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@ -3,22 +3,12 @@ Changes in version 0.2.9.1-alpha - 2016-08-??
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development series.
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o New system requirements:
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- Tor requires Libevent version 2.0.10-stable or later now.
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Implements ticket 19554.
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- Tor requires Libevent version 2.0.10-stable or later now. This
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implements ticket 19554.
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- We now require zlib version 1.2 or later. (Back when we started,
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zlib 1.1 and zlib 1.0 were still found in the wild. 1.2 was
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released in 2003. We recommend the latest version.)
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o Major features (dirauths, security, hidden services):
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- Directory authorities can now perform the shared randomness
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protocol specified by proposal 250. Using this protocol, directory
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authorities can generate a global fresh random number every day.
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In the future, this global randomness will be used by hidden
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services to select their responsible HSDirs. This release only
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implements the directory authority feature; the hidden service
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side will be implemented in the future as part of proposal 224 .
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Resolves ticket 16943; implements proposal 250.
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o Major features (build, hardening):
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- Tor now builds with -ftrapv by default on compilers that support
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it. This option detects signed integer overflow, and turns it into
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channels, we are not able to prove that this is safe. Related to
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ticket 17983.
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o Major features (compilation):
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- Our big list of extra GCC warnings is now enabled by default when
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building with GCC (or with anything like Clang that claims to be
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GCC-compatible). To make all warnings into fatal compilation
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errors, pass --enable-fatal-warnings to configure. Closes
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ticket 19044.
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- Use the Autoconf macro AC_USE_SYSTEM_EXTENSIONS to automatically
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turn on C and POSIX extensions. Closes ticket 19139.
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o Major features (directory authorities, hidden services):
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- Directory authorities can now perform the shared randomness
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protocol specified by proposal 250. Using this protocol, directory
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authorities can generate a global fresh random number every day.
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In the future, this global randomness will be used by hidden
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services to select their responsible HSDirs. This release only
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implements the directory authority feature; the hidden service
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side will be implemented in the future as part of proposal 224.
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Resolves ticket 16943; implements proposal 250.
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o Major features (downloading):
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- Use random exponential backoffs when retrying downloads from the
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dir servers. This prevents a group of Tor instances from becoming
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too synchronized, or a single Tor instance from becoming too
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predictable, in its download schedule. Closes ticket 15942.
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o Major bugfixes (exit policies):
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- Avoid disclosing exit outbound bind addresses, configured port
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bind addresses, and local interface addresses in relay descriptors
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@ -40,31 +55,17 @@ Changes in version 0.2.9.1-alpha - 2016-08-??
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0.2.7.2-alpha. Patch by teor.
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o Major bugfixes (hidden service client):
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- With FetchHidServDescriptors set to 0, there is no descriptor
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fetch (which is intended) but also no descriptor cache lookup was
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done making any Tor client not working with this option unset.
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Fixes bug 18704; bugfix on 0.2.0.20-rc. Patch by "twim".
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- Allow Tor clients with appropriate controllers to work with
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FetchHidServDescriptors set to 0. Previously, this option also
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disabled descriptor cache lookup, thus breaking hidden services
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entirely when it was set. Fixes bug 18704; bugfix on 0.2.0.20-rc.
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Patch by "twim".
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o Major bugfixes (user interface):
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- Fix an integer overflow in the rate-limiter that caused displaying
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of wrong number of suppressed messages (if there are too many of
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them). If the number of messages hits the limit of messages per
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interval the rate-limiter doesn't count any further. Fixes bug
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19435; bugfix on 0.2.4.11-alpha.
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o Minor features (backend):
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- Tor now uses the operating system's monotonic timers (where
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available) for internal fine-grained timing. Previously we would
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look at the system clock, and then attempt to compensate for the
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clock running backwards. Closes ticket 18908.
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o Minor features (build):
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o Minor features (build, hardening):
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- Detect and work around a libclang_rt problem that prevents clang
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from finding __mulodi4() on some 32-bit platforms. This clang bug
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would keep -ftrapv from linking on those systems. Closes
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ticket 19079.
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- Use the Autoconf macro AC_USE_SYSTEM_EXTENSIONS to automatically
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turn on C and POSIX extensions. Closes ticket 19139.
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- When building on a system without runtime support for some of the
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runtime hardening options, try to log a useful warning at
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configuration time, rather than an incomprehensible warning at
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given is no smaller than the minimum value. Closes ticket 19063;
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patch from U+039b.
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o Minor features (compilation):
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- Our big list of extra GCC warnings is now enabled by default when
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building with GCC (or with anything like Clang that claims to be
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GCC-compatible). To make all warnings into fatal compilation
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errors, pass --enable-fatal-warnings to configure. Closes
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ticket 19044.
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o Minor features (control port):
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o Minor features (controller):
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- Implement new GETINFO queries for all downloads using
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download_status_t to schedule retries. Closes ticket 19323.
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o Minor features (controller):
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- Add support for configuring basic client authorization on hidden
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services created with the ADD_ONION control command. Implements
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ticket 15588. Patch by "special".
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- Fire a `STATUS_SERVER` event whenever the hibernation status
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changes between "awake"/"soft"/"hard". Closes ticket 18685.
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o Minor features (debugging):
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- When dumping unparseable router descriptors, optionally store them
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in separate filenames by hash, up to a configurable limit. Closes
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ticket 18322.
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o Minor features (directory authority):
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- Directory authorities now only give the Guard flag to a relay if
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they are also giving it the Stable flag. This change allows us to
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flag. Implements ticket 18624.
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- Make directory authorities write the v3-status-votes file out to
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disk earlier in the consensus process, so we have the votes even
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if we abort the consensus process below. Resolves ticket 19036.
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o Minor features (downloading):
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- Use random exponential backoffs when retrying downloads from the
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dir servers. Closes ticket 15942.
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if we abort the consensus process later. Resolves ticket 19036.
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o Minor features (hidden service):
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- Stop being so strict about the payload length of "rendezvous1"
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now we can handle better handshakes like "ntor". Resolves
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ticket 18998.
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o Minor features (infrastructure):
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o Minor features (infrastructure, time):
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- Tor now uses the operating system's monotonic timers (where
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available) for internal fine-grained timing. Previously we would
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look at the system clock, and then attempt to compensate for the
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clock running backwards. Closes ticket 18908.
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- Tor now includes an improved timer backend, so that we can
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efficiently support tens or hundreds of thousands of concurrent
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timers, as will be needed for some of our planned anti-traffic-
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o Minor features (logging):
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- Provide a more useful warning message when configured with an
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invalid Nickname. Closes ticket 18300; patch from "icanhasaccount".
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- When dumping unparseable router descriptors, optionally store them
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in separate filenames by hash, up to a configurable limit. Closes
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ticket 18322.
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- Add a set of macros to check nonfatal assertions, for internal
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use. Migrating more of our checks to these should help us avoid
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needless crash bugs. Closes ticket 18613.
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o Minor features (performance):
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- When fetching a consensus for the first time, use optimistic data.
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learn why we don't like what their relay was doing. Resolves
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ticket 18760.
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o Minor features (safety, debugging):
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- Add a set of macros to check nonfatal assertions, for internal
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use. Migrating more of our checks to these should help us avoid
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needless crash bugs. Closes ticket 18613.
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o Minor features (testing):
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- Let backtrace tests work correctly under AddressSanitizer. Fixes
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part of bug 18934; bugfix on 0.2.5.2-alpha.
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o Minor bugfixes (build):
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- Make the test-stem and test-network targets depend only on the tor
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binary to be tested. Previously, they depended on "make all".
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Fixes bug 18240; bugfix on 0.2.8.2-alpha. Based on a patch
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from "cypherpunks".
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binary that they will be testing. Previously, they depended on
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"make all". Fixes bug 18240; bugfix on 0.2.8.2-alpha. Based on a
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patch from "cypherpunks".
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o Minor bugfixes (circuits):
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- Make sure extend_info_from_router is only called on servers. Fixes
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o Minor bugfixes (ephemeral hidden service):
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- When deleting an ephemeral hidden service, close its intro points
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even if not in the open state. Fixes bug 18604; bugfix
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even if they are not in the open state. Fixes bug 18604; bugfix
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on 0.2.7.1-alpha.
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o Minor bugfixes (guard selection):
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- Use a single entry guard even if the NumEntryGuards consensus
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parameter is not provided. Fixes bug 17688; bugfix
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on 0.2.5.6-alpha.
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o Minor bugfixes (guards):
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- Don't mark guards as unreachable if connection_connect() fails.
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That function fails for local reasons, so it shouldn't reveal
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anything about the status of the guard. Fixes bug 14334; bugfix
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truncated ed25519 key file. Fixes bug 18956; bugfix
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on 0.2.6.1-alpha.
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o Minor bugfixes (test networks):
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o Minor bugfixes (testing):
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- Allow clients to retry HSDirs much faster in test networks. Fixes
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bug 19702; bugfix on 0.2.7.1-alpha. Patch by teor.
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o Minor bugfixes (testing):
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- Disable ASAN's detection of segmentation faults while running
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test_bt.sh, so that we can make sure that our own backtrace
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generation code works. Fixes another aspect of bug 18934; bugfix
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o Minor bugfixes (time):
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- Improve overflow checks in tv_udiff and tv_mdiff. Fixes bug 19483;
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bugfix on all released tor versions.
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o Minor bugfixes (timing):
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- When computing the difference between two times in milliseconds,
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we now round to the nearest millisecond correctly. Previously, we
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could sometimes round in the wrong direction. Fixes bug 19428;
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bugfix on 0.2.2.2-alpha.
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o Minor bugfixes (user interface):
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- Display a more accurate number of suppressed messages in the log
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rate-limiter. Previously, there was a potential integer overflow
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in the counter. Now, if the number of messages hits a maximum, the
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rate-limiter doesn't count any further. Fixes bug 19435; bugfix
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on 0.2.4.11-alpha.
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- Fix a typo in the getting passphrase prompt for the ed25519
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identity key. Fixes bug 19503; bugfix on 0.2.7.2-alpha.
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