Thus spake Wojciech Walczak (wojtek.gminick.walczak@xxxxxxxxx): > Hello All, > > I just wanted to ask if there is anybody working on a GSoC application for > Tor (Tor Exit Scanner improvements especially) already, and, if not, > what do you think about proposing a rewrite of Torflow Perl files (soat.pl, > speedracer.pl and stream-server.pl) into Python? > > I know that the exact project is rather about improvements than rewriting, > but I don't think that I will be able to do it all in three months (one of the > reasons is that I haven't coded in Perl for a few years now; all I got > is a few Perl books and spaghetti-flashbacks of my Perl code ;-)). > What I would like to do is to rewrite files mentioned above and add > HTML parser to it (possibly Beautiful Soup). > > I have already submitted two applications. First is for Google (my own > sociological project; I guess it won't make it), and second is for Python > Software Foundation (patching bugs from the Bug Tracker). > The sociological thing is a priority for me, but I am not too optimistic about > its acceptance. > Patching bugs for Python is OK, but PSF is a crowded place and it is hard > to get any feedback from PSF mentors as they are overloaded with apps, > I guess. > > So, if there still is a place to fill, please, let me know. As Sebastian stated, there are already a lot of apps for the exit scanner. If you would like to work with Torflow, there are a lot less apps for the node scanner (item #2 on the volunteer page): https://www.torproject.org/volunteer.html.en#Projects You may want to have a look at the scanning bits of my defcon talk/slides for more info on the arms race we face for these types of scanners to ideas to help make writing the proposal easier: http://fscked.org/transient/SecuringTheTorNetwork.pdf http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-3163238297108270457 and you should also look at the template we made for GSoC apps: https://www.torproject.org/gsoc.html Alternatively, you could try to pick any other project from that volunteer page that has a zero or low app count to increase your chances of being selected. -- Mike Perry Mad Computer Scientist fscked.org evil labs
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