The new version of Tails 4.6 has just been introduced in which it is presents the update of some system components of which the new version of Tor stands out, as well as the inclusion of universal two-factor authentication U2F.
For those who are unfamiliar with Tails, you should know that this is a distribution that is based on the base of the Debian 10 package y designed to provide anonymous access to the network, in order to preserve the privacy and anonymity of the user on the network.
Anonymous output from Tails is provided by Tor In all connections, since the traffic through the Tor network, they are blocked by default with a packet filter, with which the user does not leave a trace on the network unless they want otherwise. Encryption is used to store user data in save user data mode between startups, in addition to presenting a series of preconfigured applications designed for the security and anonymity of the user, such as a web browser, the mail client, an instant message client among others.
What's new in Tails 4.6?
This new version of Tails, comes with the new version of the browser Tor Browser 9.0.10 which synchronized with the Firefox 68.8.0 ESR code base. In her 14 vulnerabilities were eliminated, of which 10 (CVE-2020-12387, CVE-2020-12388 and 8 under CVE-2020-12395) were marked critical and could lead to code execution when opening specially crafted pages.
Also the complement NoScript has been updated to version 11.0.25 and the openssl library has been updated to version 1.1.1g to address a vulnerability affecting TLS 1.3.
We can also find in this new version of Tails 4.6 universal two-factor authentication added (U2F) using USB keys based on libu2f-udev.
The composition of the menu c has been updatedUse the recommended applications, including the permanent disk partition configurator, installer, documentation, and utility for sending notifications about problems.
The terminal emulator is removed from the list and of updated versions of system components, we can find the new versions of: Tor Browser 9.0.10, Thunderbird 68.7.0, Git 1:2.11, Node.js 10.19.0, OpenLDAP 2.4.47, OpenSSL 1.1.1d, ReportLab 3.5.13, WebKitGTK 2.26.4.
Finally it should be noted that Tails 4.7 release is scheduled for June 2, the roadmap shows other goals for the near future. Among other things, documentation improvements, developing more robust methods for the upgrade, switching to Wayland, sandboxing through Flatpak, and using playable builds are on the developers' note.
If you want to know more about it, you can check the details of this new version In the following link.
Download Tails 4.6
Si you want to try or install this new version of this Linux distribution on your computer, You can obtain the image of the system which is already available from its official website in its download section, link is this. The image obtained from the download section is a 1 GB ISO image capable of working in live mode.
It is also important to take into account that this new version of Tails 4.6, like most of its predecessors, also corrects some security holes, so its developers strongly recommend that you update to this new version if you are in a previous one. .
How to update to the new version of Tails 4.6?
For those users who have an older version of Tails installed and want to upgrade to this new version. They should know that the direct upgrade to Tails 4.6 can be done directly from Tails 4.2 or higher.
While for users who are still in the 3.xxx branch, they must first go to version 4.0 (although it would be advisable to perform a clean installation of Tails 4.6). For this they can make use of their USB device that they used to install Tails, they can consult the information to carry this movement on their computer In the following link.