Hi,
we are pleased to accounce that Tor Browser 6.0.5 is ready for testing. Bundles can be found on:
https://people.torproject.org/~boklm/builds/6.0.5-build1/
This release is updating Firefox to 45.4.0esr fixing important security bugs. Moreover, other components are getting an update as well: Tor to 0.2.8.7, HTTPS-Everywhere to 5.2.4, and Torbutton to 1.9.5.7. The latter deletes HSTS and other site security state saved on disk now when requesting a New Identity.
The full changelog since Tor Browser 6.0.4 is:
Tor Browser 6.0.5 -- September 13 * All Platforms * Update Firefox to 45.4.0esr * Update Tor to 0.2.8.7 * Update Torbutton to 1.9.5.7 * Bug 18589: Clear site security settings during New Identity * Bug 19906: "Maximizing Tor Browser" Notification can exist multiple times * Update HTTPS-Everywhere to 5.2.4 * Bug 20092: Rotate ports for default obfs4 bridges * Bug 20040: Add update support for unpacked HTTPS Everywhere * Windows * Bug 19725: Remove old updater files left on disk after upgrade to 6.x * Linux * Bug 19725: Remove old updater files left on disk after upgrade to 6.x * Android * Bug 19706: Store browser data in the app home directory * Build system * All platforms * Upgrade Go to 1.4.3
Georg
Georg Koppen:
Hi,
we are pleased to accounce that Tor Browser 6.0.5 is ready for testing. Bundles can be found on:
Observation: I usually install uBlock Origin, after I have performed the tests below. This time I retested with Panopticlick after, and the results are far better after installation.
Testing: tor-browser-linux64-6.0.5_en-US.tar.xz Platform: Debian 8.5
Tor Browser 6.0.5 (based on Mozilla Firefox 45.4.0) Tor v0.2.8.7 (git-263088633a63982a) Libevent 2.0.22-stable OpenSSL 1.0.1t Zlib 1.2.8.
TBB Launches successfully: yes Connects to the Tor network: yes
All extensions are present and functional: yes - HTTPS-Everywhere 5.2.4 - NoScript 2.9.0.14 - TorButton 1.9.5.7 - TorLauncher 0.2.9.3
WebBrowsing works as expected - HTTP, HTTPS, .onion browsing works - HTML5 videos work (http://videojs.com/) - http://ip-check.info/?lang=en - ok - https://panopticlick.eff.org/ - unique among 22591.29, 14.46 bits of identifying information ("your browser has a nearly-unique fingerprint") - https://panopticlick.eff.org/, with uBlock Origin - unique among 495.79, 8.95 bits of identifying information ("your browser has a non-unique fingerprint")
SOCKS/external apps (Torsocks) work as expected: yes
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Georg Koppen -
Katya Titov