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11) <h2><a class="anchor" href="#News">Tor: News</a></h2>

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15) <li>19 December 2008: Tor releases 3-year development roadmap.  Read the

16) <a href="<page press/2008-12-19-roadmap-press-release>">Press Release</a>
17) for more information.</li>

18) <li>05 December 2008: Tor 0.2.0.32 released as stable.  Read the <a
19) href="http://archives.seul.org/or/announce/Dec-2008/msg00000.html">announcement</a>
20) for the updates and changes.</li>

21) <li>08 September 2008:  Tor 0.2.0.31 released as stable. Read the <a
22) href="http://archives.seul.org/or/announce/Sep-2008/msg00000.html">announcement</a>
23) for the updates and changes.</li>

24) <li>25 August 2008: Tor 0.2.0.30 released as stable.  Read the

25) <a
26) href="http://archives.seul.org/or/announce/Aug-2008/msg00000.html">announcement</a> or <a
27) href="https://blog.torproject.org/blog/tor-0.2.0.30-released-stable">blog
28) post</a> for the numerous updates and changes.</li>

29) <li>25 May 2008: Tor receives two awards from the <a
30) href="http://nlnet.nl/">NLnet Foundation</a>.  The first is to improve the performance
31) of hidden services.  The second is to make Tor work better for low bandwidth
32) clients.  The NLnet <a
33) href="http://nlnet.nl/news/2008/20080514-awards.html">awards page</a>
34) has more details about the two projects.</li>
35) 
36) <li>13 May 2008: <a href="http://archives.seul.org/or/talk/May-2008/msg00048.html">Tor 0.2.0.26-rc</a>
37) replaces several V3 directory authority keys affected by a recent <a
38) href="http://lists.debian.org/debian-security-announce/2008/msg00152.html">Debian
39) OpenSSL bug</a>.  <strong>This is a security-critical release.</strong>
40) Everybody running any version in the 0.2.0.x series should upgrade, whether
41) they are running Debian or not.  Also, all servers running any version of Tor
42) whose keys were generated by Debian, Ubuntu, or any derived distribution may
43) have to replace their identity keys.  See our
44) <a href="http://archives.seul.org/or/announce/May-2008/msg00000.html">security
45) advisory</a> or the <a
46) href="https://blog.torproject.org/blog/debian-openssl-flaw%3A-what-does-it-mean-tor-clients%3F">blog
47) follow-up</a> for full details.  As always, you can find Tor 0.2.0.26-rc on
48) the <a href="https://www.torproject.org/download#Dev">downloads page</a>.</li>

49) <li>Mar 2008: <a
50) href="https://blog.torproject.org/blog/tor-project-google-summer-code-2008!">Tor
51) Project is in Google Summer of Code 2008!</a></li>
52) 

53) <li>Feb 2008: The <a href="https://www.torproject.org/people#Board">Board
54) of Directors</a> welcomes <a
55) href="https://blog.torproject.org/blog/isaac-mao-elected-one-our-new-directors">Isaac

56) Mao</a> to the board.  We thank Rebecca McKinnon for her support and

57) contributions to the project.
58) 
59) <li>Feb 2008: Tor is happy to announce the <a
60) href="https://blog.torproject.org">official Tor blog</a>.</li>
61) 
62) <li>Jan 2008: <a href="<page download>">Tor 0.1.2.19</a> (the latest
63) stable release) fixes a huge memory leak on exit relays, makes the
64) default exit policy a little bit more conservative so it's safer to run an exit
65) relay on a home system, and fixes a variety of smaller issues. Please
66) upgrade.  Full <a
67) href="http://archives.seul.org/or/announce/Jan-2008/msg00000.html">release
68) notes</a> are available.</li>
69) 
70) <li>Oct 2007: <a href="<page download>">Tor 0.1.2.18</a> (the new stable
71) release) fixes many problems including crash bugs, problems with hidden
72) service introduction that were causing huge delays, and a big bug that
73) was causing some servers to disappear from the network status lists for
74) a few hours each day. We also modified the default Privoxy config files
75) in the bundles to avoid some security problems, so make sure to leave
76) "install Privoxy" checked when you upgrade. See the <a
77) href="http://archives.seul.org/or/announce/Oct-2007/msg00000.html">release
78) announcement</a> for more information.</li>
79) 
80) <li>Oct 2007: As many of you know, The Tor Project became an <a
81) href="<page people>">independent and official nonprofit</a> this past
82) February. We did this so we could accept grants from groups who
83) only donate to NGOs, and so our donors could deduct qualifying
84) <a href="<page donate>">donations</a> made to us.
85) <br />
86) We'd like to extend our profound thanks to the <a
87) href="https://www.eff.org/">Electronic Frontier Foundation</a> for their
88) past support, fiscal sponsorship, and help in hosting some of our web
89) pages, and for their continued mentorship of and counsel to our
90) fledgling nonprofit organization.</li>
91) 
92) <li>Sep 2007: If you have received email claiming to be Tor, it wasn't
93) from us. The <a href="<page download>">official Tor bundles</a> can be <a
94) href="http://wiki.noreply.org/noreply/TheOnionRouter/VerifyingSignatures">verified
95) as authentic</a>.</li>
96) 
97) <li>Aug 2007: <strong>Please update your Tor software!</strong>  The
98) latest versions (stable: 0.1.2.17; development: 0.2.0.6-alpha)
99) patch a significant security vulnerability.  See the <a
100) href="http://archives.seul.org/or/announce/Aug-2007/msg00000.html">release
101) announcement</a> for more information.</li>
102) 
103) <li>Feb 2007: The Tor Project and UColo/Boulder <a
104) href="http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/anonymous/2007/02/26/the-rumors-of-our-demise/">respond</a>
105) to a recent blogstorm regarding a paper documenting a possible attack
106) strategy against Tor.</li>
107) 
108) <li>Jan 2007: The Tor network has grown to hundreds of thousands of
109) users. The developers can't do all the new features, bug fixes, and
110) documentation. <a href="<page volunteer>">We need your help!</a></li>
111) 
112) <li><b>We are actively looking for new sponsors and funding.</b>
113) If your organization has an interest in keeping the Tor network usable
114) and fast, please <a href="<page contact>">contact us</a>. Sponsors of Tor
115) also get personal attention, better support, publicity (if they want it),

116) and get to influence the direction of our research and development.