[TWN team] Recent changes to the wiki pages
Lunar
lunar at torproject.org
Tue Sep 30 13:40:06 UTC 2014
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=== https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/wiki/TorWeeklyNews/2014/39 ===
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version 21
Author: harmony
Date: 2014-09-30T13:03:19+00:00
write about new tails
--- version 20
+++ version 21
@@ -64,6 +64,25 @@
[XXX]: https://bugs.torproject.org/13247
[XXX]: https://www.torproject.org/projects/torbrowser.html
[XXX]: https://www.torproject.org/dist/torbrowser/
+
+Tails 1.1.2 is out
+------------------
+
+The second pointfix in the Tails 1.1.x series was released [XXX], “mainly
+to fix a serious flaw in the Network Security Services (NSS) library used
+by Firefox and other products that allows attackers to create forged RSA
+certificates. Before this release, users on a compromised network could
+be directed to sites using a fraudulent certificate and mistake them for
+legitimate sites.”
+
+Other packages affected by recently-disclosed security flaws and updated
+in this version include APT, bash, and GnuPG, so all Tails users should
+make sure to upgrade as soon as possible. If you have a running copy of
+Tails, you can make use of the incremental upgrades system; otherwise,
+head to the download page [XXX] for more information.
+
+ [XXX]: https://tails.boum.org/news/version_1.1.2/
+ [XXX]: https://tails.boum.org/download/index
Miscellaneous news
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@@ -140,7 +159,5 @@
* Attack linking Tor circuits https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-dev/2014-September/thread.html#7489
* Estimating the value and cost of the Tor network https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-relays/2014-September/005335.html
* Hidden service usage stats https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-relays/2014-September/005352.html
- * Tails 1.1.2 https://tails.boum.org/news/version_1.1.2/
- * Tor Browser 3.6.6 https://blog.torproject.org/blog/tor-browser-366-released and 4.0-alpha-3 https://blog.torproject.org/blog/tor-browser-40-alpha-3-released
* Call for obfs4 bridges, and a brief discussion of obfs4proxy https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-relays/2014-September/005372.html
* Scaling tor for a global population (few new users?) https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-dev/2014-September/007533.html
version 20
Author: harmony
Date: 2014-09-30T12:54:02+00:00
write about new tor browsers
--- version 19
+++ version 20
@@ -36,17 +36,34 @@
[XXX]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-talk/2014-September/034898.html
[XXX]: https://www.torproject.org/dist/
-Monthly status reports for XXX month 2014
+Tor Browser 3.6.6 and 4.0-alpha-3 are out
-----------------------------------------
-The wave of regular monthly reports from Tor project members for the
-month of XXX has begun. XXX released his report first [XXX], followed
-by reports from name 2 [XXX], name 3 [XXX], and name 4 [XXX].
+Mike Perry announced two new releases by the Tor Browser team. Tor
+Browser 3.6.6 [XXX] includes a workaround for the bug [XXX] that has
+been preventing the browser window from opening after an apparently
+successful connection to the Tor network; it also stops intermediate SSL
+certificates from being written to disk. In addition to these fixes, Tor
+Browser 4.0-alpha-3 [XXX] resolves a number of issues to do with the
+upcoming Tor Browser updater, including the mistaken upgrade of
+non-English Tor Browsers to the English-language version. As this bug is
+only fixed in the new release, users upgrading from 4.0-alpha-2 will
+still experience this issue during the process. Furthermore, “meek
+transport users will need to restart their browser a second time after
+upgrade if they use the in-browser updater. We are still trying to get
+to the bottom of this issue [XXX]”, wrote Mike.
- [XXX]:
- [XXX]:
- [XXX]:
- [XXX]:
+Both releases also include important Firefox security updates, so all
+users should upgrade as soon as possible. See Mike’s announcements for
+full details, and get your copy from the project page [XXX] or the
+distribution directory [XXX].
+
+ [XXX]: https://blog.torproject.org/blog/tor-browser-366-released
+ [XXX]: https://bugs.torproject.org/10804
+ [XXX]: https://blog.torproject.org/blog/tor-browser-40-alpha-3-released
+ [XXX]: https://bugs.torproject.org/13247
+ [XXX]: https://www.torproject.org/projects/torbrowser.html
+ [XXX]: https://www.torproject.org/dist/torbrowser/
Miscellaneous news
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