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diff --git a/relnotes.txt b/relnotes.txt index 349b430c..19cfb879 100644 --- a/relnotes.txt +++ b/relnotes.txt @@ -1,101 +1,104 @@ -ANNOUNCING Bitmask, the internet encryption toolkit, release 0.3.2 +ANNOUNCING Bitmask, the internet encryption toolkit, release 0.3.3 The LEAP team is pleased to announce the immediate availability of -version 0.3.2 of Bitmask, the Internet Encryption Toolkit. +version 0.3.3 of Bitmask, the Internet Encryption Toolkit, codename +"the calm after the tempest". https://downloads.leap.se/client/ -LEAP (LEAP Encryption Access Project) develops a plan to secure -everyday communication, breaking down into discrete services. +LEAP (LEAP Encryption Access Project) develops a plan to secure everyday +communication, breaking down into discrete services. -Bitmask is the desktop client to connect to the services offered -by the LEAP Platform. In the current phase the supported services are -Encrypted Internet Proxy and Encrypted Mail. +Bitmask is the desktop client to connect to the services offered by the +LEAP Platform. In the current phase the supported services are Encrypted +Internet Proxy and Encrypted Mail. -The Encrypted Internet Proxy provides circumvention, location anonymization, -and traffic encryption in a hassle-free, automatically self-configuring -fashion. +The Encrypted Internet Proxy provides circumvention, location +anonymization, and traffic encryption in a hassle-free, automatically +self-configuring fashion. -Encrypted Mail offers automatic encryption and decryption for both outgoing -and incoming email, adding public key cryptography to your mail without you -ever having to worry about key distribution or signature verification. +Encrypted Mail offers automatic encryption and decryption for both +outgoing and incoming email, adding public key cryptography to your mail +without you ever having to worry about key distribution or signature +verification. -You can read about this and many other cool things in the user manual and the -developer notes, which can be found online at: +You can read about this and many other cool things in the user manual +and the developer notes, which can be found online at: http://bitmask.rtfd.org/ -WARNING: This is still part of a beta release of our software, a lot of testing and -auditing is still needed, so indeed use it, and feed us back, fork it and contribute -to its development, but by any means DO NOT trust your life to it (yet!). +WARNING: This is still part of a beta release of our software, a lot of +testing and auditing is still needed, so indeed use it, and feed us back, +fork it and contribute to its development, but by any means DO NOT trust +your life to it (yet!). WHAT CAN THIS VERSION OF BITMASK DO FOR ME? -Bitmask 0.3.2 is mostly a bugfix release, with some minor improvements. Mail -service is a bit more polished, and we are slowly making our potential packagers -happy. Refer to the CHANGELOG for the funny details. +Bitmask 0.3.3 is mostly a bugfix release, with some minor improvements. +On this release, we have fixed many UI bugs, and have undergone internal +reorganizations in the code. This release also bumps the requirement +for Soledad, the encrypted data syncronization engine behind Bitmask, +which has experienced a backward-incompatible change. You can refer to +the CHANGELOG for the meat. -You can connect to the Encrypted Internet Proxy service offered by a provider of -your choice, and enjoy a encrypted internet connection that the spying eyes can only -track back to your provider. +As always, you can connect to the Encrypted Internet Proxy service offered +by a provider of your choice, and enjoy a encrypted internet connection +that the spying eyes can only track back to your provider. -The Encrypted Mail services will run local SMTP and IMAP proxies that, once you -configure the mail client of your choice, will automatically encrypt and decrypt -your email using GPG encryption under the hood. +The Encrypted Mail services will run local SMTP and IMAP proxies that, +once you configure the mail client of your choice, will automatically +encrypt and decrypt your email using GPG encryption under the hood. -The first run wizard will help you registering an user with your selected -provider, downloading all the config files needed to connect to the various LEAP -services. +If it is the first time you run Bitmask, the first run wizard will help +you registering an user with your selected provider, downloading all +the config files needed to connect to the various LEAP services. LICENSE -You may use Bitmask under the GNU General Public License, -version 3 or, at your option, any later version. See the file -"COPYING.GPL" for the terms of the GNU General Public -License, version 3. +You may use Bitmask under the GNU General Public License, version 3 or, +at your option, any later version. See the file "LICENSE" for the terms +of the GNU General Public License, version 3. -In addition, as a special exception, the copyright holders give -permission to link the code of portions of this program with the -OpenSSL library under certain conditions as described in each -individual source file, and distribute linked combinations -including the two. +In addition, as a special exception, the copyright holders give permission +to link the code of portions of this program with the OpenSSL library +under certain conditions as described in each individual source file, +and distribute linked combinations including the two. INSTALLATION -We distribute the current version of Bitmask as standalone bundles -for GNU/Linux and OSX, but it is likely that you are able to run it under -other systems, specially if you are skillful and patience is one of your -virtues. +We distribute the current version of Bitmask as standalone bundles for +GNU/Linux and OSX, but it is likely that you are able to run it under +other systems, specially if you are skillful and patience is one of +your virtues. Have a look at "docs/user/install.rst". -Packages will be soon provided for debian and ubuntu, and the release of -windows bundles will be resumed shortly. +Packages will be soon provided for debian and ubuntu, and the release +of windows bundles will be resumed shortly. -We will love to hear if you are interested in help making packages available for -any other system. +We will love to hear if you are interested in help making packages +available for any other system. BUGS -You can send the bugs our way by pointing your telnet session to port 443 on -https://leap.se/code. We will do our best to make them follow our -intensive bug-reeducation program. +You can send the bugs our way by pointing your telnet session to port +443 on https://leap.se/code. We will do our best to make them follow +our intensive bug-reeducation program. HACKING You can find us in the #leap-dev channel on the freenode network. -If you are lucky enough, you can also spot us drinking mate, sleepless in -night trains, rooftops, rainforests, lonely islands and, always, beyond -any border. +If you are lucky enough, you can also spot us drinking mate, sleepless +in night trains, rooftops, rainforests, lonely islands and, always, +beyond any border. The LEAP team, -Sep 06, 2013 -Somewhere in the middle of the intertubes. +Sep 20, 2013 Somewhere in the middle of the intertubes. |