-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA512 Hi everyone,
Whonix ALPHA 0.4.5 is now out. Whonix (called TorBOX or aos in past) is an anonymous general purpose operating system based on Virtual Box, Debian GNU/Linux and Tor. By Whonix design, IP and DNS leaks are impossible. Not even malware with root rights can find out the user's real IP/location. This is because Whonix consists of two (virtual) machines. One machine solely runs Tor and acts as a gateway, which we call Whonix-Gateway. The other machine, which we call Whonix-Workstation, is on a completely isolated network. Only connections through Tor are possible. This is only a very brief introduction. See Security [1] for a more comprehensive description, security features and threat model. Whonix is produced independently from the Tor (r) anonymity software and carries no guarantee from The Tor Project about quality, suitability or anything else. Screenshots: https://sourceforge.net/p/whonix/wiki/Screenshots/ Highlights: Applications: Can torify almost any application safely. [13] [14] Bridges: (Private) (obfuscated) bridges can be used the same way they could be used with vanilla Tor. [12] VPN/Tunnel Support: combining Whonix with VPNs, proxies or ssh in any combination is possible. [11] Hidden Service Support: You can provide any kind of hidden service with a greatly reduced risk for IP leaks. [10] Windows Support: Whonix-Gateway can also torify Microsoft Windows or any other operating system. [9] Flash Support: Although recommend against Flash, people point Mozilla Firefox, Flash and socksifier at their feet and pull the trigger. Whonix is currently the safest method to use Adobe Flash. [15] Homepage with documentation: https://sourceforge.net/p/whonix/wiki/Home/ Or a shorter homepage url: http://whonix.sf.net Call for help: Please test and leave feedback. Since I am currently the only person developing Whonix, I could need some help. General content anonymity caution note: Whonix uses the best of both worlds, the Isolating Proxy concept [2] and the Transparent Proxy concept. At the moment there are no known anonymity leaks or proxy bypass problems. The principal design is less vulnerable for any kind of leaks. At time of writing (October 2012) I have been working on the theoretical concept and practical implementation for 9 months, the basics have been developed by (at least) three people, adrelanos, smarm and anonymous. [1] [2] Although Whonix has been developed with greatest care, a negative, being leak free or being free form mistakes in the extended project description [1], can not be proven. This is Whonix's first release announcement. I hope skilled people look into the concept and implementation and fail to find anonymity related bugs. Download link: Virtual Machine images for Virtual Box (.ova) can be downloaded from sourceforge. https://sourceforge.net/p/whonix/wiki/Download/ Changelog: https://sourceforge.net/p/whonix/wiki/Changelog/ The GnuPG signature that signed this email is also the same key that signs the Whonix sha512 hash files. You can find my gpg key here. [5] [6] [7] [8] Thanks: Thanks to the many people who either directly or indirectly contributed to this project. Thanks to the Free Software community, the people who write papers and documentation, the Tor developers, the Tails developers, the Virtual Box developers, upstream developers, Debian/Ubuntu GNU/Linux developers, Whonix contributors, testers, people active on mailing lists and so on. Without them, Whonix wouldn't be possible! Footnotes: [1] https://sourceforge.net/p/whonix/wiki/Security/ [2] https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/wiki/doc/TorifyHOWTO/IsolatingProxy [3] https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/wiki/doc/TorBOX?action=history [4] https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/wiki/doc/TorBOX?version=1 [5] https://github.com/adrelanos/Whonix [6] http://whonix.sourceforge.net/adrelanos [7] http://su6ephfi7dtxnbtb.onion/ [8] https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/wiki/doc/proper [9] https://sourceforge.net/p/whonix/wiki/OtherOperatingSystems/ [10] https://sourceforge.net/p/whonix/wiki/OptionalConfigurations/#hosting-hidden-services [11] https://sourceforge.net/p/whonix/wiki/OptionalConfigurations/#vpn-tunnel-support [12] https://sourceforge.net/p/whonix/wiki/OptionalConfigurations/#using-private-obfuscated-bridges [13] https://sourceforge.net/p/whonix/wiki/Security/#whonixs-protocol-leak-protection-and-fingerprinting-protection [14] http://sourceforge.net/p/whonix/wiki/Applications/#identity-correlation-through-circuit-sharing [15] https://sourceforge.net/p/whonix/wiki/Applications/#browser-plugins Cheers, adrelanos -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQIcBAEBCgAGBQJQdH8IAAoJEJwTGtNxOq7v6ioQAKX19fc/6g6lKkHgLZ9vG3yT mgUvol1L4S8EhkjsEsBIvfU8KziHgjO0bGXme6LGwzZ4HZWCYszx9x2yTfl9gg4d W4lm89euE6i1SDHwgmACb7+JmpP7LirGv9zw2Kc0wMl0CQMw5AZildXq/igHDYLT SqcNfbjDEXn2HGTf4m5zousyJVRk8gRGeefR2pl+kV1kz3K2gQhOo8k1fVSCfDvP UBOcg0fUOOWdb+lHLglqhlTXlXMZP7kfO9vOCaf8Od+kw/+1pExBcVRJLzmXig+6 mVn0dyyxhibQvE77eY8fReOL+ZltoEQ4U1z8kUVgCbi5PtrBVDwgwfHuFu8S2m1E hENJrdG+onohC7hr8newp8fsNxD+OintsKfcMuc3SvqtF2UR3mreekosXXgxYTPe ut4oiKbDQ0xt+doo3QxeMueObyY9R+bVS8sxcSsq4H2JGYR/9V2xepk3dtwe4TyI e3O8Dg+7KRPO826evV8/qrax4LpGWRuXLrdiDFiQfq0Wep/YMIBd+bSS3BQwvAdR Ge33215xv3gZe/RJPPRkWJXngAF43UOmUFYmwcgjCUUO12c8s4IeLOuQr9NRoinZ nu1YinxJQI9KAOv8TiyUzvdvhzJqiMRzxfrlQVRrUf1Nn3DOyImeOVNIIjJGZEi4 2Z5W4f3B+fHvOXkNfIAo =b2kt -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ tor-talk mailing list tor-talk@lists.torproject.org https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-talk
