commit 90d759d291907e87f2364a59ca1ee57f604f579c Author: Isis Lovecruft isis@torproject.org Date: Fri Feb 21 21:00:02 2014 +0000

Add draft of volunteer page text for GSoC 2014 applications. --- doc/gsoc2014-volunteer.txt | 92 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 92 insertions(+)

diff --git a/doc/gsoc2014-volunteer.txt b/doc/gsoc2014-volunteer.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..eb93611 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/gsoc2014-volunteer.txt @@ -0,0 +1,92 @@ + +Volunteer Posting +----------------- + +Number of Positions Available: 2 + +Project: BridgeDB https://gitweb.torproject.org/bridgedb.git + +Difficulty Level: Moderate - Difficult, dependent on proposal and previous experience + +Myself (isis) and sysrqb are both looking for students who wish to help Tor by +contributing code to BridgeDB (the program which distributes Tor bridges and +pluggable transport bridges to clients connecting to Tor) through +participation in Google Summer of Code 2014. We are each taking a student, so +if we each find someone someone we want to mentor, then we'll take two +students total. If we only find one student we like, then I suppose sysrqb and +I will just have to fight over that person. + +Required Skills and Prerequisite Tasks for Application: +------------------------------------------------------- + * IRC skills. Lurk in irc.oftc.net#tor-dev, and possibly irc.freenode.net#gsoc as well. + + * Fluent in Python (version 2.7). + + * Proven experience and comfort with asynchronous network programming using + Twisted. + + * Be comfortable doing git things. Not saying you have to have mad + git-fu, but we shouldn't have to explain the difference between + merge/rebase or fetch/pull. + + * Familiarity with documentating code in Sphinx ReStructured Text + format. (See recent commits in the BridgeDB repository for syntax + examples, and https://para.noid.cat/bridgedb/ for documentation builds.) + + * Familiarity with writing unittests. (And willingness to do so!) + Preferably, using `twisted.trial.unittest.TestCase`s. See + https://coveralls.io/r/isislovecruft/bridgedb for current test coverage. + + * Submit a brief sample of Python code that you're proud of (written by you, + and for which you've got whatever necessary legal whatever is needed for + you to share it). It helps if it's Twisted Python code, but it doesn't + have to be. + + * Fix a BridgeDB ticket. Contact isis or sysrqb on ircs://irc.oftc.net:6697 + in #tor-dev to ask if a particular ticket is a good idea, or to ask for a + suggestion or help. Eventually, sysrqb and I will tag some tickets with + "bridgedb-gsoc-application" that we think are good ones to try. + + * Submit a proposal for a distributor (an object which distributes Tor + bridges to clients in possibly censored/surveilled regions). Current + distributors include the `bridgedb.Dist.EmailBasedDistributor` at + bridges@bridges.torproject.org, and the `bridgedb.Dist.IPBasedDistributor` + which serves pages at https://bridges.torproject.org . Other example ideas + for bridge distributors are: + - A Twitter bot which interacts with Chinese and Farsi speaking + Twitter users through PMs. + - A distributor which uses XMPP+OTR to give bridges to users. + - Basically, all the nifty protocol obfuscation tricks which could + apply to a pluggable transport would likely also apply here. + - Keep in mind that various adversaries (automated and/or human and/or + extraterrestrial and/or unknown) will be trying to trick your + distributor into giving them bridges. Be prepared to come up with + some sort of safety machanism(s) to protect against this. + - You should plan to have your code finished, reviewed (and + revised…), tested, approved, and deployed by the end of GSoC. (I + think this means "at the end of six weeks".) + + * Please send your code sample, a link to your completed BridgeDB ticket + (which should have your patch(es) attached, or have a link to your git + repository), and proposal to both isis@torproject.org and + sysrqb@torproject.org. Additionally CC'ing tor-dev@lists.torproject.org is + probably a good idea. + + * If accepted, you'll need a google-melange account: + https://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/homepage/google/gsoc2014?ModPagespeed=no... + +Additional Ways to Earn Bonus Points: +------------------------------------- + * OTR skills (over IRC/XMPP). + + * Knowledge about the current state and technical mechanisms of real-world, + deployed censorship/surveillance systems is helpful, though not necessary. + We will gladly provide continual feedback on design proposals and + implementation to ensure that the threats posed by various adversaries + have been taken into account. + + * Major bonus points if you're into test-driven development. + + * Propose building more than one distributor. Each of them still needs to be + a good idea, and we'll need to make certain it's something you're capable + of finishing in the allotted timespan.