Tor 0.3.2.6-alpha is released, with security updates

by nickm | December 1, 2017

This version of Tor is the latest in the 0.3.2 alpha series. It includes fixes for several important security issues. All Tor users should upgrade to this release, or to one of the other releases coming out today. (The next announcement will be about the stable releases.)

Tor en Primavera Hacker este fin de semana en Santiago (Join Tor at Primavera Hacker in Santiago This Weekend)

by ilv | November 29, 2017

El próximo fin de semana se llevará a cabo un encuentro Tor durante el festival Primavera Hacker, un evento gratuito realizado anualmente en Santiago de Chile que aborda las relaciones entre tecnología, política y cultura. This weekend a Tor meetup will be held during the Primavera Hacker festival (hacker spring), a yearly free gathering organized in Santiago de Chile around the relationships between technology, politics and culture.

Tor 0.3.2.5-alpha is released!

by nickm | November 22, 2017

Tor 0.3.2.5-alpha is the fifth alpha release in the 0.3.2.x series. It fixes several stability and reliability bugs, including a fix for intermittent bootstrapping failures that some people have been seeing since the 0.3.0.x series.

You can download the source from the usual place on the website. Binary packages should be available soon. Tor Browser is likely to skip this alpha, and pick up the next one, which should be out in early November.

Remember: This is an alpha release, and it's likely to have more bugs than usual. We hope that people will try it out to find and report bugs, though.

Please test this alpha out -- many of these fixes will soon be backported to stable Tor versions if no additional bugs are found in them.

Changes in version 0.3.2.5-alpha - 2017-11-22

  • Major bugfixes (bootstrapping):
    • Fetch descriptors aggressively whenever we lack enough to build circuits, regardless of how many descriptors we are missing. Previously, we would delay launching the fetch when we had fewer than 15 missing descriptors, even if some of those descriptors were blocking circuits from building. Fixes bug 23985; bugfix on 0.1.1.11-alpha. The effects of this bug became worse in 0.3.0.3-alpha, when we began treating missing descriptors from our primary guards as a reason to delay circuits.
    • Don't try fetching microdescriptors from relays that have failed to deliver them in the past. Fixes bug 23817; bugfix on 0.3.0.1-alpha.
  • Minor features (directory authority):
    • Make the "Exit" flag assignment only depend on whether the exit policy allows connections to ports 80 and 443. Previously relays would get the Exit flag if they allowed connections to one of these ports and also port 6667. Resolves ticket 23637.

 

Volunteer Spotlight: Damian Johnson

by tommy | November 16, 2017

Tor is a labor of love, built by a small group of committed individuals, but we’re lucky to have the support of a dedicated volunteer base who help us make Tor the strongest anonymity tool out there. Today, we’re highlighting one volunteer in particular, Damian Johnson, aka atagar. (Tor mural painted by Ryan 'Henry' Ward.)

Meet Nyx, a Command-Line Tor Relay Monitor

by tommy | November 8, 2017

Never let it be said that we don’t give you a choice of ways to interact with Tor data. This month, Damian Johnson, a long-time Tor volunteer, updated a tool that provides real-time information about your relay. Named for the Greek goddess of night, Nyx is a dead-simple tool with data on bandwidth use, connections, logs, and more.