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9) <h2>Tor: People</h2>
10) <hr />
11) 

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

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

15) <blockquote>
16) The Tor Project<br>
17) 122 Scott Circle<br>

18) Dedham, MA  02026-6416 USA<br>

19) </blockquote>

20) 

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

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

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

25) 

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

28) 
29) <dl>

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

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

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

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

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

37) everything on track.</dd>

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

39) href="http://vidalia-project.net/">Vidalia</a>, a cross-platform Tor GUI
40) included in the Windows and OS X bundles.</dd>

41) <dt>Andrew Lewman (Executive Director; Director)</dt><dd>Manages the
42) business operations of The Tor Project, Inc.  Builds packages for
43) Windows, OS X, Red Hat, and SuSE. </dd>

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

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

47) and securing the publishing and fetching of hidden service

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

50) reliable</a>, and on metrics.</dd>

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

54) <dt>Steven Murdoch (Researcher and Developer)</dt><dd>Researcher at
55) the University

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

66) controller that builds paths through the Tor network and

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

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

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

74) </dl>
75) 

76) <a id="Board"></a>
77) <h3><a class="anchor" href="#Board">The Tor Project Board of
78) Directors:</a></h3>

79) 
80) <dl>

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

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

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

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

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

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

90) cyberlaw professor, and founder of <a

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

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

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

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

98) </dl>
99) 

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

102) 
103) <dl>

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

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

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

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

108) <dt>Ruben Garcia</dt><dd><a

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

122) </dl>
123) 

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

126) 
127) <dl>

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

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

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

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

133) <dt>Christian Fromme</dt><dd>Helps out on Tor weather, gettor, and other

134) projects.</dd>

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

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

143) 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>

144) <dt>Sebastian Hahn</dt><dd> Working on
145) a networking application to automatically carry out tests for Tor (<a
146) href="https://svn.torproject.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/puppetor/branches/gsoc2008/">svn</a>), originally started as part of Google Summer of Code 2008.</dd>

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

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

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

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

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

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

158) <dt>Kyle Williams</dt><dd>Developer for

159) JanusVM, a VMWare-based

160) transparent Tor proxy that makes Tor easier to set up and use.</dd>

161) <dt>Tup (a pseudonym -- he's managed to stay anonymous even from

162) us!)</dt><dd>Periodically adds new features for making Tor easier
163) to use as a <a
164) href="https://wiki.torproject.org/noreply/TheOnionRouter/TransparentProxy">transparent
165) proxy</a>. Also maintains the <a

166) href="http://p56soo2ibjkx23xo.onion/">TorDNSEL code</a>.</dd>
167) <dt>Ethan Zuckerman</dt><dd>A blogger who has written some
168) <a href="http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/?p=1019">interesting</a>
169) <a href="http://advocacy.globalvoicesonline.org/tools/guide/">tutorials</a>

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

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

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

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

175) </dl>
176) 

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

179) 
180) <dl>

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

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

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

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

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

188) <dt>Fallon Chen</dt><dd> Worked on
189) Improving Tor Path Selection (<a
190) href="https://svn.torproject.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/torflow/branches/gsoc2008/">svn</a>) as part of Google Summer of Code 2008.</dd>

191) <dt>Pat Double</dt><dd>Creator of the Incognito LiveCD.</dd>
192) <dt>Justin Hipple</dt><dd>The other developer for Vidalia.</dd>
193) <dt>Christian King</dt><dd> Worked during the 2007 Google Summer of Code
194) on making Tor relays stable on
195) Windows, by developing a <a

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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