If useste Tor Browser on macOS or Linux, it would be a good idea to immediately upgrade to 7.0.9 version. Το λογισμικό, που βασίζεται στον Firefox, μπορεί να διαρρεύσει "κατά λάθος" την πραγματική δημόσια διεύθυνση IP σας μέσω κακόβουλων file:// URLs.
"The messages of users and users of our sandboxed-tor-browser are not affected," the Tor Project says.
After the above news, let's move on to more enjoyable news:
The next time we see the biggest Tor Browser update released to date, which is said to add additional layers of security
Tor Browser developers currently have the alpha version that promises optimization in the anonymous network for the first time in the last 10 years!
The change log of Tor Browser provides a very good overview of the upcoming modifications. Some of these are intended to address newly identified security weaknesses in the protocol, such as the loophole security mentioned at the beginning.
With enough malicious nodes, an opponent could begin mapping paths and thereby reduce anonymity. The upcoming update will make this type of attack much harder, if not impossible.
"It's not a revolution, but more of an evolution," said Professor Alan Woodward, a computer scientist at the University of Surrey.
"Έχει μερικά ενδιαφέροντα νέα χαρακτηριστικά, κυρίως σχετικά με την αυθεντικότητα του πελάτη (client) και την επεκτασιμότητα του κάτι που μπορεί να βοηθήσει στην ασφάλεια του onion."
In a blog post published on Thursday, Tor's developers promise additional innovations.
"Καθώς ο τρέχων κώδικας σταθεροποιείται περαιτέρω, σχεδιάζουμε να προσθέσουμε λειτουργίες όπως κλειδιά υπηρεσιών εκτός σύνδεσης, προηγμένη εξουσιοδότηση client, διασύνδεση θύρας ελέγχου, βελτιωμένους algorithms ασφαλείας, ασφαλή συστήματα ονομασίας, στατιστικά στοιχεία, δρομολόγηση μικτής καθυστέρησης, υποστήριξη blockchain, λογική AI και διασύνδεση VR. Σχεδιάζουμε να το κάνουμε αργά, καθώς υπάρχουν πολλά να κάνουμε."
Tor client software launches online traffic through a global, voluntary network of servers to hide a user's location or use of traffic from anyone who conducts online web traffic analysis or analysis.
Using Tor makes it difficult to trace the user's online activity, including visits to a web site, online posts, instant messaging programs and other online communication tools, and is intended to protect the individual's freedom, privacy and user ability to conduct confidential work without registering its online activities.
“Onion routing” refers to layered nature of the encryption service: the original data is encrypted and re-encrypted multiple times, then sent through successive Tor nodes, each of which decrypts a "layer" of encryption before passing the data on to the next node and finally to its destination.
This reduces the likelihood of deciphering or understanding the original data during transfer. Tor is free client software and its use is free of charge.
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