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9) <h2>Tor: People</h2>

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14) <h3>Sections</h3>

15) <ul>
16) <li><a href="<page people>#Core">Core Tor People</a></li>
17) <li><a href="<page people>#Board">Board of Directors</a></li>
18) <li><a href="<page people>#Summer">Summer Students</a></li>
19) <li><a href="<page people>#Translators">Translators</a></li>
20) <li><a href="<page people>#Volunteers">Volunteers</a></li>
21) <li><a href="<page people>#Past">Past Contributors</a></li>
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25) 

26) <p>The Tor Project is a 501(c)(3) non-profit based in

27) the United States. The official address of the organization is:
28) </p>

29) 
30) <address>
31) The Tor Project<br />
32) 122 Scott Circle<br />

33) Dedham, MA 02026-6416 USA<br /><br />

34) </address>

35) 

36) <p>The organization consists of many volunteers and a few employees.

37) Please don't contact us individually about Tor topics — if

38) you have a problem or question, please look through the <a href="<page
39) contact>">contact page</a> for appropriate addresses.</p>

40) 

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

42) <a id="Core"></a>
43) <h3><a class="anchor" href="#Core">Core Tor people:</a></h3>

44) 
45) <dl>

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

49) <dt>Jacob Appelbaum (Developer and Advocate)</dt><dd>Runs the <a

50) href="https://check.torproject.org/">Tor DNSEL</a> <a

51) href="http://exitlist.torproject.org/">site</a>, the <a
52) href="https://translation.torproject.org/">Tor Translation Portal</a>, and also
53) the in-progress Tor weather site.</dd>

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

58) <dt>Roger Dingledine (Project Leader; Director)</dt><dd>Original

59) developer of Tor; now plays pretty much all the roles to keep

60) everything on track.</dd>

61) <dt>Matt Edman (Developer)</dt><dd>Lead developer for <a

62) href="<page vidalia/index>">Vidalia</a>, a cross-platform Tor GUI

63) included in the Windows and OS X bundles.</dd>

64) <dt>Christian Fromme (Developer)</dt><dd>Christian works on all things

65) python for Tor.  He enhanced and maintains a slew of codebases for
66) us, such as the get-tor email auto-responder, check.torproject.org,
67) bridge db, tor weather, tor controller, tor flow, etc.</dd>

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

72) <dt>Sebastian Hahn</dt><dd> Worked during the 2008 Google
73) Summer of Code on a networking application to automatically carry out

74) tests for Tor and during the 2009 Google Summer of Code on expanding Thandy to
75) include BitTorrent support. Generally helps out a lot.</dd>

76) <dt>Andrew Lewman (Executive Director; Director; <a href="<page
77) press/index>">press contact</a>)</dt><dd>Manages the business operations

78) of The Tor Project, Inc.  Plays roles of finance, advocacy, project

79) management, and general support.  General package hacker for Windows, OS

80) X, and various linux distributions.</dd>

81) <dt>Karsten Loesing (Developer)</dt><dd> Worked during the 2007 Google
82) Summer of Code on <a

83) href="<svnsandbox>doc/spec/proposals/114-distributed-storage.txt">distributing

84) and securing the publishing and fetching of hidden service

85) descriptors</a>. Currently working on <a href="<page
86) projects/hidserv>">making hidden services faster and more

87) reliable</a>, and on <a href="<page
88) projects/metrics>">metrics</a>.</dd>

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

92) <dt>Steven Murdoch (Researcher and Developer)</dt><dd>Researcher at
93) the University

94) of Cambridge, currently funded by The Tor Project to improve

95) the security, performance, and usability of Tor. Creator of the

96) <a href="<page torbrowser/index>">Tor Browser Bundle</a>.</dd>

97) <dt>Peter Palfrader</dt><dd>Manages the Debian packages,

98) runs one of the directory authorities, runs the website and the wiki,

99) and generally helps out a lot.</dd>

100) <dt>Martin Peck (Developer)</dt><dd>Working on a VM-based transparent
101) proxying approach for Tor clients on Windows.</dd>
102) <dt>Mike Perry (Developer)</dt><dd>Author of <a

103) href="https://svn.torproject.org/svn/torflow/trunk/README">TorFlow</a>, a Tor

104) controller that builds paths through the Tor network and

105) measures various properties and behaviors, and new author of <a
106) href="<page torbutton/index>">Torbutton</a>.</dd>

107) <dt>Karen Reilly (Development Director)</dt><dd>Responsible for
108) fundraising, advocacy, and general marketing and outreach programs for
109) Tor.</dd>

110) <dt>Paul Syverson</dt><dd>Inventor of <a
111) href="http://www.onion-router.net/">Onion Routing</a>, original designer
112) of Tor along with Roger and Nick, and project leader for original design,

113) development, and deployment of Tor. Currently helps out with research
114) and design.</dd>

115) </dl>
116) 

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

118) <a id="Board"></a>
119) <h3><a class="anchor" href="#Board">The Tor Project Board of
120) Directors:</a></h3>

121) 
122) <dl>

123) <dt>Ian Goldberg (Director)</dt><dd>Cryptographer,
124) privacy expert, and professor; one of the designers of <a
125) href="http://www.cypherpunks.ca/otr/">Off-the-Record Messaging</a>.</dd>

126) <dt>Xianghui (Isaac) Mao (Director)</dt><dd>Chinese blogging and privacy
127) activist.  His current activities can be found at <a

128) href="http://isaacmao.com/">his website</a>.</dd>

129) <dt>Frank Rieger (Director)</dt><dd>CTO of <a href="http://www.gsmk.de/">GSMK

130) Cryptophone</a>.</dd>

131) <dt>Wendy Seltzer (Director)</dt><dd>Lawyer,

132) cyberlaw professor, and founder of <a

133) href="http://chillingeffects.org/">ChillingEffects.org</a>.</dd>
134) <dt>Fred von Lohmann (Director)</dt><dd>Fred is a Senior

135) Intellectual Property Attorney at the Electronic Frontier
136) Foundation (EFF). His complete bio can be found at the <a

137) href="http://www.eff.org/about/staff/?f=fred_von_lohmann.html">EFF
138) Staff Site</a>.</dd>

139) <dt>Along with Roger, Nick, and Andrew listed above as Directors.</dt>

140) </dl>
141) 

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

143) <a id="Summer"></a>
144) <h3><a class="anchor" href="#Summer">Summer students:</a></h3>
145) 
146) <dl>
147) <dt>Christopher Davis</dt><dd>Adapts Polipo to depend upon the libevent
148) library, making use of its event loop, asynchronous DNS resolver, and utility
149) library. (<a
150) href="http://www.mangrin.org/~chrisd/polipo_schedule.html">schedule</a>, <a
151) href="http://www.mangrin.org/~chrisd/polipo-gsoc/">code</a>). Mentor: Nick
152) Mathewson</dd>
153) <dt>Damian Johnson</dt><dd>Builds a command-line application for monitoring
154) Tor relays, providing real-time status information such as the current
155) configuration, bandwidth usage, message log, etc. (<a
156) href="https://tor-svn.freehaven.net/svn/arm/trunk/readme.txt">code</a>).</dd>
157) <dt>Kory Kirk</dt><dd>Extends <a

158) href="<page torbutton/index>">Torbutton</a>

159) by implementing three feature requests, namely the <a

160) href="https://bugs.torproject.org/flyspray/index.php?do=details&id=462">tor://

161) association</a>, <a

162) href="https://bugs.torproject.org/flyspray/index.php?do=details&id=524">better

163) refspoofing</a>, and <a

164) href="https://bugs.torproject.org/flyspray/index.php?do=details&id=637">more

165) granular cookie control</a> (<a
166) href="http://korykirk.com/GSoC/blag/index.php">status updates</a>). Mentor:
167) Mike Perry</dd>

168) <dt>Runa Sandvik</dt><dd>Improves usability of <a
169) href="https://translation.torproject.org/">translating the website</a> by
170) automatically converting wml files to po files (and back) so that they can be
171) handled by <a
172) href="http://translate.sourceforge.net/wiki/pootle/index">Pootle</a> (<a
173) href="http://gsoc-tor.blogspot.com/">status updates</a>). Mentor: Jacob
174) Appelbaum</dd>

175) <dt>Stephen Tyree</dt><dd>Develops a plugin API for <a

176) href="<page vidalia/index>">Vidalia</a> and creates a plugin to allow
177) HerdictWeb integration,

178) a project aiming at identifying website inaccessibility using user
179) submissions (<a
180) href="https://trac.vidalia-project.net/wiki/ExtensionAPI">schedule</a>,
181) <a
182) href="https://trac.vidalia-project.net/browser/vidalia/branches/extension-api">code</a>).
183) Mentor: Matt Edman</dd>
184) </dl>
185) 

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

187) <a id="Translators"></a>
188) <h3><a class="anchor" href="#Translators">Core translators:</a></h3>

189) 
190) <dl>

191) <dt>Bogdan Drozdowski</dt><dd><a

192) href="https://www.torproject.org/index.html.pl">Polish</a>.</dd>

193) <dt>Tiago Faria</dt><dd>Portuguese.</dd>

194) <dt>fredzupy</dt><dd><a

195) href="https://www.torproject.org/index.html.fr">French</a>.</dd>

196) <dt>Ruben Garcia, plus further pages by <a
197) href="http://www.greentranslations.com/">Green Crescent</a></dt><dd><a

198) href="https://www.torproject.org/index.html.es">Spanish</a>.</dd>

199) <dt>Jens Kubieziel and Oliver Knapp</dt><dd><a

200) href="https://www.torproject.org/index.html.de">German</a>.</dd>

201) <dt>Pei Hanru and bridgefish</dt><dd><a

202) href="https://www.torproject.org/index.html.zh-cn">Simplified Chinese</a>.</dd>

203) <dt>Jan Reister</dt><dd><a

204) href="https://www.torproject.org/index.html.it">Italian</a>.</dd>

205) <dt>Masaki Taniguchi</dt><dd><a

206) href="https://www.torproject.org/index.html.ja">Japanese</a>.</dd>

207) <dt>Jan Woning</dt><dd><a

208) href="https://www.torproject.org/index.html.nl">Dutch</a>.</dd>

209) <dt>ygrek</dt><dd><a

210) href="https://www.torproject.org/index.html.ru">Russian</a>.</dd>

211) </dl>
212) 

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

214) <a id="Volunteers"></a>
215) <h3><a class="anchor" href="#Volunteers">More volunteers:</a></h3>

216) 
217) <dl>

218) <dt>Anonym</dt><dd>Maintainer of the Incognito LiveCD.</dd>

219) <dt>Kevin Bankston</dt><dd>EFF lawyer who helped write the <a

220) href="<page eff/tor-legal-faq>">Tor Legal FAQ</a> and

221) tirelessly answers the phone when somebody in the world has a legal
222) question about Tor.</dd>

223) <dt>Kasimir Gabert</dt><dd>Maintains the <a
224) href="https://torstatus.kgprog.com/">TorStatus</a> statistics pages.</dd>

225) <dt>Geoff Goodell</dt><dd>Started the <a
226) href="https://svn.torproject.org/svn/blossom/trunk/">Blossom project</a>
227) which uses Tor as its overlay network; also helped motivate Tor's control
228) interface to be as flexible as it is.</dd>
229) <dt>Aleksei Gorny</dt><dd> Working on
230) Tor exit scanner improvements (<a

231) 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>

232) <dt>Robert Hogan</dt><dd>Developer for the <a
233) href="http://tork.sf.net/">TorK</a> Tor controller.</dd>

234) <dt>Fabian Keil</dt><dd>One of the core Privoxy developers, and also a
235) Tor fan. He's the reason Tor and Privoxy still work well together.</dd>

236) <dt>Julius Mittenzwei</dt><dd>A lawyer with the CCC in
237) Germany. Coordinates the German Tor community with respect to legal
238) questions and concerns.</dd>

239) <dt>Shava Nerad</dt><dd>Our former Development Director. She still works
240) on PR and community relations.</dd>

241) <dt>Lasse &Oslash;verlier</dt><dd>Writes research papers on Tor: attacks,

242) defenses, and resource management, especially for hidden services.</dd>

243) <dt>rovv (a pseudonym -- he's managed to stay anonymous even from
244) us!)</dt><dd>The most dedicated bug reporter we've ever heard from. He
245) must read Tor source code every day over breakfast.</dd>
246) <dt>tup (another pseudonym)</dt><dd>Periodically adds new features for
247) making Tor easier to use as a <a

248) href="https://wiki.torproject.org/noreply/TheOnionRouter/TransparentProxy">transparent
249) proxy</a>. Also maintains the <a

250) href="http://p56soo2ibjkx23xo.onion/">TorDNSEL code</a>.</dd>

251) <dt>Kyle Williams</dt><dd>Developer for
252) JanusVM, a VMWare-based
253) transparent Tor proxy that makes Tor easier to set up and use.</dd>

254) <dt>Ethan Zuckerman</dt><dd>A blogger who has written some
255) <a href="http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/?p=1019">interesting</a>
256) <a href="http://advocacy.globalvoicesonline.org/tools/guide/">tutorials</a>

257) for how, when, and whether to use Tor. He also teaches activists around
258) the world about Tor and related tools.</dd>

259) <dt>All our relay operators, people who write <a

260) href="http://freehaven.net/anonbib/">research papers</a> about Tor,

261) people who teach others about Tor, etc.</dt>

262) </dl>
263) 

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

265) <a id="Past"></a>
266) <h3><a class="anchor" href="#Past">Past thanks to:</a></h3>

267) 
268) <dl>

269) <dt>Domenik Bork</dt><dd> Worked on
270) Configuration of Hidden Services with User Authorization in Vidalia (<a
271) href="http://trac.vidalia-project.net/browser/vidalia/branches/hidden-services">svn</a>) as part of Google Summer of Code 2008.</dd>

272) <dt>Benedikt Boss</dt><dd>Worked during the 2007 Google Summer of Code on <a

273) href="https://svn.torproject.org/svn/topf/trunk/README">TOPF</a>,

274) a fuzzer for Tor; mentored by Roger.</dd>

275) <dt>Ren Bucholz</dt><dd>Our fine logo and images.</dd>

276) <dt>Fallon Chen</dt><dd> Worked on
277) Improving Tor Path Selection (<a

278) href="https://svn.torproject.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/torflow/branches/gsoc2008/">svn</a>)
279) and <a
280) href="https://git.torproject.org/checkout/tor/master/doc/spec/proposals/151-path-selection-improvements.txt">proposal
281) 151</a> as part of Google Summer of Code 2008.</dd>

282) <dt>Bram Cohen</dt><dd>Helped design our congestion control mechanisms,
283) in Tor's early days.</dd>

284) <dt>Pat Double</dt><dd>Creator of the Incognito LiveCD.</dd>
285) <dt>Justin Hipple</dt><dd>The other developer for Vidalia.</dd>
286) <dt>Christian King</dt><dd> Worked during the 2007 Google Summer of Code
287) on making Tor relays stable on
288) Windows, by developing a <a

289) href="https://svn.torproject.org/svn/libevent-urz/trunk/README">buffer

290) implementation for libevent</a>; mentored by Nick.</dd>

291) <dt>Joe Kowalski</dt><dd>Original author and provider of the torstatus

292) script formerly run on nighteffect.</dd>

293) <dt>Adam Langley</dt><dd>Our fine eventdns code.</dd>

294) <dt>Rebecca MacKinnon</dt><dd>Former Director of Tor.  Co-Founder of <a

295) href="http://www.globalvoicesonline.org/">Global Voices Online</a>.</dd>

296) <dt>Chris Palmer</dt><dd>Our liaison and tech guy with EFF while EFF
297) was funding us. Also helped advocate and write end-user docs.</dd>

298) <dt>Matej Pfajfar</dt><dd>Author of the original onion routing code that
299) Tor is based on, so we didn't have to start from scratch.</dd>

300) <dt>Johannes Renner</dt><dd> Worked during the 2007 Google Summer of
301) Code on modifying <a

302) href="https://svn.torproject.org/svn/torflow/trunk/README">TorFlow</a>

303) to measure various properties of the Tor network; mentored by Mike
304) Perry.</dd>
305) <dt>Scott Squires</dt><dd>The original developer of <a

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

307) <dt>Camilo Viecco</dt><dd> Worked on
308) Providing Blossom functionality to Vidalia (<a
309) href="http://trac.vidalia-project.net/browser/vidalia/branches/exit-country">svn</a>) as part of Google Summer of Code 2008.</dd>
310) <dt>Christian Wilms</dt><dd> Worked on
311) Performance Enhancing Measures for Tor Hidden Services (<a
312) href="https://svn.torproject.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/tor/branches/hidserv-perf/">svn</a>) as part of Google Summer of Code 2008.</dd>

313) <dt>Jillian C. York</dt><dd><a href="http://jilliancyork.com/">Jillian
314) C. York</a> is a writer, blogger, and activist based in
315) Boston.  She blogs on the uses of Tor and anonymity at <a
316) href="http://www.knightpulse.org/blog/tor">KnightPulse</a>.</dd>

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