[Whonix-devel] #17216 [Applications/Tor Browser]: Make Tor Browser's updater work over Hidden Services

Mon Jan 28 21:36:20 CET 2019

#17216: Make Tor Browser's updater work over Hidden Services
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 Reporter:  isis                                 |          Owner:  tbb-
                                                 |  team
     Type:  enhancement                          |         Status:
                                                 |  needs_information
 Priority:  Medium                               |      Milestone:
Component:  Applications/Tor Browser             |        Version:
 Severity:  Normal                               |     Resolution:
 Keywords:  tor-hs tbb-security,                 |  Actual Points:
  TorBrowserTeam201901                           |
Parent ID:                                       |         Points:  medium
 Reviewer:                                       |        Sponsor:
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Changes (by gk):

 * status:  new => needs_information
 * cc: weasel, ln5 (added)
 * keywords:  tor-hs tbb-security => tor-hs tbb-security,
               TorBrowserTeam201901

Comment:

 I'd like to test this out, first in the alpha series, sooner than later.
 The idea would be to fetch the metadata file (update.xml) over .onion
 which is a pretty small file (around 1000 bytes) but *not* the full
 update. I am in particular concerned about TLS being the means of
 authenticating the contents of that xml file and think we can do better
 with an .onion responsible for that.

 weasel, ln5: do you feel the current .onion setup for aus1 is robust
 enough for that test? Should we wait until we have v3 services available?
 Or...?

 Any other concerns?

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