Tor 0.2.9 Rolls Out with New Shared-Randomness Protocol, Single Onion Services

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  • Post Updated: April 3, 2024

December 19, 2016 is a big day for Tor (The Onion Router) users as the Tor Project released the new Tor 0.2.9 stable series of the client/server implementation for enabling anonymous communication.

After so many months of development, the new Tor 0.2.9 stable series of the free and open-source software that prevents people and organizations from learning your Internet browsing habits or current location is finally here. As expected, it’s a major release that includes lots of goodies, starting with support for a new shared- randomness protocol that promises to lay the groundwork for next-gen hidden services, which will be used on all current and future Tor anonymous networks.

“It includes support for a new shared-randomness protocol that will form the basis for next generation hidden services, includes a single-hop hidden service mode for optimizing .onion services that don’t actually want to be hidden, tries harder not to overload the directory authorities with exc… (read more)

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