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@ -3,21 +3,21 @@ Changes in version 0.2.3.1-alpha - 2011-05-05
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Tor 0.2.3.1-alpha adds some new experimental features, including support
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for an improved network IO backend, IOCP networking on Windows,
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microdescriptor caching, "fast-start" support for streams, and automatic
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home router configuration. There are also numerous internal improvements
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home router configuration. There are also numerous internal improvements
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to try to make the code easier for developers to work with.
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This is the first alpha release in a new series, so expect there to be
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bugs. Users who would rather test out a more stable branch should
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bugs. Users who would rather test out a more stable branch should
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stay with 0.2.2.x for now.
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o Major features
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- Tor can now optionally build with the "bufferevents" buffered IO
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backend provided by Libevent 2. To use this feature, make sure you
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have the latest possible version of Libevent, and pass the
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--enable-bufferevents flag to configure when building Tor from source.
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Using this feature will make our networking code more flexible, let us
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stack layers on each other, and let us use more efficient zero-copy
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transports where available.
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--enable-bufferevents flag to configure when building Tor from
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source. This feature will make our networking code more flexible,
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let us stack layers on each other, and let us use more efficient
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zero-copy transports where available.
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- As an experimental feature, Tor can use IOCP for networking on Windows.
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Once this code is tuned and optimized, it promises much better
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performance than the select-based backend we've used in the past. To
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Previously, the client wasn't allowed to send data until the stream was
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connected, which slowed down all connections. This change will enable
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clients to perform a "fast-start" on streams and send data without
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having to wait for a confirmation that the stream has opened. (Patch
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having to wait for a confirmation that the stream has opened. (Patch
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from Ian Goldberg; implements the server side of Proposal 174.)
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- Tor now has initial support for automatic port mapping on on the many
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- Tor now has initial support for automatic port mapping on the many
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home routers that support NAT-PMP or UPnP. (Not yet supported on
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Windows). To build the support code, you'll need to have libnatpnp
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library and/or the libminiupnpc library, and you'll need to enable the
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feature specifically by passing "--enable-upnp" and/or
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"--enable-natpnp" to configure. To turn it on, use the new
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PortForwarding option.
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- Caches now download, cache, and sever multiple "flavors" of the
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- Caches now download, cache, and serve multiple "flavors" of the
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consensus, including a flavor that describes microdescriptors.
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- Caches now download, cache, and serve microdescriptors -- small
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summaries of router descriptors that are authenticated by all of the
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There is now a new option, CountPrivateBandwidth, to disable this
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behavior. Patch from Daniel Cagara.
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- New --enable-static-tor configure option for building Tor as
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statically as possible. Idea, general hackery and thoughts from
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Alexei Czeskis, John Gilmore, Jacob Appelbaum. Implements ticket
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statically as possible. Idea, general hackery and thoughts from
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Alexei Czeskis, John Gilmore, Jacob Appelbaum. Implements ticket
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2702.
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- If you set the NumCPUs option to 0, Tor will now try to detect how
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many CPUs you have. This is the new default behavior.
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enhancement 1883.
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- Add a new 'Heartbeat' log message type to periodically log a message
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describing Tor's status at level Notice. This feature is meant for
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operators who log at notice, adn want to make sure that their Tor
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operators who log at notice, and want to make sure that their Tor
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server is still working. Implementation by George Kadianakis.
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o Minor bugfixes (on 0.2.2.25-alpha):
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Fix posted by "cypherpunks."
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- The microdesc journal is supposed to get rebuilt only if it is
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at least _half_ the length of the store, not _twice_ the length
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of the store. Bugfix on 0.2.2.6-alpha; fixes part of bug 2230.
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of the store. Bugfix on 0.2.2.6-alpha; fixes part of bug 2230.
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- If as an authority we fail to compute the identity digest of a v3
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legacy keypair, warn, and don't use a buffer-full of junk instead.
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Bugfix on 0.2.1.1-alpha; fixes bug 3106.
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@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ Changes in version 0.2.3.1-alpha - 2011-05-05
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people who build Tor from the source distribution without changing
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the Makefile.am files should be fine.
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- Our autogen.sh script uses autoreconf to launch autoconf, automake, and
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so on. This is more robust against some of the failure modes
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so on. This is more robust against some of the failure modes
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associated with running the autotools pieces on their own.
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o Minor packaging issues:
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o Documentation fixes:
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- Correct a broken faq link in the INSTALL file. Fixes bug 2307.
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- Add missing documentation for the authority-related torrc options
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RephistTrackTime, BridgePassword, and V3AuthUseLegacyKey. Resolves
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RephistTrackTime, BridgePassword, and V3AuthUseLegacyKey. Resolves
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issue 2379.
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o Minor bugfixes (logging):
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- When we hit an EOF on a log (probably because we're shutting down),
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don't try to remove the log from the list: just mark it as
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unusable. (Bulletproofs against bug 222.)
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unusable. (Bulletproofs against bug 222.)
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o Minor bugfixes (other):
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- In the exitlist script, only consider the most recently published
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connections to that address. (Resolves bug 405.)
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- Stop allowing hibernating servers to be "stable" or "fast".
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- On Windows, we were preventing other processes from reading
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cached-routers while Tor was running. (Reported by janbar)
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cached-routers while Tor was running. (Reported by janbar)
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- Make the NodeFamilies config option work. (Reported by
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lodger -- it has never actually worked, even though we added it
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in Oct 2004.)
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