commit 48d39df3d959728f4c01e3798156d8ea05c23eac Author: Damian Johnson atagar@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.tx... +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.txt">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%22%3Eo... +search engines</a>, <a +href="https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-talk/2015-May/037966.html%22%3Eto +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%22%3Eus...</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%22%3Eexisting -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%22%3...</a> +ideas. </p> </li>