Re: [Tails-dev] Testing Tails 0.10.2-rc1

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Author: anonym
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Subject: Re: [Tails-dev] Testing Tails 0.10.2-rc1
All tests done.

03/01/2012 07:59 PM, anonym:
> Below is what I either haven't tested yet or stuff I have tested but
> have comments about. I.e. stuff not listed here are already tested with
> positive results.
>
>> # Pidgin
>>
>> * Check if pidgin doesn't leak to many informations on replying to different
>> CTCP requests:


Same as before (only PING and VERSION responds, and does so truthfully.)

>> # Tor enforcement
>>
>> * firewall: is IPv6 traffic blocked?
>>  - at a place with working IPv6: try connecting to a known-working
>>    IPv6-enabled server on its IPv6 address over TCP and icmp6.


Can't check since my ISP doesn't support IPv6.

>> # erase memory on shutdown
>>
>> Testing that the needed files are really mapped in memory, and the
>> erasing process actually works, involves slightly more complicated
>> steps that are worth [[a dedicated page|test/erase_memory_on_shutdown]].


Terrifying results (as opposed to terrific :)) showing over 1 GB of
unwiped memory in a VirtualBox guest with 4 GB RAM assigned to it.
Nothing new here.

>> # Misc
>>
>> * Check that links to the online website (`Mirror:`) at the bottom of
>> bundled static web pages are working. Else, it probably means the
>> wiki was not built with the needed patched ikiwiki version.


They work, but Torbutton seems to block opening them (file:// vs.
http(s):// I suppose).