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= Network team meeting pad! =
Welcome to our meeting! Mondays at 1700 UTC on #tor-meeting on OFTC.
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Note the meeting location: #tor-meeting on OFTC! (See https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-project/2017-September/001459.htm... for background.)
After each week's meetings, the contents of this pad will be sent to tor-project @ lists.torproject.org. After that is done, the pad can be used for the next week.
== Previous notes == 11 June: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-project/2018-June/001828.html 18 June: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-project/2018-June/001835.html 25 June: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-project/2018-July/001863.html 2 July: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-project/2018-July/001866.html 9 July: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-project/2018-July/001884.html 16 July: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-project/2018-July/001888.html 23 July: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-project/2018-July/001926.html 30 July: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-project/2018-July/001928.html
== Stuff to do every week =
* Let's check and update the roadmap. What's done, and what's coming up?
url to roadmap: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Ufrun1khEo5Cwd6OwngERn829wU3W3eskdrr...
* Check reviewer assignments at https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Ufrun1khEo5Cwd6OwngERn829wU3W3eskdrr...
* Also, let's check for things we need update on our spreadsheet! Are there important documents we should link to? Things we should archive?
* Check rotations at https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/wiki/org/teams/NetworkTeam/TeamRota...
* Community guides, it's time to hand off to the next guide!
* Let's look at proposed tickets! [but see discussion] https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/query?status=accepted&status=as...
== Reminders ==
* Remember to "/me status: foo" at least once daily. * Remember that our current code reviews should be done by end-of-week. * Make sure you are in touch with everybody with whom you are doing work for the next releases
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== Announcements ==
== Discussion ==
* Roadmap revision status -- please get back on that by today. https://pad.riseup.net/p/huDStrBDgqi5 * Backlog on reviews -- is anything stuck?
* teor: our current rotations give each person 4 weeks on, then 3 weeks off. I'd prefer 1-2 weeks on, 1 week off. - Let's change starting in september, if there are no objections.
* ahf on vacation from wednesday and to the 23rd: i have document planning duty this week, then community hero, then bug triage - anybody up for taking these over the next weeks until i am back? I will happily take yours when I'm back :-) - nick does bug triage on week of 8/20 - Need a CH for next week
== Updates ==
nickm: Last week: * PETS backlog * Port RSA code to nss * various subtickets of 25510 (mobile API): * start tor with owning control port (24204) * fix a bug when restarting with version command * API to expose API implementor * Asked for more 25510 (mobile API) feedback * Prepared for 035 roadmap re-triage with Isabela -- sent email * Finished PETS discussion and meta-review * Diagnosed tricky 27003 regression in 034, due to interesting combination of effects. Needs another review; blocking release candidate. * Revised NSS+DH branch based on feedback from catalyst This week: * Release candidate? * Visiting inlaws Thurdsay through Monday; might miss next monday's meeting. * Revising roadmap. - Other TBD: possibly NSS+TLS depending on backlog status.
Mike: Last Week: * Continued to update Open Research Topics post. * Can we link it and Chelsea's post on research.torproject.org? Can we replace the stuff that's there? * Fell into a deep rabbithole with vanguards bugfixing * Wrote https://github.com/mikeperry-tor/vanguards/blob/master/README_SECURITY.md - future blogpost on onion service security. * May contain some heresy. Please comment before it's too late! * Wrote a patch to eliminate the last class of unaccounted-for dropped cells in Tor that I would like in 0.3.4. It's just a CIRC_BW event thing for vanguards. Does not affect behavior normally, and does not change the format of CIRC_BW: https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/25573 * Is a merge commit forward from maint-0.3.4 to master still the way we're handling backports after the code reorg? Can I wait on the maint-0.3.4 review for making this? There are some annoying conflicts to deal with. * Have questions for asn/dgoulet: 1. I am noticing RPs being used that are not in my service's current consensus. Is this legit? Can clients use relays that are not in *any* consensus as RPs? (Like if I decide to use a bridge as an RP?) Will other relays prevent this? [This is legal -- clients and onion services aren't required to have the same consensus. A bridge should not serve as an RP or IP, but I'm not sure we prevent that. -nickm] 2. Can I safely close all of those circuits? What happens to clients when rend circs are ignored/closed? [Clients retry another RP if the service does not respond to a RP, but it's slow, because they have to do another intro as well. -teor] 3. Related: Is it better to close a rend circuit right after the extend to the rend point, or ignore the intro before the rend circuit gets built? [For the network? Ignore the intro. -teor] What happens if you never act on an intro request that you successfully ack (or don't ack)? [The intro point acks the intro, not the service. https://gitweb.torproject.org/torspec.git/tree/rend-spec-v3.txt#n1645 -teor] Is there any difference between either of those and what I'm actually doing wrt performance or security? Can you help me dig/test? (Is ignoring intro requests for certain rends the same as https://bugs.torproject.org/25882 ?) This week: * Sponsor2 report * Catch up on code reviews :/ * Vangaurds release?
teor (offline): last week: - I was on the design meetings rotation, but I couldn't find any proposals to progress. I think we did ok with reviewing proposals and updating specs 2 weeks ago. - bwauth mentoring (mainly https://github.com/pastly/simple-bw-scanner/issues/182 ) - PrivCount in Tor: blinding and encryption (#25669, #23126, #26970) - New reviews (#23588) - Fast fixes (#26979, #26986, #23576) - Set up desk and chair - Tor meeting planning - reviewed 0.3.5 roadmap - helped recover consensuses from a Collector outage this week: - I am on the community hero rotation - revise macOS CI for Core Tor (#24629) - Work on PrivCount in Tor blinding and secret sharing branch (#25669) rest of 0.3.5: - Implement PrivCount in Tor noise generation (#26637, maybe #26398) - Merge PrivCount in Tor - Reduce my revision backlog
komlo: - Last week:
- Reviewed/commented on PrivCount tickets, let me know if we should schedule a meeting to talk over #26970
- This week:
- Will finally get the chance to start on #26296, hoping to get a set of initial patches by this week/next week
- Prep for RustConf
- Send an email this week to aggregate Rust issues that I can check in with Rust people about, such as remaining issues for #25386
ahf: Last week: Sponsor 8: - Helped Arturo with building an embedable Tor .so. Marionette: - Talked with Roger + Georg shortly about Marionette. - Spend some time looking at changes to Marionette since Rome. - Participated in the PT meeting to discuss the above. Misc: - End of month stuff. - Reviewed: #27003, #26903, #26850, #20424, #26952 This week: - Finish all outstanding code reviews before going on vacation. - Write to John from Marionette about contact info etc. in case of troubles with their development efforts. - Make sure everything is good for my Mexico trip. - Go on vacation (8'th of august to 23'rd of august) to do BornHack. Will give a talk on Tor there :-)
catalyst: last week (2018-W31): - benefits bureaucracy - reviewed NSS patches some more - reviewed #24649 (macosx builds, really also massive .travis.yml cleanup; thanks teor!) - prop#295 is waiting for Ashur to respond; when should we ping them next? [teor: another week or two?] this week (2018-W32): - ticket review - talk with ahf about #25502 (intermediate PT progress reporting) - create subtickets for #22266 (jump-to-80% problem) and sketch out designs - mikeperry, komlo: is it ok to use/adapt text from your research blog posts for the "big patches" guide?
asn: Last week: - Did some triaging on 035/tor-hs tickets. - Looked at some vanguard related issues/code. - Did some more debugging on #26980. - Was on vacations for the better part of the week. This week: - Catch up on backlog from last week. - Do reviews. - Check some updates on ahmia TSOP. - Debug #26980 some more. - Read mike's vanguard updates.