The research¶
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For an overview of the Onion Plan, check the presentation held at the 2022 Tor Meeting and the originating ticket.
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The Onion Plan repository is hosted at https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/onion-services/onionplan.
Goals¶
- Provide a detailed overview of existing proposals and challenges involved in increasing the usability of Onion Services.
- Discuss possible scenarios and pathways towards the implementation of new and existing proposals.
- Aid discussion and decision making.
Structure¶
This research has the following major sections:
- Proposals: an inventory on all ideas an existing research on enhancement proposals.
- Scenarios: where some of the enhancement proposals are selected and arranged in development phases inside roadmap scenarios.
- Appendixes: in-depth discussion of proposals and scenarios.
The overall plan is also split into research tracks that may be worked by distinct, integrated teams:
- Network Layer: DoS protections, performance improvements etc.
- Usability: Onion Names, Tor Browser improvements etc.
- Applications: softwares and libraries for using Onion Services technology.
- Outreach: documentation, support, usage/adoption campaigns etc.
Fundraising projects can integrate all or some of these items by proposing an Onion Service Enhancement Package.
Terminology¶
This research relies on specific Terminology about Onion Services