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 -- Silvio Rhatto pronouns he/him