Tor-related work that the Pearl Crescent team did in September
(Kathy Brade and Mark Smith):
* Firefox updater for Tor Browser:
We rebased the updater patches for ESR31.
We fixed various updater issues that came up as a result of shipping it
inside TB 4.0-alpha-2 and 4.0-alpha-3 as well as some things we found in
our own tests. We are still working on various issues, but the updater
seems to be working.
https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/13041
https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/13047
https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/13049
https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/13087
https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/13241
https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/13245
https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/13247
https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/13301
* Tor Launcher:
We tested Tor Launcher within an ESR31-based Tor Browser.
We helped a little with the infamous start up hang bug.
https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/10804
We provided some information about environment variables that affect Tor
Launcher's behavior.
https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/13005
* Tor Browser and Torbutton:
We did some bug triage and helped some with the 4.0-alpha-2 and
4.0-alpha-3 releases.
We patched some more canvas calls to prevent fingerprinting (ESR31).
https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/13021
We patched the browser to use "Tor Browser" in more places instead of
"TorBrowser" (added a space).
https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/13091
We fixed an about:tor ESR31 incompatibility.
https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/13138
Other Tor Browser tickets we spent some time on:
"Firefox is already running."
https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/12941
"Verify screenX and screenY are spoofed sanely"
https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/13026
"Review individual rebased patches for Firefox 31"
https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/13034
"Windows Tor Launcher trying to connect 9151 control port
always, instead of using settings"
https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/13150
* We participated in the weekly Tor Browser dev meetings on IRC and
in various design discussions on IRC and on the mailing lists.
* Planned for October 2014:
- Fix updater issues, add polish, and make sure the updater works
correctly in the ESR31-based Tor Browser.
- Assist with other ESR31-related patches and bug fixes.
- Continue to add polish to Tor Launcher with a continued emphasis
on usability issues.
--
Mark Smith
Pearl Crescent, LLC
http://pearlcrescent.com/
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