This release introduces, among other things, the following improvements:
- SURB-acks for significant boost to the mixnet messaging reliability,
- SURB-replies for allowing for anonymous replies,
- SOCKS5 proxying capabilities,
- replacing the AuthToken with a shared key derived between client and its gateway,
- encryption and tagging of mix messages exchanged between client and its gateway,
- end-to-end encryption of traffic between clients,
- general performance and reliability improvements.