From 246f3b67d89a48bb293abe3ecfa28cfac97506f8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Tim Retout Date: Sun, 15 Jun 2014 17:42:32 +0100 Subject: Add more paranoia to package description. (Closes: #746773) --- debian/changelog | 7 +++++++ debian/control | 9 ++++++++- 2 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog index 8b6f9b0..1ea5aae 100644 --- a/debian/changelog +++ b/debian/changelog @@ -1,3 +1,10 @@ +apt-transport-tor (0.1.1-2) unstable; urgency=medium + + * debian/control: Update description to give less of a false sense + of security. (Closes: #746773) + + -- Tim Retout Sun, 15 Jun 2014 17:29:51 +0100 + apt-transport-tor (0.1.1-1) unstable; urgency=medium * Initial release. (Closes: #745259) diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control index eb191cc..4ac2252 100644 --- a/debian/control +++ b/debian/control @@ -18,4 +18,11 @@ Description: APT transport for anonymous package downloads via Tor can still see what software you are installing. . Install apt-transport-tor, edit your sources.list to include only tor:// - URLs, and you can "apt-get install anarchism" without fear of reprisals. + URLs, and you can make it very difficult for anyone intercepting your + network traffic to be able to tell that you are installing Debian packages, + or which packages you are installing. + . + Please note that this approach is only as secure as Tor itself - this + software cannot protect you from an attacker who has access to your local + machine. In addition, attackers may be able to correlate your network + traffic with the packets coming out of an exit node, so do be careful. -- cgit v1.2.3-18-g5258