BlackBelt Privacy Tor/i2p+WASTE+VidVoIP / News: Recent posts

We have switched away from DDG as the default search engine.

WASTE:
WASTE 1.8.0.build.249.
Performance, Chat Room History improvements.
Invalidate DNS cache on interval.
Faster ‘Network Pressure’ detection.
BugFixes.

Tor:
Tor 0.4.7.8 with Libevent 2.1.12-stable, OpenSSL 3.0.4, Zlib 1.2.8, Liblzma 5.2.4, Libzstd 1.4.8 and Unknown N/A as libc.
Downgraded Libzstd to remain more compatible with Tor codebase.
Tor at this version has key performance improvements so all should upgrade.
Addresses OpenSSL Vulnerability:
OpenSSL advisory 21 June 2022
CVE-2022-2068... read more

WASTE: 1.8.0.build.248. Bugfixes. Connections Eager to close too early during file transfers. Minor UI Improvements.

Tor: Tor 0.4.6.10 with Libevent 2.1.12-stable, OpenSSL 3.0.2, Zlib 1.2.8, Liblzma 5.2.4, Libzstd 1.4.9 and Unknown N/A as libc.

Purple i2p daemon : v2.41.0.

WASTE 1.8.0.build.247. Bug fixes.

Tor: Tor 0.4.6.10 with Libevent 2.1.12-stable, OpenSSL 3.0.2, Zlib 1.2.8, Liblzma5.2.4, Libzstd 1.4.9 and Unknown N/A as libc.

Change log:
WASTE : FileTx and Chat Windows kept open. Bugfixes.

Once again - we had to make a point release.
Someone unearthed a bug. Again it was too serious to leave to a future release.

Our remit is to get you the latest, fast and small as possible.

You'll notice the download has increased in size. This is due to the HTTPS Everywhere rule set included, which is large.

We've updated the Tor and i2p profiles for pre and post Firefox (or derivative).... read more

Coming soon.

WASTE: Updated to 1.8.0.build.246.
Improvements across the piece. Especially for Chat Rooms, Chat Groups and
Encrypted Chats. Remember blowfish protects regular chats, but you can
optionally layer RSA chats over the top, protected with your public key.

Tor: Tor 0.4.6.10 with Libevent 2.1.12-stable, OpenSSL 3.0.2, Zlib 1.2.8, Liblzma5.2.4, Libzstd 1.4.8 and Unknown N/A as libc.. Static.
Addresses OpenSSL Vulnerability:
OpenSSL Security Advisory [15 March 2022]
CVE-2022-0778

For (CVE-2022-0778) - we have updated Open SSL to 3.0.2.

We'll ship this update for Tor in a coming release.

We'll be moving to a new search engine in a coming release.

Bug fixes on WASTE.

WASTE: Updated to 1.8.0.build.242.
Switch to ISO dates throughout.
Minor UI updates.
Increase network stats reporting in network view.
AI-Connect option fully enables / disables all AI function.
Daily bandwidth usage stats now estimated from 7 day rolling window.
Monthly quiescent bandwidth usage between 15MB and 90 MB. As l,ow as 1MB.
Improved incoming file transfer handling for Linux users on WINE.
Balloon Tips may not be active elements in WINE. Re-Engineered.
Chat Room History, up to ~4K, displayed when new users enter Chat Rooms.
Manual Upload bugfixes and improvements.... read more

LibreWolf

LibreWolf: https://librewolf.net/

An anonymous user has drawn our attention to LibreWolf.
We love it.

Support, we hope, is coming soon.

WASTE has improved management of its AI.

WASTE: Updated to 1.8.0.build.221.
Reduce High CPU Usage on Startup.
Demote connections properly on connection failures or closure. Bugfix

Tor: 0.4.6.9 with Libevent 2.1.12-stable, OpenSSL 3.0.1, Zlib 1.2.8, Liblzma 5.2.4, Libzstd 1.4.8 and Unknown N/A as libc. Static.
Implements security advisory CVE-2021-4044 for OpenSSL.

Purple i2p daemon: v2.40.0.

WASTE: Updated to 1.8.0.build.221.
Reduce High CPU Usage on Startup.
Demote connections properly on connection failures or closure. Bugfix

Tor: 0.4.6.9 with Libevent 2.1.12-stable, OpenSSL 3.0.1, Zlib 1.2.8, Liblzma 5.2.4, Libzstd 1.4.8 and Unknown N/A as libc. Static.
Implements security advisory CVE-2021-4044 for OpenSSL.

Purple i2p daemon: v2.40.0.

WASTE : Updated to 1.8.0.build.219.
Anonymous users are handled better in ban lists.
Ban list: now has ‘Default Allow’ or ‘Default Deny’ – adding flexibility.
Invisible Network Agnostic: the Tor or i2p networking option biases WASTE towards that network. You can still connect to either Tor or i2p addresses, manually.
AI-Connect: AI managed high-performance connections. Switchable. 2 AI managed connections will be maintained when enabled.
The size of the Semiotic Strange Attractor that forms in the AI has been reduced.
This reduces AI connections coming in from multiple nodes.... read more

WASTE : Updated to 1.8.0.build.214.
Rare connection related crash fixed.
Default back to Tor for nullnet connections.
Performance up from 80+ MB per sec to 90+ MB per sec, nearly 800 Mbits persec, over ipv4.
Improved 'connect first time' for connections, across all networks.
Improved Status Updates in Chat Rooms.

BBP Suite: Spaces removed from the exe name to aid installation under WINE on linux.

Some people are having a real pain trying to connect to the WASTE nullnet over i2p,
We will default it back to Tor in the next release to prevent this.

If you do want to connect, switch WASTE to use Tor instead of i2p.

We apologize for this inconvenience.

Change Log:
WASTE: Updated to 1.8.0.build.208.
Ban List, applies to Secure Chats and Transfers.
Resume improved under either node terminating.
Improved Chunk Counting under resume transfer.
Improved Download Retry/Resume.
Improved Saving of Network Addresses.

Tor: 0.4.6.7 with Libevent 2.1.12-stable, OpenSSL 3.0.0, Zlib 1.2.8, Liblzma5.2.4, Libzstd 1.4.8 and Unknown N/A as libc. Static.

xFox Profile : Improvements to existing profile recovery and integration.... read more

WASTE: Updated to 1.8.0.build.203. Chat Ban List. Other improvements.

Tor: 0.4.6.7 with Libevent 2.1.12-stable, OpenSSL 3.0.0-beta2, Zlib 1.2.8, Liblzma 5.2.4, Libzstd 1.4.8 and Unknown N/A as libc. Static.

We hope you are aware the suite has fully migrated to Version 3 Onion Addresses, v3 Onion.
This means WASTE and the xFox Browsing Profile will not be able to the old v2 onion addresses.

We do default to i2p for WASTE now, but Tor is faster and still fully available for connect.

The WASTE BIOS node, used for comms over WASTE, has been upgraded to v3 onion with addresses shipped in the installer.

We hope this is clear to end-users and you're all still happily browsing and WASTE'ing away.... read more

WASTE: Updated to 1.8.0.build.198. Improvements to User Interface. AntiSpoof zero false positives.

Tor: 0.4.6.5 with Libevent 2.1.12-stable, OpenSSL 3.0.0-alpha17, Zlib 1.2.8, Liblzma 5.2.4, Libzstd 1.4.8 and Unknown NA as libc. Static.

Purple i2p daemon : v2.38.0.

NOTE: v2 Onion addresses are deprecated in this release. Only v3 onion addresses are supported from here on.

Changelog.
WASTE : Updated to 1.8.0.build.195. Switch to Socks5 for proxy work.

Tor : 0.4.5.7 with Libevent 2.1.12-stable, OpenSSL 1.1.1k, Zlib 1.2.8, Liblzma
5.2.4, Libzstd 1.4.8 and Unknown N/A as libc. Static.

Purple i2p daemon : v2.37.0.

We've decided not to concentrate on integrating links into the xFox profile used for Browsing Tor and i2p.
Instead, we've placed links on the WASTE NULLNET.

We arrive at a library of links in a much cleaner way.

Fire up WASTE and take a look.

We've just finished building a shiny static Tor version 0.4.6.1-alpha. We're putting it through its paces.
If its good, and trusting the Tor Project, this is almost a dead certainty, we'll possibly include it in the next release.
This version will not resolve v2 hidden services. Although WASTE defaults to i2p now within the suite, the old v2 BIOS Node infrastructure still exists.
You can still connect to it by just switching WASTE to Tor mode.
We may update the old Tor v2 Infrastructure for WASTE to v3 over time, but it's not a critical line-item.... read more

WASTE: Updated to 1.8.0.build.190. Network Window – Auto-Reconnect to Highlighted hosts.

Tor: Updated to Tor 0.4.5.7 with Libevent 2.1.12-stable, OpenSSL 1.1.1k, Zlib1.2.8, Liblzma 5.2.4, Libzstd 1.4.8 and Unknown N/A as libc. Static.

Purple i2p daemon: Updated to v2.37.0.