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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 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)</dt><dd>Runs the <a

31) href="http://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 (Tor 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</dt><dd>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 (Director)</dt><dd>Manages building packages for

42) Windows, OS X, Red Hat, and SuSE. Also provides common sense on topics
43) like how to run a non-profit and generally helps keep everything moving
44) forward.</dd>

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

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

48) and securing the publishing and fetching of hidden service

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

62) and generally helps out a lot. Currently working on
63) <a href="<page projects/lowbandwidth>">reducing directory
64) overhead</a>.</dd>
65) <dt>Martin Peck</dt><dd>Working on a VM-based transparent proxying
66) approach for Tor clients on Windows.</dd>

67) <dt>Mike Perry</dt><dd>Author of <a

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

69) controller that builds paths through the Tor network and
70) measures various properties and behaviors. Working now on a <a

71) href="<page torbutton/index>">much more comprehensive

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

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

78) </dl>
79) 

80) <a id="Board"></a>
81) <h3><a class="anchor" href="#Board">The Tor Project Board of
82) Directors:</a></h3>

83) 
84) <dl>

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

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

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

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

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

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

94) cyberlaw professor, and founder of <a

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

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

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

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

102) </dl>
103) 

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

106) 
107) <dl>

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

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

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

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

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

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

114) <dt>Jens Kubieziel</dt><dd><a

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

116) <dt>Pei Hanru</dt><dd><a

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

126) </dl>
127) 

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

130) 
131) <dl>

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

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

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

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

137) <dt>Jeff Blum</dt><dd>Our Site Editor volunteer who is helping to update
138) the content of the Tor website.</dd>

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

141) <dt>Geoff Goodell</dt><dd>Started the <a
142) href="https://svn.torproject.org/svn/blossom/trunk/">Blossom project</a>
143) which uses Tor as its overlay network; also helped motivate Tor's control
144) interface to be as flexible as it is.</dd>
145) <dt>Aleksei Gorny</dt><dd> Working on
146) Tor exit scanner improvements (<a
147) href="https://svn.torproject.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/torflow/branches/gsoc2008/">svn</a>), originally started as par tof Google Summer of Code 2008.</dd>
148) <dt>Sebastian Hahn</dt><dd> Working on
149) a networking application to automatically carry out tests for Tor (<a
150) 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>

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

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

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

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

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

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

162) <dt>Kyle Williams</dt><dd>The other developer for

163) JanusVM, a VMWare-based

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

165) <dt>Steve Topletz</dt><dd>Developer for Torpark (now called Xerobank
166) Browser), a preconfigured Tor+Firefox bundle for Windows.</dd>

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

181) </dl>
182) 

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

185) 
186) <dl>

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

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

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

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

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

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

197) <dt>Pat Double</dt><dd>Creator of the Incognito LiveCD.</dd>
198) <dt>Justin Hipple</dt><dd>The other developer for Vidalia.</dd>
199) <dt>Christian King</dt><dd> Worked during the 2007 Google Summer of Code
200) on making Tor relays stable on
201) Windows, by developing a <a

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

218) <dt>Camilo Viecco</dt><dd> Worked on
219) Providing Blossom functionality to Vidalia (<a
220) href="http://trac.vidalia-project.net/browser/vidalia/branches/exit-country">svn</a>) as part of Google Summer of Code 2008.</dd>
221) <dt>Christian Wilms</dt><dd> Worked on
222) Performance Enhancing Measures for Tor Hidden Services (<a
223) 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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