<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div><div><br></div></div><div>On 21 Sep 2018, at 04:00, Keifer Bly <<a href="mailto:keifer.bly@gmail.com">keifer.bly@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div><div><div dir="auto">So what would be an advised way to make sure tor is 100% up to date, besides the update command? Thank you.</div></div></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Since you are on macOS and using Homebrew, you should use "brew update".</div><div>No extra steps are needed.</div><div><br></div><div>If you want, you can watch the logs for warnings that your tor version is</div><div>not recommended.</div><div><br></div><div>T</div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div><div><div><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Wed, Sep 19, 2018 at 11:13 PM teor <<a href="mailto:teor@riseup.net" target="_blank">teor@riseup.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto"><div><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div class="m_-3968723035018456374m_8750763275369920729WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal">On 20 Sep 2018, at 07:02, Keifer Bly <<a href="mailto:keifer.bly@gmail.com" target="_blank">keifer.bly@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<u></u><u></u></p><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div><blockquote style="margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt"><p class="MsoNormal">A few days ago, I upgraded my version of tor from 0.3.3.9 to tor 0.3.4.8. I noticed, however, that tor does not tell me when a new version is available. But in the past when I was a few versions behind, it popped up with a message saying “WARNING: this version of tor is out of date or no longer recommended.” <u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"> <u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">So, I am just wondering, why is it that the tor software warns when the current version is “no longer recommended” but does not warn when an update is available?</p></blockquote></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)"></span></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)"><b>From: </b><a href="mailto:teor@riseup.net" target="_blank">teor</a><br><b>Sent: </b>Wednesday, September 19, 2018 5:04 PM<br></span></div><div><br></div><blockquote type="cite"></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><div class="m_-3968723035018456374m_8750763275369920729WordSection1"><div><p class="MsoNormal">Tor only warns about obsolete versions.<u></u><u></u></p></div></div></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><div class="m_-3968723035018456374m_8750763275369920729WordSection1"><div></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">It doesn't warn when there is a new release or "new in series" version available.<u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Definitions here:<u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://gitweb.torproject.org/torspec.git/tree/version-spec.txt#n53" target="_blank">https://gitweb.torproject.org/torspec.git/tree/version-spec.txt#n53</a></p></div></div></blockquote><br><div><div><font color="#000000"><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">On 20 Sep 2018, at 12:56, Keifer Bly <<a href="mailto:keifer.bly@gmail.com" target="_blank">keifer.bly@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></span></font></div><blockquote type="cite"><div class="m_-3968723035018456374m_8750763275369920729WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#000000" face="UICTFontTextStyleTallBody" size="3"><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">So does this mean any version of tor is safe to use as long as it is not considered “obsolete”? Thanks.</span></font></p></div></blockquote><div><br></div>Sometimes, a supported releases series will have serious security bugs.</div><div><br></div><div>When we fix those bugs, we "un-recommend" that version, and recommend</div><div>the newer versions in that series.</div><div><br></div><div>So please don't run "obsolete" or "un-recommended" Tor versions.</div></div><div dir="auto"><div><br></div><div>T</div></div>_______________________________________________<br>
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