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Whonix ™ 13 Changelog[edit]

Whonix ™ 13 was released on May 31, 2016. [1] Whonix ™ 13 contains many small security and usability improvements, features and bug fixes. [2] [3]

Descriptions of changes in Whonix ™ 12 [archive] and earlier versions [archive] can be found on sourceforge.net.

All Platforms[edit]

AppArmor[edit]

  • Fixed the Tor Browser AppArmor profile to allow correct functionality. [4]
  • Resolved AppArmor conflicts affecting Pidgin, Chromium and Evince. [5]
  • Merged AppArmor profiles for sdwdate, timesync and whonix-check into their corresponding packages and now install them by default. [6]

Bug Fixes[edit]

  • Fixed broken whonix-setup-wizard functionality. [7]

Code[edit]

  • Updated Whonix ™ code for Tor Browser tb-updater. [8]
  • Refactored the Whonix ™ socks redirection firewall rules to reduce their size and use less script code. [9] [10]
  • Refactored Whonix ™ code so that scripts only use configuration files that end with the .conf extension. [11]

Improved Functionality and Usability[edit]

  • Modified whonixcheck to test for slow or fast system clocks which prevent Tor from properly connecting. [12]
  • Implemented an explicit check for timekeeping watchdog kernel messages in whonixcheck, so users are warned about clock jumps which prevent / time-out Tor connections. [13]
  • Enforced maximized terminal windows for xdg desktop users. [14] [15]
  • Enabled Transparent Proxy Ports for Whonix-Gateway ™ by default (except for Whonix ™-Firewall). [16] [17]
  • Configured Whonix ™ to use /etc/skel instead of writing to the home folder directly to maintain forward compatibility with Qubes. Further, this allows for proper error-handling where "user" is hardcoded in Whonix ™, and a newly created account with a different name has been used. [18]
  • Deprecated the timesync progress bar and replaced it with a tray icon using sdwdate-gui to improve usability and reduce confusion. [19]
  • Created a stable-proposed-updates repository for users who want to help in testing Whonix ™ fixes, without resorting to the testers repository which comes with many more changes. [20]
  • Moved the WhonixBackupScript to the usability-misc package to make it more accessible. [21]
  • Replaced XChat with HexChat, since the former is no longer actively maintained, and created a new AppArmor profile to contain it. [22]
  • Implemented a VPN_FIREWALL feature as part of whonix-ws-firewall. [23]

Security Enhancements[edit]

  • Created a security-misc package that turns off Nautilus and Dolphin file previews by default, since this poses security risks. [24]
  • A known, good version of Tor is now maintained and uploaded to the Whonix ™ repository from deb.torproject.org [25]
  • Uploaded the Tor 0.3.2.9 major (stable) release to the Whonix ™ repository to enable full v3 onion functionality for both hosting of onion services and access to v3 onion addresses in Tor Browser. [26]
  • Extended the lifetime of the Whonix ™ signing key. [27]
  • Sourced new onion services webservers for the sdwdate feature, which ensures the system's clock is correctly set for security, privacy and anonymity purposes. [28]

Qubes-Whonix ™[edit]

Bug Fixes[edit]

  • Fixed qubes-whonix-firewall systemd service start. [29] [30]
  • Resolved whonixcheck fixes for Qubes R4. [31]
  • Corrected false positive failure messages for the updates proxy test in Qubes R4. [32] [33]
  • Disabled qubes-SetDateTime / qubes.SyncNtpClock in Qubes-Whonix ™ VMs since it interfered with timesync. [34]
  • Resolved accumulation of old Tor Browser instances in /var/cache/tb-binary/.tb/ which caused users to run into full disk error messages. [35]
  • Resolved an occasional error message whereby Whonix ™ templates incorrectly reported they were not connected to the Whonix-Gateway ™ ProxyVM. [36]
  • Resolved the broken anon-ws-disable-stackedtor function in Qubes-Whonix ™. [37]
  • Enforced the opening of all links from sys-whonix, whonix-gw and whonix-ws in the anon-whonix AppVM to prevent error messages. [38]

Builds[edit]

  • Corrected the build failure of Whonix-Workstation ™ template in Qubes-Whonix ™ R3.2 and added the qubes-template-whonix to continuous integration service TravisCI. [39]
  • Resolved Whonix ™ template build failures in Qubes R4 related to Tor Browser downloads. [40]
  • Changed the Qubes-Whonix ™ build process to install Whonix ™ from the Whonix ™ binary APT repository. This simplifies code, results in faster builds, removes build dependencies inside the template, and reduces the overall template size. [41]
  • Allowed the Whonix ™ build script to run as root and reworked user_name. [42]

Code[edit]

  • Removed fetching of Whonix ™ source code in qubes-template-whonix. [43]
  • Removed the qubes-update-check system service from Qubes-Whonix ™ TemplateVMs, since it was unnecessary. [44] [45]
  • Reworked / removed a number of installed packages in Qubes-Whonix ™ which are only required for the Non-Qubes-Whonix ™ desktop. [46] [47]
  • Removed the default username and password in the Qubes-Whonix ™ terminal, because it is not required. [48]

Improved Functionality and Usability[edit]

  • Ported whonixcheck and tb-updater to Qubes' qrexec-based updates proxy, since TemplateVMs are non-networked by default in Qubes R4. [49]
  • Changed the tb-updater configuration to use Qubes updates proxy, since Qubes R4 sets the NetVM of TemplateVMs to none by default. [50]
  • Implemented the ability to install Whonix-Workstation ™ and Whonix-Gateway ™ from dom0 with a sudo apt-get install whonix-(workstation|gateway) feature. [51]
  • Ported the bind-directories functionality upstream to Qubes. [52]
  • Implemented the new bind-directories functionality in Qubes-Whonix ™. [53]
  • Implemented a check for whether the whonix-gw ProxyVM (sys-whonix) has a NetVM which is set to "none", with a warning shown if this is the case. [54]
  • Implemented a new feature so that following an update of the Whonix-Workstation ™ TemplateVM, newly created AppVMs based on the updated TemplateVM come with an up-to-date version of Tor Browser. [55]
  • Modified whonixcheck to check if: Whonix-Gateway ™ is running in a NetVM or ProxyVM; Whonix-Workstation ™ is running in an AppVM; and to skip the test if a TemplateVM is detected. [56]

Security Enhancements[edit]

  • Prevented /usr/lib/qubes/qubes-setup-dnat-to-ns from running in Qubes-Whonix ™ to stop it from modifying firewall rules. [57]

Whonix ™ 14 Changelog[edit]

Whonix ™ 14 was released on August 6, 2018. Significantly, Whonix ™ 14 is based on the Debian stretch (Debian 9) distribution which was released in mid-2017, instead of Debian jessie (Debian 8). [58] Users now have access to numerous updated and new software packages, a more modern branch of GnuPG, and more. [59] [60] [61]

All Platforms[edit]

AppArmor[edit]

  • Fixed the whonixcheck AppArmor profile to remove continuous denied messages relating to signal. [62]
  • Fixed the AppArmor profile for obfs4proxy to enable correct functioning of Tor Bridges in Whonix-Gateway ™. [63]
  • Fixed the Tor Browser AppArmor profile to allow correct functionality. [64]
  • Corrected the tor-controlport-filter AppArmor profile to ensure correct functioning. [65]
  • Removed the Pidgin AppArmor profile, since Pidgin is recommended against for security reasons. [66]
  • Hardened the Control Port Filter AppArmor profile. [67]
  • Disabled installation of apparmor-notify (AppArmor notifications) by default, thereby removing the reporting of mostly harmless denied messages. [68] [69]

Bug Fixes[edit]

  • Corrected the broken whonix-setup-wizard autostart on Whonix-Gateway ™. [70]
  • Fixed sdwdate-gui freezing when using right-click in the menu. [71]
  • Fixed dependency issues which prevented the whonix-setup-wizard gui from starting. [72]
  • Implemented the correct Tor --verify command for Whonix-Gateway ™ torrc configuration checks to prevent the reporting of false positives. [73]
  • Modified the uwt wrapper script to correctly handle symbolic links. [74]
  • Changed the Whonix-Gateway ™ firewall prerouting rules for socks ports so they do not interfere with trans port traffic. [75]
  • Modified whonixcheck to first test if network interfaces are up to prevent the test from failing unnecessarily. [76]
  • Fixed a whonixcheck whonix-firewall check race condition. [77]

Builds[edit]

  • Resolved genmkfile build dependencies for building Whonix-Workstation ™ and Whonix-Gateway ™. [78]
  • Confirmed the new and upgraded Whonix ™ 14 builds are identical. [79] [80]
  • Fixed debian/control parsing with respect to make_deb_build_dependencies / make_deb_runtime_dependencies. [81]

Code[edit]

  • Updated Whonix ™ code for Tor Browser tb-updater. [82]
  • Changed the bindp compile to postinstall to make it cross-platform (Qubes, 64-bit, 32-bit). [83]
  • Rewrote sclockadj in C and updated the sdwdate package to compile sclockadj. [84] [85]
  • Implemented symlinks for onion-grater profiles to maintain functionality following profile upgrades. [86]
  • Enhanced onion checking in sdwdate to improve the unit test. [87]
  • Ported msgcollector to python3 and python3-pyqt5. [88]
  • Ported whonix-setup-wizard to python3. [89]
  • Ported python-guimessages to python3. [90]
  • Rewrote sdwdate to ensure python exceptions are written to the journal. [91]
  • Rewrote control-port-filter-python to ensure exceptions are written to the journal. [92]
  • Re-added some non-essential packages to Whonix ™ that were removed from Debian stretch. [93] [94]
  • Ported helper-scripts so they instead use Tor authentication cookies. [95]
  • Ported whonixcheck check_tor_socks_port_reachability.bsh to use the Tor unix domain socket socks file. [96]
  • Ported anon-ws-disable-stacked-tor to systemd socket activation to remove unnecessary, idle socat listeners. [97] [98]
  • Removed auditd configuration folder parsing /etc/audit/rules.d/ by default, since the feature has been implemented upstream.
  • Implemented anonymous counting of Whonix ™ users via the whonixcheck Whonix ™ News function. [99] [100]
  • Implemented, but did not activate changes to the Whonix ™ firewall so: sdwdate is stopped before suspend; timesync-fail-closed mode is set before suspend; sdwdate is restarted after resume; and Whonix ™ firewall enters full mode after resume following successful sdwdate activation. [101]
  • Configured auditd to process the configuration folder /etc/audit/rules.d/ by default to aid debugging. [102] [103]
  • Implemented monitoring of changes to /var/lib/tor/lock access rights via auditd to aid debugging. [104]
  • Modified anon-ws-disable-stacked-tor to maintain Tor Browser functionality with Unix domain socket files redirection and prevent Tor over Tor scenarios. [105]
  • Configured whonixcheck to test for failed daemons. [106]
  • Implemented a sdwdate sd_notify systemd watchdog. [107]
  • Disabled systemd-resolved and instead implemented a /lib/systemd/system/systemd-resolved.service.d/ drop-in. [108]
  • Ported /usr/sbin/service to systemctl as the latter runs non-interactively. [109]
  • Disabled timedatectl network time synchronization in Debian stretch to prevent conflicts with sdwdate. [110]
  • Removed brltty, brltty-speechd and brltty-x11 since they create a local listener port which may conflict with onion-grater. [111]
  • Modified anon-ws-disable-stacked-tor systemd-unit-files-generator so it is configurable. [112]
  • Rewrote slockadj3 in C and determined how to prevent spamming of sclockadj3 time changes to logs. [113] [114] [115] [116]

Improved Functionality and Usability[edit]

  • Implemented the major new Anon Connection Wizard feature to simplify connections to the Tor network via a Tor bridge and/or a proxy. [117]
  • Integrated the Tor Pluggable Transport meek_lite. [118]
  • Integrated anon-connection-wizard into whonix-setup-wizard, so that the latter can now start the former. [119]
  • Removed the Control Port Filter Proxy script from anon-ws-disable-stacked-tor since it is no longer required for proper Tor connections or Tor Browser functions (its functionality is now replaced by onion-grater [archive]). This means Ricochet, Zeronet and OnionShare are now compatible with Whonix ™. [120] [121] [122]
  • Installed necessary dependencies for proper ZeroNet functionality. [123]
  • Installed onioncircuits by default in Whonix-Gateway ™. [124]
  • Added --list-interface to tor-controlport-filter, as it works better with dynamic IP addresses. [125]
  • Added a /etc/tor-controlport-filter.d configuration extension feature. [126]
  • Fixed the control-port-filer-python configuration to rewrite HS_DESC replies by Tor, so OnionShare is supported. [127]
  • Merged the tor-controlport-filter by Tails for various enhancements. [128]
  • Implemented more user-friendly error messages (instead of tb-starter error handlers) when non-Whonix ™ related Tor Browser issues cause start-tor-browser to fail and exit zero. [129]
  • Implemented sane built-in defaults for whonix-gw-firewall, whonix-ws-firewall, whonixcheck, sdwdate, uwt, onion-grater, rads, open-link-confirmation, tb-starter and tb-updater, even if configuration files do not exist. [130]
  • Changed uwt to set AllowOutboundLocalhost / AllowInbound which can help make servers utilizing Tor onion services work. [131]
  • Implemented a sd_notify watchdog feature for onion-grater so the service is restarted if it appears to be running, but has became unresponsive. [132]
  • Created a bindp Whonix ™ package to enable Whonix-Workstation ™ applications that use Tor ephemeral onion services to bind on all interfaces as necessary. [133]
  • Modified sdwdate to check if the clock is changed "behind the back" of the program and suggest a manual user fix. [134]
  • Improved default torsocks information / warning messages when wrapped commands are invoked to reduce user confusion. [135]
  • Both Non-Qubes-Whonix ™ and Qubes-Whonix ™ are now compatible with the Tor Project's sandboxed Tor Browser. [136]

Security Enhancements[edit]

  • Confirmed functionality of the kloak anti-keystroke deanonymization tool in Whonix ™. [137] [138]
  • Identified more reliable onion servers as appropriate time sources for sdwdate, which enables correct network time synchronization for anonymity-focused distributions. [139]
  • Implemented Tails' Control Port Filter Proxy in Whonix ™ and merged recent changes since it was forked. [140] [141]
  • Fixed security and hardening (stack canary) issues with the bindp libindp.so package (which were merged upstream). [142]
  • Uploaded Tor version 0.3.3.9 (stable) release to the Whonix ™ repository to enable full v3 onion functionality for both hosting of onion services and access to v3 onion addresses in Tor Browser. [143]
  • Onion sources are now preferred for Whonix ™ updates/upgrades for greater security. Note: this change has been reverted due to the unreliable nature of onion connections at present - see footnote. [144]
  • Disabled the apt-timer in Debian stretch to prevent auto updates, thereby preventing the attendant security risks associated with background updates without user input. [145]
  • Disabled nautilus previews by default due to the security risks. [146]
  • Implemented uwt to set TORSOCKS_ISOLATE_PID in Debian Stretch so all uwt wrapped applications are stream isolated. [147]
  • Implemented tor+http / apt-transport-tor rather than Acquire::BlockDotOnion "false" for better security and stream isolation. [148]
  • Disabled the systemd DNS resolver feature in order to reduce the attack surface and to remove the potential for adverse anonymity impacts. [149]
  • Established a dedicated Whonix ™.org repository, with appropriate redirects from Whonix ™ mirrors. [150]
  • Removed the DHCP client from Whonix-Gateway ™ and switched to a static network configuration so the dhclient is no longer present on all interfaces, including the internal network. [151]
  • Disabled VLC metadata collection by default. [152]
  • Disabled "Obey DRM limitations" in Okular, [153] since Digital Rights Management (DRM) can be used as a tracking vector. [154] [155]

Non-Qubes-Whonix[edit]

Info Desktop shortcuts are no longer available in Non-Qubes-Whonix ™. [156]

Bug Fixes[edit]

  • Increased the Whonix-Gateway ™ VRAM in VirtualBox from 8 to 16 MB to avoid error messages and possible video problems when using full screen mode. [157]
  • Corrected sdwdate-gui systray so it properly registers in kde systray and does not appear as a gap in the Entry column. [158]
  • Corrected the sdwdate-gui tray icon so it is visible in Debian stretch. [159]
  • Corrected the virtualization detection method to properly recognize KVM. [160]

Builds[edit]

  • Reduced the size of the default, binary Whonix ™ images by approximately 50 per cent using zerofree. [161] [162] [163] [164]

Code[edit]

  • Removed kmix-disable-autostart since it is no longer required to make sure the clipboard history icon is loaded into the system tray. [165]

Improved Functionality and Usability[edit]

  • Created the grub-live package which can run Whonix ™ as a live system. [166] [167]
  • Added Kscreen to Whonix ™ by default in order to allow DPI scaling and other basic desktop features of Plasma 5. [168]
  • Removed the VirtualBox shared folder and confirmed automounting of shares is enabled in Debian stretch. [169]

Security Enhancements[edit]

  • Removed okular from anon-shared-applications-kde to anon-workstation-default-applications so it is not installed on Whonix-Gateway ™. [170]
  • Hide the CPUID in VirtualBox 5 by setting generic values via HostCPUID. [171]

Qubes-Whonix ™[edit]

Bug Fixes[edit]

  • Implemented whonixcheck fixes for Qubes R4. [172]
  • Corrected false positive failure messages for the updates proxy test in Qubes R4. [173] [174]
  • Resolved non-functionality of Tor Browser due to jemalloc corruption. [175]
  • Resolved segfaults in Tor Browser caused by excessive string length in the XDG_CONFIG_DIRS environment variable. [176]
  • Resolved accumulation of old Tor Browser instances in /var/cache/tb-binary/.tb/ which caused users to run into full disk error messages. [177]
  • Corrected dependencies in the qubes-whonix package to resolve issues when upgrading to Debian stretch. [178]
  • Fixed a corridor lintian warning on Debian related to systemd documentation. [179]
  • Resolved error messages associated with tput using an empty TERM environment variable. [180]
  • Resolved the failure of tb-updater to copy Tor Browser into the user's home directory on first VM startup in Qubes R4. [181] [182] [183]
  • Implemented the correct appmenus for Qubes-Whonix ™ 14 TemplateVMs and fixed missing appmenu entries. [184] [185]
  • Resolved the false positive timedatectl error message when using whonixcheck. [186]
  • Corrected the absent 'Connected to Tor.' message, which arose due to a missing notification daemon. [187]
  • Resolved non-persistence of files in /usr/local, such as the Tor configuration file. [188] [189]
  • Implemented a qvm-features-request whonix-ws=1, so that newly created Whonix-Workstation ™ AppVMs inherit the anon-vm tag. [190] [191] [192]
  • Created qubes-core-admin-addon-whonix to enforce the anon-vm tag for newly created Whonix-Workstation ™ AppVMs. [193]
  • Removed redundant warning messages affecting Whonix-Workstation ™ DisposableVMs that related to the first invocation of an open-link-confirmation. [194]
  • Fixed an apt-get package issue whereby some users were downgraded to a known vulnerable version. [195] [196]
  • Corrected an aptitude update failure which affected all Qubes-Whonix ™ VMs. [197]
  • Installed Tor Browser by default in Whonix-Workstation ™-DisposableVMs, as it was previously missing upon VM launch. [198]
  • Fixed the periodic failure of Whonix-Workstation ™ AppVMs to start correctly, which prevented the launch of any user applications. [199]
  • Fixed an error which caused /etc in Qubes-Whonix ™ templates to be owned by user:user [200]

Builds[edit]

  • Corrected the build failure of the Whonix-Workstation ™ template in Qubes-Whonix ™ R3.2 and added qubes-template-whonix to the continuous integration service TravisCI. [201]
  • Removed older unstable Whonix ™ 14 builds from Qubes' unstable repository. [202]
  • Resolved unexpected build failures. [203]
  • Removed Whonix ™ 14 templates from Qubes' unstable repository, since testing versions now reside in qubes-templates-community-testing. [204]
  • Backported versioning of Whonix ™ template names from Qubes R4 to Qubes R3.2 to simplify the installation procedure for users on the earlier platform. [205]

Code[edit]

  • Removed cups and system-config-printer from Whonix-Workstation ™, since printing capabilities are better suited to alternate VMs and this also removes a local TCP listener that is otherwise created. [206]
  • Corrected anon-meta-packages compatibility for Qubes R3.2 and R4. [207]
  • Installed pulseaudio-qubes for audio support and removed pulseaudio and VLC from sys-whonix. [208]
  • Created a qvm-features-request whonix-gw=1 as a prerequisite for sdwdate-gui-qubes. [209]

Improved Functionality and Usability[edit]

  • Confirmed full Qubes-Whonix ™ compatibility with Qubes R4. [210]
  • Confirmed Qubes-Whonix-Workstation has full DispVM support. [211]
  • Created a tb-updater storage path for Qubes R4 so new AppVMs and DisposableVMs have a copy of the latest Tor Browser version. [212] [213]
  • Created Qubes-Whonix ™ 14 SaltStack state files with flexible versioning for future releases. [214] [215]
  • Modified Qubes-Whonix ™ Salt code so the repository is not hard-coded, allowing users to choose either the qubes-templates-community or qubes-templates-community-testing repository. [216]

Licensing[edit]

  • Added a COPYING file to the Qubes-Whonix ™ template repository to assure users they are covered by a free software license. [217] [218]

Security Enhancements[edit]

  • Added Qubes-Whonix ™ tags on domain-load rather than upon VM creation to avoid missing tags for users that upgrade. [219]

Whonix ™ 14 Updates[edit]

As Whonix ™ is now a rolling distribution, users will benefit from regular small security and usability improvements, features and bug fixes as they enter the Whonix ™ stable repository. Those will be announced here.

Documentation[edit]

Website Fixes and Outreach[edit]

  • Website fixes: implemented the proposed download directory structure as well as download redirects, stable download links and permalinks. [243]
  • Implemented numerous mediawiki fixes for better website presentation. [244]
  • Opened a Peertube video channel. [245] [246]
  • Updated Release Announcements to collate all places where this should be posted. [247]
  • Post Whonix release announcements in crypto currency Reddit forums. [248]
  • Researched social media strategies to increase Whonix ™ awareness. [249]
  • Established mirroring of all Whonix ™ announcements. [250]
  • Bookmarked the outreach workboard. [251] [252]
  • Signed the Whonix ™ developer team up to various developer mailing lists. [253]

All Platforms[edit]

AppArmor[edit]

  • Corrected the dnscrypt-proxy AppArmor profile for full functionality. [254]
  • Removed unnecessary and extensive capabilities from the Tor Browser AppArmor profile. [255] [256] [257]
  • Amended the Tor Browser AppArmor profiles so 8.* versions correctly launch. [258] [259]
  • Added capability sys_module to whonixcheck because it is required for ifconfig. [260] [261]
  • Added a wildcard for non-Tor or modified Tor Browser Bundles. [262] [263]
  • Deprecated /etc/apparmor.d/home.tor-browser.start-tor-browser due to broken functionality. [264]
  • Added various permissions to the XChat AppArmor profile for greater functionality. [265]

Bug Fixes[edit]

  • Implemented an automated /var/lib/tor permission fix. [266] [267]
  • Installed the missing pinentry-qt package so Enigmail decryption is functional. [268] [269]
  • Fixed the Whonix custom firewall settings start menu entry in Whonix XFCE. [270]
  • Fixed the false-positive "Tor Browser not installed" message in tb-starter. [271]
  • Onion-grater: fix Tor control auth cookie authentication even if HashedControlPassword is set. [272]
  • Fixed output when using open-link-confirmation. [273]
  • Change etc/.skel to etc/skel/Downloads in all code. [274] [275]

Builds[edit]

  • Released new Whonix 14 builds to address the APT security update bug. [276] [277]

Code[edit]

  • whonixcheck: grep journal for "fail", "error" and "denied". [278]
  • Re-implemented Tor Browser local version number detection. [279]
  • Decided against virtualizer configurations which attempt to hide the CPU model. [280] [281] [282]
  • Moved kcalc, okular, gwenview, kgpg, libkf5kipi31.0.0 and libkf5kipi-data from hardened-desktop-applications-kde to non-qubes-whonix-workstation-kde and qubes-whonix-workstation. [283]
  • Simplified code by using apt-key rather than custom code when adding a gpg key. [284]
  • Fixed the mime type in whonix-repository. [285]
  • Refactored the whonixcheck code and included an option to show "sudo apt-get-update-plus dist-upgrade" if it is available. [286] [287]
  • Ported the IP check in whonixcheck to https://check.torproject.org/api/ip [archive] [288]
  • sdwdate-gui: permission lockdown, fixed merge conflicts, avoidance of 'clock is fast' false positives and other miscellaneous fixes. [289] [290] [291] [292]
  • anon-ws-disable-stacked-tor: set 'restart' rather than 'start' to support running scripts. [293]
  • Added a mechanism to add variables to Debian packaging maintainance scripts. [294] [295]
  • Thunderbird is no longer installed by default in Whonix ™. [296] [297]
  • Beautified the Whonix landing page for Tor Browser v8.0+. [298] [299]
  • Implemented use of /usr/lib/helper-scripts/terminal-wrapper rather than hardcoding Konsole. [300] [301] [302] [303]
  • Deprecated anon-workstation-extra-applications, anon-workstation-langpack-common and anon-shared-desktop-langpack-kde. [304] [305]

Improved Functionality and Usability[edit]

  • Changed (Qubes-)Whonix default applications from KDE to XFCE. [306] [307] [308]
  • Installed magic-wormhole by default as an OnionShare alternative. [309] [310] [311]
  • Set mousepad as the default editor for sudoedit. [312] [313]
  • Added support for XFCE, thunar and gksudo in Whonix-Gateway. [314]
  • Allow multiple flashproxy ports in Whonix firewall. [315] [316] [317] [318]
  • Disabled Whonix ™ onion apt sources by default due to unreliability. [319] [320] [321]
  • Added a new branch for compression/decompression tools. [322] [323] [324]
  • Implemented support for the new Snowflake pluggable transport in Anon-Connection-Wizard. [325]
  • Implemented the Tor Controller GUI in Whonix ™ with various fixes. [326]

Security Enhancements[edit]

  • Removed mapaddress entries in torrc for 1.1.1.1 and 2.2.2.2 due to the fingerprinting risk. [327] [328]
  • Run whonixcheck in Whonix-Workstation on first time boot. [329] [330]
  • Added a spectre/meltdown test to whonixcheck. [331] [332]
  • Enforce connections to deb.debian.org instead of us.debian.org and now use https (SSL/TLS) by default, as well as fixing build --connection onion. [333] [334]
  • Implemented optional tb-updater onion mirrors download support. [335] [336]
  • Corrected systemd hardening for onion-grater. [337]
  • Added systemd sandboxing for sdwdate. [338]
  • Enforced tor+http in apt sources lists to make use of apt-transport-tor. [339] [340] [341] [342]
  • Disabled uncommon network protocols for improved security. [343] [344] [345]
  • Added a Bitcoin Core onion-grater profile. [346] [347] [348] [349]

Non-Qubes-Whonix[edit]

Bug Fixes[edit]

  • Disabled KDE session restoration to prevent VirtualBox error notifications upon boot in either Whonix-Gateway or Whonix-Workstation. [350] [351] [352]
  • Start the KDE desktop session login with an empty session / resolve the kdesudo error popup window related to sdwdate-gui. [353]
  • Fixed the Whonix-Gateway XFCE / CLI keyboard layout error. [354]
  • Fixed a lintian error for sdwdate-gui / missing xml files for specific desktop environments. [355] [356] [357]

Code[edit]

  • Closed all KDE-related requests and bug fixes following the shift to XFCE. [358] This includes:
    • Change default application to not use kmail. [359]
    • Change KDE theme and KDE mouse theme. [360]
    • Disable the Baloo file indexer. [361]
    • Add /media to desktop icons. [362]
    • Add /media to pinned places in Dolphin. [363]
    • Disable/remove KDE system and network settings. [364]
    • Disable web shortcuts. [365]
    • settings-plasma search/configure search configurations from Whonix-Gateway. [366]
    • Non-Qubes-Whonix KDE plasma 5 fixes. [367]
  • Implemented numerous XFCE fixes: Whonix builds, desktop shortcuts, xfce4-terminal, related meta-packages and general fixes. [368] [369] [370] [371] [372]
  • Created a configuration file for Whonix XFCE Desktop. [373]
  • Updated the check for installed meta packages for Whonix XFCE and Whonix CLI. [374]
  • Removed pulseaudio from hardened-desktop-applications-xfce. [375]
  • Removed Ristretto from hardened-desktop-applications-xfce. [376] [377]
  • Deprecated non-qubes-vm-enhancements-gui. [378] [379]
  • Merged whonix-shared-packages-recommended-cli into whonix-shared-packages-dependencies-cli. [380]
  • Port to and take ownership of /etc/xdg/xfce4/xfconf/xfce-perchannel-xml [381] [382] [383]
  • Modified whonix-firewall to remove the old IP 192.168.0.10 reference in non-qubes-whonix-gateway. [384]
  • Minimized VirtualBox Whonix-Gateway CLI differences with non-qubes-whonix-workstation cli. [385] [386]

Improved Functionality and Usability[edit]

  • Implemented Whonix for arm64 / Raspberry Pi (RPi). [387]
  • Implemented a unified Whonix download rather than separate Whonix-Gateway / Whonix-Workstation downloads. [388] [389] [390]
  • Re-enabled hidden files and volume management. [391]
  • Whonix Setup Wizard: added instructions on how to change keyboard layout in XFCE. [392]
  • Added mupdf and Ristretto to non-qubes-whonix-workstation-xfce. [393]
  • Show the pulseaudio plugin by default. [394]
  • Increased Whonix-Workstation VRAM in Non-Qubes-Whonix to 2GB to improve performance. [395] [396]

Security Enhancements[edit]

  • Disabled maximizing of the Tor Browser window when moving to the top of the screen. [397] [398]
  • Disabled previews / thumbnails in Thunar for better security. [399]

Qubes-Whonix ™[edit]

Bug Fixes[edit]

  • Corrected Tor Browser in whonix-ws-14 based VMs sometimes blocking JavaScript on first start. [400] [401] [402]
  • Qubes templates: removed the broken graphical updater (Apper). [403] [404]
  • Resolved the command failure when running qubesctl state.sls qvm.anon-whonix. [405] [406]
  • Added missing Whonix tags anon-vm / anon-gateway to user-created, Whonix-based VMs. [407] [408]
  • Fixed failure of Whonix-Gateway to respond after an update. [409] [410]
  • Corrected an update error caused by an expired release file. [411]
  • Corrected a false whonixcheck notification about outdated packages after performing an in-place upgrade. [412]

Builds[edit]

  • Amended builder.conf so template build commands are not ignored. [413]
  • Deprecated Whonix 13. [414]

Code[edit]

  • Set $tag:anon-vm $anyvm deny in template-whonix-ws.sls. [415]
  • Removed the default installation of emacs and vim. [416]
  • Modified the Spectre / Meltdown check so it only runs in Qubes R4 and above. [417]

Security Enhancements[edit]

  • Confirmed Qubes-Whonix TemplateMVs cannot upgrade in timesync-fail-closed mode. [418]
  • Confirmed the efficacy of jitterentropy random number generation in Xen. [419]

Footnotes[edit]

  1. ↑ https://www.whonix.org/blog/whonix-13-released [archive]
  2. ↑ https://phabricator.whonix.org/maniphest/query/TfpGK0Sq8w1j/#R [archive]
  3. ↑ A handful of issues were fixed in both Whonix ™ 13 and Whonix ™ 14 and backported to both versions.
  4. ↑ https://phabricator.whonix.org/T672 [archive]
  5. ↑ https://phabricator.whonix.org/T314 [archive]
  6. ↑ https://phabricator.whonix.org/T201 [archive]
  7. ↑ https://phabricator.whonix.org/T499 [archive]
  8. ↑ https://phabricator.whonix.org/T666 [archive]
  9. ↑ https://phabricator.whonix.org/T465 [archive]
  10. ↑ The same firewall rules are still applied.
  11. ↑ https://phabricator.whonix.org/T286 [archive]
  12. ↑ https://phabricator.whonix.org/T482 [archive]
  13. ↑ https://phabricator.whonix.org/T480 [archive]
  14. ↑ https://phabricator.whonix.org/T451 [archive]
  15. ↑ For instance, tor-arm, restart Tor and other terminal programs.
  16. ↑ https://phabricator.whonix.org/T435 [archive]
  17. ↑ This does not enable transparent proxying by default, but is required in Qubes so tinyproxy traffic can be redirected [archive] to 127.0.01 instead of to qubes-netvm-gateway.
  18. ↑ https://phabricator.whonix.org/T419 [archive]
  19. ↑ https://phabricator.whonix.org/T300 [archive]
  20. ↑ https://phabricator.whonix.org/T200 [archive]
  21. ↑ https://phabricator.whonix.org/T159 [archive]
  22. ↑ https://phabricator.whonix.org/T40 [archive]
  23. ↑ https://phabricator.whonix.org/T158 [archive]
  24. ↑ https://phabricator.whonix.org/T418 [archive]
  25. ↑ https://phabricator.whonix.org/T472 [archive]
  26. ↑ https://phabricator.whonix.org/T764 [archive]
  27. ↑ https://phabricator.whonix.org/T497 [archive]
  28. ↑ https://phabricator.whonix.org/T266 [archive]
  29. ↑ https://phabricator.whonix.org/T528 [archive]
  30. ↑ This fixes various bugs relating to Tor starting / failing multiple times and qubes-whonix-torified-updates-proxy sometimes failing.
  31. ↑ https://phabricator.whonix.org/T724 [archive]
  32. ↑ https://phabricator.whonix.org/T723 [archive]
  33. ↑ Qubes R4 RC1.
  34. ↑ https://phabricator.whonix.org/T384 [archive]
  35. ↑ https://phabricator.whonix.org/T671 [archive]
  36. ↑ https://phabricator.whonix.org/T496 [archive]
  37. ↑ https://phabricator.whonix.org/T454 [archive]
  38. ↑ https://phabricator.whonix.org/T452 [archive]
  39. ↑ https://phabricator.whonix.org/T527 [archive]
  40. ↑ https://phabricator.whonix.org/T710 [archive]
  41. ↑ https://phabricator.whonix.org/T498 [archive]
  42. ↑ https://phabricator.whonix.org/T416 [archive]
  43. ↑ https://phabricator.whonix.org/T507 [archive]
  44. ↑ https://phabricator.whonix.org/T433 [archive]
  45. ↑ The qubes-update-check.service already has improved upgrade notifications.
  46. ↑ https://phabricator.whonix.org/T429 [archive]
  47. ↑ For instance, plasma-widget-folderview, kde-kdm-autologin, split the anon-shared-desktop-kde package and so on.
  48. ↑ https://phabricator.whonix.org/T428 [archive]
  49. ↑ https://phabricator.whonix.org/T491 [archive]
  50. ↑ https://phabricator.whonix.org/T477 [archive]
  51. ↑ https://phabricator.whonix.org/T461 [archive]
  52. ↑ https://phabricator.whonix.org/T414 [archive]
  53. ↑ https://phabricator.whonix.org/T501 [archive]
  54. ↑ https://phabricator.whonix.org/T421 [archive]
  55. ↑ https://phabricator.whonix.org/T417 [archive]
  56. ↑ https://phabricator.whonix.org/T406 [archive]
  57. ↑ https://phabricator.whonix.org/T502 [archive]
  58. ↑ https://www.debian.org/releases/stretch/ [archive]
  59. ↑ https://www.debian.org/News/2017/20170617 [archive]
  60. ↑ https://www.debian.org/releases/stable/amd64/release-notes/ [archive]
  61. ↑ https://www.debian.org/releases/stable/i386/release-notes/ [archive]
  62. ↑ https://forums.whonix.org/t/apparmor-and-kernel-4-14-18-1-creates-tons-of-kern-log-pop-ups/4811 [archive]
  63. ↑ https://phabricator.whonix.org/T676 [archive]
  64. ↑ https://phabricator.whonix.org/T672 [archive]
  65. ↑ https://phabricator.whonix.org/T587 [archive]
  66. ↑ https://phabricator.whonix.org/T568 [archive]
  67. ↑ https://phabricator.whonix.org/T532 [archive]
  68. ↑ https://phabricator.whonix.org/T557 [archive]
  69. ↑ The Whonix ™ documentation recommends that advanced users install apparmor-notify to investigate relevant warnings.
  70. ↑ https://phabricator.whonix.org/T640 [archive]
  71. ↑ https://phabricator.whonix.org/T626 [archive]
  72. ↑ https://phabricator.whonix.org/T592 [archive]
  73. ↑ https://phabricator.whonix.org/T787 [archive]
  74. ↑ https://phabricator.whonix.org/T797 [archive]
  75. ↑ https://phabricator.whonix.org/T462 [archive]
  76. ↑ https://phabricator.whonix.org/T490 [archive]
  77. ↑ https://phabricator.whonix.org/T675 [archive]
  78. ↑ https://phabricator.whonix.org/T700 [archive]
  79. ↑ https://phabricator.whonix.org/T760 [archive]
  80. ↑ https://phabricator.whonix.org/T761 [archive]
  81. ↑ https://phabricator.whonix.org/T643 [archive]
  82. ↑ https://phabricator.whonix.org/T666 [archive]
  83. ↑ https://phabricator.whonix.org/T688 [archive]
  84. ↑ https://phabricator.whonix.org/T686 [archive]
  85. ↑ https://phabricator.whonix.org/T650 [archive]
  86. ↑ https://phabricator.whonix.org/T768 [archive]
  87. ↑ https://phabricator.whonix.org/T648 [archive]
  88. ↑ https://phabricator.whonix.org/T632 [archive]
  89. ↑ https://phabricator.whonix.org/T628 [archive]
  90. ↑ https://phabricator.whonix.org/T627 [archive]
  91. ↑ https://phabricator.whonix.org/T608 [archive]
  92. ↑ https://phabricator.whonix.org/T603 [archive]
  93. ↑ https://phabricator.whonix.org/T601 [archive]
  94. ↑ gtk3-engines-oxygen.
  95. ↑ https://phabricator.whonix.org/T578 [archive]
  96. ↑ https://phabricator.whonix.org/T548 [archive]
  97. ↑ https://phabricator.whonix.org/T623 [archive]
  98. ↑ This also reduces the RAM load caused by too many socat instances.
  99. ↑ https://phabricator.whonix.org/T689 [archive]
  100. ↑ This measure takes place over Tor using a v3 onion. It does not include collection of IP addresses or unique identifiers of any kind, and can be easily disabled.
  101. ↑ https://phabricator.whonix.org/T551 [archive]
  102. ↑ https://phabricator.whonix.org/T535 [archive]
  103. ↑ https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=833474 [archive]
  104. ↑ https://phabricator.whonix.org/T537 [archive]
  105. ↑ https://phabricator.whonix.org/T192 [archive]
  106. ↑ https://phabricator.whonix.org/T488 [archive]
  107. ↑ https://phabricator.whonix.org/T639 [archive]
  108. ↑ https://phabricator.whonix.org/T762 [archive]
  109. ↑ https://phabricator.whonix.org/T637 [archive]
  110. ↑ https://phabricator.whonix.org/T589 [archive]
  111. ↑ https://phabricator.whonix.org/T563 [archive]
  112. ↑ https://phabricator.whonix.org/T796 [archive]
  113. ↑ https://phabricator.whonix.org/T691 [archive]
  114. ↑ https://github.com/systemd/systemd/issues/5207 [archive]
  115. ↑ https://phabricator.whonix.org/T686 [archive]
  116. ↑ https://phabricator.whonix.org/T50 [archive]
  117. ↑ https://phabricator.whonix.org/T699 [archive]
  118. ↑ https://forums.whonix.org/t/censorship-circumvention-tor-pluggable-transports/2601 [archive]
  119. ↑ https://phabricator.whonix.org/T716 [archive]
  120. ↑ OnionShare is not installed by default in Whonix ™ 14 because it is not in the stretch repository, however it may be manually installed using the available wiki instructions.
  121. ↑ https://phabricator.whonix.org/T657 [archive]
  122. ↑ onion-grater [archive]:

    Filters out Tor control protocol commands that are dangerous for anonymity such as GETINFO ADDRESS using a whitelist. Acts as a proxy between the client application and Tor.

    For example it allows using Tor Browser's New Identity feature on Anonymity Distribution Workstations, fixes Tor Browser's about:tor default homepage and Tor Button status indicator without exposing commands that are dangerous for anonymity.
  123. ↑ https://phabricator.whonix.org/T701 [archive]
  124. ↑ https://forums.whonix.org/t/onioncircuits-viewing-the-status-and-circuits-of-tor/2539 [archive]
  125. ↑ https://phabricator.whonix.org/T579 [archive]
  126. ↑ https://phabricator.whonix.org/T576 [archive]
  127. ↑ https://phabricator.whonix.org/T574 [archive]
  128. ↑ https://phabricator.whonix.org/T573 [archive]
  129. ↑ https://phabricator.whonix.org/T510 [archive]
  130. ↑ https://phabricator.whonix.org/T503 [archive]
  131. ↑ https://phabricator.whonix.org/T357 [archive]
  132. ↑ https://phabricator.whonix.org/T274 [archive]
  133. ↑ https://phabricator.whonix.org/T561 [archive]
  134. ↑ https://phabricator.whonix.org/T481 [archive]
  135. ↑ https://phabricator.whonix.org/T73 [archive]
  136. ↑ This is no longer recommended, since the The Tor Project has ceased development and stopped building and distributing sandboxed-tor-browser binaries [archive].
  137. ↑ https://phabricator.whonix.org/T583 [archive]
  138. ↑ By default, kloak is packaged in Whonix ™ 15 for the Non-Qubes-Whonix platform. Unfortunately Qubes-Whonix is unsupported (dysfunctional) due to the following Qubes issues:
  139. ↑ https://phabricator.whonix.org/T647 [archive]
  140. ↑ https://phabricator.whonix.org/T617 [archive]
  141. ↑ https://phabricator.whonix.org/T612 [archive]
  142. ↑ https://phabricator.whonix.org/T599 [archive]
  143. ↑ https://phabricator.whonix.org/T764 [archive]
  144. ↑ Previously both clearnet and onion sources were in use and priority was given to the latter, with v3 onion connections being preferred (clearnet provided a fallback). Onions will not be set by default until OnionBalance [archive] is available for v3 onions, and the repositories can be reached reliably.
  145. ↑ https://phabricator.whonix.org/T590 [archive]
  146. ↑ https://phabricator.whonix.org/T500 [archive]
  147. ↑ https://phabricator.whonix.org/T356 [archive]
  148. ↑ https://phabricator.whonix.org/T610 [archive]
  149. ↑ https://phabricator.whonix.org/T471 [archive]
  150. ↑ https://phabricator.whonix.org/T475 [archive]
  151. ↑ https://phabricator.whonix.org/T559 [archive]
  152. ↑ https://phabricator.whonix.org/T736 [archive]
  153. ↑ The default Whonix ™ PDF reader.
  154. ↑ https://www.locklizard.com/track-pdf-monitoring/ [archive]
  155. ↑ https://phabricator.whonix.org/T776 [archive]
  156. ↑ Until it is determined how to enable kde-folderview in Debian stretch.
  157. ↑ https://phabricator.whonix.org/T680 [archive]
  158. ↑ https://phabricator.whonix.org/T638 [archive]
  159. ↑ https://phabricator.whonix.org/T598 [archive]
  160. ↑ https://github.com/Whonix/shared-folder-help/commit/2130d872d4e346bc490e70fca79e572d1d1f86df [archive]
  161. ↑ https://phabricator.whonix.org/T790 [archive]
  162. ↑ http://forums.whonix.org/t/reducing-size-of-ova-images [archive]
  163. ↑ VirtualBox .ova and libvirt qcow2 raw images.
  164. ↑ The Whonix-Gateway ™ is reduced from 1.7 GB to 850 MB, while the Whonix-Workstation ™ is reduced from 2 GB to 1.1 GB.
  165. ↑ https://phabricator.whonix.org/T722 [archive]
  166. ↑ https://phabricator.whonix.org/T714 [archive]
  167. ↑ grub-live is not installed by default in Whonix ™ 14 and is an optional package only.
  168. ↑ https://phabricator.whonix.org/T703 [archive]
  169. ↑ https://phabricator.whonix.org/T702 [archive]
  170. ↑ https://github.com/Whonix/anon-meta-packages/commit/a22b1807c79cb1d21447c83ed251c331cf6222f1 [archive]
  171. ↑ https://phabricator.whonix.org/T408 [archive]
  172. ↑ https://phabricator.whonix.org/T724 [archive]
  173. ↑ https://phabricator.whonix.org/T723 [archive]
  174. ↑ Qubes R4 RC1.
  175. ↑ https://phabricator.whonix.org/T651 [archive]
  176. ↑ https://phabricator.whonix.org/T767 [archive]
  177. ↑ https://phabricator.whonix.org/T671 [archive]
  178. ↑ https://phabricator.whonix.org/T620 [archive]
  179. ↑ https://phabricator.whonix.org/T607 [archive]
  180. ↑ https://phabricator.whonix.org/T505 [archive]
  181. ↑ https://phabricator.whonix.org/T781 [archive]
  182. ↑ https://github.com/Whonix/tb-updater/issues/2 [archive]
  183. ↑ https://phabricator.whonix.org/T789 [archive]
  184. ↑ https://github.com/QubesOS/qubes-issues/issues/4033 [archive]
  185. ↑ https://github.com/QubesOS/qubes-issues/issues/4093 [archive]
  186. ↑ https://github.com/QubesOS/qubes-issues/issues/3469 [archive]
  187. ↑ https://github.com/QubesOS/qubes-issues/issues/4098 [archive]
  188. ↑ A persistent configuration now applies upon reboot.
  189. ↑ https://github.com/QubesOS/qubes-issues/issues/4095 [archive]
  190. ↑ https://github.com/QubesOS/qubes-issues/issues/3595 [archive]
  191. ↑ https://phabricator.whonix.org/T791 [archive]
  192. ↑ The anon-vm tag [archive] enforces selected settings from TemplateVMs to TemplateBasedVMs which are necessary for anonymity.
  193. ↑ https://phabricator.whonix.org/T792 [archive]
  194. ↑ https://github.com/QubesOS/qubes-issues/issues/4113 [archive]
  195. ↑ https://github.com/QubesOS/qubes-issues/issues/4055 [archive]
  196. ↑ The bug caused a version downgrade to apt-get 1.0.9.8.4
  197. ↑ https://github.com/QubesOS/qubes-issues/issues/3882 [archive]
  198. ↑ https://github.com/QubesOS/qubes-issues/issues/3740 [archive]
  199. ↑ https://github.com/QubesOS/qubes-issues/issues/2334 [archive]
  200. ↑ https://github.com/QubesOS/qubes-issues/issues/1156 [archive]
  201. ↑ https://phabricator.whonix.org/T527 [archive]
  202. ↑ https://github.com/QubesOS/qubes-issues/issues/3766 [archive]
  203. ↑ https://github.com/QubesOS/qubes-issues/issues/4063 [archive]
  204. ↑ https://github.com/QubesOS/qubes-issues/issues/4086 [archive]
  205. ↑ https://github.com/QubesOS/qubes-issues/issues/4130 [archive]
  206. ↑ https://phabricator.whonix.org/T619 [archive]
  207. ↑ https://phabricator.whonix.org/T697 [archive]
  208. ↑ https://phabricator.whonix.org/T641 [archive]
  209. ↑ https://github.com/QubesOS/qubes-issues/issues/4080 [archive]
  210. ↑ https://phabricator.whonix.org/T698 [archive]
  211. ↑ https://phabricator.whonix.org/T463 [archive]
  212. ↑ https://phabricator.whonix.org/T726 [archive]
  213. ↑ https://forums.whonix.org/t/qubes-dispvm-technical-discussion/3232/58 [archive]
  214. ↑ https://github.com/QubesOS/qubes-issues/issues/3765 [archive]
  215. ↑ https://phabricator.whonix.org/T788 [archive]
  216. ↑ https://github.com/QubesOS/qubes-issues/issues/4087 [archive]
  217. ↑ https://phabricator.whonix.org/T810 [archive]
  218. ↑ Whonix ™ is licensed under GPLv3. The repository in question can be found here [archive].
  219. ↑ https://github.com/QubesOS/qubes-issues/issues/4094 [archive]
  220. ↑ https://phabricator.whonix.org/T521 [archive]
  221. ↑ https://forums.whonix.org/t/splitting-whonix-documentation-into-a-short-and-long-edition-for-better-usability [archive]
  222. ↑ https://phabricator.whonix.org/T811 [archive]
  223. ↑ For example this simplifies processes when installing additional software safely.
  224. ↑ https://www.whonix.org/wiki/Multiple_Whonix-Workstations#Multiple_Qubes-Whonix_TemplateVMs [archive]
  225. ↑ https://phabricator.whonix.org/T580 [archive]
  226. ↑ https://forums.whonix.org/t/document-recovery-procedure-after-compromise [archive]
  227. ↑ https://phabricator.whonix.org/T544 [archive]
  228. ↑ This template simplifies instructions for Onion Services.
  229. ↑ https://phabricator.whonix.org/T567 [archive]
  230. ↑ https://www.whonix.org/wiki/Multiple_Whonix-Workstation [archive]
  231. ↑ https://phabricator.whonix.org/T523 [archive]
  232. ↑ Apache has a large attack surface and some features erode privacy and leak information about a server's configuration.
  233. ↑ https://www.whonix.org/wiki/Hidden_Services#Hidden_Webserver [archive]
  234. ↑ https://forums.whonix.org/t/website-fingerprinting-defenses-at-the-application-layer [archive]?
  235. ↑ https://phabricator.whonix.org/T545 [archive]
  236. ↑ The template reminds Qubes users that newly installed packages must be installed in the TemplateVM to be persistent.
  237. ↑ The wrapper was integrated into tb-updater and tb-starter.
  238. ↑ https://forums.whonix.org/t/todo-research-and-document-how-to-use-tor-browser-for-security-not-anonymity-how-to-use-tbb-using-clearnet/3822 [archive]
  239. ↑ https://phabricator.whonix.org/T877 [archive]
  240. ↑ https://phabricator.whonix.org/T597 [archive]
  241. ↑ https://www.whonix.org/wiki/ZeroNet [archive]
  242. ↑ Including:
  243. ↑ This greatly assists with documentation efforts, since documentation does not break and need updating based on a new point release being available.
  244. ↑ https://phabricator.whonix.org/T809 [archive]
  245. ↑ https://phabricator.whonix.org/T870 [archive]
  246. ↑ Whonix ™ already has a Youtube channel, but Peertube provides a further avenue for information on new/fresh projects.
  247. ↑ https://phabricator.whonix.org/T847 [archive]
  248. ↑ https://phabricator.whonix.org/T846 [archive]
  249. ↑ https://phabricator.whonix.org/T836 [archive]
  250. ↑ https://phabricator.whonix.org/T830 [archive]
  251. ↑ https://phabricator.whonix.org/T839 [archive]
  252. ↑ https://phabricator.whonix.org/project/board/144/ [archive]
  253. ↑ https://phabricator.whonix.org/T840 [archive]
  254. ↑ https://forums.whonix.org/t/i-need-help-to-get-my-apparmor-profile-of-dnscrypt-proxy-to-run/7457 [archive]
  255. ↑ https://forums.whonix.org/t/why-does-the-tor-browser-apparmor-profile-have-sys-admin-sys-chroot-and-ptrace-capabilties/7409 [archive]
  256. ↑ https://github.com/Whonix/apparmor-profile-torbrowser/pull/6 [archive]
  257. ↑

    The Tor Browser AppArmor profile has capability sys_admin, capability sys_chroot, and ptrace. This looks pretty insecure.

    ptrace will allow the Tor Browser to modify and inspect other running processes.

    sys_admin will allow the Tor Browser to do a whole load of things that it probably shouldn’t be able to.

    sys_chroot will allow the Tor Browser to chroot which can make an attacker able to put a setuid program inside a chroot jail with a fake /etc/passwd and /etc/shadow which can fool it into giving it root access.
  258. ↑ https://forums.whonix.org/t/tor-browser-8-wont-launch/5863 [archive]
  259. ↑ https://github.com/Whonix/apparmor-profile-torbrowser/commit/5b1550cc51d73652d63af1fd010d9beb34e2069e [archive]
  260. ↑ https://forums.whonix.org/t/whonix-apparmor-profiles-development-discussion/108/682 [archive]
  261. ↑ https://github.com/Whonix/whonixcheck/commit/5873f4c3bb1665a6fb92224968805f561aca87e3 [archive]
  262. ↑ https://github.com/Whonix/apparmor-profile-torbrowser/pull/3 [archive]
  263. ↑ This allows the same apparmor profile to be used for i2p browser (~/.i2pb/i2p-browser) or for a hypothetical ZeroNet browser (~/.zerob/zeronet-browser/) and so on.
  264. ↑ https://github.com/Whonix/apparmor-profile-torbrowser/commit/21c36545df427bd8943a92279af78e53ea627056 [archive]
  265. ↑ https://github.com/Whonix/apparmor-profile-xchat/pull/2 [archive]
  266. ↑ https://phabricator.whonix.org/T855 [archive]
  267. ↑ whonixcheck runs as user whonixcheck, so a wrapper might be needed which is called using sudo (with a sudoers.d exception for this test).
  268. ↑ https://phabricator.whonix.org/T820 [archive]
  269. ↑ https://forums.whonix.org/t/missing-pinentry-package-whonix-14/5630 [archive]
  270. ↑ https://github.com/Whonix/whonix-firewall/commit/8d9767a72fdbaac863f8e372a10dfa6f2779ce6f [archive]
  271. ↑ https://github.com/Whonix/tb-starter/commit/7f3ac3b6d7beb659333f39b0506cd32fb07dc1bb [archive]
  272. ↑ https://github.com/Whonix/onion-grater/commit/70e735dae1c15920c356b07fc6aaf4b9589b465a [archive]
  273. ↑ https://github.com/Whonix/open-link-confirmation/commit/30810e6fa96b80a749505ea60e9dfb0d915edf14 [archive]
  274. ↑ https://github.com/Whonix/usability-misc/commit/63c1ba7cae2914bd3bcfe5d7d2e5edf495a79c02 [archive]
  275. ↑ https://forums.whonix.org/t/bug-not-all-files-form-etc-skel-are-copied-to-home-user/6778 [archive]
  276. ↑ See: apt security update - DSA 4371-1
  277. ↑ https://forums.whonix.org/t/fixed-apt-rce-announced-new-whonix-images-needed-whonix-build-not-safe-at-the-moment/6715 [archive]
  278. ↑ https://phabricator.whonix.org/T854 [archive]
  279. ↑ https://phabricator.whonix.org/T400 [archive]
  280. ↑ Such as --cpuid-portability-level or --cpuidremoveall in VirtualBox, since the attempts have proven futile or even posed security risks.
  281. ↑ https://phabricator.whonix.org/T408 [archive]
  282. ↑ https://phabricator.whonix.org/T881 [archive]
  283. ↑ https://github.com/Whonix/anon-meta-packages/commit/04851c3ef4a5fa4e4e25917860392273b80a3ebb [archive]
  284. ↑ https://github.com/Whonix/whonix-repository/commit/24f6479ec1c7015aa50aa2caf1a6d66aec28f429 [archive]
  285. ↑ https://github.com/Whonix/whonix-repository/commit/e6de603931735647aa69ab97202a8eb01589a42b [archive]
  286. ↑ https://github.com/Whonix/whonixcheck/commit/2dcc1257f728639772f66f055134ea6ed960012c [archive]
  287. ↑ https://github.com/Whonix/whonixcheck/commit/7f9d648909e790a8d188dda5f83622367fd432c3 [archive]
  288. ↑ https://github.com/Whonix/whonixcheck/commit/5111b2765e7e2d0b8d24cdfb5e7c6996da7a1e25 [archive]
  289. ↑ https://github.com/Whonix/sdwdate-gui/commit/964fcb62d1961b52f4b126cc427d429cf2475ef4 [archive]
  290. ↑ https://github.com/troubadoour/sdwdate-gui/commit/0b7d851476ac5c9d352de537f0ddfea8f1095b34 [archive]
  291. ↑ https://github.com/Whonix/sdwdate-gui/commit/63b9a0b1c7f979362ec114aebed5d62d2138f63f [archive]
  292. ↑ https://github.com/Whonix/helper-scripts/commit/a87cd4fa6cadc541262a90f810a585fa4c4bdc0b [archive]
  293. ↑ https://github.com/Whonix/anon-ws-disable-stacked-tor/commit/1f7bf8ff3af2548cb735ab9450c7395d9d4065cf [archive]
  294. ↑ So arbitrary packaging scripts can be avoided.
  295. ↑ https://github.com/Whonix/anon-base-files/commit/fe5433f52678597c4e26ca06ecfab4c3619e45de [archive]
  296. ↑ https://forums.whonix.org/t/thunderbird-no-longer-installed-by-default/6505 [archive]
  297. ↑ Due to breakage that has been experienced; see here [archive] for details.
  298. ↑ https://github.com/Whonix/whonix-welcome-page/pull/5 [archive]
  299. ↑ The landing page was otherwise stuck in the left corner and not centered.
  300. ↑ This is useful if trying to avoid unnecessary package installation; for example just installing sdwdate on Debian.
  301. ↑ https://github.com/Whonix/sdwdate-gui/commit/f9a269b352eeb2965a352c91e0a033576c01f0e1 [archive]
  302. ↑ https://github.com/Whonix/helper-scripts/commit/bb3fab3b3de448ede51417f2b2b2e4760d9a467b [archive]
  303. ↑ https://forums.whonix.org/t/calling-1-package-from-whonix-repo-will-pull-all-the-packages/6182/7 [archive]
  304. ↑ https://forums.whonix.org/t/whonix-langpacks-useful/5692 [archive]
  305. ↑ https://github.com/Whonix/anon-meta-packages/commit/64db5cf89152d0114aaa331f8321fec061bea2c1 [archive]
  306. ↑ https://phabricator.whonix.org/T888 [archive]
  307. ↑ Poll: https://forums.whonix.org/t/user-poll-xfce-vs-kde-kde-deprecation-considered/6235 [archive]
  308. ↑ https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/qubes-devel/pkvvm1WNznY [archive]
  309. ↑ https://phabricator.whonix.org/T771 [archive]
  310. ↑ https://forums.whonix.org/t/onionshare-alternatives/4877/11 [archive]
  311. ↑ This is because OnionShare is not in Debian stable. magic-wormhole is a great alternative to easily share data between two endpoints, although it requires a uwt wrapper to support stream isolation.
  312. ↑ https://github.com/Whonix/usability-misc/pull/7 [archive]
  313. ↑ https://forums.whonix.org/t/use-sudoedit-in-whonix-documentation/7599 [archive]
  314. ↑ https://github.com/Whonix/anon-gw-anonymizer-config/commit/252416d91a2158da3b07f1791416ecc8c261f18c [archive]
  315. ↑ One example implementation is to use iptables to force all traffic through those ports. This requires two flashproxy ports -- one for TCP traffic and one for DNS.
  316. ↑ https://github.com/Whonix/whonix-firewall/commit/5ffcbb5ad30b04a6c5ea57734a8907cdc08c9b9f [archive]
  317. ↑ https://github.com/Whonix/whonix-firewall/commit/6882aa9a449e0b6317f96f35d54ddcfcf56df858 [archive]
  318. ↑ https://github.com/Whonix/whonix-firewall/commit/5cf35f4ffe9d2f7ff2d2f8200dd0f2ad82ea5f14 [archive]
  319. ↑ https://forums.whonix.org/t/disable-onions-by-default-due-to-unreliability/6650 [archive]
  320. ↑ https://github.com/Whonix/whonix-repository/commit/f04391c5ad438732c5a9ae886b926530e277e9cd [archive]
  321. ↑ https://github.com/Whonix/anon-apt-sources-list/commit/8846e18a3bae24ed64fb5e9351f2ef614eaf1566 [archive]
  322. ↑ This includes small, efficient GUI decompression tools like xarchiver, unxz, unrar and p7zip.
  323. ↑ https://forums.whonix.org/t/archive-decompression-tools/6533 [archive]
  324. ↑ https://github.com/Whonix/anon-meta-packages/pull/19 [archive]
  325. ↑ https://github.com/Whonix/anon-connection-wizard/pull/22 [archive]
  326. ↑ https://forums.whonix.org/t/tor-controller-gui-tor-control-panel-testers-wanted/5444 [archive]
  327. ↑ https://phabricator.whonix.org/T878 [archive]
  328. ↑ Otherwise this redirects and discloses the traffic to onion addresses.
  329. ↑ https://phabricator.whonix.org/T821 [archive]
  330. ↑ whonixcheck will now always run and check for updates on first boot of Whonix-Workstation since numerous updates will likely be available, including kernel updates.
  331. ↑ https://github.com/Whonix/whonixcheck/commit/4d65231b87b1dbc7827cd47c86f1f4d5476bcda2 [archive]
  332. ↑ https://github.com/Whonix/Whonix/commit/47d9bdde4f9985aa8b29d64c2bd81f17addf18b6 [archive]
  333. ↑ https://phabricator.whonix.org/T721 [archive]
  334. ↑ https://lists.debian.org/debian-security/2017/10/msg00006.html [archive]
  335. ↑ https://phabricator.whonix.org/T678 [archive]
  336. ↑ The optional --onion parameter can also be set through an environment variable export tb_onion=true or in the /etc/torbrowser.d/50_user.conf config with the same syntax.
  337. ↑ https://github.com/madaidan/onion-grater/commit/f0312d95bc721580088a10c4230ab10ff97f30f9 [archive]
  338. ↑ https://github.com/Whonix/sdwdate/pull/21 [archive]
  339. ↑ apt-transport-tor (tor+http) is the default from Whonix ™ 14 onward because it provides better error handling and stream isolation.
  340. ↑ https://github.com/Whonix/whonix-repository/commit/8beb14f2782a2730c07a2b233f44b5ea5df021c2 [archive]
  341. ↑ https://github.com/Whonix/anon-shared-build-apt-sources-tpo/commit/32d6efed5344aaac9de5c3dac04ba1a3d6236905 [archive]
  342. ↑ https://github.com/Whonix/anon-apt-sources-list/commit/d74b8e8abd7832200d57aee8736e8f31084db964 [archive]
  343. ↑ Disables DCCP, SCTP, RDS and TIPC in case they have unknown vulnerabilities; serious problems were discovered in the past.
  344. ↑ https://github.com/Whonix/security-misc/pull/7 [archive]
  345. ↑ https://forums.whonix.org/t/blacklist-uncommon-network-protocols/7391 [archive]
  346. ↑ https://forums.whonix.org/t/bitcoin-core-onion-grater-profile/6216 [archive]
  347. ↑ To allow the creation of a mainnet or testnet hidden service and discarding of the private key to keep services ephemeral.
  348. ↑ https://github.com/Whonix/onion-grater/pull/1 [archive]
  349. ↑ https://github.com/Whonix/onion-grater/pull/2 [archive]
  350. ↑ https://phabricator.whonix.org/T822 [archive]
  351. ↑ https://forums.whonix.org/t/kdesudo-error-popup-window-sdwdate-gui [archive]
  352. ↑ https://github.com/Whonix/anon-apps-config/commit/008d206ec20c74e0d03926b939522b7036b8693b [archive]
  353. ↑ https://phabricator.whonix.org/T737 [archive]
  354. ↑ https://github.com/Whonix/usability-misc/commit/c2a0c84b4a12b5bebc241b65a932b96a33cacedb [archive]
  355. ↑ https://github.com/Whonix/Whonix/commit/5760a2491cc42482945e3d50ed0ccb33d539d92d [archive]
  356. ↑ https://github.com/Whonix/Whonix/commit/98fd2361ec4e1ef73de3660ccb4c21e5ec86bf5f [archive]
  357. ↑ https://github.com/Whonix/Whonix/commit/8679c7f1b94e269b8f110743654c2431a0725cc2 [archive]
  358. ↑ https://forums.whonix.org/t/user-poll-xfce-vs-kde-kde-deprecation-considered/6235 [archive]
  359. ↑ https://phabricator.whonix.org/T738 [archive]
  360. ↑ https://phabricator.dds6qkxpwdeubwucdiaord2xgbbeyds25rbsgr73tbfpqpt4a6vjwsyd.onion/T69 [archive]
  361. ↑ https://phabricator.whonix.org/T630 [archive]
  362. ↑ https://phabricator.whonix.org/T705 [archive]
  363. ↑ https://phabricator.whonix.org/T706 [archive]
  364. ↑ https://phabricator.whonix.org/T733 [archive]
  365. ↑ https://phabricator.whonix.org/T734 [archive]
  366. ↑ https://phabricator.whonix.org/T735 [archive]
  367. ↑ https://phabricator.whonix.org/T633 [archive]
  368. ↑ https://github.com/Whonix/whonix-ws-desktop-shortcuts/pull/1 [archive]
  369. ↑ https://github.com/Whonix/whonix-gw-desktop-shortcuts/pull/2 [archive]
  370. ↑ https://github.com/Whonix/Whonix/pull/423/commits/bb87de2006d5ea6389480d4443b58ea82c11bef2 [archive]
  371. ↑ https://github.com/Whonix/helper-scripts/pull/4 [archive]
  372. ↑ https://github.com/Whonix/anon-meta-packages/pull/15 [archive]
  373. ↑ https://github.com/Whonix/whonix-xfce-desktop-config [archive]
  374. ↑ https://github.com/Whonix/whonixcheck/commit/7eec772015948573319e281da67b9b1ffb93e201 [archive]
  375. ↑ https://github.com/Whonix/anon-meta-packages/commit/fd2570327ea7a4da054c2d3825ff04debc70a557 [archive]
  376. ↑ So it is not installed on Whonix-Gateway by default.
  377. ↑ https://github.com/Whonix/anon-meta-packages/commit/8bfca1d9a9c7a0e76bcd0222f9fd01dd72a0277b [archive]
  378. ↑ https://github.com/Whonix/anon-meta-packages/commit/1de173ad50669a575171200d76b0d3e4878fb78b [archive]
  379. ↑ https://github.com/Whonix/anon-meta-packages/commit/28582d8272a38b9d0ce7cd234f94a7b983358a64 [archive]
  380. ↑ https://github.com/Whonix/anon-meta-packages/commit/eaac36060f9fea574c098967b85690d41f122562 [archive]
  381. ↑ https://github.com/Whonix/security-misc/commit/137bc073c5d65988cce832336ebee5c47071e732 [archive]
  382. ↑ https://github.com/Whonix/whonix-xfce-desktop-config/commit/c8959135d699bc3ce74b95f736cbfbbc8ff391d9 [archive]
  383. ↑ https://github.com/Whonix/whonix-xfce-desktop-config/commit/0e9daa97e9f9e70120c969aa9c9d52cace46971a [archive]
  384. ↑ https://github.com/Whonix/whonix-firewall/commit/c55b2652eecd214804afb32d89dc8fdf05e31221 [archive]
  385. ↑ To prevent broken functionality due to missing packages.
  386. ↑ https://forums.whonix.org/t/whonix-cli-development/6309 [archive]
  387. ↑ https://forums.whonix.org/t/whonix-for-arm64-raspberry-pi-rpi/1788 [archive]
  388. ↑ Virtual ovas and KVM libirt.xz files are both available as a single download containing both VMs.
  389. ↑ https://forums.whonix.org/t/unified-whonix-download-rather-than-separate-whonix-gateway-whonix-workstation-download/6851 [archive]
  390. ↑ https://forums.whonix.org/t/whonix-virtualbox-14-0-1-4-4-unified-ova-downloads-testers-wanted/6979/2 [archive]
  391. ↑ https://github.com/Whonix/security-misc/pull/4 [archive]
  392. ↑ https://github.com/Whonix/whonix-setup-wizard/commit/7fa64df04025d304fa97458a23f730bcc8aedbd8 [archive]
  393. ↑ https://github.com/Whonix/anon-meta-packages/commit/701edd4aa46d76b03fc84a482a9046834beb43ab [archive]
  394. ↑ https://github.com/Whonix/whonix-xfce-desktop-config/commit/0aba7c2c3676469ea28f7949a5e58795cd529e34 [archive]
  395. ↑ https://forums.whonix.org/research-disabling-tbb-e10-mutiprocess-for-performance-boost/6431 [archive]
  396. ↑ https://github.com/Whonix/Whonix/commit/e75f61f32eee4d947bbeea61d898fcce815b57e5 [archive]
  397. ↑ https://phabricator.whonix.org/T880 [archive]
  398. ↑ https://forums.whonix.org/t/whonix-xfce-14-0-0-9-6-for-virtualbox-released/6368/14 [archive]
  399. ↑ https://github.com/Whonix/security-misc/commit/008a97d9e7f891a706a277c8e9bb2e3a958d1e63 [archive]
  400. ↑ https://phabricator.whonix.org/T894 [archive]
  401. ↑ https://forums.whonix.org/t/tor-browser-in-whonix-blocks-javascript-only-when-started-for-the-first-time-and-in-dispvms/6843 [archive]
  402. ↑ This was reported to occur in approximately 50 percent of start up cases.
  403. ↑ Since it does not report upgrades, even when they are available.
  404. ↑ https://phabricator.whonix.org/T373 [archive]
  405. ↑ Which failed with return code 1.
  406. ↑ https://github.com/QubesOS/qubes-issues/issues/4154 [archive]
  407. ↑ https://github.com/QubesOS/qubes-issues/issues/4155 [archive]
  408. ↑ https://github.com/QubesOS/qubes-core-admin-addon-whonix/pull/6 [archive]
  409. ↑ Related to the missing package python3-xcffib.
  410. ↑ https://github.com/QubesOS/qubes-issues/issues/4443#issuecomment-436484078 [archive]
  411. ↑ https://github.com/QubesOS/qubes-issues/issues/3323 [archive]
  412. ↑ https://github.com/QubesOS/qubes-issues/issues/4340 [archive]
  413. ↑ https://github.com/QubesOS/qubes-issues/issues/4536 [archive]
  414. ↑ https://github.com/QubesOS/qubes-builder/pull/81 [archive]
  415. ↑ https://github.com/QubesOS/qubes-core-admin/pull/221 [archive]
  416. ↑ https://github.com/QubesOS/qubes-issues/issues/4195 [archive]
  417. ↑ https://github.com/QubesOS/qubes-issues/issues/4295 [archive]
  418. ↑ https://phabricator.whonix.org/T858 [archive]
  419. ↑ https://github.com/QubesOS/qubes-issues/issues/4174 [archive]

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