Hi all,
Here are our meeting minutes:
http://meetbot.debian.net/tor-meeting/2020/tor-meeting.2020-08-13-16.00.html
And here is our meeting pad:
Anti-censorship work meeting pad --------------------------------
Next meeting: Thursday August 20th 16:00 UTC
Weekly meetings, every Thursday at 16:00 UTC, in #tor-meeting at OFTC (channel is logged while meetings are in progress).
== Goal of this meeting ==
Weekly checkin about the status of anti-censorship work at Tor. Coordinate collaboration between people/teams on anti-censorship at Tor.
== Links to Useful documents ==
* Our anti-censorship roadmap: * Roadmap: https://gitlab.torproject.org/groups/tpo/anti-censorship/-/boards * The anti-censorship team's wiki page: * https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/anti-censorship/team/-/wikis/home * Past meeting notes can be found at: * https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-project/ * Tickets that need reviews: from sponsors we are working on: * All needs review tickets: https://gitlab.torproject.org/groups/tpo/anti-censorship/-/merge_requests?sc... * Sponsor 30 * https://gitlab.torproject.org/groups/tpo/-/milestones/4 * https://gitlab.torproject.org/groups/tpo/-/milestones/7 * https://gitlab.torproject.org/groups/tpo/-/milestones/5 * https://gitlab.torproject.org/groups/tpo/-/milestones/6 * Sponsor 28 * must-do tickets: https://gitlab.torproject.org/groups/tpo/-/milestones/10 * possible tickets: https://gitlab.torproject.org/groups/tpo/-/issues?scope=all&utf8=%E2%9C%... * Anti-censorship related tickets that we want other teams to fix: * https://pad.riseup.net/p/tor-anti-censorship-tickets-keep <-- it will be moved into gitlab with TPO labels * Public bug-reporting pad: * https://pad.riseup.net/p/tor-anti-censorship-bugs-keep
== Announcements ==
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== Discussion ==
* Recreated https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/wiki/doc/MetricsTimeline at https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/anti-censorship/team/-/wikis/Censorship-Ev... but there are some stub pages in the metrics team wiki too. We don't have edit access to that though :( how should we go forward?
* Cool stuff happens in anti-censorship-team-land, and we have a twitter audience who would love to learn about them. So one of the items to consider periodically should be: is there something compelling to tweet about? This period includes Belarus, ESNI, Turbotunnel video, more.
* Brainstorm ways to learn more about Tor blocking in Belarus.
== Actions ==
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== Interesting links ==
* Spike in Tor [bridge] usage in Belarus: https://www.reddit.com/r/europe/comments/i82v45/surge_in_tor_activity_from_b... * https://labs.ripe.net/Members/alun_davies/our-first-glance-at-the-belarus-ou... * https://blog.qrator.net/en/what-happening-BY_86/ * Non-bridge usage decreased: * https://people.torproject.org/~dcf/metrics-country.html?start=2020-05-01&... * Psiphon usage greatly increased: * https://psix.ca/d/nyi8gE6Zk/regional-overview?orgId=2&var-region=BY * https://archive.is/HoUDm * GFW has stopped blocking connections from Tor exits? (Tor users can access China-based destinations again now?) * https://github.com/net4people/bbs/issues/43#issuecomment-673544223
== Reading group ==
* We will discuss "Turbo Tunnel" on Aug 20 * PDF: https://www.bamsoftware.com/papers/turbotunnel/turbotunnel.pdf * Web version: https://www.bamsoftware.com/papers/turbotunnel/ * Questions to ask and goals to have: * What aspects of the paper are questionable? * Are there immediate actions we can take based on this work? * Are there long-term actions we can take based on this work? * Is there future work that we want to call out, in hopes that others will pick it up?
== Updates ==
Name: This week: - What you worked on this week. Next week: - What you are planning to work on next week. Help with: - Something you need help with.
phw: This week (2020-08-13): * Spent most of my time working on BridgeDB reimplementation. * https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/anti-censorship/bridgedb/-/issues/32900 * Experimented with Salmon implementation. * https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/anti-censorship/bridgedb/-/issues/31873 Next week: * Wrap up tpo/anti-censorship/wolpertinger#34259. Help with: *
cecylia (cohosh): last updated 2020-08-13 Last week: - revised and merged NAT discovery for web proxies (snowflake-webext#13) - reviewed snowflake-mobile!11 - worked on sponsor 28 metrics reporting - read up on ESNI blocking reports - attended FOCI - implemented a fix so snowflake stops using the client's network when Tor isn't making reqests (#21314) - created snowflake#40007 to track snowflake usage/load in preparation to move to stable - gave viatsk feedback on their code for #25595 and started digging into pion's vnet project - performed measurements ahead of #25723 to track improvements in throughput - gave feedback on salmon prototype (bridgedb#31873) This week: - perform throughput measurements on different NAT topologies - start on multiplexing traffic across proxies (#25723) - continue working on NAT test suite (#25595) - continue with GetTor + BridgeDB refactor - look at snowflake#40004 Needs help with: - review of fix for #21314 (snowflake!9)
juggy : This week: - Got very basic "suggested readings" list up and running here : https://jugheadjones10.github.io/anti-censorship-reading/ Next week: - Keep studying BridgeDB to write architectural overview Help with: - Open issues here (https://github.com/jugheadjones10/anti-censorship-reading ) for papers/resources/readings that you think might be useful for newcomers
arlolra: 2020-06-11 Last week: - Next week: - follow ups to #33365 - start on #31201 Help with: -
dcf: 2020-08-13 Last week: - reconfirmed eclips.is account https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/anti-censorship/pluggable-transports/snowf... - reviewed test for symmetric NAT at WebExtension startup https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/anti-censorship/pluggable-transports/snowf... Next week: - review snowflake client inactivity https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/anti-censorship/pluggable-transports/snowf... - try again with the CDN invitation link for #30510 - add licenses of kcp-go and smux (tor-browser-build#40031) - start metrics-team thread on finding a new home for the Metrics Timeline Help with:
Antonela: 2020-07-23 Last week: - (S28) Snowflake Android App UI https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/anti-censorship/pluggable-transports/snowf... - (S30) Making bridges.tpo looks like tpo.org https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/anti-censorship/bridgedb/-/issues/34322 - (S30) Planning activities for the user group in HK (happening next week): - Run emma https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/ux/research/-/blob/master/scripts%20and%20... - Discovery issues with Bridges flow - working on the script https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/ux/research/-/issues/4 This week: - (S28) Review Snowflake Android App UI - (S30) Working on making bridges.tpo work with lektor - (S30) Sent Get Bridges User Research to the group in HK. Will meet them on Friday. Final script: https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/ux/research/-/issues/4
agix:2020-07-23 Last week: -on vacay till 08-03 Next week: - Help with: -
hanneloresx: 2020-08-13 Last week: made some initial progress on #32117 Next week: - Continue investigating #32117 - Start on #33727 Help with: -
thymbahutymba: 2020-04-02 Last week: - CI/CD pipeline for multiarch docker images, which has a problem with the apt tor version even though the apt repository have been changed into the Dockerfile. Next week: Help with:
HashikD: 2020-08-13 This week: - Working on application UI #11 - MR on Animation change #18 Next week: - Further work on ticket #11 - Work on Network checks if time permits #16 Help with: -