Sunday, May 11, 2014

Tails OS, navigation internet incognito used by Edward Snowden, employee of CIA & NSA.


Tails (Operating System)
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Tails
Tails logo
Tails OS
OS family Unix-like
Working state Active
Initial release June 23, 2009; 4 years ago
Latest release 1.0[1] / 29 April 2014; 9 days ago
Supported platforms x86
Kernel type Monolithic (Linux)
Default user interface GNOME 2
License GPLv3+[2]
Preceded by Incognito LiveCD
Official website tails.boum.org
Tails or The Amnesic Incognito Live System is a security-focused Debian-based Linux distribution aimed at preserving privacy and anonymity.[3] It is the next iteration of development on the previous Gentoo-based Incognito Linux distribution.[4] All its outgoing connections are forced to go through Tor,[5] and direct (non-anonymous) connections are blocked. The system is designed to be booted as a live DVD or live USB, and will leave no trace (digital footprint) on the machine unless explicitly told to do so. The Tor Project has provided most of the financial support for development.[6] Laura Poitras, Glenn Greenwald, and Barton Gellman have each said that Tails was an important tool they used in their work with Edward Snowden.[7][8][9]

Bundled software

Networking

Stream isolation
Regular and obfsproxy bridges support
The Vidalia graphical frontend
TorBrowser patches
Torbutton for anonymity and protection against JavaScript
HTTPS Everywhere a Firefox extension which transparently enables SSL-encrypted connections to a great number of major websites
All cookies are treated as session cookies by default; the CS Lite extension provides more fine-grained cookie control for those who need it

Encryption and privacy

One may choose at boot time among a large number of languages.

Timeline

Version Release date Notes
0.7 Thursday 7 April 2011 N/A
0.7.1 Saturday 30 April 2011 N/A
0.7.2 Monday 13 June 2011 N/A
0.8 Wednesday 21 September 2011 N/A
0.8.1 Sunday 16 October 2011 N/A
0.9 Friday 11 November 2011 N/A
0.10 Wednesday 4 January 2012 N/A
0.10.1 Monday 30 January 2012 N/A
0.10.2 Monday 5 March 2012 N/A
0.11 Wednesday 25 April 2012 N/A
0.12 Wednesday 13 June 2012 N/A
0.12.1 Wednesday 6 July 2012 N/A
0.13 Monday 17 Sept 2012 N/A
0.14 Tuesday 13 Nov 2012 N/A
0.15 Thursday 28 Nov 2012 N/A
0.16 Saturday 12 Jan 2013 N/A
0.17 Saturday 25 Feb 2013 N/A
0.17.1 Saturday 23 Mar 2013 N/A
0.17.2 Tuesday 9 Apr 2013 N/A
0.18 Saturday 18 May 2013 N/A
0.19 Wednesday 26 June 2013 N/A
0.20 Friday 9 August 2013 N/A
0.20.1 Thursday 19 September 2013 N/A
0.21 Thursday 29 October 2013 N/A
0.22 Thursday 11 December 2013 N/A
0.22.1 Tuesday 4 February 2014 N/A
0.23 Wednesday 19 March 2014 N/A
1.0[1] Wednesday 29 April 2014 N/A
1.1 June 2014 Will be based on Debian 7 (Wheezy) and will bring many new versions of the software included in Tails.[1]
2.0 TBA Will focus on sustainability and maintainability. Most of the work put into this release will aim at reducing the workload of creating new versions of Tails through infrastructure improvements and automated testing. The developers' objective is to be able to release same-day security updates.[1]
3.0 TBA Will focus on changes in the internals of Tails to make it more secure. That includes sandboxing critical applications and software hardening.[1]
Old version
Older version, still supported
Latest version
Future release

See also

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