[tor-project] cohosh's monthly status report, October 2023

[Cecylia Bocovich]

Hi! This is my status report for contract work done in October 2023.

# Reputation-based bridge distribution

- Deployed the lox distributor in production
	- https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/anti-censorship/rdsys/-/issues/167

- Updated the rdsys survival guide with information on how to deploy new 
frontend services
	- 
https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/anti-censorship/team/-/wikis/Survival-Guides/Rdsys-Survival-Guide

- Met with the UX team to discuss Lox UX

- Reviewed the addition of prometheus metrics to the lox distributor

- Continued Tor Browser integration with Lox client
	- Had to rebase and work around the new Firefox CSP
	- https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/anti-censorship/lox/-/issues/34

# Snowflake

- Worked with OONI to update domain front used for Snowflake tests
	- https://github.com/ooni/probe-cli/pull/1337

- Looked into the blocking of foursquare.com and other potential fronts

- Changed proxy stats and metrics to report throughput during the last hour
	- 
https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/anti-censorship/pluggable-transports/snowflake/-/issues/40302
	- 
https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/anti-censorship/pluggable-transports/snowflake/-/merge_requests/203
	- 
https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/anti-censorship/pluggable-transports/snowflake/-/merge_requests/204

- Reviewed Snowflake outbound proxy support
	- 
https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/anti-censorship/pluggable-transports/snowflake/-/issues/40069

- Found and fixed a regression in the Snowflake client caused by 
supporting multiple domain fronts
	- 
https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/anti-censorship/pluggable-transports/snowflake/-/merge_requests/201