Hi,
First of all, if that's not a suitable message for [tor-dev], I apologise and will promptly go for [tor-talk] instead.
I'm a CS undergrad and am time-pressed to present a graduation project proposal. Getting involved with Tor is something that has been on my mind for a long time, but I only now started taking the time to actually look into it. I need to present a proposal about something specific in the next few days, though I probably can refine/redirect my objectives in the following weeks.
Something that really interests me is the possible move of tor traffic from tcp to udp, in the foreseeable future. I'd like to work on something that helps moving Tor closer to the point where this architectural change can start happening. Network programming and security are two topics that interest me a lot.
I need something specific of the likes of "Look into X and tell us how to best achieve Y" or "Research W looking for a, b and c" ; something that could realistically help and something that can be a proposal. I'm not expecting people to teach me anything, just to point me in the right direction so I don't waste time on something that won't be realistically useful.
I'm not simply looking for anything that will fit as a graduation project, I'm actually trying to combine* several goals in one*: (a) study tor in depth, (b) help out with something realistically useful, (c) graduate. And my wish in to continue my involvement with tor after my project is done.
My desire is to work on "my thing" rather than my (future) advisor's thing(whatever he's got), if I come up to him with something already thought-throught he'll be less likely to try and sway me towards something else.
I'm reading up the docs. But right now something specific for me to present as proposal would help a lot.
Any ideas are welcome. Thanks,