[TWN team] Recent changes to the wiki pages
Lunar
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Wed Jun 17 12:40:06 UTC 2015
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Author: harmony
Date: 2015-06-17T11:50:05+00:00
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[XXX]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-dev/2015-May/008868.html
[XXX]: https://www.torproject.org/projects/torbrowser.html
+The future of GetTor and uncensorable software distribution
+-----------------------------------------------------------
+
+The GetTor service [XXX] offers users who are unable to reach the Tor website
+an alternative method of downloading Tor Browser: any email sent to
+gettor at torproject.org will receive an automated reply containing links
+to file-hosting services (such as Dropbox) for the latest Tor Browser
+package and its signature.
+
+Israel Leiva, lead developer on the revamped GetTor project since
+last year’s Google Summer of Code, is back for the first-ever
+Tor Summer of Privacy [XXX] to continue expanding the feature set of this
+tool. As Israel wrote to the tor-dev mailing list [XXX], current plans
+for the summer include the addition of other file-hosting services,
+Tor Browser localizations, and other distribution methods (including
+instant messaging and Twitter).
+
+However, it might also be time for a more radical change in the way
+GetTor works. ...
+
+ [XXX]: https://www.torproject.org/projects/gettor
+
Miscellaneous news
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version 6
Author: harmony
Date: 2015-06-17T11:23:17+00:00
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1. Tor 0.2.6.9 is out
- 2. XXX
+ 2. Tor Browser 4.5.2 and 5.0a2 are out
Tor 0.2.6.9 is out
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Miscellaneous news
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+Nick Mathewson recommended [XXX] that all relay operators upgrade their copies
+of OpenSSL to fix several issues that could enable remote denial-of-service
+attacks. As Nick makes clear, this is an “upgrade when you can”-level
+announcement, rather than a “run in circles freaking out”. Nick also requests
+that people still using OpenSSL’s 0.9.8 series upgrade to one of the more recent
+versions, as 0.9.8 contains several security flaws and will not be supported
+by Tor 0.2.7.2-alpha or later.
+
+ [XXX]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-relays/2015-June/007179.html
+
Sherief Alaa reported on his activities in May [XXX].
[XXX]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-reports/2015-June/000854.html
-
-Tor help desk roundup
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-
-Summary of some questions sent to the Tor help desk.
-
-News from Tor StackExchange
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-
-Text with cited source [XXX].
-
- [XXX]:
-
-Easy development tasks to get involved with
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-
-Text with cited source [XXX].
-
- [XXX]:
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-This week in Tor history
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-Text with cited source [XXX].
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- [XXX]:
Upcoming events
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Author: harmony
Date: 2015-06-17T11:13:11+00:00
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item”.
[XXX]: https://blog.torproject.org/blog/tor-0269-released
+
+Tor Browser 4.5.2 and 5.0a2 are out
+-----------------------------------
+
+The Tor Browser team put out new stable and alpha releases of the
+privacy-preserving browser. As well as updates to key software
+components, versions 4.5.2 [XXX] and 5.0a2 [XXX] both contain fixes for
+the “Logjam” attack on TLS security [XXX] - as Nick Mathewson wrote [XXX]
+at the time of this vulnerability’s disclosure, the connections between
+Tor clients and relays were unlikely to have been affected by this
+attack, but the bug is now fixed in the browser component of Tor Browser
+as well.
+
+These new releases also fix a possible crash in Linux, and stop the
+Add-ons page from breaking if Torbutton is disabled. The new alpha
+further improves meek’s compatibility with the automatic update process
+on Windows machines.
+
+All users should upgrade their Tor Browser as soon as possible. Your
+browser might already have prompted you to do this — if not, you can
+always upgrade by downloading a fresh copy from the Tor website [XXX].
+
+ [XXX]: https://blog.torproject.org/blog/tor-browser-452-released
+ [XXX]: https://blog.torproject.org/blog/tor-browser-50a2-released
+ [XXX]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-dev/2015-May/008868.html
+ [XXX]: https://www.torproject.org/projects/torbrowser.html
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