Tor Browser 3.5.2.1 is released

The 3.5.2.1 release of the Tor Browser Bundle is now available on the Download page. You can also download the bundles directly from the distribution directory.

This release fixes the localization of the non-english bundles.

Please see the TBB FAQ listing for any issues you may have before contacting support or filing tickets. In particular, the TBB 3.x section lists common issues specific to the Tor Browser 3.x series.

Here is the list of changes since 3.5.2. The 3.x ChangeLog is also available.

  • All Platforms
    • Bug 10895: Fix broken localized bundles
  • Windows:
    • Bug 10323: Remove unneeded gcc/libstdc++ libraries from dist
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Anonymous

Anonymous (not verified) said:

February 19, 2014

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so i upgrade to 3.5.2.1 but upon launching it it still says the browser is out of date. why should i trust this bundle if these simple things don't get fixed in about 4 days since it was released?

Anonymous

Anonymous (not verified) said:

February 20, 2014

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What happened to the window where you can select relay options, new identity etc? I try using New Identity from Tor Button but that closes my open window and loses all tabs.

Anonymous

Anonymous (not verified) said:

February 22, 2014

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-- SOUTION PROPOSAL TO WIKIPEDIA-with-TOR:
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(Wanted to propose this at Wikimedia, sorry, but of course it won't allow editing via Tor :-)

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*** Have Wikipedia/media allow SQRL logins for users coming in from Tor exit nodes. ***
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SQRL is a new privacy-oriented authentication protocol that unlike the others involves no lousy 3rd party server storing secrets (that will be inevitably broken into and leak). It is pronounced "squirrel" and stands for "Secure, Quick, Reliable Login".

Essentially it works by authenticating to each web site with an automatically generated public key unique to that website.

The use of such a key means if the web site is broken into, the public key is of no use in correlating a user with other web sites that the same user also has authenticated to. Of course the user's possession of the private key proves they are the right person each time they authenticate. (It is made resistant to replay attacks).

By offering SQRL logins -- at least to Tor users -- Wikipedia will be able to track reputation to discourage vandalism. This is the same as what they currently do with IP addresses.

While no solution is perfect as seen by the existing vandalism despite Wikipedia's IP tracking, is this not way better than opening the floodgates to vandalism with no authentication of any kind?

Thank you.

Anonymous

Anonymous (not verified) said:

February 22, 2014

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This FAQ item is a deal-killer for me:
Why does "New Identity" close all my open tabs?

I won't use the bundle until it's fixed, but frm checking the progress it doesn't look like it will be fixed any time soon. Pity.

This will *never* be "fixed" because the Tor people don't believe it's a bug, they call it a "feature."

While I agree it's good to have, users SHOULD be able to change routes to find faster nodes if they so choose. You can still do so with Vadalia, or, write a script to do so to send the NEWNYM signal to your Tor.

"because so many other things are on fire too."

May fix the ControlPort turnedoff PROBLEM in TAILS, too?
Since that Tor in TAILS is hard to use.
Granulate permission rights in Linux is more crippled as in windows?

Sorry, i'am not a programmer but without this normal Tor feature using Tor/TAILS
gets more and more useless.

They introduce "using a filtering proxy in front of the Tor ControlPort".
I hope for arm ,too. Would be necessary and nice.

Anonymous

Anonymous (not verified) said:

February 22, 2014

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Shame the disable javascript button was removed. The https system just let me down badly by being partly enabled for javascript and allowing it to work on an onion site that detected it. https is an awful system for the non tech savy. Please bring back the "disable javascript' button to be certain of that security.

Anonymous

Anonymous (not verified) said:

February 22, 2014

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Hi guys,
I hope that you can help me.
Every time I download the Tor Browser Bundle and open Tor Browser Install I get an error message which says: Error overwriting file:
C: Users\\Desktop\ Tor Browser\ Start Tor Browser .exe
same goes with: C: Users\\Desktop\ Tor Browser\ Browser\ firefox.exe
and C: Users\\Desktop\ Tor Browser\ Tor\tor.exe

I have this problem since TBB 3.5.2.1

Thanks guys for your replies

Anonymous

Anonymous (not verified) said:

February 24, 2014

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Sorry too lazy to complete mandatory registration at bug tracker. This behavior is noticed only in TBB versions 3.5.2 and 3.5.2.1 Sometimes when started Tor Launcher shows up, progress bar zips past but after that Tor Browser window does not appear as expected. Nothing shows on taskbar. Two processes (firefox.exe and Tor.exe) running but no Tor Browser window. I have no idea how to replicate it or what causes it.

Anonymous

Anonymous (not verified) said:

February 26, 2014

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I think I'm experiencing a regression in 3.5.2.1. With 3.5.2.1 panoptoclick shows my screen size as an odd value that makes me unique. With 3.5.2 it shows a value rounded to 100 and far more common. Is this a bug?

Ok, I extracted a fresh tar.xz and everything looks ok. I must have resized the window or something. A fresh download shows me nice round numbers at panoptoclick.

Thanks.

Anonymous

Anonymous (not verified) said:

February 27, 2014

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Re: Screen size

Via ip-check.info my screen size has never been shown rounded to a 100.

Am I doing something wrong, or is this a bug with Tor or a feature of ip=check.info?

Is ip-check.info still plain 'ol unauthenticated, unencrypted http?

If so, how can you trust whatever it reports? An exit node could tamper with the content.

Anonymous

Anonymous (not verified) said:

March 02, 2014

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it appears as though the 32-bit linux binary's signing key (63FEE659 for erinn clark) has not been added to the deb.torproject.org-keyring package.

it may be useful to include that key for users expecting her key to be among those included in the keyring package when they verify package signatures.

Anonymous

Anonymous (not verified) said:

March 03, 2014

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Re Screen-size and the exchange of the 27th of last month

Pls help, I am confused.

You seem to be saying that with Tor the screen-size is rounded to 100.

I have just checked mine via Panoptoclick, with Javascript enabled and disabled, with both Tor 3.5.2 and 3.5.2.1.

With Javascript disabled it was not possible for Panoptoclick to detect the actual screen-size (ip-check.info can detect it).
With Javascript enabled, and with both Tor 3.5.2 and 3.5.2.1, Panoptoclick detected the screen-size- exactly the same screen-size as detected by ip-check.info.

In no case, neither with Panoptoclick nor with ip-check.info, is the screen-size shown as being rounded to 100.

Could someone else please perform the test on their computer and report the results?

Also, what is a tar.xz?

Thanks

Anon:

Can you download a fresh version of the Tor Browser Bundle and, without resizing or maximizing your window, see the results at Panoptoclick. The screen size should be multiples of 100.

tar.xz is the compressed file type for the Linux version of the TBB. (windows is released as .exe, and mac as .zip). By "fresh tar.xz" I just meant fresh download of the Tor Browser Bundle.

I did as you suggested and downloaded and installed a new version of 3.5.2.1 - no change at all.

Everything as reported in previous post: IP-check (with Javascript disabled) got my screen size, exactly the same size as Panopticlick with Javascript enabled. With JS diabled Panopticlick couldn't get it.

The screen size ascertained is not a multiple of 100.

Is there anything else that I can check/correct?

Thanks for your help.

Sorry, I forgot to say that I am not using Linux but Windows 7.

I don't know if that makes any difference and that TOR sizing windows in 100s only works with Linux.

Anonymous

Anonymous (not verified) said:

March 06, 2014

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obtaining a new identity requires the browser to restart, along with any current downloads that may be running. how can i obtain a new identity while downloads continue?

Anonymous

Anonymous (not verified) said:

March 09, 2014

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hi.
sometimes, after i run "tor" and after opening the tor browser, first of all, a message comes on the browser who tells "sorry, something went wrong" (something like that) that mean Tor is not protecting you, but in a second or two, the message does change and another one came up who tells an opposite thing: "congratulation....successfully". could you tell me is that safe to use tor after seeing this situation of not? is that a serious problem or just a simple bug?
thanks in advance Tor team :)

Anonymous

Anonymous (not verified) said:

March 12, 2014

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"sometimes, after i run "tor" and after opening the tor browser, first of all, a message comes on the browser who tells "sorry, something went wrong""

Yes, it is a bug. It should say "sorry, everything went wrong with TOR"

nothing Mr. Perry. as a matter of fact, i don't have knowledge of doing that kind of changes in proxies and other settings of dear TOR!
to be frank, sometimes i ask myself how could i use TOR if iranian gov't would've blocked TOR's servers and me, as an unprofessional user, should've go to the settings that you have told us to do so, in that case!
by the way, i thank you a lot TOR guys for doing this great and respectful job and making it possible for us to have a secure and free way to use internet. i really appreciate it :)

Anonymous

Anonymous (not verified) said:

March 12, 2014

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Hi there !
I download the lastest update. Everything goes ok, I opened tor browser and when I want to access to a web site it takes ages to connecting and after a while I get that :

The connection has timed out

The server at startpage.com is taking too long to respond.

The site could be temporarily unavailable or too busy. Try again in a few moments.
If you are unable to load any pages, check your computer's network connection.
If your computer or network is protected by a firewall or proxy, make sure that TorBrowser is permitted to access the Web.

I don't understand, I a bit noob with Tor sorry :)

Anonymous

Anonymous (not verified) said:

March 14, 2014

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Regarding screen size.

I am concerned that it seems to be implied that Tor 3.5.2 and 3.5.2.1 both produce a shown screen-size rounded to 100 but I don't get that with either ip-check.info or panopticlick.

Does anyone, apart from Anon at 27th February, get a rounded screen-size, or should I file a bug report?

A response from someone at Tor would be particularly helpful.

Thanks

GK

Thanks for your response. I read the bug report you mentioned. Since I am a relative newcomer to this and I am not very knowledgeable about the workings of computers/browsers/Tor I didn't follow what was said very well.

All I can say is that I have used Tor for about 18 months and have always used ip-check.info as a test, The screen-size (ip-check calls it Browser Window - inner size) has NEVER been rounded to 100.

For Tor versions 3.5.2 and 3.5.2.1 I have also checked it with Panopticlick and (with Javascript enabled) Panopticlick gives the same screen-size as ip-check. IP Check gets the screen size whether JS is enabled or disabled.

Sorry, the above may not be much help but if you can tell me what else to check or which settings to change, if any, I will.

Thanks for your help.

Anonymous

Anonymous (not verified) said:

March 14, 2014

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every time I open the Tor Browser, the message that Tor does not work in the browser and I am not connected to the Tor network appears. Can anyone help me appear!

Try deleting your current Tor Browser and download it again. Make sure not to overwrite your previous Tor Browser, and make sure you are saving Tor Browser to somewhere in your user directory like your Desktop or Documents.