Tails 6.4 Anonymous OS Introduces Random Seed to Strengthen All Cryptography
Highlights of Tails 6.4 include the ability to store a random seed on the Tails USB stick to strengthen all cryptography. The devs say that having a secure random number generator is critical for various of Tails’ components that rely on cryptography, such as Persistent Storage, Tor, and HTTPS.
Tails 6.4 also switches to secure HTTPS addresses for the Debian and Tails APT software repositories rather than using onion addresses, updates the Tor Browser anonymous web browser to version 13.0.16, updates the Tor client to version 0.4.8.12, and updates the Mozilla Thunderbird email client to version 115.12.0.
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Tails 6.4 Introduces Random Seed for Robust Cryptography
The highlight feature in Tails 6.4 is the addition of a random seed stored on the USB stick, a move designed to bolster the cryptography across the system. This enhancement addresses the critical need for a secure random number generator, essential for various cryptographic functions within Tails, including Persistent Storage, Tor, and HTTPS protocols.
The random seed is strategically stored outside of the Persistent Storage to ensure that all users benefit from stronger cryptographic protections regardless of their individual configurations.
Tails 6.4 also marks a significant shift in how the system accesses updates and packages. The operating system has transitioned from using onion addresses to HTTPS addresses for the Debian and Tails APT repositories.
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Tails now stores a random seed on the USB stick to strengthen all cryptography.
Having a secure random number generator is critical to some of the cryptography used in Tails, for example, in the Persistent Storage, Tor, or HTTPS.
This random seed is stored outside of the Persistent Storage so that all users can benefit from stronger cryptography.