commit f71d63ec9d331bb6c942ada160244ede4d9c26fc Author: Nick Mathewson nickm@torproject.org Date: Wed Dec 28 16:40:15 2011 -0500

changes file for bug1827 --- changes/bug1827 | 9 +++++++++ 1 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/changes/bug1827 b/changes/bug1827 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..0701876 --- /dev/null +++ b/changes/bug1827 @@ -0,0 +1,9 @@ + - Minor features: + - Try to use system facilities for enumerating local interface + addresses, before falling back to our old approach (which was + binding a UDP socket, and calling getsockname() on it). That + approach was confusing people whose draconian firewall software + didn't like binding to UDP sockets, regardless of whether + packets were sent. Now we try to use getifaddrs(), SIOCGIFCONF, + or GetAdaptersAddresses(), depending on what the system + supports. Resolves ticket #1827.