tor-webwml.git

@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ so we can go in the system tray?</li>

 </ul>

 </p>

-<p>People who want to donate to Tor:

+<p>Donors:

 <ul>

 <li>Go take a look at the <a href="http://www.eff.org/">Electronic

 Frontier Foundation</a>. More EFF donations means more Tor development.</li>

@@ -31,10 +31,10 @@ directory</a>. It should run on Linux, BSD, OS X, Win32, Solaris,

 and more.

 <ul>

 <!--

-<li>Latest experimental: <a href="dist/tor-0.0.9.tar.gz">0.0.9</a>

+<li>Latest experimental source: <a href="dist/tor-0.0.9.tar.gz">0.0.9</a>

 (<a href="dist/tor-0.0.9.tar.gz.asc">sig</a>)</li>

 -->

-<li>Latest stable: <a href="dist/tor-0.0.9.1.tar.gz">0.0.9.1</a>

+<li>Latest stable source: <a href="dist/tor-0.0.9.1.tar.gz">0.0.9.1</a>

 (<a href="dist/tor-0.0.9.1.tar.gz.asc">sig</a>)</li>

 <li>Win32 installer (experimental):

 <a href="dist/win32/tor-0.0.9.1-win32.exe">0.0.9.1</a> (<a

@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ href="cvs/tor/doc/tor-doc.html#installing">here</a>.

 </p>

 <p>See the <a href="developers.html">developers page</a> for instructions

-on fetching Tor CVS.

+on fetching Tor from CVS.

 </p>

 <p>

@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ features.

 <p>

 Your traffic is safer when you use Tor because communications

 are bounced around a distributed network of servers called <a

-href="howitworks.html">onion routers</a> -- this makes it hard for

+href="howitworks.html">onion routers</a>&mdash;this makes it hard for

 recipients, observers, and even the onion routers themselves to figure

 out who and where you are. Tor's technology aims to provide Internet

 users with protection against "traffic analysis," a form of

@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ href="cvs/tor/doc/tor-doc.html#installing">installing it</a> and then

 <p>

 Tor is an important piece of building more safety, privacy, and anonymity

 online, but it is not a complete solution.

-And remember that this is development code -- it's not a good idea to rely

+And remember that this is development code—it's not a good idea to rely

 on the current Tor network if you really need strong anonymity.

 </p>

@@ -29,16 +29,17 @@

 <p>

 Tor is a network-within-a-network that allows people and groups to

 improve their privacy and security on the Internet.  It also enables

-future software developers to create new kinds of communication tools

-that have built-in privacy features.  Tor can provide the foundation for

-a whole range of applications that allow organizations and individuals

+software developers to create new communication tools

+with built-in privacy features.  Tor provides the foundation for

+a range of applications that allow organizations and individuals

 to share information over public networks without compromising their

 privacy.

 </p>

 <p>

-Individuals can use Tor to shield themselves and their family members

-from being tracked by remote websites.  They can also use it to connect

+Individuals can use Tor to keep remote websites from tracking them and their

+family members.

+They can also use it to connect

 to resources such as news sites or instant messaging services that are

 blocked by their local Internet service providers (ISPs).

 </p>

@@ -57,7 +58,8 @@ teams used Tor while deployed in the Middle East recently.

 <p>

 The variety of people who use Tor is actually part of what makes it

-so secure.  The more populous and diverse the user base for Tor is,

+so secure.  Tor hides you among the other users on the network, so the more

+populous and diverse the user base for Tor is,

 the more your anonymity will be protected.

 </p>

@@ -74,7 +76,7 @@ institution of origin.  It can even threaten your job and physical safety

 by revealing who and where you are. For example, if you're travelling

 abroad and you connect to your employer's computers to check or send mail,

 you can inadvertently reveal your national origin and professional

-affiliation to any local observing the network, even if the connection

+affiliation to anyone observing the network, even if the connection

 is encrypted.

 </p>

@@ -101,7 +103,9 @@ the network, looking at headers.

 But there are also more powerful kinds of traffic analysis.  Some

 attackers spy on multiple parts of the Internet and use sophisticated

 statistical techniques to track the communications patterns of many

-different organizations and individuals.

+different organizations and individuals.  Encryption does not help against

+these attackers, since it only hides the content of Internet traffic, not

+the headers.

 </p>

 <h3>The solution: a distributed, anonymous network</h3>

@@ -111,7 +115,7 @@ Tor helps to reduce the risks of both simple and sophisticated traffic

 analysis by distributing your transactions over several places on the

 Internet, so no single point can link you to your destination.  The idea

 is similar to using a twisty, hard-to-follow route in order to throw off

-somebody who is tailing you -- and then periodically erasing your

+somebody who is tailing you—and then periodically erasing your

 footprints.  Instead of taking a direct route from source to

 destination, data packets on the Tor network take a random pathway

 through several servers that cover your tracks so no observer at any

@@ -126,10 +130,10 @@ To create a private network pathway with Tor, the user's software or

 client incrementally builds a circuit of encrypted connections through

 servers on the network.  The circuit is extended one hop at a time, and

 each server along the way knows only which server gave it data and which

-server it is giving data to.  No individual server will ever know the

+server it is giving data to.  No individual server ever knows the

 complete path that a data packet has taken.  The client negotiates a

 separate set of encryption keys for each hop along the circuit to ensure

-that each hop can't see what these connections are as they pass through.

+that each hop can't trace these connections as they pass through.

 </p>

 <img alt="tor circuit step three" src="img/htw3.png" />

@@ -169,7 +173,7 @@ the site, and nobody who offered the site would know who was posting to it.

 <h3>Staying anonymous</h3>

 <p>

-Of course, Tor can't solve all anonymity problems.  It focuses only on

+Tor can't solve all anonymity problems.  It focuses only on

 protecting the transport of data.  You need to use protocol-specific

 support software if you don't want the sites you visit to see your

 identifying information. For example, you can use web proxies such as

@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@

 <h2>Tor: People</h2>

 <p>Tor is managed by <a href="http://freehaven.net/">The Free

-Haven Project</a> as one of the building blocks necessary for

+Haven Project</a> as a building block for

 a robust censorship-resistant data haven. It is developed by <a

 href="http://freehaven.net/~arma/">Roger Dingledine</a> and <a

 href="http://www.wangafu.net/~nickm/">Nick Mathewson</a>, with help from

@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ href="http://www.syverson.org/">Paul Syverson</a> and based on the

 original <a href="http://www.onion-router.net/">onion routing</a> idea

 developed there.</p>

-<p>As of November 2004, Tor development is now supported by the <a

+<p>Since November 2004, Tor development has been supported by the <a

 href="http://www.eff.org/">Electronic Frontier Foundation</a>.</p>

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