[tor-qa] Tor Browser Bundle 3.0alpha1 test builds

[Colin C.]

On 14/06/13 09:39 PM, Mike Perry wrote:
> The new TBB 3.0 series is almost ready for its first alpha release!
> 
> Here are the major highlights of the 3.0 series:
> 
>  1. Usability, usability, usability! We've attempted to solve several
>     major usability issues in this series, including:
> 
>     A. No more Vidalia. The Tor process management is handled by the Tor
>        Launcher extension. If you want the Vidalia features, you can
>        point an existing Vidalia binary at control port 9151 after Tor
>        Browser has launched, and it should still work.
> 
>     B. The browser now uses a local about:tor homepage instead of
>        check.torproject.org. A local verification against the control port
>        is still performed, to ensure Tor is working, and a link to
>        check.torproject.org is provided from the about:Tor homepage
>        for manual verification as well.
> 
>     C. For Windows users: an NSIS-based extractor now guides you through
>        the TBB extraction and ensures the extracted bundle ends up on your
>        Desktop, or in a known location chosen by you. Hopefully this
>        will mean no more losing track of the extracted bundle files!
> 
>  2. The bundles are all under the 25M gmail attachment size limit, so
>     direct email and gettor attachments are once again possible.
> 
>  3. We now use Gitian to build the bundles. The idea behind Gitian is to
>     allow independent people to take our source code and produce exactly
>     identical binaries on their own. We're not quite at the point where
>     you always get a matching build, but the remaining differences are
>     minor, and within a couple more releases we should have it fully
>     reproducible. For now, we are posting all of the builds for
>     comparison, and you can of course build and compare your own:
>     https://gitweb.torproject.org/builders/tor-browser-bundle.git/blob/HEAD:/gitian/README.build
> 
> 
> Please try these out, test them, and give us feedback! The plan is to
> post them on the blog by Monday, unless something goes horribly wrong.
> 
> https://people.torproject.org/~mikeperry/tbb-3.0alpha1-builds/official/
> 
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Testing: tor-browser-linux64-3.0-alpha-1_en-US.tar.xz
Platform: Debian Wheezy
Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-2450M CPU @ 2.50GHz

TBB Launches successfully - OK
Connects to the Tor network - OK
Browser toolbars and menus work. Tab dragging works. - OK
DNS - No leaks observed (wireshark)

OpenSSL - 1.0.1e

All extensions are present and functional -  OK
 - HTTPS-Everywhere 3.2.2
 - NoScript 2.6.6.2
 - Torbutton 1.6.0
 - TorLauncher 0.2-alpha
 - PDF Viewer 0.8.1

WebBrowsing works as expected - OK
 - HTTP, HTTPS, .onion browsing works
 - HTML5 videos work
 - ip-check.info - OK
 - samy.pl/evercookie - OK (new identity clears cookie)
 - html5demos.com/web-socket - Not Connected / Socket Closed

Other Notes:
 - No "Docs" folder
 - Was unable to reproduce the about:tor or proxy issues mentioned by Moritz
 - Everything is working well, great job to all involved!

-- 
-Phoul