From d5eb66a29c75e506e35437c6957b8775c78a9909 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Kali Kaneko Date: Fri, 20 Sep 2013 17:08:10 -0400 Subject: reflowed and aligned. Don't worry, I have put together a script to make this. --- relnotes.txt | 105 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------------------------------ 1 file changed, 51 insertions(+), 54 deletions(-) (limited to 'relnotes.txt') diff --git a/relnotes.txt b/relnotes.txt index 19cfb879..30f26f9c 100644 --- a/relnotes.txt +++ b/relnotes.txt @@ -1,104 +1,101 @@ ANNOUNCING Bitmask, the internet encryption toolkit, release 0.3.3 -The LEAP team is pleased to announce the immediate availability of -version 0.3.3 of Bitmask, the Internet Encryption Toolkit, codename +The LEAP team is pleased to announce the immediate availability of +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 +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 +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 0.3.3 is mostly a bugfix release, with some minor improvements. +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. +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. -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. +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 +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. -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 +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 "LICENSE" for the terms +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 +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 +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, +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 20, 2013 Somewhere in the middle of the intertubes. +Sep 20, 2013 +Somewhere in the middle of the intertubes. +EOF -- cgit v1.2.3