Sponsor T
Timeline
15 October 2014 - 31 August 2015
(extended in 2016 with a new set of deliverables, jan 1 - jun 30)
Deliverables
Development of a methodology for assessing PT designs
Tor will create a methodology for assessing PT designs, which will evaluate a range of features, including but not limited to, code license, maturity, and vulnerability to censor detection.
Deliverable: Pluggable Transports Evaluation Criteria
Developing a roadmap and documentation for how new PTs get considered for integration to Tor Browser and/or obfs4proxy
Tor will provide a roadmap template, document, and clarify the process for new PTs to be considered for integration into the PTs Tor Browser Bundle and/or obfs4proxy
Deliverable: Guidelines for deploying Pluggable Transports on Tor Browser
See PT Meeting during 2015 Summer Dev Meeting
Existing work for consideration
- Tor Pluggable Transport Specification
- [https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-dev/2013-August/005231.html "[tor-dev] How the pluggable transports factory works (or: How to deploy your very own pluggable transport)"]
- [https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-dev/2013-September/005528.html "[tor-dev] Criteria for prioritizing pluggable transport work"]
Evaluation of 10 pluggable transports using the evaluation methodology.
Tor will create a methodology for assessing PT designs, which will evaluate a range of features, including but not limited to, code license, maturity, and vulnerability to censor detection.
| Completed | Transport* | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | yes | meek Evaluation |
| 2 | yes | obfs3 Evaluation |
| 3 | yes | obfs4 Evaluation |
| 4 | yes | Dust2 Evaluation |
| 5 | yes | obfs2 Evaluation |
| 6 | yes | FTE Evaluation |
| 7 | yes | ScrambleSuit Evaluation |
| 8 | yes | flashproxy Evaluation |
| 9 | no | Stegotorus Evaluation |
| 10 | yes | SnowFlake Preliminary Evaluation |
| 11 | yes | Basket2 (obfs5) Preliminary Evaluation |