[tor-relays] reaching out to relay ops that run outdated versions

[jason at icetor.is]

Let it never be said that public shaming doesn't work, I'll update our
exits tonight!
-Jason

On 08/17/2014 10:45 AM, Nusenu wrote:
> FYI: I just sent out the email bellow to ~160 relay operators - I hope
> this results in some actual improvements.
> 
> It is a bit disappointing to see even torservers.net, DFRI, icetor,
> Frenn vun der Enn, Calyx, Cymru in the recipients list.
> 
> The recipient list is based on the following output (limited to relays
> faster than 999KB/s):
> 
> grep -v 0.2.5.6 Tor_query_EXPORT.csv |grep -v 0.2.4.23|grep -v
> 0.2.6.0|head -n 344
> (csv is from torstatus.blutmagie.de)
> 
>> Hello,
> 
>> you are receiving this email because you are using an outdated tor 
>> version on your tor relay. (your email address was taken from your
>> relay's contact info field)
> 
>> Tor v0.2.4.23 has been released on 2014-07-28 [1] to address a 
>> security issue that makes de-anonymization attacks easier [2] -
>> please update to Tor v0.2.4.23 or v0.2.5.6.
> 
>> To find out your current version run the following command on your
>> relay: tor --version
> 
>> If you are using Linux: Package managers can be used to
>> automatically update Tor without requiring manual admin
>> intervention.
> 
> 
>> It is recommended to use the official APT/YUM repos from 
>> torproject.org to get timely updates: APT: 
>> https://www.torproject.org/docs/debian.html.en YUM: 
>> https://www.torproject.org/docs/rpms.html.en
> 
> 
>> thanks for running a relay and making the tor network safer!
> 
> 
>> [1] 
>> https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-announce/2014-July/000093.html
> 
> 
> [2]
>> https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-announce/2014-July/000094.html
> 
> 
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