[tor-relays] reaching out to relay ops that run outdated versions

JT Allison tor at arlen.io
Mon Aug 18 03:48:42 UTC 2014


0.2.4.23 has been on the repo for awhile now.

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On Aug 17, 2014 11:40 PM, <jason at icetor.is> wrote:

> actually after poking at this for a bit tonight it looks like newer
> packages haven't been rolled out for deb.torproject.org repo's yet.
> I'll be waiting for them first.
> -Jason
>
> On 08/18/2014 02:55 AM, jason at icetor.is wrote:
> > 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 you are receiving this email because you are using an outdated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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> >>
> >
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