Tor
is a network of virtual tunnels that allows people and groups to
improve their privacy and security on the Internet. It also enables
software developers to create new communication tools with built-in
privacy features. It provides the foundation for a range of applications
that allow organizations and individuals to share information over
public networks without compromising their privacy. Individuals can use
it to keep remote Websites from tracking them and their family members.
They can also use it to connect to resources such as news sites or
instant messaging services that are blocked by their local Internet
service providers (ISPs).
Changes:
This release reduces directory overhead, provides enormous crypto
performance improvements for fast relays on recent hardware, a new v3
TLS handshake protocol that can better resist fingerprinting, support
for protocol obfuscation plugins, better scalability for hidden
services, IPv6 support for bridges, performance improvements like
allowing clients to skip the first round-trip on the circuit
("optimistic data") and refilling token buckets more often, a new
"stream isolation" design to isolate different applications on different
circuits, and many stability, security, and privacy fixes.
