Whonix

Its been a while since the latest release of Whonix. Was a busy and effective development time. The name of this testers-only version is: whonix-97adretemp. This release isn't perfect yet, but it needs your feedback! Not everything has been ... [More] documented already. However, I haven't found any anonymity related bugs. There are minor annoyances and minor missing things, such as desktop icons. Regular users easily annoyed by bugs are advised to stick with Whonix 0.5.6 until a new stable version of Whonix gets released. Actually we could have released new versions much more early, but since there is no release manager, it took a while. Download links: http://sourceforge.net/projects/whonix/files/testers-only/whonix-97adretemp/Whonix-Gateway.ova/download http://sourceforge.net/projects/whonix/files/testers-only/whonix-97adretemp/Whonix-Workstation.ova.asc/download OpenPGP signatures: http://sourceforge.net/projects/whonix/files/testers-only/whonix-97adretemp/Whonix-Gateway.ova.asc/download http://sourceforge.net/projects/whonix/files/testers-only/whonix-97adretemp/Whonix-Workstation.ova.asc/download Documentation, which will be released when this test version becomes the stable version, is here: https://sourceforge.net/p/whonix/wiki/Next/ Highlights: higher console resolution 1024x768 (without X) The current Tor Browser Bundle (TBB) Alpha, which will soon become the new TBB stable, will work out of the box in Whonix, even if you download and install it manually from torproject.org. This is useful for the case, that the Whonix Tor Browser updater breaks again, because torproject.org changed something. Tor over Tor will be prevented. Graphical Whonix-Gateway. Optional. If you reduce Whonix-Gateway RAM below 500 MB (this and every other aspect of this feature can be configured), lets say to 128 MB, you automagically end up with the usual non-graphical Whonix-Gateway. Whonix has now an updater. I can not promise, that you never have to download a new image, when next stable version of Whonix gets released, but we are on that way. Interested testers may have to download a new (test-)image from time to time, since we also need to test the out of the box user experience. First Time Connection Wizard: Whonix now comes with Tor disabled by default and you have to run the Whonix First Time Connection Wizard, called whonixsetup. You will get a notice, to do so. This is useful for users who never want to connect to the public Tor network, because they want to hide the fact, that they are using Tor. This kind of users can now more easily set up (private) (obfuscated) bridges before ever trying to connect to the Tor network. Fixed uwt. To do certain tasks such as installing the Adobe Flash plugin or running update-command-not-found you no longer need to "chmod -x /usr/local/bin/curl". Manpages for scripts, which come with Whonix. /etc/whonix.d/ and /etc/whonix_firewall.d/ .d style configuration folders. Deactivate the kgpg tray icon by default (#10), not perfect, but less confusing, since it will now hopefully start in foreground Boot Clock Randomization Time Sanity Check torbrowser: Downloading Tor Browser and signature from http://idnxcnkne4qt76tg.onion/dist/torbrowser/linux instead from https://www.torproject.org/dist/torbrowser for better security when run inside Whonix. (Not sure if we can keep this, due to upstream weaknesses with hidden services scaling.) optional Time Privacy wrapper enable "apparmor=1 security=apparmor" by default (but didn't enable enforce mode or added any useful profiles) moved blog to wordpress.com, better than sourceforge, because wordpress.com supports SSL, closed #23 For other changes I may have forgotten, there is a giant changelog: https://whonix.org/wiki/index.php/ChangelogNEXT [Less]

Its been a while since the latest release of Whonix. Was a busy and effective development time. The name of this testers-only version is: whonix-97adretemp. This release isn't perfect yet, but it needs your feedback! Not everything has been ... [More] documented already. However, I haven't found any anonymity related bugs. There are minor annoyances and minor missing things, such as desktop icons. Regular users easily annoyed by bugs are advised to stick with Whonix 0.5.6 until a new stable version of Whonix gets released. Actually we could have released new versions much more early, but since there is no release manager, it took a while. Download links: http://sourceforge.net/projects/whonix/files/testers-only/whonix-97adretemp/Whonix-Gateway.ova/download http://sourceforge.net/projects/whonix/files/testers-only/whonix-97adretemp/Whonix-Workstation.ova.asc/download OpenPGP signatures: http://sourceforge.net/projects/whonix/files/testers-only/whonix-97adretemp/Whonix-Gateway.ova.asc/download http://sourceforge.net/projects/whonix/files/testers-only/whonix-97adretemp/Whonix-Workstation.ova.asc/download Documentation, which will be released when this test version becomes the stable version, is here: https://sourceforge.net/p/whonix/wiki/Next/ Highlights: higher console resolution 1024x768 (without X) The current Tor Browser Bundle (TBB) Alpha, which will soon become the new TBB stable, will work out of the box in Whonix, even if you download and install it manually from torproject.org. This is useful for the case, that the Whonix Tor Browser updater breaks again, because torproject.org changed something. Tor over Tor will be prevented. Graphical Whonix-Gateway. Optional. If you reduce Whonix-Gateway RAM below 500 MB (this and every other aspect of this feature can be configured), lets say to 128 MB, you automagically end up with the usual non-graphical Whonix-Gateway. Whonix has now an updater. I can not promise, that you never have to download a new image, when next stable version of Whonix gets released, but we are on that way. Interested testers may have to download a new (test-)image from time to time, since we also need to test the out of the box user experience. First Time Connection Wizard: Whonix now comes with Tor disabled by default and you have to run the Whonix First Time Connection Wizard, called whonixsetup. You will get a notice, to do so. This is useful for users who never want to connect to the public Tor network, because they want to hide the fact, that they are using Tor. This kind of users can now more easily set up (private) (obfuscated) bridges before ever trying to connect to the Tor network. Fixed uwt. To do certain tasks such as installing the Adobe Flash plugin or running update-command-not-found you no longer need to "chmod -x /usr/local/bin/curl". Manpages for scripts, which come with Whonix. /etc/whonix.d/ and /etc/whonix_firewall.d/ .d style configuration folders. Deactivate the kgpg tray icon by default (#10), not perfect, but less confusing, since it will now hopefully start in foreground Boot Clock Randomization Time Sanity Check torbrowser: Downloading Tor Browser and signature from http://idnxcnkne4qt76tg.onion/dist/torbrowser/linux instead from https://www.torproject.org/dist/torbrowser for better security when run inside Whonix. (Not sure if we can keep this, due to upstream weaknesses with hidden services scaling.) optional Time Privacy wrapper enable "apparmor=1 security=apparmor" by default (but didn't enable enforce mode or added any useful profiles) moved blog to wordpress.com, better than sourceforge, because wordpress.com supports SSL, closed #23 For other changes I may have forgotten, there is a giant changelog: https://whonix.org/wiki/index.php/ChangelogNEXT [Less]

Only 1 in 22 persons (or worse) who download Whonix verify signatures using OpenPGP as recommend on the download page. Therefore, optionally we may from now start providing BitTorrent downloads. BitTorrent has several advantages and disadvantages. ... [More] The good news is, if you download the .torrent file from a HTTPS secured page, such as whonix.org (migration from sourceforge to whonix.org still in progress, there will be a news about whonix.org later), in theory, the download won't be as safe as if you used OpenPGP verification, but at least as secure as HTTPS. The disadvantage is, while you can easily download Whonix over http using the Tor Browser Bundle, hiding the fact, that you are downloading Whonix, you can not easily, anonymously download .torrent files over Tor. [1] The BitTorrent files are here: https://whonix.org/download/0.5.6-torrent/Whonix-Gateway.ova.torrent https://whonix.org/download/0.5.6-torrent/Whonix-Workstation.ova.torrent If applicable, please try to download them and report if it worked for you. If you want to contribute, please seed this files until a new version of Whonix is released. Don't worry. Http downloads from sourceforge.net will be possible as long as sourceforge provides this great service. OpenPGP signatures will remain available. [1] http://blog.torproject.org/blog/bittorrent-over-tor-isnt-good-idea [Less]

Only 1 in 22 persons (or worse) who download Whonix verify signatures using OpenPGP as recommend on the download page. Therefore, optionally we may from now start providing BitTorrent downloads. BitTorrent has several advantages and disadvantages. ... [More] The good news is, if you download the .torrent file from a HTTPS secured page, such as whonix.org (migration from sourceforge to whonix.org still in progress, there will be a news about whonix.org later), in theory, the download won't be as safe as if you used OpenPGP verification, but at least as secure as HTTPS. The disadvantage is, while you can easily download Whonix over http using the Tor Browser Bundle, hiding the fact, that you are downloading Whonix, you can not easily, anonymously download .torrent files over Tor. [1] The BitTorrent files are here: https://whonix.org/download/0.5.6-torrent/Whonix-Gateway.ova.torrent https://whonix.org/download/0.5.6-torrent/Whonix-Workstation.ova.torrent If applicable, please try to download them and report if it worked for you. If you want to contribute, please seed this files until a new version of Whonix is released. Don't worry. Http downloads from sourceforge.net will be possible as long as sourceforge provides this great service. OpenPGP signatures will remain available. [1] http://blog.torproject.org/blog/bittorrent-over-tor-isnt-good-idea [Less]

Project Homepage: Whonix The project is coded in Linux shell scripts (bash). It currently has only one person constantly adding new code and maintaining all its aspects. (Code, research, user support, documentation writing, communication with ... [More] upstream, releases.) Project goals: Becoming a mature Linux distribution. Improving all its aspects. What am I looking for: Imagine you started the project, feel responsible for all its aspects. Chances of advancement: You can become project lead developer and/or project leader. Have any idea how to improve Whonix and want to do it? Do it. You could also check the Feature/Bug tracker. And pick a task which interests you most, or ask for the most important or most suitable one for you. There are some tasks which require discussion, ideas, thoughts or only documentation, others require research or communication with upstream, some are ready to get implemented and are waiting for code. If you're interested in long term involvement in Whonix, please sign up for Whonix Developer Mailing List and say hello. For any questions in advance, you can also send a private mail: adrelanos at riseup dot net [Less]

Project Homepage: Whonix The project is coded in Linux shell scripts (bash). It currently has only one person constantly adding new code and maintaining all its aspects. (Code, research, user support, documentation writing, communication with ... [More] upstream, releases.) Project goals: Becoming a mature Linux distribution. Improving all its aspects. What am I looking for: Imagine you started the project, feel responsible for all its aspects. Chances of advancement: You can become project lead developer and/or project leader. Have any idea how to improve Whonix and want to do it? Do it. You could also check the Feature/Bug tracker. And pick a task which interests you most, or ask for the most important or most suitable one for you. There are some tasks which require discussion, ideas, thoughts or only documentation, others require research or communication with upstream, some are ready to get implemented and are waiting for code. If you're interested in long term involvement in Whonix, please sign up for Whonix Developer Mailing List and say hello. For any questions in advance, you can also send a private mail: adrelanos at riseup dot net [Less]

Now new, not written by me (adrelanos). Still useful for Whonix and might be useful for others. Therefore I made a backup and share it on github: https://github.com/adrelanos/tor-ctrl No development/maintenance on tor-ctrl planed. Please feel free to take over development/maintenance!

Now new, not written by me (adrelanos). Still useful for Whonix and might be useful for others. Therefore I made a backup and share it on github: https://github.com/adrelanos/tor-ctrl No development/maintenance on tor-ctrl planed. Please feel free to take over development/maintenance!

https://sourceforge.net/p/whonix/wiki/ControlPortFilterProxy/

https://sourceforge.net/p/whonix/wiki/ControlPortFilterProxy/