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''24th issue of Tor Weekly News. Covering what's happening from December 3rd, 2013 to December 10th, 2013. To be released on December 11th, 2013.''
'''Editor:''' Lunar
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+'''Status:''' FROZEN. Only technical and language fixes allowed. New items should go on [wiki:TorWeeklyNews/2013/24 next week's page]. Expected publication time 2013-12-10 12:00 UTC
'''Subject:''' Tor Weekly News — December 11th, 2013
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Tor Weekly News December 11th, 2013
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-Welcome to the twenty-forth issue of Tor Weekly News, the weekly newsletter that
-covers what is happening in the XXX Tor community.
+Welcome to the twenty-forth issue of Tor Weekly News, the weekly
+newsletter that covers what is happening in the Tor community.
Introducing a new Lead Automation Engineer
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The Tor Project welcomed a new member, Nicolas Vigier, in the role of
Lead Automation Engineer. He swiftly got down to business by putting out
-a call [XXX] for automation-related feedback “from developers of any tor
+a call [1] for automation-related feedback “from developers of any tor
components”, promising a summary of “the current status regarding build,
packaging, testing, and what should be done” to improve the automated
processes involved in Tor development, as well as “some proposals and a
general plan for the work to be done during the coming months”, an early
-version of which is already online [XXX]. A warm welcome to him!
+version of which is already online [2]. A warm welcome to him!
- [XXX] https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-dev/2013-December/005906.html
- [XXX] https://people.torproject.org/~boklm/automation/tor-automation-review.html
+ [1] https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-dev/2013-December/005906.html
+ [2] https://people.torproject.org/~boklm/automation/tor-automation-review.html
Freedom of the Press Foundation launch a support campaign for Tor
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-In his report for November [XXX], Roger Dingledine wrote: “We've also been pondering
-lately how to do a fundraising or donations drive, to help move us off our
-reliance on government funders.” The good news is that Tor has many supporters.
+In his report for November [3], Roger Dingledine wrote: “We've also been
+pondering lately how to do a fundraising or donations drive, to help
+move us off our reliance on government funders.” The good news is that
+Tor has many supporters.
The Freedom of the Press Foundation just started a campaign to support
-encryption tools for journalists [XXX] that is going to last for two months.
-The campaign is gathering funds for Tor core development work, the Tails live
-system [XXX], the encrypted mobile communication tools RedPhone and
-TextSecure [XXX], and the encrypted email platform LEAP [XXX].
+encryption tools for journalists [4] that is going to last for two
+months. The campaign is gathering funds for Tor core development work,
+the Tails live system [5], the encrypted mobile communication tools
+RedPhone and TextSecure [6], and the encrypted email platform LEAP [7].
-Spread the word and help make the campaign a success [XXX]. Direct donations
-to The Tor Project are also always possible [XXX].
+Spread the word and help make the campaign a success [8]. Direct
+donations to The Tor Project are also always possible [9].
- [XXX] https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-reports/2013-December/000396.html
- [XXX] https://pressfreedomfoundation.org/blog/2013/12/freedom-press-foundation-launches-campaign-support-encryption-tools-journalists
- [XXX] https://tails.boum.org/
- [XXX] https://whispersystems.org/
- [XXX] https://leap.se/
- [XXX] https://pressfreedomfoundation.org/
- [XXX] https://www.torproject.org/donate/
+ [3] https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-reports/2013-December/000396.html
+ [4] https://pressfreedomfoundation.org/blog/2013/12/freedom-press-foundation-launches-campaign-support-encryption-tools-journalists
+ [5] https://tails.boum.org/
+ [6] https://whispersystems.org/
+ [7] https://leap.se/
+ [8] https://pressfreedomfoundation.org/
+ [9] https://www.torproject.org/donate/
More monthly status reports for November 2013
---------------------------------------------
The wave of regular monthly reports from Tor project members for the
-month of November continued, with reports from Roger Dingledine [XXX],
-Georg Koppen [XXX], Karsten Loesing [XXX], Matt Pagan [XXX], Nicolas Vigier [XXX]
-Philipp Winter [XXX], Damian Johnson [XXX], and Noel David Torres Taño [XXX].
+month of November continued, with reports from Roger Dingledine [10],
+Georg Koppen [11], Karsten Loesing [12], Matt Pagan [13], Nicolas
+Vigier [14] Philipp Winter [15], Damian Johnson [16], and Noel David
+Torres Taño [17].
- [XXX] https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-reports/2013-December/000396.html
- [XXX] https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-reports/2013-December/000397.html
- [XXX] https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-reports/2013-December/000398.html
- [XXX] https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-reports/2013-December/000399.html
- [XXX] https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-reports/2013-December/000400.html
- [XXX] https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-reports/2013-December/000401.html
- [XXX] https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-reports/2013-December/000402.html
- [XXX] https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-reports/2013-December/000403.html
+ [10] https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-reports/2013-December/000396.html
+ [11] https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-reports/2013-December/000397.html
+ [12] https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-reports/2013-December/000398.html
+ [13] https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-reports/2013-December/000399.html
+ [14] https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-reports/2013-December/000400.html
+ [15] https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-reports/2013-December/000401.html
+ [16] https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-reports/2013-December/000402.html
+ [17] https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-reports/2013-December/000403.html
Miscellaneous news
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-David Fifield has produced updated “pluggable transport bundles” [XXX] based on the
-2.4.18 browser bundles. Be sure to update!
+David Fifield has produced updated “pluggable transport bundles” [18]
+based on the 2.4.18 browser bundles. Be sure to update!
- [XXX] https://blog.torproject.org/blog/pluggable-transports-bundles-2418-rc-1-pt1-and-2418-rc-2-pt1-firefox-17011esr
+ [18] https://blog.torproject.org/blog/pluggable-transports-bundles-2418-rc-1-pt1-and-2418-rc-2-pt1-firefox-17011esr
-David also announced [XXX] great progress in integrating our current set of pluggable
-transports within the new Tor Browser 3 build infrastructure.
+David also announced [19] great progress in integrating our current set
+of pluggable transports within the new Tor Browser 3 build
+infrastructure.
- [XXX] https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-dev/2013-December/005913.html
+ [19] https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-dev/2013-December/005913.html
Thanks to Himanshu from India, Andrew Lewman could deploy a new
-script [XXX] to list mirrors of the Tor Project's website [XXX].
-The new code will ensure that mirrored files are “100% the same as those
-on torproject.org (hashing, pgp signatures, etc)” and will remove
-and re-instate mirrors accordingly.
+script [20] to list mirrors of the Tor Project's website [21]. The new
+code will ensure that mirrored files are “100% the same as those on
+torproject.org (hashing, pgp signatures, etc)” and will remove and
+re-instate mirrors accordingly.
- [XXX] https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-mirrors/2013-December/000394.html
- [XXX] https://www.torproject.org/getinvolved/mirrors.html.en
+ [20] https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-mirrors/2013-December/000394.html
+ [21] https://www.torproject.org/getinvolved/mirrors.html.en
-Thanks BarkerJr [XXX], DevRandom [XXX] and Userzap [XXX] for setting up new mirrors!
+Thanks BarkerJr [22], DevRandom [23] and Userzap [24] for setting up new
+mirrors!
- [XXX] https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-mirrors/2013-October/000381.html
- [XXX] https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-mirrors/2013-November/000384.html
- [XXX] https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-mirrors/2013-November/000389.html
+ [22] https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-mirrors/2013-October/000381.html
+ [23] https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-mirrors/2013-November/000384.html
+ [24] https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-mirrors/2013-November/000389.html
-Nathan Freitas announced that Orfox was going to replace Orweb [XXX] in the
-Guardian Project set of secure communication tools. Orfox is based on Firefox
-engine and is likely to behave closer to the Tor Browser. “However, Orfox is
-still very early (not alpha yet) and has not been fully tested. I would either
-do your own testing and report back to us, or only use the app for non
-sensitive/critical browsing for now” Nathan added [XXX].
+Nathan Freitas announced that Orfox was going to replace Orweb [25] in
+the Guardian Project set of secure communication tools. Orfox is based
+on Firefox engine and is likely to behave closer to the Tor Browser.
+“However, Orfox is still very early (not alpha yet) and has not been
+fully tested. I would either do your own testing and report back to us,
+or only use the app for non sensitive/critical browsing for now” Nathan
+added [26].
- [XXX] https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-talk/2013-December/031331.html
- [XXX] https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-talk/2013-December/031340.html
+ [25] https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-talk/2013-December/031331.html
+ [26] https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-talk/2013-December/031340.html
-arkmd reported that TorBirdy was saving unencrypted drafts on the remote server
-on their system. Sukhbir Singh has not been able to reproduce the issue so far [XXX]
-but he is thinking of disabling the automatic save feature entirely [XXX].
+arkmd reported [27] that TorBirdy was saving unencrypted drafts on the
+remote server on their system. Sukhbir Singh has not been able to
+reproduce the issue so far [28] but he is thinking of disabling the
+automatic save feature entirely [29].
- [XXX] https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-dev/2013-December/005901.html
- [XXX] https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/10309#comment:4
- [XXX] https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-dev/2013-December/005903.html
+ [27] https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-dev/2013-December/005901.html
+ [28] https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/10309#comment:4
+ [29] https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-dev/2013-December/005903.html
-Christian announced [XXX] that Globe was “now officially hosted on the
+Christian announced [30] that Globe was “now officially hosted on the
torproject servers”. Credits to Karsten Loesing and Peter Palfrader for
-setting up the infrastructure. Have a look at this new Tor relay and bridge
-explorer [XXX]!
+setting up the infrastructure. Have a look at this new Tor relay and
+bridge explorer [31]!
- [XXX] https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-talk/2013-December/031353.html
- [XXX] https://globe.torproject.org/
+ [30] https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-talk/2013-December/031353.html
+ [31] https://globe.torproject.org/
-ghostmaker advertised [XXX] “a small new tool for Windows called InjectSOCKS that can
-force other Windows software to do TCP connections via SOCKS.” InjectSOCKS source
-code and binaries are available from the project page.
+ghostmaker advertised [32] “a small new tool for Windows called
+InjectSOCKS that can force other Windows software to do TCP connections
+via SOCKS.” InjectSOCKS source code and binaries are available from the
+project page [33].
- [XXX] https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-dev/2013-December/005908.html
- [XXX] http://sourceforge.net/projects/injectsocks
+ [32] https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-dev/2013-December/005908.html
+ [33] http://sourceforge.net/projects/injectsocks
-The Tails team has issued a call for testing regarding incremental upgrades [XXX].
-One more step on the path to provide easy upgrades to Tails users.
+The Tails team has issued a call for testing regarding incremental
+upgrades [34]. One more step on the path to provide easy upgrades to
+Tails users.
- [XXX] https://tails.boum.org/news/test_incremental_upgrades/
+ [34] https://tails.boum.org/news/test_incremental_upgrades/
-The release schedule for Tails 0.22.1 [XXX] has been published by intrigeri.
-The expected release date for this point release is January 21th.
+The release schedule for Tails 0.22.1 [35] has been published by
+intrigeri. The expected release date for this point release is January
+21th.
- [XXX] https://mailman.boum.org/pipermail/tails-dev/2013-December/004405.html
+ [35] https://mailman.boum.org/pipermail/tails-dev/2013-December/004405.html
Tor help desk roundup
---------------------
-Multiple users have asked the help desk for IPv6 bridges specifically.
-Currently getting IPv6 bridges is not too easy, but the issue is known [XXX]
-and should be solved as the bridge distributor is improved. IPv6 bridges are
-functional in (at least part of) China, but we do not have many of them to
-distribute. Please set up an IPv6 bridge if you can, it's only one
-“ORPort” line to add [XXX] to the usual configuration [XXX].
+Multiple users have asked the help desk for IPv6 bridges specifically.
+Currently getting IPv6 bridges is not too easy, but the issue is
+known [36] and should be solved as the bridge distributor is improved.
+IPv6 bridges are functional in (at least part of) China, but we do not
+have many of them to distribute. Please set up an IPv6 bridge if you
+can, it's only one “ORPort” line to add [37] to the usual
+configuration [38].
- [XXX] https://bugs.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/9127
- [XXX] https://people.torproject.org/~linus/ipv6-relay-howto.html
- [XXX] https://www.torproject.org/docs/bridges.html.en#RunningABridge
+ [36] https://bugs.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/9127
+ [37] https://people.torproject.org/~linus/ipv6-relay-howto.html
+ [38] https://www.torproject.org/docs/bridges.html.en#RunningABridge
Upcoming events
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| https://events.ccc.de/congress/2013/
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-XXX.
+This issue of Tor Weekly News has been assembled by Lunar, harmony,
+dope457, Matt Pagan and Karsten Loesing.
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