Hi list members, since the stable Tor 0.2.2.32 is available now I tried to find a Tor version which suits my beginners needs the best. In the past I used the Vidalia bundle, but at present the included Torbutton seems only to be compatible with an old version of Firefox. Since Mike Perry made his statements about probably letting torbutton fade away I got the impression a large part of the community has doubts about using this tool. However, my main irritation stems from the fact, that the experimental TBB seems to include only the now outdated Tor 0.2.2.31-rc. Am I missing the point? I always believed alphas to be the most advanved versions out there, without "guaranteed" safety however. On torproject.org I read the usual lines about possible security risks when choosing alphas, but I`m pretty sure having read the opposite just recently on this list. Also, on the download page for the TBB alphas users are strongly advised to upgrade to the 6.0 release of Firefox. It is my understanding now that torbutton isn`t compatible w/ Firefox since the browsers version 4? Accordingly, the experimental Tor browser bundles do not contain Torbutton anymore. However, they also seem to have included neither Polipo nor Privoxy. In the past it was the vidalia bundle which I had in use that made me believe one of the concurrent proxys to be an essential part of Tors technical architecture. So, in short, I´m pretty much in confussion about the correct version of a Tor bundle to pick w/ respect to a maximum of security and safety. Since - at the moment - I am missing the knowledge and skills to adapt the expert version of a single Tor and / or work out correctly how to properly configure either Privoxy or Polipo w/ RegEx, I would be very glad if somebody on the list would find the time to recommend me the most secure version of Tor (browser bundle).
Thanks! Netizio _______________________________________________ tor-talk mailing list tor-talk@lists.torproject.org https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-talk
