Re: Announce: The (Amnesic) Incognito Live System 0.6.1

[bertagaz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]

On Sun, Dec 26, 2010 at 12:32:25PM -0500, Praedor Atrebates wrote:
> Err...unless this also forces flash, javascript, and java traffic to go via tor then the claim that it forces "all" network traffic to be routed through the tor network may need some modification.  

Traffic is forced to be routed through Tor at the firewall level, and
there's no flash support. Torbutton does provide protection taken from the
noscript plugin to prevent information leaks too.

> 
> Something that can be run in a secure VM would be nice:  JanusVM is defunct/old.

Actually T(A)ILS includes the support for it to be ran inside a virtual
machine.

Please have a look at the documentation on the website if you want to know
more.

bert.

> 
> On Sunday, December 26, 2010 09:12:08 am you wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > The (Amnesic) Incognito Live System, version 0.6.1, is out.
> > 
> > This is a bugfix-only release mainly aimed at fixing serious security
> > issues in bundled software. All users must upgrade as soon as possible.
> > 
> > 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?
> > ===========
> > 
> > - Tor 0.2.1.28: resolves possible remote code execution, see the Tor
> >   project blog post [2] for details
> > - Other software upgrades fix grave bugs, most of these with serious
> >   security implications.
> > - FireGPG and Seahorse: use the same keyserver as the one configured in
> >   `gpg.conf`.
> > - HTP: display the logs when the clock synchronization fails.
> > - Use the light version of the "Are you using Tor?" webpage.
> > 
> > See the online Changelog [3] for more details.
> > 
> > [2] https://blog.torproject.org/blog/tor-02128-released-security-patches
> > [3] http://git.immerda.ch/?p=amnesia.git;a=blob_plain;f=debian/changelog;hb=refs/tags/0.6.1
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