Tor 0.2.8.6 is Released, the first stable version of the Tor 0.2.8 series
Tor is an open source computer software designed as a network of virtual tunnels that can be used by a wide range of people and organizations who want to improve their security and safety while surfing the Internet.
Defend yourself against traffic analyzers and network surveillance
When one says Tor, it may refer to the actual application or the entire network of computers that form this project. With Tor, users will be able to defend themselves against traffic analyzers and network surveillance.
The project protects your privacy and secures your top secret documents from pesky government institutions, such as NSA (National Security Agency). It prevents hackers from learning your browsing habits or discover your current location.
The Tor 0.2.8 series improves client bootstrapping performance, completes the authority-side implementation of improved identity keys for relays, and includes numerous bugfixes and performance improvements throughout the program. This release continues to improve the coverage of Tor's test suite.
Below is a list of the changes since Tor 0.2.7. For a list of only the changes that are new since 0.2.8.5-rc, please see the ChangeLog file.
Changes in version 0.2.8.6 - 2016-08-02
New system requirements:
- Tor no longer attempts to support platforms where the "time_t" type is unsigned. (To the best of our knowledge, only OpenVMS does this, and Tor has never actually built on OpenVMS.) Closes ticket 18184.
- Tor no longer supports versions of OpenSSL with a broken implementation of counter mode. (This bug was present in OpenSSL 1.0.0, and was fixed in OpenSSL 1.0.0a.) Tor still detects, but no longer runs with, these versions.
- Tor now uses Autoconf version 2.63 or later, and Automake 1.11 or later (released in 2008 and 2009 respectively). If you are building Tor from the git repository instead of from the source distribution, and your tools are older than this, you will need to upgrade. Closes ticket 17732.
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