Hi, all! There is a new stable release of the Tor source code, with fixes for several important bugs.

(If you are about to reply saying "please take me off this list", instead please follow these instructions: https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-announce/ . You will have to enter the actual email address you used to subscribe.)

You can download the source from the usual place on the website. Packages should be up in a few days.

(There is also a concurrent release of Tor 0.2.9.2-alpha; for alpha announcements, please see tor-talk@ or the blog.)

====

Changes in version 0.2.8.7 - 2016-08-24 Tor 0.2.8.7 fixes an important bug related to the ReachableAddresses option in 0.2.8.6, and replaces a retiring bridge authority. Everyone who sets the ReachableAddresses option, and all bridges, are strongly encouraged to upgrade.

o Directory authority changes: - The "Tonga" bridge authority has been retired; the new bridge authority is "Bifroest". Closes tickets 19728 and 19690.

o Major bugfixes (client, security): - Only use the ReachableAddresses option to restrict the first hop in a path. In earlier versions of 0.2.8.x, it would apply to every hop in the path, with a possible degradation in anonymity for anyone using an uncommon ReachableAddress setting. Fixes bug 19973; bugfix on 0.2.8.2-alpha.

o Minor features (geoip): - Update geoip and geoip6 to the August 2 2016 Maxmind GeoLite2 Country database.

o Minor bugfixes (compilation): - Remove an inappropriate "inline" in tortls.c that was causing warnings on older versions of GCC. Fixes bug 19903; bugfix on 0.2.8.1-alpha.

o Minor bugfixes (fallback directories): - Avoid logging a NULL string pointer when loading fallback directory information. Fixes bug 19947; bugfix on 0.2.4.7-alpha and 0.2.8.1-alpha. Report and patch by "rubiate".