Whonix V15 - Anonymous Operating System
Whonix is an operating organisation focused on anonymity, privacy in addition to security. It’s based on the Tor anonymity network, Debian GNU/Linux in addition to safety past times isolation. DNS leaks are impossible, in addition to non fifty-fifty malware amongst root privileges tin lavatory discovery out the user’s existent IP.
Whonix consists of 2 parts: One only runs Tor in addition to acts equally a gateway, which nosotros telephone recall Whonix-Gateway. The other, which nosotros telephone recall Whonix-Workstation, is on a completely isolated network. Only connections through Tor are possible.
After about i twelvemonth of development, the Whonix Project is proud to denote the issue of Whonix 15.
Whonix xv is based on the Debian
buster (Debian 10) distribution. This agency users accept access to many novel software packages inwards concert amongst existing packages, such equally a modern branch of GNuPG, in addition to more.Major Changes in addition to New Features
- port Whonix from Debian stretch to Debian buster 5
- kernel hardening 7
- Blacklist uncommon network protocols 6
- systemd unit of measurement sandboxing 5
- improve entropy collection through extensive inquiry in addition to installation past times default of jitterentropy-rngd 3
- research implications of spectre / meltdown / retpoline / L1 Terminal Fault (L1TF) 5 vs Whonix
- Non-Qubes-Whonix: kloak - Keystroke Anonymization Tool 5
- Non-Qubes-Whonix: Whonix Live 3 / Live Mode Indicator / grub-live / grub-default-live 1
- Non-Qubes-Whonix: switch desktop surroundings from KDE to XFCE (poll 2) (other desktop environments 3)
- Non-Qubes-Whonix: reduced icon size using zerofree 2
- Whonix VirtualBox: CLI version 2 (Whonix ™ amongst CLI is a version suited for advanced users – those who desire Whonix ™ without a GUI.)
- Whonix VirtualBox: unified ova downloads 5
- Qubes-Whonix: change Qubes-Whonix default applications from KDE-ish to XFCE-ish 5
- Qubes-Whonix: simplify installation of VM nitty-gritty 2 past times installing the same recommended Qubes packages equally Qubes Debian packages (source 1 (source 2)
- Whonix KVM: serial console back upwards 3
- update sdwdate fourth dimension sources 1
- List of processed Whonix xv tickets
- arm64 / RPi 5 port
- install past times default zulucrypt, qtox, onionshare, keepassxc, firejail
- new usability wrappers: scurlget 1, curlget, pwchange, upgrade-nonroot 1, apt-get-noninteractive, apt-get-update-plus
- remove mixmaster, ricochet since dead upstream
- support for Bisq - The P2P Exchange Network 4
- port construct script to cowbuilder; construct packages inwards chroot in addition to role mmdebstrap for meliorate security
- add UsrMerge compatibility
