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

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15) <li>21 January 2009: Tor 0.2.0.33 released as stable.  Read the <a
16) href="http://archives.seul.org/or/announce/Jan-2009/msg00000.html">announcement</a>
17) for the updates and changes.</li>

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

52) <li>Mar 2008: <a
53) href="https://blog.torproject.org/blog/tor-project-google-summer-code-2008!">Tor
54) Project is in Google Summer of Code 2008!</a></li>
55) 

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

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

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

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