[tor-dev] GSoC Project: A Lightweight Censorship Analyzer for Tor

["Jacob H. Haven" <jacob@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Everyone,

I'm a student completing my Bachelor's degree in Computer Science at Stanford. This summer I'm going to be working with Tor for Google Summer of Code 2014. I'll be packaging a tool to allow non-technical users to monitor censorship of Tor occurring in their country/network

My project based on Phillip Winter's paper "Towards a Censorship Analyser for Tor"Â[1], and design requirements described in [2]. My main goals being to:

• Implement a number of tests using OONI [3] Including reachability to directory authorities, the torproject.org, bridges.torproject.orgÂandÂrelays
• Bundle tests into small binary that is easy to distribute and run
• With user's consent, transmit (anonymized) data back to Tor Project
  
• Leave no trace of use on user machine after tool removal. Obfuscate network traffic to attempt to hide analysis.
• Produce user-friendly output so non-technical users gain better understanding of why Tor connections failing and perhaps possible remedies

I'll be on IRC as jhaven, asÂQuicksilverJohny on GitHub, and available via email atÂjacob@xxxxxxxxx.

Thanks to Philipp (phw) and Art (hellais) for helping me as mentors over the summer!

[1]Âhttp://www.cs.kau.se/philwint/pdf/foci2013.pdf

[2]Âhttps://research.torproject.org/techreports/censorship-analysis-tool-2013-02-06.pdf

[3]Âhttps://ooni.torproject.org/

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Jacob H. Haven â http://jhaven.me
jacob@xxxxxxxxx
jhaven@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
+1-(949)-415-6469

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