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+- @title = 'LEAP Platform release 0.5.0'
+- @author = 'Micah'
+- @posted_at = '2014-04-21'
+- @more = true
+- @preview = capture_haml do
+  We are happy to announce that the 0.5.0 version of the Leap Platform has been released! There have been a staggering number of improvements since the last release that touch a lot of areas. I'll give you a higher level summary of the changes here.
+
+%p We are happy to announce that the 0.5.0 version of the Leap Platform has been released! There have been a staggering number of improvements since the last release that touch a lot of areas. I'll give you a higher level summary of the changes here.
+
+%p There is a signed 0.5.0 tag in the platform git repository, which you can find here: https://leap.se/git/leap_platform
+
+%p Without further ado, here is what is included:
+
+%h2 Monitoring
+
+%p With this release a new monitoring service was added, including the ability to monitor multiple environments with one monitor node. Many logging improvements go along with this feature, like improvements in rotation, making more daemons write to standardized syslog locations.
+
+%h2 TLS fun
+
+%p Many improvements related to TLS were rolled out. For mail we now require TLS between satellite servers and the relayhost, and leap mx, we've also improved overall opportunistic TLS configurations.
+
+%p For the web configurations, the https TLS configurations were modified to take advantage of TLS1.2 features, enhancements to help protect against BREACH and CRIME attacks, and cipher preferences adjusted to prefer PFS, and best-practices strongest cipher selections.
+
+%p Thanks to heartbleed, we got to test rolling certs and keys in the platform. We are pleased that it went so easily. We simply had to remove the existing ones, ask leap cli to generate new ones, plop in the commercial cert/keys and deploy. Everything was then put where it should be and restarted. With the exception of soledad-server, which was fixed.
+
+%h2 Whitebox tests
+
+%p Whitebox tests were added, now you can run 'leap test' in your provider and various critical tests will be run to determine the overall health of your provider. In particular these tests are performed right now: connectivity, checking that correct daemons are running, checking cluster health, and membership, checking for required ACL users and required databases.
+
+%h2 Bigcouch
+
+%p  There were many Bigcouch scaling improvements dealing with exhausting inodes and body to large issues, and cluster settling before deployment of design documents, databases and users, as well as automatic shard compaction. We also ship some couch scripts that help us with debugging and backups.
+
+%p We added deployment of new design documents for soledad, and for the new shared database and more robust handling of design document deployment We also migrated u2db metadata to a better structure that allowed for atomic operations and elimination of potential cases of inconsistency
+
+%h2 Webapp
+
+%p Functionality was added to allow for a customized webapp git repository, and we now anonymize webapp ips (ipv4 only) by default (in addition to ips in system logs, which cover most cases)
+
+%h2 Leap CLI
+
+%p The leap CLI was also improved to fix various corner case bugs, some notable improvements: invalid hostname detection; making sure the ssh key is available in the agent; adding a --no-color flag so log files are not colorized; add a --no-deploy feature; added a 'plain' node, which has no services deployed to it.
+
+%h2 Tapicero
+
+%p New tapicero was also deployed with enhancements and fixes to deal better when failing to create databases, and avoiding bigcouch conflicts, adding a flag to re-run for all known users, and a flag to overwrite the _security document.
+
+%h2 Miscellaneous
+
+%p Mail for admins is now properly routed to the address configured in provider.json. We also updated the default nameservers to account for changes in upstream availability. Make sure nodes have proper time synchronization setup and configured, even when nodes are snapshot nodes that have been off for a long time. Improvements in code restructuring to help eliminate some redundancy in setting things up, tearing them down and then setting them up again in between initial run stages
+
+%p We make sure that sensitive components are downloaded over encrypted protocols, such as ruby gems and vagrant baseboxes, we also made sure that bigcouch admin processes were only listening on localhost.
+
+%p Finally, the latest versions of leap-mx, soledad, keymanager, the webapp and the associated libraries will also be updated when deploying this release.
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 - @title = "Repository Key Refresh"
-- @author = 'elijah'
+- @author = 'Elijah'
 - @posted_at = "2014-01-14"
 - @more = true
 - @preview = "We screwed up and let our debian repository key expire. The responsible parties have been punished (no more free back rubs). You have three options to fix it..."
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-%p <b><a href="https://www.calyxinstitute.org/">Calyx Institute</a></b> is a research, education and legal support group devoted to researching and implementing privacy technology and tools to promote free speech, free expression, civic engagement and privacy rights on the Internet. Calyx plans to be an early adopter of the #{link 'LEAP platform' => 'platform'}.
-
-%p <b><a href="http://f2c.rfa.org/">Freedom2Connect</a></b> program is designed to ensure secure communication tools exist for millions of individuals whose online interactions are being monitored or obstructed by repressive governments. Through support of research, development, and implementation of globally-accessible secure communications, freedom2connect champions the goals of Article 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
-
-%p <b><a href="http://giip.org">Global Information Internship Program</a></b> (GIIP) is an educational and service-learning program at the University of California, Santa Cruz. GIIP is creating a new generation of “info-savvy” advocates who use information technology to promote civic participation and social justice. Since 1998, hundreds of GIIP undergraduate student interns have worked to democratize globalization, support world peace, raise environmental awareness, and promote gender equity by upgrading the informational capacity of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and community groups around the world. GIIP will work with LEAP to conduct usability studies of LEAP software in various contexts around the world.
-
-%p <b><a href="https://riseup.net">Riseup Networks</a></b> is major provider of email, chat, and lists for thousands of activist organizations around the world. Riseup plans to be an early adopter of the #{link 'LEAP platform' => 'platform'}.
-
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+@title = 'Partners'
+
+## Development partners
+
+<b><a href="http://thoughtworks.com/">ThoughtWorks</a></b> is a privately owned global software delivery and products company with 2500 employees. ThoughtWorks has hired a team to work on various free software projects related to email security, including [Mailpile](http://mailpile.is) and LEAP.
+
+## Financial sponsors
+
+<b><a href="https://www.opentechfund.org/">Open Technology Fund</a></b> is designed to ensure secure communication tools exist for millions of individuals whose online interactions are being monitored or obstructed by repressive governments. Through support of research, development, and implementation of globally-accessible secure communications, Open Technology Fund champions the goals of Article 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
+
+<b><a href="http://www.hivos.org/">Hivos International</a></b> international development organisation guided by humanist values. Together with local civil society organisations in developing countries, Hivos wants to contribute to a free, fair and sustainable world. A world in which all citizens – both women and men – have equal access to opportunities and resources for development and can participate actively and equally in decision-making processes that determine their lives, their society and their future.
+
+<b><a href="http://wgf.org/">Wallace Global Fund</a></b> is guided by the vision of the late Henry A. Wallace, former Secretary of Agriculture and Vice-President under Franklin D. Roosevelt. Committed to serving the general welfare, his life exemplified farsightedness, global vision, and receptivity to new ideas. He was keenly interested in scientific innovation as a force to enhance human well-being and had an abiding faith in the individual's spirit and capacity to bring about sound and just social change
+
+<b><a href="https://pressfreedomfoundation.org/">Press Freedom Foundation</a></b> is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization dedicated to helping support and defend public-interest journalism focused on exposing mismanagement, corruption, and law-breaking in government. We accept tax-deductible donations to a variety of journalism organizations that push for transparency and accountability, and we work to preserve and strengthen the rights guaranteed to the press under the First Amendment.
+
+<b><a href="https://developers.google.com/open-source/soc/">Google Summer of Code</a></b> is a global program that offers post-secondary student developers ages 18 and older stipends to write code for various open source software projects. We have worked with open source, free software, and technology-related groups to identify and fund projects over a three month period. Since its inception in 2005, the program has brought together over 7,500 successful student participants and over 7,000 mentors from over 100 countries worldwide to produce over 50 million lines of code.
+
+<b><a href="https://www.accessnow.org/">Access</a></b> defends and extends the digital rights of users at risk around the world. By combining innovative policy, user engagement, and direct technical support, we fight for open and secure communications for all.
+
+## Early adopters of the LEAP Platform
+
+<b><a href="https://www.calyxinstitute.org/">Calyx Institute</a></b> is a research, education and legal support group devoted to researching and implementing privacy technology and tools to promote free speech, free expression, civic engagement and privacy rights on the Internet. Calyx plans to be an early adopter of the #{link 'LEAP platform' => 'platform'}.
+
+<b><a href="https://riseup.net">Riseup Networks</a></b> is major provider of email, chat, and lists for thousands of activist organizations around the world. Riseup plans to be an early adopter of the #{link 'LEAP platform' => 'platform'}.
+
+<b><a href="https://oblivia.vc/">Oblivia</a></b> is a new service provider starting up in Brazil.