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-ANNOUNCING Bitmask, the Internet Encryption Toolkit, release 0.6.1
+ANNOUNCING Bitmask, the Internet Encryption Toolkit, release 0.7.0
The LEAP team is pleased to announce the immediate availability of
version 0.6.1 of Bitmask, the Internet Encryption Toolkit, codename
-"knock knock knocking on beta's door".
+"one time download, all time updates".
https://downloads.leap.se/client/
@@ -17,15 +17,6 @@ The Encrypted Internet Proxy provides circumvention, location
anonymization, and traffic encryption in a hassle-free, automatically
self-configuring fashion.
-WARNING (LINUX ONLY): If you ever run into the situation where you
-cannot access internet, open the terminal and run the following
-command:
-
-$ pkexec /usr/local/sbin/bitmask-root firewall stop
-
-If for some reason that doesn't work, you will need to reboot your
-computer.
-
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
@@ -43,17 +34,15 @@ NOT trust your life to it.
WHAT CAN THIS VERSION OF BITMASK DO FOR ME?
-Bitmask 0.6.1 is the new stable version of the client after the big
-refactor, with a little face lift of the UI while we were at
-it. Encrypted Email is still not stable though, so don't use it for
-high security. Encrypted Internet is the first service we are calling
-stable, although its security level is just a bit higher than plain
-OpenSSL, so use accordingly. You can refer to the CHANGELOG for the
-meat.
+Bitmask 0.7.0 brings with tremendous joy automatic and secure updates
+through The Update Framework. Right beside TUF there are some bug
+fixes and a new settings panel.
-Encrypted Internet on Linux now helps you don't shoot yourself in the
-foot by leaking traffic outside of the secure connection it
-establishes. This will be added to other platforms in the future.
+You can read more about TUF in http://theupdateframework.com/
+
+Encrypted Internet on Linux avoids leaking traffic outside of the
+secure connection it establishes. This will be added to other
+platforms in the future.
The Encrypted Mail services will run local SMTP and IMAP proxies that,
once you configure the mail client of your choice, will automatically
@@ -89,8 +78,8 @@ repository to your apt sources:
deb http://deb.leap.se/debian wheezy main
-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 want to make packages available for any
+other system.
BUGS
@@ -98,6 +87,16 @@ 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.
+
+LINUX ONLY: If you ever run into the situation where you cannot
+access internet, open the terminal and run the following command:
+
+$ pkexec /usr/local/sbin/bitmask-root firewall stop
+
+If for some reason that doesn't work, you will need to reboot your
+computer.
+
+
HACKING
You can find us in the #leap channel on the freenode network.
@@ -108,6 +107,6 @@ beyond any border.
The LEAP team,
-August 15, 2014
+Setptember 26, 2014
Somewhere in the middle of the intertubes.
EOF