GoKawiilHyphanet ships build 1507, patches probe-privacy bug, drops Java 8 support
Hyphanet released build 1507 of its 0.7.5 line, cutting startup time, updating plugins and polishing Italian localization. The update also fixes a privacy flaw in probe requests, discovered by researchers Cynthia and Blub, by adding location randomization that had previously been missing. This is the final build to support Java 8, as future releases will require Java 17.
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The probe-request flaw could have let attackers infer node locations within the anonymous network, undermining the privacy guarantees Hyphanet depends on, so patching it protects users' anonymity. Dropping Java 8 support reflects the broader difficulty small open-source privacy projects face keeping pace with upstream platform changes like Debian's Java version policy. Users on outdated Java installations risk losing future updates unless they upgrade to Java 17.
- Build 1507 fixes a location-randomization bug affecting probe request anonymity.
- Java 8 support ends after this release; Java 17 becomes the new baseline.
- Nodes running Java 17+ will switch to a new update key, backed by Shamir's Secret Sharing among developers.
Source: hyphanet.org, 2026-09-13
Published there as: “Better routing, probe fixes, plugin updates in Freenet/Hyphanet 0.7.5 build 1507”
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