Tor Browser 8.5a9 is now available from the Tor Browser Project page and also from our distribution directory.9Ng免费翻墙网
Note: this is an alpha release: an experimental version for users who want to help us test new features. For everyone else, we recommended downloading the latest stable release instead.9Ng免费翻墙网
This release features important security updates to Firefox.9Ng免费翻墙网
This new Tor Browser version picks up Firefox security bug fixes coming with Firefox 60.6.0esr and ships the second alpha in Tor's 0.4.0 series, 0.4.0.2-alpha. Besides those and other regular component updates (e.g. OpenSSL to 1.0.2r), we are proud to give three major features wider testing in our alpha series:9Ng免费翻墙网
- Firstly, for our desktop users, we redesigned our security controls, exposing the security slider state directly on our reorganized toolbar. The current code implements large parts of proposal 101, and we hope we make the overall experience less confusing that way, especially for inexperienced users. Thanks to Richard for all the hard work on this!
- Secondly, we redesigned our bootstrapping interface for Tor Browser on Android, giving what we hope is a similar experience to the one provided for desktop versions. This is the first big part in our efforts to drop our dependency on Orbot while still making bootstrapping progress and bridge/pluggable transport configuration easily accessible. Thanks to Matt for all the work on this feature!
- Thirdly, we implemented pluggable transport support for our mobile users, allowing them to bypass censorship with the help of obfs3, obfs4, and meek. It is possible to use both built-in bridges and custom ones, which users can obtain e.g. from BridgeDB or friends.
The full changelog since Tor Browser 8.5a8 is:9Ng免费翻墙网
- All platforms
- Update Firefox to 60.6.0esr
- Update Torbutton to 2.1.5
- Bug 25658: Replace security slider with security level UI
- Bug 28628: Change onboarding Security panel to open new Security Level panel
- Bug 29440: Update about:tor when Tor Browser is updated
- Bug 27478: Improved Torbutton icons for dark theme
- Bug 29021: Tell NoScript it is running within Tor Browser
- Bug 29239: Don't ship the Torbutton .xpi on mobile
- Translations update
- Bug 29120: Enable media cache in memory
- Bug 29445: Enable support for enterprise policies
- Windows + OS X + Linux
- Update Tor to 0.4.0.2-alpha
- Bug 29660: XMPP can not connect to SOCKS5 anymore
- Update OpenSSL to 1.0.2r
- Update Tor Launcher to 0.2.18.1
- Bug 29328: Account for Tor 0.4.0.x's revised bootstrap status reporting
- Bug 22402: Improve "For assistance" link
- Translations update
- Bug 25658+29554: Replace security slider with security level UI
- Bug 28885: notify users that update is downloading
- Bug 29180: MAR download stalls when about dialog is opened
- Bug 27485: Users are not taught how to open security-slider dialog
- Bug 27486: Avoid about:blank tabs when opening onboarding pages
- Bug 29440: Update about:tor when Tor Browser is updated
- Bug 23359: WebExtensions icons are not shown on first start
- Bug 28628: Change onboarding Security panel to open new Security Level panel
- Android
- Bug 28329: Design Tor Browser for Android configuration UI
- Bug 28802: Support PTs in Tor Browser for Android
- Bug 29794: Update TBA built-in bridges
- Bug 27210: Add support for x86 on Android
- Bug 29809: Only ship tor binary for .apk architecture
- Bug 29633: Don't ship pdnsd anymore
- Bug 28708: about:tor is not the default homepage after upgrade
- Bug 29626: Application name is now "Always-On Notifications"
- Bug 29467: Backport fix for arc4random_buf bustage
- Build System
- All platforms
- Bug 25876: Generate source tarballs during build
- Bug 28685: Set Build ID based on Tor Browser version
- Bug 29194: Set DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
- Linux
- Bug 26323+29812: Build 32bit Linux bundles on 64bit Debian Wheezy
- Bug 29758: Build firefox debug symbols for linux-i686
- Android
