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Thursday, August 4th, 2016

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    1:30a
    [$] LWN.net Weekly Edition for August 4, 2016
    The LWN.net Weekly Edition for August 4, 2016 is available.
    5:06p
    Security updates for Thursday

    CentOS has updated firefox (C5: multiple vulnerabilities) and squid (C6: code execution).

    Debian has updated firefox-esr (multiple vulnerabilities) and wordpress (multiple vulnerabilities).

    Debian-LTS has updated collectd (regression in previous security update), firefox-esr (multiple vulnerabilities), and libsys-syslog-perl (privilege escalation).

    Fedora has updated firefox (F24: multiple vulnerabilities) and pbuilder (F24; F23: file overwrite).

    Oracle has updated firefox (OL7; OL6; OL5: multiple vulnerabilities).

    Red Hat has updated squid (RHEL6: code execution).

    Scientific Linux has updated firefox (multiple vulnerabilities), golang (SL7: denial of service), kernel (SL7: three vulnerabilities, one from 2015), and libtiff (SL7: multiple vulnerabilities, including some from 2014 and 2015).

    SUSE has updated hawk2 (SLE12: clickjacking prevention).

    11:53p
    Breaking through censorship barriers, even when Tor is blocked (Tor Blog)
    The Tor Blog looks at using Pluggable Transports to avoid country-level Tor blocking. There are some new easy-to-follow graphical directions for using the transports.

    "Many repressive governments and authorities benefit from blocking their users from having free and open access to the internet. They can simply get the list of Tor relays and block them. This bars millions of people from access to free information, often including those who need it most. We at Tor care about freedom of access to information and strongly oppose censorship. This is why we've developed methods to connect to the network and bypass censorship. These methods are called Pluggable Transports (PTs).
    Pluggable Transports are a type of bridge to the Tor network. They take advantage of various transports and make encrypted traffic to Tor look like not-interesting or garbage traffic. Unlike normal relays, bridge information is kept secret and distributed between users via BridgeDB.    "

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