[tor-commits] r26932: {website} Updated various information on the volunteer page. (website/trunk/getinvolved/en)
Matt Pagan
matt at pagan.io
Fri Aug 29 20:27:36 UTC 2014
Author: mttp
Date: 2014-08-29 20:27:36 +0000 (Fri, 29 Aug 2014)
New Revision: 26932
Modified:
website/trunk/getinvolved/en/volunteer.wml
Log:
Updated various information on the volunteer page.
Modified: website/trunk/getinvolved/en/volunteer.wml
===================================================================
--- website/trunk/getinvolved/en/volunteer.wml 2014-08-29 19:57:08 UTC (rev 26931)
+++ website/trunk/getinvolved/en/volunteer.wml 2014-08-29 20:27:36 UTC (rev 26932)
@@ -166,6 +166,14 @@
</tr>
<tr>
+ <td><a href="#project-torlauncher">TorLauncher</a></td>
+ <td>Browser Add-on</td>
+ <td>Javascript, XUL</td>
+ <td>Heavy</td>
+ <td>Pearl Crescent</td>
+ </tr>
+
+ <tr>
<td><a href="#project-httpseverywhere">HTTPS Everywhere</a></td>
<td>Browser Add-on</td>
<td>Javascript</td>
@@ -454,15 +462,16 @@
</p>
<a id="project-torbrowser"></a>
- <h3><a href="<page projects/torbrowser>">Tor Browser Bundle</a> (<a
+ <h3><a href="<page projects/torbrowser>">Tor Browser</a> (<a
href="https://gitweb.torproject.org/torbrowser.git">code</a>, <a
href="https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/query?status=accepted&status=assigned&status=needs_review&status=new&status=reopened&component=Tor+bundles/installation&order=priority">bug
tracker</a>, <a href="https://www.torproject.org/projects/torbrowser/design/">design doc</a>)</h3>
<p>
- The Tor Browser Bundle is an easy-to-use portable package of Tor, Vidalia,
- Torbutton, and a Firefox fork preconfigured to work together out of
- the box. It contains a modified copy of Firefox that aims to resolve the
+ Tor Browser is an easy-to-use, portable package of Tor, HTTPS-Everywhere,
+ NoScript, TorLauncher, Torbutton, and a Firefox fork, all preconfigured
+ to work together out of
+ the box. The modified copy of Firefox aims to resolve the
privacy and security issues in mainline version.
</p>
@@ -480,11 +489,23 @@
<p>
Firefox addon that addresses many of the client-side threats to browsing
the Internet anonymously. Mike has since continued to adapt it to new
- threats, updated versions of Firefox, and possibly <a
- href="https://blog.torproject.org/blog/google-chrome-incognito-mode-tor-and-fingerprinting">Chrome
- as well</a>.
+ threats and updated versions of Firefox</a>.
</p>
+ <a id="project-torlauncher"></a>
+ <h3>TorLauncher (<a
+ href="https://gitweb.torproject.org/torlauncher.git">code</a>, <a
+ href="https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/query?status=accepted&status=assigned&status=needs_information&status=needs_review&status=needs_revision&status=new&status=reopened&component=Tor+Launcher&order=priority">bug
+ tracker</a>)</h3>
+
+ <p>
+ Firefox addon that interfaces between the browser components and Tor. It
+ addresses many usability issues of Tor Browser by making certain common
+ Tor configurations, like bridge use, easy to set. Kathy and Mark of Pearl
+ Crescent continue to add improvements as Tor Browser's feature set
+ increases. </a>.
+ </p>
+
<a id="project-httpseverywhere"></a>
<h3><a href="https://www.eff.org/https-everywhere">HTTPS Everywhere</a> (<a
href="https://gitweb.torproject.org/https-everywhere.git">code</a>, <a
@@ -1031,7 +1052,7 @@
<br>
Likely Mentors: <i>Nick (nickm)</i>
<p>
- The Tor code is almost 10 years old in places, and we haven't always had
+ The Tor code is more than 10 years old in places, and we haven't always had
enough time or wisdom to write things as well as we could have. Our unit
test coverage is shamefully low, and the dependency graph of our modules is
shamefully convoluted . We could use refactoring and unit tests! Please
@@ -1083,11 +1104,12 @@
<p>
We have deployed <a
- href="<page projects/obfsproxy>">obfsproxy</a>
- and <a href="http://crypto.stanford.edu/flashproxy/">flashproxy</a> bridges
- for a while, accessible using separately-installed pluggable transport
- clients. Recently, we added this client support to the main Tor Browser
- Bundle, and are adding more transports such as scramblesuit and fteproxy.
+ href="<page projects/obfsproxy>">obfsproxy</a>,
+ <a href="http://crypto.stanford.edu/flashproxy/">flashproxy</a>,
+ <a href="http://www.cs.kau.se/philwint/scramblesuit/">scramblesuit</a>,
+ <a href="https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/wiki/doc/meek">meek</a>,
+ and <a href="https://fteproxy.org/about">FTE</a> bridges into the main
+ Tor Browser.</a>
</p>
<p>
@@ -1104,7 +1126,7 @@
transports together to take advantage of orthogonal types of blocking
resistance.</li>
<li>Improve the UX for selecting the appropriate pluggable transport in
- the new Tor Browser Bundle, whilst maintaining user security.</li>
+ the new Tor Browser, whilst maintaining user security.</li>
<li>Implement a new pluggable transport that resists blocking in a
novel way.
<ul>
@@ -1789,17 +1811,17 @@
Likely Mentors: <i>Sukhbir Singh (sukhe), Nima Fatemi (mrphs)</i>
<p>
GetTor is a program that serves Tor bundles and related components over SMTP.
-Users request the Tor Browser Bundle by sending an email to GetTor, which sends
-back the bundle as email attachments. In countries where the Tor Project
-website is blocked, GetTor is a convenient way for users to get access to the
-bundles.
+Users request the Tor Browser by sending an email to GetTor, which sends
+back Tor Browser as email attachments. In countries where the Tor Project
+website is blocked, GetTor is a convenient way for users to get access to Tor
+Browser.
</p>
<p>
GetTor has been unmaintained for a while and needs a revamp. The main issue is
-that because the Tor Browser Bundle size exceeds 25 MB, sending it through
+that because the Tor Browser size exceeds 25 MB, sending it through
GetTor no longer works as most email providers don't support attachments
-exceeding 25 MB. To alleviate this issue, bundles are now uploaded on
+exceeding 25 MB. To alleviate this issue, Tor Browsers are now uploaded on
cloud-based services such as Google Drive and Dropbox and links are sent
out in the email body instead of attachments. This current setup is far from
complete -- GetTor needs a lot of work to get it to a point where it can do
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