tor-webwml.git

@@ -10,9 +10,11 @@

 <br />

 <a href="<page overview>"><img src="$(IMGROOT)/how_tor_works_thumb.png" alt="How Tor Works" /></a>

+<!--

 <div class="donatebutton">

 <a href="http://secure.eff.org/tor">Support Tor by giving to EFF</a>

 </div>

+-->

 <div class="donatebutton">

 <a href="gui/">Want a better Tor GUI?</a>

 </div>

@@ -38,65 +40,60 @@ built-in anonymity, safety, and privacy features.

 <p>

 Your traffic is safer when you use Tor, because communications

 are bounced around a distributed network of servers, called

-<a href="<page overview>">onion routers</a>.  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 single point can tell where the data came from or where it's going.

-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

-network surveillance that threatens personal anonymity and privacy,

-confidential business activities and relationships, and state security.

+<a href="<page overview>">onion routers</a>.

+Tor's technology aims to provide Internet users with protection against

+"traffic analysis," a form of network surveillance that threatens personal

+anonymity and privacy, confidential business activities and relationships,

+and state security.

 </p>

 <p>

-Traffic analysis is used every day by companies, governments, and

-individuals that want to keep track of where people and organizations go

-and what they do on the Internet.  Instead of looking at the content of

-your communications, traffic analysis tracks where your data goes and

-when, as well as how much is sent. For example, online advertising

-companies like Fastclick and Doubleclick use traffic analysis to record

-what web pages you've visited, and can build a profile of your interests

-from that. A pharmaceutical company could use traffic analysis to monitor

-when the research wing of a competitor visits its website, and track

-what pages or products that interest the competitor. IBM hosts a

-searchable patent index, and it could keep a list of every query your

-company makes. A stalker could use traffic analysis to learn whether

-you're in a certain Internet cafe.

+Instead of looking at the content of your communications, traffic analysis

+tracks where your data goes and when, as well as how much is sent.

+<!--

+For example, online advertising companies like Doubleclick use traffic

+analysis to record what web pages you've visited, and can build a

+profile of your interests from that. A pharmaceutical company could

+use traffic analysis to monitor when the research wing of a competitor

+visits its website, and track what pages or products that interest the

+competitor. IBM hosts a searchable patent index, and it could keep a list

+of every query your company makes. A stalker could use traffic analysis

+to learn whether you're in a certain Internet cafe.

 </p>

 <p>

-Tor aims to make traffic analysis more difficult by preventing

-eavesdroppers from finding out where your communications are going

-online, and by letting you decide whether to identify yourself when

-you communicate.

+-->

+Tor aims to make traffic analysis more difficult by preventing websites,

+eavesdroppers, and even the onion routers themselves from tracing your

+communications online. This means Tor lets you decide whether to identify

+yourself when you communicate.

 </p>

 <p>

 Tor's security is improved as its user base grows and as

 more people volunteer to run servers.  Please consider

-<a href="<page documentation>">installing it</a> and then

-<a href="<cvssandbox>tor/doc/tor-doc-server.html">helping out</a>.

-</p>

-

-<p>

-Part of the goal of the Tor project is to deploy a public testbed for

-experimenting with design trade-offs, to teach us how best to provide

-privacy online. We welcome research into the security of Tor and related

-anonymity systems, and want to hear about any vulnerabilities you find.

-</p>

-

-<p>

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

-online, but it is not a complete solution.

+<a href="<page volunteer>">volunteering your time</a> or

+<a href="<cvssandbox>tor/doc/tor-doc-server.html">volunteering your bandwidth</a>.

 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>

+

+<p><b>We are now actively looking for new sponsors and funders.</b>

+The Tor project was launched by <a href="http://freehaven.net/">The Free

+Haven Project</a> in 2002. In the past, Tor development was funded

+by contracts with the <a href="http://www.nrl.navy.mil/">Naval

+Research Lab</a> (inventor of onion routing) and the <a

+href="http://www.eff.org/">Electronic Frontier Foundation</a> (who still

+kindly hosts our website). Sponsors of Tor get personal attention,

+better support, publicity (if they want it), and get to influence the

+direction of our research and development!

 </p>

   </div><!-- #main -->

-<a href="http://secure.eff.org/tor"><img src="$(IMGROOT)/eff_badge.png" alt="Tor development is supported by EFF" /></a>

-<a href="http://www.onion-router.net/"><img src="$(IMGROOT)/onr-logo.jpg" alt="Tor development is supported by ONR" /></a>

+<!--

+<a href="http://www.eff.org/"><img src="$(IMGROOT)/eff_badge.png" alt="Tor development has been supported by EFF" /></a>

+<a href="http://www.onion-router.net/"><img src="$(IMGROOT)/onr-logo.jpg" alt="Tor development has been supported by ONR" /></a>

+-->

 #include <foot.wmi>

@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@

 <h2>Tor: People</h2>

 <hr />

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

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

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

+Free 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

@@ -24,8 +24,14 @@ 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>Since November 2004, Tor development has been supported by the <a

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

+<p>From late 2004 to late 2005, Tor development was supported by

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

+

+<p><b>We are now actively looking for new contracts and funders.</b>

+Sponsors of Tor get personal attention, better support, publicity

+(if they want it), and get to influence the direction of our research

+and development!

+</p>

   </div><!-- #main -->

@@ -21,9 +21,10 @@ come up with ideas or designs to contribute to making Tor's interface

 and usability better. Free T-shirt for each submission!</li>

 <li> Tell your friends! Get them to run servers. Get them to run hidden

 services. Get them to tell their friends.</li>

-<li> Consider joining the <a href="http://secure.eff.org/tor">Electronic

-Frontier Foundation</a>. More EFF donations means more freedom in the

-world, including more Tor development.</li>

+<li> We are looking for funders and sponsors. Take a look at the

+ <a href="<page people>">people page</a>, and if you know any

+  companies, NGOs, or other organizations that want communications

+  security, let them know about us.</li>

 </ol>

 <h2>Installers</h2>