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Changes in version 0.2.4.7-alpha - 2012-12-24
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+ Tor 0.2.4.7-alpha introduces a new approach to providing fallback
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+ directory mirrors for more robust bootstrapping; fixes more issues where
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+ clients with changing network conditions refuse to make any circuits;
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+ adds initial support for exiting to IPv6 addresses; resumes being able
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+ to update our GeoIP database, and includes the geoip6 file this time;
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+ turns off the client-side DNS cache by default due to privacy risks;
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+ and fixes a variety of other issues.
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+
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o Major features (client resilience):
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- Add a new "FallbackDir" torrc option to use when we can't use
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a directory mirror from the consensus (either because we lack a
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@@ -69,13 +77,13 @@ Changes in version 0.2.4.7-alpha - 2012-12-24
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closing an or_connection_t: call channel_mark_for_close() rather
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than connection_mark_for_close(). Fixes bug 7267. Bugfix on
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0.2.4.4-alpha.
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- - Distribute and install the geoip6 IPv6 GeoIP database. Fixes bug
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+ - Include the geoip6 IPv6 GeoIP database in the tarball. Fixes bug
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7655; bugfix on 0.2.4.6-alpha.
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o Minor features:
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- - Add a new torrc option "ServerTransportListenAddr" to let users
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- select the address where their pluggable transports will listen
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- for connections. Resolves ticket 7013.
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+ - Add a new torrc option "ServerTransportListenAddr" to let bridge
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+ operators select the address where their pluggable transports will
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+ listen for connections. Resolves ticket 7013.
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- Allow an optional $ before the node identity digest in the
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controller command GETINFO ns/id/<identity>, for consistency with
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md/id/<identity> and desc/id/<identity>. Resolves ticket 7059.
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@@ -91,9 +99,9 @@ Changes in version 0.2.4.7-alpha - 2012-12-24
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- AutomapHostsOnResolve responses are now randomized, to avoid
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annoying situations where Tor is restarted and applications
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connect to the wrong addresses.
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- - We never try more than 1000 times to pick a new virtual address
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- when AutomapHostsOnResolve is set. That's good enough so long as
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- we aren't close to handing out our entire virtual address space;
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+ - Never try more than 1000 times to pick a new virtual address when
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+ AutomapHostsOnResolve is set. That's good enough so long as we
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+ aren't close to handing out our entire virtual address space;
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if you're getting there, it's best to switch to IPv6 virtual
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addresses anyway.
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