Tails 2.7 Anonymous Live CD Ships with Let's Encrypt Certificates, Tor 0.2.8.9 | Linux Today

Tails 2.7 Anonymous Live CD Ships with Let’s Encrypt Certificates, Tor 0.2.8.9

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Marius Nestor
Nov 15, 2016

Tails 2.7 has been in development for the past one and a half months, during which it received numerous security fixes and updated components. However, the most important change implemented in this version is support for Let’s Encrypt SSL certificates. As for the updated components and applications included in today’s Tails 2.7 release, we can mention the latest stable Tor 0.2.8.9 anonymity network and Tor Browser 6.0.6 web browser for surfing the Internet via the Tor network, as wel as the Icedove 45.4.0 email and news client.

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Marius Nestor

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