Modularizing Key Aspects of the Tor Network, Supported by MOSS
The biggest change introduced thanks to this project is a generic publish-subscribe mechanism for delivering messages internally. It is meant to help us improve the modularity of our code by avoiding direct coupling between modules that don't actually need to invoke one another.
Giving Tuesday: Support Tech for Freedom and Human Rights
I'd like to tell you about some of our work your contributions can help over the coming year. I'll be focusing on things that my team works on in the "tor" program itself.
How Bandwidth Scanners Monitor The Tor Network
The Tor network is comprised of thousands of volunteer-run relays around the world, and millions of people rely on it for privacy and freedom online everyday. To monitor the Tor network's performance, detect attacks on it, and better distribute load across the network, we employ what we call Tor bandwidth scanners.
New Release: OnionShare 2
OnionShare is an open source tool for securely and anonymously sending and receiving files using Tor onion services. OnionShare 2 adds anonymous dropboxes, supports new Tor addresses, and is translated into a dozen new languages.
KIST and Tell: Tor’s New Traffic Scheduling Feature
The latest Tor alpha release included a new feature to address traffic congestion in the Tor network. The new algorithm —Kernel Informed Socket Transport (KIST)— prevents connections between Tor relays from becoming overwhelmed by changing how traffic is distributed throughout the Tor network.
Debian and Tor Services available as Onion Services
We, the Debian project and the Tor Project are enabling Tor
Hidden Services, Current Events, and Freedom Hosting
Around midnight on August 4th we were notified by a few people that a large number of hidden service addresses have disappeared from the Tor Network.
New Python/Django-based TorStatus
We're excited to announce that a group of students from Wesleyan has created a new TorStatus website written in Python.