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

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15) <ul>

16) <li>16 September 2010: Tor announces <a

17) href="<page press/2010-09-16-ten-things-circumvention-tools>">Ten Things
18) to Look for in a Circumvention Tool</a>.</li>

19) <li>02 May 2010: Tor 0.2.1.26 released as stable.  Fixes yet more
20) OpenSSL compatibility issues and lets relays defend themselves from
21) connection floods.  Read the <a

22) href="<blog>tor-02126-stable-released">full

23) announcement</a> for the list of changes.</li>

24) <li>29 March 2010:  Tor and Printfection announce The Tor Store.  More
25) details are available in the <a href="<page
26) press/2010-03-25-tor-store-press-release>">press release</a>.</li>

27) <li>16 March 2010: Tor 0.2.1.25 released as stable.  Fixes a
28) regression introduced in 0.2.1.23 that could prevent relays from
29) guessing their IP address correctly. It also fixes several minor
30) potential security bugs. Read the <a
31) href="http://archives.seul.org/or/announce/Mar-2010/msg00000.html">full
32) announcement</a> for the list of changes.</li>

33) <li>21 February 2010: Tor 0.2.1.24 released as stable.  Fixes
34) compatibility with recent Apple OSX openssl changes and adds some
35) performance enhancements.  Read the <a
36) href="http://archives.seul.org/or/announce/Feb-2010/msg00000.html">announcement</a>

37) for the full list of changes.</li>

38) <li>19 January 2010:  Tor 0.2.1.22 released as stable.  Fixes a critical
39) privacy problem in bridge directory authorities.  This stable update
40) also rotates two of the seven v3 directory authority keys and

41) locations.  Read the <a
42) href="http://archives.seul.org/or/announce/Jan-2010/msg00000.html">announcement</a>
43) for the full list of fixes.</li>

44) <li>21 December 2009: Tor 0.2.1.21 released as stable.  Fixes issues with OpenSSL and helps exit relays.  Read the <a href="http://archives.seul.org/or/announce/Dec-2009/msg00000.html">announcement</a> for the full list of fixes. </li>

45) <li>10 October 2009:  Tor 0.2.1.20 released as stable.  Read the <a href="<blog>tor-02120-released">announcement</a> for the updates and changes.</li>

46) <li>28 July 2009: Tor 0.2.1.19 released as stable.  Read the <a

47) href="http://archives.seul.org/or/announce/Aug-2009/msg00000.html">announcement</a>
48) for the updates and changes.</li>

49) <li>25 June 2009: Tor 0.2.0.35 released as stable.  Read the <a
50) href="http://archives.seul.org/or/announce/Jun-2009/msg00000.html">announcement</a> for the updates and changes.</li>

51) <li>12 March 2009:  Tor launches performance roadmap and campaign.  Read the <a href="<page press/2009-03-12-performance-roadmap-press-release>">Press Release</a> for more information.</li>

52) <li>09 February 2009:  Tor 0.2.0.34 released as stable.  Read the <a
53) href="http://archives.seul.org/or/announce/Feb-2009/msg00000.html">announcement</a>
54) for the updates and changes.  This release fixes a security issue.</li>

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

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

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

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

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

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

68) <a
69) href="http://archives.seul.org/or/announce/Aug-2008/msg00000.html">announcement</a> or <a

70) href="<blog>tor-02030-released-stable">blog

71) post</a> for the numerous updates and changes.</li>

72) <li>25 May 2008: Tor receives two awards from the <a
73) href="http://nlnet.nl/">NLnet Foundation</a>.  The first is to improve the performance
74) of hidden services.  The second is to make Tor work better for low bandwidth
75) clients.  The NLnet <a
76) href="http://nlnet.nl/news/2008/20080514-awards.html">awards page</a>
77) has more details about the two projects.</li>
78) 
79) <li>13 May 2008: <a href="http://archives.seul.org/or/talk/May-2008/msg00048.html">Tor 0.2.0.26-rc</a>
80) replaces several V3 directory authority keys affected by a recent <a
81) href="http://lists.debian.org/debian-security-announce/2008/msg00152.html">Debian
82) OpenSSL bug</a>.  <strong>This is a security-critical release.</strong>
83) Everybody running any version in the 0.2.0.x series should upgrade, whether
84) they are running Debian or not.  Also, all servers running any version of Tor
85) whose keys were generated by Debian, Ubuntu, or any derived distribution may
86) have to replace their identity keys.  See our
87) <a href="http://archives.seul.org/or/announce/May-2008/msg00000.html">security
88) advisory</a> or the <a

89) href="<blog>debian-openssl-flaw%3A-what-does-it-mean-tor-clients%3F">blog

90) follow-up</a> for full details.  As always, you can find Tor 0.2.0.26-rc on

91) the <a href="<page download>#Dev">downloads page</a>.</li>

92) <li>Mar 2008: <a

93) href="<blog>tor-project-google-summer-code-2008!">Tor

94) Project is in Google Summer of Code 2008!</a></li>
95) 

96) <li>Feb 2008: The <a href="<page people>#Board">Board

97) of Directors</a> welcomes <a

98) href="<blog>isaac-mao-elected-one-our-new-directors">Isaac

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

100) contributions to the project.</li>

101) 
102) <li>Feb 2008: Tor is happy to announce the <a

103) href="<blog>">official Tor blog</a>.</li>

104) 
105) <li>Jan 2008: <a href="<page download>">Tor 0.1.2.19</a> (the latest
106) stable release) fixes a huge memory leak on exit relays, makes the
107) default exit policy a little bit more conservative so it's safer to run an exit
108) relay on a home system, and fixes a variety of smaller issues. Please
109) upgrade.  Full <a
110) href="http://archives.seul.org/or/announce/Jan-2008/msg00000.html">release
111) notes</a> are available.</li>
112) 
113) <li>Oct 2007: <a href="<page download>">Tor 0.1.2.18</a> (the new stable
114) release) fixes many problems including crash bugs, problems with hidden
115) service introduction that were causing huge delays, and a big bug that
116) was causing some servers to disappear from the network status lists for
117) a few hours each day. We also modified the default Privoxy config files
118) in the bundles to avoid some security problems, so make sure to leave
119) "install Privoxy" checked when you upgrade. See the <a
120) href="http://archives.seul.org/or/announce/Oct-2007/msg00000.html">release
121) announcement</a> for more information.</li>
122) 
123) <li>Oct 2007: As many of you know, The Tor Project became an <a
124) href="<page people>">independent and official nonprofit</a> this past
125) February. We did this so we could accept grants from groups who
126) only donate to NGOs, and so our donors could deduct qualifying
127) <a href="<page donate>">donations</a> made to us.
128) <br />
129) We'd like to extend our profound thanks to the <a
130) href="https://www.eff.org/">Electronic Frontier Foundation</a> for their
131) past support, fiscal sponsorship, and help in hosting some of our web
132) pages, and for their continued mentorship of and counsel to our
133) fledgling nonprofit organization.</li>
134) 
135) <li>Sep 2007: If you have received email claiming to be Tor, it wasn't
136) from us. The <a href="<page download>">official Tor bundles</a> can be <a

137) href="<page verifying-signatures>">verified as authentic</a>.</li>

138) 
139) <li>Aug 2007: <strong>Please update your Tor software!</strong>  The
140) latest versions (stable: 0.1.2.17; development: 0.2.0.6-alpha)
141) patch a significant security vulnerability.  See the <a
142) href="http://archives.seul.org/or/announce/Aug-2007/msg00000.html">release
143) announcement</a> for more information.</li>
144) 
145) <li>Feb 2007: The Tor Project and UColo/Boulder <a
146) href="http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/anonymous/2007/02/26/the-rumors-of-our-demise/">respond</a>
147) to a recent blogstorm regarding a paper documenting a possible attack
148) strategy against Tor.</li>
149) 
150) <li>Jan 2007: The Tor network has grown to hundreds of thousands of
151) users. The developers can't do all the new features, bug fixes, and
152) documentation. <a href="<page volunteer>">We need your help!</a></li>
153) 
154) <li><b>We are actively looking for new sponsors and funding.</b>
155) If your organization has an interest in keeping the Tor network usable
156) and fast, please <a href="<page contact>">contact us</a>. Sponsors of Tor
157) also get personal attention, better support, publicity (if they want it),

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