[tor-relays] reaching out to relay ops that run outdated versions

jason at icetor.is jason at icetor.is
Mon Aug 18 04:04:34 UTC 2014


yep you're correct, I should have taken note of the version numbers
better. All exits have been updated now.
-J

On 08/18/2014 03:48 AM, JT Allison wrote:
> 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 <mailto: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
>     <http://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 <mailto: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
>     <http://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
>     <http://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 you are receiving this email because you are using an outdated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 <http://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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