commit 40f5e65453a9aa4107c2ccb3d4dcc9637aff6925 Author: Nick Mathewson <nickm@torproject.org> Date: Thu Jan 25 10:02:52 2018 -0500 re-sort and re-flow the changelog --- ChangeLog | 122 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------------------------------- 1 file changed, 61 insertions(+), 61 deletions(-) diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog index 97aca3c8c..0791859cc 100644 --- a/ChangeLog +++ b/ChangeLog @@ -1,18 +1,11 @@ Changes in version 0.3.3.1-alpha - 2018-01-??: Blurb goes here - o Code simplification and refactoring (channels): - - Remove the incoming and outgoing channel queues. The reason to do - so was due to the fact that they were always empty meaning never - used but still looked at in our fast path. Bottom line, it was an - unused code path. - - The majority ot the channel unit tests have been rewritten and the - code coverage has now been raised to 83.6% for channel.c. Closes - ticket 23709. - - We've simplify a lot the channel subsystem by removing those - queues but also by removing a lot of unused code or dead code - around it. Overall this is a cleanup removing more than 1500 lines - of code overall and adding very little except for unit test. + o Major features (onion services, security): + - Provide torrc options to pin the second and third hops of onion + service circuits to a list of nodes. The option HSLayer2Guards + pins the second hop, and the option HSLayer3Guards pins the third + hop. Closes ticket 13837. o Major features (embedding): - There is now a documented stable API for programs that need to @@ -51,19 +44,6 @@ Changes in version 0.3.3.1-alpha - 2018-01-??: HSPOST, ADD_ONION and DEL_ONION) have been extended to support v3 onion services. Closes ticket 20699. - o Major features (onion services, security): - - Provide torrc options to pin the second and third hops of onion - service circuits to a list of nodes. The option HSLayer2Guards - pins the second hop, and the option HSLayer3Guards pins the third - hop. Closes ticket 13837. - - o Minor features (relay): - - Implement an option, ReducedExitPolicy, to allow an Tor exit relay - operator to use a more reasonable ("reduced") exit policy, rather than - the default one. If you want to run an exit node without thinking too - hard about which ports to allow, this one is for you. Closes ticket - 13605. Patch from Neel Chauhan. - o Major features (rust, portability, experimental): - Tor now ships with an optional implementation of one of its smaller modules (protover.c) in the Rust programming language. To @@ -115,25 +95,6 @@ Changes in version 0.3.3.1-alpha - 2018-01-??: them, rather than waiting to download microdescriptors. Implements 23827. - o Minor features (embedding): - - Tor can now start with a preauthenticated control connection - created by the process that launched it. This feature is meant for - use by programs that want to launch and manage a Tor process - without allowing other programs to manage it as well. For more - information, see the __OwningControllerFD option documented in - control-spec.txt. Closes ticket 23900. - - On most errors that would cause Tor to exit, it now tries to - return from the tor_main() function, rather than calling the - system exit() function. Most users won't notice a difference here, - but it should make a significant difference on platforms that try - to run Tor inside a separate thread: they should now be able to - survive Tor's exit conditions rather than having Tor shut down the - entire process. Closes ticket 23848. - - Applications that want to embed Tor can now tell Tor not to - register any of its own POSIX signal handlers, using the - __DisableSignalHandlers option. This option is not meant for - general use. Closes ticket 24588. - o Minor features (cleanup): - Tor now deletes the CookieAuthFile and ExtORPortCookieAuthFile when it stops. Closes ticket 23271. @@ -157,6 +118,35 @@ Changes in version 0.3.3.1-alpha - 2018-01-??: would get the Exit flag if they allowed connections to one of these ports and also port 6667. Resolves ticket 23637. + o Minor features (embedding): + - Tor can now start with a preauthenticated control connection + created by the process that launched it. This feature is meant for + use by programs that want to launch and manage a Tor process + without allowing other programs to manage it as well. For more + information, see the __OwningControllerFD option documented in + control-spec.txt. Closes ticket 23900. + - On most errors that would cause Tor to exit, it now tries to + return from the tor_main() function, rather than calling the + system exit() function. Most users won't notice a difference here, + but it should make a significant difference on platforms that try + to run Tor inside a separate thread: they should now be able to + survive Tor's exit conditions rather than having Tor shut down the + entire process. Closes ticket 23848. + - Applications that want to embed Tor can now tell Tor not to + register any of its own POSIX signal handlers, using the + __DisableSignalHandlers option. This option is not meant for + general use. Closes ticket 24588. + + o Minor features (fallback directory list): + - Avoid selecting fallbacks that change their IP addresses too + often. Select more fallbacks by ignoring the Guard flag, and + allowing lower cutoffs for the Running and V2Dir flags. Also allow + a lower bandwidth, and a higher number of fallbacks per operator + (5% of the list). Implements ticket 24785. + - Update the fallback whitelist and blacklist based on opt-ins and + relay changes. Closes tickets 22321, 24678, 22527, 24135, + and 24695. + o Minor features (fallback directory mirror configuration): - Add a nickname to each fallback in a C comment. This makes it easier for operators to find their relays, and allows stem to use @@ -183,16 +173,6 @@ Changes in version 0.3.3.1-alpha - 2018-01-??: by changing Tor's default fallback weight to 10. Implements ticket 24679. - o Minor features (fallback directory list): - - Avoid selecting fallbacks that change their IP addresses too - often. Select more fallbacks by ignoring the Guard flag, and - allowing lower cutoffs for the Running and V2Dir flags. Also allow - a lower bandwidth, and a higher number of fallbacks per operator - (5% of the list). Implements ticket 24785. - - Update the fallback whitelist and blacklist based on opt-ins and - relay changes. Closes tickets 22321, 24678, 22527, 24135, - and 24695. - o Minor features (forward-compatibility): - If a relay supports some link authentication protocol that we do not recognize, then include that relay's ed25519 key when telling @@ -208,8 +188,8 @@ Changes in version 0.3.3.1-alpha - 2018-01-??: o Minor features (instrumentation, development): - Add the MainloopStats option to allow developers to get instrumentation information from the main event loop via the - heartbeat messages. We hope to use this to improve Tor's behavior when - it's trying to sleep. Closes ticket 24605. + heartbeat messages. We hope to use this to improve Tor's behavior + when it's trying to sleep. Closes ticket 24605. o Minor features (log messages): - Improve a warning message that happens when we fail to re-parse an @@ -235,8 +215,8 @@ Changes in version 0.3.3.1-alpha - 2018-01-??: o Minor features (performance, 32-bit): - Improve performance on 32-bit systems by avoiding 64-bit division - when calculating the timestamp in milliseconds for channel - padding computations. Implements ticket 24613. + when calculating the timestamp in milliseconds for channel padding + computations. Implements ticket 24613. - Improve performance on 32-bit systems by avoiding 64-bit division when timestamping cells and buffer chunks for OOM calculations. Implements ticket 24374. @@ -247,6 +227,13 @@ Changes in version 0.3.3.1-alpha - 2018-01-??: SIO_IDEAL_SEND_BACKLOG_QUERY. Closes ticket 22798. Patch from Vort. + o Minor features (relay): + - Implement an option, ReducedExitPolicy, to allow an Tor exit relay + operator to use a more reasonable ("reduced") exit policy, rather + than the default one. If you want to run an exit node without + thinking too hard about which ports to allow, this one is for you. + Closes ticket 13605. Patch from Neel Chauhan. + o Minor features (testing, debugging, embedding): - For development purposes, Tor now has a mode in which it runs for a few seconds, then stops, and starts again without exiting the @@ -258,9 +245,9 @@ Changes in version 0.3.3.1-alpha - 2018-01-??: future release. Implements ticket 24583. o Minor bugfix (network IPv6 test): - - Tor's test scripts now check if "ping -6 ::1" works when the user runs - "make test-network-all". Fixes bug 24677; bugfix on 0.2.9.3-alpha. - Patch by "ffmancera". + - Tor's test scripts now check if "ping -6 ::1" works when the user + runs "make test-network-all". Fixes bug 24677; bugfix on + 0.2.9.3-alpha. Patch by "ffmancera". o Minor bugfixes (build, rust): - Fix output of autoconf checks to display success messages for Rust @@ -398,6 +385,19 @@ Changes in version 0.3.3.1-alpha - 2018-01-??: expected to set MyFamily and ContactInfo correctly. Closes ticket 24526. + o Code simplification and refactoring (channels): + - Remove the incoming and outgoing channel queues. The reason to do + so was due to the fact that they were always empty meaning never + used but still looked at in our fast path. Bottom line, it was an + unused code path. + - The majority ot the channel unit tests have been rewritten and the + code coverage has now been raised to 83.6% for channel.c. Closes + ticket 23709. + - We've simplify a lot the channel subsystem by removing those + queues but also by removing a lot of unused code or dead code + around it. Overall this is a cleanup removing more than 1500 lines + of code overall and adding very little except for unit test. + o Code simplification and refactoring (circuit rendezvous): - Split get rendezvous circuit on client side on two different functions. One that returns only established circuits and another