliunas</h4></li> - <li><h4><a href="https://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/proposal/review/google/gsoc2013/weltrau…">Create an Internet Censorship Virtual Machine Based Simulator</a> by Johannes Fürmann</h4></li> <li><h4><a href="../about/gsocProposal/gsoc12-proposal-stemImprovements.html">Stem Improvements and Arm port</a> by Ravi Padmala</h4></li> - <li><h4><a href="http://feroze.in/gsoc12.html">Implementing Hidden Service Configuration and Bandwidth Scheduling Plugins</a> by Feroze Naina</h4></li> <li><h4><a href="../about/gsocProposal/gsoc10-proposal-soat.txt">SOAT Expansion</a> by John Schanck</h4></li> <li><h4><a href="http://inspirated.com/uploads/tor-gsoc-11.pdf">GTK+ Frontend and Client Mode Improvements for arm</a> by Kamran Khan</h4></li> <li><h4><a href="http://www.gsathya.in/gsoc11.html">Orbot + ORLib</a> by Sathya Gunasekaran</h4></li>

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[webwml/staging] Add Ahmia project idea
by hiro＠torproject.org 15 Feb '17

15 Feb '17

commit 1f5eec9375320854904e1bf8360fac828823605c Author: Damian Johnson <atagar(a)torproject.org> Date: Tue Jan 31 08:52:35 2017 -0800 Add Ahmia project idea GSoC project idea from Juha Nurmi. --- getinvolved/en/volunteer.wml | 62 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 62 insertions(+) diff --git a/getinvolved/en/volunteer.wml b/getinvolved/en/volunteer.wml index 37f6879..64b30b1 100644 --- a/getinvolved/en/volunteer.wml +++ b/getinvolved/en/volunteer.wml @@ -1114,6 +1114,68 @@ ideas. </p> </li> + <a id="ahmiaSearch"></a> + <li> + <b>Ahmia - Hidden Service Search</b> + <br> + Language: <i>Python, Django</i> + <br> + Likely Mentors: <i>Juha Nurmi (numes), George (asn)</i> + <p> + Ahmia is open-source search engine software for Tor hidden service deep + dark web sites. You can test the running search engine at ahmia.fi. For + more information see our <a + href="https://blog.torproject.org/category/tags/ahmiafi">blog post about + Ahmia's GSoC2014 development</a>. + </p> + + <p> + Ahmia is a working search engine that indexes, searches, and catalogs + content published on Tor Hidden Services. Furthermore, it is an environment + to share meaningful insights, statistics, insights, and news about the Tor + network itself. In this context, there is a lot of work to do. + </p> + + <p> + The Ahmia web service is written using the Django web framework. As a + result, the server-side language is Python. On the client-side, most of the + pages are plain HTML. There are some pages that require JavaScript, but the + search itself works without client-side JavaScript. + </p> + + <p> + There are several possible directions for this project, including... + </p> + + <ol> + <li>Automate blacklisting (very important)<br /> + <ul> + <li>Fetch a list of child abuse media sites</li> + <li>Remove these sites from the search results</li> + </ul> + </li> + <li>Add hidden services funtion (very important)<br /> + <ul> + <li>You can add onions using HTML form</li> + <li>Call the crawler immidiately when a new site is added</li> + </ul> + </li> + <li>Elasticsearch<br /> + <ul> + <li>Must be updated to 5.X.X sooner or later</li> + <li>Adjust the settings</li> + <li>Automatically remove data older than, for instance, 90 days</li> + </ul> + </li> + <li>Maintainance<br /> + <ul> + <li>Update all software dependencies</li> + <li>Automate crash recovery for Tor, Elasticsearch and crawler</li> + </ul> + </li> + </ol> + </li> + <!-- <a id=""></a> <li>

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[webwml/staging] fix a very subtle html breakage
by hiro＠torproject.org 15 Feb '17

15 Feb '17

commit 5bb684790a110fdaad4731cd03382c1d024f91e4 Author: Roger Dingledine <arma(a)torproject.org> Date: Tue Feb 7 21:16:51 2017 -0500 fix a very subtle html breakage introduced in commit d886c1470 this breakage was also the reason why commit dfca2029 happened (which i'll revert next). --- 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 75ef8c2..dd41a85 100644 --- a/getinvolved/en/volunteer.wml +++ b/getinvolved/en/volunteer.wml @@ -374,7 +374,7 @@ meetings around the world.</li> <td>None</td> <td>arma, nickm</td> </tr> - </table + </table> <sub> * Project is still in an alpha state.

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[webwml/staging] Updating project activity
by hiro＠torproject.org 15 Feb '17

15 Feb '17

commit d886c1470e03cd94ecb2336893550d43acacd184 Author: Damian Johnson <atagar(a)torproject.org> Date: Thu Feb 2 10:28:03 2017 -0800 Updating project activity Quick pass taking a peek at commit activity. Also dropping Obfsproxy from the table since it no longer had a working link to a description below (suspect we tried to remove it but missed the table entry). --- getinvolved/en/volunteer.wml | 124 ++++++++++++++++++++----------------------- 1 file changed, 58 insertions(+), 66 deletions(-) diff --git a/getinvolved/en/volunteer.wml b/getinvolved/en/volunteer.wml index 6a372d2..1033515 100644 --- a/getinvolved/en/volunteer.wml +++ b/getinvolved/en/volunteer.wml @@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ meetings around the world.</li> <td><a href="#project-httpseverywhere">HTTPS Everywhere</a></td> <td>Browser Add-on</td> <td>Javascript</td> - <td>Heavy</td> + <td>Moderate</td> <td>pde, mikeperry</td> </tr> @@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ meetings around the world.</li> <td><a href="#project-nyx">Nyx</a></td> <td>User Interface</td> <td>Python, Curses</td> - <td>Heavy</td> + <td>Moderate</td> <td>atagar</td> </tr> @@ -200,14 +200,6 @@ meetings around the world.</li> </tr> <tr> - <td><a href="#project-obfsproxy">Obfsproxy</a></td> - <td>Client Add-on</td> - <td>Python</td> - <td>None</td> - <td>asn</td> - </tr> - - <tr> <td><a href="#project-flash-proxy">Flash Proxy</a></td> <td>Client Add-on</td> <td>Python, JavaScript, Go</td> @@ -219,7 +211,7 @@ meetings around the world.</li> <td><a href="#project-shadow">Shadow</a></td> <td>Simulator</td> <td>C, Python</td> - <td>Heavy</td> + <td>Moderate</td> <td>robgjansen</td> </tr> @@ -228,7 +220,7 @@ meetings around the world.</li> <td>Simulator</td> <td>Python</td> <td>Light</td> - <td>nickm</td> + <td>teor</td> </tr> <tr> @@ -243,15 +235,23 @@ meetings around the world.</li> <td><a href="#project-txtorcon">Txtorcon</a></td> <td>Library</td> <td>Python, Twisted</td> - <td>Light</td> + <td>Moderate</td> <td>meejah</td> </tr> <tr> + <td><a href="#project-metrics-lib">metrics-lib</a></td> + <td>Library</td> + <td>Java</td> + <td>Moderate</td> + <td>karsten, iwakeh</td> + </tr> + + <tr> <td><a href="#project-metrics">Metrics</a></td> <td>Client Service</td> <td>Java</td> - <td>Moderate</td> + <td>Heavy</td> <td>karsten, iwakeh</td> </tr> @@ -259,7 +259,7 @@ meetings around the world.</li> <td><a href="#project-atlas">Atlas</a></td> <td>Client Service</td> <td>JavaScript</td> - <td>Moderate</td> + <td>Light</td> <td>irl</td> </tr> @@ -283,7 +283,7 @@ meetings around the world.</li> <td><a href="#project-exitmap">ExitMap</a></td> <td>Backend Service</td> <td>Python</td> - <td>Light</td> + <td>None</td> <td>phw</td> </tr> @@ -299,7 +299,7 @@ meetings around the world.</li> <td><a href="#project-gettor">GetTor</a></td> <td>Client Service</td> <td>Python</td> - <td>Light</td> + <td>None</td> <td>ilv</td> </tr> @@ -323,7 +323,7 @@ meetings around the world.</li> <td><a href="#project-ooni-probe">Ooni Probe</a></td> <td>Scanner</td> <td>Python</td> - <td>Moderate</td> + <td>Heavy</td> <td>hellais, aagbsn</td> </tr> @@ -352,26 +352,10 @@ meetings around the world.</li> </tr> <tr> - <td><a href="#project-anonbib">Anonbib</a></td> - <td>Website</td> - <td>Python</td> - <td>Light</td> - <td>arma, nickm</td> - </tr> - - <tr> <td><a href="#project-collector">CollecTor</a></td> <td>Backend Service</td> <td>Java</td> - <td>Heavy</td> - <td>karsten, iwakeh</td> - </tr> - - <tr> - <td><a href="#project-metrics-lib">metrics-lib</a></td> - <td>Library</td> - <td>Java</td> - <td>Heavy</td> + <td>Moderate</td> <td>karsten, iwakeh</td> </tr> @@ -382,7 +366,15 @@ meetings around the world.</li> <td>Light</td> <td>karsten, iwakeh</td> </tr> - </table> + + <tr> + <td><a href="#project-anonbib">Anonbib</a></td> + <td>Website</td> + <td>Python</td> + <td>None</td> + <td>arma, nickm</td> + </tr> + </table <sub> * Project is still in an alpha state. @@ -533,16 +525,6 @@ meetings around the world.</li> address-based blocking. </p> - <a id="project-chutney"></a> - <h3>Chutney (<a href="https://gitweb.torproject.org/chutney.git">code</a>, - <a href="https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/query?status=accepted&status=assig…">bug - tracker</a>)</h3> - - <p> - Integration test suite that spawns a local tor network, checking the - interactions of its components. - </p> - <a id="project-shadow"></a> <h3><a href="http://shadow.github.io/">Shadow</a> (<a href="https://github.com/shadow">code</a>, <a @@ -557,6 +539,16 @@ meetings around the world.</li> href="https://crysp.uwaterloo.ca/software/exptor/">ExperimenTor</a>. </p> + <a id="project-chutney"></a> + <h3>Chutney (<a href="https://gitweb.torproject.org/chutney.git">code</a>, + <a href="https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/query?status=accepted&status=assig…">bug + tracker</a>)</h3> + + <p> + Integration test suite that spawns a local tor network, checking the + interactions of its components. + </p> + <a id="project-stem"></a> <h3><a href="https://stem.torproject.org/">Stem</a> (<a href="https://gitweb.torproject.org/stem.git">code</a>, <a @@ -584,6 +576,15 @@ meetings around the world.</li> Used by OONI and APAF. </p> + <a id="project-metrics-lib"></a> + <h3>metrics-lib + (<a href="https://gitweb.torproject.org/metrics-lib.git">code</a>, + <a href="https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/query?status=!closed&component=Met…">bug tracker</a>)</h3> + + <p>metrics-lib is a Java library that processes Tor network data + provided by <a href="#project-collector">CollecTor</a> or from other + sources.</p> + <a id="project-metrics"></a> <h3><a href="https://metrics.torproject.org/">Metrics</a> (<a href="https://gitweb.torproject.org/metrics-web.git">web</a>)</h3> @@ -753,17 +754,6 @@ meetings around the world.</li> distributed to non-anonymous users. </p> - <a id="project-anonbib"></a> - <h3><a - href="http://freehaven.net/anonbib/">Anonymity Bibliography</a> (<a - href="https://gitweb.torproject.org/anonbib.git">code</a>)</h3> - - <p> - Anonbib is a list of important papers in the field of anonymity. It's - also a set of scripts to generate the website from Latex (bibtex). If - we're missing any important papers, please let us know! - </p> - <a id="project-collector"></a> <h3><a href="https://collector.torproject.org/">CollecTor</a> (<a href="https://gitweb.torproject.org/collector.git">code</a>, @@ -773,15 +763,6 @@ meetings around the world.</li> services like <a href="#project-metrics">Metrics</a> and <a href="#project-onionoo">Onionoo</a>.</p> - <a id="project-metrics-lib"></a> - <h3>metrics-lib - (<a href="https://gitweb.torproject.org/metrics-lib.git">code</a>, - <a href="https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/query?status=!closed&component=Met…">bug tracker</a>)</h3> - - <p>metrics-lib is a Java library that processes Tor network data - provided by <a href="#project-collector">CollecTor</a> or from other - sources.</p> - <a id="project-exonerator"></a> <h3><a href="https://exonerator.torproject.org/">ExoneraTor</a> (<a href="https://gitweb.torproject.org/exonerator.git">code</a>, @@ -790,6 +771,17 @@ meetings around the world.</li> <p>ExoneraTor is a service that answers the question whether there was a Tor relay running on a given IP address on a given date.</p> + <a id="project-anonbib"></a> + <h3><a + href="http://freehaven.net/anonbib/">Anonymity Bibliography</a> (<a + href="https://gitweb.torproject.org/anonbib.git">code</a>)</h3> + + <p> + Anonbib is a list of important papers in the field of anonymity. It's + also a set of scripts to generate the website from Latex (bibtex). If + we're missing any important papers, please let us know! + </p> + <a id="Coding"></a> <a id="Summer"></a> <h2><a class="anchor" href="#Coding">Project Ideas</a></h2>

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[webwml/staging] Drop Let's Encrypt project idea
by hiro＠torproject.org 15 Feb '17

15 Feb '17

commit 9a310751c2979801c267a75e3589bdca61d5b0e1 Author: Damian Johnson <atagar(a)torproject.org> Date: Sat Feb 4 16:13:02 2017 -0800 Drop Let's Encrypt project idea The EFF still doesn't know if they have anybody to mentor this summer. --- getinvolved/en/volunteer.wml | 35 ----------------------------------- 1 file changed, 35 deletions(-) diff --git a/getinvolved/en/volunteer.wml b/getinvolved/en/volunteer.wml index 166b425..75ef8c2 100644 --- a/getinvolved/en/volunteer.wml +++ b/getinvolved/en/volunteer.wml @@ -931,41 +931,6 @@ ideas. </p> </li> - <a id="letsEncryptClient"></a> - <li> - <b>Expand the OS and Server Support of the Let's Encrypt Client</b> - <br> - Language: <i>Python, Bash</i> - <br> - Likely Mentors: <i>Brad Warren (bmw)</i> - <br><br> - <p> - <a href="https://letsencrypt.org/">Let's Encrypt</a> is a free and open - certificate authority that allows its users to setup HTTPS on their web - server in a matter of seconds. The project uses a new protocol called ACME - to automatically perform domain validation and certificate issuance. - </p> - - <p> - The Let's Encrypt client currently works on most Unix-like OSes and is - able to automatically set up HTTPS on many Apache configurations. The - purpose of this project is to expand Let's Encrypt support to new - systems. - </p> - - <p> - Potential targets include: - </p> - - <ul> - <li>Better OS X support including a port or Homebrew package</li> - <li>A Let's Encrypt client for Windows / IIS</li> - <li>Handling of more obscure Apache configurations</li> - <li>Automated HTTPS configuration for other web servers such as Nginx or lighttpd</li> - <li>Improved support people using shared hosting who are unable to use the full Let's Encrypt client on their server</li> - </ul> - </li> - <a id="ahmiaSearch"></a> <li> <b>Ahmia - Hidden Service Search</b>

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