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[or-cvs] r13961: Some incremental updates to make our volunteer page a little (website/trunk/en)
Author: ioerror
Date: 2008-03-11 01:40:37 -0400 (Tue, 11 Mar 2008)
New Revision: 13961
Modified:
website/trunk/en/volunteer.wml
Log:
Some incremental updates to make our volunteer page a little nicer to read.
Modified: website/trunk/en/volunteer.wml
===================================================================
--- website/trunk/en/volunteer.wml 2008-03-11 04:47:12 UTC (rev 13960)
+++ website/trunk/en/volunteer.wml 2008-03-11 05:40:37 UTC (rev 13961)
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@
<ol>
<li>
-Tor/Polipo/Vidalia Auto-Update Framework
+<b>Tor/Polipo/Vidalia Auto-Update Framework</b>
<br />
Vidalia already has the ability to notice when the user is running an
outdated or unrecommended version of Tor. Currently, Vidalia simply pops
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@
</li>
<li>
-An Improved and More Usable Network Map
+<b>An Improved and More Usable Network Map</b>
<br />
One of Vidalia's existing features is a network map that shows the user
the approximate geographic location of relays in the Tor network and
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@
</li>
<li>
-Better Debian Support & Packaging
+<b>Better Debian Support & Packaging</b>
<br />
Vidalia currently doesn't play nicely on Debian and Ubuntu with the
default Tor packages. The current Tor packages automatically start Tor
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@
</li>
<li>
-Tor Status Event Interface
+<b>Tor Status Event Interface<b>
<br />
There may are a number of status changes of which the user may need
to be informed. For example, if the user is trying to set up a Tor
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@
</li>
<li>
-A translation wiki
+<b>A Translation Wiki</b>
<br />
We require a way to edit and translate sections of the website —
possibly resulting in a patch for the official svn tree. The current
@@ -235,7 +235,8 @@
</li>
<li>
-https://check.torproject.org
+<b>Improvements on our active browser configuration tester</b> -
+<a href="https://check.torproject.org";>https://check.torproject.org</a>
<br />
We currently have a functional web page to detect if Tor is working. It
is has a few places where it falls short. It requires improvements with
@@ -251,7 +252,8 @@
</li>
<li>
-exitlist.torproject.org
+<b>Improvements on our DNS Exit List service</b> -
+<a href="http://exitlist.torproject.org";>http://exitlist.torproject.org</a>
<br />
The exitlist software is written by our fabulous anonymous
contributer Tup. It's a DNS server written in Haskell that supports part of our <a
@@ -270,7 +272,7 @@
</li>
<li>
-Testing Tor for end users
+<b>Testing integration of Tor with web browsers for our end users</b>
<br />
The Tor project currently lacks a solid test to ensure that a
user has a properly configured web browser. It should test for as
@@ -291,6 +293,8 @@
</li>
<li>
+<b>Improving our ability to be resistant to censorship</b>
+<br />
Tor needs even better censorship resistance mechanisms. There are
several mechanisms that can help. Tor should be able listen on multiple
addresses and ports, and allow clients to connect to all of them.
@@ -299,6 +303,8 @@
</li>
<li>
+<b>Libevent and Tor integration improvements</b>
+<br />
Tor should make better use of the more recent features of Niels Provos's
Libevent library. Libevent already provides HTTP and socket buffers;
Tor's code for those could be replaced. We'll need to improve libevent's
@@ -307,6 +313,8 @@
</li>
<li>
+<b>Tuneup Tor!</b>
+<br />
Tor should possibly measure bandwidth in a distributed way, as in the
<a href="http://freehaven.net/anonbib/";>"A Tuneup for Tor"</a> paper
by Snader and Borisov. A student could use current testing code to
@@ -317,6 +325,8 @@
</li>
<li>
+<b>Improving the Tor QA process: Continuous Integration for Windows builds</b>
+<br />
It would be useful to have automated build processes for Windows and
probably other platforms. The purpose of having a continuous integration
build environment is to ensure that Windows isn't left behind for any of
@@ -332,10 +342,19 @@
person should have some experience building software in Windows
environments as this is the target audience we want to ensure we do not
leave behind. It would require close work with the Tor source code but
-probably only in the form of building, not authoring.
+probably only in the form of building, not authoring.<br />
+Additionally, we need to automate our performance testing for all platforms.
+We've got buildbot (except on Windows — as noted above) to automate
+our regular integration and compile testing already,
+but we need to get our network simulation tests (as built in torflow)
+updated for more recent versions of Tor, and designed to launch a test
+network either on a single machine, or across several, so we can test
+changes in performance on machines in different roles automatically.<br />
</li>
<li>
+<b>Improve our unit testing process</b>
+<br />
Tor needs to be far more tested. This is a multi-part effort. To start
with, our unit test coverage should rise substantially, especially in
the areas outside the utility functions. This will require significant
@@ -351,6 +370,8 @@
</li>
<li>
+<b>Help revive the Java community around Tor</b>
+<br />
Reanimate one of the approaches to implement a Tor client in Java,
e.g. the <a href="http://onioncoffee.sourceforge.net/";>OnionCoffee
project</a>, and make it run on <a
@@ -361,7 +382,7 @@
directory protocol</a>. Further, support for requesting or even
providing Tor hidden services would be neat, but not required. The
student should be able to understand and write new Java code, including
-a Java cryptography API. Being able to read C code would be helping,
+a Java cryptography API. Being able to read C code would be helpful,
too. The student should be willing to read the existing documentation,
implement code based on it, and, if required, refine the documentation
if things are underdocumented. This project is mostly about coding and
@@ -369,6 +390,8 @@
</li>
<li>
+<b>Become the PuppeTor Master</b>
+<br />
Write a tool that runs automatic system tests in addition
to the existing unit tests. The Java-based Tor simulator <a
href="https://tor-svn.freehaven.net/svn/puppetor/trunk/";>PuppeTor</a>
@@ -387,6 +410,8 @@
</li>
<li>
+<b>Bring moniTor to life</b>
+<br />
Implement a <a href="http://www.ss64.com/bash/top.html";>top-like</a>
management tool for Tor relays. The purpose of such a tool would be
to monitor a local Tor relay via its control port and include useful
@@ -402,22 +427,32 @@
also requires a lot of coding.
</li>
-<li>Help Mike Perry on his <a
+<li>
+<b>TorFlow improvements</b>
+<br />
+Help Mike Perry on his <a
href="https://www.torproject.org/svn/torflow/";>TorFlow</a>
library (<a href="https://www.torproject.org/svn/torflow/TODO";>TODO</a>):
it's a python library that uses the <a
href="https://www.torproject.org/svn/torctl/doc/howto.txt";>Tor controller
protocol</a> to instruct Tor to build circuits in a variety of ways,
-and then it measures performance and tries to detect anomalies.</li>
-<li>Torflow / soat to detect bad relays and automatically get that
-info to the directory authorities for realtime blacklisting</li>
-<li>Torstatus. Set up an automated system for tracking network health
+and then it measures performance and tries to detect anomalies.
+Help detect bad relays and automatically get that
+info to the directory authorities for realtime blacklisting.
+
+<li>
+<b>Help track the overall Tor Network status</b>
+Torstatus. Set up an automated system for tracking network health
over time, graphing it, etc. Better metrics for assessing network
-health and growth.</li>
+health and growth. Make it short and simple. Unbloated and easy to audit.
+</li>
+
<li>vidalia and upnp</li>
<li>nymble</li>
<li>
+<b>Porting Polipo to Windows</b>
+<br />
Help port <a
href="http://www.pps.jussieu.fr/~jch/software/polipo/";>Polipo</a> to
Windows. 1) handle spaces in path names and understand the filesystem
@@ -434,6 +469,8 @@
</li>
<li>
+<b></b>
+<br />
a way to generate the website diagrams from source, so we can translate
them as utf-8 text rather than with gimp. (svg? or imagemagick?)
integrate this with a wml file so translations are easy and images are