A new hardened Tor Browser release is available. It can be found in the 7.0a1-hardened distribution directory and on the download page for hardened builds.
This release features important security updates to Firefox.
Tor Browser 7.0a1-hardened is the first hardened alpha in the 7.0 series. Apart from the usual Firefox update (to 45.7.0 ESR) it contains the first alpha in the tor 0.3.0 series (0.3.0.1-alpha) and an updated HTTPS-Everywhere (5.2.9) + NoScript (2.9.5.3).
Tor Browser 7.0a1-hardened is the first hardened alpha allowing Linux users to test Snowflake, a new WebRTC-based pluggable transport.
The full changelog since 6.5a6-hardened is:
- All Platforms
- Update Firefox to 45.7.0esr
- Tor to 0.3.0.2-alpha
- Update Torbutton to 1.9.7
- Update HTTPS-Everywhere to 5.2.9
- Update NoScript to 2.9.5.3
- Bug 20471: Allow javascript: links from HTTPS first party pages
- Bug 20651: DuckDuckGo does not work with JavaScript disabled
- Bug 20589: Add new MAR signing key
- Bug 20735: Add snowflake pluggable transport to alpha Linux builds
- Build system
- All platforms
- Bug 20927: Upgrade Go to 1.7.4
- All platforms