[tor-reports] SponsorR November 2014 report (was Re: SponsorF November 2014 report)

[George Kadianakis]

George Kadianakis <desnacked at riseup.net> writes:

> Hello,
>
> here is a draft of a November report for SponsorR:
>
> - Started a discussion on hidden service statistics and the ways they
>   should be collected:
>   https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-dev/2014-November/007816.html
>   
>   As a result, we posted a Tor proposal draft (#13509) on how to
>   collect the first two statistics about HS usage:
>   https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-dev/2014-November/007863.html
>
>   The proposal will need a few revisions and implementation (#13192)
>   will start on early December.
>
> - Started work on a tech report that will examine all the various
>   hidden service statistics that can be collected. The report will
>   analyze the stats in terms of their benefits and security and help
>   us decide which of these stats should be done on the real Tor
>   network and which should only be done in a private Tor network.
>
> - Started collecting statistics and benchmarks from a private Tor
>   network.
>
>   Some preliminary results can be found at:
>   https://people.torproject.org/~dgoulet/ip-026.png
>   where you can see how long it took a hidden service to establish its
>   introduction points.
>
> - Found and fixed an important performance issue that could trigger
>   when establishing multiple connections to a hidden service:
>   https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/13698
>  
> - We collected most of team and community feedback about possible
>   SponsorR tasks at:
>   https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/wiki/org/sponsors/SponsorRtasklist
>
> - Started discussion on how SSL certificate authorities should work with
>   hidden services:
>   https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-dev/2014-November/007786.html

FWIW, the subject line was *wrong*. The above report is for SponsorR.

Sorry for the confusion.