Release of Tails 4.5 distribution with UEFI Secure Boot support

Introduced release of a specialized distribution Tails 4.5 (The Amnesic Incognito Live System), based on the Debian package base, designed for anonymous internet access. Anonymous access in Tails is provided by the Tor system. All connections, except for traffic through the Tor network, are block by the packet filter by default. User data storage in persistent mode is encrypted. A prepared ISO image (1.1 GB), capable of running in Live mode.

Key changes:

  • Added support for loading in UEFI Secure Boot mode.
  • Migrated from aufs to overlayfs for writing over a read-only filesystem.
  • Tor Browser updated to version 9.0.9, synchronized with the release. Firefox 68.7.0, which fixed 5 vulnerabilities, three of which (CVE-2020-6825) could potentially lead to code execution when opening specially crafted pages.
  • Transitioned from the Sikuli test suite to a combination of OpenCV for image compliance assessment, xdotool for mouse control testing, and libvirt for keyboard control testing.

Source: opennet.ru

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