Release of Tails 4.6 distribution and Tor Browser 9.0.10

Formed release of a specialized distribution Tails 4.6 (The Amnesic Incognito Live System), based on the Debian package base and designed to provide anonymous access to the network. Anonymous exit to Tails is provided by the Tor system. All connections, except traffic through the Tor network, are blocked by default by the packet filter. Encryption is used to store user data in the save user data between runs mode. Ready for download iso image, capable of working in Live mode, 1 GB in size.

The new release of Tails based on libu2f-udev supports universal two-factor authentication (U2F) using USB keys. The composition of the menu with recommended applications has been updated, including the persistent disk partition configurator, installer, documentation, and a utility for sending notifications about problems. The terminal emulator has been removed from the list. Updated versions of Tor Browser 9.0.10, Thunderbird 68.7.0, Git 1:2.11, Node.js 10.19.0, OpenLDAP 2.4.47, OpenSSL 1.1.1d, ReportLab 3.5.13, WebKitGTK 2.26.4.

Release of Tails 4.6 distribution and Tor Browser 9.0.10

Simultaneously released a new version of Tor Browser 9.0.10, focused on anonymity, security and privacy. The release is in sync with the Firefox 68.8.0 ESR codebase, which has eliminated 14 vulnerabilities, of which 10 (CVE-2020-12387, CVE-2020-12388 and 8 under CVE-2020-12395) are marked as critical and could potentially lead to the execution of malicious code when opening specially designed pages. NoScript add-on updated to release 11.0.25, and the openssl library up to version 1.1.1g with the elimination of vulnerabilitiesaffecting TLS 1.3.

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