Hello,
The (Amnesic) Incognito Live System, version 0.6, is out.
What is it?
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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!
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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?
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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?
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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,
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| die of starvation would entail the risk of dying of boredom ?
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