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Changes in version 0.2.4.7-alpha - 2012-12-24
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o Major features (client resilience):
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- Add a new "FallbackDir" torrc option to use when we can't use
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a directory mirror from the consensus (either because we lack a
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consensus, or because they're all down). Currently, all authorities
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are fallbacks by default, and there are no other default fallbacks,
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but that will change. This option will allow us to give clients a
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longer list of servers to try to get a consensus from when first
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connecting to the Tor network, and thereby reduce load on the
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directory authorities. Implements proposal 206, "Preconfigured
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directory sources for bootstrapping". We also removed the old
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"FallbackNetworkstatus" option, since we never got it working well
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enough to use it. Closes bug 572.
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- If we have no circuits open, use a relaxed timeout (the
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95-percentile cutoff) until a circuit succeeds. This heuristic
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should allow Tor to succeed at building circuits even when the
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network connection drastically changes. Should help with bug 3443.
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o Major features (IPv6):
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- Tor now has (alpha) support for exiting to IPv6 addresses. To
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enable it as an exit node, make sure that you have IPv6
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connectivity, then set the IPv6Exit flag to 1. Also make sure your
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exit policy reads as you would like: the address * applies to all
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address families, whereas *4 is IPv4 address only, and *6 is IPv6
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addresses only. On the client side, you'll need to wait until the
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authorities have upgraded, wait for enough exits to support IPv6,
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apply the "IPv6Traffic" flag to a SocksPort, and use Socks5. Closes
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ticket 5547, implements proposal 117 as revised in proposal 208.
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We DO NOT recommend that clients with actual anonymity needs start
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using IPv6 over Tor yet, since not enough exits support it yet.
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o Major features (geoip database):
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- Maxmind began labelling Tor relays as being in country "A1",
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which breaks by-country node selection inside Tor. Now we use a
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script to replace "A1" ("Anonymous Proxy") entries in our geoip
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file with real country codes. This script fixes about 90% of "A1"
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entries automatically and uses manual country code assignments to
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fix the remaining 10%. See src/config/README.geoip for details.
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Fixes bug 6266. Also update to the December 5 2012 Maxmind GeoLite
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Country database, as modified above.
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o Major bugfixes (client-side DNS):
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- Turn off the client-side DNS cache by default. Updating and using
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the DNS cache is now configurable on a per-client-port
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level. SOCKSPort, DNSPort, etc lines may now contain
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{No,}Cache{IPv4,IPv6,}DNS lines to indicate that we shouldn't
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cache these types of DNS answers when we receive them from an
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exit node in response to an application request on this port, and
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{No,}UseCached{IPv4,IPv6,DNS} lines to indicate that if we have
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cached DNS answers of these types, we shouldn't use them. It's
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potentially risky to use cached DNS answers at the client, since
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doing so can indicate to one exit what answers we've gotten
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for DNS lookups in the past. With IPv6, this becomes especially
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problematic. Using cached DNS answers for requests on the same
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circuit would present less linkability risk, since all traffic
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on a circuit is already linkable, but it would also provide
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little performance benefit: the exit node caches DNS replies
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too. Implements a simplified version of Proposal 205. Implements
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ticket 7570.
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o Major bugfixes (other):
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- Alter circuit build timeout measurement to start at the point
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where we begin the CREATE/CREATE_FAST step (as opposed to circuit
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initialization). This should make our timeout measurements more
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uniform. Previously, we were sometimes including ORconn setup time
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in our circuit build time measurements. Should resolve bug 3443.
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- Fix an assertion that could trigger in hibernate_go_dormant() when
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closing an or_connection_t: call channel_mark_for_close() rather
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than connection_mark_for_close(). Fixes bug 7267. Bugfix on
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0.2.4.4-alpha.
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- Distribute and install the geoip6 IPv6 GeoIP database. Fixes bug
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7655; bugfix on 0.2.4.6-alpha.
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o Minor features:
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- Add a new torrc option "ServerTransportListenAddr" to let users
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select the address where their pluggable transports will listen
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for connections. Resolves ticket 7013.
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- Allow an optional $ before the node identity digest in the
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controller command GETINFO ns/id/<identity>, for consistency with
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md/id/<identity> and desc/id/<identity>. Resolves ticket 7059.
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- Log packaged cell fullness as part of the heartbeat message.
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Diagnosis to try to determine the extent of bug 7743.
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o Minor features (IPv6):
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- AutomapHostsOnResolve now supports IPv6 addresses. By default, we
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prefer to hand out virtual IPv6 addresses, since there are more of
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them and we can't run out. To override this behavior and make IPv4
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addresses preferred, set NoPreferIPv6Automap on whatever SOCKSPort
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or DNSPort you're using for resolving. Implements ticket 7571.
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- AutomapHostsOnResolve responses are now randomized, to avoid
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annoying situations where Tor is restarted and applications
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connect to the wrong addresses.
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- We never try more than 1000 times to pick a new virtual address
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when AutomapHostsOnResolve is set. That's good enough so long as
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we aren't close to handing out our entire virtual address space;
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if you're getting there, it's best to switch to IPv6 virtual
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addresses anyway.
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o Minor bugfixes:
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- The ADDRMAP command can no longer generate an ill-formed error
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code on a failed MAPADDRESS. It now says "internal" rather than
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an English sentence fragment with spaces in the middle. Bugfix on
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Tor 0.2.0.19-alpha.
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- Fix log messages and comments to avoid saying "GMT" when we mean
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"UTC". Fixes bug 6113.
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- Compile on win64 using mingw64. Fixes bug 7260; patches from
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"yayooo".
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- Fix a crash when debugging unit tests on Windows: deallocate a
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shared library with FreeLibrary, not CloseHandle. Fixes bug 7306;
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bugfix on 0.2.2.17-alpha. Reported by "ultramage".
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o Renamed options:
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- The DirServer option is now DirAuthority, for consistency with
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current naming patterns. You can still use the old DirServer form.
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o Code simplification and refactoring:
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- Move the client-side address-map/virtual-address/DNS-cache code
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out of connection_edge.c into a new addressmap.c module.
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- Remove unused code for parsing v1 directories and "running routers"
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documents. Fixes bug 6887.
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Changes in version 0.2.3.25 - 2012-11-19
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The Tor 0.2.3 release series is dedicated to the memory of Len "rabbi"
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Sassaman (1980-2011), a long-time cypherpunk, anonymity researcher,
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@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
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o Minor bugfixes (controller):
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- The ADDRMAP command can no longer generate an ill-formed error
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code on a failed MAPADDRESS. It now says "internal" rather than
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an English sentence fragment with spaces in the middle. Bugfix on
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Tor 0.2.0.19-alpha.
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o Minor bugfixes
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- Alter circuit build timeout measurement to start at the point
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where we begin the CREATE/CREATE_FAST step (as opposed to circuit
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initialization). This should make our timeout measurements more
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uniform. Previously, we were sometimes including ORconn setup time
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in our circuit build time measurements. Fixes bug #3443.
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o Minor features
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- If we have no circuits open, use a relaxed timeout (the 95-percentile
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cutoff) until a circuit succeeds. This should allow Tor to succeed
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building circuits if the network connection drastically changes.
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o Trivial bugfixes:
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- Fix log messages and comments to avoid saying "GMT" when we mean
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"UTC". Fixes bug 6113.
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o Removed code:
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- Removed unused code to parse v1 directories and "running routers"
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documents. Fixes bug 6887.
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o Minor features:
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- Add a new torrc option 'ServerTransportListenAddr' which allows
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users to select the address where their pluggable transports
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will listen for connections.
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o Minor features (controller):
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- Allow an optional $ before the node identity digest in the
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controller command GETINFO ns/id/<identity>, for consistency with
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md/id/<identity> and desc/id/<identity>.
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o Minor bugfixes:
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- Compile on win64 using mingw64. Fixes bug 7260; patches from "yayooo".
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- Major bugfixes
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o Call channel_mark_for_close() rather than connection_mark_for_close()
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in hibernate_go_dormant() when closing an or_connection_t. Fixes bug
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7267.
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o Minor bugfixes:
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- Fix a crash when debugging unit tests on windows: deallocate a
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shared library with FreeLibrary, not CloseHandle. Fixes bug #7306;
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bugfix on 0.2.2.17-alpha. Reported by "ultramage".
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@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
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o Minor bugfixes:
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- Distribute and install the geoip6 IPv6 GeoIP database. Fixes bug
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7655; bugfix on 0.2.4.6-alpha.
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o Major features:
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- Add a new FallbackDir option to use when we can't use a directory
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from the consensus (either because we lack a consensus, or because
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they're all down). Currently, all authorities are fallbacks by
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default, and there are no other default fallbacks, but that will
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change. This option will allow us to give clients a longer list
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of servers to try to get a consensus from when first connecting to
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the Tor network, and thereby reduce load on the directory
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authorities. Implements proposal 206, "Preconfigured directory
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sources for bootstrapping". Closes bug 572.
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o Removed features:
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- Drop the old FallbackNetworkstatus option: we never got it working
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well enough to use it. Closes bug 572.
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o Minor features:
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- Update to the December 5 2012 Maxmind GeoLite Country database.
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o Minor features:
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- Update to the November 7 2012 Maxmind GeoLite Country database.
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@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
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o Minor features:
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- Log packaged cell fullness as part of the heartbeat message.
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Diagnosis to try to determine the extent of bug 7743.
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@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
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o Minor features:
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- AutomapHostsOnResolve now support IPv6 addresses. By default, we
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prefer to hand out virtual IPv6 addresses, since there are more of
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them and we can't run out. To override this behavior and make
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IPv4 addresses preferred, set NoPreferIPv6Automap on whatever
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SOCKSPort or DNSPort you're using for resolving. Implements
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ticket #7571.
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- AutomapHostsOnResolve responses are now randomized, to avoid
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annoying situations where Tor is restarted and applications
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connect to the wrong addresses.
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- We never try more than 1000 times to pick a virtual address
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when AutomapHostsOnResolve is set. That's good enough so long
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as we aren't close to handing out our entire virtual address
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space; if you're getting there, it's best to switch to IPv6
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virtual addresses anyway.
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o Major features:
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- Tor now has (alpha) support for exiting to IPv6 addresses. To
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enable it as an exit node, make sure that you have IPv6
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connectivity, set the IPv6Exit flag to 1. Also make sure your
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exit policy reads as you would like: the address * applies to
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all address families, whereas *4 is IPv4 address only, and *6
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is IPv6 addresses only. On the client side, you'll need to
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wait till the authorities have upgraded, wait for enough exits
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to support IPv6, apply the "IPv6Traffic" flag to a SocksPort,
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and use Socks5. Closes ticket 5547, implements proposal 117 as
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revised in proposal 208.
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We DO NOT recommend that clients with actual anonymity needs
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start using IPv6 over Tor yet: not enough exits support it
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yet, and there are some DNS-caching related issues that need
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to be solved first.
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o Major features (client-side DNS):
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- The updating and usage of DNS cache is now configurable on a
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per- client-port level. SOCKSPort, DNSPort, etc lines may now
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contain {No,}Cache{IPv4,IPv6,}DNS lines to indicate that we
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shouldn't cache these types of DNS answers when we receive them
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from an exit node in response to a request from this port, and
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{No,}UseCached{IPv4,IPv6,DNS} lines to indicate that if we have
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cached DNS answers of these types, we shouldn't use them. It's
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potentially risky to use cached DNS answers at the client,
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since doing so can indicate to one exit
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what answers we've gotten for DNS lookups in the past. With
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IPv6, this becomes especially problematic. Using cached DNS
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answers for requests on the same circuit would present less
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linkability risk, since all traffic on a circuits is already
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linkable, but it would also provide little performance benefit:
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the exit node caches DNS replies too. Implements a simplified
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version of Proposal 205. Implements ticket #7570.
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o Disabled features:
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- Client-side use of the DNS cache is now off by default. See "Major
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features (client-side DNS)" for more information. Implements a
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simplified version of Proposal 205. Implements ticket #7570.
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@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
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o Renamed options:
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- The DirServer option is now DirAuthority, for consistency with current
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naming patterns. You can still use the old DirServer form.
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@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
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o Code simplification and refactoring:
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- Move the client-side address-map/virtual-address/DNS-cache code
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out of connection_edge.c into a new addressmap.c module.
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@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
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o Minor features:
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- Use a script to replace "A1" ("Anonymous Proxy") entries in our
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geoip file with real country codes. This script fixes about 90% of
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"A1" entries automatically and uses manual country code assignments
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to fix the remaining 10%. See src/config/README.geoip for details.
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Fixes #6266.
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