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-ANNOUNCING Bitmask, the Internet Encryption Toolkit, release 0.5.0
+ANNOUNCING Bitmask, the Internet Encryption Toolkit, release 0.5.1
The LEAP team is pleased to announce the immediate availability of
-version 0.5.0 of Bitmask, the Internet Encryption Toolkit, codename
-"Long time no see".
+version 0.5.1 of Bitmask, the Internet Encryption Toolkit, codename
+"lil less leaky".
https://downloads.leap.se/client/
@@ -17,6 +17,15 @@ 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/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
@@ -34,7 +43,7 @@ NOT trust your life to it.
WHAT CAN THIS VERSION OF BITMASK DO FOR ME?
-Bitmask 0.5.0 improves greatly its mail support and stability in
+Bitmask 0.5.1 improves greatly its mail support and stability in
general, among other various bug fixes. You can refer to the CHANGELOG
for the meat.
@@ -42,6 +51,10 @@ 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.
+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.
+
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.
@@ -95,6 +108,6 @@ beyond any border.
The LEAP team,
-Apr 4, 2014
+May 16, 2014
Somewhere in the middle of the intertubes.
EOF