Hello,
Tor Browser 5.5.5 is ready for testing and bundles can be found on:
https://people.torproject.org/~gk/builds/5.5.5-build3/
This release updates Firefox to 38.8.0esr which includes major security fixes. Additionally, we bump NoScript to version 2.9.0.11 and HTTPS-Everywhere to 5.1.6.
Moreover, we don't advertise our help desk anymore as we are currently restructuring our user support.
Here is the full changelog since 5.5.4:
Tor Browser 5.5.5 -- April 26 2016 * All Platforms * Update Firefox to 38.8.0esr * Update Tor Launcher to 0.2.7.9 * Bug 10534: Don't advertise the help desk directly anymore * Translation updates * Update HTTPS-Everywhere to 5.1.6 * Update NoScript to 2.9.0.11 * Bug 18726: Add new default obfs4 bridge (GreenBelt)
Georg
Georg Koppen:
Tor Browser 5.5.5 is ready for testing and bundles can be found on:
https://people.torproject.org/~gk/builds/5.5.5-build3/
This release updates Firefox to 38.8.0esr which includes major security fixes. Additionally, we bump NoScript to version 2.9.0.11 and HTTPS-Everywhere to 5.1.6.
Testing: tor-browser-linux64-5.5.5_en-US.tar.xz Platform: Debian 8.3 Processor: Intel(R) Pentium(R) CPU B950 @ 2.10GHz
Tor Browser 5.5.5 (based on Mozilla Firefox 38.8.0) Tor v0.2.7.6 (git-7a489a6389110120) Libevent 2.0.22-stable OpenSSL 1.0.1s Zlib 1.2.8.
TBB Launches successfully: yes Connects to the Tor network: yes
All extensions are present and functional: yes - HTTPS-Everywhere 5.1.6 - NoScript 2.9.0.11 - TorButton 1.9.4.5 - TorLauncher 0.2.7.9
WebBrowsing works as expected - HTTP, HTTPS, .onion browsing works - HTML5 videos work (http://videojs.com/) - http://ip-check.info/?lang=en - ok - https://panopticlick.eff.org/ - unique among 45728.67, 15.48 bits of identifying information
SOCKS/external apps (Torsocks) work as expected: yes
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Georg Koppen -
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