[tor-talk] Invitation to try experimental Snowflake Tor Browser packages

David Fifield david at bamsoftware.com
Thu Apr 23 23:02:19 UTC 2020


On Thu, Mar 19, 2020 at 06:08:27PM -0600, David Fifield wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 26, 2020 at 11:02:10PM -0700, David Fifield wrote:
> > The anti-censorship team is looking for people to try Tor Browser
> > packages built from an experimental branch of Snowflake that is supposed
> > to make Snowflake more reliable. There are two versions; you can try
> > either one or both of them. If you have feedback, tell us whether you
> > are using the "kcp" or "quic" version.
> 
> https://people.torproject.org/~dcf/pt-bundle/tor-browser-snowflake-turbotunnel-kcp-9.5a8-20200319/
> https://people.torproject.org/~dcf/pt-bundle/tor-browser-snowflake-turbotunnel-quic-9.5a8-20200319/

As of 2020-04-24, the Snowflake bridge supports only for the "kcp"
version of the turbotunnel packages, not the "quic" version. If you were
using the "quic" version, you need to update to these newer packages:

https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-talk/2020-April/045563.html
https://people.torproject.org/~dcf/pt-bundle/tor-browser-snowflake-turbotunnel-9.5a11-20200410/

If you were already using the newer packages, you don't need to change
anything.


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