What's new in Tor-ramdisk 20140409
Apr 11, 2014
- openssl updated to 1.0.1g (addresses CVE-2014-0160, aka heartbleed bug)
- kernel updated to 3.13.8 + Gentoo's hardened-patches-3.13.8-3.extras
- all other packages are the same as the previous release
New in Tor-ramdisk 20140309 (Mar 10, 2014)
- Tor updated to 0.2.4.21
- libevent still 2.0.21
- OpenSSH still 6.1p1
- Busybox still to 1.21.1
- uclibc still to 0.9.33.2 + backported patches
- Linux kernel updated to 3.13.4 + Gentoo's hardened-patches-3.13.5-1.extras
- Added haveged 1.9.1 as entropy generator
New in Tor-ramdisk 20131230 (Jan 6, 2014)
- Tor updated to 0.2.4.20
- libevent still 2.0.21
- OpenSSH still 6.1p1
- Busybox still to 1.21.1
- uclibc still to 0.9.33.2 + backported patches
- Linux kernel updated to 3.12.6 + Gentoo's hardened-patches-3.12.4-3.extras
New in Tor-ramdisk 20131216 (Dec 21, 2013)
- Tor updated to 0.2.4.19
- libevent updated to 2.0.21
- OpenSSH still 6.1p1
- Busybox updated to 1.21.1
- uclibc updated to 0.9.33.2 + backported patches
- Linux kernel updated to 3.12.4 + Gentoo's hardened-patches-3.12.4-1.extras
New in Tor-ramdisk 20121127 (Nov 29, 2012)
- tor updated to 0.2.3.25
- libevent updated to 2.0.20
- openssh still 6.1p1
- busybox still 1.20.2
- uclibc still 0.9.33.2
- kernel updated to 3.6.7 + Gentoo's hardened-patches-3.6.7-1.extras
New in Tor-ramdisk 20120923 (Sep 27, 2012)
- tor updated to 0.2.2.39
- libevent still 2.0.19
- openssh updated to 6.1p1
- busybox still 1.20.2
- uclibc still 0.9.33.2
- kernel updated to 3.4.7 + Gentoo's hardened-patches-3.4.7-1.extras
New in Tor-ramdisk 20120622 (Jun 23, 2012)
- tor updated to 0.2.2.37
- libevent still 2.0.18
- openssh still 6.0p1
- busybox updated to 1.20.1
- uclibc still 0.9.33.2
- kernel updated to 3.4.2 + Gentoo's hardened-patches-3.4.2-2.extras
New in Tor-ramdisk 20111225 (Dec 27, 2011)
- tor updated to 0.2.2.35
- libevent updated to 2.0.16
- kernel updated to 2.6.32.50 + Gentoo's hardened-patches-2.6.32-83.extras
New in Tor-ramdisk 20111103 (Nov 3, 2011)
- tor updated to 0.2.2.34
- libevent updated to 2.0.15
- kernel updated to 2.6.32.46 + Gentoo's hardened-patches-2.6.32-77.extras
New in Tor-ramdisk 20110915 (Sep 27, 2011)
- tor updated to 0.2.2.33
- busybox updated to 1.19.2
- kernel updated to 2.6.32.46 + Gentoo's hardened-patches-2.6.32-70.extras
New in Tor-ramdisk 20110830 (Sep 7, 2011)
- tor updated to 0.2.2.32
- busybox updated to 1.18.5
- kernel updated to 2.6.32.45 + Gentoo's hardened-patches-2.6.32-68.extras
- kernel was patched to allow tor to bind to all ports, including non-root ports
New in Tor-ramdisk 20110305 (Mar 7, 2011)
- Updates were made to all the core elements.
- Tor was bumped to 0.2.1.30, busybox to 1.18.3, libevent to 2.0.10, openssl to 1.0.0d, and openssh to 5.8_p1.
- The kernels for the x86 and x86_64 ports were bumped to 2.6.32.29 plus Gentoo's hardened-patches-2.6.32-42.extras.
- The MIPS kernel remains at 2.6.32.15.
New in Tor-ramdisk 20110119 (Jan 20, 2011)
- This version addresses a heap overflow in tor, which allowed arbitrary remote code execution.
- Tor was updated to version 0.2.1.29 to address CVE-2011-0427.
- Busybox was updated to 1.18.2 and the kernel to 2.6.32.28 plus Gentoo's hardened-patches-2.6.32-37.extras.
New in Tor-ramdisk 20101227 (Dec 28, 2010)
- This version incorporates an important security fix from upstream.
- Tor was bumped to version 0.2.1.28 to address CVE-2010-1676.
- Busybox was bumped to 1.18.1 and the kernel to 2.6.32.27 plus Gentoo's hardened-patches-2.6.32-34.extras.
New in Tor-ramdisk 20101207 (Dec 7, 2010)
- tor updated to 0.2.1.27
- busybox updated to 1.17.4
- kernel updated to 2.6.32.25 + hardened-patches-2.6.32-30.extras
- added scp functionality using openssh-5.6p1
- reworked build scripts and setup menu
- binaries were chagned from static to dynamic linking
New in Tor-ramdisk 20101011 (Oct 12, 2010)
- This is an early release to address a bug in the DHCP client for the i686 port only. It does not update tor, which remains stable at 0.2.1.26, but it does update busybox to 1.17.2 and the kernel to 2.6.32.23, plus Gentoo's hardened-patches-2.6.32-22.extras.
New in Tor-ramdisk 20100618 (Jun 20, 2010)
- Tor was upgraded to 0.2.1.26, busybox to 1.16.1, and the kernel to 2.6.32.15 plus Gentoo's hardened-patches-2.6.32-12.
New in Tor-ramdisk 20100309 (Mar 9, 2010)
- tor updated to 0.2.1.24
- busybox updated to 1.15.3
- the build scripts now allow the option of building a fully featured busybox for debugging. The production build uses a minimally configured busybox to reduce possible attack vectors.
New in Tor-ramdisk 20100125 (Jan 25, 2010)
- Tor updated to 0.2.1.22 - compromise of tor servers meant rotating two v3 directory keys.
New in Tor-ramdisk 20090927 (Sep 29, 2009)
- This release implements the changes included in the recent i686 release, but for the MIPS architecture.
- The setup scripts and busybox's configuration were modified so that the user can now choose to set up networking either by DHCP or by static assignment.
New in Tor-ramdisk 20090828 (Aug 31, 2009)
- This release implements the changes included in the recent i686 release, but for the MIPS architecture: tor was updated to 0.2.1.19, busybox to 1.14.3, and the kernel was reconfigured to provide FILE_LOCKING required by tor's new 0.2.1.x branch.
- Tor node "mufasa" is running this release in the wild.
New in Tor-ramdisk 20090217 (Feb 18, 2009)
- This release includes minor feature enhancements and incorporates security fixes from upstream.
- Tor was updated to version 0.2.0.34.
- The UI was enhanced, so now users can check or set the system time via rdate as a fallback if ntpd should fail, and top information is included when querying the system resources.
- The scripts to build tor-ramdisk from scratch were cleaned up.
- As with all releases, this one has been tested "in the wild".
New in Tor-ramdisk 20090131 (Jan 31, 2009)
- This is a minor maintenance update.
- Tor was updated to version 0.2.0.33 and busybox to 1.13.2.
- As with all releases, this one has been tested "in the wild".
New in Tor-ramdisk 20090125 (Jan 26, 2009)
- This initial port of tor-ramdisk to the MIPS architecture has only been tested in a QEMU emulated environment, but is functional despite known issues.
- Its is built using tor-0.2.0.33, busybox-1.13.2, and linux-2.6.18.6.
- Unlike the default branch, binaries are statically linked against glibc, and a vanilla kernel is employed.
New in Tor-ramdisk 20090105 (Jan 6, 2009)
- This is a minor update to reflect updates upstream.
- tor is updated to 0.2.0.32, and the kernel is updated to Gentoo's 2.6.25-hardened-r11.
- A minor bug regarding time synchronization was addressed: ntpd now continues working correctly even if the networking configuration is changed.
New in Tor-ramdisk 20081115 (Dec 11, 2008)
- tor updated to 0.2.0.31
- kernel updated to linux-2.6.25.15+ Gentoo's hardened-patches-2.6.25-8.extras