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[tor/master] Remove changes files for items already in 0.3.3.
by nickm＠torproject.org 22 Feb '18

22 Feb '18

commit 54e25ab124b4ebb50f1577483ac5c08f67e8b114 Author: Nick Mathewson <nickm(a)torproject.org> Date: Thu Feb 22 09:17:44 2018 -0500 Remove changes files for items already in 0.3.3. --- changes/bug24769 | 7 ------- changes/bug24978 | 7 ------- changes/bug25120 | 4 ---- changes/bug25223 | 4 ---- changes/ticket24343 | 6 ------ changes/ticket25071 | 4 ---- changes/ticket25202 | 4 ---- changes/ticket25323 | 4 ---- 8 files changed, 40 deletions(-) diff --git a/changes/bug24769 b/changes/bug24769 deleted file mode 100644 index 2893e0ff0..000000000 --- a/changes/bug24769 +++ /dev/null @@ -1,7 +0,0 @@ - o Minor bugfixes (performance): - - Reduce the number of circuits that can be opened at once during the - circuit build timeout phase. This is done by increasing the idle timeout - to 3 minutes, and lowering the maximum number of concurrent learning - circuits to 10. Fixes bug 24769; bugfix on 0.3.1.1-alpha. - - diff --git a/changes/bug24978 b/changes/bug24978 deleted file mode 100644 index 5dc45c744..000000000 --- a/changes/bug24978 +++ /dev/null @@ -1,7 +0,0 @@ - o Minor features (compatibility, OpenSSL): - - Tor will now support TLS1.3 once OpenSSL 1.1.1 is released. - Previous versions of Tor would not have worked with OpenSSL - 1.1.1, since they neither disabled TLS 1.3 nor enabled any of the - ciphersuites it requires. Here we enable the TLS 1.3 ciphersuites. - Closes ticket 24978. - diff --git a/changes/bug25120 b/changes/bug25120 deleted file mode 100644 index 7215756ef..000000000 --- a/changes/bug25120 +++ /dev/null @@ -1,4 +0,0 @@ - o Minor features (logging): - - Clarify the log messages produced when getrandom() or a related - entropy-generation mechanism gives an error. Closes ticket - 25120. diff --git a/changes/bug25223 b/changes/bug25223 deleted file mode 100644 index fdd556350..000000000 --- a/changes/bug25223 +++ /dev/null @@ -1,4 +0,0 @@ - o Minor bugfixes (DoS mitigation): - - Make sure we don't modify consensus parameters if we aren't a public - relay when a new consensus arrives. Fixes bug 25223; bugfix on - 0.3.3.2-alpha. diff --git a/changes/ticket24343 b/changes/ticket24343 deleted file mode 100644 index e62d65eb5..000000000 --- a/changes/ticket24343 +++ /dev/null @@ -1,6 +0,0 @@ - o Minor bugfixes (man page, SocksPort): - - Remove dead code about the old "SocksSockets" option. To do so, the - SocksSocketsGroupWritable option has been renamed to - UnixSockssGroupWritable which does the same exact thing. The old option - is still usable but will warn that it is deprecated. Fixes bug 24343; - bugfix on 0.2.6.3. diff --git a/changes/ticket25071 b/changes/ticket25071 deleted file mode 100644 index 5e2917e10..000000000 --- a/changes/ticket25071 +++ /dev/null @@ -1,4 +0,0 @@ - o Minor features (testing): - - Add a "make test-rust" target to run the rust tests only. - Closes ticket 25071. - diff --git a/changes/ticket25202 b/changes/ticket25202 deleted file mode 100644 index ba64abad7..000000000 --- a/changes/ticket25202 +++ /dev/null @@ -1,4 +0,0 @@ - o Minor bugfixes (DoS mitigation): - - Add extra safety checks when refilling the circuit creation bucket to - ensure we never set a value that is above the allowed burst. Fixes - bug 25202; bugfix on 0.3.3.2-alpha. diff --git a/changes/ticket25323 b/changes/ticket25323 deleted file mode 100644 index 836825de5..000000000 --- a/changes/ticket25323 +++ /dev/null @@ -1,4 +0,0 @@ - o Code simplification and refactoring: - - Update the "rust dependencies" submodule to be an project-level - repository, rather than a user repository. Closes ticket 25323. -

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[translation/tails-misc_completed] Update translations for tails-misc_completed
by translation＠torproject.org 22 Feb '18

22 Feb '18

commit 8bbef0f82df3dc974bf12d33b1b169fe4a2db2d8 Author: Translation commit bot <translation(a)torproject.org> Date: Thu Feb 22 10:17:12 2018 +0000 Update translations for tails-misc_completed --- bg.po | 57 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------------- 1 file changed, 42 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-) diff --git a/bg.po b/bg.po index afda3d0f7..16f5f3955 100644 --- a/bg.po +++ b/bg.po @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ # Gabriel Radev <gabosss(a)gmail.com>, 2015 # iliev.mb <iliev.mb(a)gmail.com>, 2015 # Ivaylo Markov <ivaylo.markov(a)openmailbox.org>, 2015 -# Ivo, 2017 +# Ivo, 2017-2018 # Kaloyan Nikolov <kotipuka01(a)gmail.com>, 2016 # 4Joy <kiril.banialiev(a)gmail.com>, 2015 # alexdimitrov <kvikmen(a)gmail.com>, 2013 @@ -19,9 +19,9 @@ msgid "" msgstr "" "Project-Id-Version: The Tor Project\n" "Report-Msgid-Bugs-To: \n" -"POT-Creation-Date: 2017-09-13 20:10+0200\n" -"PO-Revision-Date: 2018-02-19 13:58+0000\n" -"Last-Translator: Alex Alex <a.v.v73(a)abv.bg>\n" +"POT-Creation-Date: 2018-02-20 11:29+0100\n" +"PO-Revision-Date: 2018-02-22 09:48+0000\n" +"Last-Translator: Ivo\n" "Language-Team: Bulgarian (http://www.transifex.com/otf/torproject/language/bg/)\n" "MIME-Version: 1.0\n" "Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8\n" @@ -112,24 +112,51 @@ msgstr "Билд на информация:\n%s" msgid "not available" msgstr "не е в наличност" -#: config/chroot_local-includes/usr/local/sbin/tails-additional-software:147 -#: config/chroot_local-includes/usr/local/sbin/tails-additional-software:162 -#: config/chroot_local-includes/usr/local/sbin/tails-additional-software:166 -msgid "Your additional software" -msgstr "Вашият допълнителен софтуер" +#: config/chroot_local-includes/usr/local/sbin/tails-additional-software:119 +msgid "Your additional software installation failed" +msgstr "Допълнителната софтуер инсталция е неуспешна." -#: config/chroot_local-includes/usr/local/sbin/tails-additional-software:148 -#: config/chroot_local-includes/usr/local/sbin/tails-additional-software:167 +#: config/chroot_local-includes/usr/local/sbin/tails-additional-software:120 +msgid "" +"The installation failed. Please check your additional software " +"configuration, or read the system log to understand better the problem." +msgstr "Инсталацията е неуспешна. Моля, проверете настройките на допълнителния софтуер, или прегледайте системните логове, за да добиете по-добра идея какъ е проблемът." + +#: config/chroot_local-includes/usr/local/sbin/tails-additional-software:126 +msgid "Your additional software are installed" +msgstr "Допълнителният софтуер е инсталиран" + +#: config/chroot_local-includes/usr/local/sbin/tails-additional-software:127 +msgid "Your additional software are ready to use." +msgstr "Допълнителният софтуер е готов, да бъде използван." + +#: config/chroot_local-includes/usr/local/sbin/tails-additional-software:138 +#: config/chroot_local-includes/usr/local/sbin/tails-additional-software:157 +msgid "Your additional software upgrade failed" +msgstr "Надграждането на допълнителния софтуер е неуспешно." + +#: config/chroot_local-includes/usr/local/sbin/tails-additional-software:139 +msgid "" +"The check for upgrades failed. This might be due to a network problem. " +"Please check your network connection, try to restart Tails, or read the " +"system log to understand better the problem." +msgstr "Надстройката е неуспешна. Това може да се дължи на проблем с мрежата.\nМоля, проверете мрежовата си връзка, опитайте да рестартирате Tails, или прочетете системния дневник за разберем по-добре проблема." + +#: config/chroot_local-includes/usr/local/sbin/tails-additional-software:153 +msgid "Your additional software are up to date" +msgstr "Допълнителният софтуер вече е най-новата версия" + +#: config/chroot_local-includes/usr/local/sbin/tails-additional-software:154 +msgid "The upgrade was successful." +msgstr "Обновяването бе успешно." + +#: config/chroot_local-includes/usr/local/sbin/tails-additional-software:158 msgid "" "The upgrade failed. This might be due to a network problem. Please check " "your network connection, try to restart Tails, or read the system log to " "understand better the problem." msgstr "Надстройката се провали. Това може да се дължи на проблем с мрежата.\nМоля, проверете мрежовата си връзка, опитайте да рестартирате Tails, или прочетете системния дневник за разберем по-добре проблема." -#: config/chroot_local-includes/usr/local/sbin/tails-additional-software:163 -msgid "The upgrade was successful." -msgstr "Обновяването бе успешно." - #: config/chroot_local-includes/usr/local/lib/tails-htp-notify-user:52 msgid "Synchronizing the system's clock" msgstr "Синхронизиране на системния часовник"

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[translation/tails-misc] Update translations for tails-misc
by translation＠torproject.org 22 Feb '18

22 Feb '18

commit 6263f6b272a25b3630d0708ea81099d4ee7a14b2 Author: Translation commit bot <translation(a)torproject.org> Date: Thu Feb 22 10:17:06 2018 +0000 Update translations for tails-misc --- bg.po | 10 +++++----- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/bg.po b/bg.po index 1c51c2ba5..16f5f3955 100644 --- a/bg.po +++ b/bg.po @@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ msgstr "" "Project-Id-Version: The Tor Project\n" "Report-Msgid-Bugs-To: \n" "POT-Creation-Date: 2018-02-20 11:29+0100\n" -"PO-Revision-Date: 2018-02-22 09:46+0000\n" +"PO-Revision-Date: 2018-02-22 09:48+0000\n" "Last-Translator: Ivo\n" "Language-Team: Bulgarian (http://www.transifex.com/otf/torproject/language/bg/)\n" "MIME-Version: 1.0\n" @@ -128,23 +128,23 @@ msgstr "Допълнителният софтуер е инсталиран" #: config/chroot_local-includes/usr/local/sbin/tails-additional-software:127 msgid "Your additional software are ready to use." -msgstr "" +msgstr "Допълнителният софтуер е готов, да бъде използван." #: config/chroot_local-includes/usr/local/sbin/tails-additional-software:138 #: config/chroot_local-includes/usr/local/sbin/tails-additional-software:157 msgid "Your additional software upgrade failed" -msgstr "" +msgstr "Надграждането на допълнителния софтуер е неуспешно." #: config/chroot_local-includes/usr/local/sbin/tails-additional-software:139 msgid "" "The check for upgrades failed. This might be due to a network problem. " "Please check your network connection, try to restart Tails, or read the " "system log to understand better the problem." -msgstr "" +msgstr "Надстройката е неуспешна. Това може да се дължи на проблем с мрежата.\nМоля, проверете мрежовата си връзка, опитайте да рестартирате Tails, или прочетете системния дневник за разберем по-добре проблема." #: config/chroot_local-includes/usr/local/sbin/tails-additional-software:153 msgid "Your additional software are up to date" -msgstr "" +msgstr "Допълнителният софтуер вече е най-новата версия" #: config/chroot_local-includes/usr/local/sbin/tails-additional-software:154 msgid "The upgrade was successful."

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[translation/tails-misc] Update translations for tails-misc
by translation＠torproject.org 22 Feb '18

22 Feb '18

commit 293505851b30e201537549703483d4130c785286 Author: Translation commit bot <translation(a)torproject.org> Date: Thu Feb 22 09:47:06 2018 +0000 Update translations for tails-misc --- bg.po | 12 ++++++------ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/bg.po b/bg.po index 18894f064..1c51c2ba5 100644 --- a/bg.po +++ b/bg.po @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ # Gabriel Radev <gabosss(a)gmail.com>, 2015 # iliev.mb <iliev.mb(a)gmail.com>, 2015 # Ivaylo Markov <ivaylo.markov(a)openmailbox.org>, 2015 -# Ivo, 2017 +# Ivo, 2017-2018 # Kaloyan Nikolov <kotipuka01(a)gmail.com>, 2016 # 4Joy <kiril.banialiev(a)gmail.com>, 2015 # alexdimitrov <kvikmen(a)gmail.com>, 2013 @@ -20,8 +20,8 @@ msgstr "" "Project-Id-Version: The Tor Project\n" "Report-Msgid-Bugs-To: \n" "POT-Creation-Date: 2018-02-20 11:29+0100\n" -"PO-Revision-Date: 2018-02-20 19:03+0000\n" -"Last-Translator: Tsvetan Nikolov <slakware(a)gmail.com>\n" +"PO-Revision-Date: 2018-02-22 09:46+0000\n" +"Last-Translator: Ivo\n" "Language-Team: Bulgarian (http://www.transifex.com/otf/torproject/language/bg/)\n" "MIME-Version: 1.0\n" "Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8\n" @@ -114,17 +114,17 @@ msgstr "не е в наличност" #: config/chroot_local-includes/usr/local/sbin/tails-additional-software:119 msgid "Your additional software installation failed" -msgstr "" +msgstr "Допълнителната софтуер инсталция е неуспешна." #: config/chroot_local-includes/usr/local/sbin/tails-additional-software:120 msgid "" "The installation failed. Please check your additional software " "configuration, or read the system log to understand better the problem." -msgstr "" +msgstr "Инсталацията е неуспешна. Моля, проверете настройките на допълнителния софтуер, или прегледайте системните логове, за да добиете по-добра идея какъ е проблемът." #: config/chroot_local-includes/usr/local/sbin/tails-additional-software:126 msgid "Your additional software are installed" -msgstr "" +msgstr "Допълнителният софтуер е инсталиран" #: config/chroot_local-includes/usr/local/sbin/tails-additional-software:127 msgid "Your additional software are ready to use."

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[tor-browser-build/master] It's "its" and not "it's" (for all "it's")
by gk＠torproject.org 22 Feb '18

22 Feb '18

commit fa29c1922c1e27ff94663ef1380b81b8f9c46206 Author: Georg Koppen <gk(a)torproject.org> Date: Thu Feb 22 07:27:30 2018 +0000 It's "its" and not "it's" (for all "it's") Thanks to arma for catching this. --- .../Data/Browser/profile.default/preferences/extension-overrides.js | 3 ++- .../Data/Browser/profile.default/preferences/extension-overrides.js | 3 ++- .../Data/Browser/profile.default/preferences/extension-overrides.js | 3 ++- 3 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/projects/tor-browser/Bundle-Data/linux/Data/Browser/profile.default/preferences/extension-overrides.js b/projects/tor-browser/Bundle-Data/linux/Data/Browser/profile.default/preferences/extension-overrides.js index 9476edc..c81a7bf 100644 --- a/projects/tor-browser/Bundle-Data/linux/Data/Browser/profile.default/preferences/extension-overrides.js +++ b/projects/tor-browser/Bundle-Data/linux/Data/Browser/profile.default/preferences/extension-overrides.js @@ -58,5 +58,6 @@ pref("noscript.volatilePrivatePermissions", true); pref("noscript.clearClick", 0); # PDF.js -// needs to be a user_pref because pdf.js blows away non-user prefs with it's own defaults each time +// needs to be a user_pref because pdf.js blows away non-user prefs with its own +// defaults each time user_pref("pdfjs.disableRange", true); diff --git a/projects/tor-browser/Bundle-Data/mac/TorBrowser/Data/Browser/profile.default/preferences/extension-overrides.js b/projects/tor-browser/Bundle-Data/mac/TorBrowser/Data/Browser/profile.default/preferences/extension-overrides.js index 9476edc..c81a7bf 100644 --- a/projects/tor-browser/Bundle-Data/mac/TorBrowser/Data/Browser/profile.default/preferences/extension-overrides.js +++ b/projects/tor-browser/Bundle-Data/mac/TorBrowser/Data/Browser/profile.default/preferences/extension-overrides.js @@ -58,5 +58,6 @@ pref("noscript.volatilePrivatePermissions", true); pref("noscript.clearClick", 0); # PDF.js -// needs to be a user_pref because pdf.js blows away non-user prefs with it's own defaults each time +// needs to be a user_pref because pdf.js blows away non-user prefs with its own +// defaults each time user_pref("pdfjs.disableRange", true); diff --git a/projects/tor-browser/Bundle-Data/windows/Data/Browser/profile.default/preferences/extension-overrides.js b/projects/tor-browser/Bundle-Data/windows/Data/Browser/profile.default/preferences/extension-overrides.js index 9476edc..c81a7bf 100644 --- a/projects/tor-browser/Bundle-Data/windows/Data/Browser/profile.default/preferences/extension-overrides.js +++ b/projects/tor-browser/Bundle-Data/windows/Data/Browser/profile.default/preferences/extension-overrides.js @@ -58,5 +58,6 @@ pref("noscript.volatilePrivatePermissions", true); pref("noscript.clearClick", 0); # PDF.js -// needs to be a user_pref because pdf.js blows away non-user prefs with it's own defaults each time +// needs to be a user_pref because pdf.js blows away non-user prefs with its own +// defaults each time user_pref("pdfjs.disableRange", true);

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[tor-browser-build/master] s/developement/development/
by gk＠torproject.org 22 Feb '18

22 Feb '18

commit f7c8e84c93792e006b4357343313c6989499f2ec Author: Georg Koppen <gk(a)torproject.org> Date: Thu Feb 22 07:31:33 2018 +0000 s/developement/development/ Thanks to arma for catching this. --- rbm.local.conf.example | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/rbm.local.conf.example b/rbm.local.conf.example index 916cb5e..dc3f038 100644 --- a/rbm.local.conf.example +++ b/rbm.local.conf.example @@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ targets: ### By default 'fetch' is set to 1 for nightly builds, meaning that new ### commits will be fetched automatically during each build. You can - ### disable this during developement if you want to do rebuilds to test + ### disable this during development if you want to do rebuilds to test ### a specific change, but don't want rebuilds caused by unrelated ### changes, or if you want to decide at which point new commits are ### fetched. When 'fetch' is set to 'if_needed', new commits will only

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[translation/tor-browser-manual] Update translations for tor-browser-manual
by translation＠torproject.org 21 Feb '18

21 Feb '18

commit ad47497fb4294149d480a800eccb6b9477ab706a Author: Translation commit bot <translation(a)torproject.org> Date: Wed Feb 21 22:22:35 2018 +0000 Update translations for tor-browser-manual --- ar/ar.po | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/ar/ar.po b/ar/ar.po index 72755bee7..4490e3f51 100644 --- a/ar/ar.po +++ b/ar/ar.po @@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ # blah bleh <wshalash(a)protonmail.ch>, 2017 # Jacob Leppek, 2017 # mohammad ali <ilir95palira(a)gmail.com>, 2017 -# ButterflyOfFire, 2018 +# ButterflyOfFire <ButterflyOfFire(a)protonmail.com>, 2018 # ducki2p <ducki2p(a)gmail.com>, 2018 # Ali <aboshanab_(a)hotmail.com>, 2018 msgid ""

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[tor-browser-build/master] Bump build version
by gk＠torproject.org 21 Feb '18

21 Feb '18

commit 84c9b9ff0fb7f85ac776835f2ab930ef222d7f06 Author: Georg Koppen <gk(a)torproject.org> Date: Wed Feb 21 18:56:08 2018 +0000 Bump build version --- rbm.conf | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/rbm.conf b/rbm.conf index 83f35f6..f6a9212 100644 --- a/rbm.conf +++ b/rbm.conf @@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ buildconf: var: torbrowser_version: '8.0a2' - torbrowser_build: 'build2' + torbrowser_build: 'build3' torbrowser_incremental_from: - 8.0a1 project_name: tor-browser

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[tor-browser-build/master] Bug 25327: create *-debug.tar.xz files instead of *-debug.tar.gz files
by gk＠torproject.org 21 Feb '18

21 Feb '18

commit 3699792995ef75ff516fba20b1534e9722ab2f50 Author: Nicolas Vigier <boklm(a)torproject.org> Date: Wed Feb 21 18:13:58 2018 +0100 Bug 25327: create *-debug.tar.xz files instead of *-debug.tar.gz files --- projects/firefox/build | 2 +- projects/tor-browser/build | 4 ++-- projects/tor/build | 2 +- 3 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/projects/firefox/build b/projects/firefox/build index 051d573..a7441bd 100644 --- a/projects/firefox/build +++ b/projects/firefox/build @@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ END; [% IF c("var/linux") %] [% c('tar', { tar_src => [ 'Debug' ], - tar_args => '-czf ' _ dest_dir _ '/' _ c('filename') _ '/tor-browser-debug.tar.gz', + tar_args => '-cJf ' _ dest_dir _ '/' _ c('filename') _ '/tor-browser-debug.tar.xz', }) %] [% END %] diff --git a/projects/tor-browser/build b/projects/tor-browser/build index 655e157..978d988 100644 --- a/projects/tor-browser/build +++ b/projects/tor-browser/build @@ -299,8 +299,8 @@ rm -rf $distdir/${PKG_DIR} cp $rootdir/[% c('input_files_by_name/firefox') %]/mar-tools-*.zip "$OUTDIR"/ [% IF c("var/linux") -%] - cp $rootdir/[% c('input_files_by_name/firefox') %]/tor-browser-debug.tar.gz "$OUTDIR"/tor-browser-[% c("var/mar_osname") %]-debug.tar.gz - cp $rootdir/[% c('input_files_by_name/tor') %]/tor-debug.tar.gz "$OUTDIR"/tor-[% c("var/mar_osname") %]-debug.tar.gz + cp $rootdir/[% c('input_files_by_name/firefox') %]/tor-browser-debug.tar.xz "$OUTDIR"/tor-browser-[% c("var/mar_osname") %]-debug.tar.xz + cp $rootdir/[% c('input_files_by_name/tor') %]/tor-debug.tar.xz "$OUTDIR"/tor-[% c("var/mar_osname") %]-debug.tar.xz [% END -%] # If we did not create a multi-lingual package above, create a package for diff --git a/projects/tor/build b/projects/tor/build index f6b507f..eeeaa5c 100644 --- a/projects/tor/build +++ b/projects/tor/build @@ -133,6 +133,6 @@ mkdir -p [% dest_dir _ '/' _ c('filename') %] [% IF c("var/linux") %] [% c('tar', { tar_src => [ 'Debug' ], - tar_args => '-czf ' _ dest_dir _ '/' _ c('filename') _ '/tor-debug.tar.gz', + tar_args => '-cJf ' _ dest_dir _ '/' _ c('filename') _ '/tor-debug.tar.xz', }) %] [% END %]

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[torspec/master] Add prop290: Continuously update consensus methods
by nickm＠torproject.org 21 Feb '18

21 Feb '18

commit c45e0778adf392733b75508642e8807786a38490 Author: Nick Mathewson <nickm(a)torproject.org> Date: Wed Feb 21 12:02:04 2018 -0500 Add prop290: Continuously update consensus methods --- proposals/000-index.txt | 2 + proposals/290-deprecate-consensus-methods.txt | 77 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 79 insertions(+) diff --git a/proposals/000-index.txt b/proposals/000-index.txt index 503d752..e4eebf3 100644 --- a/proposals/000-index.txt +++ b/proposals/000-index.txt @@ -210,6 +210,7 @@ Proposals by number: 287 Reduce circuit lifetime without overloading the network [OPEN] 288 Privacy-Preserving Statistics with Privcount in Tor (Shamir version) [DRAFT] 289 Authenticating sendme cells to mitigate bandwidth attacks [OPEN] +290 Continuously update consensus methods [OPEN] Proposals by status: @@ -269,6 +270,7 @@ Proposals by status: 286 Controller APIs for hibernation access on mobile 287 Reduce circuit lifetime without overloading the network 289 Authenticating sendme cells to mitigate bandwidth attacks + 290 Continuously update consensus methods ACCEPTED: 172 GETINFO controller option for circuit information 173 GETINFO Option Expansion diff --git a/proposals/290-deprecate-consensus-methods.txt b/proposals/290-deprecate-consensus-methods.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..db047c8 --- /dev/null +++ b/proposals/290-deprecate-consensus-methods.txt @@ -0,0 +1,77 @@ +Filename: 290-deprecate-consensus-methods.txt +Title: Continuously update consensus methods +Author: Nick Mathewson +Created: 2018-02-21 +Status: Open + +1. Background + + Directory authorities use the "consensus method" mechanism to achieve + forward compatibility during voting. When each authority publishes + its vote, it includes a list of numbered consensus methods that it + supports. Each authority chooses to calculate the consensus + according to the highest consensus method it knows supported by more + than 2/3 of the voting authorities. So long as all the authorities + have a method in common, they will all reach the same consensus. + + Consensus method 1 was first introduced in the Tor 0.2.0 series + around 2008. But by 2012, we realized that we had a problem: we were + stuck documenting and supporting old consensus methods indefinitely. + + With proposal 215, we deprecated and removed support for all + consensus methods before method 13. That was good as far as it went, + but it didn't solve the problem going forward: the latest consensus + methods is now 28. + + This proposal describes a policy for removing older consensus methods + going forward, so we won't have to keep supporting them forever. + +2. Proposal + + I propose that from time to time, old consensus methods should be + deprecated. + + Specifically, I propose that we deprecate all methods older than the + highest method supported in first stable release of the oldest LTS + (long-term support) release series. + + For example, the current oldest LTS series is 0.2.5.x. The first + stable release in that series was 0.2.5.10. The highest consensus + method listed by 0.2.5.10 is 18. Therefore, we should currently + consider ourselves free to deprecate all methods before 18. + + Once 0.2.5.x is deprecated, 0.2.9.x will become the oldest LTS + series. The first stable release in that series was 0.2.9.8. The + highest consensus method listed by 0.2.9.8 is 25. Therefore, once + 0.2.5.x is deprecated (in May 2018), we may deprecate all methods + before 25. + + When a consensus method is deprecated, it should no longer be listed + or implemented by the latest Tor releases. (It's okay for older + authorities to keep advertising it.) + + Most consensus methods add a feature that is used in "method M or + later". Deprecating method M-1 means that the feature is used in all + supported consensus methods. Therefore, we can remove any code that + makes the feature conditional on a consensus method, and any code for + previous implementations of the feature. + + Some consensus methods remove a feature that was used up to method + N. Deprecating method M means that the feature is no longer used by + any supported consensus methods. Therefore, we can remove any code + that implements the feature. + +A. Acknowledgments + + Thanks to isis and teor for the discussion that led to this proposal. + I believe that teor first suggested the policy described in section 2 + above. + +B. Client and relay compatibility notes + + Dear reader: you may be worrying that this proposal will cause old + clients or relays to stop working prematurely. That is not the case. + Consensus methods determine how the authorities behave, but they do + not represent backward-incompatible changes in how they generate + their consensuses. +

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