Hi all :)
This is my monthly status report for August 2023 with the main relevant activities I have done during the period.
## 0. Research
* Tor Browser Quality Assurance for Onion Services: * Started the next round of testing with the recent TBB releases. * Went back to some reported issues to research on how they can be addressed. * Results reported to the Applications Team.
* Continued research on TLS certificates for Onion Services and Tor Browser.
## 1. Development
* Brainstorming and discussion in how Proof of Work (PoW) can be brought to Onionbalance: https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/onion-services/onionbalance/-/issues/13
## 2. Support
* PoW defense for Onion Services: helped with the release strategy and documentation: https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/onion-services/onion-support/-/wikis/Docum... https://forum.torproject.org/t/proof-of-work-pow-defense-for-onion-service-i...
* The usual sponsored work with deployment, maintenance and monitoring of Onion Services.
## 3. Organization
* Helped organizing the next Hackweek: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-project/2023-August/003675.html https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/community/hackweek
Time spent (from the total available for Tor-related work):
| Category | Percentage |---------------|------------ | Research | 17 | Development | 5 | Support | 44 | Organization | 34 |---------------|------------ | Total | 100