Add two GSoC ideas by Steven.
Karsten Loesing commited on 2009-03-12 01:22:04
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Winsock and Qemu would also be helpful. |
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+<b>Tor Browser Bundle for Linux/Mac OS X</b> |
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+Priority: <i>High</i> |
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+<br /> |
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+Effort Level: <i>High</i> |
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+<br /> |
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+Skill Level: <i>Medium</i> |
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+<br /> |
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+Likely Mentors: <i>Steven</i> |
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+<br /> |
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+The Tor Browser bundle incorporates Tor, Firefox, and the Vidalia user |
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+interface (and optionally Pidgin IM). Components are pre-configured to |
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+operate in a secure way, and it has very few dependencies on the |
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+installed operating system. It has therefore become one of the most |
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+easy to use, and popular, ways to use Tor on Windows. |
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+<br /> |
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+However, there is currently no comparable package for Linux and Mac OS |
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+X, so this project would be to implement Tor Browser Bundle for these |
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+platforms. This will involve modifications to Vidalia (C++), possibly |
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+Firefox (C) then creating and testing the launcher on a range of |
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+operating system versions and configurations to verify portability. |
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+<br /> |
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+Students should be familiar with application development on one or |
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+preferably both of Linux and Mac OS X, and be comfortable with C/C++ |
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+and shell scripting. |
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+ |
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+<b>Simulator for slow Internet connections</b> |
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+<br /> |
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+Priority: <i>Medium</i> |
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+<br /> |
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+Effort Level: <i>Medium</i> |
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+<br /> |
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+Skill Level: <i>Medium</i> |
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+<br /> |
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+Likely Mentors: <i>Steven</i> |
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+<br /> |
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+Many users of Tor have poor-quality Internet connections, giving low |
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+bandwidth, high latency, and high packet loss/re-ordering. User |
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+experience is that Tor reacts badly to these conditions, but it is |
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+difficult to improve the situation without being able to repeat the |
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+problems in the lab. |
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+<br /> |
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+This project would be to build a simulation environment which |
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+replicates the poor connectivity so that the effect on Tor performance |
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+can be measured. Other components would be a testing utility to |
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+establish what are the properties of connections available, and to |
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+measure the effect of performance-improving modifications to Tor. |
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+<br /> |
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+The tools used would be up to the student, but dummynet (for FreeBSD) |
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+and nistnet (for Linux) are two potential components on which this |
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+project could be built. Students should be experienced with network |
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+programming/debugging and TCP/IP, and preferably familiar with C and a |
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+scripting language. |
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+</li> |
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<b>Bring up new ideas!</b> |
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