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@@ -94,12 +94,14 @@ N - Additional TLS-camouflage work (spoofing FF cipher suite, etc.)
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- investigate the feasibility of handing connections off to a
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local apache if they don't look like Tor or if they don't
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portknock or whatever.
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-W - Get closer to downloading far fewer descriptors
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- - Instrument the code to track how many descriptors we download vs how
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- many times we extend a circuit.
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- - Write a proposal for how to fetch far fewer descriptors; assess
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- anonymity attacks, like from looking at the size of the
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- descriptor you fetch.
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+ - Get closer to downloading far fewer descriptors
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+W - Instrument the code to track how many descriptors we download vs how
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+ many times we extend a circuit. Guess a few other things to
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+ instrument, like cache activity, and do those too.
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+W - Start a proposal for how to fetch far fewer descriptors;
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+ identify and start assessing anonymity attacks, like from looking
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+ at the size of the descriptor you fetch. See xxx-grand-plan.txt
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+ for some early thoughts.
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I - Translation portal
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- Vidalia installer translations
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- Find/make a script to convert NSI strings into PO files
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@@ -118,6 +120,13 @@ KS - Investigate where the slowdown occurs for making hidden service
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areas that can be improved, and make some guesses about which we
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should focus on.
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+ - mid July
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+W - Take the results from instrumenting directory downloads on Tor
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+ clients, and analyze/simulate some alternate approaches. Finish
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+ proposal for how to improve things, iterate based on feedback,
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+ convince us that the anonymity tradeoffs and/or scalability
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+ tradeoffs are acceptable.
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+
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- mid August
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KS - Design hidden service improvements, evaluate them and consider
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security properties: write some proposals, get feedback, revise
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@@ -139,10 +148,14 @@ I - Figure out a good PKI, document the design, assess security issues:
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- mid October
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KS - Finish implementation of hidden service improvements: have a set
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of patches that you think work.
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+W - Finish implementation of directory overhead changes: have a set
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+ of patches that you think work.
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- mid January
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KS - Finish testing, debugging, unit testing, etc the hidden service
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changes. Have it in the development version and in use.
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+W - Finish testing, debugging, unit testing, etc the directory overhead
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+ changes. Have it in the development version and in use.
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Roger Dingledine