Tor 0.2.4.21 / 0.2.5.1

Tor 0.2.4.21 / 0.2.5.1 Description

Tor is an open source computer software designed as a network of virtual tunnels that can be used by a wide range of people and organizations who want to improve their security and safety while surfing the Internet.When one says Tor, it may refer to the actual application or the entire network of computers that form this project. With Tor, users will be able to defend themselves against traffic analyzers and network surveillance.The project protecting your privacy and secures your top secret documents from pesky government institutions, such as NSA (National Security Agency). It prevents hackers from learning your browsing habits or discover your current location.It works well with any web browser, instant messaging client, and many other applications that access the network. It’s supported on Linux, Android, Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X operating systems.Tor work as a distributed, anonymous network comprised of all the computers where it is installed and active. For example, if you install the application in your computer, you will automatically become part of the Tor virtual network, every time you use it.Once the application is installed, configured and started, it will automatically route all the network traffic from your computer transparently over the Tor network.In order to understand better how Tor works, you should know that when you are connected to the Tor network and you want to access a certain website with your favorite web browser, the connection will be redirected from one computer to another before it reaches its destination.This way, no one will know your IP address, location, etc., and random IP address will be displayed to those who try to track you. It’s best to use Tor when you really want to hide your online activity from someone, but especially when you are in public networks. What's New in This Release: [ read full changelog ]Tor 0.2.4.18-rc is the fourth release candidate for the Tor 0.2.4.x series. It takes a variety of fixes from the 0.2.5.x branch to improve stability, performance, and better handling of edge cases.Major features:Re-enable TLS 1.1 and 1.2 when built with OpenSSL 1.0.1e or later. Resolves ticket 6055. (OpenSSL before 1.0.1 didn't have TLS 1.1 or 1.2, and OpenSSL from 1.0.1 through 1.0.1d had bugs that prevented renegotiation from working with TLS 1.1 or 1.2, so we had disabled them to solve bug 6033.)Major bug fixes:No longer stop reading or writing on cpuworker connections when our rate limiting buckets go empty. Now we should handle circuit handshake requests more promptly. Resolves bug 9731.If we are unable to save a microdescriptor to the journal, do not drop it from memory and then reattempt downloading it. Fixes bug 9645; bugfix on 0.2.2.6-alpha.Stop trying to bootstrap all our directory information from only our first guard. Discovered while fixing bug 9946; bugfix on 0.... �.You can free download Tor 0.2.4.21 / 0.2.5.1 from Softpedia now.