commit 8668ed13589e30251afc27a090f64c2e206660f1 Author: Damian Johnson <atagar@torproject.org> Date: Tue Feb 3 08:13:57 2015 -0800 Drop project ideas done by successful students last year There's a few projects like 'tor daemon optimization' which I'm unsure if it maps to something on this page. Just dropping the entries clearly the focus of students we passed last year. --- getinvolved/en/volunteer.wml | 231 ------------------------------------------ 1 file changed, 231 deletions(-) diff --git a/getinvolved/en/volunteer.wml b/getinvolved/en/volunteer.wml index 8b9c7fb..5fa81b6 100644 --- a/getinvolved/en/volunteer.wml +++ b/getinvolved/en/volunteer.wml @@ -413,7 +413,6 @@ meetings around the world.</li> <i><a href="#improveTorTestCoverage">Improve test coverage in Tor</a></i><br /> <i><a href="#useMoreCores">Have the Tor daemon use more cores</a></i><br /> <i><a href="#improveHiddenServices">Help improve Tor hidden services</a></i><br /> - <i><a href="#consensusDiffs">Implement consensus diffs</a></i><br /> <i><a href="#improvedDnsSupport">Improved DNS support for Tor</a></i><br /> <i><a href="#torSandboxing">Help improve Tor sandboxing</a></i> </p> @@ -491,7 +490,6 @@ meetings around the world.</li> <p> <b>Project Ideas:</b><br /> <i><a href="#orbotVPN">Orbot Android VPN</a></i><br /> - <i><a href="#orfox">Orfox - Firefox/Gecko-based Android Browser for Tor</a></i> </p> <a id="project-tails"></a> @@ -724,11 +722,6 @@ meetings around the world.</li> in early 2011. </p> - <p> - <b>Project Ideas:</b><br /> - <i><a href="#rewriteWeather">Rewrite Tor Weather</a></i><br /> - </p> - <a id="project-gettor"></a> <h3><a href="https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/wiki/org/roadmaps/GetTor">GetTor</a> (<a href="https://gitweb.torproject.org/gettor.git">code</a>, <a @@ -740,11 +733,6 @@ meetings around the world.</li> relatively unchanged for quite a while. </p> - <p> - <b>Project Ideas:</b><br /> - <i><a href="#revamp_gettor">Revamp GetTor</a></i> - </p> - <a id="project-torcheck"></a> <h3><a href="https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/wiki/org/roadmaps/TorCheck">TorCheck</a> (<a href="https://gitweb.torproject.org/check.git">code</a>, <a @@ -1068,35 +1056,6 @@ meetings around the world.</li> </b> </p> - <a id="hsSearchEngine"></a> - <li> - <b>Search Engine for Hidden Services</b> - <br> - Effort Level: <i>Medium</i> - <br> - Skill Level: <i>Medium</i> - <br> - Likely Mentors: <i>George (asn)</i> - <p> - This project involves researching and developing a search engine for - Hidden Services. - </p> - - <p> - The student is expected to develop a search engine that can index - hidden services and reply to search queries. The student should also - develop a crawler that can search both "clear web" and hidden service - websites to find more addresses. The student is expected to use and - improve already existing search engine frameworks (e.g. YaCy), and not - reinvent the wheel when it's possible. - </p> - - <p> - The student should have a decent understanding of how search engines - work, what algorithms they use, and of any related open source tools - that are currently available. - </p> - <a id="profileUDPTransport"></a> <li> <b>Profile UDP transport protocols</b> @@ -1301,60 +1260,6 @@ configurations is a good first step to understanding this problem. </p> </li> - <a id="orfox"></a> - <li> - <b>Orfox - Firefox/Gecko-based Android Browser for Tor</b> - <br> - Effort Level: <i>High</i> - <br> - Skill Level: <i>Medium</i> - <br> - Likely Mentors: <i>Nathan (n8fr8)</i> - <p> -With almost 1 million downloads, our Orweb browser has been a popular -solution for easily accessing the web via Tor or any other HTTP or -SOCKS proxy, while also ensuring local data caches are cleared and -cookies are properly managed. Orweb is based on WebView, which has its -limitations unfortunately. We would like to move to a -Firefox/Fennec/GeckoView based browser, and have created a prototype -for it. Mozilla has begun releasing GeckoView as a standalone -component, as well, but it needs more testing, debugging and work on -integration into our streamlined browser app model. Our end goal is to -have a mobile browser that matches Tor Browser in terms of privacy -enhancing features and security. - </p> - - <p> -The deliverables for the project are expected to be the creation of a -alpha quality release of Orfox, a GeckoView-based browser with feature -parity of Orweb browser. A bonus goal is to implement additional -features and capabilities based on Tor Browser patches for -Fennec/Mozilla core. Finally, as always, a required activity is a -network audit testing of implemented solution with write-ups, reports -posted publicly. - </p> - - <p> -Useful links to review: - </p> - - <ul> - <li><a href="https://github.com/guardianproject/orfox">Orfox (gecko prototype)</a></li> - <li><a href="https://github.com/guardianproject/orweb">Orweb (production browser on WebView)</a></li> - <li><a href="http://starkravingfinkle.org/blog/2013/10/geckoview-embedding-gecko-in-your-android-application/">GeckoView info</a></li> - <li><a href="<page projects/torbrowser>">Tor Browser (desktop)</a></li> - </ul> - - <p> -Applicant should have the ability to build Fennec and GeckoView -libraries from source using Android SDK and NDK. Some experince with -browser security models and threats would be a useful background to -have. Ability to do network audits to ensure browser proxying is not -leaking DNS, media streams or other network traffic, as well as tests -against common browser de-anonymizing attacks are necessary. - </p> - </li> - <a id="improveTorTestCoverage"></a> <li> <b>Improve test coverage in Tor</b> @@ -1508,51 +1413,6 @@ the codebase that you want to work on. </p> </li> - <a id="consensusDiffs"></a> - <li> - <b>Implement consensus diffs</b> - <br> - Effort Level: <i>Medium</i> - <br> - Skill Level: <i>Medium</i> - <br> - Likely Mentors: <i>Nick (nickm)</i> - <p> -Right now, every few hours, a Tor client downloads a new signed "consensus -document" that describes the state of the network. Even though these -documents are compressed, thisstill takes almost half a megabyte. - </p> - - <p> -<a -href="https://gitweb.torproject.org/torspec.git/blob_plain/refs/heads/master:/proposals/140-consensus-diffs.txt">Proposal -140</a> describes a design to save a lot of bandwidth by transferring -compressed <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diff">diff</a>s instead -of transferring the entire consensus document. - </p> - - <p> -That's an attractive idea, but it presents some programming challenges. -We probably don't want to ship a 'diff' and 'patch' along with Tor. Is -there a free, <strong>safe</strong>, robust implementation of one of the -good diff algorithms that we can use? - </p> - - <p> -Alternatively, can we take advantage of regularities in the descriptor -format in order to generate diffs more simply? - </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. Make sure that your application -describes which implementations of the diff and patch algorithms you -intend to use, and that your coding samples show strong evidence that -you can do secure string manipulation in C. - </p> - </li> - <a id="improvedDnsSupport"></a> <li> <b>Improved DNS support for Tor</b> @@ -1712,97 +1572,6 @@ implementation. </p> </li> - <a id="revamp_gettor"></a> - <li> - <b>Revamp GetTor</b> - <br> - Effort Level: <i>High</i> - <br> - Skill Level: <i>Medium</i> - <br> - Likely Mentors: <i>Sukhbir Singh (sukhe), Nima Fatemi (mrphs)</i> - <p> -GetTor is a program that serves Tor bundles and related components over SMTP. -Users request the Tor Browser by sending an email to GetTor, which sends -back Tor Browser as email attachments. In countries where the Tor Project -website is blocked, GetTor is a convenient way for users to get access to Tor -Browser. - </p> - - <p> -GetTor has been unmaintained for a while and needs a revamp. The main issue is -that because the Tor Browser size exceeds 25 MB, sending it through -GetTor no longer works as most email providers don't support attachments -exceeding 25 MB. To alleviate this issue, Tor Browsers are now uploaded on -cloud-based services such as Google Drive and Dropbox and links are sent -out in the email body instead of attachments. This current setup is far from -complete -- GetTor needs a lot of work to get it to a point where it can do -smart things again and do them in the right way. - </p> - - <p> -As part of this project, you should: - </p> - - <ul> - <li>Have some understanding of what GetTor does in general and the current state of its operation.</li> - <li>Come up with ideas on how to make it better.</li> - <li>Convince us if you would like to fix the existing code or want to rewrite GetTor from scratch.</li> - </ul> - - <p> -In addition to the above points, applications should be familiar with Python. -As part of the application process, study the <a -href="https://gitweb.torproject.org/gettor.git">GetTor code</a> and submit a -patch for returning the SHA1 checksum of the package instead of the text in -sendSorrySize() in response.py. (since you cannot test the patch, as long as it -is clear that you had some idea of what you were doing, it should be fine) - </p> - - <p> -Note: Please do not submit an application without talking to the mentors: #sukhe and #mrphs on IRC. IRC is preferred but if for any reason you don't want/can't use it, please email the mentors. - </p> - </li> - - <a id="rewriteWeather"></a> - <li> - <b>Rewrite Tor Weather</b> - <br> - Effort Level: <i>Medium</i> - <br> - Skill Level: <i>Medium</i> - <br> - Likely Mentors: <i>Karsten (karsten)</i> - <p> -<a href="https://weather.torproject.org/">Tor Weather</a> provides an -email notification service to any users who want to monitor the status -of a Tor node. Its favorite feature is to notify relay operators when -their relay has earned them a Tor t-shirt. Tor Weather is written in -Python/Django. - </p> - - <p> -The Tor Weather codebase is pretty much unmaintained these days. The -first part of this project would be to simplify the code by fetching Tor -network status data from <a -href="https://onionoo.torproject.org/">Onionoo</a> rather than running a -local tor client and keeping an own relay history database. See the -related <a -href="https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/wiki/doc/weather-in-2014">community -effort to rewrite Weather</a> that started in January 2014. After that, -there's a <a -href="https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/query?status=!closed&component=Tor+Weather">long -list of open tickets</a> to be resolved. - </p> - - <p> -Ideally, the student would become the new Weather maintainer after the -summer. If that doesn't work out, the codebase should have become a lot -smaller by end of summer, so that it becomes easier to find somebody -else as new maintainer. - </p> - </li> - <a id="improveStegotorus"></a> <li> <b>Improve Stegotorus</b>