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fix a few grammar things, and deprecate 'servers' and 'nodes'
also clarify a few explanations. so far so good!
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Changes in version 0.2.5.3-alpha - 2014-03-??
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Tor 0.2.5.3-alpha includes all the fixes from 0.2.4.21. It contains
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two new anti-DoS features for Tor nodes, resolves a bug that kept
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two new anti-DoS features for Tor relays, resolves a bug that kept
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SOCKS5 support for IPv6 from working, fixes several annoying usability
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issues for bridge users, and removes more old code for unused
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directory formats.
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The Tor 0.2.5.x release series is now in patch-freeze: no feature
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patches not already written will be considered for inclusion in
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0.2.5.x.
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patches not already written will be considered for inclusion in 0.2.5.x.
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o Major features (server security, DoS-resistance):
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o Major features (relay security, DoS-resistance):
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- When deciding whether we have run out of memory and we need to
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close circuits, also consider memory allocated in buffers for
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streams attached to each circuit.
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This change, which extends an anti-DoS feature introduced in
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0.2.4.13-alpha and improved in 0.2.4.14-alpha, lets Tor exit nodes
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0.2.4.13-alpha and improved in 0.2.4.14-alpha, lets Tor exit relays
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better resist more memory-based DoS attacks than before. Since the
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MaxMemInCellQueues option now applies to all queues, it is renamed
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to MaxMemInQueues. This feature fixes bug 10169.
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table positions are derived from a randomized cryptographic key,
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and an attacker cannot predict which entries will collide. Closes
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ticket 4900.
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- Decrease the lower limit of MaxMemInQueues to 256 MBytes, to
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better support Raspberry Pi users. Fixes bug 9686; bugfix on
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0.2.4.14-alpha.
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- Decrease the lower limit of MaxMemInQueues to 256 MBytes (but leave
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the default at 8GBytes), to better support Raspberry Pi users. Fixes
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bug 9686; bugfix on 0.2.4.14-alpha.
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o Minor features (bridges, pluggable transports):
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- Bridges now write the SHA1 digest of their identity key
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listener. Also, log the message in the log file too. Resolves
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ticket 11043.
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- Stop giving annoying warning messages when we decide not to launch
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a pluggable transport proxy that we don't need. Resolves ticket
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5018; bugfix on 0.2.5.2-alpha.
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a pluggable transport proxy that we don't need (because there are
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no bridges configured to use it). Resolves ticket 5018; bugfix
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on 0.2.5.2-alpha.
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o Minor features (other):
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- Add a new option, PredictedPortsRelevanceTime, to control how long
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- Generate a warning if any ports are listed in the SocksPolicy,
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DirPolicy, AuthDirReject, AuthDirInvalid, AuthDirBadDir, or
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AuthDirBadExit options. (These options only support address
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ranges.) Fixes ticket 11108.
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ranges.) Fixes part of ticket 11108.
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- Update geoip and geoip6 to the February 7 2014 Maxmind GeoLite2
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Country database.
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- Raise a control port warning when we fail to connect to all of
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our bridges. Previously, we didn't inform the controller, and
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the bootstrap process would stall. Fixes bug 11069; bugfix on
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tor-0.2.1.2-alpha.
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0.2.1.2-alpha.
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- Exit immediately when a process-owning controller exits.
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Previously, tor relays would wait for a little while after their
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controller exited, as if they had gotten an INT signal--but this
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controller exited, as if they had gotten an INT signal -- but this
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was problematic, since there was no feedback for the user. To do a
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clean shutdown, controllers should send an INT signal and give Tor
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a chance to clean up. Fix for bug 10449; bugfix on 0.2.2.28-beta.
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a chance to clean up. Fixes bug 10449; bugfix on 0.2.2.28-beta.
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- Improve the log message when we can't connect to a hidden service
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because all of the hidden service directory nodes hosting its
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descriptor are excluded. Improves on our fix for bug 10722, which
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was a bugfix on 0.2.0.10-alpha.
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- Fix a bug where we would attempt to connect to bridges before our
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pluggable transports were configured, which resulted in some
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erroneous log messages. Fixes bug 11156; bugfix on 0.2.3.2-alpha.
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- Stop attempting to connect to bridges before our pluggable
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transports are configured (harmless but resulted in some erroneous
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log messages). Fixes bug 11156; bugfix on 0.2.3.2-alpha.
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o Minor bugfixes (servers):
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- Non-exit servers no longer launch mock DNS requests to check for
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o Minor bugfixes (relays and bridges):
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- Non-exit relays no longer launch mock DNS requests to check for
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DNS hijacking. This has been unnecessary since 0.2.1.7-alpha, when
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non-exit servers stopped servicing DNS requests. Fixes bug 965;
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non-exit relays stopped servicing DNS requests. Fixes bug 965;
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bugfix on 0.2.1.7-alpha. Patch from Matt Pagan.
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- Avoid crashing on a malformed resolv.conf file when running a
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server using Libevent 1. Fixes bug 8788; bugfix on 0.1.1.23.
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relay using Libevent 1. Fixes bug 8788; bugfix on 0.1.1.23.
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- Give the correct URL in the warning message when trying to run a
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Tor relay on an ancient version of Windows. Fixes bug 9393.
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relay on an ancient version of Windows. Fixes bug 9393.
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- Bridges now never collect statistics that were designed for
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relays. Fix for bug 5824; bugfix on 0.2.3.8-alpha.
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relays. Fixes bug 5824; bugfix on 0.2.3.8-alpha.
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- Bridges now report complete directory request statistics. Related
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to bug 5824; bugfix on 0.2.2.1-alpha.
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o Minor bugfixes (backtrace support):
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- Support automatic backtraces on more platforms by using the
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-fasynchronous-unwind-tables compiler option. This option is
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needed for platforms like 32-bit Intel where -fomit-frame-pointer
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"-fasynchronous-unwind-tables" compiler option. This option is
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needed for platforms like 32-bit Intel where "-fomit-frame-pointer"
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is on by default and table generation is not. This doesn't yet
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add Windows support yet; only Linux, OSX, and some BSDs are
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affected. Reported by 'cypherpunks'; fixes bug 11047; bugfix on
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0.2.5.2-alpha.
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add Windows support; only Linux, OSX, and some BSDs are affected.
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Reported by 'cypherpunks'; fixes bug 11047; bugfix on 0.2.5.2-alpha.
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- Avoid strange behavior if two threads hit failed assertions at the
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same time and both try to log backtraces at once. (Previously, if
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this had happened, both threads would have stored their
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intermediate results in the same buffer, and generated junk
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outputs.) Reported by "cypherpunks". Fixes bug 11048; bugfix on
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0.2.5.2-alpha.
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this had happened, both threads would have stored their intermediate
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results in the same buffer, and generated junk outputs.) Reported by
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"cypherpunks". Fixes bug 11048; bugfix on 0.2.5.2-alpha.
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- Fix a compiler warning in format_number_sigsafe(). Bugfix on
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0.2.5.2-alpha; patch from Nick Hopper.
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o Documentation:
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- Explain that SocksPolicy, DirPolicy, and similar options don't
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take port arguments. Fixes ticket 11108.
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- Fix the manpage's description of HiddenServiceAuthorizeClient
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description: it should have given the maximum client name length
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as 16, not 19. Fixes bug 11118; bugfix on 0.2.1.6-alpha.
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take port arguments. Fixes the other part of ticket 11108.
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- Fix the manpage's description of HiddenServiceAuthorizeClient:
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the maximum client name length is 16, not 19. Fixes bug 11118;
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bugfix on 0.2.1.6-alpha.
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- Fix a comment about the rend_server_descriptor_t.protocols field
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to more accurately describe its range. Also, make that field
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unsigned, to more accurately reflect its usage. Fixes bug 9099;
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o Test infrastructure:
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- Update to the latest version of tinytest.
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- Improve the tinytest implementation of string operation tests so
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that comparisons NULL strings no longer crash the tests; they now
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just fail, normally. Fixes bug 9004; bugfix on 0.2.2.4-alpha.
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that comparisons with NULL strings no longer crash the tests; they
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now just fail, normally. Fixes bug 9004; bugfix on 0.2.2.4-alpha.
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Changes in version 0.2.4.21 - 2014-02-28
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