Author: atagar Date: 2012-11-12 16:11:20 +0000 (Mon, 12 Nov 2012) New Revision: 25874

Modified: website/trunk/getinvolved/en/volunteer.wml Log: Only listing project ideas with mentors

As theatened on tor-assistants@ I'm trimming our volunteer page's task listing to only include things with an engaged mentor.

The listing has grown stale which is confusing to newcomers. Some projects are done, and others reflect plans that are a year out of date. My devious scheme was that if I required some effort from mentors to keep task ideas around then we'd only get buy in for those that were really still relevant. Looks like it worked - we're down to three.

Modified: website/trunk/getinvolved/en/volunteer.wml =================================================================== --- website/trunk/getinvolved/en/volunteer.wml 2012-11-12 02:40:11 UTC (rev 25873) +++ website/trunk/getinvolved/en/volunteer.wml 2012-11-12 16:11:20 UTC (rev 25874) @@ -327,6 +327,7 @@ extents, but the chief architects are Nick Mathewson and Roger Dingledine. </p>

+ <!-- <p> <b>Project Ideas:</b><br /> <i><a href="#resistCensorship">Improving Tor's ability to resist @@ -334,6 +335,7 @@ <i><a href="#user-space-transport">Integrating Tor with user-space transport protocol libraries</a></i> </p> + -->

<a id="project-jtor"></a> <h3><a href="https://github.com/brl/JTor/wiki">JTor</a> (<a @@ -359,11 +361,13 @@ being worked on by Erinn Clark. </p>

+ <!-- <p> <b>Project Ideas:</b><br /> <i><a href="#auditTBB">Audit Tor Browser Bundles for data leaks</a></i><br /> <i><a href="#usabilityTesting">Usability testing of Tor</a></i> </p> + -->

<a id="project-tails"></a> <h3><a href="https://tails.boum.org/">The Amnesic Incognito Live System</a> (<a @@ -379,6 +383,7 @@ and still under very active development. </p>

+ <!-- <p> <b>Project Ideas:</b><br /> <i><a href="#tailsHiddenServicePetnames">Petname system for Tor hidden @@ -386,6 +391,7 @@ <i><a href="#tailsServer">Tails server: Self-hosted services behind Tails-powered Tor hidden services</a></i> </p> + -->

<a id="project-torsocks"></a> <h3><a href="http://code.google.com/p/torsocks/">Torsocks</a> (<a @@ -430,11 +436,13 @@ pushing the project forward. </p>

+ <!-- <p> <b>Project Ideas:</b><br /> <i><a href="#vidaliaStatusEventInterface">Tor Controller Status Event Interface for Vidalia</a></i><br /> <i><a href="#vidalia-hidden-service-panel">Torrc plugin and improved hidden service configuration panel</a></i> </p> + -->

<a id="project-arm"></a> <h3><a href="http://www.atagar.com/arm/">Arm</a> (<a @@ -516,12 +524,14 @@ block Tor. </p>

+ <!-- <p> <b>Project Ideas:</b><br /> <i><a href="#obfsproxy-new-transports">New and innovative pluggable transports</a></i><br /> <i><a href="#obfsproxy-scanning-measures">Defensive bridge active scanning measures</a></i><br /> <i><a href="#obfsproxy-fuzzer">Fuzzer for the Tor protocol</a></i> </p> + -->

<a id="project-thandy"></a> <h3>Thandy (<a @@ -742,6 +752,62 @@

<ol>

+ <a id="improveTorbirdy"></a> + <li> + <b>Improving TorBirdy</b> + <br> + Priority: <i>High</i> + <br> + Effort Level: <i>High</i> + <br> + Skill Level: <i>Medium to High</i> + <br> + Likely Mentors: <i>Sukhbir, Jacob</i> + <p> + TorBirdy is Torbutton for Thunderbird, Icedove and related Mozilla mail + clients. + </p> + <p> + TorBirdy is under active development and is available from <a + href="https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/wiki/torbirdy%22%3Eour wiki</a> + and <a + href="https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/thunderbird/addon/torbirdy/%22%3Emozilla%27... + addons site</a>. + </p> + + <p> + The goal of this project is to improve TorBirdy by: + </p> + + <ul> + <li> + Writing a Thunderbird patch to plug known leaks. We have already <a + href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=776397%22%3Esubmitted a + patch to Thunderbird</a> but we anticipate there will be much more work + required before it is accepted, possibly involving rewriting the entire + patch; this appears trivial, but it is not, as we are proposing a + completely new privacy-safe message-ID header generation algorithm for + Thunderbird. + </li> + <li> + Implementing a JavaScript HTTP proxy (see the <a + href="https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/6958%22%3Eticket</a>) + </li> + <li> + Auditing TorBirdy for leaks and for use with other add-ons (as an + example see its <a + href="https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/6319%22%3Eticket</a>) + </li> + </ul> + + <p> + A student undertaking this project should have some C++ and JavaScript + development experience. Previous experience with Firefox/Thunderbird + extension development is a plus, but not required. + </p> + </li> + + <!-- <a id="auditTBB"></a> <li> <b>Audit Tor Browser Bundles for data leaks</b> @@ -768,7 +834,9 @@ <p>Since the core of this project is researching and auditing TBB this is not likely to be a good GSoC project.</p> </li> + -->

+ <!-- <a id="firewallProbeTool"></a> <li> <b>Develop a fully automatic firewall-probing system</b> @@ -798,6 +866,7 @@ DTLS, etc.).</li> </ul> </li> + -->

<!-- <a id="orbot-torbutton"></a> @@ -822,6 +891,7 @@ </li> -->

+ <!-- <a id="obfsproxy-new-transports"></a> <li> <b>New and innovative pluggable transports</b> @@ -848,7 +918,9 @@ implementation has a pluggable transport interface on top of it (as specified <a href="https://gitweb.torproject.org/torspec.git/blob/HEAD:/proposals/180-pluggable-transport.txt">here</a>).</p> </li> + -->

+ <!-- <a id="obfsproxy-scanning-measures"></a> <li> <b>Defensive bridge active scanning measures</b> @@ -869,6 +941,7 @@ and <a href="https://gitweb.torproject.org/torspec.git/blob/HEAD:/proposals/190-shared-secret-bridge-authorization.txt">190</a>.</p> </li> + -->

<a id="stemUsability"></a> <li> @@ -1014,6 +1087,7 @@ </li> -->

+ <!-- <a id="user-space-transport"></a> <li> <b>Integrating Tor with user-space transport protocol libraries</b> @@ -1042,7 +1116,9 @@ <p>Excellent C programming skills are needed, and knowledge of Tor internals are highly desirable.</p> </li> + -->

+ <!-- <a id="resistCensorship"></a> <li> <b>Improving Tor's ability to resist censorship</b> @@ -1083,7 +1159,9 @@ then trading off censorship resistance with usability and robustness.</p> </li> + -->

+ <!-- <a id="tailsHiddenServicePetnames"></a> <li> <b>Petname system for Tor hidden services</b> @@ -1126,7 +1204,9 @@ Development methods. Either in Ruby using Cucumber and RSpec, or in Python using similar tools.</p> </li> + -->

+ <!-- <a id="tailsServer"></a> <li> <b>Tails server: Self-hosted services behind Tails-powered Tor hidden services</b> @@ -1213,7 +1293,9 @@ would be most welcome.</p> <p>For more information see https://tails.boum.org/todo/server_edition/</p> </li> + -->

+ <!-- <a id="geoIPUpgrade"></a> <li> <b>Improve our GeoIP file format</b> @@ -1238,6 +1320,7 @@ designing the IPv6 format, this is not likely to be a good GSoC project.</p> </li> + -->

<!-- <a id="armClientMode"></a> @@ -1300,6 +1383,7 @@ </li> -->

+ <!-- <a id="vidalia-hidden-service-panel"></a> <li> <b>Torrc plugin and improved hidden service configuration panel</b> @@ -1326,6 +1410,7 @@ knowledge is a plus, but it shouldn't be a problem if the person complies with the previous requirements.</p> </li> + -->

<a id="metricsSearch"></a> <li> @@ -1413,61 +1498,7 @@ </li> -->

- <a id="improveTorbirdy"></a> - <li> - <b>Improving TorBirdy</b> - <br> - Priority: <i>High</i> - <br> - Effort Level: <i>High</i> - <br> - Skill Level: <i>Medium to High</i> - <br> - Likely Mentors: <i>Sukhbir, Jacob</i> - <p> - TorBirdy is Torbutton for Thunderbird, Icedove and related Mozilla mail - clients. - </p> - <p> - TorBirdy is under active development and is available from <a - href="https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/wiki/torbirdy%22%3Eour wiki</a> - and <a - href="https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/thunderbird/addon/torbirdy/%22%3Emozilla%27... - addons site</a>. - </p> - - <p> - The goal of this project is to improve TorBirdy by: - </p> - - <ul> - <li> - Writing a Thunderbird patch to plug known leaks. We have already <a - href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=776397%22%3Esubmitted a - patch to Thunderbird</a> but we anticipate there will be much more work - required before it is accepted, possibly involving rewriting the entire - patch; this appears trivial, but it is not, as we are proposing a - completely new privacy-safe message-ID header generation algorithm for - Thunderbird. - </li> - <li> - Implementing a JavaScript HTTP proxy (see the <a - href="https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/6958%22%3Eticket</a>) - </li> - <li> - Auditing TorBirdy for leaks and for use with other add-ons (as an - example see its <a - href="https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/6319%22%3Eticket</a>) - </li> - </ul> - - <p> - A student undertaking this project should have some C++ and JavaScript - development experience. Previous experience with Firefox/Thunderbird - extension development is a plus, but not required. - </p> - </li> - + <!-- <a id="usabilityTesting"></a> <li> <b>Usability testing of Tor</b> @@ -1491,6 +1522,7 @@ Google Summer of Code. </p> </li> + -->

<!-- <a id="torsocksForOSX"></a> @@ -1525,6 +1557,7 @@ </li> -->

+ <!-- <a id="vidaliaStatusEventInterface"></a> <li> <b>Tor Controller Status Event Interface for Vidalia</b> @@ -1565,6 +1598,7 @@ be understandable by non-technical users. Bonus points for some graphic design/Photoshop fu, since we might want/need some shiny new icons too.</p> </li> + -->

<!-- <a id="orbot-optimisation"></a> @@ -1680,6 +1714,7 @@ </li> -->

+ <!-- <a id="obfsproxy-fuzzer"></a> <li> <b>Fuzzer for the Tor protocol</b> @@ -1710,6 +1745,7 @@ &quot;symbolic execution&quot; to get inspired.</li> </ul> </li> + -->

<!-- <a id="armGui"></a> @@ -1744,6 +1780,7 @@ </li> -->

+ <!-- <a id="APAF"></a> <li> <b>APAF: Anonymous Python Application Framework</b> @@ -1774,6 +1811,7 @@ href="https://pad.riseup.net/p/1zA8FI4nrYlq">https://pad.riseup.net/p/1zA8FI4nrYlq</a> </p> </li> + -->

<li> <b>Bring up new ideas!</b>