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@@ -39,84 +39,48 @@ one role, so combination developer/activist are very welcome.

 </p>

 <a id="sysdev"></a>

-<h3><a class="anchor" href="#sysdev">Systems Developer</a></h3>

+<h3><a class="anchor" href="#vidalia">Vidalia Developer</a></h3>

+<p><a href="https://www.torproject.org/vidalia/">Vidalia</a> is the cross-platform graphical user interface to Tor written

+in C++ using the Qt libraries.  It is used by millions of people

+successfully.  Our current developer is a volunteer and otherwise

+occupied with finishing his PhD.  We're looking for someone who knows

+C++, Qt, and would like to kickstart development on the next generation

+of Vidalia.  Some suggested next steps involve:</p>

 <ul>

-<li><strong>New Secure Updater Features</strong>:

-<br />

-Additional capabilities are needed for assisted updates of all the Tor

-related software for Windows and other operating systems. Some of the

-features to consider include:

-<ol>

-<li> Integration of the <a

-href="http://chandlerproject.org/Projects/MeTooCrypto">MeTooCrypto

-Python library</a> for authenticated HTTPS downloads.</li>

-<li> Adding a level of indirection between the timestamp signatures

-and the package files included in an update. See the "<a

-href="http://archives.seul.org/or/dev/Dec-2008/msg00010.html">Thandy

-attacks / suggestions</a>" thread on or-dev.</li>

-<li> Support locale specific installation and configuration of assisted

-updates based on preference, host, or user account language settings.

-Familiarity with Windows codepages, unicode, and other character sets

-is helpful in addition to general win32 and posix API experience and

-Python proficiency.</li>

-</ol>

-</li>

-

-<li><strong>Extend the Tor Secure Auto-Update Framework</strong>:

-<p>We've developed a secure auto-update framework, codenamed <a

-href="http://gitweb.torproject.org/thandy/thandy.git/tree">Thandy</a>.  It

-needs some design work to be finished, some security decisions to be

-made, and then code written to actually get the software and

-infrastructure running.  The primary goal is to get this working on

-Microsoft Windows operating systems.  Secondary goal is to have this

-work with Apple OS X.  The <a

-href="http://gitweb.torproject.org/thandy/thandy.git/blob/HEAD:/TODO">TODO</a>

-file explains more of the goals.</p>

-<p>A person undertaking this project should have good C/C++ development

-experience. Previous experience with Qt is helpful, but not required. One

-should also have a good understanding of common security

-practices, such as package signature verification. Good writing ability

-is also important for this project, since a vital step of the project

-will be producing a design document to review and discuss

-with others prior to implementation.</p>

-</li>

+<li>Implementing the KDE Marble interface into Vidalia for better and

+more accurate mappings of relays to countries.  Plus, it just looks

+cool.</li>

+<li>Implementing the ability to click a country and instruct Tor to

+either start or end circuits in that country.</li>

+<li>Work on bug fixes and enhancements as suggested by users.</li>

+<li>Give Vidalia the ability to control the http proxy included, to

+start, stop, and possibly configure either privoxy, polipo, or an http

+shim we ship in the combined bundles of tor, vidalia, and polipo.</li>

+<li>Possibly re-design the Vidalia interface to have different modes for

+different levels of user sophistication.  Many users see a button or a

+setting and feel they have to change it.  The defaults are set to ensure

+users are sufficiently anonymous.  How can we better hide the complexity

+of Tor configurations?</li>

 </ul>

 <a id="windowsdev"></a>

 <h3><a class="anchor" href="#windowsdev">Microsoft Windows Developer</a></h3>

-This person needs to be very familiar with Windows at a system and

-network level.  We're looking or someone to do two projects:

+<p>This person needs to be very familiar with Windows at a system and

+network level.  We're looking or someone to help make Tor on Windows

+more compatible and work more reliably as a relay.

+There are a number of projects relating to Windows that current need a

+skilled developer:</p>

 <ul>

-<li><strong>Improving Polipo on Windows</strong>:

-<p>Help port <a

-href="http://www.pps.jussieu.fr/~jch/software/polipo/">Polipo</a>

-to Windows. Example topics to tackle include: 

-<ol>

-<li> the ability to asynchronously query name servers, find the system

-nameservers, and manage netbios and dns queries.</li>

-<li> manage events and buffers natively (i.e. in Unix-like OSes, Polipo

-defaults to 25% of ram, in Windows it's whatever the config

-specifies).</li>

-<li> some sort of GUI config and reporting tool, bonus if it has a

-systray icon with right clickable menu options. Double bonus if it's

-cross-platform compatible.</li>

-<li> allow the software to use the Windows Registry and handle proper

-Windows directory locations, such as "C:\Program Files\Polipo"</li>

-</ol>

-</p>

-</li>

-

-<li><strong>Intermediate Level Network Device Driver</strong>:

-<br />

-The WinPCAP device driver used by Tor VM for bridged networking does

-not support a number of wireless and non-Ethernet network adapters.

-Implementation of a intermediate level network device driver for win32

-and 64bit would provide a way to intercept and route traffic over such

-networks. This project will require knowledge of and experience with

-Windows kernel device driver development and testing. Familiarity with

-Winsock and Qemu would also be helpful.

-</li>

-</ul>

+<li>Develop a Tor network shim to redirect all traffic through Tor.

+OpenVPN has a network layer device for Windows that redirects traffic

+through the OpenVPN connection.  Is this the model Tor should be using?

+Or is there something else that may work better?</li>

+<li>Tor relays under non-server editions of Windows run into WSAENOBUFS

+problems after a short while.  This problem is described in detail in <a

+href="https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/98">bug ticket

+98</a>.  So far, there are no solutions. We think libevent 2.0 with its

+bufferevents code will help solve the problem.</li>

+<li>

 <p>

 The best way to get noticed as a good developer is to join the community

@@ -125,13 +89,10 @@ on the Tor software itself as well as supporting software like Vidalia,

 Torbutton, etc.

 </p>

-<p>

-Periodically we get new funding to work on more development

+<p>Periodically we get new funding to work on more development

 projects.  Your goal should be to get into the list of <a href="<page

 people>#Core">core project members</a> so we think of you when new

-funding arrives. We're particularly looking for Qt developers and

-people to help maintain <a href="<page vidalia/index>">Vidalia</a>.

-</p>

+funding arrives.</p>

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