commit 97ca0257e1a383aa5621f23b15671f8e32769d76 Author: Nick Mathewson <nickm@torproject.org> Date: Tue Mar 24 09:34:30 2015 -0400 Fold stuff into 0.2.6 releasenotes and add a blurb --- ReleaseNotes | 30 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++---- 1 file changed, 26 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/ReleaseNotes b/ReleaseNotes index 06cc09c..403303e 100644 --- a/ReleaseNotes +++ b/ReleaseNotes @@ -4,9 +4,18 @@ of Tor. If you want to see more detailed descriptions of the changes in each development snapshot, see the ChangeLog file. -Changes in version 0.2.6.??? +Changes in version 0.2.6.6 - 2015-0?-?? - Write a blurb here. + Tor 0.2.6.6 is the first stable release in the 0.2.6 series. + + It adds numerous safety, security, correctness, and performance + improvements. Client programs can be configured to use more kinds + of sockets, AutomapHosts works better, the multithreading backend + is improved, cell transmission is refactored, test coverage is + much higher, more denial-of-service attacks are handled, guard + selection is improved to handle long-term guards better, pluggable + transports should work a bit better, and some annoying hidden + service performance bugs should be addressed. o New compiler and system requirements: - Tor 0.2.6.x requires that your compiler support more of the C99 @@ -201,6 +210,13 @@ Changes in version 0.2.6.??? circuits through that guard. Fixes bug 9819; bugfix on 0.2.1.1-alpha. Reported by "skruffy". + o Major bugfixes (pluggable transports): + - Initialize the extended OR Port authentication cookie before + launching pluggable transports. This prevents a race condition + that occured when server-side pluggable transports would cache the + authentication cookie before it has been (re)generated. Fixes bug + 15240; bugfix on 0.2.5.1-alpha. + o Major bugfixes (relay, stability, possible security): - Fix a bug that could lead to a relay crashing with an assertion failure if a buffer of exactly the wrong layout is passed to @@ -276,6 +292,12 @@ Changes in version 0.2.6.??? minutes to 30 seconds (or from one hour to 10 minutes if AvoidDiskWrites is set). Closes ticket 12485. + o Minor features (heartbeat): + - On relays, report how many connections we negotiated using each + version of the Tor link protocols. This information will let us + know if removing support for very old versions of the Tor + protocols is harming the network. Closes ticket 15212. + o Minor features (hidden service): - Make Sybil attacks against hidden services harder by changing the minimum time required to get the HSDir flag from 25 hours up to 96 @@ -814,8 +836,8 @@ Changes in version 0.2.6.??? ticket 14202. - Remove a test for a long-defunct broken version-one directory server. - - o Code simplification and refactoring: + - Refactor main loop to extract the 'loop' part. This makes it + easier to run Tor under Shadow. Closes ticket 15176. - Stop using can_complete_circuits as a global variable; access it with a function instead. - Avoid using operators directly as macro arguments: this lets us