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@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@ -Changes in version 0.1.2.3-alpha - 2006-10-?? +Changes in version 0.1.2.3-alpha - 2006-10-29 o Minor features: - - If most authorities set a BadExit flag for a server, do not consider - it as a general-purpose exit. Only consider authorities that - advertise themselves as listing bad exits. - - Start making it possible for servers to publish less often: never + - Prepare for servers to publish descriptors less often: never discard a descriptor simply for being too old until either it is recommended by no authorities, or until we get a better one for the same router. Make caches consider retaining old recommended routers for even longer. + - If most authorities set a BadExit flag for a server, clients + don't think of it as a general-purpose exit. Clients only consider + authorities that advertise themselves as listing bad exits. - Directory servers now provide 'Pragma: no-cache' and 'Expires' headers for content, so that we can work better in the presence of caching HTTP proxies. @@ -17,38 +17,41 @@ Changes in version 0.1.2.3-alpha - 2006-10-?? o Minor features, controller: - Add a REASON field to CIRC events; for backward compatibility, this field is sent only to controllers that have enabled the extended - event format. Also, add additional reason codes to explain why a - given circuit has been destroyed or truncated. (Patches from Mike - Perry) + event format. Also, add additional reason codes to explain why + a given circuit has been destroyed or truncated. (Patches from + Mike Perry) - Add a REMOTE_REASON field to extended CIRC events to tell the controller about why a remote OR told us to close a circuit. + - Stream events also now have REASON and REMOTE_REASON fields, + working much like those for circuit events. - There's now a GETINFO ns/... field so that controllers can ask Tor - about the current state of a router. - - Stream events also have REASON and REMOTE_REASON fields, working - much like those for circuit events. - - NS events to inform a controller when our opinion of a router's - status has changed. + about the current status of a router. + - A new event type "NS" to inform a controller when our opinion of + a router's status has changed. - Add a GETINFO events/names and GETINFO features/names so controllers can tell which events and features are supported. - A new CLEARDNSCACHE signal to allow controllers to clear the client-side DNS cache without expiring circuits. - - When the controller does a "GETINFO network-status", tell it - about even those routers whose descriptors are very old, and use - long nicknames where appropriate. o Security bugfixes: - When the user sends a NEWNYM signal, clear the client-side DNS cache too. Otherwise we continue to act on previous information. o Minor bugfixes: + - Avoid sending junk to controllers or segfaulting when a controller + uses EVENT_NEW_DESC with verbose nicknames. + - Stop triggering asserts if the controller tries to extend hidden + service circuits (reported by mwenge). + - Avoid infinite loop on unexpected controller input. + - When the controller does a "GETINFO network-status", tell it + about even those routers whose descriptors are very old, and use + long nicknames where appropriate. - Change NT service functions to be loaded on demand. This lets us build with MinGW without breaking Tor for Windows 98 users. - Do DirPort reachability tests less often, since a single test chews through many circuits before giving up. - In the hidden service example in torrc.sample, stop recommending esoteric and discouraged hidden service options. - - Avoid sending junk to controllers or segfaulting when a controller - uses EVENT_NEW_DESC with verbose nicknames. - When stopping an NT service, wait up to 10 sec for it to actually stop. (Patch from Matt Edman; resolves bug 295.) - Fix handling of verbose nicknames with ORCONN controller events: @@ -56,8 +59,6 @@ Changes in version 0.1.2.3-alpha - 2006-10-?? not requested. - When reporting verbose nicknames in entry_guards_getinfo(), avoid printing a duplicate "$" in the keys we send (reported by mwenge). - - Stop triggering asserts if the controller tries to extend hidden - service circuits (reported by mwenge). - Correctly set maximum connection limit on Cygwin. (This time for sure!) - Try to detect Windows correctly when cross-compiling. @@ -70,19 +71,16 @@ Changes in version 0.1.2.3-alpha - 2006-10-?? unhandleable requests will now get an error rather than timing out. - Resolve two memory leaks when rebuilding the on-disk router cache (reported by fookoowa). - - Avoid infinite loop on unexpected controller input. - Clean up minor code warnings suggested by the MIPSpro C compiler, and reported by some Centos users. - Controller signals now work on non-Unix platforms that don't define SIGUSR1 and SIGUSR2 the way we expect. - + - Patch from Michael Mohr to contrib/cross.sh, so it checks more + values before failing, and always enables eventdns. - Libevent-1.2 exports, but does not define in its headers, strlcpy. Try to fix this in configure.in by checking for most functions before we check for libevent. - - Patch from Michael Mohr to cross.sh, so it checks more values - before failing, and always enables eventdns. - Changes in version 0.1.2.2-alpha - 2006-10-07 o Major features: |