p≡p foundation ‒ Key Facts Core Function The core activity of the p≡p foundation is to develop the p≡p engine and the adapters as well as to ensure that that the security of these core components is ensured, as they are the heart of all p≡p software. To enhance security and increase confdence in p≡p's core code audits are carried out: the frst one was published in ctober !"#$ and carried out by the independent and trustworthy German company &e'tion(ins GmbH. Communication Function From !"#* to !"#+ actors of p≡p foundation participated in do,ens of events providing talks and workshops around the globe, including events at several CCC events in Germany and &wit,erland, community, security and hac'er camps and conferences in e.g. -elgium, France, the Netherlands, /ndia, Norway, &erbia, &ingapore and &pain. This is part of the p≡p community strategy to make p≡p known and involve community folks in early discussions. &tandardization Function 0 collaboration with /nternet &ociety &wit,erland 1/& C2C)3 on project 5/mplementing 6rivacy via 7ass (ncryption5 with a -eyond the Net grant from /& C international of 8&9 :"'""" started ; to make p≡p /nternet2Drafts 1for the process of the standardization of p≡p as /nternet standard3 submission2ready 18&9 #<,"""3 22 past meetings of the /(TF where /nternet2Drafts are discussed were in 6rague 1=uly !"#+3 and &ingapore 1.ovember !"#+3. The p≡p idea benefts from strong support, also from 'ey fgures inside the /(TF standardization body. The process just needs to be continued and intensifed. The project plan forsees to submit roughly < /nternet2Drafts per year 1from mid !"#+ to mid !"#>3. 8&9 #!,""" of the grant will be used for the workshop series ?alues of /nternet Technologies 1?/T3 providing a platform for discussions on privacy, security, anonymity, interoperability and decentralization. The workshop series start in =anuary !"#<: fve more workshops will follow throughout &wit,erland and at a fre@uency of three months. p≡p foundation, berer %raben A, <A"" Binterthur, &wit,erland CC [email protected] # &e@uoia 6roject /n .ovember !"#+ the &e@uoia pro4ect was started, which is an pen6%6 implementation in Eust, such that the p≡p project is not just abstracting and facilitating, but actually now implementing crypto. Three people from the Gnu6% project moved to the p≡p foundation and started out this project in close collaboration with important actors of the pen6%6 community. &e@uoia will be owned by p≡p foundation and will be used by the p≡p engine. Bith &e@uoia, licensing 1e.g. on iO&3, architectural and security issues of Gnu6% can be addressed effectively and directly. First results, usuable for production systems, can be expected in within a year. Nevertheless, the Gnu6% project has the full support of the p≡p foundation. /n !"#+ a donation of (8E *,""" was made in that respect and the p≡p foundation also called out to support the Gnu6% Fundraising Eally. GNUnet 6roject p≡p foundation too' co2ownership of GNUnet's full implementation via a mutual agreement with the GNUnet e.?. association and with the intend to have GNUnet widespread. %NUnet is an implementation of peer2to2peer networking, developing into a full-scale anonymization implementation. This will lead p≡p into providing full meta data protection in all p≡p end2user software. Be got the code as a donation, so no invest was needed, while this means collecting many man years of code into the ownership of p≡p foundation with the possibility to multi-license it for widespread distribution. n the other side, the p≡p project is expected to contribute back, by supporting further GNUnet development. /n !"#+ the p≡p foundation received a grant from .Gnet foundation of (8E :",""" to carry out an emulation of the %NUnet networ' under the conditions we expect with p≡p being deployed into the wild. For this project, we're still seeking further funding, as we expect the costs to be around (8E #""'""" at least. The emulation project forsees to emulate %NUnet running for #k, #"k, #""' and #m peers eFchanging messages under realistic assumptions of users, including corporations, communicating on a day2by2day basis. (nigmail/p≡p 6roject ur partnership with (nigmail is resulting in running versions of (nigmail/p≡p for Bindows, macO& and %.8CGinuF 1most distributions) already. Be're working on packaging, developing on automated deployment, so that by the end of the year a public beta phase can be started. -y !"#<CH# a release seems realistic. This will be time where we can put (nigmail/p≡p into 7o,illa Thunderbird so then. p≡p foundation, berer %raben A, <A"" Binterthur, &wit,erland CC [email protected] !.