Whonix 16 available, an anonymous Linux OS.
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The release of the Whonix 16 distribution kit , aimed at providing guaranteed anonymity,
security and protection of private information, took place. Whonix boot images are built to
run under the control of the KVM hypervisor . Builds for VirtualBox and for use on the
Qubes operating system are delayed (while Whonix 16 test builds continue to ship). The
developments of the project are distributed under the GPLv3 license.
The distribution is based on Debian GNU / Linux and uses Tor to ensure anonymity. A feature
of Whonix is ​​the division of the distribution into two separately installed components – Whonix-Gateway
with an implementation of a network gateway for anonymous communications and Whonix-Workstation
with a desktop. Both components ship inside a single boot image. Access to the network
from the Whonix-Workstation environment is made only through the Whonix-Gateway, which
isolates the work environment from direct interaction with the outside world and allows
only fictitious network addresses to be used. This approach protects the user from leaking
the real IP address in the event of a hacked web browser or even exploiting a vulnerability
that gives an attacker root access to the system.
Hacking Whonix-Workstation will only allow an attacker to get bogus network parameters,
since the real IP and DNS parameters are hidden outside the network gateway, which routes
traffic only through Tor. It should be borne in mind that Whonix components are designed
to run in the form of guest systems, i.e. the possibility of exploiting critical 0-day
vulnerabilities in virtualization platforms that can provide access to the host system
is not excluded. Therefore, it is not recommended to run Whonix-Workstation on the same computer
as Whonix-Gateway.
Whonix-Workstation provides a custom Xfce environment by default. The package includes
programs such as VLC, Tor Browser (Firefox), Thunderbird + TorBirdy, Pidgin, etc. Whonix-Gateway
comes with a set of server applications, including Apache httpd, ngnix, and IRC servers that
can be used to run Tor hidden services. Forwarding over Tor tunnels is possible for Freenet,
i2p, JonDonym, SSH and VPN. Comparison of Whonix with Tails, Tor Browser, Qubes OS TorVM
and corridor can be found on this page . If desired, the user can use only Whonix-Gateway
and connect through it their usual systems, including Windows, which makes it possible
to provide anonymous logoff for workstations already in use.
Whonix 16 Major changes: The distribution package base has been updated
from Debian 10 (buster) to Debian 11 (bullseye). The repository for installing Tor has been
switched from deb.torproject.org to packages.debian.org. The binaries-freedom package has been deprecated
as electrum is now available from the regular Debian repository.
The fasttrack repository is enabled by default (fasttrack.debian.net) through which you can
install the latest versions of Gitlab, VirtualBox and Matrix.
File paths have been updated from / usr / lib to / usr / libexec.
Updated VirtualBox to version 6.1.26 from the Debian repository.
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