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Tor's Open Research Topics: 2018 Edition

by mikeperry | July 22, 2018

This post is meant to update the list of open Tor research problems, to bring focus to specific areas of research that the Tor Project thinks are necessary/useful in our efforts to upgrade and improve the Tor network and associated components and software. It is organized by topic area: network performance, network security, censorship circumvention, and application research. Each topic area provides information about current and desired work and ideas. We conclude with information about doing ethical and useful research on Tor and with suggestions on how to best ensure that this work is useful and easy for us to adopt.

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Rumors of Tor's compromise are greatly exaggerated

by phobos | October 24, 2011

There are two recent stories claiming the Tor network is compromised. It seems it is easier to get press than to publish research, work with us on the details, and propose solutions.

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August 2011 Progress Report

by phobos | September 15, 2011

The August 2011 Progress Report is here, https://blog.torproject.org/files/2011-August-Monthly-Report.pdf

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New Alpha Release: Tor 0.4.6.2-alpha

by nickm | April 15, 2021

There's a new alpha release available for download. If you build Tor from source, you can download the source code for 0.4.6.2-alpha from the download page on the website. Packages should be available over the coming weeks, with a new alpha Tor Browser release likely some time next week.

Remember, this is an alpha release: you should only run this if you'd like to find and report more bugs than usual.

Tor 0.4.6.2-alpha is the second alpha in its series. It fixes several small bugs in previous releases, and solves other issues that had enabled denial-of-service attacks and affected integration with other tools.

Changes in version 0.4.6.2-alpha - 2021-04-15

  • Minor features (client):
    • Clients now check whether their streams are attempting to re-enter the Tor network (i.e. to send Tor traffic over Tor), and close them preemptively if they think exit relays will refuse them for this reason. See ticket 2667 for details. Closes ticket 40271.
  • Minor features (command line):
    • Add long format name "--torrc-file" equivalent to the existing command-line option "-f". Closes ticket 40324. Patch by Daniel Pinto.

 

New Release: Tor Browser 10.5a14

by sysrqb | April 13, 2021

Tor Browser 10.5a14 is now available from the Tor Browser Alpha download page and also from our

New Release: Tor Browser 10.5a13

by sysrqb | April 05, 2021

Tor Browser 10.5a13 is now available from the Tor Browser Alpha download page and also from our

New Release: Tor Browser 10.0.15

by sysrqb | March 27, 2021

Update: 9 April 2021: Android Tor Browser 10.0.15 is now available.

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