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5) #include "head.wmi" TITLE="Tor: Volunteer" CHARSET="UTF-8"
6) <div id="content" class="clearfix">
7)   <div id="breadcrumbs">

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

9)     <a href="<page getinvolved/volunteer>">Volunteer</a>
10)   </div>

11)   <div id="maincol">

12)     <!-- PUT CONTENT AFTER THIS TAG -->
13)     <h1>A few things everyone can do now:</h1>
14)     <ol>
15)     <li>Please consider <a href="<page docs/tor-doc-relay>">running
16)     a relay</a> to help the Tor network grow.</li>
17)     <li>Tell your friends! Get them to run relays. Get them to run hidden
18)     services. Get them to tell their friends.</li>
19)     <li>If you like Tor's goals, please <a href="<page donate/donate>">take a moment
20)     to donate to support further Tor development</a>. We're also looking
21)     for more sponsors &mdash; if you know any companies, NGOs, agencies,
22)     or other organizations that want anonymity / privacy / communications
23)     security, let them know about us.</li>
24)     <li>We're looking for more <a href="<page about/torusers>">good examples of Tor
25)     users and Tor use cases</a>. If you use Tor for a scenario or purpose not
26)     yet described on that page, and you're comfortable sharing it with us,
27)     we'd love to hear from you.</li>
28)     </ol>

29) 

30)     <a id="Documentation"></a>
31)     <h2><a class="anchor" href="#Documentation">Documentation</a></h2>
32)     <ol>

33)     <li>Help translate the
34) <!-- web page and -->
35)     documentation into other

36)     languages. See the <a href="<page getinvolved/translation>">translation
37)     guidelines</a> if you want to help out. We especially need Arabic or
38)     Farsi translations, for the many Tor users in censored areas.</li>
39)     <li>Evaluate and document

40)     <a href="<wiki>doc/TorifyHOWTO">our

41)     list of programs</a> that can be configured to use Tor.</li>
42)     <li>We have a huge list of <a

43)     href="<wiki>doc/SupportPrograms">potentially useful

44)     programs that interface with Tor</a>. Which ones are useful in which

45)     situations? Please help us test them out and document your results.</li>
46)     </ol>

47) 

48)     <a id="Advocacy"></a>
49)     <h2><a class="anchor" href="#Advocacy">Advocacy</a></h2>
50)     <ol>

51)     <li>Monitor some of our <a
52)     href="https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo">public mailing
53)     lists</a>, like <a
54)     href="https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-talk">tor-talk</a>, <a
55)     href="https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-relays">tor-relays</a>, <a
56)     href="https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-dev">tor-dev</a>, or <a
57)     href="https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tbb-dev">tbb-dev</a>,
58)     and summarize noteworthy exchanges into articles for <a
59)     href="https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-news">Tor

60)     Weekly News</a>.</li>

61)     <li>Create a presentation that can be used for various user group
62) meetings around the world.</li>

63)     <li>Create a video about the positive uses of Tor, what Tor is,
64)     or how to use it.  Some have already started on <a

65)     href="https://media.torproject.org/video/">Tor's Media server</a>,

66)     <a

67)     href="http://www.howcast.com/videos/90601-How-To-Circumvent-an-Internet-Proxy/">Howcast</a>,
68)     and <a href="http://www.youtube.com/c/thetorproject">YouTube</a>.</li>

69)     <li>Create a poster around a theme, such as "Tor for Freedom!"</li>

70)     <li>Create a t-shirt design that incorporates "<a
71)     href="https://check.torproject.org/">Congratulations! You are using
72)     Tor!</a>" in any language.</li>

73)     <li>Spread the word about Tor at a symposium or conference and use these
74)     <a href="https://media.torproject.org/misc/2015-03-tor-brochure/">Tor
75)     brochures</a> in PDF and ODG format and translated to at least ten
76)     different languages as conversation starter.</li>

77)     </ol>

78) 

79)     <a id="gsoc"></a>
80)     <h2><a class="anchor" href="#gsoc">Google Summer of Code</a></h2>
81) 
82)     <p>
83)     Tor is also taking part in this year's <a

84)     href="https://summerofcode.withgoogle.com/">Google
85)     Summer of Code</a>! To apply but you need to be either <a
86)     href="https://developers.google.com/open-source/gsoc/faq#what_are_the_eligibility_requirements_for_participation">a
87)     present student or just graduated</a>. <b>See our page for <a href="<page
88)     about/gsoc>">Google Summer of Code</a> for more information.</b>

89)     </p>
90) 

91)     <a id="Projects"></a>
92)     <h2><a class="anchor" href="#Projects">Projects</a></h2>

93) 

94)     <p>
95)     Below are a list of Tor related projects we're developing and/or
96)     maintaining. Most discussions happen on IRC so if you're interested in any
97)     of these (or you have a project idea of your own), then please <a

98)     href="<page about/contact>#irc">join us in #tor-dev</a>. Don't be shy
99)     to ask questions, and don't hesitate to ask even if the main contributors
100)     aren't active at that moment.

101)     </p>

102) 

103)     <p>
104)     For a presentation summarizing many of these projects see...
105)     </p>
106) 
107)     <div id="ecosystem_presentation">

108)       <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fb6iqZcQsSg">Tor Ecosystem</a> (<a href="https://media.torproject.org/video/2013-11-t3am-damian-johnson.mp4">mp4</a>, <a href="https://svn.torproject.org/svn/projects/presentations/2013-11-t3am-tor-ecosystem.pdf">slides</a>)

109)     </div>
110) 
111)     <br /></br />
112) 

113)     <table id="projects">
114)       <tr>
115)         <th>Name</th>
116)         <th>Category</th>
117)         <th>Language</th>
118)         <th>Activity</th>
119)         <th>Contributors</th>
120)       </tr>

121) 

122)       <tr>
123)         <td><a href="#project-tor">Tor</a></td>
124)         <td>Core</td>
125)         <td>C</td>
126)         <td>Heavy</td>

127)         <td>nickm, athena, arma, dgoulet, asn, teor</td>

128)       </tr>

129) 

130)       <tr>

131)         <td><a href="#project-torbrowser">Tor Browser</a></td>

132)         <td>Bundle</td>

133)         <td>Javascript, XUL, Scripting</td>

134)         <td>Heavy</td>

135)         <td>mikeperry, Pearl Crescent, GeKo</td>

136)       </tr>
137) 

138)       <tr>

139)         <td><a href="#project-httpseverywhere">HTTPS Everywhere</a></td>
140)         <td>Browser Add-on</td>
141)         <td>Javascript</td>

142)         <td>Heavy</td>

143)         <td>pde, mikeperry</td>

144)       </tr>

145) 

146)       <tr>

147)         <td><a href="#project-nyx">Nyx</a></td>

148)         <td>User Interface</td>
149)         <td>Python, Curses</td>

150)         <td>Heavy</td>

151)         <td>atagar</td>
152)       </tr>

153) 

154)       <tr>

155)         <td><a href="#project-orbot">Orbot</a></td>
156)         <td>User Interface</td>
157)         <td>Java</td>

158)         <td>Moderate</td>

159)         <td>n8fr8</td>

160)       </tr>

161) 

162)       <tr>

163)         <td><a href="#project-tails">Tails</a></td>
164)         <td>OS image</td>
165)         <td>Sys Admin</td>
166)         <td>Heavy</td>
167)         <td><a href="https://tails.boum.org/">#tails</a></td>

168)       </tr>

169) 

170)       <tr>

171)         <td><a href="#project-torramdisk">tor-ramdisk</a></td>
172)         <td>OS image</td>
173)         <td>Sys Admin</td>

174)         <td>Light</td>

175)         <td>blueness</td>
176)       </tr>
177) 

178)       <tr>

179)         <td><a href="#project-torsocks">Torsocks</a></td>
180)         <td>Usability</td>
181)         <td>C</td>

182)         <td>Light</td>

183)         <td>David Goulet</td>

184)       </tr>
185) 

186)       <tr>
187)         <td><a href="#project-tormessenger">Tor Messenger</a></td>
188)         <td>Bundle</td>
189)         <td>JavaScript, XUL, Scripting</td>
190)         <td>Heavy</td>
191)         <td>arlolra, boklm, sukhe</td>
192)       </tr>
193) 

194)       <tr>

195)         <td><a href="#project-torbirdy">TorBirdy</a></td>
196)         <td>Browser Add-on</td>
197)         <td>JavaScript</td>

198)         <td>Light</td>
199)         <td>sukhe</td>

200)       </tr>

201) 

202)       <tr>

203)         <td><a href="#project-obfsproxy">Obfsproxy</a></td>
204)         <td>Client Add-on</td>

205)         <td>Python</td>

206)         <td>None</td>

207)         <td>asn</td>

208)       </tr>
209) 

210)       <tr>

211)         <td><a href="#project-flash-proxy">Flash Proxy</a></td>
212)         <td>Client Add-on</td>
213)         <td>Python, JavaScript, Go</td>

214)         <td>Light</td>

215)         <td>dcf, infinity0, Arlo Breault</td>

216)       </tr>

217) 

218)       <tr>

219)         <td><a href="#project-shadow">Shadow</a></td>

220)         <td>Simulator</td>

221)         <td>C, Python</td>

222)         <td>Heavy</td>

223)         <td>robgjansen</td>
224)       </tr>

225) 

226)       <tr>
227)         <td><a href="#project-chutney">Chutney</a></td>
228)         <td>Simulator</td>
229)         <td>Python</td>
230)         <td>Light</td>
231)         <td>nickm</td>
232)       </tr>
233) 

234)       <tr>

235)         <td><a href="#project-stem">Stem</a></td>

236)         <td>Library</td>
237)         <td>Python</td>

238)         <td>Heavy</td>

239)         <td>atagar</td>

240)       </tr>

241) 

242)       <tr>

243)         <td><a href="#project-txtorcon">Txtorcon</a></td>
244)         <td>Library</td>
245)         <td>Python, Twisted</td>

246)         <td>Light</td>

247)         <td>meejah</td>
248)       </tr>

249) 

250)       <tr>

251)         <td><a href="#project-metrics">Metrics</a></td>
252)         <td>Client Service</td>
253)         <td>Java</td>

254)         <td>Moderate</td>

255)         <td>karsten, iwakeh</td>

256)       </tr>

257) 

258)       <tr>

259)         <td><a href="#project-atlas">Atlas</a></td>
260)         <td>Client Service</td>
261)         <td>JavaScript</td>

262)         <td>Moderate</td>
263)         <td>irl</td>

264)       </tr>

265) 

266)       <tr>

267)         <td><a href="#project-compass">Compass</a></td>
268)         <td>Client Service</td>
269)         <td>Python</td>

270)         <td>None</td>
271)         <td></td>

272)       </tr>

273) 

274)       <tr>

275)         <td><a href="#project-onionoo">Onionoo</a></td>
276)         <td>Backend Service</td>

277)         <td>Java</td>

278)         <td>Heavy</td>
279)         <td>karsten, iwakeh</td>

280)       </tr>
281) 

282)       <tr>
283)         <td><a href="#project-exitmap">ExitMap</a></td>
284)         <td>Backend Service</td>
285)         <td>Python</td>

286)         <td>Light</td>

287)         <td>phw</td>
288)       </tr>
289) 

290)       <tr>
291)         <td><a href="#project-doctor">DocTor</a></td>
292)         <td>Backend Service</td>
293)         <td>Python</td>

294)         <td>Light</td>

295)         <td>atagar</td>
296)       </tr>
297) 

298)       <tr>

299)         <td><a href="#project-gettor">GetTor</a></td>
300)         <td>Client Service</td>
301)         <td>Python</td>

302)         <td>Light</td>
303)         <td>ilv</td>

304)       </tr>

305) 

306)       <tr>

307)         <td><a href="#project-torcheck">TorCheck</a></td>
308)         <td>Client Service</td>

309)         <td>Go</td>

310)         <td>None</td>

311)         <td>Arlo</td>

312)       </tr>

313) 

314)       <tr>

315)         <td><a href="#project-bridgedb">BridgeDB</a></td>
316)         <td>Backend Service</td>
317)         <td>Python</td>

318)         <td>Light</td>

319)         <td>isis</td>

320)       </tr>

321) 

322)       <tr>

323)         <td><a href="#project-ooni-probe">Ooni Probe</a></td>

324)         <td>Scanner</td>
325)         <td>Python</td>

326)         <td>Moderate</td>

327)         <td>hellais, aagbsn</td>

328)       </tr>
329) 

330)       <tr>
331)         <td><a href="#project-torps">TorPS</a></td>
332)         <td>Backend Service</td>
333)         <td>Python</td>

334)         <td>None</td>

335)         <td>Aaron Johnson</td>
336)       </tr>
337) 

338)       <tr>

339)         <td><a href="#project-torflow">TorFlow</a></td>
340)         <td>Backend Service</td>
341)         <td>Python</td>

342)         <td>None</td>

343)         <td>aagbsn</td>

344)       </tr>

345) 

346)       <tr>

347)         <td><a href="#project-tor2web">Tor2web</a></td>
348)         <td>Client Service</td>

349)         <td>Python</td>

350)         <td>Heavy</td>

351)         <td>evilaliv3, hellais</td>

352)       </tr>

353) 

354)       <tr>

355)         <td><a href="#project-anonbib">Anonbib</a></td>
356)         <td>Website</td>

357)         <td>Python</td>

358)         <td>Light</td>

359)         <td>arma, nickm</td>
360)       </tr>

361) 
362)       <tr>
363)         <td><a href="#project-collector">CollecTor</a></td>
364)         <td>Backend Service</td>
365)         <td>Java</td>
366)         <td>Heavy</td>
367)         <td>karsten, iwakeh</td>
368)       </tr>
369) 
370)       <tr>
371)         <td><a href="#project-metrics-lib">metrics-lib</a></td>
372)         <td>Library</td>
373)         <td>Java</td>
374)         <td>Heavy</td>
375)         <td>karsten, iwakeh</td>
376)       </tr>
377) 
378)       <tr>
379)         <td><a href="#project-exonerator">ExoneraTor</a></td>
380)         <td>Client Service</td>
381)         <td>Java</td>
382)         <td>Light</td>
383)         <td>karsten, iwakeh</td>
384)       </tr>

385)     </table>

386) 

387)     <sub>
388)     * Project is still in an alpha state.
389)     </sub>

390) 

391)     <br /><br />

392) 

393)     <a id="project-tor"></a>
394)     <h3>Tor (<a href="https://gitweb.torproject.org/tor.git">code</a>, <a

395)     href="https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/report/12">bug

396)     tracker</a>)</h3>

397) 

398)     <p>
399)     Central project, providing the core software for using and participating in
400)     the Tor network. Numerous people contribute to the project to varying
401)     extents, but the chief architects are Nick Mathewson and Roger Dingledine.
402)     </p>

403) 

404)     <p>
405)     <b>Project Ideas:</b><br />

406)     <i><a href="#improveHiddenServices">Help improve Tor hidden services</a></i>

407)     </p>

408) 

409)     <a id="project-torbrowser"></a>

410)     <h3><a href="<page projects/torbrowser>">Tor Browser</a> (<a

411)     href="https://gitweb.torproject.org/tor-browser.git">code</a>, <a

412)     href="https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/query?status=accepted&status=assigned&status=needs_review&status=new&status=reopened&component=Applications%2FTor+Browser&component=Applications%2FTorbutton&component=Applications%2FTor+Launcher&component=Applications%2FTor+bundles%2Finstallation&col=id&col=summary&col=status&col=owner&col=type&col=priority&col=milestone&order=priority">bug

413)     tracker</a>, <a href="https://www.torproject.org/projects/torbrowser/design/">design doc</a>)</h3>
414) 

415)     <p>

416)     Tor Browser is an easy-to-use, portable package of Tor, HTTPS-Everywhere,
417)     NoScript, TorLauncher, Torbutton, and a Firefox fork, all  preconfigured

418)     to work together out of
419)     the box. The modified copy of Firefox aims to resolve the

420)     privacy and security issues in mainline version.

421)     </p>

422) 

423)     <p>
424)     <b>Project Ideas:</b><br />
425)     <i><a href="#panopticlick">Panopticlick</a></i><br />

426)     <i><a href="#feedbackExtension">Feedback Extension for Tor Browser</a></i><br />

427)     </p>
428) 

429)     <a id="project-httpseverywhere"></a>
430)     <h3><a href="https://www.eff.org/https-everywhere">HTTPS Everywhere</a> (<a
431)     href="https://gitweb.torproject.org/https-everywhere.git">code</a>, <a
432)     href="https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/report/19">bug

433)     tracker</a>)</h3>

434) 

435)     <p>

436)     HTTPS Everywhere is a Firefox and Chrome extension that encrypts
437)     your communications with many major websites, making your browsing
438)     more secure.

439)     </p>

440) 

441)     <a id="project-nyx"></a>
442)     <h3><a href="https://www.atagar.com/arm/">Nyx</a> (<a
443)     href="https://gitweb.torproject.org/nyx.git">code</a>, <a

444)     href="https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/query?status=accepted&status=assigned&status=needs_review&status=new&status=reopened&component=Core+Tor%2FNyx&order=priority">bug

445)     tracker</a>)</h3>

446) 

447)     <p>

448)     Nyx (previously <i>arm</i>) is a terminal status monitor for Tor

449)     intended for command-line aficionados, ssh connections, and anyone with a
450)     tty terminal. This works much like top does for system usage, providing
451)     real time statistics for bandwidth, resource usage, connections, and quite
452)     a bit more.

453)     </p>

454) 

455)     <a id="project-orbot"></a>
456)     <h3><a href="https://guardianproject.info/apps/orbot/">Orbot</a> (<a

457)     href="https://gitweb.torproject.org/orbot.git">code</a>, <a

458)     href="https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/query?status=accepted&status=assigned&status=needs_review&status=new&status=reopened&component=Applications%2FOrbot&order=priority">bug

459)     tracker</a>)</h3>

460) 
461)     <p>

462)     Provides Tor on the Android platform. The project is under active
463)     development, updates to latest Tor releases, and working to stay up to

464)     date with all changes in Android and mobile threats.

465)     </p>
466) 
467)     <a id="project-tails"></a>
468)     <h3><a href="https://tails.boum.org/">The Amnesic Incognito Live System</a> (<a

469)     href="https://git-tails.immerda.ch/tails/">code</a>, <a
470)     href="https://labs.riseup.net/code/projects/tails">bug

471)     tracker</a>, <a href="https://tails.boum.org/doc/">documentation</a>, <a

472)     href="https://tails.boum.org/contribute/design/">design</a>, <a

473)     href="https://tails.boum.org/contribute/">contribute</a>)</h3>

474) 
475)     <p>
476)     The Amnesic Incognito Live System is a live CD/USB distribution
477)     preconfigured so that everything is safely routed through Tor and leaves no
478)     trace on the local system. This is a merger of the Amnesia and <a

479)     href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080512054152/http://anonymityanywhere.com/incognito/">Incognito</a> projects,

480)     and still under very active development.
481)     </p>
482) 

483)     <a id="project-torramdisk"></a>
484)     <h3><a href="http://opensource.dyc.edu/tor-ramdisk">Tor-ramdisk</a> (<a

485)     href="https://gitweb.torproject.org/tor-ramdisk.git">code</a>, <a

486)     href="http://opensource.dyc.edu/tor-ramdisk-documentation">documentation</a>)</h3>

487) 
488)     <p>

489)     Tor-ramdisk is a uClibc-based micro Linux distribution whose sole
490)     purpose is to securely host a Tor server purely in RAM.

491)     </p>
492) 

493)     <a id="project-torsocks"></a>

494)     <h3>Torsocks (<a

495)     href="https://gitweb.torproject.org/torsocks.git">code</a>, <a

496)     href="https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/query?status=accepted&status=assigned&status=needs_review&status=new&status=reopened&component=Core+Tor%2FTorsocks&order=priority">bug

497)     tracker</a>)</h3>
498) 

499)     <p>

500)     Utility for adapting other applications to work with Tor. Development has
501)     slowed and compatibility issues remain with some platforms, but it's
502)     otherwise feature complete.

503)     </p>

504) 

505)     <a id="project-tormessenger"></a>
506)     <h3><a href="https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/wiki/doc/TorMessenger">Tor Messenger</a> (<a
507)     href="https://gitweb.torproject.org/tor-messenger-build.git">code</a>, <a

508)     href="https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/query?status=accepted&status=assigned&status=merge_ready&status=needs_information&status=needs_review&status=needs_revision&status=new&status=reopened&component=Applications%2FTor+Messenger&order=priority">bug tracker</a>)</h3>

509) 
510)     <p>
511)     Tor Messenger is a cross-platform chat program that aims to be secure by default and sends all of its traffic over Tor.
512)     </p>
513) 

514)     <a id="project-torbirdy"></a>
515)     <h3>TorBirdy (<a

516)     href="https://gitweb.torproject.org/torbirdy.git">code</a>, <a

517)     href="https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/wiki/torbirdy/dev">bug
518)     tracker</a>)</h3>

519) 

520)     <p>
521)     TorBirdy is Torbutton for Thunderbird and related Mozilla mail clients.
522)     </p>

523) 

524)     <a id="project-flash-proxy"></a>
525)     <h3><a href="https://crypto.stanford.edu/flashproxy/">Flash Proxy</a> (<a
526)     href="https://gitweb.torproject.org/flashproxy.git">code</a>, <a

527)     href="https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/query?status=accepted&status=assigned&status=needs_review&status=new&status=reopened&component=Archived%2FFlashproxy&order=priority">bug

528)     tracker</a>)</h3>

529) 

530)     <p>
531)     Pluggable transport using proxies running in web browsers to defeat
532)     address-based blocking.
533)     </p>

534) 

535)     <a id="project-chutney"></a>
536)     <h3>Chutney (<a href="https://gitweb.torproject.org/chutney.git">code</a>,

537)     <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=Core+Tor%2FChutney&order=priority">bug

538)     tracker</a>)</h3>
539) 
540)     <p>
541)     Integration test suite that spawns a local tor network, checking the
542)     interactions of its components.
543)     </p>
544) 

545)     <a id="project-shadow"></a>

546)     <h3><a href="http://shadow.github.io/">Shadow</a> (<a

547)     href="https://github.com/shadow">code</a>, <a
548)     href="https://github.com/shadow/shadow/issues">bug
549)     tracker</a>)</h3>

550) 

551)     <p>
552)     Shadow is a discrete-event network simulator that runs the real
553)     Tor software as a plug-in. Shadow is open-source software that enables
554)     accurate, efficient, controlled, and repeatable Tor experimentation.

555)     For another simulator, see <a

556)     href="https://crysp.uwaterloo.ca/software/exptor/">ExperimenTor</a>.

557)     </p>

558) 

559)     <a id="project-stem"></a>

560)     <h3><a href="https://stem.torproject.org/">Stem</a> (<a

561)     href="https://gitweb.torproject.org/stem.git">code</a>, <a

562)     href="https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/wiki/doc/stem/bugs">bug

563)     tracker</a>)</h3>

564) 

565)     <p>

566)     Python controller library for scripts and controller applications using
567)     Tor.

568)     </p>

569) 

570)     <a id="project-txtorcon"></a>

571)     <h3><a href="https://txtorcon.readthedocs.io/en/latest/">Txtorcon</a> (<a

572)     href="https://github.com/meejah/txtorcon">code</a>, <a

573)     href="https://github.com/meejah/txtorcon/issues">bug tracker</a>)</h3>

574) 

575)     <p>
576)     Twisted-based asynchronous Tor control protocol implementation. Includes
577)     unit-tests, examples, state-tracking code and configuration abstraction.
578)     Used by OONI and APAF.
579)     </p>

580) 

581)     <p>
582)     <b>Project Ideas:</b><br />
583)     <i><a href="#txtorcon_use_txaio">Convert txtorcon to use txaio</a></i><br />
584)     <i><a href="#txtorcon_use_pytest">Convert txtorcon to py.test</a></i>
585)     </p>
586) 

587)     <a id="project-metrics"></a>

588)     <h3><a href="https://metrics.torproject.org/">Metrics</a> (<a

589)     href="https://gitweb.torproject.org/metrics-web.git">web</a>)</h3>

590) 

591)     <p>
592)     Processing and analytics of consensus data, provided to users via the
593)     metrics portal. This has been under active development for several years by

594)     Karsten Loesing.

595)     </p>

596) 

597)     <a id="project-atlas"></a>
598)     <h3><a href="https://atlas.torproject.org/">Atlas</a> (<a
599)     href="https://gitweb.torproject.org/atlas.git">code</a>)</h3>

600) 

601)     <p>
602)     Atlas is a web application to discover Tor relays and bridges. It provides
603)     useful information on how relays are configured along with graphics about

604)     their past usage.

605)     </p>

606) 

607)     <p>

608)     This is the spiritual successor to <a
609)     href="https://gitweb.torproject.org/torstatus.git">TorStatus</a>, the <a

610)     href="https://svn.torproject.org/svn/torstatus/trunk/">original

611)     codebase</a> for which was written in PHP, and rewritten by students from

612)     Wesleyan as Django. If you dig into this space then also check out <a
613)     href="http://globe.rndm.de/">Globe</a>, another similar site that's since
614)     been discontinued.

615)     </p>
616) 

617)     <a id="project-compass"></a>
618)     <h3><a href="https://compass.torproject.org/">Compass</a> (<a
619)     href="https://gitweb.torproject.org/compass.git">code</a>, <a

620)     href="https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/query?status=accepted&status=assigned&status=needs_review&status=new&status=reopened&component=Metrics%2FCompass&order=priority">bug

621)     tracker</a>)</h3>

622) 

623)     <p>
624)     Compass is a web and command line application that filters and
625)     aggregates the Tor relays based on various attributes.
626)     </p>

627) 
628)     <a id="project-onionoo"></a>

629)     <h3><a href="https://onionoo.torproject.org/">Onionoo</a> (<a
630)     href="https://gitweb.torproject.org/onionoo.git">code</a>,

631)     <a href="https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/query?status=accepted&status=assigned&status=needs_review&status=new&status=reopened&component=Metrics%2FOnionoo&order=priority">bug tracker</a>)</h3>

632) 
633)     <p>
634)     Onionoo is a JSON based protocol to learn information about currently
635)     running Tor relays and bridges.
636)     </p>
637) 

638)     <a id="project-exitmap"></a>
639)     <h3><a href="http://www.cs.kau.se/philwint/spoiled_onions/">ExitMap</a> (<a
640)     href="https://github.com/NullHypothesis/exitmap">code</a>, <a
641)     href="https://github.com/NullHypothesis/exitmap/issues">bug tracker</a>)</h3>
642) 
643)     <p>

644)     Scanner for the Tor network by Philipp Winter to detect malicious and
645)     misconfigured exits. For more information about how it works see his <a
646)     href="http://www.cs.kau.se/philwint/spoiled_onions/pets2014.pdf">Spoiled

647)     Onions</a> research paper.
648)     </p>
649) 

650)     <a id="project-doctor"></a>
651)     <h3>DocTor (<a
652)     href="https://gitweb.torproject.org/doctor.git">code</a>, <a

653)     href="https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/query?status=accepted&status=assigned&status=needs_review&status=new&status=reopened&component=Core+Tor%2FDocTor&order=priority">bug

654)     tracker</a>)</h3>
655) 
656)     <p>
657)     DocTor is a notification service that monitors newly published descriptor
658)     information for issues. This is primarily a service to help the tor
659)     directory authority operators, but it also checks for a handful of other
660)     issues like sybil attacks.
661)     </p>
662) 

663)     <a id="project-weather"></a>

664)     <h3><a href="https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/wiki/org/roadmaps/Weather">Weather</a> (<a

665)     href="https://gitweb.torproject.org/weather.git">code</a>, <a

666)     href="https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/query?status=accepted&status=assigned&status=needs_review&status=new&status=reopened&component=Metrics%2FTor+Weather&order=priority">bug

667)     tracker</a>)</h3>

668) 

669)     <p>
670)     Provides automatic notification to subscribed relay operators when their
671)     relay's unreachable. This underwent a rewrite by the <a
672)     href="http://hfoss.wesleyan.edu/">Wesleyan HFOSS team</a>, which went live
673)     in early 2011.
674)     </p>

675) 

676)     <a id="project-gettor"></a>

677)     <h3><a href="https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/wiki/org/roadmaps/GetTor">GetTor</a> (<a

678)     href="https://gitweb.torproject.org/gettor.git">code</a>, <a

679)     href="https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/query?status=accepted&status=assigned&status=needs_review&status=new&status=reopened&component=Applications%2FGetTor&order=priority">bug

680)     tracker</a>)</h3>

681) 

682)     <p>
683)     E-mail autoresponder providing Tor's packages over SMTP. This has been
684)     relatively unchanged for quite a while.
685)     </p>

686) 

687)     <a id="project-torcheck"></a>

688)     <h3><a href="https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/wiki/org/roadmaps/TorCheck">TorCheck</a> (<a

689)     href="https://gitweb.torproject.org/check.git">code</a>, <a

690)     href="https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/query?status=accepted&status=assigned&status=needs_review&status=new&status=reopened&component=Applications%2FTor+Check&order=priority">bug

691)     tracker</a>)</h3>

692) 

693)     <p>

694)     Site for determining if the visitor is using Tor or not.

695)     </p>

696) 

697)     <a id="project-bridgedb"></a>

698)     <h3><a href="https://pythonhosted.org/bridgedb/">BridgeDB</a> (<a

699)     href="https://gitweb.torproject.org/bridgedb.git">code</a>, <a

700)     href="https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/query?status=accepted&status=assigned&status=needs_review&status=new&status=reopened&component=Obfuscation%2FBridgeDB&order=priority">bug

701)     tracker</a>)</h3>

702) 

703)     <p>
704)     Backend bridge distributor, handling the various pools they're distributed
705)     in. This was actively developed until Fall of 2010.
706)     </p>

707) 
708)     <a id="project-ooni-probe"></a>

709)     <h3><a href="https://ooni.torproject.org/">Ooni Probe</a> (<a

710)     href="https://github.com/TheTorProject/ooni-probe/">code</a>, <a
711)     href="https://github.com/TheTorProject/ooni-probe/issues">bug

712)     tracker</a>)</h3>
713) 
714)     <p>
715)     Censorship scanner, checking your local connection for blocked or modified
716)     content.
717)     </p>
718) 

719)     <a id="project-torps"></a>
720)     <h3>TorPS</a> (<a href="https://github.com/torps/torps">code</a>)</h3>
721) 
722)     <p>
723)     The Tor Path Simulator (TorPS) is a tool for efficiently simulating
724)     path selection in Tor. It chooses circuits and assigns user streams to
725)     those circuits in the same way that Tor does. TorPS is fast enough to
726)     perform thousands of simulations over periods of months.
727)     </p>
728) 

729)     <a id="project-torflow"></a>

730)     <h3><a href="https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/wiki/org/roadmaps/TorFlow">TorFlow</a> (<a

731)     href="https://gitweb.torproject.org/torflow.git">code</a>, <a

732)     href="https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/query?status=accepted&status=assigned&status=needs_review&status=new&status=reopened&component=Metrics%2FTorflow&order=priority">bug

733)     tracker</a>)</h3>

734) 

735)     <p>
736)     Library and collection of services for actively monitoring the Tor network.
737)     These include the Bandwidth Scanners (measuring throughput of relays) and
738)     SoaT (scans for malicious or misconfigured exit nodes). SoaT was last
739)     actively developed in the Summer of 2010, and the Bandwidth Scanners a few
740)     months later. Both have been under active use since then, but development
741)     has stopped.
742)     </p>

743) 
744)     <a id="project-tor2web"></a>
745)     <h3><a

746)     href="https://www.tor2web.org">Tor2web</a> (<a

747)     href="https://github.com/globaleaks/tor2web-3.0/wiki">code</a>)</h3>
748) 
749)     <p>
750)     Tor2web allows Internet users to browse websites running in <a
751)     href="<page docs/hidden-services>">Tor hidden services</a>. It trades
752)     user anonymity for usability by allowing anonymous content to be
753)     distributed to non-anonymous users.
754)     </p>
755) 

756)     <a id="project-anonbib"></a>
757)     <h3><a
758)     href="http://freehaven.net/anonbib/">Anonymity Bibliography</a> (<a
759)     href="https://gitweb.torproject.org/anonbib.git">code</a>)</h3>
760) 
761)     <p>

762)     Anonbib is a list of important papers in the field of anonymity. It's
763)     also a set of scripts to generate the website from Latex (bibtex). If
764)     we're missing any important papers, please let us know!

765)     </p>
766) 

767)     <a id="project-collector"></a>
768)     <h3><a href="https://collector.torproject.org/">CollecTor</a>
769)     (<a href="https://gitweb.torproject.org/collector.git">code</a>,
770)     <a href="https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/query?status=!closed&component=Metrics%2FCollecTor&order=priority">bug tracker</a>)</h3>
771) 
772)     <p>CollecTor is the Tor network data archive that powers other
773)     services like <a href="#project-metrics">Metrics</a> and
774)     <a href="#project-onionoo">Onionoo</a>.</p>
775) 
776)     <a id="project-metrics-lib"></a>
777)     <h3>metrics-lib
778)     (<a href="https://gitweb.torproject.org/metrics-lib.git">code</a>,
779)     <a href="https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/query?status=!closed&component=Metrics%2Fmetrics-lib&order=priority">bug tracker</a>)</h3>
780) 
781)     <p>metrics-lib is a Java library that processes Tor network data
782)     provided by <a href="#project-collector">CollecTor</a> or from other
783)     sources.</p>
784) 
785)     <a id="project-exonerator"></a>
786)     <h3><a href="https://exonerator.torproject.org/">ExoneraTor</a>
787)     (<a href="https://gitweb.torproject.org/exonerator.git">code</a>,
788)     <a href="https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/query?status=!closed&component=Metrics%2FExoneraTor&order=priority">bug tracker</a>)</h3>
789) 
790)     <p>ExoneraTor is a service that answers the question whether there was
791)     a Tor relay running on a given IP address on a given date.</p>
792) 

793)     <a id="Coding"></a>
794)     <a id="Summer"></a>

795)     <h2><a class="anchor" href="#Coding">Project Ideas</a></h2>

796) 

797)     <p>

798)     You may find some of these projects to be good ideas for <a href="<page

799)     about/gsoc>">Google Summer of Code</a>. We have labelled each idea with
800)     which of our <a href="<page about/corepeople>">core developers</a> would be
801)     good mentors. If one or more of these ideas looks promising to you, please
802)     <a href="<page about/contact>">contact us</a> to discuss your plans rather
803)     than sending blind applications. You may also want to propose your own
804)     project idea &mdash; which often results in the best applications.

805)     </p>

806) 

807)     <ol>

808) 

809)     <a id="improveHiddenServices"></a>
810)     <li>
811)     <b>Help improve Tor hidden services</b>
812)     <br>

813)     Language: <i>C</i>

814)     <br>

815)     Likely Mentors: <i>George (asn), David Goulet (dgoulet)</i>

816)     <br><br>

817)     <p>
818) We're working on a revamp of the entire Tor hidden service design to
819) improve the security and reliability of the hidden service system.
820)     </p>
821) 
822)     <p>
823) This is a big project: see

824) <a href="https://gitweb.torproject.org/torspec.git/tree/proposals/224-rend-spec-ng.txt">proposal

825) 224</a> for the latest design.  Are you interested in implementing some
826) part of that?
827)     </p>
828) 
829)     <p>
830) This is a very ambitious project, so we're deliberately not suggesting
831) particular sub-topics.  If you're interested in participating, try to
832) read and understand the <a

833) href="https://gitweb.torproject.org/torspec.git/tree/rend-spec.txt">existing

834) design</a> and the design proposal for the new design, and then talk to
835) us about what part you want to work on.
836)     </p>
837) 
838)     <p>
839) As part of the application process for this project, please contribute a
840) nontrivial patch to Tor -- ideally, one that will affect some part of
841) the codebase that you want to work on.
842)     </p>
843)     </li>
844) 

845)     <a id="txtorcon_use_txaio"></a>
846)     <li>
847)     <b>Convert txtorcon to use txaio</b>
848)     <br>
849)     Language: <i>Python, asyncio, Twisted</i>
850)     <br>
851)     Likely Mentors: <i>meejah</i>
852)     <br><br>
853)     <p>
854)     txtorcon is currently supports only Twisted users. Re-working txtorcon
855)     to use the txaio library would allow users to choose between Twisted and
856)     asyncio for the client code.
857)     </p>
858) 
859)     <p>
860)     This would involve fairly extensive refactoring to txtorcon, as it
861)     currently makes heavy use of @inlineCallbacks which doesn't work with
862)     txaio. A prospective student should be very familiar with event-based
863)     programming in general, and be familiar with one of Twisted or asyncio.
864)     See also: https://github.com/meejah/txtorcon/issues/135
865)     </p>
866)     </li>
867) 
868)     <a id="txtorcon_use_pytest"></a>
869)     <li>
870)     <b>Convert txtorcon to py.test</b>
871)     <br>
872)     Language: <i>Python, Twisted</i>
873)     <br>
874)     Likely Mentors: <i>meejah</i>
875)     <br><br>
876)     <p>
877)     Currently txtorcon uses the built-in "unittest" module, as well as
878)     Twisted's Deferred-respecting extensions on top. However, meejah has
879)     found py.test's "fixture" approach to be much more powerful in other
880)     situations.
881)     </p>
882) 
883)     <p>
884)     This project would be to port at least part of txtorcon's test-suite to
885)     use py.test style tests and fixtures and evaluate: are the tests easier
886)     to read? are there fewer lines of code? If so, the rest of the suite
887)     should be ported and txtorcon switched over to use py.test exclusively.
888)     </p>
889) 
890)     <p>
891)     As some of txtorcon's tests aren't very well-written, this would take a
892)     prospective student who is very strong in unit-testing knowledge. As
893)     txtorcon is event-based, familiarity with that style of programming
894)     (preferrably with Twisted) is ideal.
895)     See also: https://github.com/meejah/txtorcon/issues/136
896)     </p>
897)     </li>
898) 

899)     <a id="panopticlick"></a>
900)     <li>
901)     <b>Panopticlick</b>
902)     <br>

903)     Likely Mentors: <i>Georg (GeKo)</i>, <i>G&uuml;nes Acar</i>, <i>Nicolas (boklm)</i>

904)     <p>
905) 
906) The <a href="https://panopticlick.eff.org">Panopticlick project by the EFF</a>
907) revolutionized how people think about <a

908) href="https://panopticlick.eff.org/static/browser-uniqueness.pdf">browser

909) fingerprinting</a>, both by developing tests and metrics to measure browser
910) fingerprintability, and by crowdsourcing the evaluation and contribution of
911) individual browser features to overall fingerprintability.
912) 
913)     </p>
914)     <p>
915) 
916) Unfortunately, the way Panopticlick is designed <a
917) href="https://blog.torproject.org/blog/effs-panopticlick-and-torbutton">makes
918) it difficult</a> to evaluate defenses to browser fingerprinting, especially
919) for browsers with a relatively small userbase such as Tor Browser. This is
920) because any approach we take to reduce fingerprinting automatically makes our
921) users more distinct from the previous users who submitted their fingerprint
922) data to the EFF. Indeed, it is also impossible to ever expect that users of
923) one browser will ever be able to blend in with users of another browser
924) (Chrome users will always be distinguishable from Firefox users for example,
925) based on feature set alone).
926) 
927)    </p>
928)    <p>
929) 
930) To address this, we would like to have <a
931) href="https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/6119">our own
932) fingerprint test suite</a> to evaluate the fingerprintability of each browser
933) feature for users running a specific Tor Browser version. There are also <a
934) href="https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/query?keywords=~tbb-fingerprinting">additional
935) fingerprinting tests</a> we can add beyond those deployed by Panopticlick.
936)    </p>
937)    <p>
938) 
939) For this project, the student would develop a website that users can
940) voluntarily visit to test and record their Tor Browser fingerprint.  The user
941) should get feedback on how she performed and the test results should be
942) available in a machine readable format (e.g. JSON), broken down by Tor Browser
943) version.  In a second step one could think about adding more sophisticated
944) tests or supporting other browser vendors that might want to test the
945) uniformity amongst their userbase as well. Of course, results from each
946) browser would also need to be broken down by both browser implementation and
947) version, so that results would only reflect the population of that specific
948) implementation.
949) 
950)     </p>
951)     </li>
952) 

953)     <a id="stegotorus"></a>
954)     <li>
955)     <b>Make Stegotorus deployment ready</b>
956)     <br>
957)     Language: <i>C++</i>
958)     <br>
959)     Likely Mentors: <i>vmon</i>
960)     <br><br>
961)     <p>
962)     <a
963)     href="https://github.com/TheTorProject/stegotorus/tree/master/src">Stegotorus</a>
964)     is a PT framework which streamline the development stealthier pluggable
965)     transport. An HTTP pluggable transport is already implemented in Stegotorus
966)     framework and can be used when encrypted payloads are throttled and only
967)     ephemeral connections are tolerated.
968)     </p>
969) 
970)     <p>
971)     The majority of work on Stegotorus is done and it can be deployed with a relatively minor improvements including:
972)     </p>
973) 
974)     <ul>
975)       <li><b>#8098 A config file file for Stegotorus</b>
976)         <p>
977)         Stegotorus needs many configuration settings specially on the bridge
978)         side. This include also the configuration required by each steg module.
979)         Currently the configuration is fed to Stegotorus as command line
980)         arguments but a file like torrc is needed so all tweaking can be read
981)         from there.
982)         </p>
983) 
984)         <p><i>
985)         Current Status and work needed to be done: The code for reading the
986)         config file is written by SRI but it is not yet used in the Stegotorus
987)         to read the config.
988)         </i></p>
989)       </li>
990) 
991)       <li><b>#8101 Debugging the transparent proxy</b>
992)         <p>
993)         Stegotorus http module uses other websites payload to hide and serve
994)         censored traffic. As such it needs to decide if the request is
995)         genuinely to the auxiliary website, in that case becomes a transparent
996)         proxy and serves the website content as requested, or if the request is
997)         actually a request to serve censored material which should be delivered
998)         to steg modules.
999)         </p>
1000) 
1001)         <p><i>
1002)         Current Status: This is completely implemented. However, the transparent proxy sometimes crashes and need to be triaged, debugged and fixed.
1003)         </i></p>
1004)       </li>
1005) 
1006)       <li><b>#11337 refactoring the steg module code</b>
1007)         <p>
1008)         The http steg module code, although not essentials to the core of the
1009)         Stegotorus. needs some improvement and clean up. The solution is to
1010)         refactor the steg modules as children of FileStegMod.
1011)         </p>
1012) 
1013)         <p><i>
1014)         Current status and work needed to be done: This has already been done
1015)         but still needs testing and refactoring before it can be reliably merge
1016)         to the master branch.
1017)         </i></p>
1018)       </li>
1019) 
1020)       <li><b>#8089 Adding Elligator to Stegotorus handshake and test</b>
1021)         <p>
1022)         The current Stegotorus handshake is distinguishable from random byte
1023)         string, which can be used to flag and detect Stegotorus traffic
1024)         deterministically and need to be implemented similar to
1025)         ScrambleSuite. Also because the capacity of client to server channel
1026)         might be slim depending on the choice of steg module it is desirable
1027)         to be implemented using Elliptic curve crypto. Hence, Elligator
1028)         protocol is ideal solution for this situation. All we need is to replace Stegotorus handshake by Elligator.
1029)         </p>
1030) 
1031)         <p><i>
1032)         Current Status and work needed to be done: Elligator handshake code is
1033)         included in stegotorus code base, it is only needed to be called by
1034)         instead of the current handshake and be tested.
1035)         </i></p>
1036)       </li>
1037) 
1038)       <li><b>Make Stegotorus memory safe by using shared pointers</b>
1039)         <p>
1040)         Stegotorus has large code base and it is not written in a memory safe
1041)         languages. To facilitate its audit, we need to replace (almost all) use
1042)         of pointers to shared pointers.
1043)         </p>
1044) 
1045)         <p><i>
1046)         Current Status: No progress has not been done.
1047)         </i></p>
1048)       </li>
1049) 
1050)       <li><b>Security Audit and writing more unit test</b>
1051)         <p>
1052)         To be able to deploy Stegotorus for real world use we need to audit the
1053)         code and write more unit test covering new aspects of the Stegotorus
1054)         (new http transport, proxy server, Elligator handshake)
1055)         </p>
1056) 
1057)         <p><i>
1058)         Current Status: No progress has been done.
1059)         </i></p>
1060)       </li>
1061) 
1062)       <li><b>SRI branch merging</b>
1063)         <p>
1064)         Stegotorus has been forked from the initial development from SRI. Now
1065)         that SRI is hosting Stegotorus publicly it is desirable to merge the
1066)         two branches so we can benefit from both developments.
1067)         </p>
1068) 
1069)         <p><i>
1070)         Current Status: No progress has been done.
1071)         </i></p>
1072)       </li>
1073) 
1074)       <li><b>#8099 deterministic build</b>
1075)         <p>
1076)         To make deterministic build possible we need to build many of
1077)         Stegotorus dependency from scratch. Boost library is a a huge
1078)         dependency for Stegotorus to access the file system. As we are only
1079)         planning to deploy Stegotorus bridges on Linux machines we can simplify
1080)         such access without that dependency. By dropping such dependency, it
1081)         should be straight forward to have deterministic build for Stegotorus.
1082)         </p>
1083) 
1084)         <p><i>
1085)         Current Status: No progress has been done.
1086)         </i></p>
1087)       </li>
1088)     </ul>
1089)     </li>
1090) 

1091)     <a id="letsEncryptClient"></a>
1092)     <li>
1093)     <b>Expand the OS and Server Support of the Let's Encrypt Client</b>
1094)     <br>
1095)     Language: <i>Python, Bash</i>
1096)     <br>
1097)     Likely Mentors: <i>Brad Warren (bmw)</i>
1098)     <br><br>
1099)     <p>
1100)     <a href="https://letsencrypt.org/">Let's Encrypt</a> is a free and open
1101)     certificate authority that allows its users to setup HTTPS on their web
1102)     server in a matter of seconds. The project uses a new protocol called ACME
1103)     to automatically perform domain validation and certificate issuance.
1104)     </p>
1105) 
1106)     <p>
1107)     The Let's Encrypt client currently works on most Unix-like OSes and is
1108)     able to automatically set up HTTPS on many Apache configurations. The
1109)     purpose of this project is to expand Let's Encrypt support to new
1110)     systems.
1111)     </p>
1112) 
1113)     <p>
1114)     Potential targets include:
1115)     </p>
1116) 
1117)     <ul>
1118)       <li>Better OS X support including a port or Homebrew package</li>
1119)       <li>A Let's Encrypt client for Windows / IIS</li>
1120)       <li>Handling of more obscure Apache configurations</li>
1121)       <li>Automated HTTPS configuration for other web servers such as Nginx or lighttpd</li>
1122)       <li>Improved support people using shared hosting who are unable to use the full Let's Encrypt client on their server</li>
1123)     </ul>
1124)     </li>
1125) 

1126)     <a id="ipHijacking"></a>
1127)     <li>
1128)     <b>IP hijacking detection for the Tor Network</b>
1129)     <br>
1130)     Likely Mentors: <i>Aaron Gibson (aagbsn)</i>
1131)     <br><br>
1132)     <p>
1133)     <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IP_hijacking">IP hijacking</a>
1134)     occurs when a bad actor creates false routing information to redirect
1135)     Internet traffic to or through themselves. This activity is straightforward
1136)     to detect, because the Internet routing tables are public information, but
1137)     currently there are no public services that monitor the Tor network. The
1138)     Tor Network is a dynamic set of relays, so monitoring must be Tor-aware in
1139)     order to keep the set of monitored relays accurate. Additionally, consensus
1140)     archives and historical Internet routing table snapshots are publicly
1141)     available, and this analysis can be performed retroactively.
1142)     </p>
1143) 
1144)     <p>
1145)     The implications of IP hijacking are that Tor traffic can be redirected
1146)     through a network that an attacker controls, even if the attacker does not
1147)     normally have this capability - i.e. they are not in the network path. For
1148)     example, an adversary could hijack the prefix of a Tor Guard relay, in
1149)     order to learn who its clients are, or hijack a Tor Exit relay to tamper
1150)     with requests or name resolution.
1151)     </p>
1152) 
1153)     <p>
1154)     This project comprises building a service that compares network prefixes of
1155)     relays in the consensus with present and historic routing table snapshots
1156)     from looking glass services such as <a
1157)     href="http://routeviews.org">Routeviews</a>, or aggregators such as <a
1158)     href="https://bgpstream.caida.org">Caida BGPStream</a> and then issues
1159)     email alerts to the contact-info in the relay descriptor and a mailing
1160)     list. Network operators are responsive to route injections, and these
1161)     alerts can be used to notify network operators to take immediate action, as
1162)     well as collect information about the occurrence of these type of attacks.
1163)     </p>
1164)     </li>

1165) 
1166)     <a id="tailsServer"></a>
1167)     <li>
1168)     <b>Tails server: Self-hosted services behind Tails-powered Tor hidden services</b>
1169)     <br>
1170)     Likely Mentors: <i>anonym, George (asn)</i>
1171)     <p>Let's talk about group collaboration, communication and data sharing
1172)     infrastructure, such as chat servers, wikis, or file repositories.</p>
1173)     <p>Hosting such data and infrastructure <b>in the cloud</b> generally
1174)     implies to trust the service providers not to disclose content, usage or
1175)     users location information to third-parties. Hence, there are many threat
1176)     models in which cloud hosting is not suitable.</p>
1177)     <p>Tor partly answers the <b>users location</b> part; this is great, but
1178)     <b>content</b> is left unprotected.</p>
1179)     <p>There are two main ways to protect such content: either to encrypt it
1180)     client-side (<b>security by design</b>), or to avoid putting it into
1181)     untrusted hands in the first place.</p>
1182)     <p>Cloud solutions that offer security by design are rare and generally
1183)     not mature yet. The <b>Tails server</b> project is about exploring the
1184)     other side of the alternative: avoiding to put private data into
1185)     untrusted hands in the first place.</p>
1186)     <p>This is made possible thanks to Tor hidden services, that allow users
1187)     to offer location-hidden services, and make self-hosting possible in
1188)     many threat models. Self-hosting has its own lot of problems, however,
1189)     particularly in contexts where the physical security of the hosting
1190)     place is not assured. Combining Tor hidden services with Tails'
1191)     amnesia property and limited support for persistent encrypted data
1192)     allows to protect content, to a great degree, even in such contexts.</p>
1193)     <p>In short, setting up a new Tails server would be done by:</p>
1194) 
1195)     <ol style="list-style-type: decimal">
1196)       <li>Alice plugs a USB stick into a running desktop Tails system.</li>
1197)       <li>Alice uses a GUI to easily configure the needed services.</li>
1198)       <li>Alice unplugs the USB stick, that now contains encrypted services
1199)       configuration and data storage space.</li>
1200)       <li>Alice plugs that USB stick (and possibly a Tails Live CD) into the
1201)       old laptop that was dedicated to run Tails server.</li>
1202)       <li>Once booted, Alice enters the encryption passphrase either
1203)       directly using the keyboard or through a web interface listening on the
1204)       local network.</li>
1205)       <li>Then, Bob can use the configured services once he gets a hold on
1206)       the hidden service address. (The <b>petname system for Tor hidden
1207)       services</b> project would be very complementary to this one, by the
1208)       way.)</li>
1209)     </ol>
1210) 
1211)     <p>Tails server should content itself with hardware that is a bit old
1212)     (such as a PIII-450 laptop with 256MB of RAM) and/or half broken (e.g.
1213)     non-functional hard-disk, screen or keyboard).</p>
1214)     <p>The challenges behind this project are:</p>
1215) 
1216)     <ul>
1217)       <li>Design and write the services configuration GUI [keywords: edit
1218)       configuration files, upgrade between major Debian versions,
1219)       debconf].</li>
1220)       <li>How to create the hidden service key? [keywords: Vidalia, control
1221)       protocol].</li>
1222)       <li>Adapt the Tails boot process to allow switching to &quot;server
1223)       mode&quot; when appropriate.</li>
1224)       <li>Add support, to the Tails persistence setup process, for asking an
1225)       encryption passphrase without X, and possibly with a broken keyboard
1226)       and/or screen [keywords: local network, SSL/TLS?, certificate?].</li>
1227)     </ul>
1228) 
1229)     <p>This project can easily grow quite large, so the first task would
1230)     probably be to clarify what it would need to get an initial (minimal
1231)     but working) implementation ready to be shipped to users.</p>
1232)     <p>This project does not require to be an expert in one specific field,
1233)     but it requires to be experienced and at ease with a large scope of
1234)     software development tools, processes, and operating system knowledge.</p>
1235)     <p>Undertaking this project requires in-depth knowledge of Debian-like
1236)     systems (self-test: do the "dpkg conffile" and "debconf preseeding"
1237)     words sound new to your ear?); the Debian Live persistence system
1238)     being written in shell, being at ease with robust shell scripting is
1239)     a must; to end with, at least two pieces of software need to be
1240)     written from scratch (a GUI and a webapp): the preferred languages for
1241)     these tasks would be Python and Perl. Using Behaviour Driven
1242)     Development methods to convey expectations and acceptance criteria
1243)     would be most welcome.</p>
1244)     <p>For more information see https://tails.boum.org/todo/server_edition/</p>
1245)     </li>
1246) 

1247)     <a id="feedbackExtension"></a>
1248)     <li>
1249)     <b>Feedback Extension for Tor Browser</b>
1250)     <br>
1251)     Likely Mentors: <i>Nima (mrphs)</i>, <i>Will (willscott)</i>, <i>Sukhbir (sukhe)</i>
1252)     <p>
1253) 
1254)     Design and implement an extension for Tor Browser that can be used to gather
1255)     end-user UI/UX feedback on an opt-in basis. While the design and
1256)     implementation is left as an exercise for the applicant (and also serves as
1257)     the qualification task), examples of the information we are looking to gather
1258)     can include troubleshooting network connectivity issues, testing the various
1259)     pluggable transports, or gathering information about the network of the users.
1260)     </p>
1261) 
1262)     <p>
1263) 
1264)     Please propose the extension design in a way that the information is strictly
1265)     on an opt-in basis and scrubs any information that can be used to identify a
1266)     user, and also come up with a way to send the gathered information to a
1267)     central server, whether to an onion address (if the user has Tor running), or
1268)     otherwise. To start with, we are looking to gather only text as part of the
1269)     feedback process.
1270) 
1271)     </p>
1272)     </li>

1273) <!--
1274)     <a id=""></a>
1275)     <li>
1276)     <b></b>
1277)     <br>

1278)     Language: <i>Python</i>

1279)     <br>
1280)     Likely Mentors: <i>Damian (atagar)</i>

1281)     <br><br>

1282)     <p>
1283) 
1284)     </p>
1285) 
1286)     <p>
1287) 
1288)     </p>
1289)     </li>
1290) -->
1291) 

1292)     <li>
1293)     <b>Bring up new ideas!</b>

1294)     <br>

1295)     Don't like any of these? Look at the <a

1296)     href="/press/presskit/2008-12-19-roadmap-full.pdf">Tor development

1297)     roadmap</a> for more ideas, or just try out Tor and Tor Browser,

1298)     and find out what you think needs fixing.

1299)     Some of the <a href="<spectree>proposals">current proposals</a>

1300)     might also be short on developers.
1301)     </li>

1302) 

1303)     </ol>
1304)   </div>
1305)   <!-- END MAINCOL -->
1306)   <div id = "sidecol">
1307) #include "side.wmi"
1308) #include "info.wmi"
1309)   </div>
1310)   <!-- END SIDECOL -->
1311) </div>
1312) <!-- END CONTENT -->