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Discussion => Security => Topic started by: Rastaman Vibration on September 08, 2013, 05:20 pm

Title: Tails and Tor 2.4
Post by: Rastaman Vibration on September 08, 2013, 05:20 pm

I'm running the latest version of Tails (0.20) which has Tor 0.2.3.25 built in. Is there a way to update to Tor 0.2.4? Or do I have to wait for the next version of Tails to come out?

Thanks

Title: Re: Tails and Tor 2.4
Post by: CHROOT on September 08, 2013, 09:59 pm

I believe Tails announced that their next upgrade will be available Sept 19th, and it will contain the latest version of Tor.

Title: Re: Tails and Tor 2.4
Post by: Psyche on September 09, 2013, 01:20 am

Setting an admin password and sudo apgt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade maybe...


Unfortunately I think it's amnesiac properties it is probably not permanent.

Title: Re: Tails and Tor 2.4
Post by: astor on September 09, 2013, 01:32 am

Quote from: Psyche on September 09, 2013, 01:20 am

Setting an admin password and sudo apgt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade maybe...


Unfortunately I think it's amnesiac properties it is probably not permanent.

Right. The root filesystem is a static image on purpose. You will lose anything that isn't in the persistent folder, including anything installed from the repos, after a reboot.

I recommend running Whonix. It a little more secure than Tails because Tor is isolated in a separate VM, and it is persistent, so you can install additional software or upgrade Tor.

The trade off is that that it isn't a leave-no-trace-behind OS like Tails. However, if an adversary has physical access to your hardware, the fact that you use Tor is the least of your problems. You can put Whonix and portable VirtualBox in an encrypted volume on a thumb drive and get close to the same privacy as Tails. There will probably be stuff in your log files indicating the times that you ran it.