[Whonix-devel] [qubes-users] Whonix 14 has been Released

Sat Aug 18 12:54:17 CEST 2018

On Tue, Aug 7, 2018 at 7:17 AM, Patrick Schleizer <
patrick-mailinglists at whonix.org> wrote:

> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
> Hash: SHA512
>
> After more than two years of development, the Whonix Project is proud
> to announce the release of Whonix 14.
>
> Whonix 14 is based on the Debian stretch (Debian 9) distribution which
> was released in June 2017. This means users have access to many new
> software packages in concert with existing packages such as a modern
> branch of GNuPG, and more. [1][2][3]
>
> **Major Changes and New Features**
>
> Whonix 14 contains extensive security and usability improvements, new
> features and bug fixes. For a detailed description of these and other
> changes, please refer to the official release notes. [4]
>
> * Rebased Whonix on **Debian stretch** (Debian 9).
> * Whonix 14 is **64-bit** (amd64) only - 32-bit (i386) images will no
> longer be built and made available for download. [5]
> * The new **Anon Connection Wizard** [6] feature in Whonix simplifies
> connections to the Tor network via a Tor bridge and/or a proxy.
> * The Tor pluggable transport **meek_lite** [7] is now supported,
> making it much easier to connect to the Tor network in heavily
> censored areas, like China. [8]
> * **Onioncircuits** are installed by default in Whonix. [9]
> * Tails' **onion-grater** program has been implemented to enable
> **OnionShare, Ricochet and Zeronet** compatibility with Whonix. [10]
> * **Onion sources** are now preferred for Whonix updates/upgrades for
> greater security.
> * Reduced the size of the default, binary Whonix images by
> approximately **35 per cent** using zerofree. [11] [12]
> * **Updated Tor** to version 3.3.7 (stable) release to enable full v3
> onion functionality for both hosting of onion services and access to
> v3 onion addresses in Tor Browser.
> * Created the **grub-live package** [13] which can run Whonix as a
> **live system** on non-Qubes-Whonix platforms. [14]
> * Corrected and hardened various **AppArmor profiles** to ensure the
> correct functioning of Tor Browser, obfsproxy and other applications.
>
>
> **Known Issues**
>
> * Desktop shortcuts are no longer available in non-Qubes-Whonix.
> * OnionShare is not installed by default in Whonix 14 as it is not in
> the stretch repository. [15] It can still be manually installed by
> following the Whonix wiki instructions [16] or building it from source
> code. [17]
> * Enabling seccomp (Sandbox 1) in /usr/local/etc/torrc.d/50_user.conf
> causes the Tor process to crash if a Tor version lower than 0.3.3 is
> used. [18] [19]
>
>
> While there may be other issues that exist in this declared stable
> release, every effort has been made to address major known problems.
>
> Please report any other issues to us in the forums, after first
> searching for whether it is already known.
>
>   https://www.whonix.org/wiki/Known_Issues
>
> **Download Whonix 14**
>
> Whonix is cross-platform and can be installed on the Windows, macOS,
> Linux or Qubes operating systems. Choose your operating system from
> the link below and follow the instructions to install it.
>
>   https://www.whonix.org/download/
>
> **Upgrade to Whonix 14**
>
> Current Whonix users (or those with 32-bit hardware) who would prefer
> to upgrade their existing Whonix 13 platform should follow the upgrade
> instructions below.
>
>   https://whonix.org/wiki/Upgrading_Whonix_13_to_Whonix_14
>
> **What’s Next?**
>
> Work on Whonix 15 is ongoing and interested users can refer to the
> roadmap to see where Whonix is heading. [20]
>
> Developer priorities are currently focused on easing the transition to
> the next Debian release due in 2019 (“buster”; Debian 10) and
> squashing existing bugs, rather than implementing new features.
>
> We need your help and there are various ways to contribute to Whonix -
> donating or investing your time will help the project immensely. Come
> and talk with us! [21]
>
> **References**
>
> [1] https://www.debian.org/News/2017/20170617
> [2] https://www.debian.org/releases/stable/amd64/release-notes/
> [3] https://www.debian.org/releases/stable/i386/release-notes/
> [4] https://whonix.org/wiki/Whonix_Release_Notes#Whonix_14
> [5] Whonix 13 users with 32-bit systems can however upgrade their
> platform by following the available wiki instructions, rather than
> download new Whonix-WS and Whonix-GW images.
> [6] https://whonix.org/wiki/Anon_Connection_Wizard
> [7] https://www.whonix.org/blog/meek_lite-whonix-14
> [8]
> https://github.com/Yawning/obfs4/commit/611205be681322883a4d73dd00fcb13c
> 4352fe53
> <https://github.com/Yawning/obfs4/commit/611205be681322883a4d73dd00fcb13c%0A4352fe53>
> [9] https://packages.debian.org/stretch/onioncircuits
> [10] https://phabricator.whonix.org/T657
> [11] https://phabricator.whonix.org/T790
> [12] VirtualBox .ova and libvirt qcow2 raw images. The Whonix-Gateway
> is reduced from 1.7 GB to 1.1 GB, while the Whonix-Workstation is
> reduced from 2 GB to 1.3 GB.
> [13] https://whonix.org/wiki/Whonix_Live
> [14] grub-live is optional and requires the user to first enable it
> manually.
> [15] https://packages.debian.org/search?searchon=names&keywords=onionsha
> re
> [16] https://whonix.org/wiki/Onionshare
> [17] https://github.com/micahflee/onionshare/blob/master/BUILD.md#gnulin
> ux
> [18] https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/22605
> [19] https://packages.debian.org/stretch/tor
> [20] https://phabricator.whonix.org/maniphest/query/open/
> [21] https://forums.whonix.org
>

Many thanks for the hard work.
My upgrade to Whonix 14/Qubes 3.2  worked, but only if sys-whonix depends
on template whonix-gw, but if it depends on template whonix-gw-14 which
would seem more appropriate to me, then it is unable to connect to Tor.
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://www.whonix.org/pipermail/whonix-devel/attachments/20180818/d894fa17/attachment.html>