On Mon, 02 Jul 2018, Tortilla wrote: > > > On Mon, July 2, 2018 5:47 am, john doe wrote: > > On 7/1/2018 11:22 PM, Joe wrote: > >> Yesterday, updated TBB (automatically) to 7.5.6 Linux x64. > >> Today, the default Tor check site (English language), > >> https://check.torproject.org gave message: > >>> "Congratulations. This browser is configured to use Tor. > >>> > >>> Your IP address appears to be: *5.79.xxx.xxx* > >>> > >>> However, it does not appear to be Tor Browser. > >>> Click here to go to the download page" > >>> > >> From the message, I assume the Tor devs want users to download, verify > >> & reinstall TBB because one check failed? > >> > >> Question: what is the check process looking for (and where) to verify > >> this is TBB? Just a list of exit relays? > >> I got a new identity & tried again - same message. > >> > >> According to several sources, it's quite possible the > >> check.torproject.org site is down or malfunctioning. > > > > I just did check.torproject.org and as far as I can tell, the site is > > working properly. > > I'm using the same version as you are but Tor Browser for windows. > > I tried in Linux after an auto-update: > 8.0a9 (based on Mozilla Firefox 60.1.0esr) (64-bit) > > I got the same warning on check.torproject.org that I'm not using Tor > Browser. I would guess it might be an altered signature (user agent or > accept languages or other?)
check.torproject.org does not recognize version 8.0a9 yet: https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/26566 However, there should not be any issue to recognize version 7.5.6. -- tor-talk mailing list - tor-talk@lists.torproject.org To unsubscribe or change other settings go to https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-talk
