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8)     <a href="<page index>">Home &raquo; </a>

9)     <a href="<page about/about>">About &raquo; </a>
10)     <a href="<page about/board>">Board of Directors</a>
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13)     <h2>Tor: People</h2>

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17)     #<h3>Sections</h3>
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19)     #<li><a href="<page about/corepeople>#Core">Core Tor People</a></li>
20)     #<li><a href="<page about/people>#Board">Board of Directors</a></li>
21)     #<li><a href="<page about/people>#GSoC">Summer Students</a></li>
22)     #<li><a href="<page about/people>#Translators">Translators</a></li>
23)     #<li><a href="<page about/people>#Volunteers">Volunteers</a></li>
24)     #<li><a href="<page about/people>#Past">Past Contributors</a></li>
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28) 

29)     <p>The Tor Project is a 501(c)(3) non-profit based in
30)     the United States. The official address of the organization is:
31)     </p>

32) 

33)     <address>
34)     The Tor Project<br />
35)     969 Main Street, Suite 206<br />

36)     Walpole, MA 02081-2972 USA<br /><br />

37)     </address>

38) 

39)     <p>The organization consists of many volunteers and a few employees.
40)     Please don't contact us individually about Tor topics &mdash; if you
41)     have a problem or question, please look through the <a href="<page
42)     about/contact>">contact page</a> for appropriate addresses.</p>

43) 

44)     <div class="underline"></div>
45)     <a id="Core"></a>
46)     <h3><a class="anchor" href="#Core">Core Tor people:</a></h3>

47) 

48)     <dl>
49)     <dt>Carolyn Anhalt (Community and Translation
50)     Coordinator)</dt><dd>Responsible for growing Tor's community
51)     moderators and translators.</dd>

52) 

53)     <dt>Jacob Appelbaum (Developer and Advocate)</dt><dd>Runs
54)     the <a href="https://check.torproject.org/">Tor DNSEL</a> <a
55)     href="http://exitlist.torproject.org/">site</a>, and also the in-progress
56)     Tor weather site.</dd>

57) 

58)     <dt>Erinn Clark (Packaging and Build Automation)</dt><dd>Erinn is tackling
59)     the growing needs for easy to install and configure packages on a variety
60)     of operating systems.  Also working on automating the build system and
61)     producing nightly builds for all operating systems we support.</dd>

62) 

63)     <dt>Christopher Davis</dt><dd>Worked during Google Summer of Code 2009
64)     on porting Polipo to Windows and on helping with the libevent bufferevent
65)     code. Now he's the Polipo maintainer.</dd>

66) 

67)     <dt>Roger Dingledine (Project Leader; Director)</dt><dd>Original
68)     developer of Tor; now plays pretty much all the roles to keep everything
69)     on track.</dd>

70) 

71)     <dt>Matt Edman (Developer)</dt><dd>Lead developer for <a href="<page
72)     projects/vidalia>">Vidalia</a>, a cross-platform Tor GUI included in the
73)     Windows and OS X bundles.</dd>

74) 

75)     <dt>Nathan Freitas</dt><dd>The driving force behind Tor on the Android
76)     platform in the form of <a href="<page docs/android>">Orbot</a>.</dd>

77) 

78)     <dt>Christian Fromme (Developer)</dt><dd>Christian works on all things
79)     python for Tor.  He enhanced and maintains a slew of codebases for us,
80)     such as the get-tor email auto-responder, check.torproject.org, bridge
81)     db, tor weather, tor controller, tor flow, etc.</dd>

82) 

83)     <dt>Melissa Gilroy (CFO and Internal Audit)</dt><dd>With a strong
84)     background in non-profit accounting and auditing, Melissa is in charge of
85)     Tor's finances, audit compliance, and keeping Tor's financial operations
86)     moving along.</dd>

87) 

88)     <dt>Sebastian Hahn</dt><dd> Worked during the 2008 Google Summer of
89)     Code on a networking application to automatically carry out tests for
90)     Tor and during the 2009 Google Summer of Code on expanding Thandy to
91)     include BitTorrent support. Generally helps out a lot.</dd>

92) 

93)     <dt>Damian Johnson</dt><dd>Builds a command-line application for monitoring
94)     Tor relays, providing real-time status information such as the current
95)     configuration, bandwidth usage, message log, etc. (<a
96)     href="https://svn.torproject.org/svn/arm/trunk/README">code</a>).</dd>

97) 

98)     <dt>Andrew Lewman (Executive Director; Director; <a href="<page
99)     press/press>">press contact</a>)</dt><dd>Manages the business operations
100)     of The Tor Project, Inc.  Plays roles of finance, advocacy, project

101)     management, and general support.</dd>
102) 

103)     <dt>Karsten Loesing (Developer)</dt><dd>
104)     Worked during the 2007 Google Summer of Code on <a
105)     href="<gitblob>doc/spec/proposals/114-distributed-storage.txt">distributing
106)     and securing the publishing and fetching of hidden
107)     service descriptors</a>. Currently working on <a href="<page
108)     projects/hidserv>">making hidden services faster and more reliable</a>,
109)     and on <a href="http://metrics.torproject.org/">metrics</a>.</dd>

110) 

111)     <dt>Nick Mathewson (Chief architect; Director)</dt><dd>One of the
112)     three original designers of Tor; does a lot of the ongoing design work.
113)     One of the two main developers, along with Roger.</dd>

114) 

115)     <dt>Steven Murdoch (Researcher and Developer)</dt><dd>Researcher at
116)     the University of Cambridge, currently funded by The Tor Project to
117)     improve the security, performance, and usability of Tor. Creator of the
118)     <a href="<page projects/torbrowser>">Tor Browser Bundle</a>.</dd>

119) 

120)     <dt>Peter Palfrader</dt><dd>Manages the Debian packages, runs one of
121)     the directory authorities, runs the website and the wiki, and generally
122)     helps out a lot.</dd>

123) 

124)     <dt>Mike Perry (Developer)</dt><dd>Author of <a
125)     href="https://svn.torproject.org/svn/torflow/trunk/README">TorFlow</a>,
126)     a Tor controller that builds paths through the Tor network and measures
127)     various properties and behaviors, and new author of <a href="<page

128)     torbutton/index>">Torbutton</a>.</dd>

129) 

130)     <dt>Karen Reilly (Development Director)</dt><dd>Responsible for
131)     fundraising, advocacy, and general marketing and outreach programs
132)     for Tor.</dd>

133) 

134)     <dt>Runa A. Sandvik</dt><dd>Maintains the <a
135)     href="https://translation.torproject.org/">Tor Translation
136)     Portal</a>, and works on automatically converting our website wml
137)     files to po files (and back) so that they can be handled by <a
138)     href="http://translate.sourceforge.net/wiki/pootle/index">Pootle</a>.</dd>

139) 

140)     <dt>Paul Syverson</dt><dd>Inventor of <a
141)     href="http://www.onion-router.net/">Onion Routing</a>, original designer
142)     of Tor along with Roger and Nick, and project leader for original design,
143)     development, and deployment of Tor. Currently helps out with research
144)     and design.</dd>
145)     </dl>

146) 

147)     <div class="underline"></div>

148)     <h3><a href="<page about/board>">The Tor Project Board of Directors:</a></h3>
149) 

150)     <div class="underline"></div>
151)     <a id="GSoC"></a>
152)     <h3><a class="anchor" href="#GSoC">Google Summer of Code 2010 students:</a></h3>

153) 

154)     <dl>
155)     <dt>Kevin Berry</dt><dd>Working on a database schema to support better
156)     node churn metrics and on a more dynamic metrics website. Mentored by
157)     Karsten Loesing.</dd>
158)     <dt>Harry Bock</dt><dd>Working on TorBEL, a Tor bulk exit list tracker and
159)     service designed to replace TorDNSEL. TorBEL is written in Python using
160)     the torflow API. Mentored by Sebastian Hahn.</dd>
161)     <dt>Kory Kirk</dt><dd>Worked during Google Summer of Code 2009 on
162)     extending Torbutton. Now he's working on implementing hidden services
163)     for our java Tor client. Mentored by Bruce Leidl.</dd>
164)     <dt>John Schanck</dt><dd>Works on improving the automated detection of
165)     misconfigured or malicious exit nodes. Mentored by Mike Perry.</dd>
166)     </dl>

167) 

168)     <div class="underline"></div>
169)     <a id="Translators"></a>
170)     <h3><a class="anchor" href="#Translators">Core translators:</a></h3>

171) 

172)     <dl>
173)     <dt>Bogdan Drozdowski</dt><dd><a
174)     href="https://www.torproject.org/index.html.pl">Polish</a>.</dd>
175)     <dt>Tiago Faria</dt><dd>Portuguese.</dd>
176)     <dt>fredzupy</dt><dd><a
177)     href="https://www.torproject.org/index.html.fr">French</a>.</dd>
178)     <dt>Ruben Garcia, plus further pages by <a
179)     href="http://www.greentranslations.com/">Green Crescent</a></dt><dd><a
180)     href="https://www.torproject.org/index.html.es">Spanish</a>.</dd>
181)     <dt>Jens Kubieziel and Oliver Knapp</dt><dd><a
182)     href="https://www.torproject.org/index.html.de">German</a>.</dd>
183)     <dt>Pei Hanru and bridgefish</dt><dd><a
184)     href="https://www.torproject.org/index.html.zh-cn">Simplified Chinese</a>.</dd>
185)     <dt>Jan Reister</dt><dd><a
186)     href="https://www.torproject.org/index.html.it">Italian</a>.</dd>
187)     <dt>Masaki Taniguchi</dt><dd><a
188)     href="https://www.torproject.org/index.html.ja">Japanese</a>.</dd>
189)     <dt>Jan Woning</dt><dd><a
190)     href="https://www.torproject.org/index.html.nl">Dutch</a>.</dd>
191)     <dt>ygrek</dt><dd><a
192)     href="https://www.torproject.org/index.html.ru">Russian</a>.</dd>
193)     </dl>

194) 

195)     <div class="underline"></div>
196)     <a id="Volunteers"></a>
197)     <h3><a class="anchor" href="#Volunteers">More volunteers:</a></h3>

198) 

199)     <dl>
200)     <dt>Anonym</dt><dd>Maintainer of the Incognito LiveCD.</dd>
201)     <dt>Kevin Bankston</dt><dd>EFF lawyer who helped write the <a
202)     href="<page eff/tor-legal-faq>">Tor Legal FAQ</a> and
203)     tirelessly answers the phone when somebody in the world has a legal
204)     question about Tor.</dd>
205)     <dt>Marco Bonetti</dt><dd>Focusing on MobileTor for the iPhone.</dd>
206)     <dt>Kasimir Gabert</dt><dd>Maintains the <a
207)     href="https://torstatus.kgprog.com/">TorStatus</a> statistics pages.</dd>
208)     <dt>Robert Hogan</dt><dd>Developer for the <a
209)     href="http://tork.sf.net/">TorK</a> Tor controller.</dd>
210)     <dt>Fabian Keil</dt><dd>One of the core Privoxy developers, and also a
211)     Tor fan. He's the reason Tor and Privoxy still work well together.</dd>
212)     <dt>Bruce Leidl</dt><dd>Working on a Tor client in Java.</dd>
213)     <dt>Julius Mittenzwei</dt><dd>A lawyer with the CCC in
214)     Germany. Coordinates the German Tor community with respect to legal
215)     questions and concerns.</dd>
216)     <dt>Shava Nerad</dt><dd>Our former Development Director. She still works
217)     on PR and community relations.</dd>
218)     <dt>Linus Nordberg</dt><dd>Enjoys measuring the Tor network and helps
219)     with outreach in the Nordic countries.</dd>
220)     <dt>Lasse &Oslash;verlier</dt><dd>Writes research papers on Tor: attacks,
221)     defenses, and resource management, especially for hidden services.</dd>
222)     <dt>Martin Peck</dt><dd>Working on a VM-based transparent
223)     proxying approach for Tor clients on Windows.</dd>
224)     <dt>rovv (a pseudonym -- he's managed to stay anonymous even from
225)     us!)</dt><dd>The most dedicated bug reporter we've ever heard from. He
226)     must read Tor source code every day over breakfast.</dd>
227)     <dt>tup (another pseudonym)</dt><dd>Periodically adds new features for
228)     making Tor easier to use as a <a
229)     href="https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/wiki/TheOnionRouter/TransparentProxy">transparent
230)     proxy</a>. Also maintains the <a
231)     href="http://p56soo2ibjkx23xo.onion/">TorDNSEL code</a>.</dd>
232)     <dt>Kyle Williams</dt><dd>Developer for
233)     JanusVM, a VMWare-based
234)     transparent Tor proxy that makes Tor easier to set up and use.</dd>
235)     <dt>Ethan Zuckerman</dt><dd>A blogger who has written some
236)     <a href="http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/?p=1019">interesting</a>
237)     <a href="http://advocacy.globalvoicesonline.org/tools/guide/">tutorials</a>
238)     for how, when, and whether to use Tor. He also teaches activists around
239)     the world about Tor and related tools.</dd>
240)     <dt>All our relay operators, people who write <a
241)     href="http://freehaven.net/anonbib/">research papers</a> about Tor,
242)     people who teach others about Tor, etc.</dt>
243)     </dl>

244) 

245)     <div class="underline"></div>
246)     <a id="Past"></a>
247)     <h3><a class="anchor" href="#Past">Past thanks to:</a></h3>

248) 

249)     <dl>
250)     <dt>John Bashinski</dt><dd> Contributed the initial rpm spec file.</dd>
251)     <dt>Domenik Bork</dt><dd> Worked on
252)     Configuration of Hidden Services with User Authorization in Vidalia (<a
253)     href="http://trac.vidalia-project.net/browser/vidalia/branches/hidden-services">svn</a>) as part of Google Summer of Code 2008.</dd>
254)     <dt>Benedikt Boss</dt><dd>Worked during the 2007 Google Summer of Code on <a
255)     href="https://svn.torproject.org/svn/topf/trunk/README">TOPF</a>,
256)     a fuzzer for Tor; mentored by Roger.</dd>
257)     <dt>Ren Bucholz</dt><dd>Our fine logo and images.</dd>
258)     <dt>Fallon Chen</dt><dd> Worked on
259)     Improving Tor Path Selection (<a
260)     href="https://svn.torproject.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/torflow/branches/gsoc2008/">svn</a>)
261)     and <a
262)     href="<gitblob>doc/spec/proposals/151-path-selection-improvements.txt">proposal
263)     151</a> as part of Google Summer of Code 2008.</dd>
264)     <dt>Bram Cohen</dt><dd>Helped design our congestion control mechanisms,
265)     in Tor's early days.</dd>
266)     <dt>Pat Double</dt><dd>Creator of the Incognito LiveCD.</dd>
267)     <dt>Geoff Goodell</dt><dd>Started the <a
268)     href="https://svn.torproject.org/svn/blossom/trunk/">Blossom project</a>
269)     which uses Tor as its overlay network; also helped motivate Tor's control
270)     interface to be as flexible as it is.</dd>
271)     <dt>Aleksei Gorny</dt><dd> Working on
272)     Tor exit scanner improvements (<a
273)     href="https://svn.torproject.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/torflow/branches/gsoc2008/">svn</a>), originally started as part of Google Summer of Code 2008.</dd>
274)     <dt>Christian Grothoff</dt><dd> Contributed better daemonizing behavior.</dd>
275)     <dt>Steven Hazel</dt><dd> Made 'make install' do the right thing.</dd>
276)     <dt>Justin Hipple</dt><dd>The other developer for Vidalia.</dd>
277)     <dt>Jason Holt</dt><dd> Contributed patches to the instructions and the man
278)     page.</dd>
279)     <dt>Christian King</dt><dd> Worked during the 2007 Google Summer of Code
280)     on making Tor relays stable on
281)     Windows, by developing a <a
282)     href="https://svn.torproject.org/svn/libevent-urz/trunk/README">buffer
283)     implementation for libevent</a>; mentored by Nick.</dd>
284)     <dt>Joe Kowalski</dt><dd>Original author and provider of the torstatus
285)     script formerly run on nighteffect.</dd>
286)     <dt>Adam Langley</dt><dd>Our fine eventdns code.</dd>
287)     <dt>Rebecca MacKinnon</dt><dd>Former Director of Tor.  Co-Founder of <a
288)     href="http://www.globalvoicesonline.org/">Global Voices Online</a>.</dd>
289)     <dt>Chris Palmer</dt><dd>Our liaison and tech guy with EFF while EFF
290)     was funding us. Also helped advocate and write end-user docs.</dd>
291)     <dt>Matej Pfajfar</dt><dd>Author of the original onion routing code that
292)     Tor is based on, so we didn't have to start from scratch.</dd>
293)     <dt>Johannes Renner</dt><dd> Worked during the 2007 Google Summer of
294)     Code on modifying <a
295)     href="https://svn.torproject.org/svn/torflow/trunk/README">TorFlow</a>
296)     to measure various properties of the Tor network; mentored by Mike
297)     Perry.</dd>
298)     <dt>Scott Squires</dt><dd>The original developer of <a

299)     href="<page torbutton/index>">Torbutton</a>.</dd>

300)     <dt>Aaron Turner</dt><dd> Contributed the first version of the tor.sh
301)     initscripts shell script.</dd>
302)     <dt>Stephen Tyree</dt><dd> Worked during Google Summer of Code 2009 to
303)     develop a plugin API for <a href="<page projects/vidalia>">Vidalia</a>
304)     and create a plugin to allow HerdictWeb integration, a project aiming
305)     at identifying website inaccessibility using user submissions.</dd>
306)     <dt>Camilo Viecco</dt><dd> Worked on
307)     Providing Blossom functionality to Vidalia (<a
308)     href="http://trac.vidalia-project.net/browser/vidalia/branches/exit-country">svn</a>) as part of Google Summer of Code 2008.</dd>
309)     <dt>Fred von Lohmann</dt><dd>Fred served on our Board of Directors
310)     from 2006 through 2009.   His complete bio can be found at the <a
311)     href="http://www.eff.org/about/staff/?f=fred_von_lohmann.html">EFF
312)     Staff Site</a>.</dd>
313)     <dt>Christian Wilms</dt><dd> Worked on
314)     Performance Enhancing Measures for Tor Hidden Services (<a
315)     href="https://svn.torproject.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/tor/branches/hidserv-perf/">svn</a>) as part of Google Summer of Code 2008.</dd>
316)     <dt>Jillian C. York</dt><dd><a href="http://jilliancyork.com/">Jillian
317)     C. York</a> is a writer, blogger, and activist based in
318)     Boston.  She blogs on the uses of Tor and anonymity at <a
319)     href="http://www.knightpulse.org/blog/tor">KnightPulse</a>.</dd>
320)     </dl>
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