[tor-relays] Tor Relay Software Warns When Current RunningVersion Of Tor Is No Longer Recommended, But Not When A Newer Version IsAvailable?

[Keifer Bly]

So what would be an advised way to make sure tor is 100% up to date,
besides the update command? Thank you.

On Wed, Sep 19, 2018 at 11:13 PM teor <teor at riseup.net> wrote:

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> On 20 Sep 2018, at 07:02, Keifer Bly <keifer.bly at gmail.com> wrote:
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> A few days ago, I upgraded my version of tor from 0.3.3.9 to tor 0.3.4.8.
> I  noticed, however, that tor does not tell me when a new version is
> available. But in the past when I was a few versions behind, it popped up
> with a message saying “WARNING: this version of tor is out of date or no
> longer recommended.”
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> So, I am just wondering, why is it that the tor software warns when the
> current version is “no longer recommended” but does not warn when an update
> is available?
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> *From: *teor <teor at riseup.net>
> *Sent: *Wednesday, September 19, 2018 5:04 PM
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> Tor only warns about obsolete versions.
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> It doesn't warn when there is a new release or "new in series" version
> available.
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> Definitions here:
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> https://gitweb.torproject.org/torspec.git/tree/version-spec.txt#n53
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> On 20 Sep 2018, at 12:56, Keifer Bly <keifer.bly at gmail.com> wrote:
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> So does this mean any version of tor is safe to use as long as it is not
> considered “obsolete”? Thanks.
>
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> Sometimes, a supported releases series will have serious security bugs.
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> When we fix those bugs, we "un-recommend" that version, and recommend
> the newer versions in that series.
>
> So please don't run "obsolete" or "un-recommended" Tor versions.
>
> T
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