commit 67703aa49e8f5fe010b35488e76b37c875481e7c Author: Nick Mathewson nickm@torproject.org Date: Fri Apr 25 11:13:25 2014 -0400
Integrate another entry to the changelog; twiddle changelog more
Work on style, add some sentences to blurb, explain that 10468 is more general than had been described, etc etc --- ChangeLog | 47 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------------------ changes/bug8793 | 9 --------- 2 files changed, 29 insertions(+), 27 deletions(-)
diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog index fc99575..096f018 100644 --- a/ChangeLog +++ b/ChangeLog @@ -1,6 +1,7 @@ -Changes in version 0.2.5.4-alpha - 2014-04-?? +Changes in version 0.2.5.4-alpha - 2014-04-25 This release includes several security and performance improvements - for clients and relays, including XXX + for clients and relays, including blacklisting authority signing keys + that were used while susceptible to the OpenSSL "heartbleed" bug,
This release marks end-of-line for Tor 0.2.2.x; those Tor versions have accumulated many known flaws; everyone should upgrade. @@ -17,29 +18,30 @@ Changes in version 0.2.5.4-alpha - 2014-04-?? functions previously accounted between 3 and 7% of CPU usage on some busy relays. Resolves ticket 9841. - Avoid wasting CPU when extending a circuit over a channel that is - nearly out of circuit IDs. Previously, we would in the worst case - do a linear scan over all possible circuit IDs before deciding - that we had exhausted our possibilities. Now, we try at most 64 - random circuit IDs before deciding that we probably won't succeed. - Fix for a possible root cause of ticket #11553. + nearly out of circuit IDs. Previously, we would do a linear scan + over possible circuit IDs before finding one or deciding that we + had exhausted our possibilities. Now, we try at most 64 random + circuit IDs before deciding that we probably won't succeed. Fix + for a possible root cause of ticket #11553.
o Major features (seccomp2 sandbox, Linux only): - The seccomp2 sandbox can now run a test network for multiple hours without crashing. The sandbox is still experimental, and more bugs will probably turn up. To try it, enable "Sandbox 1" on a Linux - host. + host. Resolves ticket 11351. - Strengthen sandbox code: the sandbox can now test the arguments - for rename(), and blocks _sysctl() entirely. + for rename(), and blocks _sysctl() entirely. Resolves part of + ticket 11351. - When the sandbox blocks a system call, it now tries to log a stack trace before exiting. Resolves ticket 11465.
o Major bugfixes (TLS cipher selection): - The relay ciphersuite list is now generated automatically based on uniform criteria, and includes all OpenSSL ciphersuites with - acceptable strength and forward secrecy. Previously, we had - omitted some perfectly fine ciphersuites. Resolves bugs #11513, - #11492, #11498, #11499. Bugs reported by 'cypherpunks'. Bugfix on - 0.2.4.8-alpha. + acceptable strength and forward secrecy. Previously, we had left + some perfectly fine ciphersuites unsupported due to omission or + typo. Resolves bugs #11513, #11492, #11498, #11499. Bugs reported + by 'cypherpunks'. Bugfix on 0.2.4.8-alpha. - Relays now trust themselves to have a better view than clients of which TLS ciphersuites are better than others. (Thanks to #11513, the relay list is now well-considered, whereas the client list has @@ -49,9 +51,9 @@ Changes in version 0.2.5.4-alpha - 2014-04-?? Resolves ticket 11528. - Clients now try to advertise the same list of ciphersuites as Firefox 28. This change enables selection of (fast) GCM - ciphersuites, disables some strange old ciphers, and disables the - ECDH (not to be confused with ECDHE) ciphersuites. Resolves ticket - 11438. + ciphersuites, disables some strange old ciphers, and stops + advertising the ECDH (not to be confused with ECDHE) ciphersuites. + Resolves ticket 11438.
o Major bugfixes (undefined behavior): - Fix various instances of undefined behavior in channeltls.c, @@ -119,6 +121,14 @@ Changes in version 0.2.5.4-alpha - 2014-04-?? check strftime return values more often. In some cases all we can do is report a warning, but this may help prevent deeper bugs from going unnoticed. Closes ticket 8787. + - Fix numerous warnings from the clang "scan-build" static analyzer. + Some of these are programming style issues; some of them are false + positives that indicated awkward code; some are undefined behavior + cases related to constructing (but not using) invalid pointers; + some are assumptions about API behavior; some are using + sizeof(ptr) when sizeof(*ptr) would be correct; and one or two are + genuine bugs that weren't reachable from the rest of the program. + Fixes bug 8793; bugfixes on many, many tor versions.
o Minor features (bridge client): - Report a more useful failure message when we can't connect to a @@ -227,8 +237,9 @@ Changes in version 0.2.5.4-alpha - 2014-04-?? Fixes bug 11437; bugfix on 0.2.4.7-alpha.
o Minor bugfixes (IPv6): - - When using DNSPort and AutomapHostsOnResolve, respond to AAAA - requests with AAAA automapped answers. Fixes bug 10468; bugfix on + - When using DNSPort, try to respond to AAAA requests with AAAA + answers. Previously, we hadn't looked at the request type when + deciding which answer type to prefer. Fixes bug 10468; bugfix on 0.2.4.7-alpha.
o Documentation: diff --git a/changes/bug8793 b/changes/bug8793 deleted file mode 100644 index f22c474..0000000 --- a/changes/bug8793 +++ /dev/null @@ -1,9 +0,0 @@ - o Minor bugfixes: - - Fix numerous warnings from the clang "scan-build" static analyzer. - Some of these are programming style issues; some of them are false - positives that indicated awkward code; some are undefined behavior - cases related to constructing (but not using) invalid pointers; - some are assumptions about API behavior; some are using - sizeof(ptr) when sizeof(*ptr) would be correct; and one or two are - genuine bugs that weren't reachable from the rest of the - program. Fixes bug 8793; bugfixes on many, many tor versions.