[tor-qa] Tor Browser 4.5-alpha-2 is ready for testing

Wilton Gorske wilton at riseup.net
Sat Dec 6 23:28:19 UTC 2014


Testing: TorBrowser-4.5-alpha-2-osx64_en-US.dmg
Platform: OS X 10.10.1 (14B25)
Processor: 2.3GHz Intel Core i7
Memory: 16 GB 1600 MHz DDR3
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GT 750M 2048 MB
Display: 15-inch (2880 x 1800 Retina)

TBB Launches successfully: yes
Connects to the Tor network: yes
Browser toolbars and menus work, tab dragging works: yes

All extensions are present and functional: yes
 - HTTPS-Everywhere 5.0development.1
 - NoScript 2.6.9.5
 - TorButton 1.8.1.2
 - TorLauncher 0.2.7.0.1

WebBrowsing works as expected
 - HTTP, HTTPS, .onion browsing works (https://facebookcorewwwi.onion/)
 - HTML5 videos work on http://videojs.com/ and YouTube
 - http://ip-check.info/?lang=en - ok
 - https://panopticlick.eff.org/ - only one in 12,314 , 13.59 bits of
                                   identifying information

SOCKS/external apps work as expected: yes (Torbirdy)

SSL client is Improveable according to https://www.howsmyssl.com/.
“Session tickets are not supported in your client. Without them,
services will have a harder time making your client's connections fast.
Generally, clients with ephemeral key support get this for free.”

No noticeable misbehavior. Seeing the bridges on the circuit display is
fantastic. Great!

Georg Koppen wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Tor Browser 4.5-alpha-2 is up for testing. Bundles can be found on:
> 
> https://people.torproject.org/~gk/builds/4.5-alpha-2
> 
> This release (as Tor Browser 4.0.2) is based on Firefox 31.3.0 ESR. Most
> notably, it fixes a regression which caused third party authentication
> credentials to remain undeleted. Minor enhancements in the circuit UI
> and on the security slider are included as well.
> 
> The full changelog is:
> 
> Tor Browser 4.5-alpha-2 -- Dec 5 2014
>  * All Platforms
>    * Update Firefox to 31.3.0esr
>    * Update NoScript to 2.6.9.5
>    * Update HTTPS Everywhere to 5.0development.1
>    * Update Torbutton to 1.8.1.2
>      * Bug 13672: Make circuit display optional
>      * Bug 13671: Make bridges visible on circuit display
>      * Bug 9387: Incorporate user feedback
>      * Bug 13784: Remove third party authentication tokens
> 
> Georg
> 
> 
> 
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