tor-webwml.git

1) ## translation metadata
2) # Revision: $Revision: 14486 $
3) # Translation-Priority: 3-low
4) 
5) #include "head.wmi" TITLE="Google Project: Automatic Upgrade of Tor"
6) 
7) <div class="main-column">
8) 
9) <!-- PUT CONTENT AFTER THIS TAG -->
10) 
11) <h2>Google Project:  Automatic Upgrade of Tor</h2>
12) 
13) <hr />
14) 
15) <p>
16) 
17) 
18) </p>
19) 
20) <p>
21) This project is generously funded by <a href="http://www.google.com">Google</a>.
22) </p>
23) 
24) <a id="Timetable"></a>
25) <h2><a class="anchor" href="#Timetable">Timetable</a></h2>
26) <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="3">
27) <!-- <thead>
28) <tr bgcolor="#e5e5e5">
29) <th>Deliverable</th>
30) <th>Due Date</th>
31) </tr>
32) </thead> -->
33) 
34) <tr bgcolor="#e5e5e5">
35)   <td>
36)     <b>Milestone 1:</b> Vidalia recognizes when Tor needs to upgrade,
37) and learns the most suitable new version and where to find it.<br />
38)     <small><em>Looking at the majority-signed network status consensus
39) to decide when to update and to what version (Tor already lists what
40) versions are considered safe, in each network status
41) document)</em></small>
42)   </td>
43)   <td>
44)     November 15, 2008
45)   </td>
46) </tr>
47) 
48) <tr>
49)   <td>
50)     <b>Milestone 2:</b>Vidalia can fetch a new version of Tor from the
51) Tor website and check its signature.<br />  
52)     <small><em>Update either via Tor or via the directory
53) mirror update protocol (proposal 127) when possible, for additional
54) privacy.   Check package signatures to ensure package validity.</em></small>
55)   </td>
56)   <td>
57)     November 15, 2008
58)   </td>
59) </tr>
60) 
61) <tr bgcolor="#e5e5e5">
62)   <td>
63)     <b>Milestone 3:</b> Vidalia has an interface for notifying the user
64) about upgrades and helping them upgrade. <br /> 
65)     <small><em>Give the user an interface for these updates, including
66) letting her opt to migrate from one major Tor version to the next. 
67)     </em></small>
68)   </td>
69)   <td>
70)     November 15, 2008
71)   </td>
72) </tr>
73) </table>
74) 
75) <br />
76) 
77) <!-- Do we want a people section? If so, would it make sense to write what

78) these people will be doing? And what exactly are these people going to