Tor — a privacy oriented encrypted anonymizing service, has announced the launch of its adjacent version of Tor Browser Bundle, i.e. Tor version 4.0.4, mostly supposed to ameliorate the built-in utilities, privacy too safety of online users on the Internet.
Tor Browser helps users to browse the Internet inwards a consummate anonymous way. The powerful Tor Browser Bundle, an anonymous spider web browser developed yesteryear the Tor Project, received around updates inwards its software.
Tor Browser Bundle is basically an Internet browser based on Mozilla Firefox configured to protect the users’ anonymity via Tor too Vidalia. The anonymity suite too includes iii Firefox extensions: Torbutton, NoScript too HTTPS-Everywhere.
NEW FEATURES
The latest version, Tor Browser Bundle 4.0.4, has been of late released, alongside a few let on of novel features:
- Updated to Firefox to 31.5.0esr alongside of import safety updates.
- Update OpenSSL to 1.0.1l
- Update NoScript to 2.6.9.15
- Update HTTPS-Everywhere to 4.0.3
BUG FIXES
- Meanwhile, the novel Tor version 4.0.4 too include around bugfixes:
- Bug 14203: Prevent meek from displaying an extra update notification
- Bug 14849: Remove novel NoScript carte du jour selection to brand permissions permanent
- Bug 14851: Set NoScript pref to disable permanent permissions
"A novel unloosen for the stable Tor Browser is available from the Tor Browser Project page too too from our distribution directory," states the Tor projection team.
Tor is to a greater extent than ofttimes than non idea to hold out a house where users come upward online to shroud their activities too rest anonymous. Tor is an encrypted anonymizing network considered to hold out ane of the virtually privacy oriented service too is mostly used yesteryear activists, journalists to circumvent online censorship too surveillance efforts yesteryear diverse countries.
However, belatedly concluding twelvemonth nosotros accept seen large scale cyber assail on Tor network that quietly seized around of its network specialized servers called Directory Authorities (DA), the servers that assistance Tor clients to notice Tor relays inwards the anonymous network service.
On the other halt of the side, concluding calendar month 12 high-capacity Tor Middle relays was launched yesteryear the Polaris — a novel first yesteryear Mozilla, the Tor Project too the Center of Democracy too Technology — inwards lodge to assistance construct to a greater extent than privacy controls into technology. The add-on of high-capacity Tor middle relays to the Tor network helps cut finite let on of Tor connections occurring at the same time.
