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Changes in version 0.4.6.2-alpha - 2021-04-15 Changes in version 0.4.6.2-alpha - 2021-04-15
BLURB HERE Tor 0.4.6.2-alpha is the second alpha in its series. It fixes several
small bugs in previous releases, and solves other issues that had
enabled denial-of-service attacks and affected integration with
other tools.
o Minor features (client): o Minor features (client):
- Clients now check whether their streams are attempting to re-enter - Clients now check whether their streams are attempting to re-enter
the Tor network (i.e. to send Tor traffic over Tor), and they the Tor network (i.e. to send Tor traffic over Tor), and close
close them preemptively if they think exit relays will refuse them preemptively if they think exit relays will refuse them for
them. See ticket 2667 for details. Close ticket 40271. this reason. See ticket 2667 for details. Close ticket 40271.
o Minor features (command line): o Minor features (command line):
- Add long format name --torrc-file for command line option -f. - Add long format name "--torrc-file" equivalent to the existing
Closes ticket 40324. Patch by Daniel Pinto. command-line option "-f". Closes ticket 40324. Patch by
Daniel Pinto.
o Minor features (dormant mode): o Minor features (dormant mode):
- Add a new 'DormantTimeoutEnabled' option to allow coarse-grained - Add a new 'DormantTimeoutEnabled' option to allow coarse-grained
control over whether the client ever becomes dormant from control over whether the client ever becomes dormant from
inactivity. Most people won't need this. Closes ticket 40228. inactivity. Most people won't need this. Closes ticket 40228.
o Minor features (fallback directory): o Minor features (fallback directory list):
- Renegerate the list to a new set of 200 relays acting as fallback - Renegerate the list of fallback directories to contain a new set
directories. Closes ticket 40265. of 200 relays. Closes ticket 40265.
o Minor features (geoip data): o Minor features (geoip data):
- Update the geoip files to match the IPFire Location Database, as - Update the geoip files to match the IPFire Location Database, as
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bugfix on 0.4.5.4-rc. bugfix on 0.4.5.4-rc.
o Minor bugfixes (channel, DoS): o Minor bugfixes (channel, DoS):
- Fix a possible non fatal assertion BUG() due to a too early free - Fix a non-fatal BUG() message due to a too-early free of a string,
of a string when noting down the client connection for the DoS when listing a client connection from the DoS defenses subsystem.
defenses subsystem. Fixes bug 40345; bugfix on 0.4.3.4-rc Fixes bug 40345; bugfix on 0.4.3.4-rc
o Minor bugfixes (compilation): o Minor bugfixes (compilation):
- Fix a compilation warning about unused functions when building - Fix a compilation warning about unused functions when building
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40354; bugfix on 0.4.5.1-alpha. Patch by Daniel Pinto. 40354; bugfix on 0.4.5.1-alpha. Patch by Daniel Pinto.
o Minor bugfixes (configuration): o Minor bugfixes (configuration):
- Fix globbing directories on all platforms when using %include - Fix pattern-matching for directories on all platforms when using
options in configuration files. This patch also fixes compilation %include options in configuration files. This patch also fixes
on musl libc based systems. Fixes bug 40141; bugfix compilation on musl libc based systems. Fixes bug 40141; bugfix
on 0.4.5.1-alpha. on 0.4.5.1-alpha.
o Minor bugfixes (relay): o Minor bugfixes (relay):
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descriptor. Fixes bug 40364; bugfix on 0.4.6.1-alpha. descriptor. Fixes bug 40364; bugfix on 0.4.6.1-alpha.
o Minor bugfixes (testing, BSD): o Minor bugfixes (testing, BSD):
- Fix glob processing errors when globs expand to invalid paths on - Fix pattern-matching errors when patterns expand to invalid paths
BSD systems. Fixes bug 40318; bugfix on 0.4.5.1-alpha. Patch by on BSD systems. Fixes bug 40318; bugfix on 0.4.5.1-alpha. Patch by
Daniel Pinto. Daniel Pinto.
o Documentation (manual): o Documentation (manual):
- Move the ServerTransport* options to the SERVER OPTIONS` section. - Move the ServerTransport* options to the "SERVER OPTIONS" section.
Closes issue 40331. Closes issue 40331.
- The HiddenServiceStatistics option also applies to bridges so - Indicate that the HiddenServiceStatistics option also applies to
properly indicate that in the tor.1 man page. Closes ticket 40346. bridges. Closes ticket 40346.
- Move the description of "BridgeRecordUsageByCountry" to the - Move the description of BridgeRecordUsageByCountry to the section
section "STATISTICS OPTIONS". Closes ticket 40323. "STATISTICS OPTIONS". Closes ticket 40323.
Changes in version 0.4.6.1-alpha - 2021-03-18 Changes in version 0.4.6.1-alpha - 2021-03-18