Version 1.1 of Tails, released 22 July 2014.
WARNING: A security vulnerability has been discovered in I2P. This vulnerability IS present in Tails 1.1. The developers are aware of it and are working on fixing it. For more information, please visit
https://tails.boum.org/security/Security_hole_in_I2P_0.9.13/index.en.html
Tails is a live operating system, that you can start on almost any computer from a DVD, USB stick, or SD card. It aims at preserving your privacy and anonymity, and helps you to:
- use the Internet anonymously and circumvent censorship;
- all connections to the Internet are forced to go through the Tor network;
- leave no trace on the computer you are using unless you ask it explicitly;
- use state-of-the-art cryptographic tools to encrypt your files, emails and instant messaging.
For help with TAILS, a good starting point is
https://tails.boum.org/doc/first_steps/index.en.html.
Changes
Notable user-visible changes include:
Rebase on Debian Wheezy
- Upgrade literally thousands of packages.
- Migrate to GNOME3 fallback mode.
- Install LibreOffice instead of OpenOffice.
Major new features
- UEFI boot support, which should make Tails boot on modern hardware and Mac computers.
- Replace the Windows XP camouflage with a Windows 8 camouflage.
- Bring back VirtualBox guest modules, installed from Wheezy backports. Full functionality is only available when using the 32-bit kernel.
Security fixes
- Fix write access to boot medium via udisks (ticket #6172).
- Upgrade the web browser to 24.7.0esr-0+tails1~bpo70+1 (Firefox 24.7.0esr + Iceweasel patches + Torbrowser patches).
- Upgrade to Linux 3.14.12-1 (fixes CVE-2014-4699).
- Make persistent file permissions safer (ticket #7443).
Bugfixes
- Fix quick search in Tails Greeter's Other languages window (Closes: ticket #5387)
Minor improvements
- Don't install Gobby 0.4 anymore. Gobby 0.5 has been available in Debian since Squeeze, now is a good time to drop the obsolete 0.4 implementation.
- Require a bit less free memory before checking for upgrades with Tails Upgrader. The general goal is to avoid displaying "Not enough memory available to check for upgrades" too often due to over-cautious memory requirements checked in the wrapper.
- Whisperback now sanitizes attached logs better with respect to DMI data, IPv6 addresses, and serial numbers (ticket #6797, ticket #6798, ticket #6804).
- Install the BookletImposer PDF imposition toolkit.
See the online Changelog for technical details.
Known issues
- Users of persistence must log in at least once with persistence enabled read-write after upgrading to 1.1 to see their settings updated.
- Upgrading from ISO, from Tails 1.1~rc1, Tails 1.0.1 or earlier, is a bit more complicated than usual. Either follow the instructions to upgrade from ISO. Or, burn a DVD, start Tails from it, and use "Clone and Upgrade".
- The automatic upgrade from Tails 1.1~rc1 is a bit more complicated than usual. Either follow the instructions to apply the automatic upgrade. Or, do a full upgrade.
- A persistent volume created with Tails 1.1~beta1 cannot be used with Tails 1.1 or later. Worse, trying this may freeze Tails Greeter.
- Tails 1.1 does not start in some virtualization environments, such as QEMU 0.11.1 and VirtualBox 4.2. This can be corrected by upgrading to QEMU 1.0 or VirtualBox 4.3, or newer (ticket #7232).
- The web browser's JavaScript performance may be severely degraded (ticket #7127). Please let us know if you are experiencing this to a level where it is problematic.