Sustaining Snowflake operations
Snowflake bridge operators are raising funds to keep infrastructure running
Posts in category metrics
V3 onion services usage
With the deprecation of V2 onion services right around the corner, it is a good time to talk about V3 onion services. This post will discuss the most important privacy improvements provided by V3 onion services as well as their limitations. Aware of those limitations, our research group at the Institute of Network and Security at JKU Linz conducted an experiment that extracts information about how V3 onion services are being used from the Tor network.
How to contribute to the Tor metrics timeline
The metrics timeline is a database of news and events that may affect Tor Metrics graphs. This post is about how you can contribute to the timeline and help keep it up to date.
Tor's Bug Smash Fund: Progress So Far
So far, we’ve marked 77 tickets with BugSmashFund. As of today, 56 of those tickets have been closed, and 21 of them are still in progress. With this reserve, we’ve been able to fix bugs and complete necessary maintenance on core tor, bridgedb, Snowflake, and Metrics, as well as complete the Tor Browser ESR 68 migration.
What You Can Help Tor Accomplish in 2020
Hello Tor supporters! As we approach the end of 2019, it's hard to believe that it has been more...
Collecting, Aggregating, and Presenting Data from The Tor Network
Tor Metrics consists of several services that work together to collect, aggregate, and present data from the Tor network and related services. We're always looking for ways to improve, and we recently completed a project, the main points of which are included in this post, to document our pipeline and identify areas that could benefit from modernization.
Strength in Numbers: Measuring Diversity in the Tor Network
Just as in nature, greater diversity among the members of the Tor network's ecosystem increases the sustainability of the Tor network, the biggest benefit of which is to ensure users are more secure and better protected from traffic correlation attacks.
We Made Big Improvements to Searching for Relays
Relay Search, formerly known as Atlas, is a web application to learn about currently running Tor relays and bridges. You can search by fingerprint, nickname, country, flags, and contact information and be returned information about advertised bandwidth, uptime, exit policies, and more.
Tor Browser Downloads Are Up in 2017
We love releasing new features and giving talks about where the Tor Network is going next....
We Enhanced the Security and Integrity of Tor Metrics, Supported by MOSS
With the generous support of Mozilla's Open Source Support (MOSS) program's Mission Partners...