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Tor Project + SEEKCommons Fellowship Opportunity Now Available for 2025!
by gus 10 Dec '24

10 Dec '24

Hello, I'm writing to let you know that applications are now open for the second SEEKCommons Fellowship[1] cohort. The SEEKCommons Fellowship program is funded by NSF and run by partners at University of Notre Dame, University of California Davis, University of Michigan, University of Virginia, and The HDF Group. The goal of the fellowship is to bring graduate students, post-doctoral researchers, and professionals from community-based organizations with new perspectives to socio-environmental research with open technologies. Application deadline is Dec. 15, 2024. The fellowship is designed to: - Encourage new translational and integrative work involving socio-environmental action research with Open Science practices; - Provide a space for Fellows and Network members to collaborate on common research issues, challenges, and solutions. Fellows may be: - Graduate students working with open technologies on socio-environmental issues; - Post-docs with existing community projects in Science and Technology Studies, Open Science, and/or Socio-environmental research; and/or - Community practitioners who are interested in integrating common technologies into their environmental justice work. The SEEKCommons website contains all the necessary fellowship information, including the application link. https://seekcommons.org/fellowship-application.html Partnership SEEKCommons + Tor Project ===================================== This year SEEKCommons is reserving one fellowship to sustainability studies of community networks in partnership with the Tor Project! We welcome Fellowship applications on the sustainability of the Tor network with a focus on energy consumption and relay metadata (such as ASN, uptime, and platform). The goal of the partnership between SEEKCommons and Tor is to study the environmental impact of community networks and promote the use of renewable energy in decentralized infrastructures. We would like to support applications that address one (or more) of these questions: - What Free and Open Source technologies can be used to promote a more sustainable and distributed Tor infrastructure? - How can the energy consumption of the Tor network be measured and optimized to reduce its environmental impact? - How can the "Tor Snowflake" decentralized proxy model be used to improve the sustainability of the network? - How can we use metadata from relays (e.g., ASN / uptime / platform) to assess the environmental impact of the network? - What open hardware and renewable energy sources could be used/reused in the Tor network? More information: https://seekcommons.org/partnership-tor.html If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to reach out. Thank you so much! Warmly, Gus [1] https://seekcommons.org/about.html -- The Tor Project Community Team Lead

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ebanam's monthly status report and user support report for November 2024
by ebanam 05 Dec '24

05 Dec '24

Hello everyone, Last month, our user support team worked on an unprecedented number of tickets mostly due to the evolving Tor censorship in Russia[0] (big shoutout to @nina and read her report[1] for more details!) With 4 Tor Browser releases in last month, I worked on a number of Tor Browser related user support tickets - from general questions about downloading, installing, updating and troubleshooting to bug reports. With the year-end campaign into it's second month, I also worked on related support tickets, answering questions about Tor Browser. Topics included downloading, installing, using the browser it's various privacy enhancing features and questions about the Tor network in general. I wrote and updated user documentation on the Tor Browser User manual[2] and some of the articles and templates that we use on our various support channels. Here's a more detailed breakdown of the tickets our user support team worked on last month: # Frontdesk (email user support channel) * 614(↓) RT tickets created * 558(↓) RT tickets resolved Tickets by topics and numbers: 1. 226(↑) RT tickets: circumventing censorship in Russian speaking countries. 2. 213(↓) RT tickets: private bridge requests from Chinese speaking users. 3. 14(↓) RT tickets: help with Troubleshooting Tor Browser desktop on Windows, macOS and Linux. 4. 6(↑) RT tickets: Tor Browser 14 crashing on macOS when visiting some onionsites. (The bug is resolved with Tor Browser 14.0.2) 5. 5 RT tickets: WebTunnel bridges campaign.[3] 6. 4(↑) RT tickets: circumventing censorship with Tor in Farsi. 7. 4(↑) RT tickets: reports of a website blocking Tor traffic. 8. 3(-) RT tickets: Instructions to download Tor Browser 13.5 legacy for legacy operating systems. 9. 3 RT tickets: Instructions on how to download and install Tor Browser. 10. 3 RT tickets: help with Troubleshooting Tor Browser on Android. 11. 2(↓) RT tickets: configuring Orbot to use bridges. 12. 2(↑) RT tickets: reports of a fake apps on iOS masquerading as official Tor Browser. 13. 2 RT tickets: include uBlock Origin with Tor Browser.[4] 14. 2 RT tickets: fingerprintability of Smooth Scroll in Tor Browser.[5] 15. Letterboxing is visible even if disabled when using Tor Browser on Tiled window managers.[6] 16. One report of Tor Browser getting flagged by anti-virus software. 17. Static captcha when fetching bridges from within Tor Browser.[7] 18. What does "onionize" toggle in the search bar on about:tor do? 19. Tor circuit display on Tor Browser for Android.[8] 20. User trying to reach a v2 onion service. v2 onion services have been deprecated. 21. Question about using WebTunnel bridges with Tails. (This is not yet supported) [9] 22. Warning prompt to disable NoScript on resource-heavy websites on Tor Browser Desktop.[10] # Telegram, WhatsApp and Signal Support channel * 1548(↑) tickets resolved Breakdown: * 1532(↑) tickets on Telegram * 16(↓) tickets on WhatsApp * 0(-) ticket on Signal Tickets by topics and numbers: 1. 1201(↑) tickets: circumventing censorship in Russian speaking countries. 2. 42(↑) tickets: private bridge requests from Chinese speaking users. 3. 26(↑) tickets: circumventing censorship with Tor in Farsi. 4. 18(↓) tickets: helping users on iOS, using Onion Browser or Orbot, to use censorship circumvention methods. 5. 13(↑) tickets: Tor Browser 14 crashing on macOS when visiting some onionsites. 6. 13(↑) tickets: instructions on how to get Tor Browser binaries from GetTor. 7. 9(↑) tickets: help with instructions to use bridges with Tails. 8. 7(↓) tickets: help with troubleshooting Tor Browser on Android. 9. 4(-) tickets: help with using bridges with Orbot. 10. 4(↑) tickets: instructions to download Tor Browser 13.5 legacy for legacy operating systems.[11] 11. 3(↑) tickets: help with using bridges and snowflake with little-t-tor. 12. 3(↑) tickets: help with instructions to verify Tor Browser signature with GPG. 13. 2(↓) tickets: help with troubleshooting Tor Browser Desktop on Windows, macOS and Linux. 14. 2(↓) tickets: help with installing Tor Browser on linux. 15. 2(↓) tickets: users seeing a "proxy refused" error when visiting websites on Tor Browser for Android using Samsung devices.[12] 16. 2(↑) tickets: reports of a fake apps on iOS masquerading as official Tor Browser. 17. 1 ticket: questions about accessing or setting up onion services. 18. 1 ticket: help with setting up Snowflake proxy. # Discussions from the Tor Forum 1. Tor Expert Bundle on legacy Windows.[13] 2. Tor Browser Desktop and browser fingerprinting.[14] 3. Privacy benefits of running an Onion Service.[15] Note: (↑), (↓) and (-) are indicating if the number of tickets we received for these topics have been increasing, decreasing or have been the same from the previous month respectively. Thanks everyone! e. [0]: https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/anti-censorship/censorship-analysis/-/iss… [1]: https://lists.torproject.org/mailman3/hyperkitty/list/tor-project@lists.tor… [2]: https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/web/manual/-/commits/main?author=ebanam [3]: https://blog.torproject.org/call-for-webtunnel-bridges/ [4]: https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/applications/tor-browser/-/issues/17569 [5]: https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/applications/tor-browser/-/issues/40704 [6]: https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/applications/tor-browser/-/issues/42670 [7]: https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/applications/tor-browser/-/issues/42086 [8]: https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/applications/tor-browser/-/issues/41234 [9]: https://gitlab.tails.boum.org/tails/tails/-/issues/20267 [10]: https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/applications/tor-browser/-/issues/43286 [11]: https://forum.torproject.org/t/download-tor-browser-13-5-legacy-on-windows-… [12]: https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/applications/tor-browser/-/issues/42714 [13]: https://forum.torproject.org/t/0-4-8-13-tor-expert-bundle-doesnt-work-on-wi… [14]: https://forum.torproject.org/t/what-information-about-the-computer-on-which… [15]: https://forum.torproject.org/t/is-onion-site-any-better-if-a-site-also-prov…

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Anti-censorship team meeting notes, 2024-12-05
by onyinyang 05 Dec '24

05 Dec '24

Hey everyone! Here are our meeting logs: http://meetbot.debian.net/tor-meeting/2024/tor-meeting.2024-12-05-16.01.html And our meeting pad: Anti-censorship work meeting pad -------------------------------- Anti-censorship -------------------------------- Next meeting: Thursday, December 12 16:00 UTC Facilitator: shelikhoo ^^^(See Facilitator Queue at tail) Weekly meetings, every Thursday at 16:00 UTC, in #tor-meeting at OFTC (channel is logged while meetings are in progress) This week's Facilitator: onyinyang == Goal of this meeting == Weekly check-in about the status of anti-censorship work at Tor. Coordinate collaboration between people/teams on anti-censorship at the Tor Project and Tor community. == Links to Useful documents == * Our anti-censorship roadmap: * Roadmap:https://gitlab.torproject.org/groups/tpo/anti-censorship/-/boards * The anti-censorship team's wiki page: * https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/anti-censorship/team/-/wikis/home * Past meeting notes can be found at: * https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-project/ * Tickets that need reviews: from projects, we are working on: * All needs review tickets: * https://gitlab.torproject.org/groups/tpo/anti-censorship/-/merge_requests?s… * Project 158 <-- meskio working on it * https://gitlab.torproject.org/groups/tpo/anti-censorship/-/issues/?label_na… == Announcements == == Discussion == * Creating container mirror for anti-cenosorship projects to deal with docker hub restriction * https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/tpa/team/-/issues/41914#note_3138851 * https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/anti-censorship/pluggable-transports/snow… * we'll create a repo in gitlab that mirrors the needed images by it's CI * WIP MR: Add covert-dtls to proxy and client * https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/anti-censorship/pluggable-transports/snow… * is a big change, shelikhoo did review it but more eyes are needed * cohosh will look into it * Reasonable PollInterval for Orbot? https://github.com/tladesignz/IPtProxy/pull/58 * standalone proxy does 5seconds poll interval * orbot was doing the same but being mobile it might be better to be slower * 120sec sounds like a good number seeing that there are already a lot of proxies == Actions == == Interesting links == * call out for webtunnel bridges for Russia: * https://blog.torproject.org/call-for-webtunnel-bridges/ * Deprecation BridgeDB blogpost: * https://blog.torproject.org/making-connections-from-bridgedb-to-rdsys/ == Reading group == * We will discuss "" on * * Questions to ask and goals to have: * What aspects of the paper are questionable? * Are there immediate actions we can take based on this work? * Are there long-term actions we can take based on this work? * Is there future work that we want to call out in hopes that others will pick it up? == Updates == Name: This week: - What you worked on this week. Next week: - What you are planning to work on next week. Help with: - Something you need help with. cecylia (cohosh): 2024-12-05 Last week: - fixed the logging of the new proxy event (snowflake#40413) - fixed "bad offer from broker" log spam (snowflake#40408) - started looking at alerts for censorship events (snowflake#40416) - updated the RFC 5780 compatible STUN servers in bridge lines (snowflake#40304) - deployed new Snowflake bridge lines (tor-browser-build!1115, rdsys-admin!32) - worked on analysis of snowflake metrics (snowflake#40394) - created wiki page for snowflake release procedure https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/anti-censorship/pluggable-transports/snow… This week: - work on snowflake broker metrics improvements - write a script to easily test STUN servers in snowflake's torrc - finish snowflake dependency upgrades that were causing problems - take a look at snowflake web and webext translations and best practices - make changes to Lox encrypted bridge table - https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/anti-censorship/lox/-/merge_requests/147 Needs help with: - what was that censorship alerts mailing list? dcf: 2024-11-21 Last week: - released goptlib v1.6.0 https://lists.torproject.org/mailman3/hyperkitty/list/anti-censorship-team@… Next week: - comment on updates to unreliable snowflake transport https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/anti-censorship/pluggable-transports/snow… - open issue to have snowflake-client log whenever KCPInErrors is nonzero https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/anti-censorship/pluggable-transports/snow… - parent: https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/anti-censorship/pluggable-transports/snow… - open issue to disable /debug endpoint on snowflake broker Help with: meskio: 2024-12-05 Last week: - rdsys stopped accepting new bridges (rdsys#249) - deploy onionsproutsbot distributing TorBrowser for win7 (onionsproutsbot#64) - support webtunnel bridge operators - prepare splintercon presentations - more grant writting life - review BridgeDB deprecation blogpost Next week: - AFK at splintercon Shelikhoo: 2024-12-05 Last Week: - [Pending] snowflake broker update/reinstall(cont.): https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/anti-censorship/pluggable-transports/snow… - [Awaiting Review] Unreliable+unordered WebRTC data channel transport for Snowflake rev2 (cont.)( https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/anti-censorship/pluggable-transports/snow… ) improvements - Merge request reviews - Work on finishing snowflake container release(and fix the comments) - Incorrectly flattened container image with "pull" command https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/anti-censorship/pluggable-transports/snow… Next Week/TODO: - Merge request reviews - Incorrectly flattened container image with "pull" command https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/anti-censorship/pluggable-transports/snow… (cont.) - Create mirror for frequently used container image onyinyang: 2024-12-05 Last week(s): - working on refactor of Lox (library) protocols to improve issuing efficiency as described in: https://eprint.iacr.org/2024/1552.pdf - finished aside from check-blockage and trust promotion protocols which may not be convertable - Released lox-library and lox-utils 0.2.0 for browser integration - stablized some dependencies for integration into firefox with XPCOM - created bridgeauth feature to separate client/server lox functionality - Improved pipeline for lox workspace - Added lox-context db cleanup Next week: - Fix up Troll-patrol MR - Deploy test distributor - update lox protocols to return duplicate responses for an already seen request - Continue work on implementing issuer efficiency for check-blockage and trust-promotion protocols - Work on outstanding milestone issues: in particular: https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/anti-censorship/lox/-/issues/69 - key rotation automation Later: pending decision on abandoning lox wasm in favour of some kind of FFI? https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/applications/tor-browser/-/issues/43096) - add pref to handle timing for pubkey checks in Tor browser - add trusted invitation logic to tor browser integration: https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/applications/tor-browser/-/issues/42974 - improve metrics collection/think about how to show Lox is working/valuable - sketch out Lox blog post/usage notes for forum (long term things were discussed at the meeting!): - brainstorming grouping strategies for Lox buckets (of bridges) and gathering context on how types of bridges are distributed/use in practice Question: What makes a bridge usable for a given user, and how can we encode that to best ensure we're getting the most appropriate resources to people? 1. Are there some obvious grouping strategies that we can already consider? e.g., by PT, by bandwidth (lower bandwidth bridges sacrificed to open-invitation buckets?), by locale (to be matched with a requesting user's geoip or something?) 2. Does it make sense to group 3 bridges/bucket, so trusted users have access to 3 bridges (and untrusted users have access to 1)? More? Less? theodorsm: 2024-12-05 Last weeks: - Adjusting to post-student life - WIP MR: Add covert-dtls to proxy and client - https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/anti-censorship/pluggable-transports/snow… Next weeks: - Test Snowflake fork with covert-dtls - Condensing thesis into paper (on hold) Help with: - Test covert-dtls in Snowflake Facilitator Queue: onyinyang meskio shelikhoo 1. First available staff in the Facilitator Queue will be the facilitator for the meeting -- --- onyinyang GPG Fingerprint 3CC3 F8CC E9D0 A92F A108 38EF 156A 6435 430C 2036

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cve's monthly status report
by Clara Engler 04 Dec '24

04 Dec '24

Hello, the following contains my status report for November '24: * Wrote a tiny tool to block Tor with simple firewall rules to simulate a loss of connectivity.[^1] * Discovered a bug in arti while doing this.[^2] * Improved the recognition of being bootstrapped.[^3] * Researched upon loss of connectivity.[^4] * Upgraded various outdated crates in onionmasq by merging overdue MR's from Renovate-Bot * Upgraded `thiserror` to version 2 in arti and onionmasq, fixing a breaking change.[^5] * Allowing packets to be received when the source address is the loopback one.[^6] * This was a particularly difficult issue to tackle that is crucial for testing. * Fixed a general lack of IPv6 connectivity in onionmasq.[^7] * Implemented an HTTP integration test.[^8] * Fixed `wait_for_bootstrap` issue in chutney.[^9] * Fixed a bug in onionmasq for routing UDP datagrams to a loopback address.[^10] * Made the integration test suite ready for UDP.[^11] * Implemented a UDP integration test, thereby greatly bumping the overall coverage.[^11] * Improved documentation of the integration test suite.[^11] * Various reviews of merge requests in arti and onionmasq. * Various feature suggestions in onionmasq through the use of issues. * Legal and bureaucratic matters. [^1]: https://gitlab.torproject.org/cve/torblock [^2]: https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/core/arti/-/issues/1731 [^3]: https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/core/onionmasq/-/merge_requests/312 [^4]: https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/core/onionmasq/-/issues/110 [^5]: https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/core/arti/-/merge_requests/2626 [^6]: https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/core/onionmasq/-/issues/120 [^7]: https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/core/onionmasq/-/issues/122 [^8]: https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/core/onionmasq/-/merge_requests/322 [^9]: https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/core/chutney/-/merge_requests/39 [^10]: https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/core/onionmasq/-/issues/128 [^11]: https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/core/onionmasq/-/merge_requests/332

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Tor User Support team will be partly unavailable during the holidays between December 19 2024 to January 5 2025
by ebanam 03 Dec '24

03 Dec '24

Hello, Tor User Support team will be partly unavailable between December 19th, 2024 and January 5th, 2025. If you reach out to us on our user support channels via email[0], Tor Forum[1], Telegram[2], WhatsApp[3] or Signal[4], it may take longer than usual for us to respond. Please rest assured we will get back to your messages as soon as possible. Our team will be back at our regular office hours[5] from January 6th, 2025. Thank you! Community Team Tor Project [0]: frontdesk(a)torproject.org [1]: https://forum.torproject.org [2]: https://t.me/TorProjectSupportBot [3]: https://wa.me/447421000612 [4]: https://signal.me/#p/+17787431312 [5]: https://tb-manual.torproject.org/support/

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cohosh's monthly status report, November 2024
by Cecylia Bocovich 03 Dec '24

03 Dec '24

Hi! This is my status report for contract work done in November 2024. # Snowflake Snowflake was blocked in Russia in early November. The blocking has since stopped (at least temporarily). I did some analysis using the automatically generated pcaps from our vantage point, and write a few patches to more easily test whether specific proxies or versions of Snowflake can evade the blocking. We'll continue to monitor reachability in case the blocking returns. https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/anti-censorship/pluggable-transports/snow… My main ongoing task on Snowflake is to look at how we can use Snowflake broker metrics to more accurately detect and respond to censorship events. https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/anti-censorship/pluggable-transports/snow… https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/anti-censorship/pluggable-transports/snow… I released version 0.9.2 of the webextension and version 2.10.1 of snowflake this month. We had a major upgrade of the Snowflake broker at the end of November. This required a few followup tasks and debugging. I worked on getting metrics back up and running. https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/anti-censorship/pluggable-transports/snow… And lastly, a few small logging fixups for Snowflake proxies https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/anti-censorship/pluggable-transports/snow… https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/anti-censorship/pluggable-transports/snow… # PT library work After October, there were a few outstanding tasks and issues with the IPtProxy rewrite. This has now been merged and released as version 4.0.0! https://github.com/tladesignz/IPtProxy/tree/4.0.0 https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/anti-censorship/pluggable-transports/lyre… # Domain fronting A few of the remaining Fastly front domains renewed their certificates recently, so we had to update all of our settings to use non-Fastly configurations. https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/anti-censorship/team/-/issues/151 https://github.com/guardianproject/orbot/pull/1197 I made some more progress on the meek bridge handover, and updated the bridge to use the new meek.torproject.net and meektm.torproject.net domains. https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/anti-censorship/team/-/issues/133 # Lox I worked on a few code quality changes last month, including simplifying some Lox tests so they run more easily on laptops. https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/anti-censorship/lox/-/merge_requests/281 https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/anti-censorship/lox/-/merge_requests/277 # Miscellaneous All the usual merge request reviews and general project maintenance tasks :) I helped with some grant writing and planning early this month. I also helped debug a tor bootstrapping issue with PTs https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/core/tor/-/issues/40990

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Nina’s Monthly Status Report, November, 2024
by Nina 03 Dec '24

03 Dec '24

Hi! Below is my November’24 report! In November, I resolved 1569 (↑465) tickets: * On Telegram (@TorProjectSupportBot) - 1351 (↑496); * On RT (frontdesk@tpo) - 215 (↓33); * On WhatsApp (+447421000612) - 3 (↑2); * and on Signal (+17787431312) - 0 (0). Since August 2024, I've noticed a significant increase in Russian-speaking user requests on our support channels: * July: 587 tickets * August: 928 tickets * September: 994 tickets * October: 1104 tickets * November: 1569 tickets (this report) My main focus in November was to help Russian-speaking users bypass censorship and help users to resolve any issues they are facing with Tor Browser. I also took part in Tor Forum moderation and worked reviewingGoogle PlayStore users reviews. In November,we had much more tickets from Russian-speaking users than usual (+42% comparing with October). It happened due to internet censorship in Russia is getting more severe, and some pluggable transports are being blocked or partially blocked[1]. So in November,we launched a WebTunnelcampaign and asked the Tor community to help users in Russia by running more bridges [2], which is a pluggable transport reported to work well in Russia. Last monthwe got multiple requests from Apple devices users from Russia regarding what app to use on iOS or how to downloadTor Browser - macOS does not allow to install apps downloaded from Telegram [3], so users need to use website mirror. The process of upgrading CDR.link has started in November[4],which included upgrade to a newer Zammad version, testing, bug reporting and consultation with the contractor. *##**Google Play Reviews for Tor Browser**(TBA)**and Tor Browser Alpha**for Android* Tor Browser for Androidhad a Google Play rating of 4.89 (↓) stars in November 2024, which is lower than in October. Tor Browser for Android (TBA) got 672 (↓19) reviews out of 59,115 for the lifetime. Tor Browser for Android Alpha (TBA-Alpha) app had a rating of 4.241 (↓) which is lower than in October. In November, Tor Browser for Android (TBA-Alpha) got 38 (↓2) reviews out of 8,396 for the lifetime. Most common issues on the Google Play store reviews: * Tor Browser doesn’t work: mostly from Russian users, who are struggling to find a bridge that is not blocked; * Tor speed is too slow:This issue is currently under investigation, I'lloffer users some ways to improve the speed and gather their feedback. [1] https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/anti-censorship/censorship-analysis/-/iss… [2] https://blog.torproject.org/call-for-webtunnel-bridges/ [3] https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/applications/tor-browser-build/-/issues/4… [4] https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/community/support/-/issues/40165

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intrigeri's report, November 2024
by intrigeri 03 Dec '24

03 Dec '24

Hi, I took 1.5 week off for personal reasons mid-November. The work time & energy I had left was barely enough to do most of the usual day-to-day work that's not worth reporting about, hence this slim report. User-visible ============ I prepared a short talk for the State of the Onion, then recorded it in highly challenging circumstances. I'm happy with the script, I think the slides are good ~enough, and the actual delivery has lots of margin for improvement. User-invisible ============== I did the usual amount of KTLO work; nothing worth highlighting this month. Team lead ========= I've been working, together with a number of other Tor folks from my team and other teams, on a large grant proposal. This was the opportunity for me to discover the workflows and tooling used by Tor in this area, and gain some familiarity with it. Accounting ========== We've been making some more progress on transitioning away from the former Tails fiscal sponsorship arrangements into Tails' new nest, the Tor project. Cheers, -- intrigeri

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Rhatto's Monthly Status Report, November 2024
by rhatto 02 Dec '24

02 Dec '24

Hi all :) This is my monthly status report for November 2024 with the main relevant activities I have done, was involved or are related to my work during the period. ## SOTO 2024 * Did a presentation at Tor's State of the Onion 2024. Video available at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HjPdReNmf_g&t=596s ## Internet Archive * Support given for the Archive's new onionsite! It was released on SOTO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EODNtLqD7f8&t=3196s ## Onionspray * Released Onionspray 1.6.2 (application to serve regular websites as onionsites): https://forum.torproject.org/t/onionspray-release-1-6-2/16014 ## Onionprobe * Released Onionprobe 1.2.1 (Onion Services monitoring application): https://forum.torproject.org/t/onionprobe-release-1-2-1/16015 * The Onionprobe role is not available at the Ansible Galaxy: https://galaxy.ansible.com/ui/standalone/roles/torproject/onionprobe/ ## Support Did the usual and ongoing sponsored work with deployment, maintenance and monitoring of Onion Services. -- Silvio Rhatto pronouns he/him

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minutes from the sysadmin meeting
by Antoine Beaupré 02 Dec '24

02 Dec '24

# Roll call: who's there and emergencies anarcat, groente, lavamind, lelutin, zen # Dashboard review We did our normal weekly checkin. # Last minute December coordination We're going to prioritize the converging the email stuff, ganeti and puppet upgrades, and security policy, although that might get delayed to 2025. # Holidays planning Confirmed shifts discussed in the 1:1s. # 2025 roadmap validation No major change, pauli upgraded before 2025, and anarcat will unsubscribe from Tails nagios notifications. # Metrics of the month * hosts in Puppet: 90, LDAP: 90, Prometheus exporters: 505 * number of Apache servers monitored: 33, hits per second: 669 * number of self-hosted nameservers: 6, mail servers: 11 * pending upgrades: 20, reboots: 0 * average load: 1.02, memory available: 3.73 TiB/4.99 TiB, running processes: 380 * disk free/total: 65.44 TiB/139.91 TiB * bytes sent: 395.69 MB/s, received: 248.31 MB/s * planned bookworm upgrades completion date: 2024-10-23 * [GitLab tickets][]: 257 tickets including... * open: 0 * icebox: 157 * future: 39 * needs information: 10 * backlog: 21 * next: 12 * doing: 11 * needs review: 8 * (closed: 3804) [Gitlab tickets]: https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/tpa/team/-/boards Obviously, the completion date is incorrect here, as it's in the past. As mentioned above, we're hoping to complete the bookworm upgrade before 2025. Upgrade prediction graph lives at: https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/tpa/team/-/wikis/howto/upgrades/bookworm/ Note that the all-time graph was updated to be more readable, see the gorgeous result in: https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/tpa/team/-/wikis/howto/upgrades/#all-time… -- Antoine Beaupré torproject.org system administration

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