[TWN team] Recent changes to the wiki pages

Lunar lunar at torproject.org
Mon Sep 30 17:40:11 UTC 2013 

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=== https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/wiki/TorWeeklyNews/2013/13 ===
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version 27
Author: lunar
Date:   2013-09-30T17:09:33+00:00

   add links to GNU hackaton resources and reports

--- version 26
+++ version 27
@@ -181,4 +181,4 @@
 Possible items :
 
  * result of the EPIC FOIA https://epic.org/2013/09/epic-foia-request-reveals-no-e.html
- * a report of the GNU 30th anniversary hackaton? bug Nick for a small report?
+ * a report of the GNU 30th anniversary hackaton https://www.gnu.org/gnu30/ ;  http://libreplanet.org/wiki/GNU30/Tor ; https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-talk/2013-September/030238.html

version 26
Author: lunar
Date:   2013-09-30T17:07:17+00:00

   oops

--- version 25
+++ version 26
@@ -113,9 +113,6 @@
   [XXX] https://gitweb.torproject.org/pluggable-transports/pyptlib.git
   [XXX] https://github.com/Yawning/liballium
 
-On Tails' front
----------------
-
 Monthly status reports for September 2013
 -----------------------------------------
 

version 25
Author: lunar
Date:   2013-09-30T17:02:45+00:00

   some Tails misc news

--- version 24
+++ version 25
@@ -113,6 +113,9 @@
   [XXX] https://gitweb.torproject.org/pluggable-transports/pyptlib.git
   [XXX] https://github.com/Yawning/liballium
 
+On Tails' front
+---------------
+
 Monthly status reports for September 2013
 -----------------------------------------
 
@@ -133,6 +136,18 @@
 security fixes, please update!
 
   [XXX] https://blog.torproject.org/blog/pluggable-transports-bundles-2417-beta-2-pt3-firefox-1709esr
+
+intrigeri sent a release schedule for Tails 0.21. [XXX] First release candidate
+should be out on October 20th.
+
+  [XXX] https://mailman.boum.org/pipermail/tails-dev/2013-September/003719.html
+
+If you have the necessary hardware and want to help out Tails, please test two
+upcoming features: persistent printer settings [XXX] and support for more SD
+card readers (the “sdio” type) [XXX].
+
+  [XXX] https://mailman.boum.org/pipermail/tails-dev/2013-September/003744.html
+  [XXX] https://mailman.boum.org/pipermail/tails-dev/2013-September/003757.html
 
 Vulnerabilities
 ---------------

version 24
Author: lunar
Date:   2013-09-30T16:46:30+00:00

   write on liballium

--- version 23
+++ version 24
@@ -96,6 +96,23 @@
 [XXX]: https://www.torproject.org/docs/hidden-services.html.en
 [XXX]: https://gitweb.torproject.org/torspec.git?a=blob_plain;hb=HEAD;f=rend-spec.txt
 
+liballium: Pluggable Transports utility library in C
+----------------------------------------------------
+
+Yawning Angel announced a new library to ease the task of writing pluggable
+transports [XXX]. liballium is “simple library that handles the Tor Pluggable
+Transport Configuration protocol. The idea is for this library to be the C/C++
+equivalent to pyptlib [XXX] (and maybe more, depending on how much time I have
+to work on it).”
+
+The code is available [XXX] featuring “a reasonably well commented example.”
+
+Feel free to follow up with “questions, comments, feedback”!
+
+  [XXX] https://www.torproject.org/docs/pluggable-transports.html
+  [XXX] https://gitweb.torproject.org/pluggable-transports/pyptlib.git
+  [XXX] https://github.com/Yawning/liballium
+
 Monthly status reports for September 2013
 -----------------------------------------
 

version 23
Author: lunar
Date:   2013-09-30T16:33:56+00:00

   remove covered issue

--- version 22
+++ version 23
@@ -152,5 +152,4 @@
 Possible items :
 
  * result of the EPIC FOIA https://epic.org/2013/09/epic-foia-request-reveals-no-e.html
- * Tor Stack Exchange in private beta http://tor.stackexchange.com/
  * a report of the GNU 30th anniversary hackaton? bug Nick for a small report?

version 22
Author: lunar
Date:   2013-09-30T16:33:20+00:00

   remove Otter, meetings are on release day

--- version 21
+++ version 22
@@ -153,5 +153,4 @@
 
  * result of the EPIC FOIA https://epic.org/2013/09/epic-foia-request-reveals-no-e.html
  * Tor Stack Exchange in private beta http://tor.stackexchange.com/
- * Kickoff Meeting for Project Otter https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-dev/2013-September/005512.html (ask Tom if that should be covered, maybe)
  * a report of the GNU 30th anniversary hackaton? bug Nick for a small report?

version 21
Author: lunar
Date:   2013-09-30T16:28:24+00:00

   mention a question that came out of SE

--- version 20
+++ version 21
@@ -50,7 +50,11 @@
 beta, the more certain it is that our page will move on to the next stage (i.e.
 the public beta).”
 
-Roger Dingledine put out his own call [XXX] for Tor developers and anonymity
+Fruitful discussions are already fostering: Karsten Loesing relayed to the wider
+community about the problem of what to do about contact information for bridge
+operators. [XXX]
+
+Roger Dingledine called [XXX] Tor developers and anonymity
 researchers to participate in answering questions on the site, adding “Steven,
 Philipp, Jens, and I can't do it by ourselves.” If you have expert knowledge to
 contribute, please contact Roger for the necessary details, or visit the proposal
@@ -58,6 +62,7 @@
 
  [XXX] http://tor.stackexchange.com
  [XXX] https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-talk/2013-September/030187.html
+ [XXX] https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-relays/2013-September/002936.html
  [XXX] https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-dev/2013-September/005519.html
  [XXX] http://area51.stackexchange.com/proposals/56447/tor-online-anonymity-privacy-and-security
 
@@ -150,4 +155,3 @@
  * Tor Stack Exchange in private beta http://tor.stackexchange.com/
  * Kickoff Meeting for Project Otter https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-dev/2013-September/005512.html (ask Tom if that should be covered, maybe)
  * a report of the GNU 30th anniversary hackaton? bug Nick for a small report?
- * What do bridge operators expect when providing a ContactInfo line? https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-relays/2013-September/002936.html
version 20
Author: lunar
Date:   2013-09-30T16:22:22+00:00

   write on TBB 3.0a4

--- version 19
+++ version 20
@@ -12,14 +12,31 @@
 Welcome to the fourteenth issue of Tor Weekly News, the weekly newsletter that
 covers what is happening in the great Tor community.
 
-New Release of XXX
-------------------
+New release of the Tor Browse Bundle 3.0 alpha branch
+-----------------------------------------------------
 
-XXX: cite specific release date, numbers, and developers responsible
+On September 28th, Mike Perry released alpha 4 of
+the new Tor Browser Bundle 3.0 series [XXX]. The main highlight
+of this series is important usability improvements by integrating
+Tor configuration and control into the browser itself.
 
-XXX: details about release
+The latest iteration is based on Firefox 10.0.9esr which brings its lot
+of important security fixes. It also fixes a fingerprinting issue by
+randomizing the timestamp sent when establishing an HTTPS connection.
 
- [XXX]
+Two small but important usability improvements in the new Tor Launcher
+component were made: users can now directly copy and paste “bridges” lines
+from the bridge database [XXX] and clock-skews that would prevent proper
+functioning of Tor are now reported to users.
+
+Download your copy, test and report any problems you find. If you feel
+adventurous, you can also practice the new crucial security process
+by independently reproducing the binaries from the publicly
+reviewable source code [XXX].
+
+  [XXX] https://blog.torproject.org/blog/tor-browser-bundle-30alpha4-released
+  [XXX] https://bridges.torproject.org/
+  [XXX] https://gitweb.torproject.org/builders/tor-browser-bundle.git/blob/HEAD:/gitian/README.build
 
 Tor Stack Exchange page in private beta
 ---------------------------------------
@@ -89,7 +106,7 @@
 Miscellaneous news
 ------------------
 
-David Fifield updated the Pluggable Transports bundles using the latest
+David Fifield also updated the Pluggable Transports bundles using the latest
 Tor Browser Bundle [XXX]. In order to benefit from the improvements and
 security fixes, please update!
 
@@ -131,7 +148,6 @@
 
  * result of the EPIC FOIA https://epic.org/2013/09/epic-foia-request-reveals-no-e.html
  * Tor Stack Exchange in private beta http://tor.stackexchange.com/
- * Tor Browser Bundle 3.0alpha4 Released https://blog.torproject.org/blog/tor-browser-bundle-30alpha4-released
  * Kickoff Meeting for Project Otter https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-dev/2013-September/005512.html (ask Tom if that should be covered, maybe)
  * a report of the GNU 30th anniversary hackaton? bug Nick for a small report?
  * What do bridge operators expect when providing a ContactInfo line? https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-relays/2013-September/002936.html
version 19
Author: lunar
Date:   2013-09-30T16:01:46+00:00

   add possible item

--- version 18
+++ version 19
@@ -133,4 +133,5 @@
  * Tor Stack Exchange in private beta http://tor.stackexchange.com/
  * Tor Browser Bundle 3.0alpha4 Released https://blog.torproject.org/blog/tor-browser-bundle-30alpha4-released
  * Kickoff Meeting for Project Otter https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-dev/2013-September/005512.html (ask Tom if that should be covered, maybe)
- * a report of the GNU 30th anniversary hackaton? bug Nick for a small report?+ * a report of the GNU 30th anniversary hackaton? bug Nick for a small report?
+ * What do bridge operators expect when providing a ContactInfo line? https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-relays/2013-September/002936.html


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