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-ANNOUNCING Bitmask, the Internet Encryption Toolkit, release 0.7.0.
+ANNOUNCING Bitmask, the Internet Encryption Toolkit, release 0.8.0.
-The LEAP team is pleased to announce the immediate availability of
-version 0.7.0 of Bitmask, the Internet Encryption Toolkit, codename
-"One window to rule them all, and in the darkness bind them."
+The LEAP team is pleased to announce the immediate availability of version
+0.8.0 of Bitmask, the Internet Encryption Toolkit, codename "Charlie and the
+code refactory"
-https://downloads.leap.se/client/
+This release focused on fixing bugs, particularly with the UI, and refactoring
+much of the core backend code for the client. There are no new features in this
+version.
-LEAP (LEAP Encryption Access Project) develops a plan to secure
-everyday communication, breaking down into discrete services.
+Currently, Bitmask desktop client only support Debian and Ubuntu Linux. Support
+for Mac, Windows, and other Linux distributions is coming.
-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.
+Upgrading:
-The Encrypted Internet Proxy provides circumvention, location
-anonymization, and traffic encryption in a hassle-free, automatically
-self-configuring fashion.
+* From bundle: if you are running bundle version 0.7 or new then Bitmask should
+ update automatically.
-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.
+* From package: if you have added deb.bitmask.net to your sources.list, then
+ Bitmask should update automatically (make sure it is not commented out).
-You can read about this and many other cool things in the user manual
-and the developer notes, which can be found online at:
-
-https://leap.se/en/docs/client
-
-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.
-
-WHAT CAN THIS VERSION OF BITMASK DO FOR ME?
-
-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.
-
-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
-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 the config files needed to connect to the various LEAP services.
+If you have a bundle version older than 0.7, please reinstall Bitmask.
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 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.
-
-INSTALLATION
-
-We distribute the current version of Bitmask as standalone bundles for
-GNU/Linux, OSX and Windows, 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 are also provided for debian and ubuntu, add the leap
-repository to your apt sources:
-
-deb http://deb.leap.se/debian wheezy main
-
-We will love to hear if you want to make 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.
-
-
-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
+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.
-If for some reason that doesn't work, you will need to reboot your
-computer.
+USAGE
+See https://bitmask.net/help
HACKING
-You can find us in the #leap channel on the freenode network.
+See https://leap.se/en/docs/get-involved for tips on contacting the developers,
+getting start hacking on Bitmask, and reporting bugs.
-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,
-December 12, 2014
+February 4, 2015
Somewhere in the middle of the intertubes.
EOF