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KR1: (minimal result) We have a good bullet-point outline of all the topics and components that need to be considered for Salmon.
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* $`\textcolor{red}{\text{Outcome: We have a list of building blocks and milestones in the Defcon talk submission text.}}`$
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* $`\textcolor{green}{\text{Outcome: green.}}`$ We have a list of building blocks and milestones in the Defcon talk submission text.
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KR2: (better result) Each piece of this outline is fleshed out in enough detail that it provides a coherent narrative and helps the reader understand missing or unsolved pieces.
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* $`\textcolor{orange}{\text{Outcome: orange.}}`$ I have an in-progress draft but work on it will bleed into q3q4.
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KR3: We completed every requested presentation.
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* Funder learned more details about Tor activities (March site visit).
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* Funder understood and appreciates the above Salmon topics (April ECP presentation).
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* Tor presented at PI meeting about RACE work since December (May presentation).
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* $`\textcolor{green}{\text{Outcome: green.}}`$ All presentations done and the funder remains impressed.
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KR4: Money machine is well prepared to contract-manage the s28 contract.
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* We successfully handed off report management, and presentation info gathering, to Gaba and Bekeela.
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* We coordinated with Gaba whenever there were new task requests from sponsor.
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* $`\textcolor{orange}{\text{Outcome: orange.}}`$ Some hand-off happened, but I bet more hand-off with the grants team would be better. Nothing has exploded in any case, which is a start.
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### O2: The Tor network still functions
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KR1: upgrade moria1's hardware and OS, and get sbws running on it.
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* $`\textcolor{orange}{\text{Outcome: orange.}}`$ We have new hardware for moria, but it is not yet installed and we are waiting patiently at the mercy of the hosting volunteer.
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KR2: We have noticed and handled every catastrophic attack/stability issue on the network.
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* $`\textcolor{green}{\text{Outcome: green.}}`$ There were DDoS attacks, Sybil attacks, and other issues, and the network still functions.
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KR3: I have been active in each relay operator meetup.
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* $`\textcolor{green}{\text{Outcome: green.}}`$ I helped to run virtual relay operator meetups Feb 5, Mar 5, Apr 2, May 21, June 25.
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KR4: The bad-relays team has consistently received Bermuda (bad exit test) results.
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* $`\textcolor{green}{\text{Outcome: green.}}`$ The network health team has their own Bermuda deployment now, coordinated by DrWhax/dgoulet/geko.
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### O3: PETS 2022 is successful
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KR1: My PETS research paper assignments got reviewed and have a decision.
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* $`\textcolor{green}{\text{Outcome: green.}}`$ I reviewed 2 papers for issue 2022.4 (q1), and 2 papers for issue 2023.1 (q2).
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KR2: PETS is on track to have diverse attendees because stipends got allocated well.
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* $`\textcolor{green}{\text{Outcome: green.}}`$ We got dozens of good people to PETS in person, through grants from Ford Foundation and NSF.
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KR3: PETS has a publisher for its research papers in 2022 and beyond.
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* $`\textcolor{green}{\text{Outcome: green.}}`$ PETS has decided to self-publish starting around the end of this q1q2 period. That is, we have abandoned the previous publisher and chosen to not replace them.
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### O4: Our external relationships feel appreciated
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KR1: PleasrDAO received the dusk v2 onion key.
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* $`\textcolor{red}{\text{Outcome: red.}}`$ I reached out a few times to PleasrDAO people but haven't made a good connection. In June I talked briefly to ixshells and she was going to connect me to somebody in NYC but I dropped the ball.
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KR2: I submitted a detailed outline for a Defcon talk (April).
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* $`\textcolor{green}{\text{Outcome: green.}}`$ Talk got submitted and accepted.
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KR3: Ola's trial had a Tor expert witness (January, May).
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* $`\textcolor{green}{\text{Outcome: green.}}`$ In May I finally got a chance to contribute as an expert witness to Ola's trial. Tor and others tweeted about it.
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KR4: I networked with security researchers at the NSF PI meeting (June).
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* $`\textcolor{green}{\text{Outcome: green.}}`$ I attended the meeting and used the opportunity to talk to professors who are doing Tor research, and to generally remind people that Tor is still around. One highlight is that the main ethics panel at the conference referenced the Tor Research Safety Board.
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KR5: I helped shepherd the twitter onion address to go public and work.
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* $`\textcolor{green}{\text{Outcome: green.}}`$ The twitter onion address is live, and it sets the Onion-Location meta equiv tag.
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## Foreshadowing my Q3 2022 topics:
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* Do some of the hard little-t-tor anti-censorship and dir-auth user-oriented improvements that we've been wanting forever
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