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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) 
16) <address>
17) The Tor Project<br />
18) 122 Scott Circle<br />
19) Dedham, MA 02026-6416 USA<br />
20) </address>

21) 

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

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

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

26) 

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

29) 
30) <dl>

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

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

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

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

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

38) everything on track.</dd>

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

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

42) <dt>Sebastian Hahn</dt><dd> Worked during the 2008 Google
43) Summer of Code on a networking application to automatically carry out
44) tests for Tor. Currently assists in migration to Git and generally helps
45) out a lot.</dd>

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

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

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

52) and securing the publishing and fetching of hidden service

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

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

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

60) <dt>Steven Murdoch (Researcher and Developer)</dt><dd>Researcher at
61) the University

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

72) controller that builds paths through the Tor network and

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

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

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

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

84) </dl>
85) 

86) <a id="Board"></a>
87) <h3><a class="anchor" href="#Board">The Tor Project Board of
88) Directors:</a></h3>

89) 
90) <dl>

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

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

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

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

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

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

100) cyberlaw professor, and founder of <a

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

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

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

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

108) </dl>
109) 

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

112) 
113) <dl>

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

132) </dl>
133) 

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

136) 
137) <dl>

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

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

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

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

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

144) projects.</dd>

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

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

153) 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>

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

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

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

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

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

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

165) <dt>rovv (a pseudonym -- he's managed to stay anonymous even from
166) us!)</dt><dd>The most dedicated bug reporter we've ever heard from. He
167) must read Tor source code every day over breakfast.</dd>
168) <dt>tup (another pseudonym)</dt><dd>Periodically adds new features for
169) making Tor easier 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>Kyle Williams</dt><dd>Developer for
174) JanusVM, a VMWare-based
175) transparent Tor proxy that makes Tor easier to set up and use.</dd>

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

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

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

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

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

184) </dl>
185) 

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

188) 
189) <dl>

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

223) <dt>Camilo Viecco</dt><dd> Worked on
224) Providing Blossom functionality to Vidalia (<a
225) href="http://trac.vidalia-project.net/browser/vidalia/branches/exit-country">svn</a>) as part of Google Summer of Code 2008.</dd>
226) <dt>Christian Wilms</dt><dd> Worked on
227) Performance Enhancing Measures for Tor Hidden Services (<a
228) 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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