Announce: The (Amnesic) Incognito Live System 0.6

[intrigeri]

Hello,

The (Amnesic) Incognito Live System, version 0.6, is out.

What is it?
===========

T(A)ILS is a Live system aimed at preserving your privacy and
anonymity:

- all outgoing connections to the Internet are forced to go through
  the Tor network;
- no trace is left on local storage devices unless explicitely asked.

    Homepage: https://amnesia.boum.org/

Get it, try it, share it!
=========================

Try it! [1] Any comments are most welcome. Please note you'll need to
install the CACert root certificate into your web browser before
connecting to our web site... unless you use Debian.

    [1] https://amnesia.boum.org/download/

What's new?
===========

Please note T(A)ILS released images are now signed using a new
OpenPGP key [2].

    [2] https://amnesia.boum.org/GnuPG_key/

Notable changes include:

- Tor 0.2.1.26
- Vidalia 0.2.10
- New Linux kernel (2.6.32) supports a lot more hardware.
- Newly supported wireless chipsets include RT2860, RTL8192,
  BCM4306/3, BCM4311, BCM4312, BCM4318.
- New bundled software: vector-based drawing (Inkscape), .po files
  editor (Poedit), Shamir's Secret Sharing (gfshare and ssss).
- New GnuPG package brings saner defaults and hkps:// support.
  It is now pre-configured to use a hkps:// server over Tor.
- Use (authenticated) HTP [3] instead of NTP. Tor and Vidalia are now
  started only once HTP is done. Desktop notifications explain what's
  happening.
- Warn the user when T(A)ILS is running inside a virtual machine.
- Add a Nautilus shortcut to securely erase free space in a partition.
- Preliminary Monkeysphere support: Iceweasel extension is installed,
  MSVA is configured to use a hkps:// keyserver.
- WhisperBack 1.3 lets the user optionally provide an email address
  and OpenPGP key.

A few bugs were fixed, including:

- IPv6 communication with the outside is now really forbidden.
- Torbutton 1.2.5-3 fixes the exposure of a rare User-Agent [4].
- Autostart Iceweasel with the GNOME session to workaround the
  "Iceweasel first page is not loaded" bug.
- The DNS cache now forgets automapped .onion's on Tor restart.

... and of course the usual bunch of software security updates.

See the online Changelog [5] for details.

    [3] https://amnesia.boum.org/contribute/design/HTP/
    [4] https://amnesia.boum.org/security/Iceweasel_exposes_a_rare_User-Agent/
    [5] http://git.immerda.ch/?p=amnesia.git;a=blob_plain;f=debian/changelog;hb=refs/tags/0.6

Were do we go from here?
========================

This release is likely to be the last one to be based on Debian Lenny.
Further development will be based on the (to be released soon) next
Debian stable release: Squeeze.

Have a look to our roadmap [6] to learn more about our plans.

    [6] https://amnesia.boum.org/contribute/roadmap/

Bye,
-- 
  intrigeri <intrigeri at boum.org>
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