[IT-SecurityNotifies] [VUA 66-1] Updated tor version

[Philipp Kern <pkern AT debian.org>]

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Debian Volatile Update Announcement VUA 66-1     http://volatile.debian.org
debian-volatile AT lists.debian.org                            Peter Palfrader
June 6th, 2010
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Package              : tor
Version              : 0.2.1.26-1~lennyvolatile1 (Lenny)
Importance           : medium

The 0.2.0.x tree in Debian stable (lenny) is end-of-life'd by upstream.

These versions still work for now as we have updated the list of
authority keys that come with Tor to keep our packages functional.
However, there are significant benefits to running a more current
version which this volatile update delivers.

If relays that currently run our 0.2.0.x package upgrade to a newer
version the network as a whole should become faster.  If clients
upgrade they should pick smarter paths through the network.

Access to hidden services might be completely broken or at least
unreliable for old clients; updating to the 0.2.1.x tree restores
that functionality.

An upgrade to the volatile version is thus strongly recommended to all
tor users on Debian stable (lenny).


Upgrade Instructions
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You can get the updated packages at

http://volatile.debian.org/debian-volatile/pool/volatile/main/t/tor/

and install them with dpkg, or add the volatile archive for Lenny
to your /etc/apt/sources.list:

 deb http://volatile.debian.org/debian-volatile lenny/volatile main
 deb-src http://volatile.debian.org/debian-volatile lenny/volatile main

You can also use any of our mirrors.  See
http://www.debian.org/volatile/volatile-mirrors for the full list of
mirrors.  The archive signing keys were included in Debian Lenny.

For further information about debian-volatile, please refer to
http://www.debian.org/volatile/.

If there are any issues, please don't hesitate to get in touch with the
debian-volatile team.

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