[Tor2web-talk] Tor2web 3.1.41 release with GetTor & CheckTor

[Nurmi, Juha]

Excellent work! :)

-Juha

On Tue, Jun 9, 2015 at 1:05 PM, Giovanni Pellerano <
giovanni.pellerano at evilaliv3.org> wrote:

> Dear all,
>
> We’re happy to announce the release of Tor2web 3.1.41 [1].
>
> This release includes the following important features:
> - Tor2web GetTor: that provides end-user a super-easy-automatic way to
> download Tor Browser
> - Tor2web CheckTor: that enables third party sites to check if a user is
> behind Tor
> - Improved URL rewriting for JS, CSS, and XML files
> - Improved packaging and signing
>
> Most of the improvals are thanks to a private donation by Virgil
> Griffith in relation to the Onion.city project [2].
>
> ### Tor2web GetTor
> Tor2web GetTor [3] is designed to enable third party to design and
> develop their own Tor Browser installation instruction, by simplifying
> and localizing that process.
>
> It serves the latests stable Tor Browser for Windows and Mac OS X
> directly from any Tor2web public or private server on the following URL:
> * /gettor : gives you the latests TBB for your OS/Language
> * /gettor/signature : gives you the signature file for the latests TBB
> for your OS/Language
>
> It automatically detects the operating system (Windows, Mac OS X) and
> language, by serving the right TBB installation file.
> For iOS and Android does redirect to the Apple Store and Google Play.
> Documentation of Tor2web GetTor is at
> https://github.com/globaleaks/Tor2web/wiki/GetTor  .
> The corresponding ticket for development is at
> https://github.com/globaleaks/Tor2web/issues/168
>
> Tor2web GetTor feature comes from a functional requirement for a
> GlobaLeaks deployment for Amnesty International.
> The feature is the result of a collaborative effort between Hermes
> Center (Giovanni/Fabio) and Ilv (https://github.com/ilv/gettor) working
> on the Tor Project’s GetTor
> (https://www.torproject.org/projects/gettor.html).
>
> ### Tor2web CheckTor
> Tor2web CheckTor [4] enables a third party website, to verify if a user
> is connecting over Tor or not, in a flexible way with the regards to the
> different usage/integration requirements.
>
> It serves an HTTP Header X-Check-Tor (true/false) on each Tor2web
> response, additionally providing a /checktor embeddable URI (CORS
> enabled) that provide a data format compatible with
> https://check.torproject.org/api/ip .
>
> CheckTor.js and CheckTor.html examples have been written in order to
> simplify user adoption and integration inside third party websites:
> https://github.com/globaleaks/Tor2web/blob/master/contrib/checktor
>
> Documentation of Tor2web CheckTor is at
> https://github.com/globaleaks/Tor2web/wiki/CheckTor .
>
> Tor2web CheckTor comes from a functional requirement for a GlobaLeaks
> deployment for OCCRP (Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project),
> where we designed a new "Integrated way" to deploy Whistleblowing site
> (https://github.com/globaleaks/GlobaLeaks/wiki/Integration-Guide).
>
>
> We invite the Tor community to contribute, evaluate, constructively
> criticize those additional facilities we’ve integrated into Tor2web.
>
> If you want to run a Tor2web conduit or otherwise support Tor2web:
> - take a look at our wiki https://github.com/globaleaks/Tor2web/wiki
> - join the tor2web-talk mailing list
> http://lists.tor2web.org/mailman/listinfo/tor2web-talk
>
> [1] https://github.com/globaleaks/Tor2web
> [2] http://www.onion.city
> [3] https://github.com/globaleaks/Tor2web/wiki/GetTor
> [4] https://github.com/globaleaks/Tor2web/wiki/CheckTor
>
> Giovanni Pellerano - Founding Member
> HERMES - Center for Transparency and Digital Human Rights
> http://logioshermes.org - https://globaleaks.org - https://tor2web.org -
> https://ahmia.fi
>
>
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