After so many months of development, the new Tor 0.2.9 stable series of the free and open-source software that prevents people and organizations from learning your Internet browsing habits or current location is finally here. As expected, it’s a major release that includes lots of goodies, starting with support for a new shared- randomness protocol that promises to lay the groundwork for next-gen hidden services, which will be used on all current and future Tor anonymous networks. The list of new features included in Tor 0.2.9.8, which is the first stable release of the Tor 0.2.9 series, continues with support for OpenSSL 1.0.1 and libevent 2.0.10 libraries, or later versions. Previous builds of those libs are no longer supported and in no way recommended when building Tor. In the same manner, clients, relays, and authorities now require ntor keys in all descriptors for all circuits, hops, as well as other roles.