> On 20 Sep 2018, at 07:02, Keifer Bly <keifer....@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> A few days ago, I upgraded my version of tor from 0.3.3.9 to tor 0.3.4.8. I
> noticed, however, that tor does not tell me when a new version is available.
> But in the past when I was a few versions behind, it popped up with a message
> saying “WARNING: this version of tor is out of date or no longer recommended.”
>
> So, I am just wondering, why is it that the tor software warns when the
> current version is “no longer recommended” but does not warn when an update
> is available?
> From: teor
> Sent: Wednesday, September 19, 2018 5:04 PM
>
> Tor only warns about obsolete versions.
> It doesn't warn when there is a new release or "new in series" version
> available.
>
> Definitions here:
> https://gitweb.torproject.org/torspec.git/tree/version-spec.txt#n53
> On 20 Sep 2018, at 12:56, Keifer Bly <keifer....@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> So does this mean any version of tor is safe to use as long as it is not
> considered “obsolete”? Thanks.
Sometimes, a supported releases series will have serious security bugs.
When we fix those bugs, we "un-recommend" that version, and recommend
the newer versions in that series.
So please don't run "obsolete" or "un-recommended" Tor versions.
T
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