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TAILS Linux 1.3.2 is out (March 31, 2015) # Tails is a live system that aims to preserve your privacy and anonymity. It helps you to use the Internet anonymously and circumvent censorship almost anywhere you go and on any computer but leaving no trace un
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  1. TAILS Linux 1.3.2 is out (March 31, 2015)
  2.  
  3. # Tails is a live system that aims to preserve your privacy and anonymity.
  4. It helps you to use the Internet anonymously and circumvent censorship almost
  5. anywhere you go and on any computer but leaving no trace unless you ask it to
  6. explicitly.
  7.  
  8. # It is a complete operating system designed to be used from a DVD, USB stick, or SD
  9. card independently of the computer's original operating system. It is Free Software
  10. and based on Debian GNU/Linux.
  11.  
  12. # Tails comes with several built-in applications pre-configured with security in
  13. mind: web browser, instant messaging client, email client, office suite, image and
  14. sound editor, etc. - https://tails.boum.org/about/index.en.html
  15.  
  16. # Tails, The Amnesic Incognito Live System, version 1.3.2, is out.
  17.  
  18. https://tails.boum.org/news/version_1.3.2/index.en.html
  19. https://twitter.com/Tails_live/status/582981747358490625
  20.  
  21. # Check first the about and warning pages to make sure that Tails is the right tool
  22. for you and that you understand well its limitations.
  23.  
  24. https://tails.boum.org/about/index.en.html
  25. https://tails.boum.org/doc/about/warning/index.en.html
  26.  
  27. # This release fixes numerous security issues and all users must upgrade as soon as
  28. possible.
  29.  
  30. https://tails.boum.org/download/index.en.html
  31. https://tails.boum.org/doc/first_steps/upgrade/index.en.html
  32.  
  33. - Home:
  34. https://tails.boum.org/
  35.  
  36. - Announcement:
  37. https://tails.boum.org/news/version_1.3.2/index.en.html
  38. https://twitter.com/Tails_live/status/582981747358490625
  39.  
  40. - Changelog[1]:
  41. https://git-tails.immerda.ch/tails/plain/debian/changelog
  42.  
  43. - Transition to a new OpenPGP signing key:
  44. # Tails transitioned to a new signing key in Tails 1.3.1.
  45.  
  46. https://tails.boum.org/news/signing_key_transition/index.en.html
  47. https://tails.boum.org/tails-signing.key
  48.  
  49. # If you're not sure what the cryptographic signature is, please
  50. # read the part on verifying the ISO image.
  51.  
  52. https://tails.boum.org/download/index.en.html#verify
  53.  
  54. - Numerous security holes in Tails 1.3.1:
  55. https://tails.boum.org/security/Numerous_security_holes_in_1.3.1/index.en.html
  56.  
  57. - Download:
  58. https://tails.boum.org/download/index.en.html
  59.  
  60. = Direct Download - Latest Release - 1.3.2 ISO image:
  61. http://dl.amnesia.boum.org/tails/stable/tails-i386-1.3.2/tails-i386-1.3.2.iso
  62.  
  63. = Direct Download - Cryptographic Signature:
  64. https://tails.boum.org/torrents/files/tails-i386-1.3.2.iso.sig
  65.  
  66. = SHA256 checksum for ISO/Direct Download:
  67. a32009af6d65cdc158bb4592f28f64147bbc5c9468693a413333dd7999f93592
  68.  
  69. ! Verify the ISO image:
  70. https://tails.boum.org/download/index.en.html#index3h1
  71.  
  72. = BitTorrent download:
  73. https://tails.boum.org/torrents/files/tails-i386-1.3.2.torrent
  74.  
  75. = BitTorrent Cryptographic signature:
  76. # The cryptographic signature of the ISO image is also included in the Torrent.
  77. Additionally, you can verify the signature of the Torrent file itself before
  78. downloading the ISO image.
  79.  
  80. https://tails.boum.org/torrents/files/tails-i386-1.3.2.torrent.sig
  81.  
  82. # "Seed back! Seeding back the image once you have downloaded it is also a nice and
  83. easy way of helping spread Tails."
  84.  
  85. - The Tails-dev Archives:
  86. https://mailman.boum.org/pipermail/tails-dev/
  87.  
  88. - Contributing to Tails
  89. https://tails.boum.org/contribute/index.en.html
  90.  
  91. [1] Changelog:
  92.  
  93. [code]
  94. tails (1.3.2) unstable; urgency=medium
  95.  
  96. * Security fixes
  97.   - Upgrade Tor Browser to 4.0.6, based on Firefox 31.6.0 ESR.
  98.   - Upgrade OpenSSL to 1.0.1e-2+deb7u16.
  99.  
  100. * Bugfixes
  101. - Make Florence usable with touchpads by forcing syndaemon to
  102.  always use the `-t` option, which only disables tapping and
  103.  scrolling and not mouse movements (Closes: #9011).
  104. - Make tails-spoof-mac log the correct macchanger exit code on
  105.   failure (Closes: #8687).
  106. - Tails Installer:
  107.   · Ignore devices with less than 3.5 GB of storage since they
  108.   do not fit a Tails installation (Closes: #6538).
  109.   · Remove devices from the device list as they are unplugged
  110.   (Closes: #8691).
  111.  
  112. * Minor improvements
  113. - Install obfs4proxy 0.0.4-1~tpo1, which adds support for
  114.   client-mode ScrambleSuit.
  115. - Don't start Vidalia if Windows Camouflage is enabled. (Closes:
  116.   #7400)
  117. - I2P Browser:
  118.   · Remove "Add-ons" from the Tools menu, and hide "Keyboard
  119.   Shortcuts" and "Take a Tour" since they point to resources on
  120.   the open Internet (Closes: #7970).
  121.   · Hide TorButton button from the customize toolbar options, and
  122.   remove configs whose only purpose was to make Torbutton "green"
  123.   (Closes: #8893).
  124.  
  125. * Test suite
  126. - New tests:
  127.   · Test non-LAN SSH, and SFTP via GNOME's "Connect to Server"
  128.     (Closes: #6308).
  129.   · Verify that Tails' Tor binary has the expected Tor authorities
  130.     hard coded (Closes: #8960).
  131. - Improvements:
  132.   · Programmatically determine the supported languages when testing
  133.     the Unsafe Browser (Closes: #8918).
  134.   · Rename --temp-dir to --tmpdir and make it behave more like
  135.     mktemp, and honour TMPDIR if set in the environment. (Closes:
  136.     #8709).
  137. - Bugfixes:
  138.   · Make --temp-dir (now --tmpdir) actually work.
  139.  
  140.  -- Tails developers <tails@boum.org>  Mon, 30 Mar 2015 16:54:20 +0200
  141. [/code]

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