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What's new in Tor 0.2.9.8?

by rahiel on 12/19/16, 9:18 PM with 3 comments

  • by wodencafe on 12/19/16, 10:10 PM

    Looks like it's 3 main things:

    * Each directory authority generating a random hash at midnight, a "global random value", no info on how this will be used yet.

    * "Single" Onion services, dropping the anonymity requirement on specifically configured Onion Services to improve bandwidth (Possibly motivated by Facebook?)

    * Dropping the TAPS handshake in favor of NTOR handshake.