[community] TOR101

[J.S. Evans]

Hi all,

My name is Jason and I am a training engineer for an open-source software company.

I have been lurking around the Tor community mailing lists and /r/Tor and /r/onions subreddits for the past few months answering newbie questions. I have also blogged a bit about my experiences with Tor. I would like to take the next step and write a free Intro to TOR online course. The way that I normally build a training course is by producing a slide deck and exercise book and then recording everything as a series of videos. If the student wants to try it for themselves, they can use exercise book to follow along on their own PCs. The course would be produced under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International license.

This course could be used for onboarding new volunteers or just raising the knowledge level of the general public. Having spent time helping on Reddit, I see lots of people who come there looking for info on "The Dark Web" (a term that I dislike). They have no idea what Tor is except from some clickbait article or YouTube video that makes it sound dangerous and edgy.

Here is the outline that I have now:

Section 1: Introduction to the Tor Browser
What is Tor?
What is the Tor Browser?
Exercise: Download the Tor Browser
How do I use Tor on Android?

Section 2: Introduction to the Tor Service (Linux)
Tor Application
Torrc
Exercise: Review Torrc
What is an Onion Service?
Exercise: Create Web Service
Exercise: Create SSH Service

Section 3: Introduction to Relays (Linux)
What is a Relay?
Middle Nodes and Guard Nodes
Exercise: Setting up a new middle node
Exit Nodes
Bridges
Exercise: Setting up a new bridge

Input is always appreciated!

Best Regards,
Jason