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Lunar
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Date: 2014-07-08T12:08:46+00:00
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'''Editor:''' Lunar
'''Subject:''' Tor Weekly News — July 9th, 2014
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+'''Status:''' Frozen. New items should go to [wiki:TorWeeklyNews/2014/28 next week edition]. Expected publication time 2014-07-09 12:00 UTC.
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On being targeted by the NSA
----------------------------
-Das Erste has published an article [XXX] and backing material [XXX] on
-how the NSA explicitly targets Tor and Tails user through the XKEYSCORE
-Deep Packet Inspection system. Several other media picked up the news
-and it was also discussed through several threads on the tor-talk mailing
-list [XXX,XXX,XXX,XXX,XXX,XXX,XXX].
+Das Erste has published an article [1] and backing material [2] on how
+the NSA explicitly targets Tor and Tails user through the XKEYSCORE Deep
+Packet Inspection system. Several other media picked up the news and it
+was also discussed through several threads on the tor-talk mailing
+list [3,4,5,6,7,8,9].
-The Tor Project's view has been reposted [XXX] on the blog. To a comment that
-said “I felt like i am caught in the middle of a two gigantic rocks colliding
-each other”, Roger DingleDine replied [XXX]: “You're one of the millions of
-people every day who use Tor. And because of the diversity of users […], just
-because they know you use Tor doesn't mean they know *why* you use Tor, or what
-you do with it. That's still way better than letting them watch all of your
-interactions with all websites on the Internet.”
+The Tor Project's view has been reposted [10] on the blog. To a comment
+that said “I felt like i am caught in the middle of a two gigantic rocks
+colliding each other”, Roger DingleDine replied [11]: “You're one of the
+millions of people every day who use Tor. And because of the diversity
+of users […], just because they know you use Tor doesn't mean they know
+*why* you use Tor, or what you do with it. That's still way better than
+letting them watch all of your interactions with all websites on the
+Internet.”
- [XXX]: http://daserste.ndr.de/panorama/aktuell/nsa230_page-1.html
- [XXX]: http://daserste.ndr.de/panorama/xkeyscorerules100.txt
- [XXX]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-talk/2014-June/033473.html
- [XXX]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-talk/2014-July/033640.html
- [XXX]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-talk/2014-July/033640.html
- [XXX]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-talk/2014-July/033642.html
- [XXX]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-talk/2014-July/033656.html
- [XXX]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-talk/2014-July/033703.html
- [XXX]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-talk/2014-July/033749.html
- [XXX]: https://blog.torproject.org/blog/being-targeted-nsa
- [XXX]: https://blog.torproject.org/blog/being-targeted-nsa#comment-64376
+ [1]: http://daserste.ndr.de/panorama/aktuell/nsa230_page-1.html
+ [2]: http://daserste.ndr.de/panorama/xkeyscorerules100.txt
+ [3]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-talk/2014-June/033473.html
+ [4]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-talk/2014-July/033640.html
+ [5]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-talk/2014-July/033640.html
+ [6]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-talk/2014-July/033642.html
+ [7]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-talk/2014-July/033656.html
+ [8]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-talk/2014-July/033703.html
+ [9]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-talk/2014-July/033749.html
+ [10]: https://blog.torproject.org/blog/being-targeted-nsa
+ [11]: https://blog.torproject.org/blog/being-targeted-nsa#comment-64376
More monthly status reports for June 2014
-----------------------------------------
The wave of regular monthly reports from Tor project members for the
-month of June continued, with submissions from Georg Koppen [XXX],
-Lunar [XXX], Noel David Torres Taño [XXX], Matt Pagan [XXX],
-Colin C. [XXX], Arlo Breault [XXX], and George Kadianakis [XXX].
+month of June continued, with submissions from Georg Koppen [12],
+Lunar [13], Noel David Torres Taño [14], Matt Pagan [15], Colin C. [16],
+Arlo Breault [17], and George Kadianakis [18].
-Mike Perry reported on behalf of the Tor Browser team [XXX].
+Mike Perry reported on behalf of the Tor Browser team [19].
- [XXX]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-reports/2014-July/000576.html
- [XXX]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-reports/2014-July/000577.html
- [XXX]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-reports/2014-July/000578.html
- [XXX]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-reports/2014-July/000579.html
- [XXX]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-reports/2014-July/000580.html
- [XXX]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-reports/2014-July/000583.html
- [XXX]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-reports/2014-July/000585.html
- [XXX]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-reports/2014-July/000584.html
+ [12]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-reports/2014-July/000576.html
+ [13]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-reports/2014-July/000577.html
+ [14]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-reports/2014-July/000578.html
+ [15]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-reports/2014-July/000579.html
+ [16]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-reports/2014-July/000580.html
+ [17]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-reports/2014-July/000583.html
+ [18]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-reports/2014-July/000585.html
+ [19]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-reports/2014-July/000584.html
Miscellaneous news
------------------
-An Austrian Tor exit node operator interpreted [XXX] their conviction in a
-first ruling as “guilty of complicity, because he enabled others to transmit
-content of an illegal nature through the service”. Moritz Bartl from
-Torservers.net [XXX] commented [XXX]: “We strongly believe that it can be
-easily challenged. […] We will definitely try and find
-some legal expert in Austria and see what we can do to fight this.”
+An Austrian Tor exit node operator interpreted [20] their conviction in
+a first ruling as “guilty of complicity, because he enabled others to
+transmit content of an illegal nature through the service”. Moritz Bartl
+from Torservers.net [21] commented [22]: “We strongly believe that it
+can be easily challenged. […] We will definitely try and find some legal
+expert in Austria and see what we can do to fight this.”
- [XXX]: https://network23.org/blackoutaustria/2014/07/01/to-whom-it-may-concern-english-version/
- [XXX]: https://www.torservers.net/
- [XXX]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-talk/2014-July/033613.html
+ [20]: https://network23.org/blackoutaustria/2014/07/01/to-whom-it-may-concern-english-version/
+ [21]: https://www.torservers.net/
+ [22]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-talk/2014-July/033613.html
-Linus Nordberg is expanding the idea of public, append-only, untrusted log
-ala Certificate Transparency [XXX] to the Tor consensus. Linus submitted a
-new draft proposal to the tor-dev mailing list for reviews [XXX].
+Linus Nordberg is expanding the idea of public, append-only, untrusted
+log ala Certificate Transparency [23] to the Tor consensus. Linus
+submitted a new draft proposal to the tor-dev mailing list for
+reviews [24].
- [XXX]: http://www.certificate-transparency.org/
- [XXX]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-dev/2014-July/007092.html
+ [23]: http://www.certificate-transparency.org/
+ [24]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-dev/2014-July/007092.html
-Miguel Freitas reported [XXX] that twister [XXX] — a fully decentralized P2P microblogging
-platform — was now able to run over Tor. As Miguel wrote, “running twister on top of Tor
-was a long time goal, […] the Tor support allows a far more interesting threat model”.
+Miguel Freitas reported [25] that twister [26] — a fully decentralized
+P2P microblogging platform — was now able to run over Tor. As Miguel
+wrote, “running twister on top of Tor was a long time goal, […] the Tor
+support allows a far more interesting threat model”.
- [XXX]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-talk/2014-July/033580.html
- [XXX]: http://twister.net.co/
+ [25]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-talk/2014-July/033580.html
+ [26]: http://twister.net.co/
-Google Summer of Code students have sent a new round of reports after the
-mid-term: Israel Leiva on the GetTor revamp [XXX], Amogh Pradeep on Orbot and
-Orfox improvements [XXX], Mikhail Belous on the multicore tor daemon [XXX],
-Daniel Martí on incremental updates to consensus documents [XXX], Sreenatha
-Bhatlapenumarthi on the Tor Weather rewrite [XXX], Quinn Jarrell on the
-pluggable transport combiner [XXX], Noah Rahman on Stegotorus
-enhancements [XXX], Marc Juarez on website fingerprinting defenses [XXX],
-development, Juha Nurmi on the ahmia.fi project [XXX], and Zack Mullaly on the
-HTTPS Everywhere secure ruleset update mechanism [XXX].
+Google Summer of Code students have sent a new round of reports after
+the mid-term: Israel Leiva on the GetTor revamp [27], Amogh Pradeep on
+Orbot and Orfox improvements [28], Mikhail Belous on the multicore tor
+daemon [29], Daniel Martí on incremental updates to consensus
+documents [30], Sreenatha Bhatlapenumarthi on the Tor Weather
+rewrite [31], Quinn Jarrell on the pluggable transport combiner [32],
+Noah Rahman on Stegotorus enhancements [33], Marc Juarez on website
+fingerprinting defenses [34], development, Juha Nurmi on the ahmia.fi
+project [35], and Zack Mullaly on the HTTPS Everywhere secure ruleset
+update mechanism [36].
- [XXX]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-dev/2014-July/007074.html
- [XXX]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-dev/2014-July/007083.html
- [XXX]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-dev/2014-July/007086.html
- [XXX]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-dev/2014-July/007087.html
- [XXX]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-dev/2014-July/007091.html
- [XXX]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-dev/2014-July/007094.html
- [XXX]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-dev/2014-July/007095.html
- [XXX]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-reports/2014-July/000581.html
- [XXX]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-reports/2014-July/000582.html
- [XXX]: https://lists.eff.org/pipermail/https-everywhere/2014-July/002182.html
+ [27]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-dev/2014-July/007074.html
+ [28]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-dev/2014-July/007083.html
+ [29]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-dev/2014-July/007086.html
+ [30]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-dev/2014-July/007087.html
+ [31]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-dev/2014-July/007091.html
+ [32]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-dev/2014-July/007094.html
+ [33]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-dev/2014-July/007095.html
+ [34]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-reports/2014-July/000581.html
+ [35]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-reports/2014-July/000582.html
+ [36]: https://lists.eff.org/pipermail/https-everywhere/2014-July/002182.html
-sajolida, tchou and Giorgio Maone from NoScript drafted a specification [XXX]
-for a Firefox extension to download and verify Tails.
+sajolida, tchou and Giorgio Maone from NoScript drafted a
+specification [37] for a Firefox extension to download and verify Tails.
- [XXX]: https://mailman.boum.org/pipermail/tails-dev/2014-July/006288.html
+ [37]: https://mailman.boum.org/pipermail/tails-dev/2014-July/006288.html
Tor help desk roundup
---------------------
-One way to volunteer for Tor is to run a mirror [XXX] of the Tor Project
+One way to volunteer for Tor is to run a mirror [38] of the Tor Project
website. Instructions are available for anyone wanting to run a
-mirror [XXX]. Mirrors are useful for those who, for one reason or another,
+mirror [39]. Mirrors are useful for those who, for one reason or another,
can not access or use the main Tor Project website. Volunteers who have
successfully set up a synced a mirror can report their mirror to the
-tor-mirrors mailing list [XXX] to get it included in the full mirrors list.
+tor-mirrors mailing list [40] to get it included in the full mirrors list.
-[XXX]: https://www.torproject.org/getinvolved/mirrors.html.en
-[XXX]: https://www.torproject.org/docs/running-a-mirror.html.en
-[XXX]: https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-mirrors
+ [38]: https://www.torproject.org/getinvolved/mirrors.html.en
+ [39]: https://www.torproject.org/docs/running-a-mirror.html.en
+ [40]: https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-mirrors
Easy development tasks to get involved with
-------------------------------------------
-Ooniprobe is a tool for conducting network measurements that are useful
+ooniprobe is a tool for conducting network measurements that are useful
to detect network interference. When ooniprobe starts it should perform
-checks to verify that the config file is correct [XXX]. If that is not
+checks to verify that the config file is correct [41]. If that is not
the case it should fail gracefully at startup. The ticket indicates
-where this check should be added to the Ooniprobe codebase [XXX]. If
+where this check should be added to the Ooniprobe codebase [42]. If
you'd like to do some easy Python hacking, be sure to give this ticket a
try.
- [XXX]: https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/11983
- [XXX]: https://gitweb.torproject.org/ooni-probe.git
+ [41]: https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/11983
+ [42]: https://gitweb.torproject.org/ooni-probe.git
Upcoming events
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@@ -154,15 +160,15 @@
| https://petsymposium.org/2014/
-This issue of Tor Weekly News has been assembled by Lunar, harmony,
-Matt Pagan, and Karsten Loesing.
+This issue of Tor Weekly News has been assembled by Lunar, harmony, Matt
+Pagan, and Karsten Loesing.
Want to continue reading TWN? Please help us create this newsletter.
We still need more volunteers to watch the Tor community and report
-important news. Please see the project page [XXX], write down your
-name and subscribe to the team mailing list [XXX] if you want to
+important news. Please see the project page [43], write down your
+name and subscribe to the team mailing list [44] if you want to
get involved!
- [XXX]: https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/wiki/TorWeeklyNews
- [XXX]: https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/news-team
+ [43]: https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/wiki/TorWeeklyNews
+ [44]: https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/news-team
}}}
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Author: lunar
Date: 2014-07-08T12:06:53+00:00
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--- version 27
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| https://petsymposium.org/2014/
-This issue of Tor Weekly News has been assembled by XXX, XXX, and
-XXX.
+This issue of Tor Weekly News has been assembled by Lunar, harmony,
+Matt Pagan, and Karsten Loesing.
Want to continue reading TWN? Please help us create this newsletter.
We still need more volunteers to watch the Tor community and report
version 27
Author: lunar
Date: 2014-07-08T12:05:48+00:00
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--- version 26
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[XXX]: https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/wiki/TorWeeklyNews
[XXX]: https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/news-team
}}}
-
-Possible items:
-
- * new mirrors: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-mirrors/2014-July/000623.html https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-mirrors/2014-July/000624.html (not yet added though)
version 26
Author: lunar
Date: 2014-07-08T12:03:57+00:00
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Welcome to the twenty-seventh issue of Tor Weekly News in 2014, the
-weekly newsletter that covers what is happening in the XXX Tor community.
+weekly newsletter that covers what is happening in the Tor community.
On being targeted by the NSA
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@@ -128,13 +128,6 @@
[XXX]: https://www.torproject.org/docs/running-a-mirror.html.en
[XXX]: https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-mirrors
-News from Tor StackExchange
----------------------------
-
-Text with cited source [XXX].
-
- [XXX]:
-
Easy development tasks to get involved with
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Author: lunar
Date: 2014-07-08T12:05:35+00:00
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+''54th issue of Tor Weekly News. Covering what's happening from July 8th, 2014 to July 15th, 2014. To be released on July 16th, 2014.''
+
+'''Editor:'''
+
+'''Subject:''' Tor Weekly News — July 16th, 2014
+
+{{{
+========================================================================
+Tor Weekly News July 16th, 2014
+========================================================================
+
+Welcome to the sixteenth issue of Tor Weekly News in 2014, the weekly
+newsletter that covers what is happening in the Tor community.
+
+Feature XXX
+-----------
+
+Feature 1 with cited source [XXX]
+
+ [XXX]:
+
+Monthly status reports for XXX month 2014
+-----------------------------------------
+
+The wave of regular monthly reports from Tor project members for the
+month of XXX has begun. XXX released his report first [XXX], followed
+by reports from name 2 [XXX], name 3 [XXX], and name 4 [XXX].
+
+ [XXX]:
+ [XXX]:
+ [XXX]:
+ [XXX]:
+
+Miscellaneous news
+------------------
+
+Item 1 with cited source [XXX].
+
+Item 2 with cited source [XXX].
+
+Item 3 with cited source [XXX].
+
+ [XXX]:
+ [XXX]:
+ [XXX]:
+
+Tor help desk roundup
+---------------------
+
+Summary of some questions sent to the Tor help desk.
+
+News from Tor StackExchange
+---------------------------
+
+Text with cited source [XXX].
+
+ [XXX]:
+
+Easy development tasks to get involved with
+-------------------------------------------
+
+Text with cited source [XXX].
+
+ [XXX]:
+
+Upcoming events
+---------------
+
+Jul XX-XX | Event XXX brief description
+ | Event City, Event Country
+ | Event website URL
+ |
+Jul XX-XX | Event XXX brief description
+ | Event City, Event Country
+ | Event website URL
+
+
+This issue of Tor Weekly News has been assembled by XXX, XXX, and
+XXX.
+
+Want to continue reading TWN? Please help us create this newsletter.
+We still need more volunteers to watch the Tor community and report
+important news. Please see the project page [XXX], write down your
+name and subscribe to the team mailing list [XXX] if you want to
+get involved!
+
+ [XXX]: https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/wiki/TorWeeklyNews
+ [XXX]: https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/news-team
+}}}
+
+Possible items:
+
+ * new mirrors: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-mirrors/2014-July/000623.html https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-mirrors/2014-July/000624.html (not yet added though)
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