1 This document summarizes new features and bugfixes in each stable
2 release of Tor. If you want to see more detailed descriptions of the
3 changes in each development snapshot, see the ChangeLog file.
7 Changes in version 0.4.7.3-alpha - 2021-12-15
8 o Major bugfixes (bridges):
9 - Make Tor work reliably again when you have multiple bridges
10 configured and one or more of them are unreachable. The problem
11 came because we require that we have bridge descriptors for both
12 of our first two bridges (else we refuse to try to connect), but
13 in some cases we would wait three hours before trying to fetch
14 these missing descriptors, and/or never recover when we do try to
15 fetch them. Fixes bugs 40396 and 40495; bugfix on 0.3.0.5-rc
18 o Major bugfixes (relay, overload):
19 - Change the MetricsPort DNS "timeout" label to be "tor_timeout" in
20 order to indicate that this was a DNS timeout from tor perspective
21 and not the DNS server itself.
22 - Deprecate overload_dns_timeout_period_secs and
23 overload_dns_timeout_scale_percent consensus parameters as well.
24 They were used to assess the overload state which is no more now.
25 - Don't make Tor DNS timeout trigger an overload general state.
26 These timeouts are different from DNS server timeout. They have to
27 be seen as timeout related to UX and not because of a network
28 problem. Fixes bug 40527; bugfix on 0.4.6.1-alpha.
30 o Minor feature (reproducible build):
31 - The repository can now build reproducible tarballs which adds the
32 build command "make dist-reprod" for that purpose. Closes
35 o Minor features (compilation):
36 - Give an error message if trying to build with a version of
37 LibreSSL known not to work with Tor. (There's an incompatibility
38 with LibreSSL versions 3.2.1 through 3.4.0 inclusive because of
39 their incompatibility with OpenSSL 1.1.1's TLSv1.3 APIs.) Closes
42 o Minor features (fallbackdir):
43 - Regenerate fallback directories generated on December 15, 2021.
45 o Minor features (geoip data):
46 - Update the geoip files to match the IPFire Location Database, as
47 retrieved on 2021/12/15.
49 o Minor features (portability):
50 - Try to prevent a compiler warning about printf arguments that
51 could sometimes occur on MSYS2 depending on the configuration.
54 o Minor bugfix (pluggable transport):
55 - Do not kill a managed proxy if one of its transport configurations
56 emits a method error. Instead log a warning and continue processing
57 method arguments. Fixes bug 7362; bugfix on 0.2.3.6-alpha.
59 o Minor bugfixes (bridges):
60 - When we don't yet have a descriptor for one of our bridges,
61 disable the entry guard retry schedule on that bridge. The entry
62 guard retry schedule and the bridge descriptor retry schedule can
63 conflict, e.g. where we mark a bridge as "maybe up" yet we don't
64 try to fetch its descriptor yet, leading Tor to wait (refusing to
65 do anything) until it becomes time to fetch the descriptor. Fixes
66 bug 40497; bugfix on 0.3.0.3-alpha.
68 o Minor bugfixes (compilation):
69 - Fix our configuration logic to detect whether we had OpenSSL 3:
70 previously, our logic was reversed. This has no other effect than
71 to change whether we suppress deprecated API warnings. Fixes bug
72 40429; bugfix on 0.3.5.13.
74 o Minor bugfixes (controller, path bias):
75 - When a circuit's path is specified, in full or in part, from the
76 controller API, do not count that circuit towards our path-bias
77 calculations. (Doing so was incorrect, since we cannot tell
78 whether the controller is selecting relays randomly.) Resolves a
79 "Bug" warning. Fixes bug 40515; bugfix on 0.2.4.10-alpha.
81 o Minor bugfixes (logging):
82 - When we no longer have enough directory information to use the
83 network, we would log a notice-level message -- but we would not
84 reliably log a message when we recovered and resumed using the
85 network. Now make sure there is always a corresponding message
86 about recovering. Fixes bug 40496; bugfix on 0.3.5.1-alpha.
88 o Minor bugfixes (performance, DoS):
89 - Fix one case of a not-especially viable denial-of-service attack
90 found by OSS-Fuzz in our consensus-diff parsing code. This attack
91 causes a lot small of memory allocations and then immediately
92 frees them: this is only slow when running with all the sanitizers
93 enabled. Fixes one case of bug 40472; bugfix on 0.3.1.1-alpha.
95 o Minor bugfixes (relay):
96 - Reject IPv6-only DirPorts. Our reachability self-test forces
97 DirPorts to be IPv4, but our configuration parser allowed them to
98 be IPv6-only, which led to an assertion failure. Fixes bug 40494;
99 bugfix on 0.4.5.1-alpha.
101 o Minor bugfixes (sandbox):
102 - Fix the sandbox on i386 by modifying it to allow the
103 "clock_gettime64" and "statx" system calls and to filter the
104 "chown32" and "stat64" system calls in place of "chown" and
105 "stat", respectively. Fixes bug 40505; bugfix on 0.2.5.4-alpha.
107 o Documentation (man, relay):
108 - Missing "OverloadStatistics" in tor.1 manpage. Fixes bug 40504;
109 bugfix on 0.4.6.1-alpha.
112 Changes in version 0.4.6.8 - 2021-10-26
113 This version fixes several bugs from earlier versions of Tor. One
114 highlight is a fix on how we track DNS timeouts to report general
117 o Major bugfixes (relay, overload state):
118 - Relays report the general overload state for DNS timeout errors
119 only if X% of all DNS queries over Y seconds are errors. Before
120 that, it only took 1 timeout to report the overload state which
121 was just too low of a threshold. The X and Y values are 1% and 10
122 minutes respectively but they are also controlled by consensus
123 parameters. Fixes bug 40491; bugfix on 0.4.6.1-alpha.
125 o Minor features (fallbackdir):
126 - Regenerate fallback directories for October 2021. Closes
129 o Minor features (testing):
130 - On a testing network, relays can now use the
131 TestingMinTimeToReportBandwidth option to change the smallest
132 amount of time over which they're willing to report their observed
133 maximum bandwidth. Previously, this was fixed at 1 day. For
134 safety, values under 2 hours are only supported on testing
135 networks. Part of a fix for ticket 40337.
136 - Relays on testing networks no longer rate-limit how frequently
137 they are willing to report new bandwidth measurements. Part of a
138 fix for ticket 40337.
139 - Relays on testing networks now report their observed bandwidths
140 immediately from startup. Previously, they waited until they had
141 been running for a full day. Closes ticket 40337.
143 o Minor bugfix (onion service):
144 - Do not flag an HSDir as non-running in case the descriptor upload
145 or fetch fails. An onion service closes pending directory
146 connections before uploading a new descriptor which can thus lead
147 to wrongly flagging many relays and thus affecting circuit building
148 path selection. Fixes bug 40434; bugfix on 0.2.0.13-alpha.
149 - Improve logging when a bad HS version is given. Fixes bug 40476;
150 bugfix on 0.4.6.1-alpha.
152 o Minor bugfix (CI, onion service):
153 - Exclude onion service version 2 Stem tests in our CI. Fixes bug 40500;
154 bugfix on 0.3.2.1-alpha.
156 o Minor bugfixes (compatibility):
157 - Fix compatibility with the most recent Libevent versions, which no
158 longer have an evdns_set_random_bytes() function. Because this
159 function has been a no-op since Libevent 2.0.4-alpha, it is safe
160 for us to just stop calling it. Fixes bug 40371; bugfix
163 o Minor bugfixes (onion service, TROVE-2021-008):
164 - Only log v2 access attempts once total, in order to not pollute
165 the logs with warnings and to avoid recording the times on disk
166 when v2 access was attempted. Note that the onion address was
167 _never_ logged. This counts as a Low-severity security issue.
168 Fixes bug 40474; bugfix on 0.4.5.8.
171 Changes in version 0.4.5.11 - 2021-10-26
172 The major change in this version is that v2 onion services are now
173 disabled at the client, service, and relay: any Tor nodes running this
174 version and onward will stop supporting v2 onion services. This is the
175 last step in the long deprecation process of v2 onion services.
176 Everyone running an earlier version, whether as a client, a relay, or
177 an onion service, should upgrade to Tor 0.3.5.17, 0.4.5.11,
180 o Major feature (onion service v2):
181 - See https://blog.torproject.org/v2-deprecation-timeline for
182 details on how to transition from v2 to v3.
183 - The control port commands HSFETCH and HSPOST no longer allow
184 version 2, and it is no longer possible to create a v2 service
186 - Tor no longer allows creating v2 services, or connecting as a
187 client to a v2 service. Relays will decline to be a v2 HSDir or
188 introduction point. This effectively disables onion service
189 version 2 Tor-wide. Closes ticket 40476.
191 o Minor features (bridge, backport from 0.4.6.8):
192 - We now announce the URL to Tor's new bridge status at
193 https://bridges.torproject.org/ when Tor is configured to run as a
194 bridge relay. Closes ticket 30477.
196 o Minor features (fallbackdir):
197 - Regenerate fallback directories for October 2021. Closes
200 o Minor features (logging, diagnostic, backport from 0.4.6.5):
201 - Log decompression failures at a higher severity level, since they
202 can help provide missing context for other warning messages. We
203 rate-limit these messages, to avoid flooding the logs if they
204 begin to occur frequently. Closes ticket 40175.
206 o Minor features (testing, backport from 0.4.6.8):
207 - On a testing network, relays can now use the
208 TestingMinTimeToReportBandwidth option to change the smallest
209 amount of time over which they're willing to report their observed
210 maximum bandwidth. Previously, this was fixed at 1 day. For
211 safety, values under 2 hours are only supported on testing
212 networks. Part of a fix for ticket 40337.
213 - Relays on testing networks no longer rate-limit how frequently
214 they are willing to report new bandwidth measurements. Part of a
215 fix for ticket 40337.
216 - Relays on testing networks now report their observed bandwidths
217 immediately from startup. Previously, they waited until they had
218 been running for a full day. Closes ticket 40337.
220 o Minor bugfix (CI, onion service):
221 - Exclude onion service version 2 Stem tests in our CI. Fixes bug 40500;
222 bugfix on 0.3.2.1-alpha.
224 o Minor bugfix (onion service, backport from 0.4.6.8):
225 - Do not flag an HSDir as non-running in case the descriptor upload
226 or fetch fails. An onion service closes pending directory
227 connections before uploading a new descriptor which can thus lead
228 to wrongly flagging many relays and thus affecting circuit building
229 path selection. Fixes bug 40434; bugfix on 0.2.0.13-alpha.
231 o Minor bugfixes (compatibility, backport from 0.4.6.8):
232 - Fix compatibility with the most recent Libevent versions, which no
233 longer have an evdns_set_random_bytes() function. Because this
234 function has been a no-op since Libevent 2.0.4-alpha, it is safe
235 for us to just stop calling it. Fixes bug 40371; bugfix
238 o Minor bugfixes (consensus handling, backport from 0.4.6.4-rc):
239 - Avoid a set of bugs that could be caused by inconsistently
240 preferring an out-of-date consensus stored in a stale directory
241 cache over a more recent one stored on disk as the latest
242 consensus. Fixes bug 40375; bugfix on 0.3.1.1-alpha.
244 o Minor bugfixes (onion service, TROVE-2021-008, backport from 0.4.6.8):
245 - Only log v2 access attempts once total, in order to not pollute
246 the logs with warnings and to avoid recording the times on disk
247 when v2 access was attempted. Note that the onion address was
248 _never_ logged. This counts as a Low-severity security issue.
249 Fixes bug 40474; bugfix on 0.4.5.8.
252 Changes in version 0.3.5.17 - 2021-10-26
253 The major change in this version is that v2 onion services are now
254 disabled at the client, service, and relay: any Tor nodes running this
255 version and onward will stop supporting v2 onion services. This is the
256 last step in the long deprecation process of v2 onion services.
257 Everyone running an earlier version, whether as a client, a relay, or
258 an onion service, should upgrade to Tor 0.3.5.17, 0.4.5.11,
261 o Major feature (onion service v2, backport from 0.4.5.11):
262 - See https://blog.torproject.org/v2-deprecation-timeline for
263 details on how to transition from v2 to v3.
264 - The control port commands HSFETCH and HSPOST no longer allow
265 version 2, and it is no longer possible to create a v2 service
267 - Tor no longer allows creating v2 services, or connecting as a
268 client to a v2 service. Relays will decline to be a v2 HSDir or
269 introduction point. This effectively disables onion service
270 version 2 Tor-wide. Closes ticket 40476.
272 o Minor features (bridge, backport from 0.4.6.8):
273 - We now announce the URL to Tor's new bridge status at
274 https://bridges.torproject.org/ when Tor is configured to run as a
275 bridge relay. Closes ticket 30477.
277 o Minor features (fallbackdir):
278 - Regenerate fallback directories for October 2021. Closes
281 o Minor bugfixes (compatibility, backport from 0.4.6.8):
282 - Fix compatibility with the most recent Libevent versions, which no
283 longer have an evdns_set_random_bytes() function. Because this
284 function has been a no-op since Libevent 2.0.4-alpha, it is safe
285 for us to just stop calling it. Fixes bug 40371; bugfix
289 Changes in version 0.4.6.7 - 2021-08-16
290 This version fixes several bugs from earlier versions of Tor, including one
291 that could lead to a denial-of-service attack. Everyone running an earlier
292 version, whether as a client, a relay, or an onion service, should upgrade
293 to Tor 0.3.5.16, 0.4.5.10, or 0.4.6.7.
295 o Major bugfixes (cryptography, security):
296 - Resolve an assertion failure caused by a behavior mismatch between our
297 batch-signature verification code and our single-signature verification
298 code. This assertion failure could be triggered remotely, leading to a
299 denial of service attack. We fix this issue by disabling batch
300 verification. Fixes bug 40078; bugfix on 0.2.6.1-alpha. This issue is
301 also tracked as TROVE-2021-007 and CVE-2021-38385. Found by Henry de
304 o Minor feature (fallbackdir):
305 - Regenerate fallback directories list. Close ticket 40447.
307 o Minor features (geoip data):
308 - Update the geoip files to match the IPFire Location Database,
309 as retrieved on 2021/08/12.
311 o Minor bugfix (crypto):
312 - Disable the unused batch verification feature of ed25519-donna. Fixes
313 bug 40078; bugfix on 0.2.6.1-alpha. Found by Henry de Valence.
315 o Minor bugfixes (onion service):
316 - Send back the extended SOCKS error 0xF6 (Onion Service Invalid Address)
317 for a v2 onion address. Fixes bug 40421; bugfix on 0.4.6.2-alpha.
319 o Minor bugfix (CI, onion service):
320 - Exclude onion service version 2 Stem tests in our CI. Fixes bug 40500;
321 bugfix on 0.3.2.1-alpha.
323 o Minor bugfixes (relay):
324 - Reduce the compression level for data streaming from HIGH to LOW in
325 order to reduce CPU load on the directory relays. Fixes bug 40301;
326 bugfix on 0.3.5.1-alpha.
328 o Minor bugfixes (timekeeping):
329 - Calculate the time of day correctly on systems where the time_t
330 type includes leap seconds. (This is not the case on most
331 operating systems, but on those where it occurs, our tor_timegm
332 function did not correctly invert the system's gmtime function,
333 which could result in assertion failures when calculating
334 voting schedules.) Fixes bug 40383; bugfix on 0.2.0.3-alpha.
337 Changes in version 0.4.5.10 - 2021-08-16
338 This version fixes several bugs from earlier versions of Tor, including one
339 that could lead to a denial-of-service attack. Everyone running an earlier
340 version, whether as a client, a relay, or an onion service, should upgrade
341 to Tor 0.3.5.16, 0.4.5.10, or 0.4.6.7.
343 o Major bugfixes (cryptography, security):
344 - Resolve an assertion failure caused by a behavior mismatch between our
345 batch-signature verification code and our single-signature verification
346 code. This assertion failure could be triggered remotely, leading to a
347 denial of service attack. We fix this issue by disabling batch
348 verification. Fixes bug 40078; bugfix on 0.2.6.1-alpha. This issue is
349 also tracked as TROVE-2021-007 and CVE-2021-38385. Found by Henry de
352 o Minor feature (fallbackdir):
353 - Regenerate fallback directories list. Close ticket 40447.
355 o Minor features (geoip data):
356 - Update the geoip files to match the IPFire Location Database,
357 as retrieved on 2021/08/12.
359 o Minor features (testing):
360 - Enable the deterministic RNG for unit tests that covers the address set
361 bloomfilter-based API's. Fixes bug 40419; bugfix on 0.3.3.2-alpha.
363 o Minor bugfix (crypto):
364 - Disable the unused batch verification feature of ed25519-donna. Fixes
365 bug 40078; bugfix on 0.2.6.1-alpha. Found by Henry de Valence.
367 o Minor bugfixes (relay, backport from 0.4.6.x):
368 - Reduce the compression level for data streaming from HIGH to LOW. Fixes
369 bug 40301; bugfix on 0.3.5.1-alpha.
371 o Minor bugfixes (timekeeping, backport from 0.4.6.x):
372 - Calculate the time of day correctly on systems where the time_t
373 type includes leap seconds. (This is not the case on most
374 operating systems, but on those where it occurs, our tor_timegm
375 function did not correctly invert the system's gmtime function,
376 which could result in assertion failures when calculating
377 voting schedules.) Fixes bug 40383; bugfix on 0.2.0.3-alpha.
379 o Minor bugfixes (warnings, portability, backport from 0.4.6.x):
380 - Suppress a strict-prototype warning when building with some versions
381 of NSS. Fixes bug 40409; bugfix on 0.3.5.1-alpha.
384 Changes in version 0.3.5.16 - 2021-08-16
385 This version fixes several bugs from earlier versions of Tor, including one
386 that could lead to a denial-of-service attack. Everyone running an earlier
387 version, whether as a client, a relay, or an onion service, should upgrade
388 to Tor 0.3.5.16, 0.4.5.10, or 0.4.6.7.
390 o Major bugfixes (cryptography, security):
391 - Resolve an assertion failure caused by a behavior mismatch between our
392 batch-signature verification code and our single-signature verification
393 code. This assertion failure could be triggered remotely, leading to a
394 denial of service attack. We fix this issue by disabling batch
395 verification. Fixes bug 40078; bugfix on 0.2.6.1-alpha. This issue is
396 also tracked as TROVE-2021-007 and CVE-2021-38385. Found by Henry de
399 o Minor feature (fallbackdir):
400 - Regenerate fallback directories list. Close ticket 40447.
402 o Minor features (geoip data):
403 - Update the geoip files to match the IPFire Location Database,
404 as retrieved on 2021/08/12.
406 o Minor bugfix (crypto):
407 - Disable the unused batch verification feature of ed25519-donna. Fixes
408 bug 40078; bugfix on 0.2.6.1-alpha. Found by Henry de Valence.
410 o Minor bugfixes (relay, backport from 0.4.6.x):
411 - Reduce the compression level for data streaming from HIGH to LOW. Fixes
412 bug 40301; bugfix on 0.3.5.1-alpha.
415 Changes in version 0.4.6.6 - 2021-06-30
416 Tor 0.4.6.6 makes several small fixes on 0.4.6.5, including one that
417 allows Tor to build correctly on older versions of GCC. You should
418 upgrade to this version if you were having trouble building Tor
419 0.4.6.5; otherwise, there is probably no need.
421 o Minor bugfixes (compilation):
422 - Fix a compilation error when trying to build Tor with a compiler
423 that does not support const variables in static initializers.
424 Fixes bug 40410; bugfix on 0.4.6.5.
425 - Suppress a strict-prototype warning when building with some
426 versions of NSS. Fixes bug 40409; bugfix on 0.3.5.1-alpha.
428 o Minor bugfixes (testing):
429 - Enable the deterministic RNG for unit tests that covers the
430 address set bloomfilter-based API's. Fixes bug 40419; bugfix
434 Changes in version 0.4.6.5 - 2021-06-14
435 Tor 0.4.6.5 is the first stable release in its series. The 0.4.6.x
436 series includes numerous features and bugfixes, including a significant
437 improvement to our circuit timeout algorithm that should improve
438 observed client performance, and a way for relays to report when they are
441 This release also includes security fixes for several security issues,
442 including a denial-of-service attack against onion service clients,
443 and another denial-of-service attack against relays. Everybody should
444 upgrade to one of 0.3.5.15, 0.4.4.9, 0.4.5.9, or 0.4.6.5.
446 Below are the changes since 0.4.5.8. For a list of changes since
447 0.4.6.4-rc, see the ChangeLog file.
449 o Major bugfixes (security):
450 - Don't allow relays to spoof RELAY_END or RELAY_RESOLVED cell on
451 half-closed streams. Previously, clients failed to validate which
452 hop sent these cells: this would allow a relay on a circuit to end
453 a stream that wasn't actually built with it. Fixes bug 40389;
454 bugfix on 0.3.5.1-alpha. This issue is also tracked as TROVE-2021-
455 003 and CVE-2021-34548.
457 o Major bugfixes (security, defense-in-depth):
458 - Detect more failure conditions from the OpenSSL RNG code.
459 Previously, we would detect errors from a missing RNG
460 implementation, but not failures from the RNG code itself.
461 Fortunately, it appears those failures do not happen in practice
462 when Tor is using OpenSSL's default RNG implementation. Fixes bug
463 40390; bugfix on 0.2.8.1-alpha. This issue is also tracked as
464 TROVE-2021-004. Reported by Jann Horn at Google's Project Zero.
466 o Major bugfixes (security, denial of service):
467 - Resist a hashtable-based CPU denial-of-service attack against
468 relays. Previously we used a naive unkeyed hash function to look
469 up circuits in a circuitmux object. An attacker could exploit this
470 to construct circuits with chosen circuit IDs, to create
471 collisions and make the hash table inefficient. Now we use a
472 SipHash construction here instead. Fixes bug 40391; bugfix on
473 0.2.4.4-alpha. This issue is also tracked as TROVE-2021-005 and
474 CVE-2021-34549. Reported by Jann Horn from Google's Project Zero.
475 - Fix an out-of-bounds memory access in v3 onion service descriptor
476 parsing. An attacker could exploit this bug by crafting an onion
477 service descriptor that would crash any client that tried to visit
478 it. Fixes bug 40392; bugfix on 0.3.0.1-alpha. This issue is also
479 tracked as TROVE-2021-006 and CVE-2021-34550. Reported by Sergei
480 Glazunov from Google's Project Zero.
482 o Major features (control port, onion services):
483 - Add controller support for creating version 3 onion services with
484 client authorization. Previously, only v2 onion services could be
485 created with client authorization. Closes ticket 40084. Patch by
488 o Major features (directory authority):
489 - When voting on a relay with a Sybil-like appearance, add the Sybil
490 flag when clearing out the other flags. This lets a relay operator
491 know why their relay hasn't been included in the consensus. Closes
492 ticket 40255. Patch by Neel Chauhan.
494 o Major features (metrics):
495 - Relays now report how overloaded they are in their extrainfo
496 documents. This information is controlled with the
497 OverloadStatistics torrc option, and it will be used to improve
498 decisions about the network's load balancing. Implements proposal
499 328; closes ticket 40222.
501 o Major features (relay, denial of service):
502 - Add a new DoS subsystem feature to control the rate of client
503 connections for relays. Closes ticket 40253.
505 o Major features (statistics):
506 - Relays now publish statistics about the number of v3 onion
507 services and volume of v3 onion service traffic, in the same
508 manner they already do for v2 onions. Closes ticket 23126.
510 o Major bugfixes (circuit build timeout):
511 - Improve the accuracy of our circuit build timeout calculation for
512 60%, 70%, and 80% build rates for various guard choices. We now
513 use a maximum likelihood estimator for Pareto parameters of the
514 circuit build time distribution, instead of a "right-censored
515 estimator". This causes clients to ignore circuits that never
516 finish building in their timeout calculations. Previously, clients
517 were counting such unfinished circuits as having the highest
518 possible build time value, when in reality these circuits most
519 likely just contain relays that are offline. We also now wait a
520 bit longer to let circuits complete for measurement purposes,
521 lower the minimum possible effective timeout from 1.5 seconds to
522 10ms, and increase the resolution of the circuit build time
523 histogram from 50ms bin widths to 10ms bin widths. Additionally,
524 we alter our estimate Xm by taking the maximum of the top 10 most
525 common build time values of the 10ms histogram, and compute Xm as
526 the average of these. Fixes bug 40168; bugfix on 0.2.2.14-alpha.
527 - Remove max_time calculation and associated warning from circuit
528 build timeout 'alpha' parameter estimation, as this is no longer
529 needed by our new estimator from 40168. Fixes bug 34088; bugfix
532 o Major bugfixes (signing key):
533 - In the tor-gencert utility, give an informative error message if
534 the passphrase given in `--create-identity-key` is too short.
535 Fixes bug 40189; bugfix on 0.2.0.1-alpha. Patch by Neel Chauhan.
537 o Minor features (bridge):
538 - We now announce the URL to Tor's new bridge status at
539 https://bridges.torproject.org/ when Tor is configured to run as a
540 bridge relay. Closes ticket 30477.
542 o Minor features (build system):
543 - New "make lsp" command to auto generate the compile_commands.json
544 file used by the ccls server. The "bear" program is needed for
545 this. Closes ticket 40227.
547 o Minor features (client):
548 - Clients now check whether their streams are attempting to re-enter
549 the Tor network (i.e. to send Tor traffic over Tor), and close
550 them preemptively if they think exit relays will refuse them for
551 this reason. See ticket 2667 for details. Closes ticket 40271.
553 o Minor features (command line):
554 - Add long format name "--torrc-file" equivalent to the existing
555 command-line option "-f". Closes ticket 40324. Patch by
558 o Minor features (command-line interface):
559 - Add build informations to `tor --version` in order to ease
560 reproducible builds. Closes ticket 32102.
561 - When parsing command-line flags that take an optional argument,
562 treat the argument as absent if it would start with a '-'
563 character. Arguments in that form are not intelligible for any of
564 our optional-argument flags. Closes ticket 40223.
565 - Allow a relay operator to list the ed25519 keys on the command
566 line by adding the `rsa` and `ed25519` arguments to the
567 --list-fingerprint flag to show the respective RSA and ed25519
568 relay fingerprint. Closes ticket 33632. Patch by Neel Chauhan.
570 o Minor features (compatibility):
571 - Remove an assertion function related to TLS renegotiation. It was
572 used nowhere outside the unit tests, and it was breaking
573 compilation with recent alpha releases of OpenSSL 3.0.0. Closes
576 o Minor features (control port, stream handling):
577 - Add the stream ID to the event line in the ADDRMAP control event.
578 Closes ticket 40249. Patch by Neel Chauhan.
580 o Minor features (dormant mode):
581 - Add a new 'DormantTimeoutEnabled' option to allow coarse-grained
582 control over whether the client ever becomes dormant from
583 inactivity. Most people won't need this. Closes ticket 40228.
584 - Add a new 'DormantTimeoutEnabled' option for coarse-grained
585 control over whether the client can become dormant from
586 inactivity. Most people won't need this. Closes ticket 40228.
588 o Minor features (geoip data):
589 - Update the geoip files to match the IPFire Location Database, as
590 retrieved on 2021/06/10.
592 o Minor features (logging):
593 - Edit heartbeat log messages so that more of them begin with the
594 string "Heartbeat: ". Closes ticket 40322; patch
596 - Change the DoS subsystem heartbeat line format to be more clear on
597 what has been detected/rejected, and which option is disabled (if
598 any). Closes ticket 40308.
599 - In src/core/mainloop/mainloop.c and src/core/mainloop/connection.c,
600 put brackets around IPv6 addresses in log messages. Closes ticket
601 40232. Patch by Neel Chauhan.
603 o Minor features (logging, diagnostic):
604 - Log decompression failures at a higher severity level, since they
605 can help provide missing context for other warning messages. We
606 rate-limit these messages, to avoid flooding the logs if they
607 begin to occur frequently. Closes ticket 40175.
609 o Minor features (onion services):
610 - Add a warning message when trying to connect to (no longer
611 supported) v2 onion services. Closes ticket 40373.
613 o Minor features (performance, windows):
614 - Use SRWLocks to implement locking on Windows. Replaces the
615 "critical section" locking implementation with the faster
616 SRWLocks, available since Windows Vista. Closes ticket 17927.
617 Patch by Daniel Pinto.
619 o Minor features (protocol, proxy support, defense in depth):
620 - Close HAProxy connections if they somehow manage to send us data
621 before we start reading. Closes another case of ticket 40017.
623 o Minor features (tests, portability):
624 - Port the hs_build_address.py test script to work with recent
625 versions of python. Closes ticket 40213. Patch from
628 o Minor features (vote document):
629 - Add a "stats" line to directory authority votes, to report various
630 statistics that authorities compute about the relays. This will
631 help us diagnose the network better. Closes ticket 40314.
633 o Minor bugfixes (build):
634 - The configure script now shows whether or not lzma and zstd have
635 been used, not just if the enable flag was passed in. Fixes bug
636 40236; bugfix on 0.4.3.1-alpha.
638 o Minor bugfixes (compatibility):
639 - Fix a failure in the test cases when running on the "hppa"
640 architecture, along with a related test that might fail on other
641 architectures in the future. Fixes bug 40274; bugfix
644 o Minor bugfixes (compilation):
645 - Fix a compilation warning about unused functions when building
646 with a libc that lacks the GLOB_ALTDIRFUNC constant. Fixes bug
647 40354; bugfix on 0.4.5.1-alpha. Patch by Daniel Pinto.
649 o Minor bugfixes (consensus handling):
650 - Avoid a set of bugs that could be caused by inconsistently
651 preferring an out-of-date consensus stored in a stale directory
652 cache over a more recent one stored on disk as the latest
653 consensus. Fixes bug 40375; bugfix on 0.3.1.1-alpha.
655 o Minor bugfixes (control, sandbox):
656 - Allow the control command SAVECONF to succeed when the seccomp
657 sandbox is enabled, and make SAVECONF keep only one backup file to
658 simplify implementation. Previously SAVECONF allowed a large
659 number of backup files, which made it incompatible with the
660 sandbox. Fixes bug 40317; bugfix on 0.2.5.4-alpha. Patch by
663 o Minor bugfixes (directory authorities, voting):
664 - Add a new consensus method (31) to support any future changes that
665 authorities decide to make to the value of bwweightscale or
666 maxunmeasuredbw. Previously, there was a bug that prevented the
667 authorities from parsing these consensus parameters correctly under
668 most circumstances. Fixes bug 19011; bugfix on 0.2.2.10-alpha.
670 o Minor bugfixes (ipv6):
671 - Allow non-SOCKSPorts to disable IPv4, IPv6, and PreferIPv4. Some
672 rare configurations might break, but in this case you can disable
673 NoIPv4Traffic and NoIPv6Traffic as needed. Fixes bug 33607; bugfix
674 on 0.4.1.1-alpha. Patch by Neel Chauhan.
676 o Minor bugfixes (key generation):
677 - Do not require a valid torrc when using the `--keygen` argument to
678 generate a signing key. This allows us to generate keys on systems
679 or users which may not run Tor. Fixes bug 40235; bugfix on
680 0.2.7.2-alpha. Patch by Neel Chauhan.
682 o Minor bugfixes (logging, relay):
683 - Emit a warning if an Address is found to be internal and tor can't
684 use it. Fixes bug 40290; bugfix on 0.4.5.1-alpha.
686 o Minor bugfixes (metrics port):
687 - Fix a bug that made tor try to re-bind() on an already open
688 MetricsPort every 60 seconds. Fixes bug 40370; bugfix
691 o Minor bugfixes (onion services, logging):
692 - Downgrade the severity of a few rendezvous circuit-related
693 warnings from warning to info. Fixes bug 40207; bugfix on
694 0.3.2.1-alpha. Patch by Neel Chauhan.
696 o Minor bugfixes (relay):
697 - Reduce the compression level for data streaming from HIGH to LOW.
698 This should reduce the CPU and memory burden for directory caches.
699 Fixes bug 40301; bugfix on 0.3.5.1-alpha.
701 o Minor bugfixes (testing, BSD):
702 - Fix pattern-matching errors when patterns expand to invalid paths
703 on BSD systems. Fixes bug 40318; bugfix on 0.4.5.1-alpha. Patch by
706 o Code simplification and refactoring:
707 - Remove the orconn_ext_or_id_map structure and related functions.
708 (Nothing outside of unit tests used them.) Closes ticket 33383.
709 Patch by Neel Chauhan.
712 - Remove unneeded code for parsing private keys in directory
713 documents. This code was only used for client authentication in v2
714 onion services, which are now unsupported. Closes ticket 40374.
715 - As of this release, Tor no longer supports the old v2 onion
716 services. They were deprecated last July for security, and support
717 will be removed entirely later this year. We strongly encourage
718 everybody to migrate to v3 onion services. For more information,
719 see https://blog.torproject.org/v2-deprecation-timeline . Closes
720 ticket 40266. (NOTE: We accidentally released an earlier version
721 of the 0.4.6.1-alpha changelog without this entry. Sorry for
724 o Code simplification and refactoring (metrics, DoS):
725 - Move the DoS subsystem into the subsys manager, including its
726 configuration options. Closes ticket 40261.
728 o Documentation (manual):
729 - Move the ServerTransport* options to the "SERVER OPTIONS" section.
731 - Indicate that the HiddenServiceStatistics option also applies to
732 bridges. Closes ticket 40346.
733 - Move the description of BridgeRecordUsageByCountry to the section
734 "STATISTICS OPTIONS". Closes ticket 40323.
736 o Removed features (relay):
737 - Because DirPorts are only used on authorities, relays no longer
738 advertise them. Similarly, self-testing for DirPorts has been
739 disabled, since an unreachable DirPort is no reason for a relay
740 not to advertise itself. (Configuring a DirPort will still work,
741 for now.) Closes ticket 40282.
744 Changes in version 0.4.5.9 - 2021-06-14
745 Tor 0.4.5.9 fixes several security issues, including a
746 denial-of-service attack against onion service clients, and another
747 denial-of-service attack against relays. Everybody should upgrade to
748 one of 0.3.5.15, 0.4.4.9, 0.4.5.9, or 0.4.6.5.
750 o Major bugfixes (security, backport from 0.4.6.5):
751 - Don't allow relays to spoof RELAY_END or RELAY_RESOLVED cell on
752 half-closed streams. Previously, clients failed to validate which
753 hop sent these cells: this would allow a relay on a circuit to end
754 a stream that wasn't actually built with it. Fixes bug 40389;
755 bugfix on 0.3.5.1-alpha. This issue is also tracked as TROVE-2021-
756 003 and CVE-2021-34548.
758 o Major bugfixes (security, defense-in-depth, backport from 0.4.6.5):
759 - Detect more failure conditions from the OpenSSL RNG code.
760 Previously, we would detect errors from a missing RNG
761 implementation, but not failures from the RNG code itself.
762 Fortunately, it appears those failures do not happen in practice
763 when Tor is using OpenSSL's default RNG implementation. Fixes bug
764 40390; bugfix on 0.2.8.1-alpha. This issue is also tracked as
765 TROVE-2021-004. Reported by Jann Horn at Google's Project Zero.
767 o Major bugfixes (security, denial of service, backport from 0.4.6.5):
768 - Resist a hashtable-based CPU denial-of-service attack against
769 relays. Previously we used a naive unkeyed hash function to look
770 up circuits in a circuitmux object. An attacker could exploit this
771 to construct circuits with chosen circuit IDs, to create
772 collisions and make the hash table inefficient. Now we use a
773 SipHash construction here instead. Fixes bug 40391; bugfix on
774 0.2.4.4-alpha. This issue is also tracked as TROVE-2021-005 and
775 CVE-2021-34549. Reported by Jann Horn from Google's Project Zero.
776 - Fix an out-of-bounds memory access in v3 onion service descriptor
777 parsing. An attacker could exploit this bug by crafting an onion
778 service descriptor that would crash any client that tried to visit
779 it. Fixes bug 40392; bugfix on 0.3.0.1-alpha. This issue is also
780 tracked as TROVE-2021-006 and CVE-2021-34550. Reported by Sergei
781 Glazunov from Google's Project Zero.
783 o Minor features (compatibility, backport from 0.4.6.4-rc):
784 - Remove an assertion function related to TLS renegotiation. It was
785 used nowhere outside the unit tests, and it was breaking
786 compilation with recent alpha releases of OpenSSL 3.0.0. Closes
789 o Minor features (geoip data):
790 - Update the geoip files to match the IPFire Location Database, as
791 retrieved on 2021/06/10.
793 o Minor bugfixes (control, sandbox, backport from 0.4.6.4-rc):
794 - Allow the control command SAVECONF to succeed when the seccomp
795 sandbox is enabled, and make SAVECONF keep only one backup file to
796 simplify implementation. Previously SAVECONF allowed a large
797 number of backup files, which made it incompatible with the
798 sandbox. Fixes bug 40317; bugfix on 0.2.5.4-alpha. Patch by
801 o Minor bugfixes (metrics port, backport from 0.4.6.4-rc):
802 - Fix a bug that made tor try to re-bind() on an already open
803 MetricsPort every 60 seconds. Fixes bug 40370; bugfix
807 Changes in version 0.4.4.9 - 2021-06-14
808 Tor 0.4.4.9 fixes several security issues, including a
809 denial-of-service attack against onion service clients, and another
810 denial-of-service attack against relays. Everybody should upgrade to
811 one of 0.3.5.15, 0.4.4.9, 0.4.5.9, or 0.4.6.5.
813 Note that the scheduled end-of-life date for the Tor 0.4.4.x series is
814 June 15. This is therefore the last release in its series. Everybody
815 still running 0.4.4.x should plan to upgrade to 0.4.5.x or later.
817 o Major bugfixes (security, backport from 0.4.6.5):
818 - Don't allow relays to spoof RELAY_END or RELAY_RESOLVED cell on
819 half-closed streams. Previously, clients failed to validate which
820 hop sent these cells: this would allow a relay on a circuit to end
821 a stream that wasn't actually built with it. Fixes bug 40389;
822 bugfix on 0.3.5.1-alpha. This issue is also tracked as TROVE-2021-
823 003 and CVE-2021-34548.
825 o Major bugfixes (security, defense-in-depth, backport from 0.4.6.5):
826 - Detect more failure conditions from the OpenSSL RNG code.
827 Previously, we would detect errors from a missing RNG
828 implementation, but not failures from the RNG code itself.
829 Fortunately, it appears those failures do not happen in practice
830 when Tor is using OpenSSL's default RNG implementation. Fixes bug
831 40390; bugfix on 0.2.8.1-alpha. This issue is also tracked as
832 TROVE-2021-004. Reported by Jann Horn at Google's Project Zero.
834 o Major bugfixes (security, denial of service, backport from 0.4.6.5):
835 - Resist a hashtable-based CPU denial-of-service attack against
836 relays. Previously we used a naive unkeyed hash function to look
837 up circuits in a circuitmux object. An attacker could exploit this
838 to construct circuits with chosen circuit IDs, to create
839 collisions and make the hash table inefficient. Now we use a
840 SipHash construction here instead. Fixes bug 40391; bugfix on
841 0.2.4.4-alpha. This issue is also tracked as TROVE-2021-005 and
842 CVE-2021-34549. Reported by Jann Horn from Google's Project Zero.
843 - Fix an out-of-bounds memory access in v3 onion service descriptor
844 parsing. An attacker could exploit this bug by crafting an onion
845 service descriptor that would crash any client that tried to visit
846 it. Fixes bug 40392; bugfix on 0.3.0.1-alpha. This issue is also
847 tracked as TROVE-2021-006 and CVE-2021-34550. Reported by Sergei
848 Glazunov from Google's Project Zero.
850 o Minor features (compatibility, backport from 0.4.6.4-rc):
851 - Remove an assertion function related to TLS renegotiation. It was
852 used nowhere outside the unit tests, and it was breaking
853 compilation with recent alpha releases of OpenSSL 3.0.0. Closes
856 o Minor features (fallback directory list, backport from 0.4.6.2-alpha):
857 - Regenerate the list of fallback directories to contain a new set
858 of 200 relays. Closes ticket 40265.
860 o Minor features (geoip data):
861 - Update the geoip files to match the IPFire Location Database, as
862 retrieved on 2021/06/10.
864 o Minor bugfixes (channel, DoS, backport from 0.4.6.2-alpha):
865 - Fix a non-fatal BUG() message due to a too-early free of a string,
866 when listing a client connection from the DoS defenses subsystem.
867 Fixes bug 40345; bugfix on 0.4.3.4-rc.
869 o Minor bugfixes (compiler warnings, backport from 0.4.6.3-rc):
870 - Fix an indentation problem that led to a warning from GCC 11.1.1.
871 Fixes bug 40380; bugfix on 0.3.0.1-alpha.
874 Changes in version 0.3.5.15 - 2021-06-14
875 Tor 0.3.5.15 fixes several security issues, including a
876 denial-of-service attack against onion service clients, and another
877 denial-of-service attack against relays. Everybody should upgrade to
878 one of 0.3.5.15, 0.4.4.9, 0.4.5.9, or 0.4.6.5.
880 o Major bugfixes (security, backport from 0.4.6.5):
881 - Don't allow relays to spoof RELAY_END or RELAY_RESOLVED cell on
882 half-closed streams. Previously, clients failed to validate which
883 hop sent these cells: this would allow a relay on a circuit to end
884 a stream that wasn't actually built with it. Fixes bug 40389;
885 bugfix on 0.3.5.1-alpha. This issue is also tracked as TROVE-2021-
886 003 and CVE-2021-34548.
888 o Major bugfixes (security, defense-in-depth, backport from 0.4.6.5):
889 - Detect more failure conditions from the OpenSSL RNG code.
890 Previously, we would detect errors from a missing RNG
891 implementation, but not failures from the RNG code itself.
892 Fortunately, it appears those failures do not happen in practice
893 when Tor is using OpenSSL's default RNG implementation. Fixes bug
894 40390; bugfix on 0.2.8.1-alpha. This issue is also tracked as
895 TROVE-2021-004. Reported by Jann Horn at Google's Project Zero.
897 o Major bugfixes (security, denial of service, backport from 0.4.6.5):
898 - Resist a hashtable-based CPU denial-of-service attack against
899 relays. Previously we used a naive unkeyed hash function to look
900 up circuits in a circuitmux object. An attacker could exploit this
901 to construct circuits with chosen circuit IDs, to create
902 collisions and make the hash table inefficient. Now we use a
903 SipHash construction here instead. Fixes bug 40391; bugfix on
904 0.2.4.4-alpha. This issue is also tracked as TROVE-2021-005 and
905 CVE-2021-34549. Reported by Jann Horn from Google's Project Zero.
906 - Fix an out-of-bounds memory access in v3 onion service descriptor
907 parsing. An attacker could exploit this bug by crafting an onion
908 service descriptor that would crash any client that tried to visit
909 it. Fixes bug 40392; bugfix on 0.3.0.1-alpha. This issue is also
910 tracked as TROVE-2021-006 and CVE-2021-34550. Reported by Sergei
911 Glazunov from Google's Project Zero.
913 o Minor bugfixes (compiler warnings, backport from 0.4.6.3-rc):
914 - Fix an indentation problem that led to a warning from GCC 11.1.1.
915 Fixes bug 40380; bugfix on 0.3.0.1-alpha.
917 o Minor features (compatibility, backport from 0.4.6.4-rc):
918 - Remove an assertion function related to TLS renegotiation. It was
919 used nowhere outside the unit tests, and it was breaking
920 compilation with recent alpha releases of OpenSSL 3.0.0. Closes
923 o Minor features (fallback directory list, backport from 0.4.6.2-alpha):
924 - Regenerate the list of fallback directories to contain a new set
925 of 200 relays. Closes ticket 40265.
927 o Minor features (geoip data):
928 - Update the geoip files to match the IPFire Location Database, as
929 retrieved on 2021/06/10.
932 Changes in version 0.4.5.8 - 2021-05-10
933 Tor 0.4.5.8 fixes several bugs in earlier version, backporting fixes
934 from the 0.4.6.x series.
936 o Minor features (compatibility, Linux seccomp sandbox, backport from 0.4.6.3-rc):
937 - Add a workaround to enable the Linux sandbox to work correctly
938 with Glibc 2.33. This version of Glibc has started using the
939 fstatat() system call, which previously our sandbox did not allow.
940 Closes ticket 40382; see the ticket for a discussion of trade-offs.
942 o Minor features (compilation, backport from 0.4.6.3-rc):
943 - Make the autoconf script build correctly with autoconf versions
944 2.70 and later. Closes part of ticket 40335.
946 o Minor features (fallback directory list, backport from 0.4.6.2-alpha):
947 - Regenerate the list of fallback directories to contain a new set
948 of 200 relays. Closes ticket 40265.
950 o Minor features (geoip data):
951 - Update the geoip files to match the IPFire Location Database, as
952 retrieved on 2021/05/07.
954 o Minor features (onion services):
955 - Add warning message when connecting to now deprecated v2 onion
956 services. As announced, Tor 0.4.5.x is the last series that will
957 support v2 onions. Closes ticket 40373.
959 o Minor bugfixes (bridge, pluggable transport, backport from 0.4.6.2-alpha):
960 - Fix a regression that made it impossible start Tor using a bridge
961 line with a transport name and no fingerprint. Fixes bug 40360;
962 bugfix on 0.4.5.4-rc.
964 o Minor bugfixes (build, cross-compilation, backport from 0.4.6.3-rc):
965 - Allow a custom "ar" for cross-compilation. Our previous build
966 script had used the $AR environment variable in most places, but
967 it missed one. Fixes bug 40369; bugfix on 0.4.5.1-alpha.
969 o Minor bugfixes (channel, DoS, backport from 0.4.6.2-alpha):
970 - Fix a non-fatal BUG() message due to a too-early free of a string,
971 when listing a client connection from the DoS defenses subsystem.
972 Fixes bug 40345; bugfix on 0.4.3.4-rc.
974 o Minor bugfixes (compiler warnings, backport from 0.4.6.3-rc):
975 - Fix an indentation problem that led to a warning from GCC 11.1.1.
976 Fixes bug 40380; bugfix on 0.3.0.1-alpha.
978 o Minor bugfixes (controller, backport from 0.4.6.1-alpha):
979 - Fix a "BUG" warning that would appear when a controller chooses
980 the first hop for a circuit, and that circuit completes. Fixes bug
981 40285; bugfix on 0.3.2.1-alpha.
983 o Minor bugfixes (onion service, client, memory leak, backport from 0.4.6.3-rc):
984 - Fix a bug where an expired cached descriptor could get overwritten
985 with a new one without freeing it, leading to a memory leak. Fixes
986 bug 40356; bugfix on 0.3.5.1-alpha.
988 o Minor bugfixes (testing, BSD, backport from 0.4.6.2-alpha):
989 - Fix pattern-matching errors when patterns expand to invalid paths
990 on BSD systems. Fixes bug 40318; bugfix on 0.4.5.1-alpha. Patch by
994 Changes in version 0.3.5.14 - 2021-03-16
995 Tor 0.3.5.14 backports fixes for two important denial-of-service bugs
996 in earlier versions of Tor.
998 One of these vulnerabilities (TROVE-2021-001) would allow an attacker
999 who can send directory data to a Tor instance to force that Tor
1000 instance to consume huge amounts of CPU. This is easiest to exploit
1001 against authorities, since anybody can upload to them, but directory
1002 caches could also exploit this vulnerability against relays or clients
1003 when they download. The other vulnerability (TROVE-2021-002) only
1004 affects directory authorities, and would allow an attacker to remotely
1005 crash the authority with an assertion failure. Patches have already
1006 been provided to the authority operators, to help ensure
1009 We recommend that everybody upgrade to one of the releases that fixes
1010 these issues (0.3.5.14, 0.4.4.8, or 0.4.5.7) as they become available
1013 This release also updates our GeoIP data source, and fixes a
1014 compatibility issue.
1016 o Major bugfixes (security, denial of service, backport from 0.4.5.7):
1017 - Disable the dump_desc() function that we used to dump unparseable
1018 information to disk. It was called incorrectly in several places,
1019 in a way that could lead to excessive CPU usage. Fixes bug 40286;
1020 bugfix on 0.2.2.1-alpha. This bug is also tracked as TROVE-2021-
1021 001 and CVE-2021-28089.
1022 - Fix a bug in appending detached signatures to a pending consensus
1023 document that could be used to crash a directory authority. Fixes
1024 bug 40316; bugfix on 0.2.2.6-alpha. Tracked as TROVE-2021-002
1027 o Minor features (geoip data, backport from 0.4.5.7):
1028 - We have switched geoip data sources. Previously we shipped IP-to-
1029 country mappings from Maxmind's GeoLite2, but in 2019 they changed
1030 their licensing terms, so we were unable to update them after that
1031 point. We now ship geoip files based on the IPFire Location
1032 Database instead. (See https://location.ipfire.org/ for more
1033 information). This release updates our geoip files to match the
1034 IPFire Location Database as retrieved on 2021/03/12. Closes
1037 o Removed features (mallinfo deprecated, backport from 0.4.5.7):
1038 - Remove mallinfo() usage entirely. Libc 2.33+ now deprecates it.
1039 Closes ticket 40309.
1042 Changes in version 0.4.4.8 - 2021-03-16
1043 Tor 0.4.4.8 backports fixes for two important denial-of-service bugs
1044 in earlier versions of Tor.
1046 One of these vulnerabilities (TROVE-2021-001) would allow an attacker
1047 who can send directory data to a Tor instance to force that Tor
1048 instance to consume huge amounts of CPU. This is easiest to exploit
1049 against authorities, since anybody can upload to them, but directory
1050 caches could also exploit this vulnerability against relays or clients
1051 when they download. The other vulnerability (TROVE-2021-002) only
1052 affects directory authorities, and would allow an attacker to remotely
1053 crash the authority with an assertion failure. Patches have already
1054 been provided to the authority operators, to help ensure
1057 We recommend that everybody upgrade to one of the releases that fixes
1058 these issues (0.3.5.14, 0.4.4.8, or 0.4.5.7) as they become available
1061 This release also updates our GeoIP data source, and fixes a
1062 compatibility issue.
1064 o Major bugfixes (security, denial of service, backport from 0.4.5.7):
1065 - Disable the dump_desc() function that we used to dump unparseable
1066 information to disk. It was called incorrectly in several places,
1067 in a way that could lead to excessive CPU usage. Fixes bug 40286;
1068 bugfix on 0.2.2.1-alpha. This bug is also tracked as TROVE-2021-
1069 001 and CVE-2021-28089.
1070 - Fix a bug in appending detached signatures to a pending consensus
1071 document that could be used to crash a directory authority. Fixes
1072 bug 40316; bugfix on 0.2.2.6-alpha. Tracked as TROVE-2021-002
1075 o Minor features (geoip data, backport from 0.4.5.7):
1076 - We have switched geoip data sources. Previously we shipped IP-to-
1077 country mappings from Maxmind's GeoLite2, but in 2019 they changed
1078 their licensing terms, so we were unable to update them after that
1079 point. We now ship geoip files based on the IPFire Location
1080 Database instead. (See https://location.ipfire.org/ for more
1081 information). This release updates our geoip files to match the
1082 IPFire Location Database as retrieved on 2021/03/12. Closes
1085 o Removed features (mallinfo deprecated, backport from 0.4.5.7):
1086 - Remove mallinfo() usage entirely. Libc 2.33+ now deprecates it.
1087 Closes ticket 40309.
1090 Changes in version 0.4.5.7 - 2021-03-16
1091 Tor 0.4.5.7 fixes two important denial-of-service bugs in earlier
1094 One of these vulnerabilities (TROVE-2021-001) would allow an attacker
1095 who can send directory data to a Tor instance to force that Tor
1096 instance to consume huge amounts of CPU. This is easiest to exploit
1097 against authorities, since anybody can upload to them, but directory
1098 caches could also exploit this vulnerability against relays or clients
1099 when they download. The other vulnerability (TROVE-2021-002) only
1100 affects directory authorities, and would allow an attacker to remotely
1101 crash the authority with an assertion failure. Patches have already
1102 been provided to the authority operators, to help ensure
1105 We recommend that everybody upgrade to one of the releases that fixes
1106 these issues (0.3.5.14, 0.4.4.8, or 0.4.5.7) as they become available
1109 This release also updates our GeoIP data source, and fixes a few
1110 smaller bugs in earlier releases.
1112 o Major bugfixes (security, denial of service):
1113 - Disable the dump_desc() function that we used to dump unparseable
1114 information to disk. It was called incorrectly in several places,
1115 in a way that could lead to excessive CPU usage. Fixes bug 40286;
1116 bugfix on 0.2.2.1-alpha. This bug is also tracked as TROVE-2021-
1117 001 and CVE-2021-28089.
1118 - Fix a bug in appending detached signatures to a pending consensus
1119 document that could be used to crash a directory authority. Fixes
1120 bug 40316; bugfix on 0.2.2.6-alpha. Tracked as TROVE-2021-002
1123 o Minor features (geoip data):
1124 - We have switched geoip data sources. Previously we shipped IP-to-
1125 country mappings from Maxmind's GeoLite2, but in 2019 they changed
1126 their licensing terms, so we were unable to update them after that
1127 point. We now ship geoip files based on the IPFire Location
1128 Database instead. (See https://location.ipfire.org/ for more
1129 information). This release updates our geoip files to match the
1130 IPFire Location Database as retrieved on 2021/03/12. Closes
1133 o Minor bugfixes (directory authority):
1134 - Now that exit relays don't allow exit connections to directory
1135 authority DirPorts (to prevent network reentry), disable
1136 authorities' reachability self test on the DirPort. Fixes bug
1137 40287; bugfix on 0.4.5.5-rc.
1139 o Minor bugfixes (documentation):
1140 - Fix a formatting error in the documentation for
1141 VirtualAddrNetworkIPv6. Fixes bug 40256; bugfix on 0.2.9.4-alpha.
1143 o Minor bugfixes (Linux, relay):
1144 - Fix a bug in determining total available system memory that would
1145 have been triggered if the format of Linux's /proc/meminfo file
1146 had ever changed to include "MemTotal:" in the middle of a line.
1147 Fixes bug 40315; bugfix on 0.2.5.4-alpha.
1149 o Minor bugfixes (metrics port):
1150 - Fix a BUG() warning on the MetricsPort for an internal missing
1151 handler. Fixes bug 40295; bugfix on 0.4.5.1-alpha.
1153 o Minor bugfixes (onion service):
1154 - Remove a harmless BUG() warning when reloading tor configured with
1155 onion services. Fixes bug 40334; bugfix on 0.4.5.1-alpha.
1157 o Minor bugfixes (portability):
1158 - Fix a non-portable usage of "==" with "test" in the configure
1159 script. Fixes bug 40298; bugfix on 0.4.5.1-alpha.
1161 o Minor bugfixes (relay):
1162 - Remove a spammy log notice falsely claiming that the IPv4/v6
1163 address was missing. Fixes bug 40300; bugfix on 0.4.5.1-alpha.
1164 - Do not query the address cache early in the boot process when
1165 deciding if a relay needs to fetch early directory information
1166 from an authority. This bug resulted in a relay falsely believing
1167 it didn't have an address and thus triggering an authority fetch
1168 at each boot. Related to our fix for 40300.
1170 o Removed features (mallinfo deprecated):
1171 - Remove mallinfo() usage entirely. Libc 2.33+ now deprecates it.
1172 Closes ticket 40309.
1175 Changes in version 0.4.5.6 - 2021-02-15
1176 The Tor 0.4.5.x release series is dedicated to the memory of Karsten
1177 Loesing (1979-2020), Tor developer, cypherpunk, husband, and father.
1178 Karsten is best known for creating the Tor metrics portal and leading
1179 the metrics team, but he was involved in Tor from the early days. For
1180 example, while he was still a student he invented and implemented the
1181 v2 onion service directory design, and he also served as an ambassador
1182 to the many German researchers working in the anonymity field. We
1183 loved him and respected him for his patience, his consistency, and his
1184 welcoming approach to growing our community.
1186 This release series introduces significant improvements in relay IPv6
1187 address discovery, a new "MetricsPort" mechanism for relay operators
1188 to measure performance, LTTng support, build system improvements to
1189 help when using Tor as a static library, and significant bugfixes
1190 related to Windows relay performance. It also includes numerous
1191 smaller features and bugfixes.
1193 Below are the changes since 0.4.4.7. For a list of changes since
1194 0.4.5.5-rc, see the ChangeLog file.
1196 o Major features (build):
1197 - When building Tor, first link all object files into a single
1198 static library. This may help with embedding Tor in other
1199 programs. Note that most Tor functions do not constitute a part of
1200 a stable or supported API: only those functions in tor_api.h
1201 should be used if embedding Tor. Closes ticket 40127.
1203 o Major features (metrics):
1204 - Introduce a new MetricsPort which exposes, through an HTTP
1205 interface, a series of metrics that tor collects at runtime. At
1206 the moment, the only supported output format is Prometheus data
1207 model. Closes ticket 40063. See the manual page for more
1208 information and security considerations.
1210 o Major features (relay, IPv6):
1211 - The torrc option Address now supports IPv6. This unifies our
1212 address discovery interface to support IPv4, IPv6, and hostnames.
1213 Closes ticket 33233.
1214 - Launch IPv4 and IPv6 ORPort self-test circuits on relays and
1215 bridges. Closes ticket 33222.
1216 - Relays now automatically bind on IPv6 for their ORPort, unless
1217 specified otherwise with the IPv4Only flag. Closes ticket 33246.
1218 - When a relay with IPv6 support is told to open a connection to
1219 another relay, and the extend cell lists both IPv4 and IPv6
1220 addresses, the first relay now picks randomly which address to
1221 use. Closes ticket 33220.
1222 - Relays now track their IPv6 ORPort reachability separately from
1223 the reachability of their IPv4 ORPort. They will not publish a
1224 descriptor unless _both_ ports appear to be externally reachable.
1225 Closes ticket 34067.
1227 o Major features (tracing):
1228 - Add event-tracing library support for USDT and LTTng-UST, and a
1229 few tracepoints in the circuit subsystem. More will come
1230 incrementally. This feature is compiled out by default: it needs
1231 to be enabled at configure time. See documentation in
1232 doc/HACKING/Tracing.md. Closes ticket 32910.
1234 o Major bugfixes (directory cache, performance, windows):
1235 - Limit the number of items in the consensus diff cache to 64 on
1236 Windows. We hope this will mitigate an issue where Windows relay
1237 operators reported Tor using 100% CPU, while we investigate better
1238 solutions. Fixes bug 24857; bugfix on 0.3.1.1-alpha.
1240 o Major bugfixes (relay, windows):
1241 - Fix a bug in our implementation of condition variables on Windows.
1242 Previously, a relay on Windows would use 100% CPU after running
1243 for some time. Because of this change, Tor now require Windows
1244 Vista or later to build and run. Fixes bug 30187; bugfix on
1245 0.2.6.3-alpha. (This bug became more serious in 0.3.1.1-alpha with
1246 the introduction of consensus diffs.) Patch by Daniel Pinto.
1248 o Major bugfixes (TLS, buffer):
1249 - When attempting to read N bytes on a TLS connection, really try to
1250 read all N bytes. Previously, Tor would stop reading after the
1251 first TLS record, which can be smaller than the N bytes requested,
1252 and not check for more data until the next mainloop event. Fixes
1253 bug 40006; bugfix on 0.1.0.5-rc.
1255 o Minor features (address discovery):
1256 - If no Address statements are found, relays now prioritize guessing
1257 their address by looking at the local interface instead of the
1258 local hostname. If the interface address can't be found, the local
1259 hostname is used. Closes ticket 33238.
1261 o Minor features (admin tools):
1262 - Add a new --format argument to -key-expiration option to allow
1263 specifying the time format of the expiration date. Adds Unix
1264 timestamp format support. Patch by Daniel Pinto. Closes
1267 o Minor features (authority, logging):
1268 - Log more information for directory authority operators during the
1269 consensus voting process, and while processing relay descriptors.
1270 Closes ticket 40245.
1272 o Minor features (bootstrap reporting):
1273 - When reporting bootstrapping status on a relay, do not consider
1274 connections that have never been the target of an origin circuit.
1275 Previously, all connection failures were treated as potential
1276 bootstrapping failures, including connections that had been opened
1277 because of client requests. Closes ticket 25061.
1279 o Minor features (build):
1280 - When running the configure script, try to detect version
1281 mismatches between the OpenSSL headers and libraries, and suggest
1282 that the user should try "--with-openssl-dir". Closes 40138.
1283 - If the configure script has given any warnings, remind the user
1284 about them at the end of the script. Related to 40138.
1286 o Minor features (configuration):
1287 - Allow using wildcards (* and ?) with the %include option on
1288 configuration files. Closes ticket 25140. Patch by Daniel Pinto.
1289 - Allow the configuration options EntryNodes, ExcludeNodes,
1290 ExcludeExitNodes, ExitNodes, MiddleNodes, HSLayer2Nodes and
1291 HSLayer3Nodes to be specified multiple times. Closes ticket 28361.
1292 Patch by Daniel Pinto.
1294 o Minor features (control port):
1295 - Add a DROPTIMEOUTS command to drop circuit build timeout history
1296 and reset the current timeout. Closes ticket 40002.
1297 - When a stream enters the AP_CONN_STATE_CONTROLLER_WAIT status,
1298 send a control port event. Closes ticket 32190. Patch by
1300 - Introduce GETINFO "stats/ntor/{assigned/requested}" and
1301 "stats/tap/{assigned/requested}" to get the NTor and TAP circuit
1302 onion handshake counts respectively. Closes ticket 28279. Patch by
1305 o Minor features (control port, IPv6):
1306 - Tor relays now try to report to the controller when they are
1307 launching an IPv6 self-test. Closes ticket 34068.
1308 - Introduce "GETINFO address/v4" and "GETINFO address/v6" in the
1309 control port to fetch the Tor host's respective IPv4 or IPv6
1310 address. We keep "GETINFO address" for backwards-compatibility.
1311 Closes ticket 40039. Patch by Neel Chauhan.
1313 o Minor features (directory authorities):
1314 - Add a new consensus method 30 that removes the unnecessary "="
1315 padding from ntor-onion-key. Closes ticket 7869. Patch by
1317 - Directory authorities now reject descriptors from relays running
1318 Tor versions from the obsolete 0.4.1 series. Resolves ticket
1319 34357. Patch by Neel Chauhan.
1320 - The AssumeReachable option no longer stops directory authorities
1321 from checking whether other relays are running. A new
1322 AuthDirTestReachability option can be used to disable these
1323 checks. Closes ticket 34445.
1324 - When looking for possible Sybil attacks, also consider IPv6
1325 addresses. Two routers are considered to have "the same" address
1326 by this metric if they are in the same /64 network. Patch from
1327 Maurice Pibouin. Closes ticket 7193.
1329 o Minor features (directory authorities, IPv6):
1330 - Make authorities add their IPv6 ORPort (if any) to the trusted
1331 servers list. Authorities previously added only their IPv4
1332 addresses. Closes ticket 32822.
1334 o Minor features (documentation):
1335 - Mention the "!badexit" directive that can appear in an authority's
1336 approved-routers file, and update the description of the
1337 "!invalid" directive. Closes ticket 40188.
1339 o Minor features (ed25519, relay):
1340 - Save a relay's base64-encoded ed25519 identity key to the data
1341 directory in a file named fingerprint-ed25519. Closes ticket
1342 30642. Patch by Neel Chauhan.
1344 o Minor features (heartbeat):
1345 - Include the total number of inbound and outbound IPv4 and IPv6
1346 connections in the heartbeat message. Closes ticket 29113.
1348 o Minor features (IPv6, ExcludeNodes):
1349 - Handle IPv6 addresses in ExcludeNodes; previously they were
1350 ignored. Closes ticket 34065. Patch by Neel Chauhan.
1352 o Minor features (logging):
1353 - Add the running glibc version to the log, and the compiled glibc
1354 version to the library list returned when using --library-versions.
1355 Patch from Daniel Pinto. Closes ticket 40047.
1356 - Consider an HTTP 301 response to be an error (like a 404) when
1357 processing a directory response. Closes ticket 40053.
1358 - Log directory fetch statistics as a single line. Closes
1360 - Provide more complete descriptions of our connections when logging
1361 about them. Closes ticket 40041.
1362 - When describing a relay in the logs, we now include its ed25519
1363 identity. Closes ticket 22668.
1365 o Minor features (onion services):
1366 - Only overwrite an onion service's existing hostname file if its
1367 contents are wrong. This enables read-only onion-service
1368 directories. Resolves ticket 40062. Patch by Neel Chauhan.
1370 o Minor features (pluggable transports):
1371 - Add an OutboundBindAddressPT option to allow users to specify
1372 which IPv4 and IPv6 address pluggable transports should use for
1373 outgoing IP packets. Tor does not have a way to enforce that the
1374 pluggable transport honors this option, so each pluggable transport
1375 needs to implement support on its own. Closes ticket 5304.
1377 o Minor features (protocol, proxy support, defense in depth):
1378 - Respond more deliberately to misbehaving proxies that leave
1379 leftover data on their connections, so as to make Tor even less
1380 likely to allow the proxies to pass their data off as having come
1381 from a relay. Closes ticket 40017.
1383 o Minor features (relay address tracking):
1384 - We now store relay addresses for OR connections in a more logical
1385 way. Previously we would sometimes overwrite the actual address of
1386 a connection with a "canonical address", and then store the "real
1387 address" elsewhere to remember it. We now track the "canonical
1388 address" elsewhere for the cases where we need it, and leave the
1389 connection's address alone. Closes ticket 33898.
1391 o Minor features (relay):
1392 - If a relay is unable to discover its address, attempt to learn it
1393 from the NETINFO cell. Closes ticket 40022.
1394 - Log immediately when launching a relay self-check. Previously we
1395 would try to log before launching checks, or approximately when we
1396 intended to launch checks, but this tended to be error-prone.
1397 Closes ticket 34137.
1399 o Minor features (relay, address discovery):
1400 - If Address option is not found in torrc, attempt to learn our
1401 address with the configured ORPort address if any. Closes
1404 o Minor features (relay, IPv6):
1405 - Add an AssumeReachableIPv6 option to disable self-checking IPv6
1406 reachability. Closes part of ticket 33224.
1407 - Add new "assume-reachable" and "assume-reachable-ipv6" consensus
1408 parameters to be used in an emergency to tell relays that they
1409 should publish even if they cannot complete their ORPort self-
1410 checks. Closes ticket 34064 and part of 33224.
1411 - Allow relays to send IPv6-only extend cells. Closes ticket 33222.
1412 - Declare support for the Relay=3 subprotocol version. Closes
1414 - When launching IPv6 ORPort self-test circuits, make sure that the
1415 second-last hop can initiate an IPv6 extend. Closes ticket 33222.
1417 o Minor features (safety):
1418 - Log a warning at startup if Tor is built with compile-time options
1419 that are likely to make it less stable or reliable. Closes
1422 o Minor features (specification update):
1423 - Several fields in microdescriptors, router descriptors, and
1424 consensus documents that were formerly optional are now required.
1425 Implements proposal 315; closes ticket 40132.
1427 o Minor features (state management):
1428 - When loading the state file, remove entries from the statefile
1429 that have been obsolete for a long time. Ordinarily Tor preserves
1430 unrecognized entries in order to keep forward-compatibility, but
1431 these entries have not actually been used in any release since
1432 before 0.3.5.x. Closes ticket 40137.
1434 o Minor features (statistics, ipv6):
1435 - Relays now publish IPv6-specific counts of single-direction versus
1436 bidirectional relay connections. Closes ticket 33264.
1437 - Relays now publish their IPv6 read and write statistics over time,
1438 if statistics are enabled. Closes ticket 33263.
1440 o Minor features (subprotocol versions):
1441 - Use the new limitations on subprotocol versions due to proposal
1442 318 to simplify our implementation. Part of ticket 40133.
1444 o Minor features (testing configuration):
1445 - The TestingTorNetwork option no longer implicitly sets
1446 AssumeReachable to 1. This change allows us to test relays' self-
1447 testing mechanisms, and to test authorities' relay-testing
1448 functionality. Closes ticket 34446.
1450 o Minor features (testing):
1451 - Added unit tests for channel_matches_target_addr_for_extend().
1452 Closes Ticket 33919. Patch by MrSquanchee.
1454 o Minor bugfixes (circuit padding):
1455 - When circpad_send_padding_cell_for_callback is called,
1456 `is_padding_timer_scheduled` flag was not reset. Now it is set to
1457 0 at the top of that function. Fixes bug 32671; bugfix
1459 - Add a per-circuit padding machine instance counter, so we can
1460 differentiate between shutdown requests for old machines on a
1461 circuit. Fixes bug 30992; bugfix on 0.4.1.1-alpha.
1462 - Add the ability to keep circuit padding machines if they match a
1463 set of circuit states or purposes. This allows us to have machines
1464 that start up under some conditions but don't shut down under
1465 others. We now use this mask to avoid starting up introduction
1466 circuit padding again after the machines have already completed.
1467 Fixes bug 32040; bugfix on 0.4.1.1-alpha.
1469 o Minor bugfixes (circuit, handshake):
1470 - In the v3 handshaking code, use connection_or_change_state() to
1471 change the state. Previously, we changed the state directly, but
1472 this did not pass the state change to the pubsub or channel
1473 objects, potentially leading to bugs. Fixes bug 32880; bugfix on
1474 0.2.3.6-alpha. Patch by Neel Chauhan.
1476 o Minor bugfixes (compilation):
1477 - Change the linker flag ordering in our library search code so that
1478 it works for compilers that need the libraries to be listed in the
1479 right order. Fixes bug 33624; bugfix on 0.1.1.0-alpha.
1480 - Fix the "--enable-static-tor" switch to properly set the "-static"
1481 compile option onto the tor binary only. Fixes bug 40111; bugfix
1484 o Minor bugfixes (configuration):
1485 - Exit Tor on a misconfiguration when the Bridge line is configured
1486 to use a transport but no corresponding ClientTransportPlugin can
1487 be found. Prior to this fix, Tor would attempt to connect to the
1488 bridge directly without using the transport, making it easier for
1489 adversaries to notice the bridge. Fixes bug 25528; bugfix
1492 o Minor bugfixes (control port):
1493 - Make sure we send the SOCKS request address in relay begin cells
1494 when a stream is attached with the purpose
1495 CIRCUIT_PURPOSE_CONTROLLER. Fixes bug 33124; bugfix on 0.0.5.
1496 Patch by Neel Chauhan.
1498 o Minor bugfixes (crash, relay, signing key):
1499 - Avoid assertion failures when we run Tor from the command line
1500 with `--key-expiration sign`, but an ORPort is not set. Fixes bug
1501 40015; bugfix on 0.3.2.1-alpha. Patch by Neel Chauhan.
1503 o Minor bugfixes (logging):
1504 - Avoid a spurious log message about missing subprotocol versions,
1505 when the consensus that we're reading from is older than the
1506 current release. Previously we had made this message nonfatal, but
1507 in practice, it is never relevant when the consensus is older than
1508 the current release. Fixes bug 40281; bugfix on 0.4.0.1-alpha.
1509 - Remove trailing whitespace from control event log messages. Fixes
1510 bug 32178; bugfix on 0.1.1.1-alpha. Based on a patch by
1512 - Turn warning-level log message about SENDME failure into a debug-
1513 level message. (This event can happen naturally, and is no reason
1514 for concern). Fixes bug 40142; bugfix on 0.4.1.1-alpha.
1515 - When logging a rate-limited message about how many messages have
1516 been suppressed in the last N seconds, give an accurate value for
1517 N, rounded up to the nearest minute. Previously we would report
1518 the size of the rate-limiting interval, regardless of when the
1519 messages started to occur. Fixes bug 19431; bugfix
1522 o Minor bugfixes (onion services):
1523 - Avoid a non-fatal assertion in certain edge-cases when
1524 establishing a circuit to an onion service. Fixes bug 32666;
1525 bugfix on 0.3.0.3-alpha.
1527 o Minor bugfixes (rust, protocol versions):
1528 - Declare support for the onion service introduction point denial of
1529 service extensions when building with Rust. Fixes bug 34248;
1530 bugfix on 0.4.2.1-alpha.
1531 - Make Rust protocol version support checks consistent with the
1532 undocumented error behavior of the corresponding C code. Fixes bug
1533 34251; bugfix on 0.3.3.5-rc.
1535 o Minor bugfixes (self-testing):
1536 - When receiving an incoming circuit, only accept it as evidence
1537 that we are reachable if the declared address of its channel is
1538 the same address we think that we have. Otherwise, it could be
1539 evidence that we're reachable on some other address. Fixes bug
1540 20165; bugfix on 0.1.0.1-rc.
1542 o Minor bugfixes (spec conformance):
1543 - Use the correct key type when generating signing->link
1544 certificates. Fixes bug 40124; bugfix on 0.2.7.2-alpha.
1546 o Minor bugfixes (subprotocol versions):
1547 - Consistently reject extra commas, instead of only rejecting
1548 leading commas. Fixes bug 27194; bugfix on 0.2.9.4-alpha.
1549 - In summarize_protover_flags(), treat empty strings the same as
1550 NULL. This prevents protocols_known from being set. Previously, we
1551 treated empty strings as normal strings, which led to
1552 protocols_known being set. Fixes bug 34232; bugfix on
1553 0.3.3.2-alpha. Patch by Neel Chauhan.
1555 o Code simplification and refactoring:
1556 - Add and use a set of functions to perform down-casts on constant
1557 connection and channel pointers. Closes ticket 40046.
1558 - Refactor our code that logs descriptions of connections, channels,
1559 and the peers on them, to use a single call path. This change
1560 enables us to refactor the data types that they use, and eliminates
1561 many confusing usages of those types. Closes ticket 40041.
1562 - Refactor some common node selection code into a single function.
1563 Closes ticket 34200.
1564 - Remove the now-redundant 'outbuf_flushlen' field from our
1565 connection type. It was previously used for an older version of
1566 our rate-limiting logic. Closes ticket 33097.
1567 - Rename "fascist_firewall_*" identifiers to "reachable_addr_*"
1568 instead, for consistency with other code. Closes ticket 18106.
1569 - Rename functions about "advertised" ports which are not in fact
1570 guaranteed to return the ports that have been advertised. Closes
1572 - Split implementation of several command line options from
1573 options_init_from_torrc into smaller isolated functions. Patch by
1574 Daniel Pinto. Closes ticket 40102.
1575 - When an extend cell is missing an IPv4 or IPv6 address, fill in
1576 the address from the extend info. This is similar to what was done
1577 in ticket 33633 for ed25519 keys. Closes ticket 33816. Patch by
1580 o Deprecated features:
1581 - The "non-builtin" argument to the "--dump-config" command is now
1582 deprecated. When it works, it behaves the same as "short", which
1583 you should use instead. Closes ticket 33398.
1586 - Replace URLs from our old bugtracker so that they refer to the new
1587 bugtracker and wiki. Closes ticket 40101.
1590 - We no longer ship or build a "tor.service" file for use with
1591 systemd. No distribution included this script unmodified, and we
1592 don't have the expertise ourselves to maintain this in a way that
1593 all the various systemd-based distributions can use. Closes
1595 - We no longer ship support for the Android logging API. Modern
1596 versions of Android can use the syslog API instead. Closes
1598 - The "optimistic data" feature is now always on; there is no longer
1599 an option to disable it from the torrc file or from the consensus
1600 directory. Closes part of 40139.
1601 - The "usecreatefast" network parameter is now removed; there is no
1602 longer an option for authorities to turn it off. Closes part
1606 - Add unit tests for bandwidth statistics manipulation functions.
1607 Closes ticket 33812. Patch by MrSquanchee.
1609 o Code simplification and refactoring (autoconf):
1610 - Remove autoconf checks for unused funcs and headers. Closes ticket
1611 31699; Patch by @bduszel
1613 o Code simplification and refactoring (maintainer scripts):
1614 - Disable by default the pre-commit hook. Use the environment
1615 variable TOR_EXTRA_PRE_COMMIT_CHECKS in order to run it.
1616 Furthermore, stop running practracker in the pre-commit hook and
1617 make check-local. Closes ticket 40019.
1619 o Code simplification and refactoring (relay address):
1620 - Most of IPv4 representation was using "uint32_t". It has now been
1621 moved to use the internal "tor_addr_t" interface instead. This is
1622 so we can properly integrate IPv6 along IPv4 with common
1623 interfaces. Closes ticket 40043.
1625 o Documentation (manual page):
1626 - Move them from doc/ to doc/man/. Closes ticket 40044.
1627 - Describe the status of the "Sandbox" option more accurately. It is
1628 no longer "experimental", but it _is_ dependent on kernel and libc
1629 versions. Closes ticket 23378.
1631 o Documentation (tracing):
1632 - Document in depth the circuit subsystem trace events in the new
1633 doc/tracing/EventsCircuit.md. Closes ticket 40036.
1635 o Removed features (controller):
1636 - Remove the "GETINFO network-status" controller command. It has
1637 been deprecated since 0.3.1.1-alpha. Closes ticket 22473.
1640 Changes in version 0.4.4.7 - 2021-02-03
1641 Tor 0.4.4.7 backports numerous bugfixes from later releases,
1642 including one that made v3 onion services more susceptible to
1643 denial-of-service attacks, and a feature that makes some kinds of
1644 DoS attacks harder to perform.
1646 o Major bugfixes (onion service v3, backport from 0.4.5.3-rc):
1647 - Stop requiring a live consensus for v3 clients and services, and
1648 allow a "reasonably live" consensus instead. This allows v3 onion
1649 services to work even if the authorities fail to generate a
1650 consensus for more than 2 hours in a row. Fixes bug 40237; bugfix
1653 o Major feature (exit, backport from 0.4.5.5-rc):
1654 - Re-entry into the network is now denied at the Exit level to all
1655 relays' ORPorts and authorities' ORPorts and DirPorts. This change
1656 should help mitgate a set of denial-of-service attacks. Closes
1659 o Minor feature (build system, backport from 0.4.5.4-rc):
1660 - New "make lsp" command to generate the compile_commands.json file
1661 used by the ccls language server. The "bear" program is needed for
1662 this. Closes ticket 40227.
1664 o Minor features (compilation, backport from 0.4.5.2-rc):
1665 - Disable deprecation warnings when building with OpenSSL 3.0.0 or
1666 later. There are a number of APIs newly deprecated in OpenSSL
1667 3.0.0 that Tor still requires. (A later version of Tor will try to
1668 stop depending on these APIs.) Closes ticket 40165.
1670 o Minor features (crypto, backport from 0.4.5.3-rc):
1671 - Fix undefined behavior on our Keccak library. The bug only
1672 appeared on platforms with 32-byte CPU cache lines (e.g. armv5tel)
1673 and would result in wrong digests. Fixes bug 40210; bugfix on
1674 0.2.8.1-alpha. Thanks to Bernhard Übelacker, Arnd Bergmann and
1675 weasel for diagnosing this.
1677 o Minor bugfixes (compatibility, backport from 0.4.5.1-rc):
1678 - Strip '\r' characters when reading text files on Unix platforms.
1679 This should resolve an issue where a relay operator migrates a
1680 relay from Windows to Unix, but does not change the line ending of
1681 Tor's various state files to match the platform, and the CRLF line
1682 endings from Windows end up leaking into other files such as the
1683 extra-info document. Fixes bug 33781; bugfix on 0.0.9pre5.
1685 o Minor bugfixes (compilation, backport from 0.4.5.3-rc):
1686 - Fix a compilation warning about unreachable fallthrough
1687 annotations when building with "--enable-all-bugs-are-fatal" on
1688 some compilers. Fixes bug 40241; bugfix on 0.3.5.4-alpha.
1690 o Minor bugfixes (SOCKS5, backport from 0.4.5.3-rc):
1691 - Handle partial SOCKS5 messages correctly. Previously, our code
1692 would send an incorrect error message if it got a SOCKS5 request
1693 that wasn't complete. Fixes bug 40190; bugfix on 0.3.5.1-alpha.
1695 o Minor bugfixes (testing, backport from 0.4.5.2-alpha):
1696 - Fix the `config/parse_tcp_proxy_line` test so that it works
1697 correctly on systems where the DNS provider hijacks invalid
1698 queries. Fixes part of bug 40179; bugfix on 0.4.3.1-alpha.
1699 - Fix our Python reference-implementation for the v3 onion service
1700 handshake so that it works correctly with the version of hashlib
1701 provided by Python 3.9. Fixes part of bug 40179; bugfix
1703 - Fix the `tortls/openssl/log_one_error` test to work with OpenSSL
1704 3.0.0. Fixes bug 40170; bugfix on 0.2.8.1-alpha.
1707 Changes in version 0.4.3.8 - 2021-02-03
1708 Tor 0.4.3.8 backports numerous bugfixes from later releases,
1709 including one that made v3 onion services more susceptible to
1710 denial-of-service attacks, and a feature that makes some kinds of
1711 DoS attacks harder to perform.
1713 Note that this is, in all likelihood, the last release of Tor 0.4.3.x,
1714 which will reach end-of-life on 15 Feb 2021.
1716 o Major bugfixes (onion service v3, backport from 0.4.5.3-rc):
1717 - Stop requiring a live consensus for v3 clients and services, and
1718 allow a "reasonably live" consensus instead. This allows v3 onion
1719 services to work even if the authorities fail to generate a
1720 consensus for more than 2 hours in a row. Fixes bug 40237; bugfix
1723 o Major bugfixes (stats, onion services, backport from 0.4.4.5):
1724 - Fix a bug where we were undercounting the Tor network's total
1725 onion service traffic, by ignoring any traffic originating from
1726 clients. Now we count traffic from both clients and services.
1727 Fixes bug 40117; bugfix on 0.2.6.2-alpha.
1729 o Major feature (exit, backport from 0.4.5.5-rc):
1730 - Re-entry into the network is now denied at the Exit level to all
1731 relays' ORPorts and authorities' ORPorts and DirPorts. This change
1732 should help mitgate a set of denial-of-service attacks. Closes
1735 o Minor feature (build system, backport from 0.4.5.4-rc):
1736 - New "make lsp" command to generate the compile_commands.json file
1737 used by the ccls language server. The "bear" program is needed for
1738 this. Closes ticket 40227.
1740 o Minor features (compilation, backport from 0.4.5.2-rc):
1741 - Disable deprecation warnings when building with OpenSSL 3.0.0 or
1742 later. There are a number of APIs newly deprecated in OpenSSL
1743 3.0.0 that Tor still requires. (A later version of Tor will try to
1744 stop depending on these APIs.) Closes ticket 40165.
1746 o Minor features (crypto, backport from 0.4.5.3-rc):
1747 - Fix undefined behavior on our Keccak library. The bug only
1748 appeared on platforms with 32-byte CPU cache lines (e.g. armv5tel)
1749 and would result in wrong digests. Fixes bug 40210; bugfix on
1750 0.2.8.1-alpha. Thanks to Bernhard Übelacker, Arnd Bergmann and
1751 weasel for diagnosing this.
1753 o Minor bugfixes (compatibility, backport from 0.4.5.1-rc):
1754 - Strip '\r' characters when reading text files on Unix platforms.
1755 This should resolve an issue where a relay operator migrates a
1756 relay from Windows to Unix, but does not change the line ending of
1757 Tor's various state files to match the platform, and the CRLF line
1758 endings from Windows end up leaking into other files such as the
1759 extra-info document. Fixes bug 33781; bugfix on 0.0.9pre5.
1761 o Minor bugfixes (compilation, backport from 0.4.5.1-rc):
1762 - Resolve a compilation warning that could occur in
1763 test_connection.c. Fixes bug 40113; bugfix on 0.2.9.3-alpha.
1765 o Minor bugfixes (compilation, backport from 0.4.5.3-rc):
1766 - Fix a compilation warning about unreachable fallthrough
1767 annotations when building with "--enable-all-bugs-are-fatal" on
1768 some compilers. Fixes bug 40241; bugfix on 0.3.5.4-alpha.
1770 o Minor bugfixes (SOCKS5, backport from 0.4.5.3-rc):
1771 - Handle partial SOCKS5 messages correctly. Previously, our code
1772 would send an incorrect error message if it got a SOCKS5 request
1773 that wasn't complete. Fixes bug 40190; bugfix on 0.3.5.1-alpha.
1775 o Minor bugfixes (testing, backport from 0.4.5.2-alpha):
1776 - Fix the `config/parse_tcp_proxy_line` test so that it works
1777 correctly on systems where the DNS provider hijacks invalid
1778 queries. Fixes part of bug 40179; bugfix on 0.4.3.1-alpha.
1779 - Fix our Python reference-implementation for the v3 onion service
1780 handshake so that it works correctly with the version of hashlib
1781 provided by Python 3.9. Fixes part of bug 40179; bugfix
1783 - Fix the `tortls/openssl/log_one_error` test to work with OpenSSL
1784 3.0.0. Fixes bug 40170; bugfix on 0.2.8.1-alpha.
1787 Changes in version 0.3.5.13 - 2020-02-03
1788 Tor 0.3.5.13 backports numerous bugfixes from later releases,
1789 including one that made v3 onion services more susceptible to
1790 denial-of-service attacks, and a feature that makes some kinds of
1791 DoS attacks harder to perform.
1793 o Major bugfixes (onion service v3, backport from 0.4.5.3-rc):
1794 - Stop requiring a live consensus for v3 clients and services, and
1795 allow a "reasonably live" consensus instead. This allows v3 onion
1796 services to work even if the authorities fail to generate a
1797 consensus for more than 2 hours in a row. Fixes bug 40237; bugfix
1800 o Major bugfixes (stats, onion services, backport from 0.4.4.5):
1801 - Fix a bug where we were undercounting the Tor network's total
1802 onion service traffic, by ignoring any traffic originating from
1803 clients. Now we count traffic from both clients and services.
1804 Fixes bug 40117; bugfix on 0.2.6.2-alpha.
1806 o Major feature (exit, backport from 0.4.5.5-rc):
1807 - Re-entry into the network is now denied at the Exit level to all
1808 relays' ORPorts and authorities' ORPorts and DirPorts. This change
1809 should help mitgate a set of denial-of-service attacks. Closes
1812 o Minor feature (build system, backport from 0.4.5.4-rc):
1813 - New "make lsp" command to generate the compile_commands.json file
1814 used by the ccls language server. The "bear" program is needed for
1815 this. Closes ticket 40227.
1817 o Minor features (compilation, backport from 0.4.5.2-rc):
1818 - Disable deprecation warnings when building with OpenSSL 3.0.0 or
1819 later. There are a number of APIs newly deprecated in OpenSSL
1820 3.0.0 that Tor still requires. (A later version of Tor will try to
1821 stop depending on these APIs.) Closes ticket 40165.
1823 o Minor features (crypto, backport from 0.4.5.3-rc):
1824 - Fix undefined behavior on our Keccak library. The bug only
1825 appeared on platforms with 32-byte CPU cache lines (e.g. armv5tel)
1826 and would result in wrong digests. Fixes bug 40210; bugfix on
1827 0.2.8.1-alpha. Thanks to Bernhard Übelacker, Arnd Bergmann and
1828 weasel for diagnosing this.
1830 o Minor bugfixes (compatibility, backport from 0.4.5.1-rc):
1831 - Strip '\r' characters when reading text files on Unix platforms.
1832 This should resolve an issue where a relay operator migrates a
1833 relay from Windows to Unix, but does not change the line ending of
1834 Tor's various state files to match the platform, and the CRLF line
1835 endings from Windows end up leaking into other files such as the
1836 extra-info document. Fixes bug 33781; bugfix on 0.0.9pre5.
1838 o Minor bugfixes (compilation, backport from 0.4.5.1-rc):
1839 - Resolve a compilation warning that could occur in
1840 test_connection.c. Fixes bug 40113; bugfix on 0.2.9.3-alpha.
1842 o Minor bugfixes (compilation, backport from 0.4.5.3-rc):
1843 - Fix a compilation warning about unreachable fallthrough
1844 annotations when building with "--enable-all-bugs-are-fatal" on
1845 some compilers. Fixes bug 40241; bugfix on 0.3.5.4-alpha.
1847 o Minor bugfixes (SOCKS5, backport from 0.4.5.3-rc):
1848 - Handle partial SOCKS5 messages correctly. Previously, our code
1849 would send an incorrect error message if it got a SOCKS5 request
1850 that wasn't complete. Fixes bug 40190; bugfix on 0.3.5.1-alpha.
1852 o Minor bugfixes (testing, backport from 0.4.5.2-alpha):
1853 - Fix our Python reference-implementation for the v3 onion service
1854 handshake so that it works correctly with the version of hashlib
1855 provided by Python 3.9. Fixes part of bug 40179; bugfix
1857 - Fix the `tortls/openssl/log_one_error` test to work with OpenSSL
1858 3.0.0. Fixes bug 40170; bugfix on 0.2.8.1-alpha.
1861 Changes in version 0.4.4.6 - 2020-11-12
1862 Tor 0.4.4.6 is the second stable release in the 0.4.4.x series. It
1863 backports fixes from later releases, including a fix for TROVE-2020-
1864 005, a security issue that could be used, under certain cases, by an
1865 adversary to observe traffic patterns on a limited number of circuits
1866 intended for a different relay.
1868 o Major bugfixes (security, backport from 0.4.5.1-alpha):
1869 - When completing a channel, relays now check more thoroughly to
1870 make sure that it matches any pending circuits before attaching
1871 those circuits. Previously, address correctness and Ed25519
1872 identities were not checked in this case, but only when extending
1873 circuits on an existing channel. Fixes bug 40080; bugfix on
1874 0.2.7.2-alpha. Resolves TROVE-2020-005.
1876 o Minor features (directory authorities, backport from 0.4.5.1-alpha):
1877 - Authorities now list a different set of protocols as required and
1878 recommended. These lists have been chosen so that only truly
1879 recommended and/or required protocols are included, and so that
1880 clients using 0.2.9 or later will continue to work (even though
1881 they are not supported), whereas only relays running 0.3.5 or
1882 later will meet the requirements. Closes ticket 40162.
1883 - Make it possible to specify multiple ConsensusParams torrc lines.
1884 Now directory authority operators can for example put the main
1885 ConsensusParams config in one torrc file and then add to it from a
1886 different torrc file. Closes ticket 40164.
1888 o Minor features (subprotocol versions, backport from 0.4.5.1-alpha):
1889 - Tor no longer allows subprotocol versions larger than 63.
1890 Previously version numbers up to UINT32_MAX were allowed, which
1891 significantly complicated our code. Implements proposal 318;
1892 closes ticket 40133.
1894 o Minor features (tests, v2 onion services, backport from 0.4.5.1-alpha):
1895 - Fix a rendezvous cache unit test that was triggering an underflow
1896 on the global rend cache allocation. Fixes bug 40125; bugfix
1898 - Fix another rendezvous cache unit test that was triggering an
1899 underflow on the global rend cache allocation. Fixes bug 40126;
1900 bugfix on 0.2.8.1-alpha.
1902 o Minor bugfixes (compilation, backport from 0.4.5.1-alpha):
1903 - Fix compiler warnings that would occur when building with
1904 "--enable-all-bugs-are-fatal" and "--disable-module-relay" at the
1905 same time. Fixes bug 40129; bugfix on 0.4.4.1-alpha.
1906 - Resolve a compilation warning that could occur in
1907 test_connection.c. Fixes bug 40113; bugfix on 0.2.9.3-alpha.
1909 o Minor bugfixes (logging, backport from 0.4.5.1-alpha):
1910 - Remove a debug logging statement that uselessly spammed the logs.
1911 Fixes bug 40135; bugfix on 0.3.5.0-alpha.
1913 o Minor bugfixes (relay configuration, crash, backport from 0.4.5.1-alpha):
1914 - Avoid a fatal assert() when failing to create a listener
1915 connection for an address that was in use. Fixes bug 40073; bugfix
1918 o Minor bugfixes (v2 onion services, backport from 0.4.5.1-alpha):
1919 - For HSFETCH commands on v2 onion services addresses, check the
1920 length of bytes decoded, not the base32 length. Fixes bug 34400;
1921 bugfix on 0.4.1.1-alpha. Patch by Neel Chauhan.
1924 Changes in version 0.4.3.7 - 2020-11-12
1925 Tor 0.4.3.7 backports several bugfixes from later releases. It
1926 includes a fix for TROVE-2020-005, a security issue that could be
1927 used, under certain cases, by an adversary to observe traffic patterns
1928 on a limited number of circuits intended for a different relay.
1930 Please be aware that support for the 0.4.3.x series will end on 15
1931 February 2021. Please upgrade to 0.4.4.x or 0.4.5.x before then, or
1932 downgrade to 0.3.5.x, which will be supported until at least 1
1935 o Major features (fallback directory list, backport form 0.4.4.3-alpha):
1936 - Replace the 148 fallback directories originally included in Tor
1937 0.4.1.4-rc (of which around 105 are still functional) with a list
1938 of 144 fallbacks generated in July 2020. Closes ticket 40061.
1940 o Major bugfixes (security, backport from 0.4.5.1-alpha):
1941 - When completing a channel, relays now check more thoroughly to
1942 make sure that it matches any pending circuits before attaching
1943 those circuits. Previously, address correctness and Ed25519
1944 identities were not checked in this case, but only when extending
1945 circuits on an existing channel. Fixes bug 40080; bugfix on
1946 0.2.7.2-alpha. Resolves TROVE-2020-005.
1948 o Major bugfixes (NSS, backport from 0.4.4.3-alpha):
1949 - When running with NSS enabled, make sure that NSS knows to expect
1950 nonblocking sockets. Previously, we set our TCP sockets as
1951 nonblocking, but did not tell NSS, which in turn could lead to
1952 unexpected blocking behavior. Fixes bug 40035; bugfix
1955 o Minor features (security, backport from 0.4.4.4-rc):
1956 - Channels using obsolete versions of the Tor link protocol are no
1957 longer allowed to circumvent address-canonicity checks. (This is
1958 only a minor issue, since such channels have no way to set ed25519
1959 keys, and therefore should always be rejected for circuits that
1960 specify ed25519 identities.) Closes ticket 40081.
1962 o Minor features (subprotocol versions, backport from 0.4.5.1-alpha):
1963 - Tor no longer allows subprotocol versions larger than 63.
1964 Previously version numbers up to UINT32_MAX were allowed, which
1965 significantly complicated our code. Implements proposal 318;
1966 closes ticket 40133.
1968 o Minor features (tests, backport from 0.4.4.5):
1969 - Our "make check" target now runs the unit tests in 8 parallel
1970 chunks. Doing this speeds up hardened CI builds by more than a
1971 factor of two. Closes ticket 40098.
1973 o Minor features (tests, v2 onion services, backport from 0.4.5.1-alpha):
1974 - Fix a rendezvous cache unit test that was triggering an underflow
1975 on the global rend cache allocation. Fixes bug 40125; bugfix
1977 - Fix another rendezvous cache unit test that was triggering an
1978 underflow on the global rend cache allocation. Fixes bug 40126;
1979 bugfix on 0.2.8.1-alpha.
1981 o Minor bugfixes (correctness, buffers, backport from 0.4.4.4-rc):
1982 - Fix a correctness bug that could cause an assertion failure if we
1983 ever tried using the buf_move_all() function with an empty input
1984 buffer. As far as we know, no released versions of Tor do this.
1985 Fixes bug 40076; bugfix on 0.3.3.1-alpha.
1987 o Minor bugfixes (logging, backport from 0.4.5.1-alpha):
1988 - Remove a debug logging statement that uselessly spammed the logs.
1989 Fixes bug 40135; bugfix on 0.3.5.0-alpha.
1991 o Minor bugfixes (rate limiting, bridges, pluggable transports, backport from 0.4.4.4-rc):
1992 - On a bridge, treat all connections from an ExtORPort as remote by
1993 default for the purposes of rate-limiting. Previously, bridges
1994 would treat the connection as local unless they explicitly
1995 received a "USERADDR" command. ExtORPort connections still count
1996 as local if there is a USERADDR command with an explicit local
1997 address. Fixes bug 33747; bugfix on 0.2.5.1-alpha.
1999 o Minor bugfixes (relay configuration, crash, backport from 0.4.5.1-alpha):
2000 - Avoid a fatal assert() when failing to create a listener
2001 connection for an address that was in use. Fixes bug 40073; bugfix
2004 o Minor bugfixes (relay, usability, backport from 0.4.4.3-alpha):
2005 - Adjust the rules for when to warn about having too many
2006 connections to other relays. Previously we'd tolerate up to 1.5
2007 connections per relay on average. Now we tolerate more connections
2008 for directory authorities, and raise the number of total
2009 connections we need to see before we warn. Fixes bug 33880; bugfix
2012 o Minor bugfixes (tests, 0.4.4.5):
2013 - Fix the behavior of the rend_cache/clean_v2_descs_as_dir when run
2014 on its own. Previously, it would exit with an error. Fixes bug
2015 40099; bugfix on 0.2.8.1-alpha.
2017 o Minor bugfixes (v2 onion services, backport from 0.4.5.1-alpha):
2018 - For HSFETCH commands on v2 onion services addresses, check the
2019 length of bytes decoded, not the base32 length. Fixes bug 34400;
2020 bugfix on 0.4.1.1-alpha. Patch by Neel Chauhan.
2022 o Minor bugfixes (windows, backport from 0.4.4.4-rc):
2023 - Fix a bug that prevented Tor from starting if its log file grew
2024 above 2GB. Fixes bug 31036; bugfix on 0.2.1.8-alpha.
2026 o Deprecated features (onion service v2, backport form 0.4.4.2-alpha):
2027 - Add a deprecation warning for version 2 onion services. Closes
2030 o Removed features (backport from 0.4.4.3-alpha):
2031 - Our "check-local" test target no longer tries to use the
2032 Coccinelle semantic patching tool parse all the C files. While it
2033 is a good idea to try to make sure Coccinelle works on our C
2034 before we run a Coccinelle patch, doing so on every test run has
2035 proven to be disruptive. You can still run this tool manually with
2036 "make check-cocci". Closes ticket 40030. ticket 40030.
2039 Changes in version 0.3.5.12 - 2020-11-12
2040 Tor 0.4.3.7 backports several bugfixes from later releases. It
2041 includes a fix for TROVE-2020-005, a security issue that could be
2042 used, under certain cases, by an adversary to observe traffic patterns
2043 on a limited number of circuits intended for a different relay.
2045 o Major features (fallback directory list, backport form 0.4.4.3-alpha):
2046 - Replace the 148 fallback directories originally included in Tor
2047 0.4.1.4-rc (of which around 105 are still functional) with a list
2048 of 144 fallbacks generated in July 2020. Closes ticket 40061.
2050 o Major bugfixes (security, backport from 0.4.5.1-alpha):
2051 - When completing a channel, relays now check more thoroughly to
2052 make sure that it matches any pending circuits before attaching
2053 those circuits. Previously, address correctness and Ed25519
2054 identities were not checked in this case, but only when extending
2055 circuits on an existing channel. Fixes bug 40080; bugfix on
2056 0.2.7.2-alpha. Resolves TROVE-2020-005.
2058 o Major bugfixes (NSS, backport from 0.4.4.3-alpha):
2059 - When running with NSS enabled, make sure that NSS knows to expect
2060 nonblocking sockets. Previously, we set our TCP sockets as
2061 nonblocking, but did not tell NSS, which in turn could lead to
2062 unexpected blocking behavior. Fixes bug 40035; bugfix
2065 o Minor features (security, backport from 0.4.4.4-rc):
2066 - Channels using obsolete versions of the Tor link protocol are no
2067 longer allowed to circumvent address-canonicity checks. (This is
2068 only a minor issue, since such channels have no way to set ed25519
2069 keys, and therefore should always be rejected for circuits that
2070 specify ed25519 identities.) Closes ticket 40081.
2072 o Minor features (debugging, directory system):
2073 - Don't crash when we find a non-guard with a guard-fraction value
2074 set. Instead, log a bug warning, in an attempt to figure out how
2075 this happened. Diagnostic for ticket 32868.
2077 o Minor features (subprotocol versions, backport from 0.4.5.1-alpha):
2078 - Tor no longer allows subprotocol versions larger than 63.
2079 Previously version numbers up to UINT32_MAX were allowed, which
2080 significantly complicated our code. Implements proposal 318;
2081 closes ticket 40133.
2083 o Minor features (tests, backport from 0.4.4.5):
2084 - Our "make check" target now runs the unit tests in 8 parallel
2085 chunks. Doing this speeds up hardened CI builds by more than a
2086 factor of two. Closes ticket 40098.
2088 o Minor features (tests, v2 onion services, backport from 0.4.5.1-alpha):
2089 - Fix a rendezvous cache unit test that was triggering an underflow
2090 on the global rend cache allocation. Fixes bug 40125; bugfix
2092 - Fix another rendezvous cache unit test that was triggering an
2093 underflow on the global rend cache allocation. Fixes bug 40126;
2094 bugfix on 0.2.8.1-alpha.
2096 o Minor bugfixes (correctness, buffers, backport from 0.4.4.4-rc):
2097 - Fix a correctness bug that could cause an assertion failure if we
2098 ever tried using the buf_move_all() function with an empty input
2099 buffer. As far as we know, no released versions of Tor do this.
2100 Fixes bug 40076; bugfix on 0.3.3.1-alpha.
2102 o Minor bugfixes (logging, backport from 0.4.5.1-alpha):
2103 - Remove a debug logging statement that uselessly spammed the logs.
2104 Fixes bug 40135; bugfix on 0.3.5.0-alpha.
2106 o Minor bugfixes (rate limiting, bridges, pluggable transports, backport from 0.4.4.4-rc):
2107 - On a bridge, treat all connections from an ExtORPort as remote by
2108 default for the purposes of rate-limiting. Previously, bridges
2109 would treat the connection as local unless they explicitly
2110 received a "USERADDR" command. ExtORPort connections still count
2111 as local if there is a USERADDR command with an explicit local
2112 address. Fixes bug 33747; bugfix on 0.2.5.1-alpha.
2114 o Minor bugfixes (relay configuration, crash, backport from 0.4.5.1-alpha):
2115 - Avoid a fatal assert() when failing to create a listener
2116 connection for an address that was in use. Fixes bug 40073; bugfix
2119 o Minor bugfixes (relay, usability, backport from 0.4.4.3-alpha):
2120 - Adjust the rules for when to warn about having too many
2121 connections to other relays. Previously we'd tolerate up to 1.5
2122 connections per relay on average. Now we tolerate more connections
2123 for directory authorities, and raise the number of total
2124 connections we need to see before we warn. Fixes bug 33880; bugfix
2127 o Minor bugfixes (relays, backport from 0.4.4.1-alpha):
2128 - Stop advertising incorrect IPv6 ORPorts in relay and bridge
2129 descriptors, when the IPv6 port was configured as "auto". Fixes
2130 bug 32588; bugfix on 0.2.3.9-alpha.
2132 o Minor bugfixes (tests, 0.4.4.5):
2133 - Fix the behavior of the rend_cache/clean_v2_descs_as_dir when run
2134 on its own. Previously, it would exit with an error. Fixes bug
2135 40099; bugfix on 0.2.8.1-alpha.
2137 o Minor bugfixes (windows, backport from 0.4.4.4-rc):
2138 - Fix a bug that prevented Tor from starting if its log file grew
2139 above 2GB. Fixes bug 31036; bugfix on 0.2.1.8-alpha.
2141 o Deprecated features (onion service v2, backport form 0.4.4.2-alpha):
2142 - Add a deprecation warning for version 2 onion services. Closes
2145 Changes in version 0.4.4.5 - 2020-09-15
2146 Tor 0.4.4.5 is the first stable release in the 0.4.4.x series. This
2147 series improves our guard selection algorithms, adds v3 onion balance
2148 support, improves the amount of code that can be disabled when running
2149 without relay support, and includes numerous small bugfixes and
2150 enhancements. It also lays the ground for some IPv6 features that
2151 we'll be developing more in the next (0.4.5) series.
2153 Per our support policy, we support each stable release series for nine
2154 months after its first stable release, or three months after the first
2155 stable release of the next series: whichever is longer. This means
2156 that 0.4.4.x will be supported until around June 2021--or later, if
2157 0.4.5.x is later than anticipated.
2159 Note also that support for 0.4.2.x has just ended; support for 0.4.3
2160 will continue until Feb 15, 2021. We still plan to continue supporting
2161 0.3.5.x, our long-term stable series, until Feb 2022.
2163 Below are the changes since 0.4.3.6-rc. For a complete list of changes
2164 since 0.4.4.4-rc, see the ChangeLog file.
2166 o Major features (Proposal 310, performance + security):
2167 - Implements Proposal 310, "Bandaid on guard selection". Proposal
2168 310 solves load-balancing issues with older versions of the guard
2169 selection algorithm, and improves its security. Under this new
2170 algorithm, a newly selected guard never becomes Primary unless all
2171 previously sampled guards are unreachable. Implements
2172 recommendation from 32088. (Proposal 310 is linked to the CLAPS
2173 project researching optimal client location-aware path selections.
2174 This project is a collaboration between the UCLouvain Crypto Group,
2175 the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, and Princeton University.)
2177 o Major features (fallback directory list):
2178 - Replace the 148 fallback directories originally included in Tor
2179 0.4.1.4-rc (of which around 105 are still functional) with a list
2180 of 144 fallbacks generated in July 2020. Closes ticket 40061.
2182 o Major features (IPv6, relay):
2183 - Consider IPv6-only EXTEND2 cells valid on relays. Log a protocol
2184 warning if the IPv4 or IPv6 address is an internal address, and
2185 internal addresses are not allowed. But continue to use the other
2186 address, if it is valid. Closes ticket 33817.
2187 - If a relay can extend over IPv4 and IPv6, and both addresses are
2188 provided, it chooses between them uniformly at random. Closes
2190 - Re-use existing IPv6 connections for circuit extends. Closes
2192 - Relays may extend circuits over IPv6, if the relay has an IPv6
2193 ORPort, and the client supplies the other relay's IPv6 ORPort in
2194 the EXTEND2 cell. IPv6 extends will be used by the relay IPv6
2195 ORPort self-tests in 33222. Closes ticket 33817.
2197 o Major features (v3 onion services):
2198 - Allow v3 onion services to act as OnionBalance backend instances,
2199 by using the HiddenServiceOnionBalanceInstance torrc option.
2200 Closes ticket 32709.
2202 o Major bugfixes (NSS):
2203 - When running with NSS enabled, make sure that NSS knows to expect
2204 nonblocking sockets. Previously, we set our TCP sockets as
2205 nonblocking, but did not tell NSS, which in turn could lead to
2206 unexpected blocking behavior. Fixes bug 40035; bugfix
2209 o Major bugfixes (onion services, DoS):
2210 - Correct handling of parameters for the onion service DoS defense.
2211 Previously, the consensus parameters for the onion service DoS
2212 defenses were overwriting the parameters set by the service
2213 operator using HiddenServiceEnableIntroDoSDefense. Fixes bug
2214 40109; bugfix on 0.4.2.1-alpha.
2216 o Major bugfixes (stats, onion services):
2217 - Fix a bug where we were undercounting the Tor network's total
2218 onion service traffic, by ignoring any traffic originating from
2219 clients. Now we count traffic from both clients and services.
2220 Fixes bug 40117; bugfix on 0.2.6.2-alpha.
2222 o Minor features (security):
2223 - Channels using obsolete versions of the Tor link protocol are no
2224 longer allowed to circumvent address-canonicity checks. (This is
2225 only a minor issue, since such channels have no way to set ed25519
2226 keys, and therefore should always be rejected for circuits that
2227 specify ed25519 identities.) Closes ticket 40081.
2229 o Minor features (bootstrap reporting):
2230 - Report more detailed reasons for bootstrap failure when the
2231 failure happens due to a TLS error. Previously we would just call
2232 these errors "MISC" when they happened during read, and "DONE"
2233 when they happened during any other TLS operation. Closes
2236 o Minor features (client-only compilation):
2237 - Disable more code related to the ext_orport protocol when
2238 compiling without support for relay mode. Closes ticket 33368.
2239 - Disable more of our self-testing code when support for relay mode
2240 is disabled. Closes ticket 33370.
2241 - Most server-side DNS code is now disabled when building without
2242 support for relay mode. Closes ticket 33366.
2244 o Minor features (code safety):
2245 - Check for failures of tor_inet_ntop() and tor_inet_ntoa()
2246 functions in DNS and IP address processing code, and adjust
2247 codepaths to make them less likely to crash entire Tor instances.
2248 Resolves issue 33788.
2250 o Minor features (continuous integration):
2251 - Run unit-test and integration test (Stem, Chutney) jobs with
2252 ALL_BUGS_ARE_FATAL macro being enabled on Travis and Appveyor.
2253 Resolves ticket 32143.
2255 o Minor features (control port):
2256 - If a ClientName was specified in ONION_CLIENT_AUTH_ADD for an
2257 onion service, display it when we use ONION_CLIENT_AUTH_VIEW.
2258 Closes ticket 40089. Patch by Neel Chauhan.
2259 - Return a descriptive error message from the 'GETINFO status/fresh-
2260 relay-descs' command on the control port. Previously, we returned
2261 a generic error of "Error generating descriptor". Closes ticket
2262 32873. Patch by Neel Chauhan.
2264 o Minor features (defense in depth):
2265 - Wipe more data from connection address fields before returning
2266 them to the memory heap. Closes ticket 6198.
2268 o Minor features (denial-of-service memory limiter):
2269 - Allow the user to configure even lower values for the
2270 MaxMemInQueues parameter. Relays now enforce a minimum of 64 MB,
2271 when previously the minimum was 256 MB. On clients, there is no
2272 minimum. Relays and clients will both warn if the value is set so
2273 low that Tor is likely to stop working. Closes ticket 24308.
2275 o Minor features (developer tooling):
2276 - Add a script to help check the alphabetical ordering of option
2277 names in the manual page. Closes ticket 33339.
2278 - Refrain from listing all .a files that are generated by the Tor
2279 build in .gitignore. Add a single wildcard *.a entry that covers
2280 all of them for present and future. Closes ticket 33642.
2281 - Add a script ("git-install-tools.sh") to install git hooks and
2282 helper scripts. Closes ticket 33451.
2284 o Minor features (directory authority):
2285 - Authorities now recommend the protocol versions that are supported
2286 by Tor 0.3.5 and later. (Earlier versions of Tor have been
2287 deprecated since January of this year.) This recommendation will
2288 cause older clients and relays to give a warning on startup, or
2289 when they download a consensus directory. Closes ticket 32696.
2291 o Minor features (directory authority, shared random):
2292 - Refactor more authority-only parts of the shared-random scheduling
2293 code to reside in the dirauth module, and to be disabled when
2294 compiling with --disable-module-dirauth. Closes ticket 33436.
2296 o Minor features (directory):
2297 - Remember the number of bytes we have downloaded for each directory
2298 purpose while bootstrapping, and while fully bootstrapped. Log
2299 this information as part of the heartbeat message. Closes
2302 o Minor features (entry guards):
2303 - Reinstate support for GUARD NEW/UP/DOWN control port events.
2304 Closes ticket 40001.
2306 o Minor features (IPv6 support):
2307 - Adds IPv6 support to tor_addr_is_valid(). Adds tests for the above
2308 changes and tor_addr_is_null(). Closes ticket 33679. Patch
2310 - Allow clients and relays to send dual-stack and IPv6-only EXTEND2
2311 cells. Parse dual-stack and IPv6-only EXTEND2 cells on relays.
2312 Closes ticket 33901.
2314 o Minor features (linux seccomp2 sandbox, portability):
2315 - Allow Tor to build on platforms where it doesn't know how to
2316 report which syscall caused the linux seccomp2 sandbox to fail.
2317 This change should make the sandbox code more portable to less
2318 common Linux architectures. Closes ticket 34382.
2319 - Permit the unlinkat() syscall, which some Libc implementations use
2320 to implement unlink(). Closes ticket 33346.
2322 o Minor features (logging):
2323 - When trying to find our own address, add debug-level logging to
2324 report the sources of candidate addresses. Closes ticket 32888.
2326 o Minor features (onion service client, SOCKS5):
2327 - Add 3 new SocksPort ExtendedErrors (F2, F3, F7) that reports back
2328 new type of onion service connection failures. The semantics of
2329 these error codes are documented in proposal 309. Closes
2332 o Minor features (onion service v3):
2333 - If a service cannot upload its descriptor(s), log why at INFO
2334 level. Closes ticket 33400; bugfix on 0.3.2.1-alpha.
2336 o Minor features (python scripts):
2337 - Stop assuming that /usr/bin/python exists. Instead of using a
2338 hardcoded path in scripts that still use Python 2, use
2339 /usr/bin/env, similarly to the scripts that use Python 3. Fixes
2340 bug 33192; bugfix on 0.4.2.
2342 o Minor features (testing, architecture):
2343 - Our test scripts now double-check that subsystem initialization
2344 order is consistent with the inter-module dependencies established
2345 by our .may_include files. Implements ticket 31634.
2346 - Initialize all subsystems at the beginning of our unit test
2347 harness, to avoid crashes due to uninitialized subsystems. Follow-
2348 up from ticket 33316.
2349 - Our "make check" target now runs the unit tests in 8 parallel
2350 chunks. Doing this speeds up hardened CI builds by more than a
2351 factor of two. Closes ticket 40098.
2353 o Minor features (v3 onion services):
2354 - Add v3 onion service status to the dumpstats() call which is
2355 triggered by a SIGUSR1 signal. Previously, we only did v2 onion
2356 services. Closes ticket 24844. Patch by Neel Chauhan.
2358 o Minor features (windows):
2359 - Add support for console control signals like Ctrl+C in Windows.
2360 Closes ticket 34211. Patch from Damon Harris (TheDcoder).
2362 o Minor bugfixes (control port, onion service):
2363 - Consistently use 'address' in "Invalid v3 address" response to
2364 ONION_CLIENT_AUTH commands. Previously, we would sometimes say
2365 'addr'. Fixes bug 40005; bugfix on 0.4.3.1-alpha.
2367 o Minor bugfixes (correctness, buffers):
2368 - Fix a correctness bug that could cause an assertion failure if we
2369 ever tried using the buf_move_all() function with an empty input
2370 buffer. As far as we know, no released versions of Tor do this.
2371 Fixes bug 40076; bugfix on 0.3.3.1-alpha.
2373 o Minor bugfixes (directory authorities):
2374 - Directory authorities now reject votes that arrive too late. In
2375 particular, once an authority has started fetching missing votes,
2376 it no longer accepts new votes posted by other authorities. This
2377 change helps prevent a consensus split, where only some authorities
2378 have the late vote. Fixes bug 4631; bugfix on 0.2.0.5-alpha.
2380 o Minor bugfixes (git scripts):
2381 - Stop executing the checked-out pre-commit hook from the pre-push
2382 hook. Instead, execute the copy in the user's git directory. Fixes
2383 bug 33284; bugfix on 0.4.1.1-alpha.
2385 o Minor bugfixes (initialization):
2386 - Initialize the subsystems in our code in an order more closely
2387 corresponding to their dependencies, so that every system is
2388 initialized before the ones that (theoretically) depend on it.
2389 Fixes bug 33316; bugfix on 0.4.0.1-alpha.
2391 o Minor bugfixes (IPv4, relay):
2392 - Check for invalid zero IPv4 addresses and ports when sending and
2393 receiving extend cells. Fixes bug 33900; bugfix on 0.2.4.8-alpha.
2395 o Minor bugfixes (IPv6, relay):
2396 - Consider IPv6 addresses when checking if a connection is
2397 canonical. In 17604, relays assumed that a remote relay could
2398 consider an IPv6 connection canonical, but did not set the
2399 canonical flag on their side of the connection. Fixes bug 33899;
2400 bugfix on 0.3.1.1-alpha.
2401 - Log IPv6 addresses on connections where this relay is the
2402 responder. Previously, responding relays would replace the remote
2403 IPv6 address with the IPv4 address from the consensus. Fixes bug
2404 33899; bugfix on 0.3.1.1-alpha.
2406 o Minor bugfixes (linux seccomp2 sandbox):
2407 - Fix a regression on sandboxing rules for the openat() syscall. The
2408 fix for bug 25440 fixed the problem on systems with glibc >= 2.27
2409 but broke with versions of glibc. We now choose a rule based on
2410 the glibc version. Patch from Daniel Pinto. Fixes bug 27315;
2412 - Makes the seccomp sandbox allow the correct syscall for opendir
2413 according to the running glibc version. This fixes crashes when
2414 reloading torrc with sandbox enabled when running on glibc 2.15 to
2415 2.21 and 2.26. Patch from Daniel Pinto. Fixes bug 40020; bugfix
2418 o Minor bugfixes (logging, testing):
2419 - Make all of tor's assertion macros support the ALL_BUGS_ARE_FATAL
2420 and DISABLE_ASSERTS_IN_UNIT_TESTS debugging modes. (IF_BUG_ONCE()
2421 used to log a non-fatal warning, regardless of the debugging
2422 mode.) Fixes bug 33917; bugfix on 0.2.9.1-alpha.
2423 - Remove surprising empty line in the INFO-level log about circuit
2424 build timeout. Fixes bug 33531; bugfix on 0.3.3.1-alpha.
2426 o Minor bugfixes (mainloop):
2427 - Better guard against growing a buffer past its maximum 2GB in
2428 size. Fixes bug 33131; bugfix on 0.3.0.4-rc.
2430 o Minor bugfixes (onion service v3 client):
2431 - Remove a BUG() warning that could occur naturally. Fixes bug
2432 34087; bugfix on 0.3.2.1-alpha.
2434 o Minor bugfixes (onion service, logging):
2435 - Fix a typo in a log message PublishHidServDescriptors is set to 0.
2436 Fixes bug 33779; bugfix on 0.3.2.1-alpha.
2438 o Minor bugfixes (onion services v3):
2439 - Avoid a non-fatal assertion failure in certain edge-cases when
2440 opening an intro circuit as a client. Fixes bug 34084; bugfix
2443 o Minor bugfixes (protocol versions):
2444 - Sort tor's supported protocol version lists, as recommended by the
2445 tor directory specification. Fixes bug 33285; bugfix
2448 o Minor bugfixes (rate limiting, bridges, pluggable transports):
2449 - On a bridge, treat all connections from an ExtORPort as remote by
2450 default for the purposes of rate-limiting. Previously, bridges
2451 would treat the connection as local unless they explicitly
2452 received a "USERADDR" command. ExtORPort connections still count
2453 as local if there is a USERADDR command with an explicit local
2454 address. Fixes bug 33747; bugfix on 0.2.5.1-alpha.
2456 o Minor bugfixes (refactoring):
2457 - Lift circuit_build_times_disabled() out of the
2458 circuit_expire_building() loop, to save CPU time when there are
2459 many circuits open. Fixes bug 33977; bugfix on 0.3.5.9.
2461 o Minor bugfixes (relay, self-testing):
2462 - When starting up as a relay, if we haven't been able to verify
2463 that we're reachable, only launch reachability tests at most once
2464 a minute. Previously, we had been launching tests up to once a
2465 second, which was needlessly noisy. Fixes bug 40083; bugfix
2468 o Minor bugfixes (relay, usability):
2469 - Adjust the rules for when to warn about having too many
2470 connections to other relays. Previously we'd tolerate up to 1.5
2471 connections per relay on average. Now we tolerate more connections
2472 for directory authorities, and raise the number of total
2473 connections we need to see before we warn. Fixes bug 33880; bugfix
2476 o Minor bugfixes (SOCKS, onion service client):
2477 - Detect v3 onion service addresses of the wrong length when
2478 returning the F6 ExtendedErrors code. Fixes bug 33873; bugfix
2481 o Minor bugfixes (tests):
2482 - Fix the behavior of the rend_cache/clean_v2_descs_as_dir when run
2483 on its own. Previously, it would exit with an error. Fixes bug
2484 40099; bugfix on 0.2.8.1-alpha.
2486 o Minor bugfixes (v3 onion services):
2487 - Remove a BUG() warning that could trigger in certain unlikely
2488 edge-cases. Fixes bug 34086; bugfix on 0.3.2.1-alpha.
2489 - Remove a BUG() that was causing a stacktrace when a descriptor
2490 changed at an unexpected time. Fixes bug 28992; bugfix
2493 o Minor bugfixes (windows):
2494 - Fix a bug that prevented Tor from starting if its log file grew
2495 above 2GB. Fixes bug 31036; bugfix on 0.2.1.8-alpha.
2497 o Code simplification and refactoring:
2498 - Define and use a new constant TOR_ADDRPORT_BUF_LEN which is like
2499 TOR_ADDR_BUF_LEN but includes enough space for an IP address,
2500 brackets, separating colon, and port number. Closes ticket 33956.
2501 Patch by Neel Chauhan.
2502 - Merge the orconn and ocirc events into the "core" subsystem, which
2503 manages or connections and origin circuits. Previously they were
2504 isolated in subsystems of their own.
2505 - Move LOG_PROTOCOL_WARN to app/config. Resolves a dependency
2506 inversion. Closes ticket 33633.
2507 - Move the circuit extend code to the relay module. Split the
2508 circuit extend function into smaller functions. Closes
2510 - Rewrite port_parse_config() to use the default port flags from
2511 port_cfg_new(). Closes ticket 32994. Patch by MrSquanchee.
2512 - Updated comments in 'scheduler.c' to reflect old code changes, and
2513 simplified the scheduler channel state change code. Closes
2515 - Refactor configuration parsing to use the new config subsystem
2516 code. Closes ticket 33014.
2517 - Move a series of functions related to address resolving into their
2518 own files. Closes ticket 33789.
2521 - Replace most http:// URLs in our code and documentation with
2522 https:// URLs. (We have left unchanged the code in src/ext/, and
2523 the text in LICENSE.) Closes ticket 31812. Patch from Jeremy Rand.
2524 - Document the limitations of using %include on config files with
2525 seccomp sandbox enabled. Fixes documentation bug 34133; bugfix on
2526 0.3.1.1-alpha. Patch by Daniel Pinto.
2529 - Our "check-local" test target no longer tries to use the
2530 Coccinelle semantic patching tool parse all the C files. While it
2531 is a good idea to try to make sure Coccinelle works on our C
2532 before we run a Coccinelle patch, doing so on every test run has
2533 proven to be disruptive. You can still run this tool manually with
2534 "make check-cocci". Closes ticket 40030.
2535 - Remove the ClientAutoIPv6ORPort option. This option attempted to
2536 randomly choose between IPv4 and IPv6 for client connections, and
2537 wasn't a true implementation of Happy Eyeballs. Often, this option
2538 failed on IPv4-only or IPv6-only connections. Closes ticket 32905.
2539 Patch by Neel Chauhan.
2540 - Stop shipping contrib/dist/rc.subr file, as it is not being used
2541 on FreeBSD anymore. Closes issue 31576.
2544 - Add a basic IPv6 test to "make test-network". This test only runs
2545 when the local machine has an IPv6 stack. Closes ticket 33300.
2546 - Add test-network-ipv4 and test-network-ipv6 jobs to the Makefile.
2547 These jobs run the IPv4-only and dual-stack chutney flavours from
2548 test-network-all. Closes ticket 33280.
2549 - Remove a redundant distcheck job. Closes ticket 33194.
2550 - Run the test-network-ipv6 Makefile target in the Travis CI IPv6
2551 chutney job. This job runs on macOS, so it's a bit slow. Closes
2553 - Sort the Travis jobs in order of speed. Putting the slowest jobs
2554 first takes full advantage of Travis job concurrency. Closes
2556 - Stop allowing the Chutney IPv6 Travis job to fail. This job was
2557 previously configured to fast_finish (which requires
2558 allow_failure), to speed up the build. Closes ticket 33195.
2559 - Test v3 onion services to tor's mixed IPv4 chutney network. And
2560 add a mixed IPv6 chutney network. These networks are used in the
2561 test-network-all, test-network-ipv4, and test-network-ipv6 make
2562 targets. Closes ticket 33334.
2563 - Use the "bridges+hs-v23" chutney network flavour in "make test-
2564 network". This test requires a recent version of chutney (mid-
2565 February 2020). Closes ticket 28208.
2566 - When a Travis chutney job fails, use chutney's new "diagnostics.sh"
2567 tool to produce detailed diagnostic output. Closes ticket 32792.
2569 o Deprecated features (onion service v2):
2570 - Add a deprecation warning for version 2 onion services. Closes
2573 o Documentation (manual page):
2574 - Add cross reference links and a table of contents to the HTML tor
2575 manual page. Closes ticket 33369. Work by Swati Thacker as part of
2576 Google Season of Docs.
2577 - Alphabetize the Denial of Service Mitigation Options, Directory
2578 Authority Server Options, Hidden Service Options, and Testing
2579 Network Options sections of the tor(1) manual page. Closes ticket
2580 33275. Work by Swati Thacker as part of Google Season of Docs.
2581 - Refrain from mentioning nicknames in manpage section for MyFamily
2582 torrc option. Resolves issue 33417.
2583 - Updated the options set by TestingTorNetwork in the manual page.
2584 Closes ticket 33778.
2587 Changes in version 0.3.5.11 - 2020-07-09
2588 Tor 0.3.5.11 backports fixes from later tor releases, including several
2589 usability, portability, and reliability fixes.
2591 This release also fixes TROVE-2020-001, a medium-severity denial of
2592 service vulnerability affecting all versions of Tor when compiled with
2593 the NSS encryption library. (This is not the default configuration.)
2594 Using this vulnerability, an attacker could cause an affected Tor
2595 instance to crash remotely. This issue is also tracked as CVE-2020-
2596 15572. Anybody running a version of Tor built with the NSS library
2597 should upgrade to 0.3.5.11, 0.4.2.8, 0.4.3.6, or 0.4.4.2-alpha
2600 o Major bugfixes (NSS, security, backport from 0.4.4.2-alpha):
2601 - Fix a crash due to an out-of-bound memory access when Tor is
2602 compiled with NSS support. Fixes bug 33119; bugfix on
2603 0.3.5.1-alpha. This issue is also tracked as TROVE-2020-001
2606 o Major bugfixes (DoS defenses, bridges, pluggable transport, backport from 0.4.3.4-rc):
2607 - Fix a bug that was preventing DoS defenses from running on bridges
2608 with a pluggable transport. Previously, the DoS subsystem was not
2609 given the transport name of the client connection, thus failed to
2610 find the GeoIP cache entry for that client address. Fixes bug
2611 33491; bugfix on 0.3.3.2-alpha.
2613 o Minor features (testing, backport from 0.4.3.4-rc):
2614 - The unit tests now support a "TOR_SKIP_TESTCASES" environment
2615 variable to specify a list of space-separated test cases that
2616 should not be executed. We will use this to disable certain tests
2617 that are failing on Appveyor because of mismatched OpenSSL
2618 libraries. Part of ticket 33643.
2620 o Minor bugfix (CI, Windows, backport from 0.4.4.2-alpha):
2621 - Use the correct 64-bit printf format when compiling with MINGW on
2622 Appveyor. Fixes bug 40026; bugfix on 0.3.5.5-alpha.
2624 o Minor bugfix (relay, configuration, backport from 0.4.3.3-alpha):
2625 - Warn if the ContactInfo field is not set, and tell the relay
2626 operator that not having a ContactInfo field set might cause their
2627 relay to get rejected in the future. Fixes bug 33361; bugfix
2630 o Minor bugfixes (client performance, backport from 0.4.4.1-alpha):
2631 - Resume use of preemptively-built circuits when UseEntryGuards is set
2632 to 0. We accidentally disabled this feature with that config
2633 setting, leading to slower load times. Fixes bug 34303; bugfix
2636 o Minor bugfixes (compiler compatibility, backport from 0.4.3.5):
2637 - Avoid compiler warnings from Clang 10 related to the use of GCC-
2638 style "/* falls through */" comments. Both Clang and GCC allow
2639 __attribute__((fallthrough)) instead, so that's what we're using
2640 now. Fixes bug 34078; bugfix on 0.3.1.3-alpha.
2642 o Minor bugfixes (compiler warnings, backport from 0.4.4.2-alpha):
2643 - Fix a compiler warning on platforms with 32-bit time_t values.
2644 Fixes bug 40028; bugfix on 0.3.2.8-rc.
2646 o Minor bugfixes (embedded Tor, backport from 0.4.3.1-alpha):
2647 - When starting Tor any time after the first time in a process,
2648 register the thread in which it is running as the main thread.
2649 Previously, we only did this on Windows, which could lead to bugs
2650 like 23081 on non-Windows platforms. Fixes bug 32884; bugfix
2653 o Minor bugfixes (key portability, backport from 0.4.3.4-rc):
2654 - When reading PEM-encoded key data, tolerate CRLF line-endings even
2655 if we are not running on Windows. Previously, non-Windows hosts
2656 would reject these line-endings in certain positions, making
2657 certain key files hard to move from one host to another. Fixes bug
2658 33032; bugfix on 0.3.5.1-alpha.
2660 o Minor bugfixes (logging, backport from 0.4.4.2-alpha):
2661 - Downgrade a noisy log message that could occur naturally when
2662 receiving an extrainfo document that we no longer want. Fixes bug
2663 16016; bugfix on 0.2.6.3-alpha.
2665 o Minor bugfixes (onion service v3, client, backport from 0.4.3.3-alpha):
2666 - Remove a BUG() warning that would cause a stack trace if an onion
2667 service descriptor was freed while we were waiting for a
2668 rendezvous circuit to complete. Fixes bug 28992; bugfix
2671 o Testing (CI, backport from 0.4.3.4-rc):
2672 - In our Appveyor Windows CI, copy required DLLs to test and app
2673 directories, before running tor's tests. This ensures that tor.exe
2674 and test*.exe use the correct version of each DLL. This fix is not
2675 required, but we hope it will avoid DLL search issues in future.
2676 Fixes bug 33673; bugfix on 0.3.4.2-alpha.
2677 - On Appveyor, skip the crypto/openssl_version test, which is
2678 failing because of a mismatched library installation. Fix
2682 Changes in version 0.4.2.8 - 2020-07-09
2683 Tor 0.4.2.8 backports various fixes from later releases, including
2684 several that affect usability and portability.
2686 This release also fixes TROVE-2020-001, a medium-severity denial of
2687 service vulnerability affecting all versions of Tor when compiled with
2688 the NSS encryption library. (This is not the default configuration.)
2689 Using this vulnerability, an attacker could cause an affected Tor
2690 instance to crash remotely. This issue is also tracked as CVE-2020-
2691 15572. Anybody running a version of Tor built with the NSS library
2692 should upgrade to 0.3.5.11, 0.4.2.8, 0.4.3.6, or 0.4.4.2-alpha
2695 o Major bugfixes (NSS, security, backport from 0.4.4.2-alpha):
2696 - Fix a crash due to an out-of-bound memory access when Tor is
2697 compiled with NSS support. Fixes bug 33119; bugfix on
2698 0.3.5.1-alpha. This issue is also tracked as TROVE-2020-001
2701 o Major bugfixes (DoS defenses, bridges, pluggable transport, backport from 0.4.3.4-rc):
2702 - Fix a bug that was preventing DoS defenses from running on bridges
2703 with a pluggable transport. Previously, the DoS subsystem was not
2704 given the transport name of the client connection, thus failed to
2705 find the GeoIP cache entry for that client address. Fixes bug
2706 33491; bugfix on 0.3.3.2-alpha.
2708 o Minor feature (sendme, flow control, backport form 0.4.3.4-rc):
2709 - Default to sending SENDME version 1 cells. (Clients are already
2710 sending these, because of a consensus parameter telling them to do
2711 so: this change only affects what clients would do if the
2712 consensus didn't contain a recommendation.) Closes ticket 33623.
2714 o Minor features (diagnostic, backport from 0.4.3.3-alpha):
2715 - Improve assertions and add some memory-poisoning code to try to
2716 track down possible causes of a rare crash (32564) in the EWMA
2717 code. Closes ticket 33290.
2719 o Minor features (testing, backport from 0.4.3.4-rc):
2720 - The unit tests now support a "TOR_SKIP_TESTCASES" environment
2721 variable to specify a list of space-separated test cases that
2722 should not be executed. We will use this to disable certain tests
2723 that are failing on Appveyor because of mismatched OpenSSL
2724 libraries. Part of ticket 33643.
2726 o Minor bugfix (CI, Windows, backport from 0.4.4.2-alpha):
2727 - Use the correct 64-bit printf format when compiling with MINGW on
2728 Appveyor. Fixes bug 40026; bugfix on 0.3.5.5-alpha.
2730 o Minor bugfix (relay, configuration, backport from 0.4.3.3-alpha):
2731 - Warn if the ContactInfo field is not set, and tell the relay
2732 operator that not having a ContactInfo field set might cause their
2733 relay to get rejected in the future. Fixes bug 33361; bugfix
2736 o Minor bugfixes (client performance, backport from 0.4.4.1-alpha):
2737 - Resume use of preemptively-built circuits when UseEntryGuards is set
2738 to 0. We accidentally disabled this feature with that config
2739 setting, leading to slower load times. Fixes bug 34303; bugfix
2742 o Minor bugfixes (compiler compatibility, backport from 0.4.3.5):
2743 - Avoid compiler warnings from Clang 10 related to the use of GCC-
2744 style "/* falls through */" comments. Both Clang and GCC allow
2745 __attribute__((fallthrough)) instead, so that's what we're using
2746 now. Fixes bug 34078; bugfix on 0.3.1.3-alpha.
2747 - Fix compilation warnings with GCC 10.0.1. Fixes bug 34077; bugfix
2750 o Minor bugfixes (compiler warnings, backport from 0.4.4.2-alpha):
2751 - Fix a compiler warning on platforms with 32-bit time_t values.
2752 Fixes bug 40028; bugfix on 0.3.2.8-rc.
2754 o Minor bugfixes (controller protocol, backport from 0.4.3.2-alpha):
2755 - When receiving "ACTIVE" or "DORMANT" signals on the control port,
2756 report them as SIGNAL events. Previously we would log a bug
2757 warning. Fixes bug 33104; bugfix on 0.4.0.1-alpha.
2759 o Minor bugfixes (embedded Tor, backport from 0.4.3.1-alpha):
2760 - When starting Tor any time after the first time in a process,
2761 register the thread in which it is running as the main thread.
2762 Previously, we only did this on Windows, which could lead to bugs
2763 like 23081 on non-Windows platforms. Fixes bug 32884; bugfix
2766 o Minor bugfixes (key portability, backport from 0.4.3.4-rc):
2767 - When reading PEM-encoded key data, tolerate CRLF line-endings even
2768 if we are not running on Windows. Previously, non-Windows hosts
2769 would reject these line-endings in certain positions, making
2770 certain key files hard to move from one host to another. Fixes bug
2771 33032; bugfix on 0.3.5.1-alpha.
2773 o Minor bugfixes (logging, backport from 0.4.3.2-rc):
2774 - When logging a bug, do not say "Future instances of this warning
2775 will be silenced" unless we are actually going to silence them.
2776 Previously we would say this whenever a BUG() check failed in the
2777 code. Fixes bug 33095; bugfix on 0.4.1.1-alpha.
2779 o Minor bugfixes (logging, backport from 0.4.3.4-rc):
2780 - Flush stderr, stdout, and file logs during shutdown, if supported
2781 by the OS. This change helps make sure that any final logs are
2782 recorded. Fixes bug 33087; bugfix on 0.4.1.6.
2784 o Minor bugfixes (logging, backport from 0.4.4.2-alpha):
2785 - Downgrade a noisy log message that could occur naturally when
2786 receiving an extrainfo document that we no longer want. Fixes bug
2787 16016; bugfix on 0.2.6.3-alpha.
2789 o Minor bugfixes (onion service v3, client, backport from 0.4.3.3-alpha):
2790 - Remove a BUG() warning that would cause a stack trace if an onion
2791 service descriptor was freed while we were waiting for a
2792 rendezvous circuit to complete. Fixes bug 28992; bugfix
2795 o Testing (CI, backport from 0.4.3.4-rc):
2796 - In our Appveyor Windows CI, copy required DLLs to test and app
2797 directories, before running tor's tests. This ensures that tor.exe
2798 and test*.exe use the correct version of each DLL. This fix is not
2799 required, but we hope it will avoid DLL search issues in future.
2800 Fixes bug 33673; bugfix on 0.3.4.2-alpha.
2801 - On Appveyor, skip the crypto/openssl_version test, which is
2802 failing because of a mismatched library installation. Fix
2806 Changes in version 0.4.3.6 - 2020-07-09
2807 Tor 0.4.3.6 backports several bugfixes from later releases, including
2808 some affecting usability.
2810 This release also fixes TROVE-2020-001, a medium-severity denial of
2811 service vulnerability affecting all versions of Tor when compiled with
2812 the NSS encryption library. (This is not the default configuration.)
2813 Using this vulnerability, an attacker could cause an affected Tor
2814 instance to crash remotely. This issue is also tracked as CVE-2020-
2815 15572. Anybody running a version of Tor built with the NSS library
2816 should upgrade to 0.3.5.11, 0.4.2.8, 0.4.3.6, or 0.4.4.2-alpha
2819 o Major bugfixes (NSS, security, backport from 0.4.4.2-alpha):
2820 - Fix a crash due to an out-of-bound memory access when Tor is
2821 compiled with NSS support. Fixes bug 33119; bugfix on
2822 0.3.5.1-alpha. This issue is also tracked as TROVE-2020-001
2825 o Minor bugfix (CI, Windows, backport from 0.4.4.2-alpha):
2826 - Use the correct 64-bit printf format when compiling with MINGW on
2827 Appveyor. Fixes bug 40026; bugfix on 0.3.5.5-alpha.
2829 o Minor bugfixes (client performance, backport from 0.4.4.1-alpha):
2830 - Resume use of preemptively-built circuits when UseEntryGuards is set
2831 to 0. We accidentally disabled this feature with that config
2832 setting, leading to slower load times. Fixes bug 34303; bugfix
2835 o Minor bugfixes (compiler warnings, backport from 0.4.4.2-alpha):
2836 - Fix a compiler warning on platforms with 32-bit time_t values.
2837 Fixes bug 40028; bugfix on 0.3.2.8-rc.
2839 o Minor bugfixes (linux seccomp sandbox, nss, backport from 0.4.4.1-alpha):
2840 - Fix a startup crash when tor is compiled with --enable-nss and
2841 sandbox support is enabled. Fixes bug 34130; bugfix on
2842 0.3.5.1-alpha. Patch by Daniel Pinto.
2844 o Minor bugfixes (logging, backport from 0.4.4.2-alpha):
2845 - Downgrade a noisy log message that could occur naturally when
2846 receiving an extrainfo document that we no longer want. Fixes bug
2847 16016; bugfix on 0.2.6.3-alpha.
2849 o Minor bugfixes (manual page, backport from 0.4.4.1-alpha):
2850 - Update the man page to reflect that MinUptimeHidServDirectoryV2
2851 defaults to 96 hours. Fixes bug 34299; bugfix on 0.2.6.3-alpha.
2853 o Minor bugfixes (onion service v3, backport from 0.4.4.1-alpha):
2854 - Prevent an assert() that would occur when cleaning the client
2855 descriptor cache, and attempting to close circuits for a non-
2856 decrypted descriptor (lacking client authorization). Fixes bug
2857 33458; bugfix on 0.4.2.1-alpha.
2859 o Minor bugfixes (portability, backport from 0.4.4.1-alpha):
2860 - Fix a portability error in the configure script, where we were
2861 using "==" instead of "=". Fixes bug 34233; bugfix on 0.4.3.5.
2863 o Minor bugfixes (relays, backport from 0.4.4.1-alpha):
2864 - Stop advertising incorrect IPv6 ORPorts in relay and bridge
2865 descriptors, when the IPv6 port was configured as "auto". Fixes
2866 bug 32588; bugfix on 0.2.3.9-alpha.
2868 o Documentation (backport from 0.4.4.1-alpha):
2869 - Fix several doxygen warnings related to imbalanced groups. Closes
2873 Changes in version 0.4.3.5 - 2020-05-15
2874 Tor 0.4.3.5 is the first stable release in the 0.4.3.x series. This
2875 series adds support for building without relay code enabled, and
2876 implements functionality needed for OnionBalance with v3 onion
2877 services. It includes significant refactoring of our configuration and
2878 controller functionality, and fixes numerous smaller bugs and
2881 Per our support policy, we support each stable release series for nine
2882 months after its first stable release, or three months after the first
2883 stable release of the next series: whichever is longer. This means
2884 that 0.4.3.x will be supported until around February 2021--later, if
2885 0.4.4.x is later than anticipated.
2887 Note also that support for 0.4.1.x is about to end on May 20 of this
2888 year; 0.4.2.x will be supported until September 15. We still plan to
2889 continue supporting 0.3.5.x, our long-term stable series, until
2892 Below are the changes since 0.4.2.6. For a list of only the changes
2893 since 0.4.3.4-rc, see the ChangeLog file.
2895 o New system requirements:
2896 - When building Tor, you now need to have Python 3 in order to run
2897 the integration tests. (Python 2 is officially unsupported
2898 upstream, as of 1 Jan 2020.) Closes ticket 32608.
2900 o Major features (build system):
2901 - The relay code can now be disabled using the --disable-module-relay
2902 configure option. When this option is set, we also disable the
2903 dirauth module. Closes ticket 32123.
2904 - When Tor is compiled --disable-module-relay, we also omit the code
2905 used to act as a directory cache. Closes ticket 32487.
2907 o Major features (directory authority, ed25519):
2908 - Add support for banning a relay's ed25519 keys in the approved-
2909 routers file. This will help us migrate away from RSA keys in the
2910 future. Previously, only RSA keys could be banned in approved-
2911 routers. Resolves ticket 22029. Patch by Neel Chauhan.
2913 o Major features (onion services):
2914 - New control port commands to manage client-side onion service
2915 authorization credentials. The ONION_CLIENT_AUTH_ADD command adds
2916 a credential, ONION_CLIENT_AUTH_REMOVE deletes a credential, and
2917 ONION_CLIENT_AUTH_VIEW lists the credentials. Closes ticket 30381.
2918 - Introduce a new SocksPort flag, ExtendedErrors, to support more
2919 detailed error codes in information for applications that support
2920 them. Closes ticket 30382; implements proposal 304.
2922 o Major features (proxy):
2923 - In addition to its current supported proxy types (HTTP CONNECT,
2924 SOCKS4, and SOCKS5), Tor can now make its OR connections through a
2925 HAProxy server. A new torrc option was added to specify the
2926 address/port of the server: TCPProxy <protocol> <host>:<port>.
2927 Currently the only supported protocol for the option is haproxy.
2928 Closes ticket 31518. Patch done by Suphanat Chunhapanya (haxxpop).
2930 o Major bugfixes (security, denial-of-service):
2931 - Fix a denial-of-service bug that could be used by anyone to
2932 consume a bunch of CPU on any Tor relay or authority, or by
2933 directories to consume a bunch of CPU on clients or hidden
2934 services. Because of the potential for CPU consumption to
2935 introduce observable timing patterns, we are treating this as a
2936 high-severity security issue. Fixes bug 33119; bugfix on
2937 0.2.1.5-alpha. Found by OSS-Fuzz. We are also tracking this issue
2938 as TROVE-2020-002 and CVE-2020-10592.
2940 o Major bugfixes (circuit padding, memory leak):
2941 - Avoid a remotely triggered memory leak in the case that a circuit
2942 padding machine is somehow negotiated twice on the same circuit.
2943 Fixes bug 33619; bugfix on 0.4.0.1-alpha. Found by Tobias Pulls.
2944 This is also tracked as TROVE-2020-004 and CVE-2020-10593.
2946 o Major bugfixes (directory authority):
2947 - Directory authorities will now send a 503 (not enough bandwidth)
2948 code to clients when under bandwidth pressure. Known relays and
2949 other authorities will always be answered regardless of the
2950 bandwidth situation. Fixes bug 33029; bugfix on 0.1.2.5-alpha.
2952 o Major bugfixes (DoS defenses, bridges, pluggable transport):
2953 - Fix a bug that was preventing DoS defenses from running on bridges
2954 with a pluggable transport. Previously, the DoS subsystem was not
2955 given the transport name of the client connection, thus failed to
2956 find the GeoIP cache entry for that client address. Fixes bug
2957 33491; bugfix on 0.3.3.2-alpha.
2959 o Major bugfixes (networking):
2960 - Correctly handle IPv6 addresses in SOCKS5 RESOLVE_PTR requests,
2961 and accept strings as well as binary addresses. Fixes bug 32315;
2962 bugfix on 0.3.5.1-alpha.
2964 o Major bugfixes (onion service):
2965 - Report HS circuit failure back into the HS subsystem so we take
2966 appropriate action with regards to the client introduction point
2967 failure cache. This improves reachability of onion services, since
2968 now clients notice failing introduction circuits properly. Fixes
2969 bug 32020; bugfix on 0.3.2.1-alpha.
2971 o Minor feature (heartbeat, onion service):
2972 - Add the DoS INTRODUCE2 defenses counter to the heartbeat DoS
2973 message. Closes ticket 31371.
2975 o Minor feature (sendme, flow control):
2976 - Default to sending SENDME version 1 cells. (Clients are already
2977 sending these, because of a consensus parameter telling them to do
2978 so: this change only affects what clients would do if the
2979 consensus didn't contain a recommendation.) Closes ticket 33623.
2981 o Minor features (best practices tracker):
2982 - Practracker now supports a --regen-overbroad option to regenerate
2983 the exceptions file, but only to revise exceptions to be _less_
2984 tolerant of best-practices violations. Closes ticket 32372.
2986 o Minor features (configuration validation):
2987 - Configuration validation can now be done by per-module callbacks,
2988 rather than a global validation function. This will let us reduce
2989 the size of config.c and some of its more cumbersome functions.
2990 Closes ticket 31241.
2992 o Minor features (configuration):
2993 - If a configured hardware crypto accelerator in AccelName is
2994 prefixed with "!", Tor now exits when it cannot be found. Closes
2996 - We now use flag-driven logic to warn about obsolete configuration
2997 fields, so that we can include their names. In 0.4.2, we used a
2998 special type, which prevented us from generating good warnings.
2999 Implements ticket 32404.
3001 o Minor features (configure, build system):
3002 - Output a list of enabled/disabled features at the end of the
3003 configure process in a pleasing way. Closes ticket 31373.
3005 o Minor features (continuous integration):
3006 - Run Doxygen Makefile target on Travis, so we can learn about
3007 regressions in our internal documentation. Closes ticket 32455.
3008 - Stop allowing failures on the Travis CI stem tests job. It looks
3009 like all the stem hangs we were seeing before are now fixed.
3010 Closes ticket 33075.
3012 o Minor features (controller):
3013 - Add stream isolation data to STREAM event. Closes ticket 19859.
3014 - Implement a new GETINFO command to fetch microdescriptor
3015 consensus. Closes ticket 31684.
3017 o Minor features (debugging, directory system):
3018 - Don't crash when we find a non-guard with a guard-fraction value
3019 set. Instead, log a bug warning, in an attempt to figure out how
3020 this happened. Diagnostic for ticket 32868.
3022 o Minor features (defense in depth):
3023 - Add additional checks around tor_vasprintf() usage, in case the
3024 function returns an error. Patch by Tobias Stoeckmann. Fixes
3027 o Minor features (developer tools):
3028 - Remove the 0.2.9.x series branches from git scripts (git-merge-
3029 forward.sh, git-pull-all.sh, git-push-all.sh, git-setup-dirs.sh).
3030 Closes ticket 32772.
3031 - Add a check_cocci_parse.sh script that checks that new code is
3032 parseable by Coccinelle. Add an exceptions file for unparseable
3033 files, and run the script from travis CI. Closes ticket 31919.
3034 - Call the check_cocci_parse.sh script from a 'check-cocci' Makefile
3035 target. Closes ticket 31919.
3036 - Add a rename_c_identifiers.py tool to rename a bunch of C
3037 identifiers at once, and generate a well-formed commit message
3038 describing the change. This should help with refactoring. Closes
3040 - Add some scripts in "scripts/coccinelle" to invoke the Coccinelle
3041 semantic patching tool with the correct flags. These flags are
3042 fairly easy to forget, and these scripts should help us use
3043 Coccinelle more effectively in the future. Closes ticket 31705.
3045 o Minor features (diagnostic):
3046 - Improve assertions and add some memory-poisoning code to try to
3047 track down possible causes of a rare crash (32564) in the EWMA
3048 code. Closes ticket 33290.
3050 o Minor features (directory authorities):
3051 - Directory authorities now reject descriptors from relays running
3052 Tor versions from the 0.2.9 and 0.4.0 series. The 0.3.5 series is
3053 still allowed. Resolves ticket 32672. Patch by Neel Chauhan.
3055 o Minor features (Doxygen):
3056 - Update Doxygen configuration file to a more recent template (from
3057 1.8.15). Closes ticket 32110.
3058 - "make doxygen" now works with out-of-tree builds. Closes
3060 - Make sure that doxygen outputs documentation for all of our C
3061 files. Previously, some were missing @file declarations, causing
3062 them to be ignored. Closes ticket 32307.
3063 - Our "make doxygen" target now respects --enable-fatal-warnings by
3064 default, and does not warn about items that are missing
3065 documentation. To warn about missing documentation, run configure
3066 with the "--enable-missing-doc-warnings" flag: doing so suspends
3067 fatal warnings for doxygen. Closes ticket 32385.
3069 o Minor features (git scripts):
3070 - Add TOR_EXTRA_CLONE_ARGS to git-setup-dirs.sh for git clone
3071 customisation. Closes ticket 32347.
3072 - Add git-setup-dirs.sh, which sets up an upstream git repository
3073 and worktrees for tor maintainers. Closes ticket 29603.
3074 - Add TOR_EXTRA_REMOTE_* to git-setup-dirs.sh for a custom extra
3075 remote. Closes ticket 32347.
3076 - Call the check_cocci_parse.sh script from the git commit and push
3077 hooks. Closes ticket 31919.
3078 - Make git-push-all.sh skip unchanged branches when pushing to
3079 upstream. The script already skipped unchanged test branches.
3080 Closes ticket 32216.
3081 - Make git-setup-dirs.sh create a master symlink in the worktree
3082 directory. Closes ticket 32347.
3083 - Skip unmodified source files when doing some existing git hook
3084 checks. Related to ticket 31919.
3086 o Minor features (IPv6, client):
3087 - Make Tor clients tell dual-stack exits that they prefer IPv6
3088 connections. This change is equivalent to setting the PreferIPv6
3089 flag on SOCKSPorts (and most other listener ports). Tor Browser
3090 has been setting this flag for some time, and we want to remove a
3091 client distinguisher at exits. Closes ticket 32637.
3093 o Minor features (portability, android):
3094 - When building for Android, disable some tests that depend on $HOME
3095 and/or pwdb, which Android doesn't have. Closes ticket 32825.
3096 Patch from Hans-Christoph Steiner.
3098 o Minor features (relay modularity):
3099 - Split the relay and server pluggable transport config code into
3100 separate files in the relay module. Disable this code when the
3101 relay module is disabled. Closes part of ticket 32213.
3102 - When the relay module is disabled, reject attempts to set the
3103 ORPort, DirPort, DirCache, BridgeRelay, ExtORPort, or
3104 ServerTransport* options, rather than ignoring the values of these
3105 options. Closes part of ticket 32213.
3106 - When the relay module is disabled, change the default config so
3107 that DirCache is 0, and ClientOnly is 1. Closes ticket 32410.
3109 o Minor features (release tools):
3110 - Port our ChangeLog formatting and sorting tools to Python 3.
3111 Closes ticket 32704.
3113 o Minor features (testing):
3114 - The unit tests now support a "TOR_SKIP_TESTCASES" environment
3115 variable to specify a list of space-separated test cases that
3116 should not be executed. We will use this to disable certain tests
3117 that are failing on Appveyor because of mismatched OpenSSL
3118 libraries. Part of ticket 33643.
3119 - Detect some common failure cases for test_parseconf.sh in
3120 src/test/conf_failures. Closes ticket 32451.
3121 - Allow test_parseconf.sh to test expected log outputs for successful
3122 configs, as well as failed configs. Closes ticket 32451.
3123 - The test_parseconf.sh script now supports result variants for any
3124 combination of the optional libraries lzma, nss, and zstd. Closes
3126 - When running the unit tests on Android, create temporary files in
3127 a subdirectory of /data/local/tmp. Closes ticket 32172. Based on a
3128 patch from Hans-Christoph Steiner.
3130 o Minor features (usability):
3131 - Include more information when failing to parse a configuration
3132 value. This should make it easier to tell what's going wrong when
3133 a configuration file doesn't parse. Closes ticket 33460.
3135 o Minor bugfix (relay, configuration):
3136 - Warn if the ContactInfo field is not set, and tell the relay
3137 operator that not having a ContactInfo field set might cause their
3138 relay to get rejected in the future. Fixes bug 33361; bugfix
3141 o Minor bugfixes (bridges):
3142 - Lowercase the configured value of BridgeDistribution before adding
3143 it to the descriptor. Fixes bug 32753; bugfix on 0.3.2.3-alpha.
3145 o Minor bugfixes (build system):
3146 - Fix "make autostyle" for out-of-tree builds. Fixes bug 32370;
3147 bugfix on 0.4.1.2-alpha.
3149 o Minor bugfixes (compiler compatibility):
3150 - Avoid compiler warnings from Clang 10 related to the use of GCC-
3151 style "/* falls through */" comments. Both Clang and GCC allow
3152 __attribute__((fallthrough)) instead, so that's what we're using
3153 now. Fixes bug 34078; bugfix on 0.3.1.3-alpha.
3154 - Fix compilation warnings with GCC 10.0.1. Fixes bug 34077; bugfix
3157 o Minor bugfixes (configuration handling):
3158 - Make control_event_conf_changed() take in a config_line_t instead
3159 of a smartlist of alternating key/value entries. Fixes bug 31531;
3160 bugfix on 0.2.3.3-alpha. Patch by Neel Chauhan.
3161 - Check for multiplication overflow when parsing memory units inside
3162 configuration. Fixes bug 30920; bugfix on 0.0.9rc1.
3163 - When dumping the configuration, stop adding a trailing space after
3164 the option name when there is no option value. This issue only
3165 affects options that accept an empty value or list. (Most options
3166 reject empty values, or delete the entire line from the dumped
3167 options.) Fixes bug 32352; bugfix on 0.0.9pre6.
3168 - Avoid changing the user's value of HardwareAccel as stored by
3169 SAVECONF, when AccelName is set but HardwareAccel is not. Fixes
3170 bug 32382; bugfix on 0.2.2.1-alpha.
3171 - When creating a KeyDirectory with the same location as the
3172 DataDirectory (not recommended), respect the DataDirectory's
3173 group-readable setting if one has not been set for the
3174 KeyDirectory. Fixes bug 27992; bugfix on 0.3.3.1-alpha.
3176 o Minor bugfixes (continuous integration):
3177 - Remove the buggy and unused mirroring job. Fixes bug 33213; bugfix
3180 o Minor bugfixes (controller protocol):
3181 - When receiving "ACTIVE" or "DORMANT" signals on the control port,
3182 report them as SIGNAL events. Previously we would log a bug
3183 warning. Fixes bug 33104; bugfix on 0.4.0.1-alpha.
3185 o Minor bugfixes (controller):
3186 - In routerstatus_has_changed(), check all the fields that are
3187 output over the control port. Fixes bug 20218; bugfix
3190 o Minor bugfixes (developer tools):
3191 - Allow paths starting with ./ in scripts/add_c_file.py. Fixes bug
3192 31336; bugfix on 0.4.1.2-alpha.
3194 o Minor bugfixes (dirauth module):
3195 - Split the dirauth config code into a separate file in the dirauth
3196 module. Disable this code when the dirauth module is disabled.
3197 Closes ticket 32213.
3198 - When the dirauth module is disabled, reject attempts to set the
3199 AuthoritativeDir option, rather than ignoring the value of the
3200 option. Fixes bug 32213; bugfix on 0.3.4.1-alpha.
3202 o Minor bugfixes (embedded Tor):
3203 - When starting Tor any time after the first time in a process,
3204 register the thread in which it is running as the main thread.
3205 Previously, we only did this on Windows, which could lead to bugs
3206 like 23081 on non-Windows platforms. Fixes bug 32884; bugfix
3209 o Minor bugfixes (git scripts):
3210 - Avoid sleeping before the last push in git-push-all.sh. Closes
3212 - Forward all unrecognised arguments in git-push-all.sh to git push.
3213 Closes ticket 32216.
3215 o Minor bugfixes (key portability):
3216 - When reading PEM-encoded key data, tolerate CRLF line-endings even
3217 if we are not running on Windows. Previously, non-Windows hosts
3218 would reject these line-endings in certain positions, making
3219 certain key files hard to move from one host to another. Fixes bug
3220 33032; bugfix on 0.3.5.1-alpha.
3222 o Minor bugfixes (logging):
3223 - Stop truncating IPv6 addresses and ports in channel and connection
3224 logs. Fixes bug 33918; bugfix on 0.2.4.4-alpha.
3225 - Flush stderr, stdout, and file logs during shutdown, if supported
3226 by the OS. This change helps make sure that any final logs are
3227 recorded. Fixes bug 33087; bugfix on 0.4.1.6.
3228 - Stop closing stderr and stdout during shutdown. Closing these file
3229 descriptors can hide sanitiser logs. Fixes bug 33087; bugfix
3231 - If we encounter a bug when flushing a buffer to a TLS connection,
3232 only log the bug once per invocation of the Tor process.
3233 Previously we would log with every occurrence, which could cause
3234 us to run out of disk space. Fixes bug 33093; bugfix
3236 - When logging a bug, do not say "Future instances of this warning
3237 will be silenced" unless we are actually going to silence them.
3238 Previously we would say this whenever a BUG() check failed in the
3239 code. Fixes bug 33095; bugfix on 0.4.1.1-alpha.
3241 o Minor bugfixes (onion services v2):
3242 - Move a series of v2 onion service warnings to protocol-warning
3243 level because they can all be triggered remotely by a malformed
3244 request. Fixes bug 32706; bugfix on 0.1.1.14-alpha.
3245 - When sending the INTRO cell for a v2 Onion Service, look at the
3246 failure cache alongside timeout values to check if the intro point
3247 is marked as failed. Previously, we only looked at the relay
3248 timeout values. Fixes bug 25568; bugfix on 0.2.7.3-rc. Patch by
3251 o Minor bugfixes (onion services v3):
3252 - Remove a BUG() warning that would cause a stack trace if an onion
3253 service descriptor was freed while we were waiting for a
3254 rendezvous circuit to complete. Fixes bug 28992; bugfix
3256 - Relax severity of a log message that can appear naturally when
3257 decoding onion service descriptors as a relay. Also add some
3258 diagnostics to debug any future bugs in that area. Fixes bug
3259 31669; bugfix on 0.3.0.1-alpha.
3260 - Fix an assertion failure that could result from a corrupted
3261 ADD_ONION control port command. Found by Saibato. Fixes bug 33137;
3262 bugfix on 0.3.3.1-alpha. This issue is also tracked
3264 - Properly handle the client rendezvous circuit timeout. Previously
3265 Tor would sometimes timeout a rendezvous circuit awaiting the
3266 introduction ACK, and find itself unable to re-establish all
3267 circuits because the rendezvous circuit timed out too early. Fixes
3268 bug 32021; bugfix on 0.3.2.1-alpha.
3270 o Minor bugfixes (onion services):
3271 - Do not rely on a "circuit established" flag for intro circuits but
3272 instead always query the HS circuit map. This is to avoid sync
3273 issue with that flag and the map. Fixes bug 32094; bugfix
3276 o Minor bugfixes (onion services, all):
3277 - In cancel_descriptor_fetches(), use
3278 connection_list_by_type_purpose() instead of
3279 connection_list_by_type_state(). Fixes bug 32639; bugfix on
3280 0.3.2.1-alpha. Patch by Neel Chauhan.
3282 o Minor bugfixes (pluggable transports):
3283 - When receiving a message on standard error from a pluggable
3284 transport, log it at info level, rather than as a warning. Fixes
3285 bug 33005; bugfix on 0.4.0.1-alpha.
3287 o Minor bugfixes (rust, build):
3288 - Fix a syntax warning given by newer versions of Rust that was
3289 creating problems for our continuous integration. Fixes bug 33212;
3290 bugfix on 0.3.5.1-alpha.
3292 o Minor bugfixes (scripts):
3293 - Fix update_versions.py for out-of-tree builds. Fixes bug 32371;
3294 bugfix on 0.4.0.1-alpha.
3296 o Minor bugfixes (testing):
3297 - Use the same code to find the tor binary in all of our test
3298 scripts. This change makes sure we are always using the coverage
3299 binary when coverage is enabled. Fixes bug 32368; bugfix
3301 - Stop ignoring "tor --dump-config" errors in test_parseconf.sh.
3302 Fixes bug 32468; bugfix on 0.4.2.1-alpha.
3303 - Our option-validation tests no longer depend on specially
3304 configured non-default, non-passing sets of options. Previously,
3305 the tests had been written to assume that options would _not_ be
3306 set to their defaults, which led to needless complexity and
3307 verbosity. Fixes bug 32175; bugfix on 0.2.8.1-alpha.
3309 o Minor bugfixes (TLS bug handling):
3310 - When encountering a bug in buf_read_from_tls(), return a "MISC"
3311 error code rather than "WANTWRITE". This change might help avoid
3312 some CPU-wasting loops if the bug is ever triggered. Bug reported
3313 by opara. Fixes bug 32673; bugfix on 0.3.0.4-alpha.
3315 o Deprecated features:
3316 - Deprecate the ClientAutoIPv6ORPort option. This option was not
3317 true "Happy Eyeballs", and often failed on connections that
3318 weren't reliably dual-stack. Closes ticket 32942. Patch by
3322 - Provide a quickstart guide for a Circuit Padding Framework, and
3323 documentation for researchers to implement and study circuit
3324 padding machines. Closes ticket 28804.
3325 - Add documentation in 'HelpfulTools.md' to describe how to build a
3326 tag file. Closes ticket 32779.
3327 - Create a high-level description of the long-term software
3328 architecture goals. Closes ticket 32206.
3329 - Describe the --dump-config command in the manual page. Closes
3331 - Unite coding advice from this_not_that.md in torguts repo into our
3332 coding standards document. Resolves ticket 31853.
3335 - Our Doxygen configuration no longer generates LaTeX output. The
3336 reference manual produced by doing this was over 4000 pages long,
3337 and generally unusable. Closes ticket 32099.
3338 - The option "TestingEstimatedDescriptorPropagationTime" is now
3339 marked as obsolete. It has had no effect since 0.3.0.7, when
3340 clients stopped rejecting consensuses "from the future". Closes
3342 - We no longer support consensus methods before method 28; these
3343 methods were only used by authorities running versions of Tor that
3344 are now at end-of-life. In effect, this means that clients,
3345 relays, and authorities now assume that authorities will be
3346 running version 0.3.5.x or later. Closes ticket 32695.
3349 - Avoid conflicts between the fake sockets in tor's unit tests, and
3350 real file descriptors. Resolves issues running unit tests with
3351 GitHub Actions, where the process that embeds or launches the
3352 tests has already opened a large number of file descriptors. Fixes
3353 bug 33782; bugfix on 0.2.8.1-alpha. Found and fixed by
3355 - Add more test cases for tor's UTF-8 validation function. Also,
3356 check the arguments passed to the function for consistency. Closes
3358 - Improve test coverage for relay and dirauth config code, focusing
3359 on option validation and normalization. Closes ticket 32213.
3360 - Improve the consistency of test_parseconf.sh output, and run all
3361 the tests, even if one fails. Closes ticket 32213.
3362 - Run the practracker unit tests in the pre-commit git hook. Closes
3365 o Code simplification and refactoring (channel):
3366 - Channel layer had a variable length cell handler that was not used
3367 and thus removed. Closes ticket 32892.
3369 o Code simplification and refactoring (configuration):
3370 - Immutability is now implemented as a flag on individual
3371 configuration options rather than as part of the option-transition
3372 checking code. Closes ticket 32344.
3373 - Instead of keeping a list of configuration options to check for
3374 relative paths, check all the options whose type is "FILENAME".
3375 Solves part of ticket 32339.
3376 - Our default log (which ordinarily sends NOTICE-level messages to
3377 standard output) is now handled in a more logical manner.
3378 Previously, we replaced the configured log options if they were
3379 empty. Now, we interpret an empty set of log options as meaning
3380 "use the default log". Closes ticket 31999.
3381 - Remove some unused arguments from the options_validate() function,
3382 to simplify our code and tests. Closes ticket 32187.
3383 - Simplify the options_validate() code so that it looks at the
3384 default options directly, rather than taking default options as an
3385 argument. This change lets us simplify its interface. Closes
3387 - Use our new configuration architecture to move most authority-
3388 related options to the directory authority module. Closes
3390 - When parsing the command line, handle options that determine our
3391 "quiet level" and our mode of operation (e.g., --dump-config and
3392 so on) all in one table. Closes ticket 32003.
3394 o Code simplification and refactoring (controller):
3395 - Create a new abstraction for formatting control protocol reply
3396 lines based on key-value pairs. Refactor some existing control
3397 protocol code to take advantage of this. Closes ticket 30984.
3398 - Create a helper function that can fetch network status or
3399 microdesc consensuses. Closes ticket 31684.
3401 o Code simplification and refactoring (dirauth modularization):
3402 - Remove the last remaining HAVE_MODULE_DIRAUTH inside a function.
3403 Closes ticket 32163.
3404 - Replace some confusing identifiers in process_descs.c. Closes
3406 - Simplify some relay and dirauth config code. Closes ticket 32213.
3408 o Code simplification and refactoring (mainloop):
3409 - Simplify the ip_address_changed() function by removing redundant
3410 checks. Closes ticket 33091.
3412 o Code simplification and refactoring (misc):
3413 - Make all the structs we declare follow the same naming convention
3414 of ending with "_t". Closes ticket 32415.
3415 - Move and rename some configuration-related code for clarity.
3416 Closes ticket 32304.
3417 - Our include.am files are now broken up by subdirectory.
3418 Previously, src/core/include.am covered all of the subdirectories
3419 in "core", "feature", and "app". Closes ticket 32137.
3420 - Remove underused NS*() macros from test code: they make our tests
3421 more confusing, especially for code-formatting tools. Closes
3424 o Code simplification and refactoring (relay modularization):
3425 - Disable relay_periodic when the relay module is disabled. Closes
3427 - Disable relay_sys when the relay module is disabled. Closes
3430 o Code simplification and refactoring (tool support):
3431 - Add numerous missing dependencies to our include files, so that
3432 they can be included in different reasonable orders and still
3433 compile. Addresses part of ticket 32764.
3434 - Fix some parts of our code that were difficult for Coccinelle to
3435 parse. Related to ticket 31705.
3436 - Fix some small issues in our code that prevented automatic
3437 formatting tools from working. Addresses part of ticket 32764.
3439 o Documentation (manpage):
3440 - Alphabetize the Server and Directory server sections of the tor
3441 manpage. Also split Statistics options into their own section of
3442 the manpage. Closes ticket 33188. Work by Swati Thacker as part of
3443 Google Season of Docs.
3444 - Document the __OwningControllerProcess torrc option and specify
3445 its polling interval. Resolves issue 32971.
3446 - Split "Circuit Timeout" options and "Node Selection" options into
3447 their own sections of the tor manpage. Closes tickets 32928 and
3448 32929. Work by Swati Thacker as part of Google Season of Docs.
3449 - Alphabetize the Client Options section of the tor manpage. Closes
3451 - Alphabetize the General Options section of the tor manpage. Closes
3453 - In the tor(1) manpage, reword and improve formatting of the
3454 COMMAND-LINE OPTIONS and DESCRIPTION sections. Closes ticket
3455 32277. Based on work by Swati Thacker as part of Google Season
3457 - In the tor(1) manpage, reword and improve formatting of the FILES,
3458 SEE ALSO, and BUGS sections. Closes ticket 32176. Based on work by
3459 Swati Thacker as part of Google Season of Docs.
3461 o Testing (Appveyor CI):
3462 - In our Appveyor Windows CI, copy required DLLs to test and app
3463 directories, before running tor's tests. This ensures that tor.exe
3464 and test*.exe use the correct version of each DLL. This fix is not
3465 required, but we hope it will avoid DLL search issues in future.
3466 Fixes bug 33673; bugfix on 0.3.4.2-alpha.
3467 - On Appveyor, skip the crypto/openssl_version test, which is
3468 failing because of a mismatched library installation. Fix
3471 o Testing (circuit, EWMA):
3472 - Add unit tests for circuitmux and EWMA subsystems. Closes
3475 o Testing (Travis CI):
3476 - Remove a redundant distcheck job. Closes ticket 33194.
3477 - Sort the Travis jobs in order of speed: putting the slowest jobs
3478 first takes full advantage of Travis job concurrency. Closes
3480 - Stop allowing the Chutney IPv6 Travis job to fail. This job was
3481 previously configured to fast_finish (which requires
3482 allow_failure), to speed up the build. Closes ticket 33195.
3483 - When a Travis chutney job fails, use chutney's new "diagnostics.sh"
3484 tool to produce detailed diagnostic output. Closes ticket 32792.
3487 Changes in version 0.4.2.7 - 2020-03-18
3488 This is the third stable release in the 0.4.2.x series. It backports
3489 numerous fixes from later releases, including a fix for TROVE-2020-
3490 002, a major denial-of-service vulnerability that affected all
3491 released Tor instances since 0.2.1.5-alpha. Using this vulnerability,
3492 an attacker could cause Tor instances to consume a huge amount of CPU,
3493 disrupting their operations for several seconds or minutes. This
3494 attack could be launched by anybody against a relay, or by a directory
3495 cache against any client that had connected to it. The attacker could
3496 launch this attack as much as they wanted, thereby disrupting service
3497 or creating patterns that could aid in traffic analysis. This issue
3498 was found by OSS-Fuzz, and is also tracked as CVE-2020-10592.
3500 We do not have reason to believe that this attack is currently being
3501 exploited in the wild, but nonetheless we advise everyone to upgrade
3502 as soon as packages are available.
3504 o Major bugfixes (security, denial-of-service, backport from 0.4.3.3-alpha):
3505 - Fix a denial-of-service bug that could be used by anyone to
3506 consume a bunch of CPU on any Tor relay or authority, or by
3507 directories to consume a bunch of CPU on clients or hidden
3508 services. Because of the potential for CPU consumption to
3509 introduce observable timing patterns, we are treating this as a
3510 high-severity security issue. Fixes bug 33119; bugfix on
3511 0.2.1.5-alpha. Found by OSS-Fuzz. We are also tracking this issue
3512 as TROVE-2020-002 and CVE-2020-10592.
3514 o Major bugfixes (circuit padding, memory leak, backport from 0.4.3.3-alpha):
3515 - Avoid a remotely triggered memory leak in the case that a circuit
3516 padding machine is somehow negotiated twice on the same circuit.
3517 Fixes bug 33619; bugfix on 0.4.0.1-alpha. Found by Tobias Pulls.
3518 This is also tracked as TROVE-2020-004 and CVE-2020-10593.
3520 o Major bugfixes (directory authority, backport from 0.4.3.3-alpha):
3521 - Directory authorities will now send a 503 (not enough bandwidth)
3522 code to clients when under bandwidth pressure. Known relays and
3523 other authorities will always be answered regardless of the
3524 bandwidth situation. Fixes bug 33029; bugfix on 0.1.2.5-alpha.
3526 o Minor features (continuous integration, backport from 0.4.3.2-alpha):
3527 - Stop allowing failures on the Travis CI stem tests job. It looks
3528 like all the stem hangs we were seeing before are now fixed.
3529 Closes ticket 33075.
3531 o Minor bugfixes (bridges, backport from 0.4.3.1-alpha):
3532 - Lowercase the configured value of BridgeDistribution before adding
3533 it to the descriptor. Fixes bug 32753; bugfix on 0.3.2.3-alpha.
3535 o Minor bugfixes (logging, backport from 0.4.3.2-alpha):
3536 - If we encounter a bug when flushing a buffer to a TLS connection,
3537 only log the bug once per invocation of the Tor process.
3538 Previously we would log with every occurrence, which could cause
3539 us to run out of disk space. Fixes bug 33093; bugfix
3542 o Minor bugfixes (onion services v3, backport from 0.4.3.3-alpha):
3543 - Fix an assertion failure that could result from a corrupted
3544 ADD_ONION control port command. Found by Saibato. Fixes bug 33137;
3545 bugfix on 0.3.3.1-alpha. This issue is also tracked
3548 o Minor bugfixes (rust, build, backport from 0.4.3.2-alpha):
3549 - Fix a syntax warning given by newer versions of Rust that was
3550 creating problems for our continuous integration. Fixes bug 33212;
3551 bugfix on 0.3.5.1-alpha.
3553 o Testing (Travis CI, backport from 0.4.3.3-alpha):
3554 - Remove a redundant distcheck job. Closes ticket 33194.
3555 - Sort the Travis jobs in order of speed: putting the slowest jobs
3556 first takes full advantage of Travis job concurrency. Closes
3558 - Stop allowing the Chutney IPv6 Travis job to fail. This job was
3559 previously configured to fast_finish (which requires
3560 allow_failure), to speed up the build. Closes ticket 33195.
3561 - When a Travis chutney job fails, use chutney's new "diagnostics.sh"
3562 tool to produce detailed diagnostic output. Closes ticket 32792.
3565 Changes in version 0.4.1.9 - 2020-03-18
3566 Tor 0.4.1.9 backports important fixes from later Tor releases,
3567 including a fix for TROVE-2020-002, a major denial-of-service
3568 vulnerability that affected all released Tor instances since
3569 0.2.1.5-alpha. Using this vulnerability, an attacker could cause Tor
3570 instances to consume a huge amount of CPU, disrupting their operations
3571 for several seconds or minutes. This attack could be launched by
3572 anybody against a relay, or by a directory cache against any client
3573 that had connected to it. The attacker could launch this attack as
3574 much as they wanted, thereby disrupting service or creating patterns
3575 that could aid in traffic analysis. This issue was found by OSS-Fuzz,
3576 and is also tracked as CVE-2020-10592.
3578 We do not have reason to believe that this attack is currently being
3579 exploited in the wild, but nonetheless we advise everyone to upgrade
3580 as soon as packages are available.
3582 o Major bugfixes (security, denial-of-service, backport from 0.4.3.3-alpha):
3583 - Fix a denial-of-service bug that could be used by anyone to
3584 consume a bunch of CPU on any Tor relay or authority, or by
3585 directories to consume a bunch of CPU on clients or hidden
3586 services. Because of the potential for CPU consumption to
3587 introduce observable timing patterns, we are treating this as a
3588 high-severity security issue. Fixes bug 33119; bugfix on
3589 0.2.1.5-alpha. Found by OSS-Fuzz. We are also tracking this issue
3590 as TROVE-2020-002 and CVE-2020-10592.
3592 o Major bugfixes (circuit padding, memory leak, backport from 0.4.3.3-alpha):
3593 - Avoid a remotely triggered memory leak in the case that a circuit
3594 padding machine is somehow negotiated twice on the same circuit.
3595 Fixes bug 33619; bugfix on 0.4.0.1-alpha. Found by Tobias Pulls.
3596 This is also tracked as TROVE-2020-004 and CVE-2020-10593.
3598 o Minor bugfixes (bridges, backport from 0.4.3.1-alpha):
3599 - Lowercase the configured value of BridgeDistribution before adding
3600 it to the descriptor. Fixes bug 32753; bugfix on 0.3.2.3-alpha.
3602 o Minor bugfixes (logging, backport from 0.4.3.2-alpha):
3603 - If we encounter a bug when flushing a buffer to a TLS connection,
3604 only log the bug once per invocation of the Tor process.
3605 Previously we would log with every occurrence, which could cause
3606 us to run out of disk space. Fixes bug 33093; bugfix
3609 o Minor bugfixes (onion services v3, backport from 0.4.3.3-alpha):
3610 - Fix an assertion failure that could result from a corrupted
3611 ADD_ONION control port command. Found by Saibato. Fixes bug 33137;
3612 bugfix on 0.3.3.1-alpha. This issue is also tracked
3615 o Minor bugfixes (rust, build, backport from 0.4.3.2-alpha):
3616 - Fix a syntax warning given by newer versions of Rust that was
3617 creating problems for our continuous integration. Fixes bug 33212;
3618 bugfix on 0.3.5.1-alpha.
3620 o Testing (Travis CI, backport from 0.4.3.3-alpha):
3621 - Remove a redundant distcheck job. Closes ticket 33194.
3622 - Sort the Travis jobs in order of speed: putting the slowest jobs
3623 first takes full advantage of Travis job concurrency. Closes
3625 - Stop allowing the Chutney IPv6 Travis job to fail. This job was
3626 previously configured to fast_finish (which requires
3627 allow_failure), to speed up the build. Closes ticket 33195.
3628 - When a Travis chutney job fails, use chutney's new "diagnostics.sh"
3629 tool to produce detailed diagnostic output. Closes ticket 32792.
3632 Changes in version 0.3.5.10 - 2020-03-18
3633 Tor 0.3.5.10 backports many fixes from later Tor releases, including a
3634 fix for TROVE-2020-002, a major denial-of-service vulnerability that
3635 affected all released Tor instances since 0.2.1.5-alpha. Using this
3636 vulnerability, an attacker could cause Tor instances to consume a huge
3637 amount of CPU, disrupting their operations for several seconds or
3638 minutes. This attack could be launched by anybody against a relay, or
3639 by a directory cache against any client that had connected to it. The
3640 attacker could launch this attack as much as they wanted, thereby
3641 disrupting service or creating patterns that could aid in traffic
3642 analysis. This issue was found by OSS-Fuzz, and is also tracked
3645 We do not have reason to believe that this attack is currently being
3646 exploited in the wild, but nonetheless we advise everyone to upgrade
3647 as soon as packages are available.
3649 o Major bugfixes (security, denial-of-service, backport from 0.4.3.3-alpha):
3650 - Fix a denial-of-service bug that could be used by anyone to
3651 consume a bunch of CPU on any Tor relay or authority, or by
3652 directories to consume a bunch of CPU on clients or hidden
3653 services. Because of the potential for CPU consumption to
3654 introduce observable timing patterns, we are treating this as a
3655 high-severity security issue. Fixes bug 33119; bugfix on
3656 0.2.1.5-alpha. Found by OSS-Fuzz. We are also tracking this issue
3657 as TROVE-2020-002 and CVE-2020-10592.
3659 o Major bugfixes (linux seccomp sandbox, backport from 0.4.3.1-alpha):
3660 - Correct how we use libseccomp. Particularly, stop assuming that
3661 rules are applied in a particular order or that more rules are
3662 processed after the first match. Neither is the case! In
3663 libseccomp <2.4.0 this lead to some rules having no effect.
3664 libseccomp 2.4.0 changed how rules are generated, leading to a
3665 different ordering, which in turn led to a fatal crash during
3666 startup. Fixes bug 29819; bugfix on 0.2.5.1-alpha. Patch by
3669 o Minor features (continuous integration, backport from 0.4.3.2-alpha):
3670 - Stop allowing failures on the Travis CI stem tests job. It looks
3671 like all the stem hangs we were seeing before are now fixed.
3672 Closes ticket 33075.
3674 o Minor bugfixes (bridges, backport from 0.4.3.1-alpha):
3675 - Lowercase the configured value of BridgeDistribution before adding
3676 it to the descriptor. Fixes bug 32753; bugfix on 0.3.2.3-alpha.
3678 o Minor bugfixes (crash, backport from 0.4.2.4-rc):
3679 - When running Tor with an option like --verify-config or
3680 --dump-config that does not start the event loop, avoid crashing
3681 if we try to exit early because of an error. Fixes bug 32407;
3682 bugfix on 0.3.3.1-alpha.
3684 o Minor bugfixes (logging, backport from 0.4.3.2-alpha):
3685 - If we encounter a bug when flushing a buffer to a TLS connection,
3686 only log the bug once per invocation of the Tor process.
3687 Previously we would log with every occurrence, which could cause
3688 us to run out of disk space. Fixes bug 33093; bugfix
3691 o Minor bugfixes (onion services v3, backport from 0.4.3.3-alpha):
3692 - Fix an assertion failure that could result from a corrupted
3693 ADD_ONION control port command. Found by Saibato. Fixes bug 33137;
3694 bugfix on 0.3.3.1-alpha. This issue is also tracked
3697 o Minor bugfixes (rust, build, backport from 0.4.3.2-alpha):
3698 - Fix a syntax warning given by newer versions of Rust that was
3699 creating problems for our continuous integration. Fixes bug 33212;
3700 bugfix on 0.3.5.1-alpha.
3702 o Testing (backport from 0.4.3.1-alpha):
3703 - Re-enable the Travis CI macOS Chutney build, but don't let it
3704 prevent the Travis job from finishing. (The Travis macOS jobs are
3705 slow, so we don't want to have it delay the whole CI process.)
3706 Closes ticket 32629.
3707 - Turn off Tor's Sandbox in Chutney jobs, and run those jobs on
3708 Ubuntu Bionic. Turning off the Sandbox is a work-around, until we
3709 fix the sandbox errors in 32722. Closes ticket 32240.
3711 o Testing (continuous integration, backport from 0.4.3.1-alpha):
3712 - Use zstd in our Travis Linux builds. Closes ticket 32242.
3714 o Testing (Travis CI, backport from 0.4.3.3-alpha):
3715 - Remove a redundant distcheck job. Closes ticket 33194.
3716 - Sort the Travis jobs in order of speed: putting the slowest jobs
3717 first takes full advantage of Travis job concurrency. Closes
3719 - Stop allowing the Chutney IPv6 Travis job to fail. This job was
3720 previously configured to fast_finish (which requires
3721 - When a Travis chutney job fails, use chutney's new "diagnostics.sh"
3722 tool to produce detailed diagnostic output. Closes ticket 32792.
3725 Changes in version 0.4.2.6 - 2020-01-30
3726 This is the second stable release in the 0.4.2.x series. It backports
3727 several bugfixes from 0.4.3.1-alpha, including some that had affected
3728 the Linux seccomp2 sandbox or Windows services. If you're running with
3729 one of those configurations, you'll probably want to upgrade;
3730 otherwise, you should be fine with 0.4.2.5.
3732 o Major bugfixes (linux seccomp sandbox, backport from 0.4.3.1-alpha):
3733 - Correct how we use libseccomp. Particularly, stop assuming that
3734 rules are applied in a particular order or that more rules are
3735 processed after the first match. Neither is the case! In
3736 libseccomp <2.4.0 this led to some rules having no effect.
3737 libseccomp 2.4.0 changed how rules are generated, leading to a
3738 different ordering, which in turn led to a fatal crash during
3739 startup. Fixes bug 29819; bugfix on 0.2.5.1-alpha. Patch by
3741 - Fix crash when reloading logging configuration while the
3742 experimental sandbox is enabled. Fixes bug 32841; bugfix on
3743 0.4.1.7. Patch by Peter Gerber.
3745 o Minor bugfixes (correctness checks, backport from 0.4.3.1-alpha):
3746 - Use GCC/Clang's printf-checking feature to make sure that
3747 tor_assertf() arguments are correctly typed. Fixes bug 32765;
3748 bugfix on 0.4.1.1-alpha.
3750 o Minor bugfixes (logging, crash, backport from 0.4.3.1-alpha):
3751 - Avoid a possible crash when trying to log a (fatal) assertion
3752 failure about mismatched magic numbers in configuration objects.
3753 Fixes bug 32771; bugfix on 0.4.2.1-alpha.
3755 o Minor bugfixes (testing, backport from 0.4.3.1-alpha):
3756 - When TOR_DISABLE_PRACTRACKER is set, do not apply it to the
3757 test_practracker.sh script. Doing so caused a test failure. Fixes
3758 bug 32705; bugfix on 0.4.2.1-alpha.
3759 - When TOR_DISABLE_PRACTRACKER is set, log a notice to stderr when
3760 skipping practracker checks. Fixes bug 32705; bugfix
3763 o Minor bugfixes (windows service, backport from 0.4.3.1-alpha):
3764 - Initialize the publish/subscribe system when running as a windows
3765 service. Fixes bug 32778; bugfix on 0.4.1.1-alpha.
3767 o Testing (backport from 0.4.3.1-alpha):
3768 - Turn off Tor's Sandbox in Chutney jobs, and run those jobs on
3769 Ubuntu Bionic. Turning off the Sandbox is a work-around, until we
3770 fix the sandbox errors in 32722. Closes ticket 32240.
3771 - Re-enable the Travis CI macOS Chutney build, but don't let it
3772 prevent the Travis job from finishing. (The Travis macOS jobs are
3773 slow, so we don't want to have it delay the whole CI process.)
3774 Closes ticket 32629.
3776 o Testing (continuous integration, backport from 0.4.3.1-alpha):
3777 - Use zstd in our Travis Linux builds. Closes ticket 32242.
3780 Changes in version 0.4.1.8 - 2020-01-30
3781 This release backports several bugfixes from later release series,
3782 including some that had affected the Linux seccomp2 sandbox or Windows
3783 services. If you're running with one of those configurations, you'll
3784 probably want to upgrade; otherwise, you should be fine with your
3785 current version of 0.4.1.x.
3787 o Major bugfixes (linux seccomp sandbox, backport from 0.4.3.1-alpha):
3788 - Correct how we use libseccomp. Particularly, stop assuming that
3789 rules are applied in a particular order or that more rules are
3790 processed after the first match. Neither is the case! In
3791 libseccomp <2.4.0 this led to some rules having no effect.
3792 libseccomp 2.4.0 changed how rules are generated, leading to a
3793 different ordering, which in turn led to a fatal crash during
3794 startup. Fixes bug 29819; bugfix on 0.2.5.1-alpha. Patch by
3796 - Fix crash when reloading logging configuration while the
3797 experimental sandbox is enabled. Fixes bug 32841; bugfix on
3798 0.4.1.7. Patch by Peter Gerber.
3800 o Minor bugfixes (crash, backport form 0.4.2.4-rc):
3801 - When running Tor with an option like --verify-config or
3802 --dump-config that does not start the event loop, avoid crashing
3803 if we try to exit early because of an error. Fixes bug 32407;
3804 bugfix on 0.3.3.1-alpha.
3806 o Minor bugfixes (windows service, backport from 0.4.3.1-alpha):
3807 - Initialize the publish/subscribe system when running as a windows
3808 service. Fixes bug 32778; bugfix on 0.4.1.1-alpha.
3810 o Testing (backport from 0.4.3.1-alpha):
3811 - Turn off Tor's Sandbox in Chutney jobs, and run those jobs on
3812 Ubuntu Bionic. Turning off the Sandbox is a work-around, until we
3813 fix the sandbox errors in 32722. Closes ticket 32240.
3814 - Re-enable the Travis CI macOS Chutney build, but don't let it
3815 prevent the Travis job from finishing. (The Travis macOS jobs are
3816 slow, so we don't want to have it delay the whole CI process.)
3817 Closes ticket 32629.
3819 o Testing (continuous integration, backport from 0.4.3.1-alpha):
3820 - Use zstd in our Travis Linux builds. Closes ticket 32242.
3823 Changes in version 0.4.2.5 - 2019-12-09
3824 This is the first stable release in the 0.4.2.x series. This series
3825 improves reliability and stability, and includes several stability and
3826 correctness improvements for onion services. It also fixes many smaller
3827 bugs present in previous series.
3829 Per our support policy, we will support the 0.4.2.x series for nine
3830 months, or until three months after the release of a stable 0.4.3.x:
3831 whichever is longer. If you need longer-term support, please stick
3832 with 0.3.5.x, which will we plan to support until Feb 2022.
3834 Below are the changes since 0.4.1.4-rc. For a complete list of only
3835 the changes since 0.4.2.4-rc, see the ChangeLog file.
3837 o Major features (directory authorities):
3838 - Directory authorities now reject relays running all currently
3839 deprecated release series. The currently supported release series
3840 are: 0.2.9, 0.3.5, 0.4.0, 0.4.1, and 0.4.2. Closes ticket 31549.
3842 o Major features (onion service v3, denial of service):
3843 - Add onion service introduction denial of service defenses. Intro
3844 points can now rate-limit client introduction requests, using
3845 parameters that can be sent by the service within the
3846 ESTABLISH_INTRO cell. If the cell extension for this is not used,
3847 the intro point will honor the consensus parameters. Closes
3850 o Major bugfixes (circuit build, guard):
3851 - When considering upgrading circuits from "waiting for guard" to
3852 "open", always ignore circuits that are marked for close.
3853 Previously we could end up in the situation where a subsystem is
3854 notified of a circuit opening, but the circuit is still marked for
3855 close, leading to undesirable behavior. Fixes bug 30871; bugfix
3858 o Major bugfixes (crash, Linux, Android):
3859 - Tolerate systems (including some Android installations) where
3860 madvise and MADV_DONTDUMP are available at build-time, but not at
3861 run time. Previously, these systems would notice a failed syscall
3862 and abort. Fixes bug 31570; bugfix on 0.4.1.1-alpha.
3863 - Tolerate systems (including some Linux installations) where
3864 madvise and/or MADV_DONTFORK are available at build-time, but not
3865 at run time. Previously, these systems would notice a failed
3866 syscall and abort. Fixes bug 31696; bugfix on 0.4.1.1-alpha.
3868 o Major bugfixes (embedded Tor):
3869 - Avoid a possible crash when restarting Tor in embedded mode and
3870 enabling a different set of publish/subscribe messages. Fixes bug
3871 31898; bugfix on 0.4.1.1-alpha.
3873 o Major bugfixes (relay):
3874 - Relays now respect their AccountingMax bandwidth again. When
3875 relays entered "soft" hibernation (which typically starts when
3876 we've hit 90% of our AccountingMax), we had stopped checking
3877 whether we should enter hard hibernation. Soft hibernation refuses
3878 new connections and new circuits, but the existing circuits can
3879 continue, meaning that relays could have exceeded their configured
3880 AccountingMax. Fixes bug 32108; bugfix on 0.4.0.1-alpha.
3882 o Major bugfixes (torrc parsing):
3883 - Stop ignoring torrc options after an %include directive, when the
3884 included directory ends with a file that does not contain any
3885 config options (but does contain comments or whitespace). Fixes
3886 bug 31408; bugfix on 0.3.1.1-alpha.
3888 o Major bugfixes (v3 onion services):
3889 - Onion services now always use the exact number of intro points
3890 configured with the HiddenServiceNumIntroductionPoints option (or
3891 fewer if nodes are excluded). Before, a service could sometimes
3892 pick more intro points than configured. Fixes bug 31548; bugfix
3895 o Minor feature (onion services, control port):
3896 - The ADD_ONION command's keyword "BEST" now defaults to ED25519-V3
3897 (v3) onion services. Previously it defaulted to RSA1024 (v2).
3898 Closes ticket 29669.
3900 o Minor features (auto-formatting scripts):
3901 - When annotating C macros, never generate a line that our check-
3902 spaces script would reject. Closes ticket 31759.
3903 - When annotating C macros, try to remove cases of double-negation.
3904 Closes ticket 31779.
3906 o Minor features (best practices tracker):
3907 - Our best-practices tracker now integrates with our include-checker
3908 tool to keep track of how many layering violations we have not yet
3909 fixed. We hope to reduce this number over time to improve Tor's
3910 modularity. Closes ticket 31176.
3911 - Add a TOR_PRACTRACKER_OPTIONS variable for passing arguments to
3912 practracker from the environment. We may want this for continuous
3913 integration. Closes ticket 31309.
3914 - Give a warning rather than an error when a practracker exception
3915 is violated by a small amount, add a --list-overbroad option to
3916 practracker that lists exceptions that are stricter than they need
3917 to be, and provide an environment variable for disabling
3918 practracker. Closes ticket 30752.
3919 - Our best-practices tracker now looks at headers as well as C
3920 files. Closes ticket 31175.
3922 o Minor features (build system):
3923 - Make pkg-config use --prefix when cross-compiling, if
3924 PKG_CONFIG_PATH is not set. Closes ticket 32191.
3925 - Add --disable-manpage and --disable-html-manual options to
3926 configure script. This will enable shortening build times by not
3927 building documentation. Resolves issue 19381.
3929 o Minor features (compilation):
3930 - Log a more useful error message when we are compiling and one of
3931 the compile-time hardening options we have selected can be linked
3932 but not executed. Closes ticket 27530.
3934 o Minor features (configuration):
3935 - The configuration code has been extended to allow splitting
3936 configuration data across multiple objects. Previously, all
3937 configuration data needed to be kept in a single object, which
3938 tended to become bloated. Closes ticket 31240.
3940 o Minor features (continuous integration):
3941 - When building on Appveyor and Travis, pass the "-k" flag to make,
3942 so that we are informed of all compilation failures, not just the
3943 first one or two. Closes ticket 31372.
3944 - When running CI builds on Travis, put some random data in
3945 ~/.torrc, to make sure no tests are reading the Tor configuration
3946 file from its default location. Resolves issue 30102.
3948 o Minor features (debugging):
3949 - Log a nonfatal assertion failure if we encounter a configuration
3950 line whose command is "CLEAR" but which has a nonempty value. This
3951 should be impossible, according to the rules of our configuration
3952 line parsing. Closes ticket 31529.
3954 o Minor features (geoip):
3955 - Update geoip and geoip6 to the December 3 2019 Maxmind GeoLite2
3956 Country database. Closes ticket 32685.
3958 o Minor features (git hooks):
3959 - Our pre-commit git hook now checks for a special file before
3960 running practracker, so that practracker only runs on branches
3961 that are based on master. Since the pre-push hook calls the pre-
3962 commit hook, practracker will also only run before pushes of
3963 branches based on master. Closes ticket 30979.
3965 o Minor features (git scripts):
3966 - Add a "--" command-line argument, to separate git-push-all.sh
3967 script arguments from arguments that are passed through to git
3968 push. Closes ticket 31314.
3969 - Add a -r <remote-name> argument to git-push-all.sh, so the script
3970 can push test branches to a personal remote. Closes ticket 31314.
3971 - Add a -t <test-branch-prefix> argument to git-merge-forward.sh and
3972 git-push-all.sh, which makes these scripts create, merge forward,
3973 and push test branches. Closes ticket 31314.
3974 - Add a -u argument to git-merge-forward.sh, so that the script can
3975 re-use existing test branches after a merge failure and fix.
3976 Closes ticket 31314.
3977 - Add a TOR_GIT_PUSH env var, which sets the default git push
3978 command and arguments for git-push-all.sh. Closes ticket 31314.
3979 - Add a TOR_PUSH_DELAY variable to git-push-all.sh, which makes the
3980 script push master and maint branches with a delay between each
3981 branch. These delays trigger the CI jobs in a set order, which
3982 should show the most likely failures first. Also make pushes
3983 atomic by default, and make the script pass any command-line
3984 arguments to git push. Closes ticket 29879.
3985 - Call the shellcheck script from the pre-commit hook. Closes
3987 - Skip pushing test branches that are the same as a remote
3988 maint/release/master branch in git-push-all.sh by default. Add a
3989 -s argument, so git-push-all.sh can push all test branches. Closes
3992 o Minor features (IPv6, logging):
3993 - Log IPv6 addresses as well as IPv4 addresses when describing
3994 routerinfos, routerstatuses, and nodes. Closes ticket 21003.
3996 o Minor features (maintenance scripts):
3997 - Add a Coccinelle script to detect bugs caused by incrementing or
3998 decrementing a variable inside a call to log_debug(). Since
3999 log_debug() is a macro whose arguments are conditionally
4000 evaluated, it is usually an error to do this. One such bug was
4001 30628, in which SENDME cells were miscounted by a decrement
4002 operator inside a log_debug() call. Closes ticket 30743.
4004 o Minor features (onion service v3):
4005 - Do not allow single hop clients to fetch or post an HS descriptor
4006 from an HSDir. Closes ticket 24964.
4008 o Minor features (onion service):
4009 - Disallow single-hop clients at the introduction point. We've
4010 removed Tor2web support a while back and single-hop rendezvous
4011 attempts are blocked at the relays. This change should remove load
4012 off the network from spammy clients. Close ticket 24963.
4014 o Minor features (onion services v3):
4015 - Assist users who try to setup v2 client authorization in v3 onion
4016 services by pointing them to the right documentation. Closes
4019 o Minor features (stem tests):
4020 - Change "make test-stem" so it only runs the stem tests that use
4021 tor. This change makes test-stem faster and more reliable. Closes
4024 o Minor features (testing):
4025 - When running tests that attempt to look up hostnames, replace the
4026 libc name lookup functions with ones that do not actually touch
4027 the network. This way, the tests complete more quickly in the
4028 presence of a slow or missing DNS resolver. Closes ticket 31841.
4029 - Add a script to invoke "tor --dump-config" and "tor
4030 --verify-config" with various configuration options, and see
4031 whether tor's resulting configuration or error messages are what
4032 we expect. Use it for integration testing of our +Option and
4033 /Option flags. Closes ticket 31637.
4034 - Improve test coverage for our existing configuration parsing and
4035 management API. Closes ticket 30893.
4036 - Add integration tests to make sure that practracker gives the
4037 outputs we expect. Closes ticket 31477.
4038 - The practracker self-tests are now run as part of the Tor test
4039 suite. Closes ticket 31304.
4041 o Minor features (testing, continuous integration):
4042 - Disable all but one Travis CI macOS build, to mitigate slow
4043 scheduling of Travis macOS jobs. Closes ticket 32177.
4044 - Run the chutney IPv6 networks as part of Travis CI. Closes
4046 - Simplify the Travis CI build matrix, and optimise for build time.
4047 Closes ticket 31859.
4048 - Use Windows Server 2019 instead of Windows Server 2016 in our
4049 Appveyor builds. Closes ticket 32086.
4051 o Minor features (token bucket):
4052 - Implement a generic token bucket that uses a single counter, for
4053 use in anti-DoS onion service work. Closes ticket 30687.
4055 o Minor bugfixes (Appveyor continuous integration):
4056 - Avoid spurious errors when Appveyor CI fails before the install
4057 step. Fixes bug 31884; bugfix on 0.3.4.2-alpha.
4059 o Minor bugfixes (best practices tracker):
4060 - Fix a few issues in the best-practices script, including tests,
4061 tab tolerance, error reporting, and directory-exclusion logic.
4062 Fixes bug 29746; bugfix on 0.4.1.1-alpha.
4063 - When running check-best-practices, only consider files in the src
4064 subdirectory. Previously we had recursively considered all
4065 subdirectories, which made us get confused by the temporary
4066 directories made by "make distcheck". Fixes bug 31578; bugfix
4069 o Minor bugfixes (build system):
4070 - Interpret "--disable-module-dirauth=no" correctly. Fixes bug
4071 32124; bugfix on 0.3.4.1-alpha.
4072 - Interpret "--with-tcmalloc=no" correctly. Fixes bug 32124; bugfix
4074 - Stop failing when jemalloc is requested, but tcmalloc is not
4075 found. Fixes bug 32124; bugfix on 0.3.5.1-alpha.
4076 - When pkg-config is not installed, or a library that depends on
4077 pkg-config is not found, tell the user what to do to fix the
4078 problem. Fixes bug 31922; bugfix on 0.3.1.1-alpha.
4079 - Do not include the deprecated <sys/sysctl.h> on Linux or Windows
4080 systems. Fixes bug 31673; bugfix on 0.2.5.4-alpha.
4082 o Minor bugfixes (chutney, makefiles, documentation):
4083 - "make test-network-all" now shows the warnings from each test-
4084 network.sh run on the console, so developers see new warnings
4085 early. We've also improved the documentation for this feature, and
4086 renamed a Makefile variable so the code is self-documenting. Fixes
4087 bug 30455; bugfix on 0.3.0.4-rc.
4089 o Minor bugfixes (client, onion service v3):
4090 - Fix a BUG() assertion that occurs within a very small race window
4091 between when a client intro circuit opens and when its descriptor
4092 gets cleaned up from the cache. The circuit is now closed early,
4093 which will trigger a re-fetch of the descriptor and continue the
4094 connection. Fixes bug 28970; bugfix on 0.3.2.1-alpha.
4096 o Minor bugfixes (code quality):
4097 - Fix "make check-includes" so it runs correctly on out-of-tree
4098 builds. Fixes bug 31335; bugfix on 0.3.5.1-alpha.
4100 o Minor bugfixes (compilation):
4101 - Add more stub functions to fix compilation on Android with link-
4102 time optimization when --disable-module-dirauth is used.
4103 Previously, these compilation settings would make the compiler
4104 look for functions that didn't exist. Fixes bug 31552; bugfix
4106 - Suppress spurious float-conversion warnings from GCC when calling
4107 floating-point classifier functions on FreeBSD. Fixes part of bug
4108 31687; bugfix on 0.3.1.5-alpha.
4110 o Minor bugfixes (configuration):
4111 - Invalid floating-point values in the configuration file are now
4112 treated as errors in the configuration. Previously, they were
4113 ignored and treated as zero. Fixes bug 31475; bugfix on 0.0.1.
4115 o Minor bugfixes (connections):
4116 - Avoid trying to read data from closed connections, which can cause
4117 needless loops in Libevent and infinite loops in Shadow. Fixes bug
4118 30344; bugfix on 0.1.1.1-alpha.
4120 o Minor bugfixes (controller protocol):
4121 - Fix the MAPADDRESS controller command to accept one or more
4122 arguments. Previously, it required two or more arguments, and
4123 ignored the first. Fixes bug 31772; bugfix on 0.4.1.1-alpha.
4125 o Minor bugfixes (coverity):
4126 - Add an assertion when parsing a BEGIN cell so that coverity can be
4127 sure that we are not about to dereference a NULL address. Fixes
4128 bug 31026; bugfix on 0.2.4.7-alpha. This is CID 1447296.
4129 - In our siphash implementation, when building for coverity, use
4130 memcpy in place of a switch statement, so that coverity can tell
4131 we are not accessing out-of-bounds memory. Fixes bug 31025; bugfix
4132 on 0.2.8.1-alpha. This is tracked as CID 1447293 and 1447295.
4133 - Fix several coverity warnings from our unit tests. Fixes bug
4134 31030; bugfix on 0.2.4.1-alpha, 0.3.2.1-alpha, and 0.4.0.1-alpha.
4136 o Minor bugfixes (crash):
4137 - When running Tor with an option like --verify-config or
4138 --dump-config that does not start the event loop, avoid crashing
4139 if we try to exit early because of an error. Fixes bug 32407;
4140 bugfix on 0.3.3.1-alpha.
4142 o Minor bugfixes (developer tooling):
4143 - Only log git script changes in the post-merge script when the
4144 merge was to the master branch. Fixes bug 31040; bugfix
4147 o Minor bugfixes (directory authorities):
4148 - Return a distinct status when formatting annotations fails. Fixes
4149 bug 30780; bugfix on 0.2.0.8-alpha.
4151 o Minor bugfixes (error handling):
4152 - Always lock the backtrace buffer before it is used. Fixes bug
4153 31734; bugfix on 0.2.5.3-alpha.
4154 - On abort, try harder to flush the output buffers of log messages.
4155 On some platforms (macOS), log messages could be discarded when
4156 the process terminates. Fixes bug 31571; bugfix on 0.3.5.1-alpha.
4157 - Report the tor version whenever an assertion fails. Previously, we
4158 only reported the Tor version on some crashes, and some non-fatal
4159 assertions. Fixes bug 31571; bugfix on 0.3.5.1-alpha.
4160 - When tor aborts due to an error, close log file descriptors before
4161 aborting. Closing the logs makes some OSes flush log file buffers,
4162 rather than deleting buffered log lines. Fixes bug 31594; bugfix
4165 o Minor bugfixes (FreeBSD, PF-based proxy, IPv6):
4166 - When extracting an IPv6 address from a PF-based proxy, verify that
4167 we are actually configured to receive an IPv6 address, and log an
4168 internal error if not. Fixes part of bug 31687; bugfix
4171 o Minor bugfixes (git hooks):
4172 - Remove a duplicate call to practracker from the pre-push hook. The
4173 pre-push hook already calls the pre-commit hook, which calls
4174 practracker. Fixes bug 31462; bugfix on 0.4.1.1-alpha.
4176 o Minor bugfixes (git scripts):
4177 - Stop hard-coding the bash path in the git scripts. Some OSes don't
4178 have bash in /usr/bin, others have an ancient bash at this path.
4179 Fixes bug 30840; bugfix on 0.4.0.1-alpha.
4180 - Stop hard-coding the tor master branch name and worktree path in
4181 the git scripts. Fixes bug 30841; bugfix on 0.4.0.1-alpha.
4182 - Allow git-push-all.sh to be run from any directory. Previously,
4183 the script only worked if run from an upstream worktree directory.
4184 Closes ticket 31678.
4186 o Minor bugfixes (guards):
4187 - When tor is missing descriptors for some primary entry guards,
4188 make the log message less alarming. It's normal for descriptors to
4189 expire, as long as tor fetches new ones soon after. Fixes bug
4190 31657; bugfix on 0.3.3.1-alpha.
4192 o Minor bugfixes (ipv6):
4193 - Check for private IPv6 addresses alongside their IPv4 equivalents
4194 when authorities check descriptors. Previously, we only checked
4195 for private IPv4 addresses. Fixes bug 31088; bugfix on
4196 0.2.3.21-rc. Patch by Neel Chauhan.
4197 - When parsing microdescriptors, we should check the IPv6 exit
4198 policy alongside IPv4. Previously, we checked both exit policies
4199 for only router info structures, while microdescriptors were
4200 IPv4-only. Fixes bug 27284; bugfix on 0.2.3.1-alpha. Patch by
4203 o Minor bugfixes (logging):
4204 - Add a missing check for HAVE_PTHREAD_H, because the backtrace code
4205 uses mutexes. Fixes bug 31614; bugfix on 0.2.5.2-alpha.
4206 - Disable backtrace signal handlers when shutting down tor. Fixes
4207 bug 31614; bugfix on 0.2.5.2-alpha.
4208 - Rate-limit our the logging message about the obsolete .exit
4209 notation. Previously, there was no limit on this warning, which
4210 could potentially be triggered many times by a hostile website.
4211 Fixes bug 31466; bugfix on 0.2.2.1-alpha.
4212 - When initialising log domain masks, only set known log domains.
4213 Fixes bug 31854; bugfix on 0.2.1.1-alpha.
4214 - Change log level of message "Hash of session info was not as
4215 expected" to LOG_PROTOCOL_WARN. Fixes bug 12399; bugfix
4217 - Fix a code issue that would have broken our parsing of log domains
4218 as soon as we had 33 of them. Fortunately, we still only have 29.
4219 Fixes bug 31451; bugfix on 0.4.1.4-rc.
4221 o Minor bugfixes (logging, protocol violations):
4222 - Do not log a nonfatal assertion failure when receiving a VERSIONS
4223 cell on a connection using the obsolete v1 link protocol. Log a
4224 protocol_warn instead. Fixes bug 31107; bugfix on 0.2.4.4-alpha.
4226 o Minor bugfixes (mainloop, periodic events, in-process API):
4227 - Reset the periodic events' "enabled" flag when Tor is shut down
4228 cleanly. Previously, this flag was left on, which caused periodic
4229 events not to be re-enabled when Tor was relaunched in-process
4230 with tor_api.h after a shutdown. Fixes bug 32058; bugfix
4233 o Minor bugfixes (memory management):
4234 - Stop leaking a small amount of memory in nt_service_install(), in
4235 unreachable code. Fixes bug 30799; bugfix on 0.2.0.7-alpha. Patch
4238 o Minor bugfixes (modules):
4239 - Explain what the optional Directory Authority module is, and what
4240 happens when it is disabled. Fixes bug 31825; bugfix
4243 o Minor bugfixes (multithreading):
4244 - Avoid some undefined behaviour when freeing mutexes. Fixes bug
4245 31736; bugfix on 0.0.7.
4247 o Minor bugfixes (networking, IP addresses):
4248 - When parsing addresses via Tor's internal DNS lookup API, reject
4249 IPv4 addresses in square brackets, and accept IPv6 addresses in
4250 square brackets. This change completes the work started in 23082,
4251 making address parsing consistent between tor's internal DNS
4252 lookup and address parsing APIs. Fixes bug 30721; bugfix
4254 - When parsing addresses via Tor's internal address:port parsing and
4255 DNS lookup APIs, require IPv6 addresses with ports to have square
4256 brackets. But allow IPv6 addresses without ports, whether or not
4257 they have square brackets. Fixes bug 30721; bugfix
4260 o Minor bugfixes (onion service v3):
4261 - When purging the client descriptor cache, close any introduction
4262 point circuits associated with purged cache entries. This avoids
4263 picking those circuits later when connecting to the same
4264 introduction points. Fixes bug 30921; bugfix on 0.3.2.1-alpha.
4266 o Minor bugfixes (onion services):
4267 - In the hs_ident_circuit_t data structure, remove the unused field
4268 circuit_type and the respective argument in hs_ident_circuit_new().
4269 This field was set by clients (for introduction) and services (for
4270 introduction and rendezvous) but was never used afterwards. Fixes
4271 bug 31490; bugfix on 0.3.2.1-alpha. Patch by Neel Chauhan.
4273 o Minor bugfixes (operator tools):
4274 - Make tor-print-ed-signing-cert(1) print certificate expiration
4275 date in RFC 1123 and UNIX timestamp formats, to make output
4276 machine readable. Fixes bug 31012; bugfix on 0.3.5.1-alpha.
4278 o Minor bugfixes (process management):
4279 - Remove overly strict assertions that triggered when a pluggable
4280 transport failed to launch. Fixes bug 31091; bugfix
4282 - Remove an assertion in the Unix process backend. This assertion
4283 would trigger when we failed to find the executable for a child
4284 process. Fixes bug 31810; bugfix on 0.4.0.1-alpha.
4286 o Minor bugfixes (relay):
4287 - Avoid crashing when starting with a corrupt keys directory where
4288 the old ntor key and the new ntor key are identical. Fixes bug
4289 30916; bugfix on 0.2.4.8-alpha.
4291 o Minor bugfixes (rust):
4292 - Correctly exclude a redundant rust build job in Travis. Fixes bug
4293 31463; bugfix on 0.3.5.4-alpha.
4294 - Raise the minimum rustc version to 1.31.0, as checked by configure
4295 and CI. Fixes bug 31442; bugfix on 0.3.5.4-alpha.
4297 o Minor bugfixes (sendme, code structure):
4298 - Rename the trunnel SENDME file definition from sendme.trunnel to
4299 sendme_cell.trunnel to avoid having twice sendme.{c|h} in the
4300 repository. Fixes bug 30769; bugfix on 0.4.1.1-alpha.
4302 o Minor bugfixes (statistics):
4303 - Stop removing the ed25519 signature if the extra info file is too
4304 big. If the signature data was removed, but the keyword was kept,
4305 this could result in an unparseable extra info file. Fixes bug
4306 30958; bugfix on 0.2.7.2-alpha.
4308 o Minor bugfixes (subsystems):
4309 - Make the subsystem init order match the subsystem module
4310 dependencies. Call windows process security APIs as early as
4311 possible. Initialize logging before network and time, so that
4312 network and time can use logging. Fixes bug 31615; bugfix
4315 o Minor bugfixes (testing):
4316 - Avoid intermittent test failures due to a test that had relied on
4317 inconsistent timing sources. Fixes bug 31995; bugfix
4319 - When testing port rebinding, don't busy-wait for tor to log.
4320 Instead, actually sleep for a short time before polling again.
4321 Also improve the formatting of control commands and log messages.
4322 Fixes bug 31837; bugfix on 0.3.5.1-alpha.
4323 - Teach the util/socketpair_ersatz test to work correctly when we
4324 have no network stack configured. Fixes bug 30804; bugfix
4327 o Minor bugfixes (tests, SunOS):
4328 - Avoid a map_anon_nofork test failure due to a signed/unsigned
4329 integer comparison. Fixes bug 31897; bugfix on 0.4.1.1-alpha.
4331 o Minor bugfixes (tls, logging):
4332 - Log bugs about the TLS read buffer's length only once, rather than
4333 filling the logs with similar warnings. Fixes bug 31939; bugfix
4336 o Minor bugfixes (v2 single onion services):
4337 - Always retry v2 single onion service intro and rend circuits with
4338 a 3-hop path. Previously, v2 single onion services used a 3-hop
4339 path when rendezvous circuits were retried after a remote or
4340 delayed failure, but a 1-hop path for immediate retries. Fixes bug
4341 23818; bugfix on 0.2.9.3-alpha.
4343 o Minor bugfixes (v3 onion services):
4344 - When cleaning up intro circuits for a v3 onion service, don't
4345 remove circuits that have an established or pending circuit, even
4346 if they ran out of retries. This way, we don't remove a circuit on
4347 its last retry. Fixes bug 31652; bugfix on 0.3.2.1-alpha.
4349 o Minor bugfixes (v3 single onion services):
4350 - Always retry v3 single onion service intro and rend circuits with
4351 a 3-hop path. Previously, v3 single onion services used a 3-hop
4352 path when rend circuits were retried after a remote or delayed
4353 failure, but a 1-hop path for immediate retries. Fixes bug 23818;
4354 bugfix on 0.3.2.1-alpha.
4355 - Make v3 single onion services fall back to a 3-hop intro, when all
4356 intro points are unreachable via a 1-hop path. Previously, v3
4357 single onion services failed when all intro nodes were unreachable
4358 via a 1-hop path. Fixes bug 23507; bugfix on 0.3.2.1-alpha.
4360 o Code simplification and refactoring:
4361 - Refactor connection_control_process_inbuf() to reduce the size of
4362 a practracker exception. Closes ticket 31840.
4363 - Refactor the microdescs_parse_from_string() function into smaller
4364 pieces, for better comprehensibility. Closes ticket 31675.
4365 - Use SEVERITY_MASK_IDX() to find the LOG_* mask indexes in the unit
4366 tests and fuzzers, rather than using hard-coded values. Closes
4368 - Interface for function `decrypt_desc_layer` cleaned up. Closes
4372 - Correct the description of "GuardLifetime". Fixes bug 31189;
4373 bugfix on 0.3.0.1-alpha.
4374 - Make clear in the man page, in both the bandwidth section and the
4375 AccountingMax section, that Tor counts in powers of two, not
4376 powers of ten: 1 GByte is 1024*1024*1024 bytes, not one billion
4377 bytes. Resolves ticket 32106.
4378 - Document the signal-safe logging behaviour in the tor man page.
4379 Also add some comments to the relevant functions. Closes
4381 - Explain why we can't destroy the backtrace buffer mutex. Explain
4382 why we don't need to destroy the log mutex. Closes ticket 31736.
4383 - The Tor source code repository now includes a (somewhat dated)
4384 description of Tor's modular architecture, in doc/HACKING/design.
4385 This is based on the old "tor-guts.git" repository, which we are
4386 adopting and superseding. Closes ticket 31849.
4387 - Improve documentation in circuit padding subsystem. Patch by
4388 Tobias Pulls. Closes ticket 31113.
4389 - Include an example usage for IPv6 ORPort in our sample torrc.
4390 Closes ticket 31320; patch from Ali Raheem.
4391 - Use RFC 2397 data URL scheme to embed an image into tor-exit-
4392 notice.html so that operators no longer have to host it
4393 themselves. Closes ticket 31089.
4396 - No longer include recommended package digests in votes as detailed
4397 in proposal 301. The RecommendedPackages torrc option is
4398 deprecated and will no longer have any effect. "package" lines
4399 will still be considered when computing consensuses for consensus
4400 methods that include them. (This change has no effect on the list
4401 of recommended Tor versions, which is still in use.) Closes
4403 - Remove torctl.in from contrib/dist directory. Resolves
4407 - Require C99 standards-conforming code in Travis CI, but allow GNU
4408 gcc extensions. Also activates clang's -Wtypedef-redefinition
4409 warnings. Build some jobs with -std=gnu99, and some jobs without.
4410 Closes ticket 32500.
4411 - Run shellcheck for all non-third-party shell scripts that are
4412 shipped with Tor. Closes ticket 29533.
4413 - When checking shell scripts, ignore any user-created directories.
4414 Closes ticket 30967.
4416 o Code simplification and refactoring (config handling):
4417 - Extract our variable manipulation code from confparse.c to a new
4418 lower-level typedvar.h module. Closes ticket 30864.
4419 - Lower another layer of object management from confparse.c to a
4420 more general tool. Now typed structure members are accessible via
4421 an abstract type. Implements ticket 30914.
4422 - Move our backend logic for working with configuration and state
4423 files into a lower-level library, since it no longer depends on
4424 any tor-specific functionality. Closes ticket 31626.
4425 - Numerous simplifications in configuration-handling logic: remove
4426 duplicated macro definitions, replace magical names with flags,
4427 and refactor "TestingTorNetwork" to use the same default-option
4428 logic as the rest of Tor. Closes ticket 30935.
4429 - Replace our ad-hoc set of flags for configuration variables and
4430 configuration variable types with fine-grained orthogonal flags
4431 corresponding to the actual behavior we want. Closes ticket 31625.
4433 o Code simplification and refactoring (misc):
4434 - Eliminate some uses of lower-level control reply abstractions,
4435 primarily in the onion_helper functions. Closes ticket 30889.
4436 - Rework bootstrap tracking to use the new publish-subscribe
4437 subsystem. Closes ticket 29976.
4438 - Rewrite format_node_description() and router_get_verbose_nickname()
4439 to use strlcpy() and strlcat(). The previous implementation used
4440 memcpy() and pointer arithmetic, which was error-prone. Closes
4441 ticket 31545. This is CID 1452819.
4442 - Split extrainfo_dump_to_string() into smaller functions. Closes
4444 - Use the ptrdiff_t type consistently for expressing variable
4445 offsets and pointer differences. Previously we incorrectly (but
4446 harmlessly) used int and sometimes off_t for these cases. Closes
4448 - Use the subsystems mechanism to manage the main event loop code.
4449 Closes ticket 30806.
4450 - Various simplifications and minor improvements to the circuit
4451 padding machines. Patch by Tobias Pulls. Closes tickets 31112
4454 o Documentation (hard-coded directories):
4455 - Improve the documentation for the DirAuthority and FallbackDir
4456 torrc options. Closes ticket 30955.
4458 o Documentation (tor.1 man page):
4459 - Fix typo in tor.1 man page: the option is "--help", not "-help".
4460 Fixes bug 31008; bugfix on 0.2.2.9-alpha.
4462 o Testing (continuous integration):
4463 - Use Ubuntu Bionic images for our Travis CI builds, so we can get a
4464 recent version of coccinelle. But leave chutney on Ubuntu Trusty,
4465 until we can fix some Bionic permissions issues (see ticket
4466 32240). Related to ticket 31919.
4467 - Install the mingw OpenSSL package in Appveyor. This makes sure
4468 that the OpenSSL headers and libraries match in Tor's Appveyor
4469 builds. (This bug was triggered by an Appveyor image update.)
4470 Fixes bug 32449; bugfix on 0.3.5.6-rc.
4471 - In Travis, use Xcode 11.2 on macOS 10.14. Closes ticket 32241.
4474 Changes in version 0.4.1.7 - 2019-12-09
4475 This release backports several bugfixes to improve stability and
4476 correctness. Anyone experiencing build problems or crashes with 0.4.1.6,
4477 including all relays relying on AccountingMax, should upgrade.
4479 o Major features (directory authorities, backport from 0.4.2.2-alpha):
4480 - Directory authorities now reject relays running all currently
4481 deprecated release series. The currently supported release series
4482 are: 0.2.9, 0.3.5, 0.4.0, 0.4.1, and 0.4.2. Closes ticket 31549.
4484 o Major bugfixes (embedded Tor, backport from 0.4.2.2-alpha):
4485 - Avoid a possible crash when restarting Tor in embedded mode and
4486 enabling a different set of publish/subscribe messages. Fixes bug
4487 31898; bugfix on 0.4.1.1-alpha.
4489 o Major bugfixes (relay, backport from 0.4.2.3-alpha):
4490 - Relays now respect their AccountingMax bandwidth again. When
4491 relays entered "soft" hibernation (which typically starts when
4492 we've hit 90% of our AccountingMax), we had stopped checking
4493 whether we should enter hard hibernation. Soft hibernation refuses
4494 new connections and new circuits, but the existing circuits can
4495 continue, meaning that relays could have exceeded their configured
4496 AccountingMax. Fixes bug 32108; bugfix on 0.4.0.1-alpha.
4498 o Major bugfixes (torrc parsing, backport from 0.4.2.2-alpha):
4499 - Stop ignoring torrc options after an %include directive, when the
4500 included directory ends with a file that does not contain any
4501 config options (but does contain comments or whitespace). Fixes
4502 bug 31408; bugfix on 0.3.1.1-alpha.
4504 o Major bugfixes (v3 onion services, backport from 0.4.2.3-alpha):
4505 - Onion services now always use the exact number of intro points
4506 configured with the HiddenServiceNumIntroductionPoints option (or
4507 fewer if nodes are excluded). Before, a service could sometimes
4508 pick more intro points than configured. Fixes bug 31548; bugfix
4511 o Minor features (continuous integration, backport from 0.4.2.2-alpha):
4512 - When building on Appveyor and Travis, pass the "-k" flag to make,
4513 so that we are informed of all compilation failures, not just the
4514 first one or two. Closes ticket 31372.
4516 o Minor features (geoip, backport from 0.4.2.5):
4517 - Update geoip and geoip6 to the December 3 2019 Maxmind GeoLite2
4518 Country database. Closes ticket 32685.
4520 o Minor bugfixes (Appveyor CI, backport from 0.4.2.2-alpha):
4521 - Avoid spurious errors when Appveyor CI fails before the install step.
4522 Fixes bug 31884; bugfix on 0.3.4.2-alpha.
4524 o Minor bugfixes (client, onion service v3, backport from 0.4.2.4-rc):
4525 - Fix a BUG() assertion that occurs within a very small race window
4526 between when a client intro circuit opens and when its descriptor
4527 gets cleaned up from the cache. The circuit is now closed early,
4528 which will trigger a re-fetch of the descriptor and continue the
4529 connection. Fixes bug 28970; bugfix on 0.3.2.1-alpha.
4531 o Minor bugfixes (connections, backport from 0.4.2.3-rc):
4532 - Avoid trying to read data from closed connections, which can cause
4533 needless loops in Libevent and infinite loops in Shadow. Fixes bug
4534 30344; bugfix on 0.1.1.1-alpha.
4536 o Minor bugfixes (error handling, backport from 0.4.2.1-alpha):
4537 - On abort, try harder to flush the output buffers of log messages.
4538 On some platforms (macOS), log messages could be discarded when
4539 the process terminates. Fixes bug 31571; bugfix on 0.3.5.1-alpha.
4540 - Report the tor version whenever an assertion fails. Previously, we
4541 only reported the Tor version on some crashes, and some non-fatal
4542 assertions. Fixes bug 31571; bugfix on 0.3.5.1-alpha.
4543 - When tor aborts due to an error, close log file descriptors before
4544 aborting. Closing the logs makes some OSes flush log file buffers,
4545 rather than deleting buffered log lines. Fixes bug 31594; bugfix
4548 o Minor bugfixes (logging, backport from 0.4.2.2-alpha):
4549 - Add a missing check for HAVE_PTHREAD_H, because the backtrace code
4550 uses mutexes. Fixes bug 31614; bugfix on 0.2.5.2-alpha.
4551 - Disable backtrace signal handlers when shutting down tor. Fixes
4552 bug 31614; bugfix on 0.2.5.2-alpha.
4553 - Rate-limit our the logging message about the obsolete .exit
4554 notation. Previously, there was no limit on this warning, which
4555 could potentially be triggered many times by a hostile website.
4556 Fixes bug 31466; bugfix on 0.2.2.1-alpha.
4558 o Minor bugfixes (logging, protocol violations, backport from 0.4.2.2-alpha):
4559 - Do not log a nonfatal assertion failure when receiving a VERSIONS
4560 cell on a connection using the obsolete v1 link protocol. Log a
4561 protocol_warn instead. Fixes bug 31107; bugfix on 0.2.4.4-alpha.
4563 o Minor bugfixes (mainloop, periodic events, in-process API, backport from 0.4.2.3-alpha):
4564 - Reset the periodic events' "enabled" flag when Tor is shut down
4565 cleanly. Previously, this flag was left on, which caused periodic
4566 events not to be re-enabled when Tor was relaunched in-process
4567 with tor_api.h after a shutdown. Fixes bug 32058; bugfix
4570 o Minor bugfixes (multithreading, backport from 0.4.2.2-alpha):
4571 - Avoid some undefined behaviour when freeing mutexes. Fixes bug
4572 31736; bugfix on 0.0.7.
4574 o Minor bugfixes (process management, backport from 0.4.2.3-alpha):
4575 - Remove overly strict assertions that triggered when a pluggable
4576 transport failed to launch. Fixes bug 31091; bugfix
4578 - Remove an assertion in the Unix process backend. This assertion
4579 would trigger when we failed to find the executable for a child
4580 process. Fixes bug 31810; bugfix on 0.4.0.1-alpha.
4582 o Minor bugfixes (relay, backport from 0.4.2.2-alpha):
4583 - Avoid crashing when starting with a corrupt keys directory where
4584 the old ntor key and the new ntor key are identical. Fixes bug
4585 30916; bugfix on 0.2.4.8-alpha.
4587 o Minor bugfixes (testing, backport from 0.4.2.3-alpha):
4588 - When testing port rebinding, don't busy-wait for tor to log.
4589 Instead, actually sleep for a short time before polling again.
4590 Also improve the formatting of control commands and log messages.
4591 Fixes bug 31837; bugfix on 0.3.5.1-alpha.
4593 o Minor bugfixes (tests, SunOS, backport from 0.4.2.2-alpha):
4594 - Avoid a map_anon_nofork test failure due to a signed/unsigned
4595 integer comparison. Fixes bug 31897; bugfix on 0.4.1.1-alpha.
4597 o Minor bugfixes (tls, logging, backport from 0.4.2.3-alpha):
4598 - Log bugs about the TLS read buffer's length only once, rather than
4599 filling the logs with similar warnings. Fixes bug 31939; bugfix
4602 o Documentation (backport from 0.4.2.2-alpha):
4603 - Explain why we can't destroy the backtrace buffer mutex. Explain
4604 why we don't need to destroy the log mutex. Closes ticket 31736.
4606 o Testing (continuous integration, backport from 0.4.2.3-alpha):
4607 - Disable all but one Travis CI macOS build, to mitigate slow
4608 scheduling of Travis macOS jobs. Closes ticket 32177.
4609 - Run the chutney IPv6 networks as part of Travis CI. Closes
4611 - Simplify the Travis CI build matrix, and optimise for build time.
4612 Closes ticket 31859.
4613 - Use Windows Server 2019 instead of Windows Server 2016 in our
4614 Appveyor builds. Closes ticket 32086.
4616 o Testing (continuous integration, backport from 0.4.2.4-rc):
4617 - In Travis, use Xcode 11.2 on macOS 10.14. Closes ticket 32241.
4618 - Use Ubuntu Bionic images for our Travis CI builds, so we can get a
4619 recent version of coccinelle. But leave chutney on Ubuntu Trusty,
4620 until we can fix some Bionic permissions issues (see ticket
4621 32240). Related to ticket 31919.
4622 - Install the mingw OpenSSL package in Appveyor. This makes sure
4623 that the OpenSSL headers and libraries match in Tor's Appveyor
4624 builds. (This bug was triggered by an Appveyor image update.)
4625 Fixes bug 32449; bugfix on 0.3.5.6-rc.
4627 o Testing (continuous integration, backport from 0.4.2.5):
4628 - Require C99 standards-conforming code in Travis CI, but allow GNU gcc
4629 extensions. Also activates clang's -Wtypedef-redefinition warnings.
4630 Build some jobs with -std=gnu99, and some jobs without.
4631 Closes ticket 32500.
4634 Changes in version 0.4.0.6 - 2019-12-09
4635 This is the second stable release in the 0.4.0.x series. This release
4636 backports several bugfixes to improve stability and correctness. Anyone
4637 experiencing build problems or crashes with 0.4.0.5, including all relays
4638 relying on AccountingMax, should upgrade.
4640 Note that, per our support policy, support for the 0.4.0.x series will end
4641 on 2 Feb 2020. Anyone still running 0.4.0.x should plan to upgrade to the
4642 latest stable release, or downgrade to 0.3.5.x, which will get long-term
4643 support until 1 Feb 2022.
4645 o Directory authority changes (backport from 0.4.1.5):
4646 - The directory authority "dizum" has a new IP address. Closes
4649 o Major bugfixes (bridges, backport from 0.4.1.2-alpha):
4650 - Consider our directory information to have changed when our list
4651 of bridges changes. Previously, Tor would not re-compute the
4652 status of its directory information when bridges changed, and
4653 therefore would not realize that it was no longer able to build
4654 circuits. Fixes part of bug 29875.
4655 - Do not count previously configured working bridges towards our
4656 total of working bridges. Previously, when Tor's list of bridges
4657 changed, it would think that the old bridges were still usable,
4658 and delay fetching router descriptors for the new ones. Fixes part
4659 of bug 29875; bugfix on 0.3.0.1-alpha.
4661 o Major bugfixes (circuit build, guard, backport from 0.4.1.4-rc):
4662 - When considering upgrading circuits from "waiting for guard" to
4663 "open", always ignore circuits that are marked for close. Otherwise,
4664 we can end up in the situation where a subsystem is notified that
4665 a closing circuit has just opened, leading to undesirable
4666 behavior. Fixes bug 30871; bugfix on 0.3.0.1-alpha.
4668 o Major bugfixes (Onion service reachability, backport from 0.4.1.3-alpha):
4669 - Properly clean up the introduction point map when circuits change
4670 purpose from onion service circuits to pathbias, measurement, or
4671 other circuit types. This should fix some service-side instances
4672 of introduction point failure. Fixes bug 29034; bugfix
4675 o Major bugfixes (onion service v3, backport from 0.4.1.1-alpha):
4676 - Fix an unreachable bug in which an introduction point could try to
4677 send an INTRODUCE_ACK with a status code that Trunnel would refuse
4678 to encode, leading the relay to assert(). We've consolidated the
4679 ABI values into Trunnel now. Fixes bug 30454; bugfix
4681 - Clients can now handle unknown status codes from INTRODUCE_ACK
4682 cells. (The NACK behavior will stay the same.) This will allow us
4683 to extend status codes in the future without breaking the normal
4684 client behavior. Fixes another part of bug 30454; bugfix
4687 o Major bugfixes (relay, backport from 0.4.2.3-alpha):
4688 - Relays now respect their AccountingMax bandwidth again. When
4689 relays entered "soft" hibernation (which typically starts when
4690 we've hit 90% of our AccountingMax), we had stopped checking
4691 whether we should enter hard hibernation. Soft hibernation refuses
4692 new connections and new circuits, but the existing circuits can
4693 continue, meaning that relays could have exceeded their configured
4694 AccountingMax. Fixes bug 32108; bugfix on 0.4.0.1-alpha.
4696 o Major bugfixes (torrc parsing, backport from 0.4.2.2-alpha):
4697 - Stop ignoring torrc options after an %include directive, when the
4698 included directory ends with a file that does not contain any
4699 config options (but does contain comments or whitespace). Fixes
4700 bug 31408; bugfix on 0.3.1.1-alpha.
4702 o Major bugfixes (v3 onion services, backport from 0.4.2.3-alpha):
4703 - Onion services now always use the exact number of intro points
4704 configured with the HiddenServiceNumIntroductionPoints option (or
4705 fewer if nodes are excluded). Before, a service could sometimes
4706 pick more intro points than configured. Fixes bug 31548; bugfix
4709 o Minor features (compile-time modules, backport from version 0.4.1.1-alpha):
4710 - Add a "--list-modules" command to print a list of which compile-
4711 time modules are enabled. Closes ticket 30452.
4713 o Minor features (continuous integration, backport from 0.4.1.1-alpha):
4714 - Remove sudo configuration lines from .travis.yml as they are no
4715 longer needed with current Travis build environment. Resolves
4718 o Minor features (continuous integration, backport from 0.4.1.4-rc):
4719 - Our Travis configuration now uses Chutney to run some network
4720 integration tests automatically. Closes ticket 29280.
4722 o Minor features (continuous integration, backport from 0.4.2.2-alpha):
4723 - When building on Appveyor and Travis, pass the "-k" flag to make,
4724 so that we are informed of all compilation failures, not just the
4725 first one or two. Closes ticket 31372.
4727 o Minor features (fallback directory list, backport from 0.4.1.4-rc):
4728 - Replace the 157 fallbacks originally introduced in Tor 0.3.5.6-rc
4729 in December 2018 (of which ~122 were still functional), with a
4730 list of 148 fallbacks (70 new, 78 existing, 79 removed) generated
4731 in June 2019. Closes ticket 28795.
4733 o Minor features (geoip, backport from 0.4.2.5):
4734 - Update geoip and geoip6 to the December 3 2019 Maxmind GeoLite2
4735 Country database. Closes ticket 32685.
4737 o Minor features (stem tests, backport from 0.4.2.1-alpha):
4738 - Change "make test-stem" so it only runs the stem tests that use
4739 tor. This change makes test-stem faster and more reliable. Closes
4742 o Minor bugfixes (Appveyor CI, backport from 0.4.2.2-alpha):
4743 - Avoid spurious errors when Appveyor CI fails before the install step.
4744 Fixes bug 31884; bugfix on 0.3.4.2-alpha.
4746 o Minor bugfixes (build system, backport form 0.4.2.1-alpha):
4747 - Do not include the deprecated <sys/sysctl.h> on Linux or Windows
4748 systems. Fixes bug 31673; bugfix on 0.2.5.4-alpha.
4750 o Minor bugfixes (circuit isolation, backport from 0.4.1.3-alpha):
4751 - Fix a logic error that prevented the SessionGroup sub-option from
4752 being accepted. Fixes bug 22619; bugfix on 0.2.7.2-alpha.
4754 o Minor bugfixes (circuit padding, backport from 0.4.1.4-rc):
4755 - On relays, properly check that a padding machine is absent before
4756 logging a warning about it being absent. Fixes bug 30649; bugfix
4759 o Minor bugfixes (client, onion service v3, backport from 0.4.2.4-rc):
4760 - Fix a BUG() assertion that occurs within a very small race window
4761 between when a client intro circuit opens and when its descriptor
4762 gets cleaned up from the cache. The circuit is now closed early,
4763 which will trigger a re-fetch of the descriptor and continue the
4764 connection. Fixes bug 28970; bugfix on 0.3.2.1-alpha.
4766 o Minor bugfixes (clock skew detection, backport from 0.4.1.5):
4767 - Don't believe clock skew results from NETINFO cells that appear to
4768 arrive before we sent the VERSIONS cells they are responding to.
4769 Previously, we would accept them up to 3 minutes "in the past".
4770 Fixes bug 31343; bugfix on 0.2.4.4-alpha.
4772 o Minor bugfixes (compilation warning, backport from 0.4.1.5):
4773 - Fix a compilation warning on Windows about casting a function
4774 pointer for GetTickCount64(). Fixes bug 31374; bugfix
4777 o Minor bugfixes (compilation, backport from 0.4.1.5):
4778 - Avoid using labs() on time_t, which can cause compilation warnings
4779 on 64-bit Windows builds. Fixes bug 31343; bugfix on 0.2.4.4-alpha.
4781 o Minor bugfixes (compilation, backport from 0.4.2.1-alpha):
4782 - Suppress spurious float-conversion warnings from GCC when calling
4783 floating-point classifier functions on FreeBSD. Fixes part of bug
4784 31687; bugfix on 0.3.1.5-alpha.
4786 o Minor bugfixes (compilation, unusual configurations, backport from 0.4.1.1-alpha):
4787 - Avoid failures when building with the ALL_BUGS_ARE_FATAL option
4788 due to missing declarations of abort(), and prevent other such
4789 failures in the future. Fixes bug 30189; bugfix on 0.3.4.1-alpha.
4791 o Minor bugfixes (configuration, proxies, backport from 0.4.1.2-alpha):
4792 - Fix a bug that prevented us from supporting SOCKS5 proxies that
4793 want authentication along with configured (but unused!)
4794 ClientTransportPlugins. Fixes bug 29670; bugfix on 0.2.6.1-alpha.
4796 o Minor bugfixes (connections, backport from 0.4.2.3-rc):
4797 - Avoid trying to read data from closed connections, which can cause
4798 needless loops in Libevent and infinite loops in Shadow. Fixes bug
4799 30344; bugfix on 0.1.1.1-alpha.
4801 o Minor bugfixes (continuous integration, backport from 0.4.1.3-alpha):
4802 - Allow the test-stem job to fail in Travis, because it sometimes
4803 hangs. Fixes bug 30744; bugfix on 0.3.5.4-alpha.
4804 - Skip test_rebind on macOS in Travis, because it is unreliable on
4805 macOS on Travis. Fixes bug 30713; bugfix on 0.3.5.1-alpha.
4806 - Skip test_rebind when the TOR_SKIP_TEST_REBIND environment
4807 variable is set. Fixes bug 30713; bugfix on 0.3.5.1-alpha.
4809 o Minor bugfixes (crash on exit, backport from 0.4.1.4-rc):
4810 - Avoid a set of possible code paths that could try to use freed
4811 memory in routerlist_free() while Tor was exiting. Fixes bug
4812 31003; bugfix on 0.1.2.2-alpha.
4814 o Minor bugfixes (directory authorities, backport from 0.4.1.3-alpha):
4815 - Stop crashing after parsing an unknown descriptor purpose
4816 annotation. We think this bug can only be triggered by modifying a
4817 local file. Fixes bug 30781; bugfix on 0.2.0.8-alpha.
4819 o Minor bugfixes (directory authority, backport from 0.4.1.2-alpha):
4820 - Move the "bandwidth-file-headers" line in directory authority
4821 votes so that it conforms to dir-spec.txt. Fixes bug 30316; bugfix
4824 o Minor bugfixes (error handling, backport from 0.4.2.1-alpha):
4825 - On abort, try harder to flush the output buffers of log messages.
4826 On some platforms (macOS), log messages could be discarded when
4827 the process terminates. Fixes bug 31571; bugfix on 0.3.5.1-alpha.
4828 - Report the tor version whenever an assertion fails. Previously, we
4829 only reported the Tor version on some crashes, and some non-fatal
4830 assertions. Fixes bug 31571; bugfix on 0.3.5.1-alpha.
4832 o Minor bugfixes (FreeBSD, PF-based proxy, IPv6, backport from 0.4.2.1-alpha):
4833 - When extracting an IPv6 address from a PF-based proxy, verify that
4834 we are actually configured to receive an IPv6 address, and log an
4835 internal error if not. Fixes part of bug 31687; bugfix
4838 o Minor bugfixes (guards, backport from 0.4.2.1-alpha):
4839 - When tor is missing descriptors for some primary entry guards,
4840 make the log message less alarming. It's normal for descriptors to
4841 expire, as long as tor fetches new ones soon after. Fixes bug
4842 31657; bugfix on 0.3.3.1-alpha.
4844 o Minor bugfixes (logging, backport from 0.4.1.1-alpha):
4845 - Do not log a warning when running with an OpenSSL version other
4846 than the one Tor was compiled with, if the two versions should be
4847 compatible. Previously, we would warn whenever the version was
4848 different. Fixes bug 30190; bugfix on 0.2.4.2-alpha.
4850 o Minor bugfixes (logging, backport from 0.4.2.1-alpha):
4851 - Change log level of message "Hash of session info was not as
4852 expected" to LOG_PROTOCOL_WARN. Fixes bug 12399; bugfix
4855 o Minor bugfixes (logging, backport from 0.4.2.2-alpha):
4856 - Rate-limit our the logging message about the obsolete .exit
4857 notation. Previously, there was no limit on this warning, which
4858 could potentially be triggered many times by a hostile website.
4859 Fixes bug 31466; bugfix on 0.2.2.1-alpha.
4861 o Minor bugfixes (logging, protocol violations, backport from 0.4.2.2-alpha):
4862 - Do not log a nonfatal assertion failure when receiving a VERSIONS
4863 cell on a connection using the obsolete v1 link protocol. Log a
4864 protocol_warn instead. Fixes bug 31107; bugfix on 0.2.4.4-alpha.
4866 o Minor bugfixes (mainloop, periodic events, in-process API, backport from 0.4.2.3-alpha):
4867 - Reset the periodic events' "enabled" flag when Tor is shut down
4868 cleanly. Previously, this flag was left on, which caused periodic
4869 events not to be re-enabled when Tor was relaunched in-process
4870 with tor_api.h after a shutdown. Fixes bug 32058; bugfix
4873 o Minor bugfixes (memory leak, backport from 0.4.1.1-alpha):
4874 - Avoid a minor memory leak that could occur on relays when failing
4875 to create a "keys" directory. Fixes bug 30148; bugfix
4878 o Minor bugfixes (memory leak, backport from 0.4.1.4-rc):
4879 - Fix a trivial memory leak when parsing an invalid value
4880 from a download schedule in the configuration. Fixes bug
4881 30894; bugfix on 0.3.4.1-alpha.
4883 o Minor bugfixes (NetBSD, backport from 0.4.1.2-alpha):
4884 - Fix usage of minherit() on NetBSD and other platforms that define
4885 MAP_INHERIT_{ZERO,NONE} instead of INHERIT_{ZERO,NONE}. Fixes bug
4886 30614; bugfix on 0.4.0.2-alpha. Patch from Taylor Campbell.
4888 o Minor bugfixes (onion services, backport from 0.4.1.1-alpha):
4889 - Avoid a GCC 9.1.1 warning (and possible crash depending on libc
4890 implemenation) when failing to load an onion service client
4891 authorization file. Fixes bug 30475; bugfix on 0.3.5.1-alpha.
4893 o Minor bugfixes (out-of-memory handler, backport from 0.4.1.2-alpha):
4894 - When purging the DNS cache because of an out-of-memory condition,
4895 try purging just the older entries at first. Previously, we would
4896 always purge the whole thing. Fixes bug 29617; bugfix
4899 o Minor bugfixes (portability, backport from 0.4.1.2-alpha):
4900 - Avoid crashing in our tor_vasprintf() implementation on systems
4901 that define neither vasprintf() nor _vscprintf(). (This bug has
4902 been here long enough that we question whether people are running
4903 Tor on such systems, but we're applying the fix out of caution.)
4904 Fixes bug 30561; bugfix on 0.2.8.2-alpha. Found and fixed by
4907 o Minor bugfixes (process management, backport from 0.4.2.3-alpha):
4908 - Remove overly strict assertions that triggered when a pluggable
4909 transport failed to launch. Fixes bug 31091; bugfix
4911 - Remove an assertion in the Unix process backend. This assertion
4912 would trigger when we failed to find the executable for a child
4913 process. Fixes bug 31810; bugfix on 0.4.0.1-alpha.
4915 o Minor bugfixes (relay, backport from 0.4.2.2-alpha):
4916 - Avoid crashing when starting with a corrupt keys directory where
4917 the old ntor key and the new ntor key are identical. Fixes bug
4918 30916; bugfix on 0.2.4.8-alpha.
4920 o Minor bugfixes (rust, backport from 0.4.2.1-alpha):
4921 - Correctly exclude a redundant rust build job in Travis. Fixes bug
4922 31463; bugfix on 0.3.5.4-alpha.
4924 o Minor bugfixes (testing, backport from 0.4.2.3-alpha):
4925 - When testing port rebinding, don't busy-wait for tor to log.
4926 Instead, actually sleep for a short time before polling again.
4927 Also improve the formatting of control commands and log messages.
4928 Fixes bug 31837; bugfix on 0.3.5.1-alpha.
4930 o Minor bugfixes (tls, logging, backport from 0.4.2.3-alpha):
4931 - Log bugs about the TLS read buffer's length only once, rather than
4932 filling the logs with similar warnings. Fixes bug 31939; bugfix
4935 o Minor bugfixes (v2 single onion services, backport from 0.4.2.1-alpha):
4936 - Always retry v2 single onion service intro and rend circuits with
4937 a 3-hop path. Previously, v2 single onion services used a 3-hop
4938 path when rendezvous circuits were retried after a remote or
4939 delayed failure, but a 1-hop path for immediate retries. Fixes bug
4940 23818; bugfix on 0.2.9.3-alpha.
4941 - Make v3 single onion services fall back to a 3-hop intro, when all
4942 intro points are unreachable via a 1-hop path. Previously, v3
4943 single onion services failed when all intro nodes were unreachable
4944 via a 1-hop path. Fixes bug 23507; bugfix on 0.3.2.1-alpha.
4946 o Documentation (backport from 0.4.2.1-alpha):
4947 - Use RFC 2397 data URL scheme to embed an image into tor-exit-
4948 notice.html so that operators no longer have to host it
4949 themselves. Closes ticket 31089.
4951 o Testing (backport from 0.4.1.2-alpha):
4952 - Specify torrc paths (with empty files) when launching tor in
4953 integration tests; refrain from reading user and system torrcs.
4954 Resolves issue 29702.
4956 o Testing (continuous integration, backport from 0.4.1.1-alpha):
4957 - In Travis, show stem's tor log after failure. Closes ticket 30234.
4959 o Testing (continuous integration, backport from 0.4.1.5):
4960 - In Travis, make stem log a controller trace to the console, and
4961 tail stem's tor log after failure. Closes ticket 30591.
4962 - In Travis, only run the stem tests that use a tor binary. Closes
4965 o Testing (continuous integration, backport from 0.4.2.3-alpha):
4966 - Disable all but one Travis CI macOS build, to mitigate slow
4967 scheduling of Travis macOS jobs. Closes ticket 32177.
4968 - Run the chutney IPv6 networks as part of Travis CI. Closes
4970 - Simplify the Travis CI build matrix, and optimise for build time.
4971 Closes ticket 31859.
4972 - Use Windows Server 2019 instead of Windows Server 2016 in our
4973 Appveyor builds. Closes ticket 32086.
4975 o Testing (continuous integration, backport from 0.4.2.4-rc):
4976 - Use Ubuntu Bionic images for our Travis CI builds, so we can get a
4977 recent version of coccinelle. But leave chutney on Ubuntu Trusty,
4978 until we can fix some Bionic permissions issues (see ticket
4979 32240). Related to ticket 31919.
4980 - Install the mingw OpenSSL package in Appveyor. This makes sure
4981 that the OpenSSL headers and libraries match in Tor's Appveyor
4982 builds. (This bug was triggered by an Appveyor image update.)
4983 Fixes bug 32449; bugfix on 0.3.5.6-rc.
4984 - In Travis, use Xcode 11.2 on macOS 10.14. Closes ticket 32241.
4986 o Testing (continuous integration, backport from 0.4.2.5):
4987 - Require C99 standards-conforming code in Travis CI, but allow GNU gcc
4988 extensions. Also activates clang's -Wtypedef-redefinition warnings.
4989 Build some jobs with -std=gnu99, and some jobs without.
4990 Closes ticket 32500.
4993 Changes in version 0.3.5.9 - 2019-12-09
4994 Tor 0.3.5.9 backports serveral fixes from later releases, including
4995 several that affect bridge users, relay stability, onion services,
4998 o Directory authority changes (backport from 0.4.1.5):
4999 - The directory authority "dizum" has a new IP address. Closes
5002 o Major bugfixes (bridges, backport from 0.4.1.2-alpha):
5003 - Consider our directory information to have changed when our list
5004 of bridges changes. Previously, Tor would not re-compute the
5005 status of its directory information when bridges changed, and
5006 therefore would not realize that it was no longer able to build
5007 circuits. Fixes part of bug 29875.
5008 - Do not count previously configured working bridges towards our
5009 total of working bridges. Previously, when Tor's list of bridges
5010 changed, it would think that the old bridges were still usable,
5011 and delay fetching router descriptors for the new ones. Fixes part
5012 of bug 29875; bugfix on 0.3.0.1-alpha.
5014 o Major bugfixes (circuit build, guard, backport from 0.4.1.4-rc):
5015 - When considering upgrading circuits from "waiting for guard" to
5016 "open", always ignore circuits that are marked for close. Otherwise,
5017 we can end up in the situation where a subsystem is notified that
5018 a closing circuit has just opened, leading to undesirable
5019 behavior. Fixes bug 30871; bugfix on 0.3.0.1-alpha.
5021 o Major bugfixes (NSS, relay, backport from 0.4.0.4-rc):
5022 - When running with NSS, disable TLS 1.2 ciphersuites that use
5023 SHA384 for their PRF. Due to an NSS bug, the TLS key exporters for
5024 these ciphersuites don't work -- which caused relays to fail to
5025 handshake with one another when these ciphersuites were enabled.
5026 Fixes bug 29241; bugfix on 0.3.5.1-alpha.
5028 o Major bugfixes (Onion service reachability, backport from 0.4.1.3-alpha):
5029 - Properly clean up the introduction point map when circuits change
5030 purpose from onion service circuits to pathbias, measurement, or
5031 other circuit types. This should fix some service-side instances
5032 of introduction point failure. Fixes bug 29034; bugfix
5035 o Major bugfixes (onion service v3, backport from 0.4.1.1-alpha):
5036 - Fix an unreachable bug in which an introduction point could try to
5037 send an INTRODUCE_ACK with a status code that Trunnel would refuse
5038 to encode, leading the relay to assert(). We've consolidated the
5039 ABI values into Trunnel now. Fixes bug 30454; bugfix
5041 - Clients can now handle unknown status codes from INTRODUCE_ACK
5042 cells. (The NACK behavior will stay the same.) This will allow us
5043 to extend status codes in the future without breaking the normal
5044 client behavior. Fixes another part of bug 30454; bugfix
5047 o Major bugfixes (torrc parsing, backport from 0.4.2.2-alpha):
5048 - Stop ignoring torrc options after an %include directive, when the
5049 included directory ends with a file that does not contain any
5050 config options (but does contain comments or whitespace). Fixes
5051 bug 31408; bugfix on 0.3.1.1-alpha.
5053 o Major bugfixes (v3 onion services, backport from 0.4.2.3-alpha):
5054 - Onion services now always use the exact number of intro points
5055 configured with the HiddenServiceNumIntroductionPoints option (or
5056 fewer if nodes are excluded). Before, a service could sometimes
5057 pick more intro points than configured. Fixes bug 31548; bugfix
5060 o Minor features (address selection, backport from 0.4.0.3-alpha):
5061 - Treat the subnet 100.64.0.0/10 as public for some purposes;
5062 private for others. This subnet is the RFC 6598 (Carrier Grade
5063 NAT) IP range, and is deployed by many ISPs as an alternative to
5064 RFC 1918 that does not break existing internal networks. Tor now
5065 blocks SOCKS and control ports on these addresses and warns users
5066 if client ports or ExtORPorts are listening on a RFC 6598 address.
5067 Closes ticket 28525. Patch by Neel Chauhan.
5069 o Minor features (bandwidth authority, backport from 0.4.0.4-rc):
5070 - Make bandwidth authorities ignore relays that are reported in the
5071 bandwidth file with the flag "vote=0". This change allows us to
5072 report unmeasured relays for diagnostic reasons without including
5073 their bandwidth in the bandwidth authorities' vote. Closes
5076 o Minor features (compile-time modules, backport from version 0.4.1.1-alpha):
5077 - Add a "--list-modules" command to print a list of which compile-
5078 time modules are enabled. Closes ticket 30452.
5080 o Minor features (continuous integration, backport from 0.4.0.4-rc):
5081 - On Travis Rust builds, cleanup Rust registry and refrain from
5082 caching the "target/" directory to speed up builds. Resolves
5085 o Minor features (continuous integration, backport from 0.4.0.5):
5086 - In Travis, tell timelimit to use stem's backtrace signals, and
5087 launch python directly from timelimit, so python receives the
5088 signals from timelimit, rather than make. Closes ticket 30117.
5090 o Minor features (continuous integration, backport from 0.4.1.1-alpha):
5091 - Remove sudo configuration lines from .travis.yml as they are no
5092 longer needed with current Travis build environment. Resolves
5095 o Minor features (continuous integration, backport from 0.4.1.4-rc):
5096 - Our Travis configuration now uses Chutney to run some network
5097 integration tests automatically. Closes ticket 29280.
5099 o Minor features (continuous integration, backport from 0.4.2.2-alpha):
5100 - When building on Appveyor and Travis, pass the "-k" flag to make,
5101 so that we are informed of all compilation failures, not just the
5102 first one or two. Closes ticket 31372.
5104 o Minor features (fallback directory list, backport from 0.4.1.4-rc):
5105 - Replace the 157 fallbacks originally introduced in Tor 0.3.5.6-rc
5106 in December 2018 (of which ~122 were still functional), with a
5107 list of 148 fallbacks (70 new, 78 existing, 79 removed) generated
5108 in June 2019. Closes ticket 28795.
5110 o Minor features (geoip, backport from 0.4.2.5):
5111 - Update geoip and geoip6 to the December 3 2019 Maxmind GeoLite2
5112 Country database. Closes ticket 32685.
5114 o Minor features (NSS, diagnostic, backport from 0.4.0.4-rc):
5115 - Try to log an error from NSS (if there is any) and a more useful
5116 description of our situation if we are using NSS and a call to
5117 SSL_ExportKeyingMaterial() fails. Diagnostic for ticket 29241.
5119 o Minor features (stem tests, backport from 0.4.2.1-alpha):
5120 - Change "make test-stem" so it only runs the stem tests that use
5121 tor. This change makes test-stem faster and more reliable. Closes
5124 o Minor bugfixes (security, backport from 0.4.0.4-rc):
5125 - Verify in more places that we are not about to create a buffer
5126 with more than INT_MAX bytes, to avoid possible OOB access in the
5127 event of bugs. Fixes bug 30041; bugfix on 0.2.0.16. Found and
5128 fixed by Tobias Stoeckmann.
5129 - Fix a potential double free bug when reading huge bandwidth files.
5130 The issue is not exploitable in the current Tor network because
5131 the vulnerable code is only reached when directory authorities
5132 read bandwidth files, but bandwidth files come from a trusted
5133 source (usually the authorities themselves). Furthermore, the
5134 issue is only exploitable in rare (non-POSIX) 32-bit architectures,
5135 which are not used by any of the current authorities. Fixes bug
5136 30040; bugfix on 0.3.5.1-alpha. Bug found and fixed by
5139 o Minor bugfix (continuous integration, backport from 0.4.0.4-rc):
5140 - Reset coverage state on disk after Travis CI has finished. This
5141 should prevent future coverage merge errors from causing the test
5142 suite for the "process" subsystem to fail. The process subsystem
5143 was introduced in 0.4.0.1-alpha. Fixes bug 29036; bugfix
5145 - Terminate test-stem if it takes more than 9.5 minutes to run.
5146 (Travis terminates the job after 10 minutes of no output.)
5147 Diagnostic for 29437. Fixes bug 30011; bugfix on 0.3.5.4-alpha.
5149 o Minor bugfixes (Appveyor CI, backport from 0.4.2.2-alpha):
5150 - Avoid spurious errors when Appveyor CI fails before the install step.
5151 Fixes bug 31884; bugfix on 0.3.4.2-alpha.
5153 o Minor bugfixes (build system, backport form 0.4.2.1-alpha):
5154 - Do not include the deprecated <sys/sysctl.h> on Linux or Windows
5155 systems. Fixes bug 31673; bugfix on 0.2.5.4-alpha.
5157 o Minor bugfixes (C correctness, backport from 0.4.0.4-rc):
5158 - Fix an unlikely memory leak in consensus_diff_apply(). Fixes bug
5159 29824; bugfix on 0.3.1.1-alpha. This is Coverity warning
5162 o Minor bugfixes (circuit isolation, backport from 0.4.1.3-alpha):
5163 - Fix a logic error that prevented the SessionGroup sub-option from
5164 being accepted. Fixes bug 22619; bugfix on 0.2.7.2-alpha.
5166 o Minor bugfixes (client, onion service v3, backport from 0.4.2.4-rc):
5167 - Fix a BUG() assertion that occurs within a very small race window
5168 between when a client intro circuit opens and when its descriptor
5169 gets cleaned up from the cache. The circuit is now closed early,
5170 which will trigger a re-fetch of the descriptor and continue the
5171 connection. Fixes bug 28970; bugfix on 0.3.2.1-alpha.
5173 o Minor bugfixes (clock skew detection, backport from 0.4.1.5):
5174 - Don't believe clock skew results from NETINFO cells that appear to
5175 arrive before we sent the VERSIONS cells they are responding to.
5176 Previously, we would accept them up to 3 minutes "in the past".
5177 Fixes bug 31343; bugfix on 0.2.4.4-alpha.
5179 o Minor bugfixes (compilation warning, backport from 0.4.1.5):
5180 - Fix a compilation warning on Windows about casting a function
5181 pointer for GetTickCount64(). Fixes bug 31374; bugfix
5184 o Minor bugfixes (compilation, backport from 0.4.0.2-alpha):
5185 - Silence a compiler warning in test-memwipe.c on OpenBSD. Fixes bug
5186 29145; bugfix on 0.2.9.3-alpha. Patch from Kris Katterjohn.
5188 o Minor bugfixes (compilation, backport from 0.4.1.5):
5189 - Avoid using labs() on time_t, which can cause compilation warnings
5190 on 64-bit Windows builds. Fixes bug 31343; bugfix on 0.2.4.4-alpha.
5192 o Minor bugfixes (compilation, backport from 0.4.2.1-alpha):
5193 - Suppress spurious float-conversion warnings from GCC when calling
5194 floating-point classifier functions on FreeBSD. Fixes part of bug
5195 31687; bugfix on 0.3.1.5-alpha.
5197 o Minor bugfixes (compilation, unusual configurations, backport from 0.4.1.1-alpha):
5198 - Avoid failures when building with the ALL_BUGS_ARE_FATAL option
5199 due to missing declarations of abort(), and prevent other such
5200 failures in the future. Fixes bug 30189; bugfix on 0.3.4.1-alpha.
5202 o Minor bugfixes (configuration, proxies, backport from 0.4.1.2-alpha):
5203 - Fix a bug that prevented us from supporting SOCKS5 proxies that
5204 want authentication along with configured (but unused!)
5205 ClientTransportPlugins. Fixes bug 29670; bugfix on 0.2.6.1-alpha.
5207 o Minor bugfixes (connections, backport from 0.4.2.3-rc):
5208 - Avoid trying to read data from closed connections, which can cause
5209 needless loops in Libevent and infinite loops in Shadow. Fixes bug
5210 30344; bugfix on 0.1.1.1-alpha.
5212 o Minor bugfixes (continuous integration, backport from 0.4.1.3-alpha):
5213 - Allow the test-stem job to fail in Travis, because it sometimes
5214 hangs. Fixes bug 30744; bugfix on 0.3.5.4-alpha.
5215 - Skip test_rebind on macOS in Travis, because it is unreliable on
5216 macOS on Travis. Fixes bug 30713; bugfix on 0.3.5.1-alpha.
5217 - Skip test_rebind when the TOR_SKIP_TEST_REBIND environment
5218 variable is set. Fixes bug 30713; bugfix on 0.3.5.1-alpha.
5220 o Minor bugfixes (crash on exit, backport from 0.4.1.4-rc):
5221 - Avoid a set of possible code paths that could try to use freed
5222 memory in routerlist_free() while Tor was exiting. Fixes bug
5223 31003; bugfix on 0.1.2.2-alpha.
5225 o Minor bugfixes (directory authorities, backport from 0.4.1.3-alpha):
5226 - Stop crashing after parsing an unknown descriptor purpose
5227 annotation. We think this bug can only be triggered by modifying a
5228 local file. Fixes bug 30781; bugfix on 0.2.0.8-alpha.
5230 o Minor bugfixes (directory authority, backport from 0.4.1.2-alpha):
5231 - Move the "bandwidth-file-headers" line in directory authority
5232 votes so that it conforms to dir-spec.txt. Fixes bug 30316; bugfix
5235 o Minor bugfixes (error handling, backport from 0.4.2.1-alpha):
5236 - On abort, try harder to flush the output buffers of log messages.
5237 On some platforms (macOS), log messages could be discarded when
5238 the process terminates. Fixes bug 31571; bugfix on 0.3.5.1-alpha.
5239 - Report the tor version whenever an assertion fails. Previously, we
5240 only reported the Tor version on some crashes, and some non-fatal
5241 assertions. Fixes bug 31571; bugfix on 0.3.5.1-alpha.
5243 o Minor bugfixes (FreeBSD, PF-based proxy, IPv6, backport from 0.4.2.1-alpha):
5244 - When extracting an IPv6 address from a PF-based proxy, verify that
5245 we are actually configured to receive an IPv6 address, and log an
5246 internal error if not. Fixes part of bug 31687; bugfix
5249 o Minor bugfixes (guards, backport from 0.4.2.1-alpha):
5250 - When tor is missing descriptors for some primary entry guards,
5251 make the log message less alarming. It's normal for descriptors to
5252 expire, as long as tor fetches new ones soon after. Fixes bug
5253 31657; bugfix on 0.3.3.1-alpha.
5255 o Minor bugfixes (logging, backport from 0.4.0.2-alpha):
5256 - Avoid logging that we are relaxing a circuit timeout when that
5257 timeout is fixed. Fixes bug 28698; bugfix on 0.2.4.7-alpha.
5259 o Minor bugfixes (logging, backport from 0.4.0.3-alpha):
5260 - Correct a misleading error message when IPv4Only or IPv6Only is
5261 used but the resolved address can not be interpreted as an address
5262 of the specified IP version. Fixes bug 13221; bugfix on
5263 0.2.3.9-alpha. Patch from Kris Katterjohn.
5264 - Log the correct port number for listening sockets when "auto" is
5265 used to let Tor pick the port number. Previously, port 0 was
5266 logged instead of the actual port number. Fixes bug 29144; bugfix
5267 on 0.3.5.1-alpha. Patch from Kris Katterjohn.
5268 - Stop logging a BUG() warning when Tor is waiting for exit
5269 descriptors. Fixes bug 28656; bugfix on 0.3.5.1-alpha.
5271 o Minor bugfixes (logging, backport from 0.4.1.1-alpha):
5272 - Do not log a warning when running with an OpenSSL version other
5273 than the one Tor was compiled with, if the two versions should be
5274 compatible. Previously, we would warn whenever the version was
5275 different. Fixes bug 30190; bugfix on 0.2.4.2-alpha.
5277 o Minor bugfixes (logging, backport from 0.4.2.1-alpha):
5278 - Change log level of message "Hash of session info was not as
5279 expected" to LOG_PROTOCOL_WARN. Fixes bug 12399; bugfix
5282 o Minor bugfixes (logging, backport from 0.4.2.2-alpha):
5283 - Rate-limit our the logging message about the obsolete .exit
5284 notation. Previously, there was no limit on this warning, which
5285 could potentially be triggered many times by a hostile website.
5286 Fixes bug 31466; bugfix on 0.2.2.1-alpha.
5288 o Minor bugfixes (logging, protocol violations, backport from 0.4.2.2-alpha):
5289 - Do not log a nonfatal assertion failure when receiving a VERSIONS
5290 cell on a connection using the obsolete v1 link protocol. Log a
5291 protocol_warn instead. Fixes bug 31107; bugfix on 0.2.4.4-alpha.
5293 o Minor bugfixes (mainloop, periodic events, in-process API, backport from 0.4.2.3-alpha):
5294 - Reset the periodic events' "enabled" flag when Tor is shut down
5295 cleanly. Previously, this flag was left on, which caused periodic
5296 events not to be re-enabled when Tor was relaunched in-process
5297 with tor_api.h after a shutdown. Fixes bug 32058; bugfix
5300 o Minor bugfixes (memory leak, backport from 0.4.1.1-alpha):
5301 - Avoid a minor memory leak that could occur on relays when failing
5302 to create a "keys" directory. Fixes bug 30148; bugfix
5305 o Minor bugfixes (memory leak, backport from 0.4.1.4-rc):
5306 - Fix a trivial memory leak when parsing an invalid value
5307 from a download schedule in the configuration. Fixes bug
5308 30894; bugfix on 0.3.4.1-alpha.
5310 o Minor bugfixes (memory management, backport from 0.4.0.3-alpha):
5311 - Refactor the shared random state's memory management so that it
5312 actually takes ownership of the shared random value pointers.
5313 Fixes bug 29706; bugfix on 0.2.9.1-alpha.
5315 o Minor bugfixes (memory management, testing, backport from 0.4.0.3-alpha):
5316 - Stop leaking parts of the shared random state in the shared-random
5317 unit tests. Fixes bug 29599; bugfix on 0.2.9.1-alpha.
5319 o Minor bugfixes (onion services, backport from 0.4.1.1-alpha):
5320 - Avoid a GCC 9.1.1 warning (and possible crash depending on libc
5321 implemenation) when failing to load an onion service client
5322 authorization file. Fixes bug 30475; bugfix on 0.3.5.1-alpha.
5324 o Minor bugfixes (out-of-memory handler, backport from 0.4.1.2-alpha):
5325 - When purging the DNS cache because of an out-of-memory condition,
5326 try purging just the older entries at first. Previously, we would
5327 always purge the whole thing. Fixes bug 29617; bugfix
5330 o Minor bugfixes (portability, backport from 0.4.1.2-alpha):
5331 - Avoid crashing in our tor_vasprintf() implementation on systems
5332 that define neither vasprintf() nor _vscprintf(). (This bug has
5333 been here long enough that we question whether people are running
5334 Tor on such systems, but we're applying the fix out of caution.)
5335 Fixes bug 30561; bugfix on 0.2.8.2-alpha. Found and fixed by
5338 o Minor bugfixes (relay, backport from 0.4.2.2-alpha):
5339 - Avoid crashing when starting with a corrupt keys directory where
5340 the old ntor key and the new ntor key are identical. Fixes bug
5341 30916; bugfix on 0.2.4.8-alpha.
5343 o Minor bugfixes (rust, backport from 0.4.0.5):
5344 - Abort on panic in all build profiles, instead of potentially
5345 unwinding into C code. Fixes bug 27199; bugfix on 0.3.3.1-alpha.
5347 o Minor bugfixes (rust, backport from 0.4.2.1-alpha):
5348 - Correctly exclude a redundant rust build job in Travis. Fixes bug
5349 31463; bugfix on 0.3.5.4-alpha.
5351 o Minor bugfixes (single onion services, backport from 0.4.0.3-alpha):
5352 - Allow connections to single onion services to remain idle without
5353 being disconnected. Previously, relays acting as rendezvous points
5354 for single onion services were mistakenly closing idle rendezvous
5355 circuits after 60 seconds, thinking that they were unused
5356 directory-fetching circuits that had served their purpose. Fixes
5357 bug 29665; bugfix on 0.2.1.26.
5359 o Minor bugfixes (stats, backport from 0.4.0.3-alpha):
5360 - When ExtraInfoStatistics is 0, stop including PaddingStatistics in
5361 relay and bridge extra-info documents. Fixes bug 29017; bugfix
5364 o Minor bugfixes (testing, backport from 0.4.0.3-alpha):
5365 - Downgrade some LOG_ERR messages in the address/* tests to
5366 warnings. The LOG_ERR messages were occurring when we had no
5367 configured network. We were failing the unit tests, because we
5368 backported 28668 to 0.3.5.8, but did not backport 29530. Fixes bug
5369 29530; bugfix on 0.3.5.8.
5370 - Fix our gcov wrapper script to look for object files at the
5371 correct locations. Fixes bug 29435; bugfix on 0.3.5.1-alpha.
5373 o Minor bugfixes (testing, backport from 0.4.0.4-rc):
5374 - Backport the 0.3.4 src/test/test-network.sh to 0.2.9. We need a
5375 recent test-network.sh to use new chutney features in CI. Fixes
5376 bug 29703; bugfix on 0.2.9.1-alpha.
5377 - Fix a test failure on Windows caused by an unexpected "BUG"
5378 warning in our tests for tor_gmtime_r(-1). Fixes bug 29922; bugfix
5381 o Minor bugfixes (testing, backport from 0.4.2.3-alpha):
5382 - When testing port rebinding, don't busy-wait for tor to log.
5383 Instead, actually sleep for a short time before polling again.
5384 Also improve the formatting of control commands and log messages.
5385 Fixes bug 31837; bugfix on 0.3.5.1-alpha.
5387 o Minor bugfixes (TLS protocol, backport form 0.4.0.4-rc):
5388 - When classifying a client's selection of TLS ciphers, if the
5389 client ciphers are not yet available, do not cache the result.
5390 Previously, we had cached the unavailability of the cipher list
5391 and never looked again, which in turn led us to assume that the
5392 client only supported the ancient V1 link protocol. This, in turn,
5393 was causing Stem integration tests to stall in some cases. Fixes
5394 bug 30021; bugfix on 0.2.4.8-alpha.
5396 o Minor bugfixes (tls, logging, backport from 0.4.2.3-alpha):
5397 - Log bugs about the TLS read buffer's length only once, rather than
5398 filling the logs with similar warnings. Fixes bug 31939; bugfix
5401 o Minor bugfixes (v2 single onion services, backport from 0.4.2.1-alpha):
5402 - Always retry v2 single onion service intro and rend circuits with
5403 a 3-hop path. Previously, v2 single onion services used a 3-hop
5404 path when rendezvous circuits were retried after a remote or
5405 delayed failure, but a 1-hop path for immediate retries. Fixes bug
5406 23818; bugfix on 0.2.9.3-alpha.
5407 - Make v3 single onion services fall back to a 3-hop intro, when all
5408 intro points are unreachable via a 1-hop path. Previously, v3
5409 single onion services failed when all intro nodes were unreachable
5410 via a 1-hop path. Fixes bug 23507; bugfix on 0.3.2.1-alpha.
5412 o Minor bugfixes (Windows, CI, backport from 0.4.0.3-alpha):
5413 - Skip the Appveyor 32-bit Windows Server 2016 job, and 64-bit
5414 Windows Server 2012 R2 job. The remaining 2 jobs still provide
5415 coverage of 64/32-bit, and Windows Server 2016/2012 R2. Also set
5416 fast_finish, so failed jobs terminate the build immediately. Fixes
5417 bug 29601; bugfix on 0.3.5.4-alpha.
5419 o Documentation (backport from 0.4.2.1-alpha):
5420 - Use RFC 2397 data URL scheme to embed an image into tor-exit-
5421 notice.html so that operators no longer have to host it
5422 themselves. Closes ticket 31089.
5424 o Testing (backport from 0.4.1.2-alpha):
5425 - Specify torrc paths (with empty files) when launching tor in
5426 integration tests; refrain from reading user and system torrcs.
5427 Resolves issue 29702.
5429 o Testing (continuous integration, backport from 0.4.1.1-alpha):
5430 - In Travis, show stem's tor log after failure. Closes ticket 30234.
5432 o Testing (continuous integration, backport from 0.4.1.5):
5433 - In Travis, make stem log a controller trace to the console, and
5434 tail stem's tor log after failure. Closes ticket 30591.
5435 - In Travis, only run the stem tests that use a tor binary. Closes
5438 o Testing (continuous integration, backport from 0.4.2.3-alpha):
5439 - Disable all but one Travis CI macOS build, to mitigate slow
5440 scheduling of Travis macOS jobs. Closes ticket 32177.
5441 - Run the chutney IPv6 networks as part of Travis CI. Closes
5443 - Simplify the Travis CI build matrix, and optimise for build time.
5444 Closes ticket 31859.
5445 - Use Windows Server 2019 instead of Windows Server 2016 in our
5446 Appveyor builds. Closes ticket 32086.
5448 o Testing (continuous integration, backport from 0.4.2.4-rc):
5449 - Use Ubuntu Bionic images for our Travis CI builds, so we can get a
5450 recent version of coccinelle. But leave chutney on Ubuntu Trusty,
5451 until we can fix some Bionic permissions issues (see ticket
5452 32240). Related to ticket 31919.
5453 - Install the mingw OpenSSL package in Appveyor. This makes sure
5454 that the OpenSSL headers and libraries match in Tor's Appveyor
5455 builds. (This bug was triggered by an Appveyor image update.)
5456 Fixes bug 32449; bugfix on 0.3.5.6-rc.
5457 - In Travis, use Xcode 11.2 on macOS 10.14. Closes ticket 32241.
5459 o Testing (continuous integration, backport from 0.4.2.5):
5460 - Require C99 standards-conforming code in Travis CI, but allow GNU gcc
5461 extensions. Also activates clang's -Wtypedef-redefinition warnings.
5462 Build some jobs with -std=gnu99, and some jobs without.
5463 Closes ticket 32500.
5466 Changes in version 0.4.1.6 - 2019-09-19
5467 This release backports several bugfixes to improve stability and
5468 correctness. Anyone experiencing build problems or crashes with 0.4.1.5,
5469 or experiencing reliability issues with single onion services, should
5472 o Major bugfixes (crash, Linux, Android, backport from 0.4.2.1-alpha):
5473 - Tolerate systems (including some Android installations) where
5474 madvise and MADV_DONTDUMP are available at build-time, but not at
5475 run time. Previously, these systems would notice a failed syscall
5476 and abort. Fixes bug 31570; bugfix on 0.4.1.1-alpha.
5477 - Tolerate systems (including some Linux installations) where
5478 madvise and/or MADV_DONTFORK are available at build-time, but not
5479 at run time. Previously, these systems would notice a failed
5480 syscall and abort. Fixes bug 31696; bugfix on 0.4.1.1-alpha.
5482 o Minor features (stem tests, backport from 0.4.2.1-alpha):
5483 - Change "make test-stem" so it only runs the stem tests that use
5484 tor. This change makes test-stem faster and more reliable. Closes
5487 o Minor bugfixes (build system, backport form 0.4.2.1-alpha):
5488 - Do not include the deprecated <sys/sysctl.h> on Linux or Windows
5489 systems. Fixes bug 31673; bugfix on 0.2.5.4-alpha.
5491 o Minor bugfixes (compilation, backport from 0.4.2.1-alpha):
5492 - Add more stub functions to fix compilation on Android with link-
5493 time optimization when --disable-module-dirauth is used.
5494 Previously, these compilation settings would make the compiler
5495 look for functions that didn't exist. Fixes bug 31552; bugfix
5497 - Suppress spurious float-conversion warnings from GCC when calling
5498 floating-point classifier functions on FreeBSD. Fixes part of bug
5499 31687; bugfix on 0.3.1.5-alpha.
5501 o Minor bugfixes (controller protocol):
5502 - Fix the MAPADDRESS controller command to accept one or more
5503 arguments. Previously, it required two or more arguments, and ignored
5504 the first. Fixes bug 31772; bugfix on 0.4.1.1-alpha.
5506 o Minor bugfixes (FreeBSD, PF-based proxy, IPv6, backport from 0.4.2.1-alpha):
5507 - When extracting an IPv6 address from a PF-based proxy, verify that
5508 we are actually configured to receive an IPv6 address, and log an
5509 internal error if not. Fixes part of bug 31687; bugfix
5512 o Minor bugfixes (guards, backport from 0.4.2.1-alpha):
5513 - When tor is missing descriptors for some primary entry guards,
5514 make the log message less alarming. It's normal for descriptors to
5515 expire, as long as tor fetches new ones soon after. Fixes bug
5516 31657; bugfix on 0.3.3.1-alpha.
5518 o Minor bugfixes (logging, backport from 0.4.2.1-alpha):
5519 - Change log level of message "Hash of session info was not as
5520 expected" to LOG_PROTOCOL_WARN. Fixes bug 12399; bugfix
5523 o Minor bugfixes (rust, backport from 0.4.2.1-alpha):
5524 - Correctly exclude a redundant rust build job in Travis. Fixes bug
5525 31463; bugfix on 0.3.5.4-alpha.
5527 o Minor bugfixes (v2 single onion services, backport from 0.4.2.1-alpha):
5528 - Always retry v2 single onion service intro and rend circuits with
5529 a 3-hop path. Previously, v2 single onion services used a 3-hop
5530 path when rendezvous circuits were retried after a remote or
5531 delayed failure, but a 1-hop path for immediate retries. Fixes bug
5532 23818; bugfix on 0.2.9.3-alpha.
5534 o Minor bugfixes (v3 single onion services, backport from 0.4.2.1-alpha):
5535 - Always retry v3 single onion service intro and rend circuits with
5536 a 3-hop path. Previously, v3 single onion services used a 3-hop
5537 path when rend circuits were retried after a remote or delayed
5538 failure, but a 1-hop path for immediate retries. Fixes bug 23818;
5539 bugfix on 0.3.2.1-alpha.
5540 - Make v3 single onion services fall back to a 3-hop intro, when all
5541 intro points are unreachable via a 1-hop path. Previously, v3
5542 single onion services failed when all intro nodes were unreachable
5543 via a 1-hop path. Fixes bug 23507; bugfix on 0.3.2.1-alpha.
5545 o Documentation (backport from 0.4.2.1-alpha):
5546 - Use RFC 2397 data URL scheme to embed an image into tor-exit-
5547 notice.html so that operators no longer have to host it
5548 themselves. Closes ticket 31089.
5551 Changes in version 0.4.1.5 - 2019-08-20
5552 This is the first stable release in the 0.4.1.x series. This series
5553 adds experimental circuit-level padding, authenticated SENDME cells to
5554 defend against certain attacks, and several performance improvements
5555 to save on CPU consumption. It fixes bugs in bootstrapping and v3
5556 onion services. It also includes numerous smaller features and
5557 bugfixes on earlier versions.
5559 Per our support policy, we will support the 0.4.1.x series for nine
5560 months, or until three months after the release of a stable 0.4.2.x:
5561 whichever is longer. If you need longer-term support, please stick
5562 with 0.3.5.x, which will we plan to support until Feb 2022.
5564 Below are the changes since 0.4.0.5. For a list of only the changes
5565 since 0.4.1.4-rc, see the ChangeLog file.
5567 o Directory authority changes:
5568 - The directory authority "dizum" has a new IP address. Closes
5571 o Major features (circuit padding):
5572 - Onion service clients now add padding cells at the start of their
5573 INTRODUCE and RENDEZVOUS circuits, to make those circuits' traffic
5574 look more like general purpose Exit traffic. The overhead for this
5575 is 2 extra cells in each direction for RENDEZVOUS circuits, and 1
5576 extra upstream cell and 10 downstream cells for INTRODUCE
5577 circuits. This feature is only enabled when also supported by the
5578 circuit's middle node. (Clients may specify fixed middle nodes
5579 with the MiddleNodes option, and may force-disable this feature
5580 with the CircuitPadding option.) Closes ticket 28634.
5582 o Major features (code organization):
5583 - Tor now includes a generic publish-subscribe message-passing
5584 subsystem that we can use to organize intermodule dependencies. We
5585 hope to use this to reduce dependencies between modules that don't
5586 need to be related, and to generally simplify our codebase. Closes
5589 o Major features (controller protocol):
5590 - Controller commands are now parsed using a generalized parsing
5591 subsystem. Previously, each controller command was responsible for
5592 parsing its own input, which led to strange inconsistencies.
5593 Closes ticket 30091.
5595 o Major features (flow control):
5596 - Implement authenticated SENDMEs as detailed in proposal 289. A
5597 SENDME cell now includes the digest of the traffic that it
5598 acknowledges, so that once an end point receives the SENDME, it
5599 can confirm the other side's knowledge of the previous cells that
5600 were sent, and prevent certain types of denial-of-service attacks.
5601 This behavior is controlled by two new consensus parameters: see
5602 the proposal for more details. Fixes ticket 26288.
5604 o Major features (performance):
5605 - Our node selection algorithm now excludes nodes in linear time.
5606 Previously, the algorithm was quadratic, which could slow down
5607 heavily used onion services. Closes ticket 30307.
5609 o Major features (performance, RNG):
5610 - Tor now constructs a fast secure pseudorandom number generator for
5611 each thread, to use when performance is critical. This PRNG is
5612 based on AES-CTR, using a buffering construction similar to
5613 libottery and the (newer) OpenBSD arc4random() code. It
5614 outperforms OpenSSL 1.1.1a's CSPRNG by roughly a factor of 100 for
5615 small outputs. Although we believe it to be cryptographically
5616 strong, we are only using it when necessary for performance.
5617 Implements tickets 29023 and 29536.
5619 o Major bugfixes (bridges):
5620 - Consider our directory information to have changed when our list
5621 of bridges changes. Previously, Tor would not re-compute the
5622 status of its directory information when bridges changed, and
5623 therefore would not realize that it was no longer able to build
5624 circuits. Fixes part of bug 29875.
5625 - Do not count previously configured working bridges towards our
5626 total of working bridges. Previously, when Tor's list of bridges
5627 changed, it would think that the old bridges were still usable,
5628 and delay fetching router descriptors for the new ones. Fixes part
5629 of bug 29875; bugfix on 0.3.0.1-alpha.
5631 o Major bugfixes (circuit build, guard):
5632 - On relays, properly check that a padding machine is absent before
5633 logging a warning about it being absent. Fixes bug 30649; bugfix
5635 - When considering upgrading circuits from "waiting for guard" to
5636 "open", always ignore circuits that are marked for close. Otherwise,
5637 we can end up in the situation where a subsystem is notified that
5638 a closing circuit has just opened, leading to undesirable
5639 behavior. Fixes bug 30871; bugfix on 0.3.0.1-alpha.
5641 o Major bugfixes (onion service reachability):
5642 - Properly clean up the introduction point map when circuits change
5643 purpose from onion service circuits to pathbias, measurement, or
5644 other circuit types. This should fix some service-side instances
5645 of introduction point failure. Fixes bug 29034; bugfix
5648 o Major bugfixes (onion service v3):
5649 - Fix an unreachable bug in which an introduction point could try to
5650 send an INTRODUCE_ACK with a status code that Trunnel would refuse
5651 to encode, leading the relay to assert(). We've consolidated the
5652 ABI values into Trunnel now. Fixes bug 30454; bugfix
5654 - Clients can now handle unknown status codes from INTRODUCE_ACK
5655 cells. (The NACK behavior will stay the same.) This will allow us
5656 to extend status codes in the future without breaking the normal
5657 client behavior. Fixes another part of bug 30454; bugfix
5660 o Minor features (authenticated SENDME):
5661 - Ensure that there is enough randomness on every circuit to prevent
5662 an attacker from successfully predicting the hashes they will need
5663 to include in authenticated SENDME cells. At a random interval, if
5664 we have not sent randomness already, we now leave some extra space
5665 at the end of a cell that we can fill with random bytes. Closes
5668 o Minor features (circuit padding logging):
5669 - Demote noisy client-side warn logs about circuit padding to protocol
5670 warnings. Add additional log messages and circuit ID fields to help
5671 with bug 30992 and any other future issues.
5673 o Minor features (circuit padding):
5674 - We now use a fast PRNG when scheduling circuit padding. Part of
5676 - Allow the padding machine designer to pick the edges of their
5677 histogram instead of trying to compute them automatically using an
5678 exponential formula. Resolves some undefined behavior in the case
5679 of small histograms and allows greater flexibility on machine
5680 design. Closes ticket 29298; bugfix on 0.4.0.1-alpha.
5681 - Allow circuit padding machines to hold a circuit open until they
5682 are done padding it. Closes ticket 28780.
5684 o Minor features (compile-time modules):
5685 - Add a "--list-modules" command to print a list of which compile-
5686 time modules are enabled. Closes ticket 30452.
5688 o Minor features (continuous integration):
5689 - Our Travis configuration now uses Chutney to run some network
5690 integration tests automatically. Closes ticket 29280.
5691 - When running coverage builds on Travis, we now set
5692 TOR_TEST_RNG_SEED, to avoid RNG-based coverage differences. Part
5694 - Remove sudo configuration lines from .travis.yml as they are no
5695 longer needed with current Travis build environment. Resolves
5697 - In Travis, show stem's tor log after failure. Closes ticket 30234.
5699 o Minor features (controller):
5700 - Add onion service version 3 support to the HSFETCH command.
5701 Previously, only version 2 onion services were supported. Closes
5702 ticket 25417. Patch by Neel Chauhan.
5704 o Minor features (debugging):
5705 - Introduce tor_assertf() and tor_assertf_nonfatal() to enable
5706 logging of additional information during assert failure. Now we
5707 can use format strings to include information for trouble
5708 shooting. Resolves ticket 29662.
5710 o Minor features (defense in depth):
5711 - In smartlist_remove_keeporder(), set unused pointers to NULL, in
5712 case a bug causes them to be used later. Closes ticket 30176.
5713 Patch from Tobias Stoeckmann.
5714 - Tor now uses a cryptographically strong PRNG even for decisions
5715 that we do not believe are security-sensitive. Previously, for
5716 performance reasons, we had used a trivially predictable linear
5717 congruential generator algorithm for certain load-balancing and
5718 statistical sampling decisions. Now we use our fast RNG in those
5719 cases. Closes ticket 29542.
5721 o Minor features (developer tools):
5722 - Tor's "practracker" test script now checks for files and functions
5723 that seem too long and complicated. Existing overlong functions
5724 and files are accepted for now, but should eventually be
5725 refactored. Closes ticket 29221.
5726 - Add some scripts used for git maintenance to scripts/git. Closes
5728 - Call practracker from pre-push and pre-commit git hooks to let
5729 developers know if they made any code style violations. Closes
5731 - Add a script to check that each header has a well-formed and
5732 unique guard macro. Closes ticket 29756.
5734 o Minor features (fallback directory list):
5735 - Replace the 157 fallbacks originally introduced in Tor 0.3.5.6-rc
5736 in December 2018 (of which ~122 were still functional), with a
5737 list of 148 fallbacks (70 new, 78 existing, 79 removed) generated
5738 in June 2019. Closes ticket 28795.
5740 o Minor features (geoip):
5741 - Update geoip and geoip6 to the June 10 2019 Maxmind GeoLite2
5742 Country database. Closes ticket 30852.
5743 - Update geoip and geoip6 to the May 13 2019 Maxmind GeoLite2
5744 Country database. Closes ticket 30522.
5746 o Minor features (HTTP tunnel):
5747 - Return an informative web page when the HTTPTunnelPort is used as
5748 an HTTP proxy. Closes ticket 27821, patch by "eighthave".
5750 o Minor features (IPv6, v3 onion services):
5751 - Make v3 onion services put IPv6 addresses in service descriptors.
5752 Before this change, service descriptors only contained IPv4
5753 addresses. Implements 26992.
5755 o Minor features (logging):
5756 - Give a more useful assertion failure message if we think we have
5757 minherit() but we fail to make a region non-inheritable. Give a
5758 compile-time warning if our support for minherit() is incomplete.
5759 Closes ticket 30686.
5761 o Minor features (maintenance):
5762 - Add a new "make autostyle" target that developers can use to apply
5763 all automatic Tor style and consistency conversions to the
5764 codebase. Closes ticket 30539.
5766 o Minor features (modularity):
5767 - The "--disable-module-dirauth" compile-time option now disables
5768 even more dirauth-only code. Closes ticket 30345.
5770 o Minor features (performance):
5771 - Use OpenSSL's implementations of SHA3 when available (in OpenSSL
5772 1.1.1 and later), since they tend to be faster than tiny-keccak.
5773 Closes ticket 28837.
5775 o Minor features (testing):
5776 - The circuitpadding tests now use a reproducible RNG implementation,
5777 so that if a test fails, we can learn why. Part of ticket 28878.
5778 - Tor's tests now support an environment variable, TOR_TEST_RNG_SEED,
5779 to set the RNG seed for tests that use a reproducible RNG. Part of
5781 - When running tests in coverage mode, take additional care to make
5782 our coverage deterministic, so that we can accurately track
5783 changes in code coverage. Closes ticket 30519.
5784 - Tor's unit test code now contains helper functions to replace the
5785 PRNG with a deterministic or reproducible version for testing.
5786 Previously, various tests implemented this in various ways.
5787 Implements ticket 29732.
5788 - We now have a script, cov-test-determinism.sh, to identify places
5789 where our unit test coverage has become nondeterministic. Closes
5791 - Check that representative subsets of values of `int` and `unsigned
5792 int` can be represented by `void *`. Resolves issue 29537.
5794 o Minor bugfixes (bridge authority):
5795 - Bridge authorities now set bridges as running or non-running when
5796 about to dump their status to a file. Previously, they set bridges
5797 as running in response to a GETINFO command, but those shouldn't
5798 modify data structures. Fixes bug 24490; bugfix on 0.2.0.13-alpha.
5799 Patch by Neel Chauhan.
5801 o Minor bugfixes (channel padding statistics):
5802 - Channel padding write totals and padding-enabled totals are now
5803 counted properly in relay extrainfo descriptors. Fixes bug 29231;
5804 bugfix on 0.3.1.1-alpha.
5806 o Minor bugfixes (circuit isolation):
5807 - Fix a logic error that prevented the SessionGroup sub-option from
5808 being accepted. Fixes bug 22619; bugfix on 0.2.7.2-alpha.
5810 o Minor bugfixes (circuit padding):
5811 - Add a "CircuitPadding" torrc option to disable circuit padding.
5812 Fixes bug 28693; bugfix on 0.4.0.1-alpha.
5813 - Allow circuit padding machines to specify that they do not
5814 contribute much overhead, and provide consensus flags and torrc
5815 options to force clients to only use these low overhead machines.
5816 Fixes bug 29203; bugfix on 0.4.0.1-alpha.
5817 - Provide a consensus parameter to fully disable circuit padding, to
5818 be used in emergency network overload situations. Fixes bug 30173;
5819 bugfix on 0.4.0.1-alpha.
5820 - The circuit padding subsystem will no longer schedule padding if
5821 dormant mode is enabled. Fixes bug 28636; bugfix on 0.4.0.1-alpha.
5822 - Inspect a circuit-level cell queue before sending padding, to
5823 avoid sending padding while too much data is already queued. Fixes
5824 bug 29204; bugfix on 0.4.0.1-alpha.
5825 - Avoid calling monotime_absolute_usec() in circuit padding machines
5826 that do not use token removal or circuit RTT estimation. Fixes bug
5827 29085; bugfix on 0.4.0.1-alpha.
5829 o Minor bugfixes (clock skew detection):
5830 - Don't believe clock skew results from NETINFO cells that appear to
5831 arrive before we sent the VERSIONS cells they are responding to.
5832 Previously, we would accept them up to 3 minutes "in the past".
5833 Fixes bug 31343; bugfix on 0.2.4.4-alpha.
5835 o Minor bugfixes (compatibility, standards compliance):
5836 - Fix a bug that would invoke undefined behavior on certain
5837 operating systems when trying to asprintf() a string exactly
5838 INT_MAX bytes long. We don't believe this is exploitable, but it's
5839 better to fix it anyway. Fixes bug 31001; bugfix on 0.2.2.11-alpha.
5840 Found and fixed by Tobias Stoeckmann.
5842 o Minor bugfixes (compilation warning):
5843 - Fix a compilation warning on Windows about casting a function
5844 pointer for GetTickCount64(). Fixes bug 31374; bugfix on
5847 o Minor bugfixes (compilation):
5848 - Avoid using labs() on time_t, which can cause compilation warnings
5849 on 64-bit Windows builds. Fixes bug 31343; bugfix on 0.2.4.4-alpha.
5851 o Minor bugfixes (compilation, unusual configurations):
5852 - Avoid failures when building with the ALL_BUGS_ARE_FATAL option
5853 due to missing declarations of abort(), and prevent other such
5854 failures in the future. Fixes bug 30189; bugfix on 0.3.4.1-alpha.
5856 o Minor bugfixes (configuration, proxies):
5857 - Fix a bug that prevented us from supporting SOCKS5 proxies that
5858 want authentication along with configured (but unused!)
5859 ClientTransportPlugins. Fixes bug 29670; bugfix on 0.2.6.1-alpha.
5861 o Minor bugfixes (continuous integration):
5862 - Allow the test-stem job to fail in Travis, because it sometimes
5863 hangs. Fixes bug 30744; bugfix on 0.3.5.4-alpha.
5864 - Skip test_rebind on macOS in Travis, because it is unreliable on
5865 macOS on Travis. Fixes bug 30713; bugfix on 0.3.5.1-alpha.
5866 - Skip test_rebind when the TOR_SKIP_TEST_REBIND environment
5867 variable is set. Fixes bug 30713; bugfix on 0.3.5.1-alpha.
5869 o Minor bugfixes (controller protocol):
5870 - Teach the controller parser to distinguish an object preceded by
5871 an argument list from one without. Previously, it couldn't
5872 distinguish an argument list from the first line of a multiline
5873 object. Fixes bug 29984; bugfix on 0.2.3.8-alpha.
5875 o Minor bugfixes (crash on exit):
5876 - Avoid a set of possible code paths that could try to use freed
5877 memory in routerlist_free() while Tor was exiting. Fixes bug
5878 31003; bugfix on 0.1.2.2-alpha.
5880 o Minor bugfixes (developer tooling):
5881 - Fix pre-push hook to allow fixup and squash commits when pushing
5882 to non-upstream git remote. Fixes bug 30286; bugfix
5885 o Minor bugfixes (directory authorities):
5886 - Stop crashing after parsing an unknown descriptor purpose
5887 annotation. We think this bug can only be triggered by modifying a
5888 local file. Fixes bug 30781; bugfix on 0.2.0.8-alpha.
5889 - Move the "bandwidth-file-headers" line in directory authority
5890 votes so that it conforms to dir-spec.txt. Fixes bug 30316; bugfix
5892 - Directory authorities with IPv6 support now always mark themselves
5893 as reachable via IPv6. Fixes bug 24338; bugfix on 0.2.4.1-alpha.
5894 Patch by Neel Chauhan.
5896 o Minor bugfixes (documentation):
5897 - Improve the documentation for using MapAddress with ".exit". Fixes
5898 bug 30109; bugfix on 0.1.0.1-rc.
5899 - Improve the monotonic time module and function documentation to
5900 explain what "monotonic" actually means, and document some results
5901 that have surprised people. Fixes bug 29640; bugfix
5903 - Use proper formatting when providing an example on quoting options
5904 that contain whitespace. Fixes bug 29635; bugfix on 0.2.3.18-rc.
5906 o Minor bugfixes (logging):
5907 - Do not log a warning when running with an OpenSSL version other
5908 than the one Tor was compiled with, if the two versions should be
5909 compatible. Previously, we would warn whenever the version was
5910 different. Fixes bug 30190; bugfix on 0.2.4.2-alpha.
5911 - Warn operators when the MyFamily option is set but ContactInfo is
5912 missing, as the latter should be set too. Fixes bug 25110; bugfix
5915 o Minor bugfixes (memory leaks):
5916 - Avoid a minor memory leak that could occur on relays when failing
5917 to create a "keys" directory. Fixes bug 30148; bugfix
5919 - Fix a trivial memory leak when parsing an invalid value from a
5920 download schedule in the configuration. Fixes bug 30894; bugfix
5923 o Minor bugfixes (NetBSD):
5924 - Fix usage of minherit() on NetBSD and other platforms that define
5925 MAP_INHERIT_{ZERO,NONE} instead of INHERIT_{ZERO,NONE}. Fixes bug
5926 30614; bugfix on 0.4.0.2-alpha. Patch from Taylor Campbell.
5928 o Minor bugfixes (onion services):
5929 - Avoid a GCC 9.1.1 warning (and possible crash depending on libc
5930 implemenation) when failing to load an onion service client
5931 authorization file. Fixes bug 30475; bugfix on 0.3.5.1-alpha.
5932 - When refusing to launch a controller's HSFETCH request because of
5933 rate-limiting, respond to the controller with a new response,
5934 "QUERY_RATE_LIMITED". Previously, we would log QUERY_NO_HSDIR for
5935 this case. Fixes bug 28269; bugfix on 0.3.1.1-alpha. Patch by
5937 - When relaunching a circuit to a rendezvous service, mark the
5938 circuit as needing high-uptime routers as appropriate. Fixes bug
5939 17357; bugfix on 0.1.0.1-rc. Patch by Neel Chauhan.
5940 - Stop ignoring IPv6 link specifiers sent to v3 onion services.
5941 (IPv6 support for v3 onion services is still incomplete: see
5942 ticket 23493 for details.) Fixes bug 23588; bugfix on
5943 0.3.2.1-alpha. Patch by Neel Chauhan.
5945 o Minor bugfixes (onion services, performance):
5946 - When building circuits to onion services, call tor_addr_parse()
5947 less often. Previously, we called tor_addr_parse() in
5948 circuit_is_acceptable() even if its output wasn't used. This
5949 change should improve performance when building circuits. Fixes
5950 bug 22210; bugfix on 0.2.8.12. Patch by Neel Chauhan.
5952 o Minor bugfixes (out-of-memory handler):
5953 - When purging the DNS cache because of an out-of-memory condition,
5954 try purging just the older entries at first. Previously, we would
5955 always purge the whole thing. Fixes bug 29617; bugfix
5958 o Minor bugfixes (performance):
5959 - When checking whether a node is a bridge, use a fast check to make
5960 sure that its identity is set. Previously, we used a constant-time
5961 check, which is not necessary in this case. Fixes bug 30308;
5962 bugfix on 0.3.5.1-alpha.
5964 o Minor bugfixes (pluggable transports):
5965 - Tor now sets TOR_PT_EXIT_ON_STDIN_CLOSE=1 for client transports as
5966 well as servers. Fixes bug 25614; bugfix on 0.2.7.1-alpha.
5968 o Minor bugfixes (portability):
5969 - Avoid crashing in our tor_vasprintf() implementation on systems
5970 that define neither vasprintf() nor _vscprintf(). (This bug has
5971 been here long enough that we question whether people are running
5972 Tor on such systems, but we're applying the fix out of caution.)
5973 Fixes bug 30561; bugfix on 0.2.8.2-alpha. Found and fixed by
5976 o Minor bugfixes (probability distributions):
5977 - Refactor and improve parts of the probability distribution code
5978 that made Coverity complain. Fixes bug 29805; bugfix
5981 o Minor bugfixes (python):
5982 - Stop assuming that /usr/bin/python3 exists. For scripts that work
5983 with python2, use /usr/bin/python. Otherwise, use /usr/bin/env
5984 python3. Fixes bug 29913; bugfix on 0.2.5.3-alpha.
5986 o Minor bugfixes (relay):
5987 - When running as a relay, if IPv6Exit is set to 1 while ExitRelay
5988 is auto, act as if ExitRelay is 1. Previously, we would ignore
5989 IPv6Exit if ExitRelay was 0 or auto. Fixes bug 29613; bugfix on
5990 0.3.5.1-alpha. Patch by Neel Chauhan.
5992 o Minor bugfixes (static analysis):
5993 - Fix several spurious Coverity warnings about the unit tests, to
5994 lower our chances of missing real warnings in the future. Fixes
5995 bug 30150; bugfix on 0.3.5.1-alpha and various other Tor versions.
5997 o Minor bugfixes (stats):
5998 - When ExtraInfoStatistics is 0, stop including bandwidth usage
5999 statistics, GeoIPFile hashes, ServerTransportPlugin lines, and
6000 bridge statistics by country in extra-info documents. Fixes bug
6001 29018; bugfix on 0.2.4.1-alpha.
6003 o Minor bugfixes (testing):
6004 - Call setrlimit() to disable core dumps in test_bt_cl.c. Previously
6005 we used `ulimit -c` in test_bt.sh, which violates POSIX shell
6006 compatibility. Fixes bug 29061; bugfix on 0.3.5.1-alpha.
6007 - Fix some incorrect code in the v3 onion service unit tests. Fixes
6008 bug 29243; bugfix on 0.3.2.1-alpha.
6009 - In the "routerkeys/*" tests, check the return values of mkdir()
6010 for possible failures. Fixes bug 29939; bugfix on 0.2.7.2-alpha.
6011 Found by Coverity as CID 1444254.
6012 - Split test_utils_general() into several smaller test functions.
6013 This makes it easier to perform resource deallocation on assert
6014 failure, and fixes Coverity warnings CID 1444117 and CID 1444118.
6015 Fixes bug 29823; bugfix on 0.2.9.1-alpha.
6017 o Minor bugfixes (tor-resolve):
6018 - Fix a memory leak in tor-resolve that could happen if Tor gave it
6019 a malformed SOCKS response. (Memory leaks in tor-resolve don't
6020 actually matter, but it's good to fix them anyway.) Fixes bug
6021 30151; bugfix on 0.4.0.1-alpha.
6023 o Code simplification and refactoring:
6024 - Abstract out the low-level formatting of replies on the control
6025 port. Implements ticket 30007.
6026 - Add several assertions in an attempt to fix some Coverity
6027 warnings. Closes ticket 30149.
6028 - Introduce a connection_dir_buf_add() helper function that checks
6029 for compress_state of dir_connection_t and automatically writes a
6030 string to directory connection with or without compression.
6031 Resolves issue 28816.
6032 - Make the base32_decode() API return the number of bytes written,
6033 for consistency with base64_decode(). Closes ticket 28913.
6034 - Move most relay-only periodic events out of mainloop.c into the
6035 relay subsystem. Closes ticket 30414.
6036 - Refactor and encapsulate parts of the codebase that manipulate
6037 crypt_path_t objects. Resolves issue 30236.
6038 - Refactor several places in our code that Coverity incorrectly
6039 believed might have memory leaks. Closes ticket 30147.
6040 - Remove redundant return values in crypto_format, and the
6041 associated return value checks elsewhere in the code. Make the
6042 implementations in crypto_format consistent, and remove redundant
6043 code. Resolves ticket 29660.
6044 - Rename tor_mem_is_zero() to fast_mem_is_zero(), to emphasize that
6045 it is not a constant-time function. Closes ticket 30309.
6046 - Replace hs_desc_link_specifier_t with link_specifier_t, and remove
6047 all hs_desc_link_specifier_t-specific code. Fixes bug 22781;
6048 bugfix on 0.3.2.1-alpha.
6049 - Simplify v3 onion service link specifier handling code. Fixes bug
6050 23576; bugfix on 0.3.2.1-alpha.
6051 - Split crypto_digest.c into NSS code, OpenSSL code, and shared
6052 code. Resolves ticket 29108.
6053 - Split control.c into several submodules, in preparation for
6054 distributing its current responsibilities throughout the codebase.
6055 Closes ticket 29894.
6056 - Start to move responsibility for knowing about periodic events to
6057 the appropriate subsystems, so that the mainloop doesn't need to
6058 know all the periodic events in the rest of the codebase.
6059 Implements tickets 30293 and 30294.
6062 - Mention URLs for Travis/Appveyor/Jenkins in ReleasingTor.md.
6063 Closes ticket 30630.
6064 - Document how to find git commits and tags for bug fixes in
6065 CodingStandards.md. Update some file documentation. Closes
6069 - Remove the linux-tor-prio.sh script from contrib/operator-tools
6070 directory. Resolves issue 29434.
6071 - Remove the obsolete OpenSUSE initscript. Resolves issue 30076.
6072 - Remove the obsolete script at contrib/dist/tor.sh.in. Resolves
6076 - Specify torrc paths (with empty files) when launching tor in
6077 integration tests; refrain from reading user and system torrcs.
6078 Resolves issue 29702.
6080 o Code simplification and refactoring (shell scripts):
6081 - Clean up many of our shell scripts to fix shellcheck warnings.
6082 These include autogen.sh (ticket 26069), test_keygen.sh (ticket
6083 29062), test_switch_id.sh (ticket 29065), test_rebind.sh (ticket
6084 29063), src/test/fuzz/minimize.sh (ticket 30079), test_rust.sh
6085 (ticket 29064), torify (ticket 29070), asciidoc-helper.sh (29926),
6086 fuzz_multi.sh (30077), fuzz_static_testcases.sh (ticket 29059),
6087 nagios-check-tor-authority-cert (ticket 29071),
6088 src/test/fuzz/fixup_filenames.sh (ticket 30078), test-network.sh
6089 (ticket 29060), test_key_expiration.sh (ticket 30002),
6090 zero_length_keys.sh (ticket 29068), and test_workqueue_*.sh
6093 o Testing (chutney):
6094 - In "make test-network-all", test IPv6-only v3 single onion
6095 services, using the chutney network single-onion-v23-ipv6-md.
6096 Closes ticket 27251.
6098 o Testing (continuous integration):
6099 - In Travis, make stem log a controller trace to the console, and tail
6100 stem's tor log after failure. Closes ticket 30591.
6101 - In Travis, only run the stem tests that use a tor binary.
6102 Closes ticket 30694.
6105 Changes in version 0.4.0.5 - 2019-05-02
6106 This is the first stable release in the 0.4.0.x series. It contains
6107 improvements for power management and bootstrap reporting, as well as
6108 preliminary backend support for circuit padding to prevent some kinds
6109 of traffic analysis. It also continues our work in refactoring Tor for
6110 long-term maintainability.
6112 Per our support policy, we will support the 0.4.0.x series for nine
6113 months, or until three months after the release of a stable 0.4.1.x:
6114 whichever is longer. If you need longer-term support, please stick
6115 with 0.3.5.x, which will we plan to support until Feb 2022.
6117 Below are the changes since 0.3.5.7. For a complete list of changes
6118 since 0.4.0.4-rc, see the ChangeLog file.
6120 o Major features (battery management, client, dormant mode):
6121 - When Tor is running as a client, and it is unused for a long time,
6122 it can now enter a "dormant" state. When Tor is dormant, it avoids
6123 network and CPU activity until it is reawoken either by a user
6124 request or by a controller command. For more information, see the
6125 configuration options starting with "Dormant". Implements tickets
6127 - The client's memory of whether it is "dormant", and how long it
6128 has spent idle, persists across invocations. Implements
6130 - There is a DormantOnFirstStartup option that integrators can use
6131 if they expect that in many cases, Tor will be installed but
6134 o Major features (bootstrap reporting):
6135 - When reporting bootstrap progress, report the first connection
6136 uniformly, regardless of whether it's a connection for building
6137 application circuits. This allows finer-grained reporting of early
6138 progress than previously possible, with the improvements of ticket
6139 27169. Closes tickets 27167 and 27103. Addresses ticket 27308.
6140 - When reporting bootstrap progress, treat connecting to a proxy or
6141 pluggable transport as separate from having successfully used that
6142 proxy or pluggable transport to connect to a relay. Closes tickets
6145 o Major features (circuit padding):
6146 - Implement preliminary support for the circuit padding portion of
6147 Proposal 254. The implementation supports Adaptive Padding (aka
6148 WTF-PAD) state machines for use between experimental clients and
6149 relays. Support is also provided for APE-style state machines that
6150 use probability distributions instead of histograms to specify
6151 inter-packet delay. At the moment, Tor does not provide any
6152 padding state machines that are used in normal operation: for now,
6153 this feature exists solely for experimentation. Closes
6156 o Major features (refactoring):
6157 - Tor now uses an explicit list of its own subsystems when
6158 initializing and shutting down. Previously, these systems were
6159 managed implicitly in various places throughout the codebase.
6160 (There may still be some subsystems using the old system.) Closes
6163 o Major bugfixes (cell scheduler, KIST, security):
6164 - Make KIST consider the outbuf length when computing what it can
6165 put in the outbuf. Previously, KIST acted as though the outbuf
6166 were empty, which could lead to the outbuf becoming too full. It
6167 is possible that an attacker could exploit this bug to cause a Tor
6168 client or relay to run out of memory and crash. Fixes bug 29168;
6169 bugfix on 0.3.2.1-alpha. This issue is also being tracked as
6170 TROVE-2019-001 and CVE-2019-8955.
6172 o Major bugfixes (networking):
6173 - Gracefully handle empty username/password fields in SOCKS5
6174 username/password auth message and allow SOCKS5 handshake to
6175 continue. Previously, we had rejected these handshakes, breaking
6176 certain applications. Fixes bug 29175; bugfix on 0.3.5.1-alpha.
6178 o Major bugfixes (NSS, relay):
6179 - When running with NSS, disable TLS 1.2 ciphersuites that use
6180 SHA384 for their PRF. Due to an NSS bug, the TLS key exporters for
6181 these ciphersuites don't work -- which caused relays to fail to
6182 handshake with one another when these ciphersuites were enabled.
6183 Fixes bug 29241; bugfix on 0.3.5.1-alpha.
6185 o Major bugfixes (windows, startup):
6186 - When reading a consensus file from disk, detect whether it was
6187 written in text mode, and re-read it in text mode if so. Always
6188 write consensus files in binary mode so that we can map them into
6189 memory later. Previously, we had written in text mode, which
6190 confused us when we tried to map the file on windows. Fixes bug
6191 28614; bugfix on 0.4.0.1-alpha.
6193 o Minor features (address selection):
6194 - Treat the subnet 100.64.0.0/10 as public for some purposes;
6195 private for others. This subnet is the RFC 6598 (Carrier Grade
6196 NAT) IP range, and is deployed by many ISPs as an alternative to
6197 RFC 1918 that does not break existing internal networks. Tor now
6198 blocks SOCKS and control ports on these addresses and warns users
6199 if client ports or ExtORPorts are listening on a RFC 6598 address.
6200 Closes ticket 28525. Patch by Neel Chauhan.
6202 o Minor features (bandwidth authority):
6203 - Make bandwidth authorities ignore relays that are reported in the
6204 bandwidth file with the flag "vote=0". This change allows us to
6205 report unmeasured relays for diagnostic reasons without including
6206 their bandwidth in the bandwidth authorities' vote. Closes
6208 - When a directory authority is using a bandwidth file to obtain the
6209 bandwidth values that will be included in the next vote, serve
6210 this bandwidth file at /tor/status-vote/next/bandwidth. Closes
6213 o Minor features (bootstrap reporting):
6214 - When reporting bootstrap progress, stop distinguishing between
6215 situations where only internal paths are available and situations
6216 where external paths are available. Previously, Tor would often
6217 erroneously report that it had only internal paths. Closes
6220 o Minor features (compilation):
6221 - Compile correctly when OpenSSL is built with engine support
6222 disabled, or with deprecated APIs disabled. Closes ticket 29026.
6223 Patches from "Mangix".
6225 o Minor features (continuous integration):
6226 - On Travis Rust builds, cleanup Rust registry and refrain from
6227 caching the "target/" directory to speed up builds. Resolves
6229 - Log Python version during each Travis CI job. Resolves
6231 - In Travis, tell timelimit to use stem's backtrace signals, and
6232 launch python directly from timelimit, so python receives the
6233 signals from timelimit, rather than make. Closes ticket 30117.
6235 o Minor features (controller):
6236 - Add a DROPOWNERSHIP command to undo the effects of TAKEOWNERSHIP.
6237 Implements ticket 28843.
6239 o Minor features (developer tooling):
6240 - Check that bugfix versions in changes files look like Tor versions
6241 from the versions spec. Warn when bugfixes claim to be on a future
6242 release. Closes ticket 27761.
6243 - Provide a git pre-commit hook that disallows committing if we have
6244 any failures in our code and changelog formatting checks. It is
6245 now available in scripts/maint/pre-commit.git-hook. Implements
6247 - Provide a git hook script to prevent "fixup!" and "squash!"
6248 commits from ending up in the master branch, as scripts/main/pre-
6249 push.git-hook. Closes ticket 27993.
6251 o Minor features (diagnostic):
6252 - Add more diagnostic log messages in an attempt to solve the issue
6253 of NUL bytes appearing in a microdescriptor cache. Related to
6256 o Minor features (directory authority):
6257 - When a directory authority is using a bandwidth file to obtain
6258 bandwidth values, include the digest of that file in the vote.
6259 Closes ticket 26698.
6260 - Directory authorities support a new consensus algorithm, under
6261 which the family lines in microdescriptors are encoded in a
6262 canonical form. This change makes family lines more compressible
6263 in transit, and on the client. Closes ticket 28266; implements
6266 o Minor features (directory authority, relay):
6267 - Authorities now vote on a "StaleDesc" flag to indicate that a
6268 relay's descriptor is so old that the relay should upload again
6269 soon. Relays treat this flag as a signal to upload a new
6270 descriptor. This flag will eventually let us remove the
6271 'published' date from routerstatus entries, and make our consensus
6272 diffs much smaller. Closes ticket 26770; implements proposal 293.
6274 o Minor features (dormant mode):
6275 - Add a DormantCanceledByStartup option to tell Tor that it should
6276 treat a startup event as cancelling any previous dormant state.
6277 Integrators should use this option with caution: it should only be
6278 used if Tor is being started because of something that the user
6279 did, and not if Tor is being automatically started in the
6280 background. Closes ticket 29357.
6282 o Minor features (fallback directory mirrors):
6283 - Update the fallback whitelist based on operator opt-ins and opt-
6284 outs. Closes ticket 24805, patch by Phoul.
6286 o Minor features (FreeBSD):
6287 - On FreeBSD-based systems, warn relay operators if the
6288 "net.inet.ip.random_id" sysctl (IP ID randomization) is disabled.
6289 Closes ticket 28518.
6291 o Minor features (geoip):
6292 - Update geoip and geoip6 to the April 2 2019 Maxmind GeoLite2
6293 Country database. Closes ticket 29992.
6295 o Minor features (HTTP standards compliance):
6296 - Stop sending the header "Content-type: application/octet-stream"
6297 along with transparently compressed documents: this confused
6298 browsers. Closes ticket 28100.
6300 o Minor features (IPv6):
6301 - We add an option ClientAutoIPv6ORPort, to make clients randomly
6302 prefer a node's IPv4 or IPv6 ORPort. The random preference is set
6303 every time a node is loaded from a new consensus or bridge config.
6304 We expect that this option will enable clients to bootstrap more
6305 quickly without having to determine whether they support IPv4,
6306 IPv6, or both. Closes ticket 27490. Patch by Neel Chauhan.
6307 - When using addrs_in_same_network_family(), avoid choosing circuit
6308 paths that pass through the same IPv6 subnet more than once.
6309 Previously, we only checked IPv4 subnets. Closes ticket 24393.
6310 Patch by Neel Chauhan.
6312 o Minor features (log messages):
6313 - Improve log message in v3 onion services that could print out
6314 negative revision counters. Closes ticket 27707. Patch
6317 o Minor features (memory usage):
6318 - Save memory by storing microdescriptor family lists with a more
6319 compact representation. Closes ticket 27359.
6320 - Tor clients now use mmap() to read consensus files from disk, so
6321 that they no longer need keep the full text of a consensus in
6322 memory when parsing it or applying a diff. Closes ticket 27244.
6324 o Minor features (NSS, diagnostic):
6325 - Try to log an error from NSS (if there is any) and a more useful
6326 description of our situation if we are using NSS and a call to
6327 SSL_ExportKeyingMaterial() fails. Diagnostic for ticket 29241.
6329 o Minor features (parsing):
6330 - Directory authorities now validate that router descriptors and
6331 ExtraInfo documents are in a valid subset of UTF-8, and reject
6332 them if they are not. Closes ticket 27367.
6334 o Minor features (performance):
6335 - Cache the results of summarize_protocol_flags(), so that we don't
6336 have to parse the same protocol-versions string over and over.
6337 This should save us a huge number of malloc calls on startup, and
6338 may reduce memory fragmentation with some allocators. Closes
6340 - Remove a needless memset() call from get_token_arguments, thereby
6341 speeding up the tokenization of directory objects by about 20%.
6342 Closes ticket 28852.
6343 - Replace parse_short_policy() with a faster implementation, to
6344 improve microdescriptor parsing time. Closes ticket 28853.
6345 - Speed up directory parsing a little by avoiding use of the non-
6346 inlined strcmp_len() function. Closes ticket 28856.
6347 - Speed up microdescriptor parsing by about 30%, to help improve
6348 startup time. Closes ticket 28839.
6350 o Minor features (pluggable transports):
6351 - Add support for emitting STATUS updates to Tor's control port from
6352 a pluggable transport process. Closes ticket 28846.
6353 - Add support for logging to Tor's logging subsystem from a
6354 pluggable transport process. Closes ticket 28180.
6356 o Minor features (process management):
6357 - Add a new process API for handling child processes. This new API
6358 allows Tor to have bi-directional communication with child
6359 processes on both Unix and Windows. Closes ticket 28179.
6360 - Use the subsystem manager to initialize and shut down the process
6361 module. Closes ticket 28847.
6363 o Minor features (relay):
6364 - When listing relay families, list them in canonical form including
6365 the relay's own identity, and try to give a more useful set of
6366 warnings. Part of ticket 28266 and proposal 298.
6368 o Minor features (required protocols):
6369 - Before exiting because of a missing required protocol, Tor will
6370 now check the publication time of the consensus, and not exit
6371 unless the consensus is newer than the Tor program's own release
6372 date. Previously, Tor would not check the consensus publication
6373 time, and so might exit because of a missing protocol that might
6374 no longer be required in a current consensus. Implements proposal
6375 297; closes ticket 27735.
6377 o Minor features (testing):
6378 - Treat all unexpected ERR and BUG messages as test failures. Closes
6380 - Allow a HeartbeatPeriod of less than 30 minutes in testing Tor
6381 networks. Closes ticket 28840. Patch by Rob Jansen.
6382 - Use the approx_time() function when setting the "Expires" header
6383 in directory replies, to make them more testable. Needed for
6386 o Minor bugfixes (security):
6387 - Fix a potential double free bug when reading huge bandwidth files.
6388 The issue is not exploitable in the current Tor network because
6389 the vulnerable code is only reached when directory authorities
6390 read bandwidth files, but bandwidth files come from a trusted
6391 source (usually the authorities themselves). Furthermore, the
6392 issue is only exploitable in rare (non-POSIX) 32-bit architectures,
6393 which are not used by any of the current authorities. Fixes bug
6394 30040; bugfix on 0.3.5.1-alpha. Bug found and fixed by
6396 - Verify in more places that we are not about to create a buffer
6397 with more than INT_MAX bytes, to avoid possible OOB access in the
6398 event of bugs. Fixes bug 30041; bugfix on 0.2.0.16. Found and
6399 fixed by Tobias Stoeckmann.
6401 o Minor bugfix (continuous integration):
6402 - Reset coverage state on disk after Travis CI has finished. This
6403 should prevent future coverage merge errors from causing the test
6404 suite for the "process" subsystem to fail. The process subsystem
6405 was introduced in 0.4.0.1-alpha. Fixes bug 29036; bugfix
6407 - Terminate test-stem if it takes more than 9.5 minutes to run.
6408 (Travis terminates the job after 10 minutes of no output.)
6409 Diagnostic for 29437. Fixes bug 30011; bugfix on 0.3.5.4-alpha.
6411 o Minor bugfixes (build, compatibility, rust):
6412 - Update Cargo.lock file to match the version made by the latest
6413 version of Rust, so that "make distcheck" will pass again. Fixes
6414 bug 29244; bugfix on 0.3.3.4-alpha.
6416 o Minor bugfixes (C correctness):
6417 - Fix an unlikely memory leak in consensus_diff_apply(). Fixes bug
6418 29824; bugfix on 0.3.1.1-alpha. This is Coverity warning
6421 o Minor bugfixes (client, clock skew):
6422 - Bootstrap successfully even when Tor's clock is behind the clocks
6423 on the authorities. Fixes bug 28591; bugfix on 0.2.0.9-alpha.
6424 - Select guards even if the consensus has expired, as long as the
6425 consensus is still reasonably live. Fixes bug 24661; bugfix
6428 o Minor bugfixes (compilation):
6429 - Fix compilation warnings in test_circuitpadding.c. Fixes bug
6430 29169; bugfix on 0.4.0.1-alpha.
6431 - Silence a compiler warning in test-memwipe.c on OpenBSD. Fixes bug
6432 29145; bugfix on 0.2.9.3-alpha. Patch from Kris Katterjohn.
6433 - Compile correctly on OpenBSD; previously, we were missing some
6434 headers required in order to detect it properly. Fixes bug 28938;
6435 bugfix on 0.3.5.1-alpha. Patch from Kris Katterjohn.
6437 o Minor bugfixes (directory clients):
6438 - Mark outdated dirservers when Tor only has a reasonably live
6439 consensus. Fixes bug 28569; bugfix on 0.3.2.5-alpha.
6441 o Minor bugfixes (directory mirrors):
6442 - Even when a directory mirror's clock is behind the clocks on the
6443 authorities, we now allow the mirror to serve "future"
6444 consensuses. Fixes bug 28654; bugfix on 0.3.0.1-alpha.
6446 o Minor bugfixes (DNS):
6447 - Gracefully handle an empty or absent resolve.conf file by falling
6448 back to using "localhost" as a DNS server (and hoping it works).
6449 Previously, we would just stop running as an exit. Fixes bug
6450 21900; bugfix on 0.2.1.10-alpha.
6452 o Minor bugfixes (documentation):
6453 - Describe the contents of the v3 onion service client authorization
6454 files correctly: They hold public keys, not private keys. Fixes
6455 bug 28979; bugfix on 0.3.5.1-alpha. Spotted by "Felixix".
6457 o Minor bugfixes (guards):
6458 - In count_acceptable_nodes(), the minimum number is now one bridge
6459 or guard node, and two non-guard nodes for a circuit. Previously,
6460 we had added up the sum of all nodes with a descriptor, but that
6461 could cause us to build failing circuits when we had either too
6462 many bridges or not enough guard nodes. Fixes bug 25885; bugfix on
6463 0.2.3.1-alpha. Patch by Neel Chauhan.
6465 o Minor bugfixes (IPv6):
6466 - Fix tor_ersatz_socketpair on IPv6-only systems. Previously, the
6467 IPv6 socket was bound using an address family of AF_INET instead
6468 of AF_INET6. Fixes bug 28995; bugfix on 0.3.5.1-alpha. Patch from
6471 o Minor bugfixes (linux seccomp sandbox):
6472 - Fix startup crash when experimental sandbox support is enabled.
6473 Fixes bug 29150; bugfix on 0.4.0.1-alpha. Patch by Peter Gerber.
6475 o Minor bugfixes (logging):
6476 - Correct a misleading error message when IPv4Only or IPv6Only is
6477 used but the resolved address can not be interpreted as an address
6478 of the specified IP version. Fixes bug 13221; bugfix on
6479 0.2.3.9-alpha. Patch from Kris Katterjohn.
6480 - Log the correct port number for listening sockets when "auto" is
6481 used to let Tor pick the port number. Previously, port 0 was
6482 logged instead of the actual port number. Fixes bug 29144; bugfix
6483 on 0.3.5.1-alpha. Patch from Kris Katterjohn.
6484 - Stop logging a BUG() warning when Tor is waiting for exit
6485 descriptors. Fixes bug 28656; bugfix on 0.3.5.1-alpha.
6486 - Avoid logging that we are relaxing a circuit timeout when that
6487 timeout is fixed. Fixes bug 28698; bugfix on 0.2.4.7-alpha.
6488 - Log more information at "warning" level when unable to read a
6489 private key; log more information at "info" level when unable to
6490 read a public key. We had warnings here before, but they were lost
6491 during our NSS work. Fixes bug 29042; bugfix on 0.3.5.1-alpha.
6492 - Rework rep_hist_log_link_protocol_counts() to iterate through all
6493 link protocol versions when logging incoming/outgoing connection
6494 counts. Tor no longer skips version 5, and we won't have to
6495 remember to update this function when new link protocol version is
6496 developed. Fixes bug 28920; bugfix on 0.2.6.10.
6498 o Minor bugfixes (memory management):
6499 - Refactor the shared random state's memory management so that it
6500 actually takes ownership of the shared random value pointers.
6501 Fixes bug 29706; bugfix on 0.2.9.1-alpha.
6502 - Stop leaking parts of the shared random state in the shared-random
6503 unit tests. Fixes bug 29599; bugfix on 0.2.9.1-alpha.
6505 o Minor bugfixes (misc):
6506 - The amount of total available physical memory is now determined
6507 using the sysctl identifier HW_PHYSMEM (rather than HW_USERMEM)
6508 when it is defined and a 64-bit variant is not available. Fixes
6509 bug 28981; bugfix on 0.2.5.4-alpha. Patch from Kris Katterjohn.
6511 o Minor bugfixes (networking):
6512 - Introduce additional checks into tor_addr_parse() to reject
6513 certain incorrect inputs that previously were not detected. Fixes
6514 bug 23082; bugfix on 0.2.0.10-alpha.
6516 o Minor bugfixes (onion service v3, client):
6517 - Stop logging a "BUG()" warning and stacktrace when we find a SOCKS
6518 connection waiting for a descriptor that we actually have in the
6519 cache. It turns out that this can actually happen, though it is
6520 rare. Now, tor will recover and retry the descriptor. Fixes bug
6521 28669; bugfix on 0.3.2.4-alpha.
6523 o Minor bugfixes (onion services):
6524 - Avoid crashing if ClientOnionAuthDir (incorrectly) contains more
6525 than one private key for a hidden service. Fixes bug 29040; bugfix
6527 - In hs_cache_store_as_client() log an HSDesc we failed to parse at
6528 "debug" level. Tor used to log it as a warning, which caused very
6529 long log lines to appear for some users. Fixes bug 29135; bugfix
6531 - Stop logging "Tried to establish rendezvous on non-OR circuit..."
6532 as a warning. Instead, log it as a protocol warning, because there
6533 is nothing that relay operators can do to fix it. Fixes bug 29029;
6534 bugfix on 0.2.5.7-rc.
6536 o Minor bugfixes (periodic events):
6537 - Refrain from calling routerlist_remove_old_routers() from
6538 check_descriptor_callback(). Instead, create a new hourly periodic
6539 event. Fixes bug 27929; bugfix on 0.2.8.1-alpha.
6541 o Minor bugfixes (pluggable transports):
6542 - Make sure that data is continously read from standard output and
6543 standard error pipes of a pluggable transport child-process, to
6544 avoid deadlocking when a pipe's buffer is full. Fixes bug 26360;
6545 bugfix on 0.2.3.6-alpha.
6547 o Minor bugfixes (rust):
6548 - Abort on panic in all build profiles, instead of potentially
6549 unwinding into C code. Fixes bug 27199; bugfix on 0.3.3.1-alpha.
6551 o Minor bugfixes (scheduler):
6552 - When re-adding channels to the pending list, check the correct
6553 channel's sched_heap_idx. This issue has had no effect in mainline
6554 Tor, but could have led to bugs down the road in improved versions
6555 of our circuit scheduling code. Fixes bug 29508; bugfix
6558 o Minor bugfixes (shellcheck):
6559 - Look for scripts in their correct locations during "make
6560 shellcheck". Previously we had looked in the wrong place during
6561 out-of-tree builds. Fixes bug 30263; bugfix on 0.4.0.1-alpha.
6563 o Minor bugfixes (single onion services):
6564 - Allow connections to single onion services to remain idle without
6565 being disconnected. Previously, relays acting as rendezvous points
6566 for single onion services were mistakenly closing idle rendezvous
6567 circuits after 60 seconds, thinking that they were unused
6568 directory-fetching circuits that had served their purpose. Fixes
6569 bug 29665; bugfix on 0.2.1.26.
6571 o Minor bugfixes (stats):
6572 - When ExtraInfoStatistics is 0, stop including PaddingStatistics in
6573 relay and bridge extra-info documents. Fixes bug 29017; bugfix
6576 o Minor bugfixes (testing):
6577 - Backport the 0.3.4 src/test/test-network.sh to 0.2.9. We need a
6578 recent test-network.sh to use new chutney features in CI. Fixes
6579 bug 29703; bugfix on 0.2.9.1-alpha.
6580 - Fix a test failure on Windows caused by an unexpected "BUG"
6581 warning in our tests for tor_gmtime_r(-1). Fixes bug 29922; bugfix
6583 - Downgrade some LOG_ERR messages in the address/* tests to
6584 warnings. The LOG_ERR messages were occurring when we had no
6585 configured network. We were failing the unit tests, because we
6586 backported 28668 to 0.3.5.8, but did not backport 29530. Fixes bug
6587 29530; bugfix on 0.3.5.8.
6588 - Fix our gcov wrapper script to look for object files at the
6589 correct locations. Fixes bug 29435; bugfix on 0.3.5.1-alpha.
6590 - Decrease the false positive rate of stochastic probability
6591 distribution tests. Fixes bug 29693; bugfix on 0.4.0.1-alpha.
6592 - Fix intermittent failures on an adaptive padding test. Fixes one
6593 case of bug 29122; bugfix on 0.4.0.1-alpha.
6594 - Disable an unstable circuit-padding test that was failing
6595 intermittently because of an ill-defined small histogram. Such
6596 histograms will be allowed again after 29298 is implemented. Fixes
6597 a second case of bug 29122; bugfix on 0.4.0.1-alpha.
6598 - Detect and suppress "bug" warnings from the util/time test on
6599 Windows. Fixes bug 29161; bugfix on 0.2.9.3-alpha.
6600 - Do not log an error-level message if we fail to find an IPv6
6601 network interface from the unit tests. Fixes bug 29160; bugfix
6603 - Instead of relying on hs_free_all() to clean up all onion service
6604 objects in test_build_descriptors(), we now deallocate them one by
6605 one. This lets Coverity know that we are not leaking memory there
6606 and fixes CID 1442277. Fixes bug 28989; bugfix on 0.3.5.1-alpha.
6607 - Check the time in the "Expires" header using approx_time(). Fixes
6608 bug 30001; bugfix on 0.4.0.4-rc.
6610 o Minor bugfixes (TLS protocol):
6611 - When classifying a client's selection of TLS ciphers, if the
6612 client ciphers are not yet available, do not cache the result.
6613 Previously, we had cached the unavailability of the cipher list
6614 and never looked again, which in turn led us to assume that the
6615 client only supported the ancient V1 link protocol. This, in turn,
6616 was causing Stem integration tests to stall in some cases. Fixes
6617 bug 30021; bugfix on 0.2.4.8-alpha.
6619 o Minor bugfixes (UI):
6620 - Lower log level of unlink() errors during bootstrap. Fixes bug
6621 29930; bugfix on 0.4.0.1-alpha.
6623 o Minor bugfixes (usability):
6624 - Stop saying "Your Guard ..." in pathbias_measure_{use,close}_rate().
6625 Some users took this phrasing to mean that the mentioned guard was
6626 under their control or responsibility, which it is not. Fixes bug
6627 28895; bugfix on Tor 0.3.0.1-alpha.
6629 o Minor bugfixes (Windows, CI):
6630 - Skip the Appveyor 32-bit Windows Server 2016 job, and 64-bit
6631 Windows Server 2012 R2 job. The remaining 2 jobs still provide
6632 coverage of 64/32-bit, and Windows Server 2016/2012 R2. Also set
6633 fast_finish, so failed jobs terminate the build immediately. Fixes
6634 bug 29601; bugfix on 0.3.5.4-alpha.
6636 o Code simplification and refactoring:
6637 - Introduce a connection_dir_buf_add() helper function that detects
6638 whether compression is in use, and adds a string accordingly.
6639 Resolves issue 28816.
6640 - Refactor handle_get_next_bandwidth() to use
6641 connection_dir_buf_add(). Implements ticket 29897.
6642 - Reimplement NETINFO cell parsing and generation to rely on
6643 trunnel-generated wire format handling code. Closes ticket 27325.
6644 - Remove unnecessary unsafe code from the Rust macro "cstr!". Closes
6646 - Rework SOCKS wire format handling to rely on trunnel-generated
6647 parsing/generation code. Resolves ticket 27620.
6648 - Split out bootstrap progress reporting from control.c into a
6649 separate file. Part of ticket 27402.
6650 - The .may_include files that we use to describe our directory-by-
6651 directory dependency structure now describe a noncircular
6652 dependency graph over the directories that they cover. Our
6653 checkIncludes.py tool now enforces this noncircularity. Closes
6657 - Clarify that Tor performs stream isolation among *Port listeners
6658 by default. Resolves issue 29121.
6659 - In the manpage entry describing MapAddress torrc setting, use
6660 example IP addresses from ranges specified for use in documentation
6661 by RFC 5737. Resolves issue 28623.
6662 - Mention that you cannot add a new onion service if Tor is already
6663 running with Sandbox enabled. Closes ticket 28560.
6664 - Improve ControlPort documentation. Mention that it accepts
6665 address:port pairs, and can be used multiple times. Closes
6667 - Document the exact output of "tor --version". Closes ticket 28889.
6670 - Remove the old check-tor script. Resolves issue 29072.
6671 - Stop responding to the 'GETINFO status/version/num-concurring' and
6672 'GETINFO status/version/num-versioning' control port commands, as
6673 those were deprecated back in 0.2.0.30. Also stop listing them in
6674 output of 'GETINFO info/names'. Resolves ticket 28757.
6675 - The scripts used to generate and maintain the list of fallback
6676 directories have been extracted into a new "fallback-scripts"
6677 repository. Closes ticket 27914.
6680 - Run shellcheck for scripts in the in scripts/ directory. Closes
6682 - Add unit tests for tokenize_string() and get_next_token()
6683 functions. Resolves ticket 27625.
6685 o Code simplification and refactoring (onion service v3):
6686 - Consolidate the authorized client descriptor cookie computation
6687 code from client and service into one function. Closes
6690 o Code simplification and refactoring (shell scripts):
6691 - Cleanup scan-build.sh to silence shellcheck warnings. Closes
6693 - Fix issues that shellcheck found in chutney-git-bisect.sh.
6694 Resolves ticket 28006.
6695 - Fix issues that shellcheck found in updateRustDependencies.sh.
6696 Resolves ticket 28012.
6697 - Fix shellcheck warnings in cov-diff script. Resolves issue 28009.
6698 - Fix shellcheck warnings in run_calltool.sh. Resolves ticket 28011.
6699 - Fix shellcheck warnings in run_trunnel.sh. Resolves issue 28010.
6700 - Fix shellcheck warnings in scripts/test/coverage. Resolves
6704 Changes in version 0.3.5.8 - 2019-02-21
6705 Tor 0.3.5.8 backports several fixes from later releases, including fixes
6706 for an annoying SOCKS-parsing bug that affected users in earlier 0.3.5.x
6709 It also includes a fix for a medium-severity security bug affecting Tor
6710 0.3.2.1-alpha and later. All Tor instances running an affected release
6711 should upgrade to 0.3.3.12, 0.3.4.11, 0.3.5.8, or 0.4.0.2-alpha.
6713 o Major bugfixes (cell scheduler, KIST, security):
6714 - Make KIST consider the outbuf length when computing what it can
6715 put in the outbuf. Previously, KIST acted as though the outbuf
6716 were empty, which could lead to the outbuf becoming too full. It
6717 is possible that an attacker could exploit this bug to cause a Tor
6718 client or relay to run out of memory and crash. Fixes bug 29168;
6719 bugfix on 0.3.2.1-alpha. This issue is also being tracked as
6720 TROVE-2019-001 and CVE-2019-8955.
6722 o Major bugfixes (networking, backport from 0.4.0.2-alpha):
6723 - Gracefully handle empty username/password fields in SOCKS5
6724 username/password auth messsage and allow SOCKS5 handshake to
6725 continue. Previously, we had rejected these handshakes, breaking
6726 certain applications. Fixes bug 29175; bugfix on 0.3.5.1-alpha.
6728 o Minor features (compilation, backport from 0.4.0.2-alpha):
6729 - Compile correctly when OpenSSL is built with engine support
6730 disabled, or with deprecated APIs disabled. Closes ticket 29026.
6731 Patches from "Mangix".
6733 o Minor features (geoip):
6734 - Update geoip and geoip6 to the February 5 2019 Maxmind GeoLite2
6735 Country database. Closes ticket 29478.
6737 o Minor features (testing, backport from 0.4.0.2-alpha):
6738 - Treat all unexpected ERR and BUG messages as test failures. Closes
6741 o Minor bugfixes (onion service v3, client, backport from 0.4.0.1-alpha):
6742 - Stop logging a "BUG()" warning and stacktrace when we find a SOCKS
6743 connection waiting for a descriptor that we actually have in the
6744 cache. It turns out that this can actually happen, though it is
6745 rare. Now, tor will recover and retry the descriptor. Fixes bug
6746 28669; bugfix on 0.3.2.4-alpha.
6748 o Minor bugfixes (IPv6, backport from 0.4.0.1-alpha):
6749 - Fix tor_ersatz_socketpair on IPv6-only systems. Previously, the
6750 IPv6 socket was bound using an address family of AF_INET instead
6751 of AF_INET6. Fixes bug 28995; bugfix on 0.3.5.1-alpha. Patch from
6754 o Minor bugfixes (build, compatibility, rust, backport from 0.4.0.2-alpha):
6755 - Update Cargo.lock file to match the version made by the latest
6756 version of Rust, so that "make distcheck" will pass again. Fixes
6757 bug 29244; bugfix on 0.3.3.4-alpha.
6759 o Minor bugfixes (client, clock skew, backport from 0.4.0.1-alpha):
6760 - Select guards even if the consensus has expired, as long as the
6761 consensus is still reasonably live. Fixes bug 24661; bugfix
6764 o Minor bugfixes (compilation, backport from 0.4.0.1-alpha):
6765 - Compile correctly on OpenBSD; previously, we were missing some
6766 headers required in order to detect it properly. Fixes bug 28938;
6767 bugfix on 0.3.5.1-alpha. Patch from Kris Katterjohn.
6769 o Minor bugfixes (documentation, backport from 0.4.0.2-alpha):
6770 - Describe the contents of the v3 onion service client authorization
6771 files correctly: They hold public keys, not private keys. Fixes
6772 bug 28979; bugfix on 0.3.5.1-alpha. Spotted by "Felixix".
6774 o Minor bugfixes (logging, backport from 0.4.0.1-alpha):
6775 - Rework rep_hist_log_link_protocol_counts() to iterate through all
6776 link protocol versions when logging incoming/outgoing connection
6777 counts. Tor no longer skips version 5, and we won't have to
6778 remember to update this function when new link protocol version is
6779 developed. Fixes bug 28920; bugfix on 0.2.6.10.
6781 o Minor bugfixes (logging, backport from 0.4.0.2-alpha):
6782 - Log more information at "warning" level when unable to read a
6783 private key; log more information at "info" level when unable to
6784 read a public key. We had warnings here before, but they were lost
6785 during our NSS work. Fixes bug 29042; bugfix on 0.3.5.1-alpha.
6787 o Minor bugfixes (misc, backport from 0.4.0.2-alpha):
6788 - The amount of total available physical memory is now determined
6789 using the sysctl identifier HW_PHYSMEM (rather than HW_USERMEM)
6790 when it is defined and a 64-bit variant is not available. Fixes
6791 bug 28981; bugfix on 0.2.5.4-alpha. Patch from Kris Katterjohn.
6793 o Minor bugfixes (onion services, backport from 0.4.0.2-alpha):
6794 - Avoid crashing if ClientOnionAuthDir (incorrectly) contains more
6795 than one private key for a hidden service. Fixes bug 29040; bugfix
6797 - In hs_cache_store_as_client() log an HSDesc we failed to parse at
6798 "debug" level. Tor used to log it as a warning, which caused very
6799 long log lines to appear for some users. Fixes bug 29135; bugfix
6801 - Stop logging "Tried to establish rendezvous on non-OR circuit..."
6802 as a warning. Instead, log it as a protocol warning, because there
6803 is nothing that relay operators can do to fix it. Fixes bug 29029;
6804 bugfix on 0.2.5.7-rc.
6806 o Minor bugfixes (tests, directory clients, backport from 0.4.0.1-alpha):
6807 - Mark outdated dirservers when Tor only has a reasonably live
6808 consensus. Fixes bug 28569; bugfix on 0.3.2.5-alpha.
6810 o Minor bugfixes (tests, backport from 0.4.0.2-alpha):
6811 - Detect and suppress "bug" warnings from the util/time test on
6812 Windows. Fixes bug 29161; bugfix on 0.2.9.3-alpha.
6813 - Do not log an error-level message if we fail to find an IPv6
6814 network interface from the unit tests. Fixes bug 29160; bugfix
6817 o Minor bugfixes (usability, backport from 0.4.0.1-alpha):
6818 - Stop saying "Your Guard ..." in pathbias_measure_{use,close}_rate().
6819 Some users took this phrasing to mean that the mentioned guard was
6820 under their control or responsibility, which it is not. Fixes bug
6821 28895; bugfix on Tor 0.3.0.1-alpha.
6824 Changes in version 0.3.4.11 - 2019-02-21
6825 Tor 0.3.4.11 is the third stable release in its series. It includes
6826 a fix for a medium-severity security bug affecting Tor 0.3.2.1-alpha and
6827 later. All Tor instances running an affected release should upgrade to
6828 0.3.3.12, 0.3.4.11, 0.3.5.8, or 0.4.0.2-alpha.
6830 o Major bugfixes (cell scheduler, KIST, security):
6831 - Make KIST consider the outbuf length when computing what it can
6832 put in the outbuf. Previously, KIST acted as though the outbuf
6833 were empty, which could lead to the outbuf becoming too full. It
6834 is possible that an attacker could exploit this bug to cause a Tor
6835 client or relay to run out of memory and crash. Fixes bug 29168;
6836 bugfix on 0.3.2.1-alpha. This issue is also being tracked as
6837 TROVE-2019-001 and CVE-2019-8955.
6839 o Minor features (geoip):
6840 - Update geoip and geoip6 to the February 5 2019 Maxmind GeoLite2
6841 Country database. Closes ticket 29478.
6843 o Minor bugfixes (build, compatibility, rust, backport from 0.4.0.2-alpha):
6844 - Update Cargo.lock file to match the version made by the latest
6845 version of Rust, so that "make distcheck" will pass again. Fixes
6846 bug 29244; bugfix on 0.3.3.4-alpha.
6848 o Minor bugfixes (onion services, backport from 0.4.0.2-alpha):
6849 - Stop logging "Tried to establish rendezvous on non-OR circuit..."
6850 as a warning. Instead, log it as a protocol warning, because there
6851 is nothing that relay operators can do to fix it. Fixes bug 29029;
6852 bugfix on 0.2.5.7-rc.
6855 Changes in version 0.3.3.12 - 2019-02-21
6856 Tor 0.3.3.12 fixes a medium-severity security bug affecting Tor
6857 0.3.2.1-alpha and later. All Tor instances running an affected release
6858 should upgrade to 0.3.3.12, 0.3.4.11, 0.3.5.8, or 0.4.0.2-alpha.
6860 This release marks the end of support for the Tor 0.3.3.x series. We
6861 recommend that users switch to either the Tor 0.3.4 series (supported
6862 until at least 10 June 2019), or the Tor 0.3.5 series, which will
6863 receive long-term support until at least 1 Feb 2022.
6865 o Major bugfixes (cell scheduler, KIST, security):
6866 - Make KIST consider the outbuf length when computing what it can
6867 put in the outbuf. Previously, KIST acted as though the outbuf
6868 were empty, which could lead to the outbuf becoming too full. It
6869 is possible that an attacker could exploit this bug to cause a Tor
6870 client or relay to run out of memory and crash. Fixes bug 29168;
6871 bugfix on 0.3.2.1-alpha. This issue is also being tracked as
6872 TROVE-2019-001 and CVE-2019-8955.
6874 o Minor features (geoip):
6875 - Update geoip and geoip6 to the February 5 2019 Maxmind GeoLite2
6876 Country database. Closes ticket 29478.
6878 o Minor bugfixes (build, compatibility, rust, backport from 0.4.0.2-alpha):
6879 - Update Cargo.lock file to match the version made by the latest
6880 version of Rust, so that "make distcheck" will pass again. Fixes
6881 bug 29244; bugfix on 0.3.3.4-alpha.
6883 o Minor bugfixes (onion services, backport from 0.4.0.2-alpha):
6884 - Stop logging "Tried to establish rendezvous on non-OR circuit..."
6885 as a warning. Instead, log it as a protocol warning, because there
6886 is nothing that relay operators can do to fix it. Fixes bug 29029;
6887 bugfix on 0.2.5.7-rc.
6890 Changes in version 0.3.3.11 - 2019-01-07
6891 Tor 0.3.3.11 backports numerous fixes from later versions of Tor.
6892 numerous fixes, including an important fix for anyone using OpenSSL
6893 1.1.1. Anyone running an earlier version of Tor 0.3.3 should upgrade
6894 to this version, or to a later series.
6896 As a reminder, support the Tor 0.3.3 series will end on 22 Feb 2019.
6897 We anticipate that this will be the last release of Tor 0.3.3, unless
6898 some major bug is before then. Some time between now and then, users
6899 should switch to either the Tor 0.3.4 series (supported until at least
6900 10 June 2019), or the Tor 0.3.5 series, which will receive long-term
6901 support until at least 1 Feb 2022.
6903 o Major bugfixes (OpenSSL, portability, backport from 0.3.5.5-alpha):
6904 - Fix our usage of named groups when running as a TLS 1.3 client in
6905 OpenSSL 1.1.1. Previously, we only initialized EC groups when
6906 running as a relay, which caused clients to fail to negotiate TLS
6907 1.3 with relays. Fixes bug 28245; bugfix on 0.2.9.15 (when TLS 1.3
6910 o Major bugfixes (restart-in-process, backport from 0.3.5.1-alpha):
6911 - Fix a use-after-free error that could be caused by passing Tor an
6912 impossible set of options that would fail during options_act().
6913 Fixes bug 27708; bugfix on 0.3.3.1-alpha.
6915 o Minor features (continuous integration, backport from 0.3.5.1-alpha):
6916 - Only run one online rust build in Travis, to reduce network
6917 errors. Skip offline rust builds on Travis for Linux gcc, because
6918 they're redundant. Implements ticket 27252.
6919 - Skip gcc on OSX in Travis CI, because it's rarely used. Skip a
6920 duplicate hardening-off build in Travis on Tor 0.2.9. Skip gcc on
6921 Linux with default settings, because all the non-default builds
6922 use gcc on Linux. Implements ticket 27252.
6924 o Minor features (continuous integration, backport from 0.3.5.3-alpha):
6925 - Use the Travis Homebrew addon to install packages on macOS during
6926 Travis CI. The package list is the same, but the Homebrew addon
6927 does not do a `brew update` by default. Implements ticket 27738.
6929 o Minor features (fallback directory list, backport from 0.3.5.6-rc):
6930 - Replace the 150 fallbacks originally introduced in Tor
6931 0.3.3.1-alpha in January 2018 (of which ~115 were still
6932 functional), with a list of 157 fallbacks (92 new, 65 existing, 85
6933 removed) generated in December 2018. Closes ticket 24803.
6935 o Minor features (geoip):
6936 - Update geoip and geoip6 to the January 3 2019 Maxmind GeoLite2
6937 Country database. Closes ticket 29012.
6939 o Minor features (OpenSSL bug workaround, backport from 0.3.5.7):
6940 - Work around a bug in OpenSSL 1.1.1a, which prevented the TLS 1.3
6941 key export function from handling long labels. When this bug is
6942 detected, Tor will disable TLS 1.3. We recommend upgrading to a
6943 version of OpenSSL without this bug when it becomes available.
6944 Closes ticket 28973.
6946 o Minor bugfixes (relay statistics, backport from 0.3.5.7):
6947 - Update relay descriptor on bandwidth changes only when the uptime
6948 is smaller than 24h, in order to reduce the efficiency of guard
6949 discovery attacks. Fixes bug 24104; bugfix on 0.1.1.6-alpha.
6951 o Minor bugfixes (C correctness, backport from 0.3.5.4-alpha):
6952 - Avoid undefined behavior in an end-of-string check when parsing
6953 the BEGIN line in a directory object. Fixes bug 28202; bugfix
6956 o Minor bugfixes (code safety, backport from 0.3.5.3-alpha):
6957 - Rewrite our assertion macros so that they no longer suppress the
6958 compiler's -Wparentheses warnings. Fixes bug 27709; bugfix
6960 o Minor bugfixes (compilation, backport from 0.3.5.5-alpha):
6961 - Initialize a variable unconditionally in aes_new_cipher(), since
6962 some compilers cannot tell that we always initialize it before
6963 use. Fixes bug 28413; bugfix on 0.2.9.3-alpha.
6965 o Minor bugfixes (directory authority, backport from 0.3.5.4-alpha):
6966 - Log additional info when we get a relay that shares an ed25519 ID
6967 with a different relay, instead making a BUG() warning. Fixes bug
6968 27800; bugfix on 0.3.2.1-alpha.
6970 o Minor bugfixes (directory permissions, backport form 0.3.5.3-alpha):
6971 - When a user requests a group-readable DataDirectory, give it to
6972 them. Previously, when the DataDirectory and the CacheDirectory
6973 were the same, the default setting (0) for
6974 CacheDirectoryGroupReadable would override the setting for
6975 DataDirectoryGroupReadable. Fixes bug 26913; bugfix
6978 o Minor bugfixes (onion service v3, backport from 0.3.5.1-alpha):
6979 - When the onion service directory can't be created or has the wrong
6980 permissions, do not log a stack trace. Fixes bug 27335; bugfix
6983 o Minor bugfixes (onion service v3, backport from 0.3.5.2-alpha):
6984 - Close all SOCKS request (for the same .onion) if the newly fetched
6985 descriptor is unusable. Before that, we would close only the first
6986 one leaving the other hanging and let to time out by themselves.
6987 Fixes bug 27410; bugfix on 0.3.2.1-alpha.
6989 o Minor bugfixes (onion service v3, backport from 0.3.5.3-alpha):
6990 - Don't warn so loudly when Tor is unable to decode an onion
6991 descriptor. This can now happen as a normal use case if a client
6992 gets a descriptor with client authorization but the client is not
6993 authorized. Fixes bug 27550; bugfix on 0.3.5.1-alpha.
6995 o Minor bugfixes (onion service v3, backport from 0.3.5.6-rc):
6996 - When deleting an ephemeral onion service (DEL_ONION), do not close
6997 any rendezvous circuits in order to let the existing client
6998 connections finish by themselves or closed by the application. The
6999 HS v2 is doing that already so now we have the same behavior for
7000 all versions. Fixes bug 28619; bugfix on 0.3.3.1-alpha.
7002 o Minor bugfixes (HTTP tunnel):
7003 - Fix a bug warning when closing an HTTP tunnel connection due to
7004 an HTTP request we couldn't handle. Fixes bug 26470; bugfix on
7007 o Minor bugfixes (memory leaks, backport from 0.3.5.5-alpha):
7008 - Fix a harmless memory leak in libtorrunner.a. Fixes bug 28419;
7009 bugfix on 0.3.3.1-alpha. Patch from Martin Kepplinger.
7011 o Minor bugfixes (netflow padding, backport from 0.3.5.1-alpha):
7012 - Ensure circuitmux queues are empty before scheduling or sending
7013 padding. Fixes bug 25505; bugfix on 0.3.1.1-alpha.
7015 o Minor bugfixes (protover, backport from 0.3.5.3-alpha):
7016 - Reject protocol names containing bytes other than alphanumeric
7017 characters and hyphens ([A-Za-z0-9-]). Fixes bug 27316; bugfix
7020 o Minor bugfixes (rust, backport from 0.3.5.1-alpha):
7021 - Compute protover votes correctly in the rust version of the
7022 protover code. Previously, the protover rewrite in 24031 allowed
7023 repeated votes from the same voter for the same protocol version
7024 to be counted multiple times in protover_compute_vote(). Fixes bug
7025 27649; bugfix on 0.3.3.5-rc.
7026 - Reject protover names that contain invalid characters. Fixes bug
7027 27687; bugfix on 0.3.3.1-alpha.
7029 o Minor bugfixes (rust, backport from 0.3.5.2-alpha):
7030 - protover_all_supported() would attempt to allocate up to 16GB on
7031 some inputs, leading to a potential memory DoS. Fixes bug 27206;
7032 bugfix on 0.3.3.5-rc.
7034 o Minor bugfixes (rust, backport from 0.3.5.4-alpha):
7035 - Fix a potential null dereference in protover_all_supported(). Add
7036 a test for it. Fixes bug 27804; bugfix on 0.3.3.1-alpha.
7037 - Return a string that can be safely freed by C code, not one
7038 created by the rust allocator, in protover_all_supported(). Fixes
7039 bug 27740; bugfix on 0.3.3.1-alpha.
7040 - Fix an API mismatch in the rust implementation of
7041 protover_compute_vote(). This bug could have caused crashes on any
7042 directory authorities running Tor with Rust (which we do not yet
7043 recommend). Fixes bug 27741; bugfix on 0.3.3.6.
7045 o Minor bugfixes (testing, backport from 0.3.5.1-alpha):
7046 - If a unit test running in a subprocess exits abnormally or with a
7047 nonzero status code, treat the test as having failed, even if the
7048 test reported success. Without this fix, memory leaks don't cause
7049 the tests to fail, even with LeakSanitizer. Fixes bug 27658;
7050 bugfix on 0.2.2.4-alpha.
7052 o Minor bugfixes (testing, backport from 0.3.5.4-alpha):
7053 - Treat backtrace test failures as expected on BSD-derived systems
7054 (NetBSD, OpenBSD, and macOS/Darwin) until we solve bug 17808.
7055 (FreeBSD failures have been treated as expected since 18204 in
7056 0.2.8.) Fixes bug 27948; bugfix on 0.2.5.2-alpha.
7058 o Minor bugfixes (unit tests, guard selection, backport from 0.3.5.6-rc):
7059 - Stop leaking memory in an entry guard unit test. Fixes bug 28554;
7060 bugfix on 0.3.0.1-alpha.
7063 Changes in version 0.3.4.10 - 2019-01-07
7064 Tor 0.3.4.9 is the second stable release in its series; it backports
7065 numerous fixes, including an important fix for relays, and for anyone
7066 using OpenSSL 1.1.1. Anyone running an earlier version of Tor 0.3.4
7069 As a reminder, the Tor 0.3.4 series will be supported until 10 June
7070 2019. Some time between now and then, users should switch to the Tor
7071 0.3.5 series, which will receive long-term support until at least 1
7074 o Major bugfixes (OpenSSL, portability, backport from 0.3.5.5-alpha):
7075 - Fix our usage of named groups when running as a TLS 1.3 client in
7076 OpenSSL 1.1.1. Previously, we only initialized EC groups when
7077 running as a relay, which caused clients to fail to negotiate TLS
7078 1.3 with relays. Fixes bug 28245; bugfix on 0.2.9.15 (when TLS 1.3
7081 o Major bugfixes (relay, directory, backport from 0.3.5.7):
7082 - Always reactivate linked connections in the main loop so long as
7083 any linked connection has been active. Previously, connections
7084 serving directory information wouldn't get reactivated after the
7085 first chunk of data was sent (usually 32KB), which would prevent
7086 clients from bootstrapping. Fixes bug 28912; bugfix on
7087 0.3.4.1-alpha. Patch by "cypherpunks3".
7089 o Minor features (continuous integration, Windows, backport from 0.3.5.6-rc):
7090 - Always show the configure and test logs, and upload them as build
7091 artifacts, when building for Windows using Appveyor CI.
7094 o Minor features (controller, backport from 0.3.5.1-alpha):
7095 - For purposes of CIRC_BW-based dropped cell detection, track half-
7096 closed stream ids, and allow their ENDs, SENDMEs, DATA and path
7097 bias check cells to arrive without counting it as dropped until
7098 either the END arrives, or the windows are empty. Closes
7101 o Minor features (fallback directory list, backport from 0.3.5.6-rc):
7102 - Replace the 150 fallbacks originally introduced in Tor
7103 0.3.3.1-alpha in January 2018 (of which ~115 were still
7104 functional), with a list of 157 fallbacks (92 new, 65 existing, 85
7105 removed) generated in December 2018. Closes ticket 24803.
7107 o Minor features (geoip):
7108 - Update geoip and geoip6 to the November 6 2018 Maxmind GeoLite2
7109 Country database. Closes ticket 28395.
7111 o Minor features (OpenSSL bug workaround, backport from 0.3.5.7):
7112 - Work around a bug in OpenSSL 1.1.1a, which prevented the TLS 1.3
7113 key export function from handling long labels. When this bug is
7114 detected, Tor will disable TLS 1.3. We recommend upgrading to a
7115 version of OpenSSL without this bug when it becomes available.
7116 Closes ticket 28973.
7118 o Minor bugfixes (compilation, backport from 0.3.5.5-alpha):
7119 - Initialize a variable unconditionally in aes_new_cipher(), since
7120 some compilers cannot tell that we always initialize it before
7121 use. Fixes bug 28413; bugfix on 0.2.9.3-alpha.
7123 o Minor bugfixes (connection, relay, backport from 0.3.5.5-alpha):
7124 - Avoid a logging a BUG() stacktrace when closing connection held
7125 open because the write side is rate limited but not the read side.
7126 Now, the connection read side is simply shut down until Tor is
7127 able to flush the connection and close it. Fixes bug 27750; bugfix
7130 o Minor bugfixes (continuous integration, Windows, backport from 0.3.5.5-alpha):
7131 - Manually configure the zstd compiler options, when building using
7132 mingw on Appveyor Windows CI. The MSYS2 mingw zstd package does
7133 not come with a pkg-config file. Fixes bug 28454; bugfix
7135 - Stop using an external OpenSSL install, and stop installing MSYS2
7136 packages, when building using mingw on Appveyor Windows CI. Fixes
7137 bug 28399; bugfix on 0.3.4.1-alpha.
7139 o Minor bugfixes (continuous integration, Windows, backport from 0.3.5.6-rc):
7140 - Explicitly specify the path to the OpenSSL library and do not
7141 download OpenSSL from Pacman, but instead use the library that is
7142 already provided by AppVeyor. Fixes bug 28574; bugfix on master.
7144 o Minor bugfixes (directory permissions, backport form 0.3.5.3-alpha):
7145 - When a user requests a group-readable DataDirectory, give it to
7146 them. Previously, when the DataDirectory and the CacheDirectory
7147 were the same, the default setting (0) for
7148 CacheDirectoryGroupReadable would override the setting for
7149 DataDirectoryGroupReadable. Fixes bug 26913; bugfix
7152 o Minor bugfixes (memory leaks, backport from 0.3.5.5-alpha):
7153 - Fix a harmless memory leak in libtorrunner.a. Fixes bug 28419;
7154 bugfix on 0.3.3.1-alpha. Patch from Martin Kepplinger.
7156 o Minor bugfixes (onion service v3, backport from 0.3.5.3-alpha):
7157 - Don't warn so loudly when Tor is unable to decode an onion
7158 descriptor. This can now happen as a normal use case if a client
7159 gets a descriptor with client authorization but the client is not
7160 authorized. Fixes bug 27550; bugfix on 0.3.5.1-alpha.
7162 o Minor bugfixes (onion service v3, backport from 0.3.5.6-rc):
7163 - When deleting an ephemeral onion service (DEL_ONION), do not close
7164 any rendezvous circuits in order to let the existing client
7165 connections finish by themselves or closed by the application. The
7166 HS v2 is doing that already so now we have the same behavior for
7167 all versions. Fixes bug 28619; bugfix on 0.3.3.1-alpha.
7169 o Minor bugfixes (relay statistics, backport from 0.3.5.7):
7170 - Update relay descriptor on bandwidth changes only when the uptime
7171 is smaller than 24h, in order to reduce the efficiency of guard
7172 discovery attacks. Fixes bug 24104; bugfix on 0.1.1.6-alpha.
7174 o Minor bugfixes (unit tests, guard selection, backport from 0.3.5.6-rc):
7175 - Stop leaking memory in an entry guard unit test. Fixes bug 28554;
7176 bugfix on 0.3.0.1-alpha.
7179 Changes in version 0.3.5.7 - 2019-01-07
7180 Tor 0.3.5.7 is the first stable release in its series; it includes
7181 compilation and portability fixes, and a fix for a severe problem
7182 affecting directory caches.
7184 The Tor 0.3.5 series includes several new features and performance
7185 improvements, including client authorization for v3 onion services,
7186 cleanups to bootstrap reporting, support for improved bandwidth-
7187 measurement tools, experimental support for NSS in place of OpenSSL,
7188 and much more. It also begins a full reorganization of Tor's code
7189 layout, for improved modularity and maintainability in the future.
7190 Finally, there is the usual set of performance improvements and
7191 bugfixes that we try to do in every release series.
7193 There are a couple of changes in the 0.3.5 that may affect
7194 compatibility. First, the default version for newly created onion
7195 services is now v3. Use the HiddenServiceVersion option if you want to
7196 override this. Second, some log messages related to bootstrapping have
7197 changed; if you use stem, you may need to update to the latest version
7198 so it will recognize them.
7200 We have designated 0.3.5 as a "long-term support" (LTS) series: we
7201 will continue to patch major bugs in typical configurations of 0.3.5
7202 until at least 1 Feb 2022. (We do not plan to provide long-term
7203 support for embedding, Rust support, NSS support, running a directory
7204 authority, or unsupported platforms. For these, you will need to stick
7205 with the latest stable release.)
7207 Below are the changes since 0.3.4.9. For a complete list of changes
7208 since 0.3.5.6-rc, see the ChangeLog file.
7210 o Major features (bootstrap):
7211 - Don't report directory progress until after a connection to a
7212 relay or bridge has succeeded. Previously, we'd report 80%
7213 progress based on cached directory information when we couldn't
7214 even connect to the network. Closes ticket 27169.
7216 o Major features (new code layout):
7217 - Nearly all of Tor's source code has been moved around into more
7218 logical places. The "common" directory is now divided into a set
7219 of libraries in "lib", and files in the "or" directory have been
7220 split into "core" (logic absolutely needed for onion routing),
7221 "feature" (independent modules in Tor), and "app" (to configure
7222 and invoke the rest of Tor). See doc/HACKING/CodeStructure.md for
7223 more information. Closes ticket 26481.
7225 This refactoring is not complete: although the libraries have been
7226 refactored to be acyclic, the main body of Tor is still too
7227 interconnected. We will attempt to improve this in the future.
7229 o Major features (onion services v3):
7230 - Implement onion service client authorization at the descriptor
7231 level: only authorized clients can decrypt a service's descriptor
7232 to find out how to contact it. A new torrc option was added to
7233 control this client side: ClientOnionAuthDir <path>. On the
7234 service side, if the "authorized_clients/" directory exists in the
7235 onion service directory path, client configurations are read from
7236 the files within. See the manpage for more details. Closes ticket
7237 27547. Patch done by Suphanat Chunhapanya (haxxpop).
7238 - Improve revision counter generation in next-gen onion services.
7239 Onion services can now scale by hosting multiple instances on
7240 different hosts without synchronization between them, which was
7241 previously impossible because descriptors would get rejected by
7242 HSDirs. Addresses ticket 25552.
7243 - Version 3 onion services can now use the per-service
7244 HiddenServiceExportCircuitID option to differentiate client
7245 circuits. It communicates with the service by using the HAProxy
7246 protocol to assign virtual IP addresses to inbound client
7247 circuits. Closes ticket 4700. Patch by Mahrud Sayrafi.
7249 o Major features (onion services, UI change):
7250 - For a newly created onion service, the default version is now 3.
7251 Tor still supports existing version 2 services, but the operator
7252 now needs to set "HiddenServiceVersion 2" in order to create a new
7253 version 2 service. For existing services, Tor now learns the
7254 version by reading the key file. Closes ticket 27215.
7256 o Major features (portability, cryptography, experimental, TLS):
7257 - Tor now has the option to compile with the NSS library instead of
7258 OpenSSL. This feature is experimental, and we expect that bugs may
7259 remain. It is mainly intended for environments where Tor's
7260 performance is not CPU-bound, and where NSS is already known to be
7261 installed. To try it out, configure Tor with the --enable-nss
7262 flag. Closes tickets 26631, 26815, and 26816.
7264 If you are experimenting with this option and using an old cached
7265 consensus, Tor may fail to start. To solve this, delete your
7266 "cached-consensus" and "cached-microdesc-consensus" files,
7267 (if present), and restart Tor.
7269 o Major features (relay, UI change):
7270 - Relays no longer run as exits by default. If the "ExitRelay"
7271 option is auto (or unset), and no exit policy is specified with
7272 ExitPolicy or ReducedExitPolicy, we now treat ExitRelay as 0.
7273 Previously in this case, we allowed exit traffic and logged a
7274 warning message. Closes ticket 21530. Patch by Neel Chauhan.
7275 - Tor now validates that the ContactInfo config option is valid UTF-
7276 8 when parsing torrc. Closes ticket 27428.
7278 o Major bugfixes (compilation):
7279 - Fix compilation on ARM (and other less-used CPUs) when compiling
7280 with OpenSSL before 1.1. Fixes bug 27781; bugfix on 0.3.4.1-alpha.
7282 o Major bugfixes (compilation, rust):
7283 - Rust tests can now build and run successfully with the
7284 --enable-fragile-hardening option enabled. Doing this currently
7285 requires the rust beta channel; it will be possible with stable
7286 rust once Rust version 1.31 is released. Patch from Alex Crichton.
7287 Fixes bugs 27272, 27273, and 27274. Bugfix on 0.3.1.1-alpha.
7289 o Major bugfixes (directory authority):
7290 - Actually check that the address we get from DirAuthority
7291 configuration line is valid IPv4. Explicitly disallow DirAuthority
7292 address to be a DNS hostname. Fixes bug 26488; bugfix
7295 o Major bugfixes (embedding, main loop):
7296 - When DisableNetwork becomes set, actually disable periodic events
7297 that are already enabled. (Previously, we would refrain from
7298 enabling new ones, but we would leave the old ones turned on.)
7299 Fixes bug 28348; bugfix on 0.3.4.1-alpha.
7301 o Major bugfixes (main loop, bootstrap):
7302 - Make sure Tor bootstraps and works properly if only the
7303 ControlPort is set. Prior to this fix, Tor would only bootstrap
7304 when a client port was set (Socks, Trans, NATD, DNS or HTTPTunnel
7305 port). Fixes bug 27849; bugfix on 0.3.4.1-alpha.
7307 o Major bugfixes (onion service v3):
7308 - On an intro point for a version 3 onion service, stop closing
7309 introduction circuits on a NACK. This lets the client decide
7310 whether to reuse the circuit or discard it. Previously, we closed
7311 intro circuits when sending NACKs. Fixes bug 27841; bugfix on
7312 0.3.2.1-alpha. Patch by Neel Chaunan.
7314 o Major bugfixes (OpenSSL, portability):
7315 - Fix our usage of named groups when running as a TLS 1.3 client in
7316 OpenSSL 1.1.1. Previously, we only initialized EC groups when
7317 running as a relay, which caused clients to fail to negotiate TLS
7318 1.3 with relays. Fixes bug 28245; bugfix on 0.2.9.15 (when TLS 1.3
7321 o Major bugfixes (relay bandwidth statistics):
7322 - When we close relayed circuits, report the data in the circuit
7323 queues as being written in our relay bandwidth stats. This
7324 mitigates guard discovery and other attacks that close circuits
7325 for the explicit purpose of noticing this discrepancy in
7326 statistics. Fixes bug 23512; bugfix on 0.0.8pre3.
7328 o Major bugfixes (relay):
7329 - When our write bandwidth limit is exhausted, stop writing on the
7330 connection. Previously, we had a typo in the code that would make
7331 us stop reading instead, leading to relay connections being stuck
7332 indefinitely and consuming kernel RAM. Fixes bug 28089; bugfix
7334 - Always reactivate linked connections in the main loop so long as
7335 any linked connection has been active. Previously, connections
7336 serving directory information wouldn't get reactivated after the
7337 first chunk of data was sent (usually 32KB), which would prevent
7338 clients from bootstrapping. Fixes bug 28912; bugfix on
7339 0.3.4.1-alpha. Patch by "cypherpunks3".
7341 o Major bugfixes (restart-in-process):
7342 - Fix a use-after-free error that could be caused by passing Tor an
7343 impossible set of options that would fail during options_act().
7344 Fixes bug 27708; bugfix on 0.3.3.1-alpha.
7346 o Minor features (admin tools):
7347 - Add a new --key-expiration option to print the expiration date of
7348 the signing cert in an ed25519_signing_cert file. Resolves
7351 o Minor features (build):
7352 - If you pass the "--enable-pic" option to configure, Tor will try
7353 to tell the compiler to build position-independent code suitable
7354 to link into a dynamic library. (The default remains -fPIE, for
7355 code suitable for a relocatable executable.) Closes ticket 23846.
7357 o Minor features (code correctness, testing):
7358 - Tor's build process now includes a "check-includes" make target to
7359 verify that no module of Tor relies on any headers from a higher-
7360 level module. We hope to use this feature over time to help
7361 refactor our codebase. Closes ticket 26447.
7363 o Minor features (code layout):
7364 - We have a new "lowest-level" error-handling API for use by code
7365 invoked from within the logging module. With this interface, the
7366 logging code is no longer at risk of calling into itself if a
7367 failure occurs while it is trying to log something. Closes
7370 o Minor features (compilation):
7371 - When possible, place our warning flags in a separate file, to
7372 avoid flooding verbose build logs. Closes ticket 28924.
7373 - Tor's configure script now supports a --with-malloc= option to
7374 select your malloc implementation. Supported options are
7375 "tcmalloc", "jemalloc", "openbsd" (deprecated), and "system" (the
7376 default). Addresses part of ticket 20424. Based on a patch from
7379 o Minor features (config):
7380 - The "auto" keyword in torrc is now case-insensitive. Closes
7383 o Minor features (continuous integration):
7384 - Add a Travis CI build for --enable-nss on Linux gcc. Closes
7386 - Add new CI job to Travis configuration to run stem-based
7387 integration tests. Closes ticket 27913.
7388 - Use the Travis Homebrew addon to install packages on macOS during
7389 Travis CI. The package list is the same, but the Homebrew addon
7390 does not do a `brew update` by default. Implements ticket 27738.
7391 - Report what program produced the mysterious core file that we
7392 occasionally see on Travis CI during make distcheck. Closes
7394 - Don't do a distcheck with --disable-module-dirauth in Travis.
7395 Implements ticket 27252.
7396 - Install libcap-dev and libseccomp2-dev so these optional
7397 dependencies get tested on Travis CI. Closes ticket 26560.
7398 - Only run one online rust build in Travis, to reduce network
7399 errors. Skip offline rust builds on Travis for Linux gcc, because
7400 they're redundant. Implements ticket 27252.
7401 - Skip gcc on OSX in Travis CI, because it's rarely used. Skip a
7402 duplicate hardening-off build in Travis on Tor 0.2.9. Skip gcc on
7403 Linux with default settings, because all the non-default builds
7404 use gcc on Linux. Implements ticket 27252.
7406 o Minor features (continuous integration, Windows):
7407 - Always show the configure and test logs, and upload them as build
7408 artifacts, when building for Windows using Appveyor CI.
7410 - Build tor on Windows Server 2012 R2 and Windows Server 2016 using
7411 Appveyor's CI. Closes ticket 28318.
7413 o Minor features (controller):
7414 - Emit CIRC_BW events as soon as we detect that we processed an
7415 invalid or otherwise dropped cell on a circuit. This allows
7416 vanguards and other controllers to react more quickly to dropped
7417 cells. Closes ticket 27678.
7418 - For purposes of CIRC_BW-based dropped cell detection, track half-
7419 closed stream ids, and allow their ENDs, SENDMEs, DATA and path
7420 bias check cells to arrive without counting it as dropped until
7421 either the END arrives, or the windows are empty. Closes
7423 - Implement a 'GETINFO md/all' controller command to enable getting
7424 all known microdescriptors. Closes ticket 8323.
7425 - The GETINFO command now support an "uptime" argument, to return
7426 Tor's uptime in seconds. Closes ticket 25132.
7428 o Minor features (denial-of-service avoidance):
7429 - Make our OOM handler aware of the DNS cache so that it doesn't
7430 fill up the memory. This check is important for our DoS mitigation
7431 subsystem. Closes ticket 18642. Patch by Neel Chauhan.
7433 o Minor features (development):
7434 - Tor's makefile now supports running the "clippy" Rust style tool
7435 on our Rust code. Closes ticket 22156.
7437 o Minor features (directory authority):
7438 - There is no longer an artificial upper limit on the length of
7439 bandwidth lines. Closes ticket 26223.
7440 - When a bandwidth file is used to obtain the bandwidth measurements,
7441 include this bandwidth file headers in the votes. Closes
7443 - Improved support for networks with only a single authority or a
7444 single fallback directory. Patch from Gabriel Somlo. Closes
7447 o Minor features (embedding API):
7448 - The Tor controller API now supports a function to launch Tor with
7449 a preconstructed owning controller FD, so that embedding
7450 applications don't need to manage controller ports and
7451 authentication. Closes ticket 24204.
7452 - The Tor controller API now has a function that returns the name
7453 and version of the backend implementing the API. Closes
7456 o Minor features (fallback directory list):
7457 - Replace the 150 fallbacks originally introduced in Tor
7458 0.3.3.1-alpha in January 2018 (of which ~115 were still
7459 functional), with a list of 157 fallbacks (92 new, 65 existing, 85
7460 removed) generated in December 2018. Closes ticket 24803.
7462 o Minor features (geoip):
7463 - Update geoip and geoip6 to the January 3 2019 Maxmind GeoLite2
7464 Country database. Closes ticket 29012.
7466 o Minor features (memory management):
7467 - Get Libevent to use the same memory allocator as Tor, by calling
7468 event_set_mem_functions() during initialization. Resolves
7471 o Minor features (memory usage):
7472 - When not using them, store legacy TAP public onion keys in DER-
7473 encoded format, rather than as expanded public keys. This should
7474 save several megabytes on typical clients. Closes ticket 27246.
7476 o Minor features (OpenSSL bug workaround):
7477 - Work around a bug in OpenSSL 1.1.1a, which prevented the TLS 1.3
7478 key export function from handling long labels. When this bug is
7479 detected, Tor will disable TLS 1.3. We recommend upgrading to a
7480 version of OpenSSL without this bug when it becomes available.
7481 Closes ticket 28973.
7483 o Minor features (OpenSSL):
7484 - When possible, use RFC5869 HKDF implementation from OpenSSL rather
7485 than our own. Resolves ticket 19979.
7487 o Minor features (performance):
7488 - Remove about 96% of the work from the function that we run at
7489 startup to test our curve25519_basepoint implementation. Since
7490 this function has yet to find an actual failure, we now only run
7491 it for 8 iterations instead of 200. Based on our profile
7492 information, this change should save around 8% of our startup time
7493 on typical desktops, and may have a similar effect on other
7494 platforms. Closes ticket 28838.
7495 - Stop re-validating our hardcoded Diffie-Hellman parameters on
7496 every startup. Doing this wasted time and cycles, especially on
7497 low-powered devices. Closes ticket 28851.
7499 o Minor features (Rust, code quality):
7500 - Improve rust code quality in the rust protover implementation by
7501 making it more idiomatic. Includes changing an internal API to
7502 take &str instead of &String. Closes ticket 26492.
7504 o Minor features (testing):
7505 - Add scripts/test/chutney-git-bisect.sh, for bisecting using
7506 chutney. Implements ticket 27211.
7508 o Minor features (tor-resolve):
7509 - The tor-resolve utility can now be used with IPv6 SOCKS proxies.
7510 Side-effect of the refactoring for ticket 26526.
7512 o Minor features (UI):
7513 - Log each included configuration file or directory as we read it,
7514 to provide more visibility about where Tor is reading from. Patch
7515 from Unto Sten; closes ticket 27186.
7516 - Lower log level of "Scheduler type KIST has been enabled" to INFO.
7517 Closes ticket 26703.
7519 o Minor bugfixes (32-bit OSX and iOS, timing):
7520 - Fix an integer overflow bug in our optimized 32-bit millisecond-
7521 difference algorithm for 32-bit Apple platforms. Previously, it
7522 would overflow when calculating the difference between two times
7523 more than 47 days apart. Fixes part of bug 27139; bugfix
7525 - Improve the precision of our 32-bit millisecond difference
7526 algorithm for 32-bit Apple platforms. Fixes part of bug 27139;
7527 bugfix on 0.3.4.1-alpha.
7528 - Relax the tolerance on the mainloop/update_time_jumps test when
7529 running on 32-bit Apple platforms. Fixes part of bug 27139; bugfix
7532 o Minor bugfixes (bootstrap):
7533 - Try harder to get descriptors in non-exit test networks, by using
7534 the mid weight for the third hop when there are no exits. Fixes
7535 bug 27237; bugfix on 0.2.6.2-alpha.
7537 o Minor bugfixes (C correctness):
7538 - Avoid casting smartlist index to int implicitly, as it may trigger
7539 a warning (-Wshorten-64-to-32). Fixes bug 26282; bugfix on
7540 0.2.3.13-alpha, 0.2.7.1-alpha and 0.2.1.1-alpha.
7541 - Use time_t for all values in
7542 predicted_ports_prediction_time_remaining(). Rework the code that
7543 computes difference between durations/timestamps. Fixes bug 27165;
7544 bugfix on 0.3.1.1-alpha.
7546 o Minor bugfixes (client, memory usage):
7547 - When not running as a directory cache, there is no need to store
7548 the text of the current consensus networkstatus in RAM.
7549 Previously, however, clients would store it anyway, at a cost of
7550 over 5 MB. Now, they do not. Fixes bug 27247; bugfix
7553 o Minor bugfixes (client, ReachableAddresses):
7554 - Instead of adding a "reject *:*" line to ReachableAddresses when
7555 loading the configuration, add one to the policy after parsing it
7556 in parse_reachable_addresses(). This prevents extra "reject *.*"
7557 lines from accumulating on reloads. Fixes bug 20874; bugfix on
7558 0.1.1.5-alpha. Patch by Neel Chauhan.
7560 o Minor bugfixes (code quality):
7561 - Rename sandbox_getaddrinfo() and other functions to no longer
7562 misleadingly suggest that they are sandbox-only. Fixes bug 26525;
7563 bugfix on 0.2.7.1-alpha.
7565 o Minor bugfixes (code safety):
7566 - Rewrite our assertion macros so that they no longer suppress the
7567 compiler's -Wparentheses warnings. Fixes bug 27709; bugfix
7570 o Minor bugfixes (compilation):
7571 - Initialize a variable unconditionally in aes_new_cipher(), since
7572 some compilers cannot tell that we always initialize it before
7573 use. Fixes bug 28413; bugfix on 0.2.9.3-alpha.
7575 o Minor bugfixes (configuration):
7576 - Refuse to start with relative file paths and RunAsDaemon set
7577 (regression from the fix for bug 22731). Fixes bug 28298; bugfix
7580 o Minor bugfixes (configuration, Onion Services):
7581 - In rend_service_parse_port_config(), disallow any input to remain
7582 after address-port pair was parsed. This will catch address and
7583 port being whitespace-separated by mistake of the user. Fixes bug
7584 27044; bugfix on 0.2.9.10.
7586 o Minor bugfixes (connection, relay):
7587 - Avoid a logging a BUG() stacktrace when closing connection held
7588 open because the write side is rate limited but not the read side.
7589 Now, the connection read side is simply shut down until Tor is
7590 able to flush the connection and close it. Fixes bug 27750; bugfix
7593 o Minor bugfixes (continuous integration, Windows):
7594 - Stop reinstalling identical packages in our Windows CI. Fixes bug
7595 27464; bugfix on 0.3.4.1-alpha.
7596 - Install only the necessary mingw packages during our appveyor
7597 builds. This change makes the build a little faster, and prevents
7598 a conflict with a preinstalled mingw openssl that appveyor now
7599 ships. Fixes bugs 27765 and 27943; bugfix on 0.3.4.2-alpha.
7600 - Explicitly specify the path to the OpenSSL library and do not
7601 download OpenSSL from Pacman, but instead use the library that is
7602 already provided by AppVeyor. Fixes bug 28574; bugfix on master.
7603 - Manually configure the zstd compiler options, when building using
7604 mingw on Appveyor Windows CI. The MSYS2 mingw zstd package does
7605 not come with a pkg-config file. Fixes bug 28454; bugfix
7607 - Stop using an external OpenSSL install, and stop installing MSYS2
7608 packages, when building using mingw on Appveyor Windows CI. Fixes
7609 bug 28399; bugfix on 0.3.4.1-alpha.
7611 o Minor bugfixes (controller):
7612 - Consider all routerinfo errors other than "not a server" to be
7613 transient for the purpose of "GETINFO exit-policy/*" controller
7614 request. Print stacktrace in the unlikely case of failing to
7615 recompute routerinfo digest. Fixes bug 27034; bugfix
7618 o Minor bugfixes (correctness):
7619 - Fix an unreached code path where we checked the value of
7620 "hostname" inside send_resolved_hostname_cell(). Previously, we
7621 used it before checking it; now we check it first. Fixes bug
7622 28879; bugfix on 0.1.2.7-alpha.
7624 o Minor bugfixes (directory connection shutdown):
7625 - Avoid a double-close when shutting down a stalled directory
7626 connection. Fixes bug 26896; bugfix on 0.3.4.1-alpha.
7628 o Minor bugfixes (directory permissions):
7629 - When a user requests a group-readable DataDirectory, give it to
7630 them. Previously, when the DataDirectory and the CacheDirectory
7631 were the same, the default setting (0) for
7632 CacheDirectoryGroupReadable would override the setting for
7633 DataDirectoryGroupReadable. Fixes bug 26913; bugfix
7636 o Minor bugfixes (HTTP tunnel):
7637 - Fix a bug warning when closing an HTTP tunnel connection due to an
7638 HTTP request we couldn't handle. Fixes bug 26470; bugfix
7641 o Minor bugfixes (ipv6):
7642 - In addrs_in_same_network_family(), we choose the subnet size based
7643 on the IP version (IPv4 or IPv6). Previously, we chose a fixed
7644 subnet size of /16 for both IPv4 and IPv6 addresses. Fixes bug
7645 15518; bugfix on 0.2.3.1-alpha. Patch by Neel Chauhan.
7647 o Minor bugfixes (Linux seccomp2 sandbox):
7648 - Permit the "shutdown()" system call, which is apparently used by
7649 OpenSSL under some circumstances. Fixes bug 28183; bugfix
7652 o Minor bugfixes (logging):
7653 - Stop talking about the Named flag in log messages. Clients have
7654 ignored the Named flag since 0.3.2. Fixes bug 28441; bugfix
7656 - As a precaution, do an early return from log_addr_has_changed() if
7657 Tor is running as client. Also, log a stack trace for debugging as
7658 this function should only be called when Tor runs as server. Fixes
7659 bug 26892; bugfix on 0.1.1.9-alpha.
7660 - Refrain from mentioning bug 21018 in the logs, as it is already
7661 fixed. Fixes bug 25477; bugfix on 0.2.9.8.
7663 o Minor bugfixes (logging, documentation):
7664 - When SafeLogging is enabled, scrub IP address in
7665 channel_tls_process_netinfo_cell(). Also, add a note to manpage
7666 that scrubbing is not guaranteed on loglevels below Notice. Fixes
7667 bug 26882; bugfix on 0.2.4.10-alpha.
7669 o Minor bugfixes (memory leaks):
7670 - Fix a harmless memory leak in libtorrunner.a. Fixes bug 28419;
7671 bugfix on 0.3.3.1-alpha. Patch from Martin Kepplinger.
7672 - Fix a small memory leak when calling Tor with --dump-config. Fixes
7673 bug 27893; bugfix on 0.3.2.1-alpha.
7675 o Minor bugfixes (netflow padding):
7676 - Ensure circuitmux queues are empty before scheduling or sending
7677 padding. Fixes bug 25505; bugfix on 0.3.1.1-alpha.
7679 o Minor bugfixes (onion service v2):
7680 - Log at level "info", not "warning", in the case that we do not
7681 have a consensus when a .onion request comes in. This can happen
7682 normally while bootstrapping. Fixes bug 27040; bugfix
7685 o Minor bugfixes (onion service v3):
7686 - When deleting an ephemeral onion service (DEL_ONION), do not close
7687 any rendezvous circuits in order to let the existing client
7688 connections finish by themselves or closed by the application. The
7689 HS v2 is doing that already so now we have the same behavior for
7690 all versions. Fixes bug 28619; bugfix on 0.3.3.1-alpha.
7691 - Build the service descriptor's signing key certificate before
7692 uploading, so we always have a fresh one: leaving no chances for
7693 it to expire service side. Fixes bug 27838; bugfix
7695 - Stop dumping a stack trace when trying to connect to an intro
7696 point without having a descriptor for it. Fixes bug 27774; bugfix
7698 - When selecting a v3 rendezvous point, don't only look at the
7699 protover, but also check whether the curve25519 onion key is
7700 present. This way we avoid picking a relay that supports the v3
7701 rendezvous but for which we don't have the microdescriptor. Fixes
7702 bug 27797; bugfix on 0.3.2.1-alpha.
7703 - Close all SOCKS request (for the same .onion) if the newly fetched
7704 descriptor is unusable. Before that, we would close only the first
7705 one leaving the other hanging and let to time out by themselves.
7706 Fixes bug 27410; bugfix on 0.3.2.1-alpha.
7707 - When the onion service directory can't be created or has the wrong
7708 permissions, do not log a stack trace. Fixes bug 27335; bugfix
7710 - When replacing a descriptor in the client cache, make sure to
7711 close all client introduction circuits for the old descriptor, so
7712 we don't end up with unusable leftover circuits. Fixes bug 27471;
7713 bugfix on 0.3.2.1-alpha.
7715 o Minor bugfixes (OS compatibility):
7716 - Properly handle configuration changes that move a listener to/from
7717 wildcard IP address. If the first attempt to bind a socket fails,
7718 close the old listener and try binding the socket again. Fixes bug
7719 17873; bugfix on 0.0.8pre-1.
7721 o Minor bugfixes (performance)::
7722 - Rework node_is_a_configured_bridge() to no longer call
7723 node_get_all_orports(), which was performing too many memory
7724 allocations. Fixes bug 27224; bugfix on 0.2.3.9.
7726 o Minor bugfixes (protover):
7727 - Reject protocol names containing bytes other than alphanumeric
7728 characters and hyphens ([A-Za-z0-9-]). Fixes bug 27316; bugfix
7731 o Minor bugfixes (protover, rust):
7732 - Reject extra commas in version strings. Fixes bug 27197; bugfix
7734 - protover_all_supported() would attempt to allocate up to 16GB on
7735 some inputs, leading to a potential memory DoS. Fixes bug 27206;
7736 bugfix on 0.3.3.5-rc.
7737 - Compute protover votes correctly in the rust version of the
7738 protover code. Previously, the protover rewrite in 24031 allowed
7739 repeated votes from the same voter for the same protocol version
7740 to be counted multiple times in protover_compute_vote(). Fixes bug
7741 27649; bugfix on 0.3.3.5-rc.
7742 - Reject protover names that contain invalid characters. Fixes bug
7743 27687; bugfix on 0.3.3.1-alpha.
7745 o Minor bugfixes (relay shutdown, systemd):
7746 - Notify systemd of ShutdownWaitLength so it can be set to longer
7747 than systemd's TimeoutStopSec. In Tor's systemd service file, set
7748 TimeoutSec to 60 seconds to allow Tor some time to shut down.
7749 Fixes bug 28113; bugfix on 0.2.6.2-alpha.
7751 o Minor bugfixes (relay statistics):
7752 - Update relay descriptor on bandwidth changes only when the uptime
7753 is smaller than 24h, in order to reduce the efficiency of guard
7754 discovery attacks. Fixes bug 24104; bugfix on 0.1.1.6-alpha.
7756 o Minor bugfixes (relay):
7757 - Consider the fact that we'll be making direct connections to our
7758 entry and guard nodes when computing the fraction of nodes that
7759 have their descriptors. Also, if we are using bridges and there is
7760 at least one bridge with a full descriptor, treat the fraction of
7761 guards available as 100%. Fixes bug 25886; bugfix on 0.2.4.10-alpha.
7762 Patch by Neel Chauhan.
7763 - Update the message logged on relays when DirCache is disabled.
7764 Since 0.3.3.5-rc, authorities require DirCache (V2Dir) for the
7765 Guard flag. Fixes bug 24312; bugfix on 0.3.3.5-rc.
7767 o Minor bugfixes (testing):
7768 - Stop running stem's unit tests as part of "make test-stem", but
7769 continue to run stem's unit and online tests during "make test-
7770 stem-full". Fixes bug 28568; bugfix on 0.2.6.3-alpha.
7771 - Stop leaking memory in an entry guard unit test. Fixes bug 28554;
7772 bugfix on 0.3.0.1-alpha.
7773 - Make the hs_service tests use the same time source when creating
7774 the introduction point and when testing it. Now tests work better
7775 on very slow systems like ARM or Travis. Fixes bug 27810; bugfix
7777 - Revise the "conditionvar_timeout" test so that it succeeds even on
7778 heavily loaded systems where the test threads are not scheduled
7779 within 200 msec. Fixes bug 27073; bugfix on 0.2.6.3-alpha.
7780 - Fix two unit tests to work when HOME environment variable is not
7781 set. Fixes bug 27096; bugfix on 0.2.8.1-alpha.
7782 - If a unit test running in a subprocess exits abnormally or with a
7783 nonzero status code, treat the test as having failed, even if the
7784 test reported success. Without this fix, memory leaks don't cause
7785 the tests to fail, even with LeakSanitizer. Fixes bug 27658;
7786 bugfix on 0.2.2.4-alpha.
7787 - When logging a version mismatch in our openssl_version tests,
7788 report the actual offending version strings. Fixes bug 26152;
7789 bugfix on 0.2.9.1-alpha.
7790 - Fix forking tests on Windows when there is a space somewhere in
7791 the path. Fixes bug 26437; bugfix on 0.2.2.4-alpha.
7793 o Minor bugfixes (Windows):
7794 - Correctly identify Windows 8.1, Windows 10, and Windows Server
7795 2008 and later from their NT versions. Fixes bug 28096; bugfix on
7796 0.2.2.34; reported by Keifer Bly.
7797 - On recent Windows versions, the GetVersionEx() function may report
7798 an earlier Windows version than the running OS. To avoid user
7799 confusion, add "[or later]" to Tor's version string on affected
7800 versions of Windows. Fixes bug 28096; bugfix on 0.2.2.34; reported
7802 - Remove Windows versions that were never supported by the
7803 GetVersionEx() function. Stop duplicating the latest Windows
7804 version in get_uname(). Fixes bug 28096; bugfix on 0.2.2.34;
7805 reported by Keifer Bly.
7807 o Code simplification and refactoring:
7808 - When parsing a port configuration, make it more obvious to static
7809 analyzer tools that we always initialize the address. Closes
7811 - Divide more large Tor source files -- especially ones that span
7812 multiple areas of functionality -- into smaller parts, including
7813 onion.c and main.c. Closes ticket 26747.
7814 - Divide the "routerparse.c" module into separate modules for each
7815 group of parsed objects. Closes ticket 27924.
7816 - Move protover_rust.c to the same place protover.c was moved to.
7817 Closes ticket 27814.
7818 - Split directory.c into separate pieces for client, server, and
7819 common functionality. Closes ticket 26744.
7820 - Split the non-statistics-related parts from the rephist.c and
7821 geoip.c modules. Closes ticket 27892.
7822 - Split the router.c file into relay-only and shared components, to
7823 help with future modularization. Closes ticket 27864.
7824 - Divide the routerlist.c and dirserv.c modules into smaller parts.
7825 Closes ticket 27799.
7826 - 'updateFallbackDirs.py' now ignores the blacklist file, as it's not
7827 longer needed. Closes ticket 26502.
7828 - Include paths to header files within Tor are now qualified by
7829 directory within the top-level src directory.
7830 - Many structures have been removed from the centralized "or.h"
7831 header, and moved into their own headers. This will allow us to
7832 reduce the number of places in the code that rely on each
7833 structure's contents and layout. Closes ticket 26383.
7834 - Remove ATTR_NONNULL macro from codebase. Resolves ticket 26527.
7835 - Remove GetAdaptersAddresses_fn_t. The code that used it was
7836 removed as part of the 26481 refactor. Closes ticket 27467.
7837 - Rework Tor SOCKS server code to use Trunnel and benefit from
7838 autogenerated functions for parsing and generating SOCKS wire
7839 format. New implementation is cleaner, more maintainable and
7840 should be less prone to heartbleed-style vulnerabilities.
7841 Implements a significant fraction of ticket 3569.
7842 - Split sampled_guards_update_from_consensus() and
7843 select_entry_guard_for_circuit() into subfunctions. In
7844 entry_guards_update_primary() unite three smartlist enumerations
7845 into one and move smartlist comparison code out of the function.
7846 Closes ticket 21349.
7847 - Tor now assumes that you have standards-conformant stdint.h and
7848 inttypes.h headers when compiling. Closes ticket 26626.
7849 - Unify our bloom filter logic. Previously we had two copies of this
7850 code: one for routerlist filtering, and one for address set
7851 calculations. Closes ticket 26510.
7852 - Use the simpler strcmpstart() helper in
7853 rend_parse_v2_service_descriptor instead of strncmp(). Closes
7855 - Utility functions that can perform a DNS lookup are now wholly
7856 separated from those that can't, in separate headers and C
7857 modules. Closes ticket 26526.
7860 - In the tor-resolve(1) manpage, fix the reference to socks-
7861 extensions.txt by adding a web URL. Resolves ticket 27853.
7862 - Mention that we require Python to be 2.7 or newer for some
7863 integration tests that we ship with Tor. Resolves ticket 27677.
7864 - Copy paragraph and URL to Tor's code of conduct document from
7865 CONTRIBUTING to new CODE_OF_CONDUCT file. Resolves ticket 26638.
7866 - Remove old instructions from INSTALL document. Closes ticket 26588.
7867 - Warn users that they should not include MyFamily line(s) in their
7868 torrc when running Tor bridge. Closes ticket 26908.
7871 - Tor no longer supports building with the dmalloc library. For
7872 debugging memory issues, we suggest using gperftools or msan
7873 instead. Closes ticket 26426.
7874 - Tor no longer attempts to run on Windows environments without the
7875 GetAdaptersAddresses() function. This function has existed since
7876 Windows XP, which is itself already older than we support.
7877 - Remove Tor2web functionality for version 2 onion services. The
7878 Tor2webMode and Tor2webRendezvousPoints options are now obsolete.
7879 (This feature was never shipped in vanilla Tor and it was only
7880 possible to use this feature by building the support at compile
7881 time. Tor2webMode is not implemented for version 3 onion services.)
7882 Closes ticket 26367.
7885 - Increase logging and tag all log entries with timestamps in
7886 test_rebind.py. Provides diagnostics for issue 28229.
7888 o Code simplification and refactoring (shared random, dirauth):
7889 - Change many tor_assert() to use BUG() instead. The idea is to not
7890 crash a dirauth but rather scream loudly with a stacktrace and let
7891 it continue run. The shared random subsystem is very resilient and
7892 if anything wrong happens with it, at worst a non coherent value
7893 will be put in the vote and discarded by the other authorities.
7894 Closes ticket 19566.
7896 o Documentation (onion services):
7897 - Improve HSv3 client authorization by making some options more
7898 explicit and detailed. Closes ticket 28026. Patch by Mike Tigas.
7899 - Document in the man page that changing ClientOnionAuthDir value or
7900 adding a new file in the directory will not work at runtime upon
7901 sending a HUP if Sandbox 1. Closes ticket 28128.
7902 - Note in the man page that the only real way to fully revoke an
7903 onion service v3 client authorization is by restarting the tor
7904 process. Closes ticket 28275.
7907 Changes in version 0.3.4.9 - 2018-11-02
7908 Tor 0.3.4.9 is the second stable release in its series; it backports
7909 numerous fixes, including a fix for a bandwidth management bug that
7910 was causing memory exhaustion on relays. Anyone running an earlier
7911 version of Tor 0.3.4.9 should upgrade.
7913 o Major bugfixes (compilation, backport from 0.3.5.3-alpha):
7914 - Fix compilation on ARM (and other less-used CPUs) when compiling
7915 with OpenSSL before 1.1. Fixes bug 27781; bugfix on 0.3.4.1-alpha.
7917 o Major bugfixes (mainloop, bootstrap, backport from 0.3.5.3-alpha):
7918 - Make sure Tor bootstraps and works properly if only the
7919 ControlPort is set. Prior to this fix, Tor would only bootstrap
7920 when a client port was set (Socks, Trans, NATD, DNS or HTTPTunnel
7921 port). Fixes bug 27849; bugfix on 0.3.4.1-alpha.
7923 o Major bugfixes (relay, backport from 0.3.5.3-alpha):
7924 - When our write bandwidth limit is exhausted, stop writing on the
7925 connection. Previously, we had a typo in the code that would make
7926 us stop reading instead, leading to relay connections being stuck
7927 indefinitely and consuming kernel RAM. Fixes bug 28089; bugfix
7930 o Major bugfixes (restart-in-process, backport from 0.3.5.1-alpha):
7931 - Fix a use-after-free error that could be caused by passing Tor an
7932 impossible set of options that would fail during options_act().
7933 Fixes bug 27708; bugfix on 0.3.3.1-alpha.
7935 o Minor features (continuous integration, backport from 0.3.5.1-alpha):
7936 - Don't do a distcheck with --disable-module-dirauth in Travis.
7937 Implements ticket 27252.
7938 - Only run one online rust build in Travis, to reduce network
7939 errors. Skip offline rust builds on Travis for Linux gcc, because
7940 they're redundant. Implements ticket 27252.
7941 - Skip gcc on OSX in Travis CI, because it's rarely used. Skip a
7942 duplicate hardening-off build in Travis on Tor 0.2.9. Skip gcc on
7943 Linux with default settings, because all the non-default builds
7944 use gcc on Linux. Implements ticket 27252.
7946 o Minor features (continuous integration, backport from 0.3.5.3-alpha):
7947 - Use the Travis Homebrew addon to install packages on macOS during
7948 Travis CI. The package list is the same, but the Homebrew addon
7949 does not do a `brew update` by default. Implements ticket 27738.
7951 o Minor features (geoip):
7952 - Update geoip and geoip6 to the October 9 2018 Maxmind GeoLite2
7953 Country database. Closes ticket 27991.
7955 o Minor bugfixes (32-bit OSX and iOS, timing, backport from 0.3.5.2-alpha):
7956 - Fix an integer overflow bug in our optimized 32-bit millisecond-
7957 difference algorithm for 32-bit Apple platforms. Previously, it
7958 would overflow when calculating the difference between two times
7959 more than 47 days apart. Fixes part of bug 27139; bugfix
7961 - Improve the precision of our 32-bit millisecond difference
7962 algorithm for 32-bit Apple platforms. Fixes part of bug 27139;
7963 bugfix on 0.3.4.1-alpha.
7964 - Relax the tolerance on the mainloop/update_time_jumps test when
7965 running on 32-bit Apple platforms. Fixes part of bug 27139; bugfix
7968 o Minor bugfixes (C correctness, to appear in 0.3.5.4-alpha):
7969 - Avoid undefined behavior in an end-of-string check when parsing
7970 the BEGIN line in a directory object. Fixes bug 28202; bugfix
7973 o Minor bugfixes (CI, appveyor, to appear in 0.3.5.4-alpha):
7974 - Only install the necessary mingw packages during our appveyor
7975 builds. This change makes the build a little faster, and prevents
7976 a conflict with a preinstalled mingw openssl that appveyor now
7977 ships. Fixes bugs 27943 and 27765; bugfix on 0.3.4.2-alpha.
7979 o Minor bugfixes (code safety, backport from 0.3.5.3-alpha):
7980 - Rewrite our assertion macros so that they no longer suppress the
7981 compiler's -Wparentheses warnings. Fixes bug 27709; bugfix
7983 o Minor bugfixes (continuous integration, backport from 0.3.5.1-alpha):
7984 - Stop reinstalling identical packages in our Windows CI. Fixes bug
7985 27464; bugfix on 0.3.4.1-alpha.
7987 o Minor bugfixes (directory authority, to appear in 0.3.5.4-alpha):
7988 - Log additional info when we get a relay that shares an ed25519 ID
7989 with a different relay, instead making a BUG() warning. Fixes bug
7990 27800; bugfix on 0.3.2.1-alpha.
7992 o Minor bugfixes (directory connection shutdown, backport from 0.3.5.1-alpha):
7993 - Avoid a double-close when shutting down a stalled directory
7994 connection. Fixes bug 26896; bugfix on 0.3.4.1-alpha.
7996 o Minor bugfixes (HTTP tunnel, backport from 0.3.5.1-alpha):
7997 - Fix a bug warning when closing an HTTP tunnel connection due to an
7998 HTTP request we couldn't handle. Fixes bug 26470; bugfix
8001 o Minor bugfixes (netflow padding, backport from 0.3.5.1-alpha):
8002 - Ensure circuitmux queues are empty before scheduling or sending
8003 padding. Fixes bug 25505; bugfix on 0.3.1.1-alpha.
8005 o Minor bugfixes (onion service v3, backport from 0.3.5.1-alpha):
8006 - When the onion service directory can't be created or has the wrong
8007 permissions, do not log a stack trace. Fixes bug 27335; bugfix
8010 o Minor bugfixes (onion service v3, backport from 0.3.5.2-alpha):
8011 - Close all SOCKS request (for the same .onion) if the newly fetched
8012 descriptor is unusable. Before that, we would close only the first
8013 one leaving the other hanging and let to time out by themselves.
8014 Fixes bug 27410; bugfix on 0.3.2.1-alpha.
8016 o Minor bugfixes (onion service v3, backport from 0.3.5.3-alpha):
8017 - When selecting a v3 rendezvous point, don't only look at the
8018 protover, but also check whether the curve25519 onion key is
8019 present. This way we avoid picking a relay that supports the v3
8020 rendezvous but for which we don't have the microdescriptor. Fixes
8021 bug 27797; bugfix on 0.3.2.1-alpha.
8023 o Minor bugfixes (protover, backport from 0.3.5.3-alpha):
8024 - Reject protocol names containing bytes other than alphanumeric
8025 characters and hyphens ([A-Za-z0-9-]). Fixes bug 27316; bugfix
8028 o Minor bugfixes (rust, backport from 0.3.5.1-alpha):
8029 - Compute protover votes correctly in the rust version of the
8030 protover code. Previously, the protover rewrite in 24031 allowed
8031 repeated votes from the same voter for the same protocol version
8032 to be counted multiple times in protover_compute_vote(). Fixes bug
8033 27649; bugfix on 0.3.3.5-rc.
8034 - Reject protover names that contain invalid characters. Fixes bug
8035 27687; bugfix on 0.3.3.1-alpha.
8037 o Minor bugfixes (rust, backport from 0.3.5.2-alpha):
8038 - protover_all_supported() would attempt to allocate up to 16GB on
8039 some inputs, leading to a potential memory DoS. Fixes bug 27206;
8040 bugfix on 0.3.3.5-rc.
8042 o Minor bugfixes (rust, directory authority, to appear in 0.3.5.4-alpha):
8043 - Fix an API mismatch in the rust implementation of
8044 protover_compute_vote(). This bug could have caused crashes on any
8045 directory authorities running Tor with Rust (which we do not yet
8046 recommend). Fixes bug 27741; bugfix on 0.3.3.6.
8048 o Minor bugfixes (rust, to appear in 0.3.5.4-alpha):
8049 - Fix a potential null dereference in protover_all_supported(). Add
8050 a test for it. Fixes bug 27804; bugfix on 0.3.3.1-alpha.
8051 - Return a string that can be safely freed by C code, not one
8052 created by the rust allocator, in protover_all_supported(). Fixes
8053 bug 27740; bugfix on 0.3.3.1-alpha.
8055 o Minor bugfixes (testing, backport from 0.3.5.1-alpha):
8056 - If a unit test running in a subprocess exits abnormally or with a
8057 nonzero status code, treat the test as having failed, even if the
8058 test reported success. Without this fix, memory leaks don't cause
8059 the tests to fail, even with LeakSanitizer. Fixes bug 27658;
8060 bugfix on 0.2.2.4-alpha.
8062 o Minor bugfixes (testing, backport from 0.3.5.3-alpha):
8063 - Make the hs_service tests use the same time source when creating
8064 the introduction point and when testing it. Now tests work better
8065 on very slow systems like ARM or Travis. Fixes bug 27810; bugfix
8068 o Minor bugfixes (testing, to appear in 0.3.5.4-alpha):
8069 - Treat backtrace test failures as expected on BSD-derived systems
8070 (NetBSD, OpenBSD, and macOS/Darwin) until we solve bug 17808.
8071 (FreeBSD failures have been treated as expected since 18204 in
8072 0.2.8.) Fixes bug 27948; bugfix on 0.2.5.2-alpha.
8075 Changes in version 0.2.9.17 - 2018-09-10
8076 Tor 0.2.9.17 backports numerous bugfixes from later versions of Tor.
8078 o Minor features (compatibility, backport from 0.3.4.8):
8079 - Tell OpenSSL to maintain backward compatibility with previous
8080 RSA1024/DH1024 users in Tor. With OpenSSL 1.1.1-pre6, these
8081 ciphers are disabled by default. Closes ticket 27344.
8083 o Minor features (continuous integration, backport from 0.3.4.7-rc):
8084 - Enable macOS builds in our Travis CI configuration. Closes
8086 - Install libcap-dev and libseccomp2-dev so these optional
8087 dependencies get tested on Travis CI. Closes ticket 26560.
8088 - Run asciidoc during Travis CI. Implements ticket 27087.
8089 - Use ccache in our Travis CI configuration. Closes ticket 26952.
8091 o Minor features (geoip):
8092 - Update geoip and geoip6 to the August 7 2018 Maxmind GeoLite2
8093 Country database. Closes ticket 27089.
8095 o Minor bugfixes (compilation, backport from 0.3.4.6-rc):
8096 - When compiling with --enable-openbsd-malloc or --enable-tcmalloc,
8097 tell the compiler not to include the system malloc implementation.
8098 Fixes bug 20424; bugfix on 0.2.0.20-rc.
8100 o Minor bugfixes (compilation, backport from 0.3.4.7-rc):
8101 - Silence a spurious compiler warning on the GetAdaptersAddresses
8102 function pointer cast. This issue is already fixed by 26481 in
8103 0.3.5 and later, by removing the lookup and cast. Fixes bug 27465;
8104 bugfix on 0.2.3.11-alpha.
8105 - Stop calling SetProcessDEPPolicy() on 64-bit Windows. It is not
8106 supported, and always fails. Some compilers warn about the
8107 function pointer cast on 64-bit Windows. Fixes bug 27461; bugfix
8110 o Minor bugfixes (compilation, windows, backport from 0.3.4.7-rc):
8111 - Don't link or search for pthreads when building for Windows, even
8112 if we are using build environment (like mingw) that provides a
8113 pthreads library. Fixes bug 27081; bugfix on 0.1.0.1-rc.
8115 o Minor bugfixes (continuous integration, backport from 0.3.4.6-rc):
8116 - Skip a pair of unreliable key generation tests on Windows, until
8117 the underlying issue in bug 26076 is resolved. Fixes bug 26830 and
8118 bug 26853; bugfix on 0.2.7.3-rc and 0.3.2.1-alpha respectively.
8120 o Minor bugfixes (continuous integration, backport from 0.3.4.7-rc):
8121 - Pass the module flags to distcheck configure, and log the flags
8122 before running configure. (Backported to 0.2.9 and later as a
8123 precaution.) Fixes bug 27088; bugfix on 0.3.4.1-alpha.
8125 o Minor bugfixes (continuous integration, backport from 0.3.4.8):
8126 - When a Travis build fails, and showing a log fails, keep trying to
8127 show the other logs. Fixes bug 27453; bugfix on 0.3.4.7-rc.
8128 - When we use echo in Travis, don't pass a --flag as the first
8129 argument. Fixes bug 27418; bugfix on 0.3.4.7-rc.
8131 o Minor bugfixes (directory authority, backport from 0.3.4.6-rc):
8132 - When voting for recommended versions, make sure that all of the
8133 versions are well-formed and parsable. Fixes bug 26485; bugfix
8136 o Minor bugfixes (linux seccomp2 sandbox, backport from 0.3.4.7-rc):
8137 - Fix a bug in out sandboxing rules for the openat() syscall.
8138 Previously, no openat() call would be permitted, which would break
8139 filesystem operations on recent glibc versions. Fixes bug 25440;
8140 bugfix on 0.2.9.15. Diagnosis and patch from Daniel Pinto.
8142 o Minor bugfixes (onion services, backport from 0.3.4.8):
8143 - Silence a spurious compiler warning in
8144 rend_client_send_introduction(). Fixes bug 27463; bugfix
8147 o Minor bugfixes (single onion services, Tor2web, backport from 0.3.4.6-rc):
8148 - Log a protocol warning when single onion services or Tor2web clients
8149 fail to authenticate direct connections to relays.
8150 Fixes bug 26924; bugfix on 0.2.9.1-alpha.
8152 o Minor bugfixes (testing, backport from 0.3.4.6-rc):
8153 - Disable core dumps in test_bt.sh, to avoid failures in "make
8154 distcheck". Fixes bug 26787; bugfix on 0.2.5.2-alpha.
8156 o Minor bugfixes (testing, chutney, backport from 0.3.4.8):
8157 - Before running make test-network-all, delete old logs and test
8158 result files, to avoid spurious failures. Fixes bug 27295; bugfix
8161 o Minor bugfixes (testing, openssl compatibility, backport from 0.3.4.7-rc):
8162 - Our "tortls/cert_matches_key" unit test no longer relies on
8163 OpenSSL internals. Previously, it relied on unsupported OpenSSL
8164 behavior in a way that caused it to crash with OpenSSL 1.0.2p.
8165 Fixes bug 27226; bugfix on 0.2.5.1-alpha.
8167 o Minor bugfixes (Windows, compilation, backport from 0.3.4.7-rc):
8168 - Silence a compilation warning on MSVC 2017 and clang-cl. Fixes bug
8169 27185; bugfix on 0.2.2.2-alpha.
8172 Changes in version 0.3.2.12 - 2018-09-10
8173 Tor 0.3.2.12 backport numerous fixes from later versions of Tor.
8175 o Minor features (compatibility, backport from 0.3.4.8):
8176 - Tell OpenSSL to maintain backward compatibility with previous
8177 RSA1024/DH1024 users in Tor. With OpenSSL 1.1.1-pre6, these
8178 ciphers are disabled by default. Closes ticket 27344.
8180 o Minor features (continuous integration, backport from 0.3.4.7-rc):
8181 - Enable macOS builds in our Travis CI configuration. Closes
8183 - Install libcap-dev and libseccomp2-dev so these optional
8184 dependencies get tested on Travis CI. Closes ticket 26560.
8185 - Run asciidoc during Travis CI. Implements ticket 27087.
8186 - Use ccache in our Travis CI configuration. Closes ticket 26952.
8188 o Minor features (continuous integration, rust, backport from 0.3.4.7-rc):
8189 - Use cargo cache in our Travis CI configuration. Closes
8192 o Minor features (controller, backport from 0.3.4.6-rc):
8193 - The control port now exposes the list of HTTPTunnelPorts and
8194 ExtOrPorts via GETINFO net/listeners/httptunnel and
8195 net/listeners/extor respectively. Closes ticket 26647.
8197 o Minor features (directory authorities, backport from 0.3.4.7-rc):
8198 - Authorities no longer vote to make the subprotocol version
8199 "LinkAuth=1" a requirement: it is unsupportable with NSS, and
8200 hasn't been needed since Tor 0.3.0.1-alpha. Closes ticket 27286.
8202 o Minor features (geoip):
8203 - Update geoip and geoip6 to the August 7 2018 Maxmind GeoLite2
8204 Country database. Closes ticket 27089.
8206 o Minor bugfixes (compilation, backport from 0.3.4.6-rc):
8207 - When compiling with --enable-openbsd-malloc or --enable-tcmalloc,
8208 tell the compiler not to include the system malloc implementation.
8209 Fixes bug 20424; bugfix on 0.2.0.20-rc.
8210 - Don't try to use a pragma to temporarily disable the
8211 -Wunused-const-variable warning if the compiler doesn't support
8212 it. Fixes bug 26785; bugfix on 0.3.2.11.
8214 o Minor bugfixes (compilation, backport from 0.3.4.7-rc):
8215 - Silence a spurious compiler warning on the GetAdaptersAddresses
8216 function pointer cast. This issue is already fixed by 26481 in
8217 0.3.5 and later, by removing the lookup and cast. Fixes bug 27465;
8218 bugfix on 0.2.3.11-alpha.
8219 - Stop calling SetProcessDEPPolicy() on 64-bit Windows. It is not
8220 supported, and always fails. Some compilers warn about the
8221 function pointer cast on 64-bit Windows. Fixes bug 27461; bugfix
8224 o Minor bugfixes (compilation, windows, backport from 0.3.4.7-rc):
8225 - Don't link or search for pthreads when building for Windows, even
8226 if we are using build environment (like mingw) that provides a
8227 pthreads library. Fixes bug 27081; bugfix on 0.1.0.1-rc.
8229 o Minor bugfixes (continuous integration, backport from 0.3.4.6-rc):
8230 - Skip a pair of unreliable key generation tests on Windows, until
8231 the underlying issue in bug 26076 is resolved. Fixes bug 26830 and
8232 bug 26853; bugfix on 0.2.7.3-rc and 0.3.2.1-alpha respectively.
8234 o Minor bugfixes (continuous integration, backport from 0.3.4.7-rc):
8235 - Build with zstd on macOS. Fixes bug 27090; bugfix on 0.3.1.5-alpha.
8236 - Pass the module flags to distcheck configure, and log the flags
8237 before running configure. (Backported to 0.2.9 and later as a
8238 precaution.) Fixes bug 27088; bugfix on 0.3.4.1-alpha.
8240 o Minor bugfixes (continuous integration, backport from 0.3.4.8):
8241 - When a Travis build fails, and showing a log fails, keep trying to
8242 show the other logs. Fixes bug 27453; bugfix on 0.3.4.7-rc.
8243 - When we use echo in Travis, don't pass a --flag as the first
8244 argument. Fixes bug 27418; bugfix on 0.3.4.7-rc.
8246 o Minor bugfixes (directory authority, backport from 0.3.4.6-rc):
8247 - When voting for recommended versions, make sure that all of the
8248 versions are well-formed and parsable. Fixes bug 26485; bugfix
8251 o Minor bugfixes (linux seccomp2 sandbox, backport from 0.3.4.7-rc):
8252 - Fix a bug in out sandboxing rules for the openat() syscall.
8253 Previously, no openat() call would be permitted, which would break
8254 filesystem operations on recent glibc versions. Fixes bug 25440;
8255 bugfix on 0.2.9.15. Diagnosis and patch from Daniel Pinto.
8257 o Minor bugfixes (logging, backport from 0.3.4.6-rc):
8258 - Improve the log message when connection initiators fail to
8259 authenticate direct connections to relays. Fixes bug 26927; bugfix
8262 o Minor bugfixes (onion services, backport from 0.3.4.7-rc):
8263 - Fix bug that causes services to not ever rotate their descriptors
8264 if they were getting SIGHUPed often. Fixes bug 26932; bugfix
8267 o Minor bugfixes (onion services, backport from 0.3.4.8):
8268 - Silence a spurious compiler warning in
8269 rend_client_send_introduction(). Fixes bug 27463; bugfix
8272 o Minor bugfixes (rust, backport from 0.3.4.7-rc):
8273 - Backport test_rust.sh from master. Fixes bug 26497; bugfix
8275 - Consistently use ../../.. as a fallback for $abs_top_srcdir in
8276 test_rust.sh. Fixes bug 27093; bugfix on 0.3.4.3-alpha.
8277 - Stop setting $CARGO_HOME. cargo will use the user's $CARGO_HOME, or
8278 $HOME/.cargo by default. Fixes bug 26497; bugfix on 0.3.1.5-alpha.
8280 o Minor bugfixes (single onion services, Tor2web, backport from 0.3.4.6-rc):
8281 - Log a protocol warning when single onion services or Tor2web clients
8282 fail to authenticate direct connections to relays.
8283 Fixes bug 26924; bugfix on 0.2.9.1-alpha.
8285 o Minor bugfixes (testing, backport from 0.3.4.6-rc):
8286 - Disable core dumps in test_bt.sh, to avoid failures in "make
8287 distcheck". Fixes bug 26787; bugfix on 0.2.5.2-alpha.
8289 o Minor bugfixes (testing, chutney, backport from 0.3.4.8):
8290 - When running make test-network-all, use the mixed+hs-v2 network.
8291 (A previous fix to chutney removed v3 onion services from the
8292 mixed+hs-v23 network, so seeing "mixed+hs-v23" in tests is
8293 confusing.) Fixes bug 27345; bugfix on 0.3.2.1-alpha.
8294 - Before running make test-network-all, delete old logs and test
8295 result files, to avoid spurious failures. Fixes bug 27295; bugfix
8298 o Minor bugfixes (testing, openssl compatibility):
8299 - Our "tortls/cert_matches_key" unit test no longer relies on OpenSSL
8300 internals. Previously, it relied on unsupported OpenSSL behavior in
8301 a way that caused it to crash with OpenSSL 1.0.2p. Fixes bug 27226;
8302 bugfix on 0.2.5.1-alpha.
8304 o Minor bugfixes (testing, openssl compatibility, backport from 0.3.4.7-rc):
8305 - Our "tortls/cert_matches_key" unit test no longer relies on
8306 OpenSSL internals. Previously, it relied on unsupported OpenSSL
8307 behavior in a way that caused it to crash with OpenSSL 1.0.2p.
8308 Fixes bug 27226; bugfix on 0.2.5.1-alpha.
8310 o Minor bugfixes (Windows, compilation, backport from 0.3.4.7-rc):
8311 - Silence a compilation warning on MSVC 2017 and clang-cl. Fixes bug
8312 27185; bugfix on 0.2.2.2-alpha.
8315 Changes in version 0.3.3.10 - 2018-09-10
8316 Tor 0.3.3.10 backports numerous fixes from later versions of Tor.
8318 o Minor features (bug workaround, backport from 0.3.4.7-rc):
8319 - Compile correctly on systems that provide the C11 stdatomic.h
8320 header, but where C11 atomic functions don't actually compile.
8321 Closes ticket 26779; workaround for Debian issue 903709.
8323 o Minor features (compatibility, backport from 0.3.4.8):
8324 - Tell OpenSSL to maintain backward compatibility with previous
8325 RSA1024/DH1024 users in Tor. With OpenSSL 1.1.1-pre6, these
8326 ciphers are disabled by default. Closes ticket 27344.
8328 o Minor features (continuous integration, backport from 0.3.4.7-rc):
8329 - Backport Travis rust distcheck to 0.3.3. Closes ticket 24629.
8330 - Enable macOS builds in our Travis CI configuration. Closes
8332 - Install libcap-dev and libseccomp2-dev so these optional
8333 dependencies get tested on Travis CI. Closes ticket 26560.
8334 - Run asciidoc during Travis CI. Implements ticket 27087.
8335 - Use ccache in our Travis CI configuration. Closes ticket 26952.
8337 o Minor features (continuous integration, rust, backport from 0.3.4.7-rc):
8338 - Use cargo cache in our Travis CI configuration. Closes
8341 o Minor features (controller, backport from 0.3.4.6-rc):
8342 - The control port now exposes the list of HTTPTunnelPorts and
8343 ExtOrPorts via GETINFO net/listeners/httptunnel and
8344 net/listeners/extor respectively. Closes ticket 26647.
8346 o Minor features (directory authorities, backport from 0.3.4.7-rc):
8347 - Authorities no longer vote to make the subprotocol version
8348 "LinkAuth=1" a requirement: it is unsupportable with NSS, and
8349 hasn't been needed since Tor 0.3.0.1-alpha. Closes ticket 27286.
8351 o Minor features (geoip):
8352 - Update geoip and geoip6 to the August 7 2018 Maxmind GeoLite2
8353 Country database. Closes ticket 27089.
8355 o Minor bugfixes (compilation, backport from 0.3.4.6-rc):
8356 - When compiling with --enable-openbsd-malloc or --enable-tcmalloc,
8357 tell the compiler not to include the system malloc implementation.
8358 Fixes bug 20424; bugfix on 0.2.0.20-rc.
8359 - Don't try to use a pragma to temporarily disable the
8360 -Wunused-const-variable warning if the compiler doesn't support
8361 it. Fixes bug 26785; bugfix on 0.3.2.11.
8363 o Minor bugfixes (compilation, backport from 0.3.4.7-rc):
8364 - Silence a spurious compiler warning on the GetAdaptersAddresses
8365 function pointer cast. This issue is already fixed by 26481 in
8366 0.3.5 and later, by removing the lookup and cast. Fixes bug 27465;
8367 bugfix on 0.2.3.11-alpha.
8368 - Stop calling SetProcessDEPPolicy() on 64-bit Windows. It is not
8369 supported, and always fails. Some compilers warn about the
8370 function pointer cast on 64-bit Windows. Fixes bug 27461; bugfix
8373 o Minor bugfixes (compilation, windows, backport from 0.3.4.7-rc):
8374 - Don't link or search for pthreads when building for Windows, even
8375 if we are using build environment (like mingw) that provides a
8376 pthreads library. Fixes bug 27081; bugfix on 0.1.0.1-rc.
8378 o Minor bugfixes (continuous integration, backport from 0.3.4.6-rc):
8379 - Skip a pair of unreliable key generation tests on Windows, until
8380 the underlying issue in bug 26076 is resolved. Fixes bug 26830 and
8381 bug 26853; bugfix on 0.2.7.3-rc and 0.3.2.1-alpha respectively.
8383 o Minor bugfixes (continuous integration, backport from 0.3.4.7-rc):
8384 - Build with zstd on macOS. Fixes bug 27090; bugfix on 0.3.1.5-alpha.
8385 - Pass the module flags to distcheck configure, and log the flags
8386 before running configure. (Backported to 0.2.9 and later as a
8387 precaution.) Fixes bug 27088; bugfix on 0.3.4.1-alpha.
8389 o Minor bugfixes (continuous integration, backport from 0.3.4.8):
8390 - When a Travis build fails, and showing a log fails, keep trying to
8391 show the other logs. Fixes bug 27453; bugfix on 0.3.4.7-rc.
8392 - When we use echo in Travis, don't pass a --flag as the first
8393 argument. Fixes bug 27418; bugfix on 0.3.4.7-rc.
8395 o Minor bugfixes (directory authority, backport from 0.3.4.6-rc):
8396 - When voting for recommended versions, make sure that all of the
8397 versions are well-formed and parsable. Fixes bug 26485; bugfix
8400 o Minor bugfixes (in-process restart, backport from 0.3.4.7-rc):
8401 - Always call tor_free_all() when leaving tor_run_main(). When we
8402 did not, restarting tor in-process would cause an assertion
8403 failure. Fixes bug 26948; bugfix on 0.3.3.1-alpha.
8405 o Minor bugfixes (linux seccomp2 sandbox, backport from 0.3.4.7-rc):
8406 - Fix a bug in our sandboxing rules for the openat() syscall.
8407 Previously, no openat() call would be permitted, which would break
8408 filesystem operations on recent glibc versions. Fixes bug 25440;
8409 bugfix on 0.2.9.15. Diagnosis and patch from Daniel Pinto.
8411 o Minor bugfixes (logging, backport from 0.3.4.6-rc):
8412 - Improve the log message when connection initiators fail to
8413 authenticate direct connections to relays. Fixes bug 26927; bugfix
8416 o Minor bugfixes (onion services, backport from 0.3.4.7-rc):
8417 - Fix bug that causes services to not ever rotate their descriptors
8418 if they were getting SIGHUPed often. Fixes bug 26932; bugfix
8421 o Minor bugfixes (onion services, backport from 0.3.4.8):
8422 - Silence a spurious compiler warning in
8423 rend_client_send_introduction(). Fixes bug 27463; bugfix
8426 o Minor bugfixes (portability, backport from 0.3.4.6-rc):
8427 - Work around two different bugs in the OS X 10.10 and later SDKs
8428 that would prevent us from successfully targeting earlier versions
8429 of OS X. Fixes bug 26876; bugfix on 0.3.3.1-alpha.
8431 o Minor bugfixes (portability, backport from 0.3.4.7-rc):
8432 - Fix compilation of the unit tests on GNU/Hurd, which does not
8433 define PATH_MAX. Fixes bug 26873; bugfix on 0.3.3.1-alpha. Patch
8436 o Minor bugfixes (rust, backport from 0.3.4.7-rc):
8437 - Backport test_rust.sh from master. Fixes bug 26497; bugfix
8439 - Consistently use ../../.. as a fallback for $abs_top_srcdir in
8440 test_rust.sh. Fixes bug 27093; bugfix on 0.3.4.3-alpha.
8441 - Protover parsing was accepting the presence of whitespace in
8442 version strings, which the C implementation would choke on, e.g.
8443 "Desc=1\t,2". Fixes bug 27177; bugfix on 0.3.3.5-rc.
8444 - Protover parsing was ignoring a 2nd hyphen and everything after
8445 it, accepting entries like "Link=1-5-foo". Fixes bug 27164; bugfix
8447 - Stop setting $CARGO_HOME. cargo will use the user's $CARGO_HOME, or
8448 $HOME/.cargo by default. Fixes bug 26497; bugfix on 0.3.1.5-alpha.
8449 - cd to ${abs_top_builddir}/src/rust before running cargo in
8450 src/test/test_rust.sh. This makes the working directory consistent
8451 between builds and tests. Fixes bug 26497; bugfix on 0.3.3.2-alpha.
8453 o Minor bugfixes (single onion services, Tor2web, backport from 0.3.4.6-rc):
8454 - Log a protocol warning when single onion services or Tor2web clients
8455 fail to authenticate direct connections to relays.
8456 Fixes bug 26924; bugfix on 0.2.9.1-alpha.
8458 o Minor bugfixes (testing, backport from 0.3.4.6-rc):
8459 - Disable core dumps in test_bt.sh, to avoid failures in "make
8460 distcheck". Fixes bug 26787; bugfix on 0.2.5.2-alpha.
8462 o Minor bugfixes (testing, chutney, backport from 0.3.4.8):
8463 - When running make test-network-all, use the mixed+hs-v2 network.
8464 (A previous fix to chutney removed v3 onion services from the
8465 mixed+hs-v23 network, so seeing "mixed+hs-v23" in tests is
8466 confusing.) Fixes bug 27345; bugfix on 0.3.2.1-alpha.
8467 - Before running make test-network-all, delete old logs and test
8468 result files, to avoid spurious failures. Fixes bug 27295; bugfix
8471 o Minor bugfixes (testing, openssl compatibility, backport from 0.3.4.7-rc):
8472 - Our "tortls/cert_matches_key" unit test no longer relies on
8473 OpenSSL internals. Previously, it relied on unsupported OpenSSL
8474 behavior in a way that caused it to crash with OpenSSL 1.0.2p.
8475 Fixes bug 27226; bugfix on 0.2.5.1-alpha.
8477 o Minor bugfixes (v3 onion services, backport from 0.3.4.6-rc):
8478 - Stop sending ed25519 link specifiers in v3 onion service introduce
8479 cells and descriptors, when the rendezvous or introduction point
8480 doesn't support ed25519 link authentication. Fixes bug 26627;
8481 bugfix on 0.3.2.4-alpha.
8483 o Minor bugfixes (Windows, compilation, backport from 0.3.4.7-rc):
8484 - Silence a compilation warning on MSVC 2017 and clang-cl. Fixes bug
8485 27185; bugfix on 0.2.2.2-alpha.
8488 Changes in version 0.3.4.8 - 2018-09-10
8489 Tor 0.3.4.8 is the first stable release in its series; it includes
8490 compilation and portability fixes.
8492 The Tor 0.3.4 series includes improvements for running Tor in
8493 low-power and embedded environments, which should help performance in
8494 general. We've begun work on better modularity, and included preliminary
8495 changes on the directory authority side to accommodate a new bandwidth
8496 measurement system. We've also integrated more continuous-integration
8497 systems into our development process, and made corresponding changes to
8498 Tor's testing infrastructure. Finally, we've continued to refine
8499 our anti-denial-of-service code.
8501 Below are the changes since 0.3.3.9. For a list of only the changes
8502 since 0.3.4.7-rc, see the ChangeLog file.
8504 o New system requirements:
8505 - Tor no longer tries to support old operating systems without
8506 mmap() or some local equivalent. Apparently, compilation on such
8507 systems has been broken for some time, without anybody noticing or
8508 complaining. Closes ticket 25398.
8510 o Major features (directory authority, modularization):
8511 - The directory authority subsystem has been modularized. The code
8512 is now located in src/or/dirauth/, and is compiled in by default.
8513 To disable the module, the configure option
8514 --disable-module-dirauth has been added. This module may be
8515 disabled by default in some future release. Closes ticket 25610.
8517 o Major features (main loop, CPU usage):
8518 - When Tor is disabled (via DisableNetwork or via hibernation), it
8519 no longer needs to run any per-second events. This change should
8520 make it easier for mobile applications to disable Tor while the
8521 device is sleeping, or Tor is not running. Closes ticket 26063.
8522 - Tor no longer enables all of its periodic events by default.
8523 Previously, Tor would enable all possible main loop events,
8524 regardless of whether it needed them. Furthermore, many of these
8525 events are now disabled when Tor is hibernating or DisableNetwork
8526 is set. This is a big step towards reducing client CPU usage by
8527 reducing the amount of wake-ups the daemon does. Closes tickets
8529 - The bandwidth-limitation logic has been refactored so that
8530 bandwidth calculations are performed on-demand, rather than every
8531 TokenBucketRefillInterval milliseconds. This change should improve
8532 the granularity of our bandwidth calculations, and limit the
8533 number of times that the Tor process needs to wake up when it is
8534 idle. Closes ticket 25373.
8535 - Move responsibility for many operations from a once-per-second
8536 callback to a callback that is only scheduled as needed. Moving
8537 this functionality has allowed us to disable the callback when
8538 Tor's network is disabled. Once enough items are removed from our
8539 once-per-second callback, we can eliminate it entirely to conserve
8540 CPU when idle. The functionality removed includes: closing
8541 connections, circuits, and channels (ticket 25932); consensus
8542 voting (25937); flushing log callbacks (25951); honoring delayed
8543 SIGNEWNYM requests (25949); rescanning the consensus cache
8544 (25931); saving the state file to disk (25948); warning relay
8545 operators about unreachable ports (25952); and keeping track of
8546 Tor's uptime (26009).
8548 o Minor features (accounting):
8549 - When Tor becomes dormant, it now uses a scheduled event to wake up
8550 at the right time. Previously, we would use the per-second timer
8551 to check whether to wake up, but we no longer have any per-second
8552 timers enabled when the network is disabled. Closes ticket 26064.
8554 o Minor features (bug workaround):
8555 - Compile correctly on systems that provide the C11 stdatomic.h
8556 header, but where C11 atomic functions don't actually compile.
8557 Closes ticket 26779; workaround for Debian issue 903709.
8559 o Minor features (code quality):
8560 - Add optional spell-checking for the Tor codebase, using the
8561 "misspell" program. To use this feature, run "make check-typos".
8562 Closes ticket 25024.
8564 o Minor features (compatibility):
8565 - Tell OpenSSL to maintain backward compatibility with previous
8566 RSA1024/DH1024 users in Tor. With OpenSSL 1.1.1-pre6, these
8567 ciphers are disabled by default. Closes ticket 27344.
8568 - Tor now detects versions of OpenSSL 1.1.0 and later compiled with
8569 the no-deprecated option, and builds correctly with them. Closes
8570 tickets 19429, 19981, and 25353.
8572 o Minor features (compilation):
8573 - When compiling with --enable-openbsd-malloc or --enable-tcmalloc,
8574 tell the compiler not to include the system malloc implementation.
8575 Fixes bug 20424; bugfix on 0.2.0.20-rc.
8576 - Don't try to use a pragma to temporarily disable the
8577 -Wunused-const-variable warning if the compiler doesn't support
8578 it. Fixes bug 26785; bugfix on 0.3.2.11.
8579 - When building Tor, prefer to use Python 3 over Python 2, and more
8580 recent (contemplated) versions over older ones. Closes
8583 o Minor features (compression, zstd):
8584 - When running with zstd, Tor now considers using advanced functions
8585 that the zstd maintainers have labeled as potentially unstable. To
8586 prevent breakage, Tor will only use this functionality when the
8587 runtime version of the zstd library matches the version with which
8588 Tor was compiled. Closes ticket 25162.
8590 o Minor features (configuration):
8591 - The "DownloadSchedule" options have been renamed to end with
8592 "DownloadInitialDelay". The old names are still allowed, but will
8593 produce a warning. Comma-separated lists are still permitted for
8594 these options, but all values after the first are ignored (as they
8595 have been since 0.2.9). Closes ticket 23354.
8597 o Minor features (continuous integration):
8598 - Log the compiler path and version during Appveyor builds.
8599 Implements ticket 27449.
8600 - Show config.log and test-suite.log after failed Appveyor builds.
8601 Also upload the zipped full logs as a build artifact. Implements
8603 - Backport Travis rust distcheck to 0.3.3. Closes ticket 24629.
8604 - Enable macOS builds in our Travis CI configuration. Closes
8606 - Install libcap-dev and libseccomp2-dev so these optional
8607 dependencies get tested on Travis CI. Closes ticket 26560.
8608 - Only post Appveyor IRC notifications when the build fails.
8609 Implements ticket 27275.
8610 - Run asciidoc during Travis CI. Implements ticket 27087.
8611 - Use ccache in our Travis CI configuration. Closes ticket 26952.
8612 - Add the necessary configuration files for continuous integration
8613 testing on Windows, via the Appveyor platform. Closes ticket
8614 25549. Patches from Marcin Cieślak and Isis Lovecruft.
8616 o Minor features (continuous integration, rust):
8617 - Use cargo cache in our Travis CI configuration. Closes
8620 o Minor features (control port):
8621 - Introduce GETINFO "current-time/{local,utc}" to return the local
8622 and UTC times respectively in ISO format. This helps a controller
8623 like Tor Browser detect a time-related error. Closes ticket 25511.
8624 Patch by Neel Chauhan.
8625 - Introduce new fields to the CIRC_BW event. There are two new
8626 fields in each of the read and written directions. The DELIVERED
8627 fields report the total valid data on the circuit, as measured by
8628 the payload sizes of verified and error-checked relay command
8629 cells. The OVERHEAD fields report the total unused bytes in each
8630 of these cells. Closes ticket 25903.
8632 o Minor features (controller):
8633 - The control port now exposes the list of HTTPTunnelPorts and
8634 ExtOrPorts via GETINFO net/listeners/httptunnel and
8635 net/listeners/extor respectively. Closes ticket 26647.
8637 o Minor features (directory authorities):
8638 - Stop warning about incomplete bw lines before the first complete
8639 bw line has been found, so that additional header lines can be
8640 ignored. Fixes bug 25960; bugfix on 0.2.2.1-alpha
8641 - Authorities no longer vote to make the subprotocol version
8642 "LinkAuth=1" a requirement: it is unsupportable with NSS, and
8643 hasn't been needed since Tor 0.3.0.1-alpha. Closes ticket 27286.
8645 o Minor features (directory authority):
8646 - Directory authorities now open their key-pinning files as O_SYNC,
8647 to limit their chances of accidentally writing partial lines.
8648 Closes ticket 23909.
8650 o Minor features (directory authority, forward compatibility):
8651 - Make the lines of the measured bandwidth file able to contain
8652 their entries in any order. Previously, the node_id entry needed
8653 to come first. Closes ticket 26004.
8655 o Minor features (entry guards):
8656 - Introduce a new torrc option NumPrimaryGuards for controlling the
8657 number of primary guards. Closes ticket 25843.
8659 o Minor features (geoip):
8660 - Update geoip and geoip6 to the August 7 2018 Maxmind GeoLite2
8661 Country database. Closes ticket 27089.
8663 o Minor features (performance):
8664 - Avoid a needless call to malloc() when processing an incoming
8665 relay cell. Closes ticket 24914.
8666 - Make our timing-wheel code run a tiny bit faster on 32-bit
8667 platforms, by preferring 32-bit math to 64-bit. Closes
8669 - Avoid a needless malloc()/free() pair every time we handle an ntor
8670 handshake. Closes ticket 25150.
8672 o Minor features (Rust, portability):
8673 - Rust cross-compilation is now supported. Closes ticket 25895.
8675 o Minor features (testing):
8676 - Add a unit test for voting_schedule_get_start_of_next_interval().
8677 Closes ticket 26014, and helps make unit test coverage
8679 - A new unittests module specifically for testing the functions in
8680 the (new-ish) bridges.c module has been created with new
8681 unittests, raising the code coverage percentages. Closes 25425.
8682 - We now have improved testing for addressmap_get_virtual_address()
8683 function. This should improve our test coverage, and make our test
8684 coverage more deterministic. Closes ticket 25993.
8686 o Minor features (timekeeping, circuit scheduling):
8687 - When keeping track of how busy each circuit have been recently on
8688 a given connection, use coarse-grained monotonic timers rather
8689 than gettimeofday(). This change should marginally increase
8690 accuracy and performance. Implements part of ticket 25927.
8692 o Minor features (unit tests):
8693 - Test complete bandwidth measurements files, and test that
8694 incomplete bandwidth lines only give warnings when the end of the
8695 header has not been detected. Fixes bug 25947; bugfix
8698 o Minor bugfixes (bandwidth management):
8699 - Consider ourselves "low on write bandwidth" if we have exhausted
8700 our write bandwidth some time in the last second. This was the
8701 documented behavior before, but the actual behavior was to change
8702 this value every TokenBucketRefillInterval. Fixes bug 25828;
8703 bugfix on 0.2.3.5-alpha.
8705 o Minor bugfixes (C correctness):
8706 - Add a missing lock acquisition in the shutdown code of the control
8707 subsystem. Fixes bug 25675; bugfix on 0.2.7.3-rc. Found by
8708 Coverity; this is CID 1433643.
8710 o Minor bugfixes (code style):
8711 - Fixed multiple includes of transports.h in src/or/connection.c
8712 Fixes bug 25261; bugfix on 0.2.5.1-alpha.
8713 - Remove the unused variable n_possible from the function
8714 channel_get_for_extend(). Fixes bug 25645; bugfix on 0.2.4.4-alpha
8716 o Minor bugfixes (compilation):
8717 - Silence a spurious compiler warning on the GetAdaptersAddresses
8718 function pointer cast. This issue is already fixed by 26481 in
8719 0.3.5 and later, by removing the lookup and cast. Fixes bug 27465;
8720 bugfix on 0.2.3.11-alpha.
8721 - Stop calling SetProcessDEPPolicy() on 64-bit Windows. It is not
8722 supported, and always fails. Some compilers warn about the
8723 function pointer cast on 64-bit Windows. Fixes bug 27461; bugfix
8725 - Fix a compilation warning on some versions of GCC when building
8726 code that calls routerinfo_get_my_routerinfo() twice, assuming
8727 that the second call will succeed if the first one did. Fixes bug
8728 26269; bugfix on 0.2.8.2-alpha.
8729 - Refrain from compiling unit testing related object files when
8730 --disable-unittests is set to configure script. Fixes bug 24891;
8731 bugfix on 0.2.5.1-alpha.
8732 - The --enable-fatal-warnings flag now affects Rust code as well.
8733 Closes ticket 26245.
8734 - Avoid a compiler warning when casting the return value of
8735 smartlist_len() to double with DEBUG_SMARTLIST enabled. Fixes bug
8736 26283; bugfix on 0.2.4.10-alpha.
8738 o Minor bugfixes (compilation, windows):
8739 - Don't link or search for pthreads when building for Windows, even
8740 if we are using build environment (like mingw) that provides a
8741 pthreads library. Fixes bug 27081; bugfix on 0.1.0.1-rc.
8743 o Minor bugfixes (continuous integration):
8744 - Build with zstd on macOS. Fixes bug 27090; bugfix on 0.3.1.5-alpha.
8745 - Skip a pair of unreliable key generation tests on Windows, until
8746 the underlying issue in bug 26076 is resolved. Fixes bug 26830 and
8747 bug 26853; bugfix on 0.2.7.3-rc and 0.3.2.1-alpha respectively.
8749 o Minor bugfixes (control port):
8750 - Respond with more human-readable error messages to GETINFO exit-
8751 policy/* requests. Also, let controller know if an error is
8752 transient (response code 551) or not (response code 552). Fixes
8753 bug 25852; bugfix on 0.2.8.1-alpha.
8754 - Parse the "HSADDRESS=" parameter in HSPOST commands properly.
8755 Previously, it was misparsed and ignored. Fixes bug 26523; bugfix
8756 on 0.3.3.1-alpha. Patch by "akwizgran".
8757 - Make CIRC_BW event reflect the total of all data sent on a
8758 circuit, including padding and dropped cells. Also fix a mis-
8759 counting bug when STREAM_BW events were enabled. Fixes bug 25400;
8760 bugfix on 0.2.5.2-alpha.
8762 o Minor bugfixes (correctness, flow control):
8763 - Upon receiving a stream-level SENDME cell, verify that our window
8764 has not grown too large. Fixes bug 26214; bugfix on svn
8767 o Minor bugfixes (directory authority):
8768 - When voting for recommended versions, make sure that all of the
8769 versions are well-formed and parsable. Fixes bug 26485; bugfix
8772 o Minor bugfixes (directory client):
8773 - When unverified-consensus is verified, rename it to cached-
8774 consenus. Fixes bug 4187; bugfix on 0.2.0.3-alpha.
8775 - Fixed launching a certificate fetch always during the scheduled
8776 periodic consensus fetch by fetching only in those cases when
8777 consensus are waiting for certs. Fixes bug 24740; bugfix
8780 o Minor bugfixes (error reporting):
8781 - Improve tolerance for directory authorities with skewed clocks.
8782 Previously, an authority with a clock more than 60 seconds ahead
8783 could cause a client with a correct clock to warn that the
8784 client's clock was behind. Now the clocks of a majority of
8785 directory authorities have to be ahead of the client before this
8786 warning will occur. Fixes bug 25756; bugfix on 0.2.2.25-alpha.
8788 o Minor bugfixes (in-process restart):
8789 - Always call tor_free_all() when leaving tor_run_main(). When we
8790 did not, restarting tor in-process would cause an assertion
8791 failure. Fixes bug 26948; bugfix on 0.3.3.1-alpha.
8793 o Minor bugfixes (Linux seccomp2 sandbox):
8794 - Fix a bug in our sandboxing rules for the openat() syscall.
8795 Previously, no openat() call would be permitted, which would break
8796 filesystem operations on recent glibc versions. Fixes bug 25440;
8797 bugfix on 0.2.9.15. Diagnosis and patch from Daniel Pinto.
8799 o Minor bugfixes (logging):
8800 - Improve the log message when connection initiators fail to
8801 authenticate direct connections to relays. Fixes bug 26927; bugfix
8804 o Minor bugfixes (onion services):
8805 - Silence a spurious compiler warning in
8806 rend_client_send_introduction(). Fixes bug 27463; bugfix
8808 - Fix bug that causes services to not ever rotate their descriptors
8809 if they were getting SIGHUPed often. Fixes bug 26932; bugfix
8811 - Recompute some consensus information after detecting a clock jump,
8812 or after transitioning from a non-live consensus to a live
8813 consensus. We do this to avoid having an outdated state, and
8814 miscalculating the index for next-generation onion services. Fixes
8815 bug 24977; bugfix on 0.3.2.1-alpha.
8817 o Minor bugfixes (portability):
8818 - Fix compilation of the unit tests on GNU/Hurd, which does not
8819 define PATH_MAX. Fixes bug 26873; bugfix on 0.3.3.1-alpha. Patch
8821 - Work around two different bugs in the OS X 10.10 and later SDKs
8822 that would prevent us from successfully targeting earlier versions
8823 of OS X. Fixes bug 26876; bugfix on 0.3.3.1-alpha.
8824 - Do not align mmap length, as it is not required by POSIX, and the
8825 getpagesize function is deprecated. Fixes bug 25399; bugfix
8828 o Minor bugfixes (portability, FreeBSD):
8829 - In have_enough_mem_for_dircache(), the variable DIRCACHE_MIN_MEM_MB
8830 does not stringify on FreeBSD, so we switch to tor_asprintf().
8831 Fixes bug 20887; bugfix on 0.2.8.1-alpha. Patch by Neel Chauhan.
8833 o Minor bugfixes (relay statistics):
8834 - When a relay is collecting internal statistics about how many
8835 create cell requests it has seen of each type, accurately count
8836 the requests from relays that temporarily fall out of the
8837 consensus. (To be extra conservative, we were already ignoring
8838 requests from clients in our counts, and we continue ignoring them
8839 here.) Fixes bug 24910; bugfix on 0.2.4.17-rc.
8841 o Minor bugfixes (rust):
8842 - Backport test_rust.sh from master. Fixes bug 26497; bugfix
8844 - Protover parsing was accepting the presence of whitespace in
8845 version strings, which the C implementation would choke on, e.g.
8846 "Desc=1\t,2". Fixes bug 27177; bugfix on 0.3.3.5-rc.
8847 - Protover parsing was ignoring a 2nd hyphen and everything after
8848 it, accepting entries like "Link=1-5-foo". Fixes bug 27164; bugfix
8850 - Stop setting $CARGO_HOME. cargo will use the user's $CARGO_HOME, or
8851 $HOME/.cargo by default. Fixes bug 26497; bugfix on 0.3.1.5-alpha.
8852 - cd to ${abs_top_builddir}/src/rust before running cargo in
8853 src/test/test_rust.sh. This makes the working directory consistent
8854 between builds and tests. Fixes bug 26497; bugfix on 0.3.3.2-alpha.
8856 o Minor bugfixes (single onion services, Tor2web):
8857 - Log a protocol warning when single onion services or Tor2web
8858 clients fail to authenticate direct connections to relays. Fixes
8859 bug 26924; bugfix on 0.2.9.1-alpha.
8861 o Minor bugfixes (test coverage tools):
8862 - Update our "cov-diff" script to handle output from the latest
8863 version of gcov, and to remove extraneous timestamp information
8864 from its output. Fixes bugs 26101 and 26102; bugfix
8867 o Minor bugfixes (testing):
8868 - Disable core dumps in test_bt.sh, to avoid failures in "make
8869 distcheck". Fixes bug 26787; bugfix on 0.2.5.2-alpha.
8870 - When testing workqueue event-cancellation, make sure that we
8871 actually cancel an event, and that cancel each event with equal
8872 probability. (It was previously possible, though extremely
8873 unlikely, for our event-canceling test not to cancel any events.)
8874 Fixes bug 26008; bugfix on 0.2.6.3-alpha.
8875 - Repeat part of the test in test_client_pick_intro() a number of
8876 times, to give it consistent coverage. Fixes bug 25996; bugfix
8878 - Remove randomness from the hs_common/responsible_hsdirs test, so
8879 that it always takes the same path through the function it tests.
8880 Fixes bug 25997; bugfix on 0.3.2.1-alpha.
8881 - Change the behavior of the "channel/outbound" test so that it
8882 never causes a 10-second rollover for the EWMA circuitmux code.
8883 Previously, this behavior would happen randomly, and result in
8884 fluctuating test coverage. Fixes bug 25994; bugfix
8886 - Use X509_new() to allocate certificates that will be freed later
8887 with X509_free(). Previously, some parts of the unit tests had
8888 used tor_malloc_zero(), which is incorrect, and which caused test
8889 failures on Windows when they were built with extra hardening.
8890 Fixes bugs 25943 and 25944; bugfix on 0.2.8.1-alpha. Patch by
8892 - While running the circuit_timeout test, fix the PRNG to a
8893 deterministic AES stream, so that the test coverage from this test
8894 will itself be deterministic. Fixes bug 25995; bugfix
8897 o Minor bugfixes (testing, bootstrap):
8898 - When calculating bootstrap progress, check exit policies and the
8899 exit flag. Previously, Tor would only check the exit flag, which
8900 caused race conditions in small and fast networks like chutney.
8901 Fixes bug 27236; bugfix on 0.2.6.3-alpha.
8903 o Minor bugfixes (testing, chutney):
8904 - When running make test-network-all, use the mixed+hs-v2 network.
8905 (A previous fix to chutney removed v3 onion services from the
8906 mixed+hs-v23 network, so seeing "mixed+hs-v23" in tests is
8907 confusing.) Fixes bug 27345; bugfix on 0.3.2.1-alpha.
8908 - Before running make test-network-all, delete old logs and test
8909 result files, to avoid spurious failures. Fixes bug 27295; bugfix
8912 o Minor bugfixes (testing, openssl compatibility):
8913 - Our "tortls/cert_matches_key" unit test no longer relies on
8914 OpenSSL internals. Previously, it relied on unsupported OpenSSL
8915 behavior in a way that caused it to crash with OpenSSL 1.0.2p.
8916 Fixes bug 27226; bugfix on 0.2.5.1-alpha.
8918 o Minor bugfixes (v3 onion services):
8919 - Stop sending ed25519 link specifiers in v3 onion service introduce
8920 cells and descriptors, when the rendezvous or introduction point
8921 doesn't support ed25519 link authentication. Fixes bug 26627;
8922 bugfix on 0.3.2.4-alpha.
8924 o Minor bugfixes (vanguards):
8925 - Allow the last hop in a vanguard circuit to be the same as our
8926 first, to prevent the adversary from influencing guard node choice
8927 by choice of last hop. Also prevent the creation of A - B - A
8928 paths, or A - A paths, which are forbidden by relays. Fixes bug
8929 25870; bugfix on 0.3.3.1-alpha.
8931 o Minor bugfixes (Windows, compilation):
8932 - Silence a compilation warning on MSVC 2017 and clang-cl. Fixes bug
8933 27185; bugfix on 0.2.2.2-alpha.
8935 o Code simplification and refactoring:
8936 - Remove duplicate code in parse_{c,s}method_line and bootstrap
8937 their functionalities into a single function. Fixes bug 6236;
8938 bugfix on 0.2.3.6-alpha.
8939 - We remove the PortForwarding and PortForwardingHelper options,
8940 related functions, and the port_forwarding tests. These options
8941 were used by the now-deprecated Vidalia to help ordinary users
8942 become Tor relays or bridges. Closes ticket 25409. Patch by
8944 - In order to make the OR and dir checking function in router.c less
8945 confusing we renamed some functions and
8946 consider_testing_reachability() has been split into
8947 router_should_check_reachability() and
8948 router_do_reachability_checks(). Also we improved the documentation
8949 in some functions. Closes ticket 18918.
8950 - Initial work to isolate Libevent usage to a handful of modules in
8951 our codebase, to simplify our call structure, and so that we can
8952 more easily change event loops in the future if needed. Closes
8954 - Introduce a function to call getsockname() and return tor_addr_t,
8955 to save a little complexity throughout the codebase. Closes
8957 - Make hsdir_index in node_t a hsdir_index_t rather than a pointer
8958 as hsdir_index is always present. Also, we move hsdir_index_t into
8959 or.h. Closes ticket 23094. Patch by Neel Chauhan.
8960 - Merge functions used for describing nodes and suppress the
8961 functions that do not allocate memory for the output buffer
8962 string. NODE_DESC_BUF_LEN constant and format_node_description()
8963 function cannot be used externally from router.c module anymore.
8964 Closes ticket 25432. Patch by valentecaio.
8965 - Our main loop has been simplified so that all important operations
8966 happen inside events. Previously, some operations had to happen
8967 outside the event loop, to prevent infinite sequences of event
8968 activations. Closes ticket 25374.
8969 - Put a SHA1 public key digest in hs_service_intro_point_t, and use
8970 it in register_intro_circ() and service_intro_point_new(). This
8971 prevents the digest from being re-calculated each time. Closes
8972 ticket 23107. Patch by Neel Chauhan.
8973 - Refactor token-bucket implementations to use a common backend.
8974 Closes ticket 25766.
8975 - Remove extern declaration of stats_n_seconds_working variable from
8976 main, protecting its accesses with get_uptime() and reset_uptime()
8977 functions. Closes ticket 25081, patch by “valentecaio”.
8978 - Remove our previous logic for "cached gettimeofday()" -- our
8979 coarse monotonic timers are fast enough for this purpose, and far
8980 less error-prone. Implements part of ticket 25927.
8981 - Remove the return value for fascist_firewall_choose_address_base(),
8982 and sister functions such as fascist_firewall_choose_address_node()
8983 and fascist_firewall_choose_address_rs(). Also, while we're here,
8984 initialize the ap argument as leaving it uninitialized can pose a
8985 security hazard. Closes ticket 24734. Patch by Neel Chauhan.
8986 - Rename two fields of connection_t struct. timestamp_lastwritten is
8987 renamed to timestamp_last_write_allowed and timestamp_lastread is
8988 renamed to timestamp_last_read_allowed. Closes ticket 24714, patch
8990 - Since Tor requires C99, remove our old workaround code for libc
8991 implementations where free(NULL) doesn't work. Closes ticket 24484.
8992 - Use our standard rate-limiting code to deal with excessive
8993 libevent failures, rather than the hand-rolled logic we had
8994 before. Closes ticket 26016.
8995 - We remove the return value of node_get_prim_orport() and
8996 node_get_prim_dirport(), and introduce node_get_prim_orport() in
8997 node_ipv6_or_preferred() and node_ipv6_dir_preferred() in order to
8998 check for a null address. Closes ticket 23873. Patch by
9000 - We switch to should_record_bridge_info() in
9001 geoip_note_client_seen() and options_need_geoip_info() instead of
9002 accessing the configuration values directly. Fixes bug 25290;
9003 bugfix on 0.2.1.6-alpha. Patch by Neel Chauhan.
9005 o Deprecated features:
9006 - As we are not recommending 0.2.5 anymore, we require relays that
9007 once had an ed25519 key associated with their RSA key to always
9008 have that key, instead of allowing them to drop back to a version
9009 that didn't support ed25519. This means they need to use a new RSA
9010 key if they want to downgrade to an older version of tor without
9011 ed25519. Closes ticket 20522.
9014 - Directory authorities will no longer support voting according to
9015 any consensus method before consensus method 25. This keeps
9016 authorities compatible with all authorities running 0.2.9.8 and
9017 later, and does not break any clients or relays. Implements ticket
9018 24378 and proposal 290.
9019 - The PortForwarding and PortForwardingHelper features have been
9020 removed. The reasoning is, given that implementations of NAT
9021 traversal protocols within common consumer grade routers are
9022 frequently buggy, and that the target audience for a NAT punching
9023 feature is a perhaps less-technically-inclined relay operator,
9024 when the helper fails to setup traversal the problems are usually
9025 deep, ugly, and very router specific, making them horrendously
9026 impossible for technical support to reliable assist with, and thus
9027 resulting in frustration all around. Unfortunately, relay
9028 operators who would like to run relays behind NATs will need to
9029 become more familiar with the port forwarding configurations on
9030 their local router. Closes 25409.
9031 - The TestingEnableTbEmptyEvent option has been removed. It was used
9032 in testing simulations to measure how often connection buckets
9033 were emptied, in order to improve our scheduling, but it has not
9034 been actively used in years. Closes ticket 25760.
9035 - The old "round-robin" circuit multiplexer (circuitmux)
9036 implementation has been removed, along with a fairly large set of
9037 code that existed to support it. It has not been the default
9038 circuitmux since we introduced the "EWMA" circuitmux in 0.2.4.x,
9039 but it still required an unreasonable amount of memory and CPU.
9040 Closes ticket 25268.
9043 Changes in version 0.3.3.9 - 2018-07-13
9044 Tor 0.3.3.9 moves to a new bridge authority, meaning people running
9045 bridge relays should upgrade.
9047 o Directory authority changes:
9048 - The "Bifroest" bridge authority has been retired; the new bridge
9049 authority is "Serge", and it is operated by George from the
9050 TorBSD project. Closes ticket 26771.
9053 Changes in version 0.3.2.11 - 2018-07-13
9054 Tor 0.3.2.11 moves to a new bridge authority, meaning people running
9055 bridge relays should upgrade. We also take this opportunity to backport
9058 o Directory authority changes:
9059 - The "Bifroest" bridge authority has been retired; the new bridge
9060 authority is "Serge", and it is operated by George from the
9061 TorBSD project. Closes ticket 26771.
9063 o Directory authority changes (backport from 0.3.3.7):
9064 - Add an IPv6 address for the "dannenberg" directory authority.
9065 Closes ticket 26343.
9067 o Major bugfixes (directory authorities, backport from 0.3.4.1-alpha):
9068 - When directory authorities read a zero-byte bandwidth file, they
9069 would previously log a warning with the contents of an
9070 uninitialised buffer. They now log a warning about the empty file
9071 instead. Fixes bug 26007; bugfix on 0.2.2.1-alpha.
9073 o Major bugfixes (onion service, backport from 0.3.4.1-alpha):
9074 - Correctly detect when onion services get disabled after HUP. Fixes
9075 bug 25761; bugfix on 0.3.2.1.
9077 o Minor features (sandbox, backport from 0.3.3.4-alpha):
9078 - Explicitly permit the poll() system call when the Linux
9079 seccomp2-based sandbox is enabled: apparently, some versions of
9080 libc use poll() when calling getpwnam(). Closes ticket 25313.
9082 o Minor feature (continuous integration, backport from 0.3.3.5-rc):
9083 - Update the Travis CI configuration to use the stable Rust channel,
9084 now that we have decided to require that. Closes ticket 25714.
9086 o Minor features (continuous integration, backport from 0.3.4.1-alpha):
9087 - Our .travis.yml configuration now includes support for testing the
9088 results of "make distcheck". (It's not uncommon for "make check"
9089 to pass but "make distcheck" to fail.) Closes ticket 25814.
9090 - Our Travis CI configuration now integrates with the Coveralls
9091 coverage analysis tool. Closes ticket 25818.
9093 o Minor features (relay, diagnostic, backport from 0.3.4.3-alpha):
9094 - Add several checks to detect whether Tor relays are uploading
9095 their descriptors without specifying why they regenerated them.
9096 Diagnostic for ticket 25686.
9098 o Minor features (compilation, backport from 0.3.4.4-rc):
9099 - When building Tor, prefer to use Python 3 over Python 2, and more
9100 recent (contemplated) versions over older ones. Closes
9103 o Minor features (geoip):
9104 - Update geoip and geoip6 to the July 3 2018 Maxmind GeoLite2
9105 Country database. Closes ticket 26674.
9107 o Minor bugfixes (correctness, client, backport from 0.3.4.1-alpha):
9108 - Upon receiving a malformed connected cell, stop processing the
9109 cell immediately. Previously we would mark the connection for
9110 close, but continue processing the cell as if the connection were
9111 open. Fixes bug 26072; bugfix on 0.2.4.7-alpha.
9113 o Minor bugfixes (Linux seccomp2 sandbox, backport from 0.3.4.1-alpha):
9114 - Allow the nanosleep() system call, which glibc uses to implement
9115 sleep() and usleep(). Fixes bug 24969; bugfix on 0.2.5.1-alpha.
9117 o Minor bugfixes (testing, compatibility, backport from 0.3.4.4-rc):
9118 - When running the hs_ntor_ref.py test, make sure only to pass
9119 strings (rather than "bytes" objects) to the Python subprocess
9120 module. Python 3 on Windows seems to require this. Fixes bug
9121 26535; bugfix on 0.3.1.1-alpha.
9122 - When running the ntor_ref.py test, make sure only to pass strings
9123 (rather than "bytes" objects) to the Python subprocess module.
9124 Python 3 on Windows seems to require this. Fixes bug 26535; bugfix
9127 o Minor bugfixes (compatibility, openssl, backport from 0.3.4.2-alpha):
9128 - Work around a change in OpenSSL 1.1.1 where return values that
9129 would previously indicate "no password" now indicate an empty
9130 password. Without this workaround, Tor instances running with
9131 OpenSSL 1.1.1 would accept descriptors that other Tor instances
9132 would reject. Fixes bug 26116; bugfix on 0.2.5.16.
9134 o Minor bugfixes (documentation, backport from 0.3.3.5-rc):
9135 - Document that the PerConnBW{Rate,Burst} options will fall back to
9136 their corresponding consensus parameters only if those parameters
9137 are set. Previously we had claimed that these values would always
9138 be set in the consensus. Fixes bug 25296; bugfix on 0.2.2.7-alpha.
9140 o Minor bugfixes (compilation, backport from 0.3.4.4-rc):
9141 - Fix a compilation warning on some versions of GCC when building
9142 code that calls routerinfo_get_my_routerinfo() twice, assuming
9143 that the second call will succeed if the first one did. Fixes bug
9144 26269; bugfix on 0.2.8.2-alpha.
9146 o Minor bugfixes (client, backport from 0.3.4.1-alpha):
9147 - Don't consider Tor running as a client if the ControlPort is open,
9148 but no actual client ports are open. Fixes bug 26062; bugfix
9151 o Minor bugfixes (hardening, backport from 0.3.4.2-alpha):
9152 - Prevent a possible out-of-bounds smartlist read in
9153 protover_compute_vote(). Fixes bug 26196; bugfix on 0.2.9.4-alpha.
9155 o Minor bugfixes (C correctness, backport from 0.3.3.4-alpha):
9156 - Fix a very unlikely (impossible, we believe) null pointer
9157 dereference. Fixes bug 25629; bugfix on 0.2.9.15. Found by
9158 Coverity; this is CID 1430932.
9160 o Minor bugfixes (onion service, backport from 0.3.4.1-alpha):
9161 - Fix a memory leak when a v3 onion service is configured and gets a
9162 SIGHUP signal. Fixes bug 25901; bugfix on 0.3.2.1-alpha.
9163 - When parsing the descriptor signature, look for the token plus an
9164 extra white-space at the end. This is more correct but also will
9165 allow us to support new fields that might start with "signature".
9166 Fixes bug 26069; bugfix on 0.3.0.1-alpha.
9168 o Minor bugfixes (relay, backport from 0.3.4.3-alpha):
9169 - Relays now correctly block attempts to re-extend to the previous
9170 relay by Ed25519 identity. Previously they would warn in this
9171 case, but not actually reject the attempt. Fixes bug 26158; bugfix
9174 o Minor bugfixes (relay, crash, backport from 0.3.4.1-alpha):
9175 - Avoid a crash when running with DirPort set but ORPort turned off.
9176 Fixes a case of bug 23693; bugfix on 0.3.1.1-alpha.
9178 o Minor bugfixes (compilation, backport from 0.3.4.2-alpha):
9179 - Silence unused-const-variable warnings in zstd.h with some GCC
9180 versions. Fixes bug 26272; bugfix on 0.3.1.1-alpha.
9182 o Minor bugfixes (testing, backport from 0.3.3.4-alpha):
9183 - Avoid intermittent test failures due to a test that had relied on
9184 onion service introduction point creation finishing within 5
9185 seconds of real clock time. Fixes bug 25450; bugfix
9188 o Minor bugfixes (compilation, backport from 0.3.3.4-alpha):
9189 - Fix a C99 compliance issue in our configuration script that caused
9190 compilation issues when compiling Tor with certain versions of
9191 xtools. Fixes bug 25474; bugfix on 0.3.2.5-alpha.
9193 o Minor bugfixes (memory, correctness, backport from 0.3.4.4-rc):
9194 - Fix a number of small memory leaks identified by coverity. Fixes
9195 bug 26467; bugfix on numerous Tor versions.
9197 o Code simplification and refactoring (backport from 0.3.3.5-rc):
9198 - Move the list of default directory authorities to its own file.
9199 Closes ticket 24854. Patch by "beastr0".
9202 Changes in version 0.2.9.16 - 2018-07-13
9203 Tor 0.2.9.16 moves to a new bridge authority, meaning people running
9204 bridge relays should upgrade. We also take this opportunity to backport
9207 o Directory authority changes:
9208 - The "Bifroest" bridge authority has been retired; the new bridge
9209 authority is "Serge", and it is operated by George from the
9210 TorBSD project. Closes ticket 26771.
9212 o Directory authority changes (backport from 0.3.3.7):
9213 - Add an IPv6 address for the "dannenberg" directory authority.
9214 Closes ticket 26343.
9216 o Major bugfixes (directory authorities, backport from 0.3.4.1-alpha):
9217 - When directory authorities read a zero-byte bandwidth file, they
9218 would previously log a warning with the contents of an
9219 uninitialised buffer. They now log a warning about the empty file
9220 instead. Fixes bug 26007; bugfix on 0.2.2.1-alpha.
9222 o Minor features (sandbox, backport from 0.3.3.4-alpha):
9223 - Explicitly permit the poll() system call when the Linux
9224 seccomp2-based sandbox is enabled: apparently, some versions of
9225 libc use poll() when calling getpwnam(). Closes ticket 25313.
9227 o Minor features (continuous integration, backport from 0.3.4.1-alpha):
9228 - Our .travis.yml configuration now includes support for testing the
9229 results of "make distcheck". (It's not uncommon for "make check"
9230 to pass but "make distcheck" to fail.) Closes ticket 25814.
9231 - Our Travis CI configuration now integrates with the Coveralls
9232 coverage analysis tool. Closes ticket 25818.
9234 o Minor features (compilation, backport from 0.3.4.4-rc):
9235 - When building Tor, prefer to use Python 3 over Python 2, and more
9236 recent (contemplated) versions over older ones. Closes
9239 o Minor features (geoip):
9240 - Update geoip and geoip6 to the July 3 2018 Maxmind GeoLite2
9241 Country database. Closes ticket 26674.
9243 o Minor bugfixes (correctness, client, backport from 0.3.4.1-alpha):
9244 - Upon receiving a malformed connected cell, stop processing the
9245 cell immediately. Previously we would mark the connection for
9246 close, but continue processing the cell as if the connection were
9247 open. Fixes bug 26072; bugfix on 0.2.4.7-alpha.
9249 o Minor bugfixes (Linux seccomp2 sandbox, backport from 0.3.4.1-alpha):
9250 - Allow the nanosleep() system call, which glibc uses to implement
9251 sleep() and usleep(). Fixes bug 24969; bugfix on 0.2.5.1-alpha.
9253 o Minor bugfixes (testing, compatibility, backport from 0.3.4.4-rc):
9254 - When running the ntor_ref.py test, make sure only to pass strings
9255 (rather than "bytes" objects) to the Python subprocess module.
9256 Python 3 on Windows seems to require this. Fixes bug 26535; bugfix
9259 o Minor bugfixes (compatibility, openssl, backport from 0.3.4.2-alpha):
9260 - Work around a change in OpenSSL 1.1.1 where return values that
9261 would previously indicate "no password" now indicate an empty
9262 password. Without this workaround, Tor instances running with
9263 OpenSSL 1.1.1 would accept descriptors that other Tor instances
9264 would reject. Fixes bug 26116; bugfix on 0.2.5.16.
9266 o Minor bugfixes (compilation, backport from 0.3.4.4-rc):
9267 - Fix a compilation warning on some versions of GCC when building
9268 code that calls routerinfo_get_my_routerinfo() twice, assuming
9269 that the second call will succeed if the first one did. Fixes bug
9270 26269; bugfix on 0.2.8.2-alpha.
9272 o Minor bugfixes (client, backport from 0.3.4.1-alpha):
9273 - Don't consider Tor running as a client if the ControlPort is open,
9274 but no actual client ports are open. Fixes bug 26062; bugfix
9277 o Minor bugfixes (hardening, backport from 0.3.4.2-alpha):
9278 - Prevent a possible out-of-bounds smartlist read in
9279 protover_compute_vote(). Fixes bug 26196; bugfix on 0.2.9.4-alpha.
9281 o Minor bugfixes (C correctness, backport from 0.3.3.4-alpha):
9282 - Fix a very unlikely (impossible, we believe) null pointer
9283 dereference. Fixes bug 25629; bugfix on 0.2.9.15. Found by
9284 Coverity; this is CID 1430932.
9286 o Minor bugfixes (memory, correctness, backport from 0.3.4.4-rc):
9287 - Fix a number of small memory leaks identified by coverity. Fixes
9288 bug 26467; bugfix on numerous Tor versions.
9290 o Code simplification and refactoring (backport from 0.3.3.5-rc):
9291 - Move the list of default directory authorities to its own file.
9292 Closes ticket 24854. Patch by "beastr0".
9295 Changes in version 0.3.3.8 - 2018-07-09
9296 Tor 0.3.3.8 backports several changes from the 0.3.4.x series, including
9297 fixes for a memory leak affecting directory authorities.
9299 o Major bugfixes (directory authority, backport from 0.3.4.3-alpha):
9300 - Stop leaking memory on directory authorities when planning to
9301 vote. This bug was crashing authorities by exhausting their
9302 memory. Fixes bug 26435; bugfix on 0.3.3.6.
9304 o Major bugfixes (rust, testing, backport from 0.3.4.3-alpha):
9305 - Make sure that failing tests in Rust will actually cause the build
9306 to fail: previously, they were ignored. Fixes bug 26258; bugfix
9309 o Minor features (compilation, backport from 0.3.4.4-rc):
9310 - When building Tor, prefer to use Python 3 over Python 2, and more
9311 recent (contemplated) versions over older ones. Closes
9314 o Minor features (geoip):
9315 - Update geoip and geoip6 to the July 3 2018 Maxmind GeoLite2
9316 Country database. Closes ticket 26674.
9318 o Minor features (relay, diagnostic, backport from 0.3.4.3-alpha):
9319 - Add several checks to detect whether Tor relays are uploading
9320 their descriptors without specifying why they regenerated them.
9321 Diagnostic for ticket 25686.
9323 o Minor bugfixes (circuit path selection, backport from 0.3.4.1-alpha):
9324 - Don't count path selection failures as circuit build failures.
9325 This change should eliminate cases where Tor blames its guard or
9326 the network for situations like insufficient microdescriptors
9327 and/or overly restrictive torrc settings. Fixes bug 25705; bugfix
9330 o Minor bugfixes (compilation, backport from 0.3.4.4-rc):
9331 - Fix a compilation warning on some versions of GCC when building
9332 code that calls routerinfo_get_my_routerinfo() twice, assuming
9333 that the second call will succeed if the first one did. Fixes bug
9334 26269; bugfix on 0.2.8.2-alpha.
9336 o Minor bugfixes (control port, backport from 0.3.4.4-rc):
9337 - Handle the HSADDRESS= argument to the HSPOST command properly.
9338 (Previously, this argument was misparsed and thus ignored.) Fixes
9339 bug 26523; bugfix on 0.3.3.1-alpha. Patch by "akwizgran".
9341 o Minor bugfixes (memory, correctness, backport from 0.3.4.4-rc):
9342 - Fix a number of small memory leaks identified by coverity. Fixes
9343 bug 26467; bugfix on numerous Tor versions.
9345 o Minor bugfixes (relay, backport from 0.3.4.3-alpha):
9346 - Relays now correctly block attempts to re-extend to the previous
9347 relay by Ed25519 identity. Previously they would warn in this
9348 case, but not actually reject the attempt. Fixes bug 26158; bugfix
9351 o Minor bugfixes (restart-in-process, backport from 0.3.4.1-alpha):
9352 - When shutting down, Tor now clears all the flags in the control.c
9353 module. This should prevent a bug where authentication cookies are
9354 not generated on restart. Fixes bug 25512; bugfix on 0.3.3.1-alpha.
9356 o Minor bugfixes (testing, compatibility, backport from 0.3.4.4-rc):
9357 - When running the hs_ntor_ref.py test, make sure only to pass
9358 strings (rather than "bytes" objects) to the Python subprocess
9359 module. Python 3 on Windows seems to require this. Fixes bug
9360 26535; bugfix on 0.3.1.1-alpha.
9361 - When running the ntor_ref.py test, make sure only to pass strings
9362 (rather than "bytes" objects) to the Python subprocess module.
9363 Python 3 on Windows seems to require this. Fixes bug 26535; bugfix
9367 Changes in version 0.3.3.7 - 2018-06-12
9368 Tor 0.3.3.7 backports several changes from the 0.3.4.x series, including
9369 fixes for bugs affecting compatibility and stability.
9371 o Directory authority changes:
9372 - Add an IPv6 address for the "dannenberg" directory authority.
9373 Closes ticket 26343.
9375 o Minor features (geoip):
9376 - Update geoip and geoip6 to the June 7 2018 Maxmind GeoLite2
9377 Country database. Closes ticket 26351.
9379 o Minor bugfixes (compatibility, openssl, backport from 0.3.4.2-alpha):
9380 - Work around a change in OpenSSL 1.1.1 where return values that
9381 would previously indicate "no password" now indicate an empty
9382 password. Without this workaround, Tor instances running with
9383 OpenSSL 1.1.1 would accept descriptors that other Tor instances
9384 would reject. Fixes bug 26116; bugfix on 0.2.5.16.
9386 o Minor bugfixes (compilation, backport from 0.3.4.2-alpha):
9387 - Silence unused-const-variable warnings in zstd.h with some GCC
9388 versions. Fixes bug 26272; bugfix on 0.3.1.1-alpha.
9390 o Minor bugfixes (controller, backport from 0.3.4.2-alpha):
9391 - Improve accuracy of the BUILDTIMEOUT_SET control port event's
9392 TIMEOUT_RATE and CLOSE_RATE fields. (We were previously
9393 miscounting the total number of circuits for these field values.)
9394 Fixes bug 26121; bugfix on 0.3.3.1-alpha.
9396 o Minor bugfixes (hardening, backport from 0.3.4.2-alpha):
9397 - Prevent a possible out-of-bounds smartlist read in
9398 protover_compute_vote(). Fixes bug 26196; bugfix on 0.2.9.4-alpha.
9400 o Minor bugfixes (path selection, backport from 0.3.4.1-alpha):
9401 - Only select relays when they have the descriptors we prefer to use
9402 for them. This change fixes a bug where we could select a relay
9403 because it had _some_ descriptor, but reject it later with a
9404 nonfatal assertion error because it didn't have the exact one we
9405 wanted. Fixes bugs 25691 and 25692; bugfix on 0.3.3.4-alpha.
9408 Changes in version 0.3.3.6 - 2018-05-22
9409 Tor 0.3.3.6 is the first stable release in the 0.3.3 series. It
9410 backports several important fixes from the 0.3.4.1-alpha.
9412 The Tor 0.3.3 series includes controller support and other
9413 improvements for v3 onion services, official support for embedding Tor
9414 within other applications, and our first non-trivial module written in
9415 the Rust programming language. (Rust is still not enabled by default
9416 when building Tor.) And as usual, there are numerous other smaller
9417 bugfixes, features, and improvements.
9419 Below are the changes since 0.3.2.10. For a list of only the changes
9420 since 0.3.3.5-rc, see the ChangeLog file.
9422 o New system requirements:
9423 - When built with Rust, Tor now depends on version 0.2.39 of the
9424 libc crate. Closes tickets 25310 and 25664.
9426 o Major features (embedding):
9427 - There is now a documented stable API for programs that need to
9428 embed Tor. See tor_api.h for full documentation and known bugs.
9429 Closes ticket 23684.
9430 - Tor now has support for restarting in the same process.
9431 Controllers that run Tor using the "tor_api.h" interface can now
9432 restart Tor after Tor has exited. This support is incomplete,
9433 however: we fixed crash bugs that prevented it from working at
9434 all, but many bugs probably remain, including a possibility of
9435 security issues. Implements ticket 24581.
9437 o Major features (IPv6, directory documents):
9438 - Add consensus method 27, which adds IPv6 ORPorts to the microdesc
9439 consensus. This information makes it easier for IPv6 clients to
9440 bootstrap and choose reachable entry guards. Implements
9442 - Add consensus method 28, which removes IPv6 ORPorts from
9443 microdescriptors. Now that the consensus contains IPv6 ORPorts,
9444 they are redundant in microdescs. This change will be used by Tor
9445 clients on 0.2.8.x and later. (That is to say, with all Tor
9446 clients that have IPv6 bootstrap and guard support.) Implements
9448 - Expand the documentation for AuthDirHasIPv6Connectivity when it is
9449 set by different numbers of authorities. Fixes 23870
9452 o Major features (onion service v3, control port):
9453 - The control port now supports commands and events for v3 onion
9454 services. It is now possible to create ephemeral v3 services using
9455 ADD_ONION. Additionally, several events (HS_DESC, HS_DESC_CONTENT,
9456 CIRC and CIRC_MINOR) and commands (GETINFO, HSPOST, ADD_ONION and
9457 DEL_ONION) have been extended to support v3 onion services. Closes
9458 ticket 20699; implements proposal 284.
9460 o Major features (onion services):
9461 - Provide torrc options to pin the second and third hops of onion
9462 service circuits to a list of nodes. The option HSLayer2Guards
9463 pins the second hop, and the option HSLayer3Guards pins the third
9464 hop. These options are for use in conjunction with experiments
9465 with "vanguards" for preventing guard enumeration attacks. Closes
9467 - When v3 onion service clients send introduce cells, they now
9468 include the IPv6 address of the rendezvous point, if it has one.
9469 Current v3 onion services running 0.3.2 ignore IPv6 addresses, but
9470 in future Tor versions, IPv6-only v3 single onion services will be
9471 able to use IPv6 addresses to connect directly to the rendezvous
9472 point. Closes ticket 23577. Patch by Neel Chauhan.
9474 o Major features (relay):
9475 - Implement an option, ReducedExitPolicy, to allow an Tor exit relay
9476 operator to use a more reasonable ("reduced") exit policy, rather
9477 than the default one. If you want to run an exit node without
9478 thinking too hard about which ports to allow, this one is for you.
9479 Closes ticket 13605. Patch from Neel Chauhan.
9481 o Major features (rust, portability, experimental):
9482 - Tor now ships with an optional implementation of one of its
9483 smaller modules (protover.c) in the Rust programming language. To
9484 try it out, install a Rust build environment, and configure Tor
9485 with "--enable-rust --enable-cargo-online-mode". This should not
9486 cause any user-visible changes, but should help us gain more
9487 experience with Rust, and plan future Rust integration work.
9488 Implementation by Chelsea Komlo. Closes ticket 22840.
9490 o Major bugfixes (directory authorities, security, backport from 0.3.4.1-alpha):
9491 - When directory authorities read a zero-byte bandwidth file, they
9492 would previously log a warning with the contents of an
9493 uninitialised buffer. They now log a warning about the empty file
9494 instead. Fixes bug 26007; bugfix on 0.2.2.1-alpha.
9496 o Major bugfixes (security, directory authority, denial-of-service):
9497 - Fix a bug that could have allowed an attacker to force a directory
9498 authority to use up all its RAM by passing it a maliciously
9499 crafted protocol versions string. Fixes bug 25517; bugfix on
9500 0.2.9.4-alpha. This issue is also tracked as TROVE-2018-005.
9502 o Major bugfixes (crash, backport from 0.3.4.1-alpha):
9503 - Avoid a rare assertion failure in the circuit build timeout code
9504 if we fail to allow any circuits to actually complete. Fixes bug
9505 25733; bugfix on 0.2.2.2-alpha.
9507 o Major bugfixes (netflow padding):
9508 - Stop adding unneeded channel padding right after we finish
9509 flushing to a connection that has been trying to flush for many
9510 seconds. Instead, treat all partial or complete flushes as
9511 activity on the channel, which will defer the time until we need
9512 to add padding. This fix should resolve confusing and scary log
9513 messages like "Channel padding timeout scheduled 221453ms in the
9514 past." Fixes bug 22212; bugfix on 0.3.1.1-alpha.
9516 o Major bugfixes (networking):
9517 - Tor will no longer reject IPv6 address strings from Tor Browser
9518 when they are passed as hostnames in SOCKS5 requests. Fixes bug
9519 25036, bugfix on Tor 0.3.1.2.
9521 o Major bugfixes (onion service, backport from 0.3.4.1-alpha):
9522 - Correctly detect when onion services get disabled after HUP. Fixes
9523 bug 25761; bugfix on 0.3.2.1.
9525 o Major bugfixes (performance, load balancing):
9526 - Directory authorities no longer vote in favor of the Guard flag
9527 for relays without directory support. Starting in Tor
9528 0.3.0.1-alpha, clients have been avoiding using such relays in the
9529 Guard position, leading to increasingly broken load balancing for
9530 the 5%-or-so of Guards that don't advertise directory support.
9531 Fixes bug 22310; bugfix on 0.3.0.6.
9533 o Major bugfixes (relay):
9534 - If we have failed to connect to a relay and received a connection
9535 refused, timeout, or similar error (at the TCP level), do not try
9536 that same address/port again for 60 seconds after the failure has
9537 occurred. Fixes bug 24767; bugfix on 0.0.6.
9539 o Major bugfixes (relay, denial of service, backport from 0.3.4.1-alpha):
9540 - Impose a limit on circuit cell queue size. The limit can be
9541 controlled by a consensus parameter. Fixes bug 25226; bugfix
9544 o Minor features (cleanup):
9545 - Tor now deletes the CookieAuthFile and ExtORPortCookieAuthFile
9546 when it stops. Closes ticket 23271.
9548 o Minor features (compatibility, backport from 0.3.4.1-alpha):
9549 - Avoid some compilation warnings with recent versions of LibreSSL.
9550 Closes ticket 26006.
9552 o Minor features (config options):
9553 - Change the way the default value for MaxMemInQueues is calculated.
9554 We now use 40% of the hardware RAM if the system has 8 GB RAM or
9555 more. Otherwise we use the former value of 75%. Closes
9558 o Minor features (continuous integration):
9559 - Update the Travis CI configuration to use the stable Rust channel,
9560 now that we have decided to require that. Closes ticket 25714.
9562 o Minor features (continuous integration, backport from 0.3.4.1-alpha):
9563 - Our .travis.yml configuration now includes support for testing the
9564 results of "make distcheck". (It's not uncommon for "make check"
9565 to pass but "make distcheck" to fail.) Closes ticket 25814.
9566 - Our Travis CI configuration now integrates with the Coveralls
9567 coverage analysis tool. Closes ticket 25818.
9569 o Minor features (defensive programming):
9570 - Most of the functions in Tor that free objects have been replaced
9571 with macros that free the objects and set the corresponding
9572 pointers to NULL. This change should help prevent a large class of
9573 dangling pointer bugs. Closes ticket 24337.
9574 - Where possible, the tor_free() macro now only evaluates its input
9575 once. Part of ticket 24337.
9576 - Check that microdesc ed25519 ids are non-zero in
9577 node_get_ed25519_id() before returning them. Implements ticket
9578 24001, patch by "aruna1234".
9580 o Minor features (directory authority):
9581 - When directory authorities are unable to add signatures to a
9582 pending consensus, log the reason why. Closes ticket 24849.
9584 o Minor features (embedding):
9585 - Tor can now start with a preauthenticated control connection
9586 created by the process that launched it. This feature is meant for
9587 use by programs that want to launch and manage a Tor process
9588 without allowing other programs to manage it as well. For more
9589 information, see the __OwningControllerFD option documented in
9590 control-spec.txt. Closes ticket 23900.
9591 - On most errors that would cause Tor to exit, it now tries to
9592 return from the tor_main() function, rather than calling the
9593 system exit() function. Most users won't notice a difference here,
9594 but it should be significant for programs that run Tor inside a
9595 separate thread: they should now be able to survive Tor's exit
9596 conditions rather than having Tor shut down the entire process.
9597 Closes ticket 23848.
9598 - Applications that want to embed Tor can now tell Tor not to
9599 register any of its own POSIX signal handlers, using the
9600 __DisableSignalHandlers option. Closes ticket 24588.
9602 o Minor features (fallback directory list):
9603 - Avoid selecting fallbacks that change their IP addresses too
9604 often. Select more fallbacks by ignoring the Guard flag, and
9605 allowing lower cutoffs for the Running and V2Dir flags. Also allow
9606 a lower bandwidth, and a higher number of fallbacks per operator
9607 (5% of the list). Implements ticket 24785.
9608 - Update the fallback whitelist and blacklist based on opt-ins and
9609 relay changes. Closes tickets 22321, 24678, 22527, 24135,
9612 o Minor features (fallback directory mirror configuration):
9613 - Add a nickname to each fallback in a C comment. This makes it
9614 easier for operators to find their relays, and allows stem to use
9615 nicknames to identify fallbacks. Implements ticket 24600.
9616 - Add a type and version header to the fallback directory mirror
9617 file. Also add a delimiter to the end of each fallback entry. This
9618 helps external parsers like stem and Relay Search. Implements
9620 - Add an extrainfo cache flag for each fallback in a C comment. This
9621 allows stem to use fallbacks to fetch extra-info documents, rather
9622 than using authorities. Implements ticket 22759.
9623 - Add the generateFallbackDirLine.py script for automatically
9624 generating fallback directory mirror lines from relay fingerprints.
9625 No more typos! Add the lookupFallbackDirContact.py script for
9626 automatically looking up operator contact info from relay
9627 fingerprints. Implements ticket 24706, patch by teor and atagar.
9628 - Reject any fallback directory mirror that serves an expired
9629 consensus. Implements ticket 20942, patch by "minik".
9630 - Remove commas and equals signs from external string inputs to the
9631 fallback list. This avoids format confusion attacks. Implements
9633 - Remove the "weight=10" line from fallback directory mirror
9634 entries. Ticket 24681 will maintain the current fallback weights
9635 by changing Tor's default fallback weight to 10. Implements
9637 - Stop logging excessive information about fallback netblocks.
9638 Implements ticket 24791.
9640 o Minor features (forward-compatibility):
9641 - If a relay supports some link authentication protocol that we do
9642 not recognize, then include that relay's ed25519 key when telling
9643 other relays to extend to it. Previously, we treated future
9644 versions as if they were too old to support ed25519 link
9645 authentication. Closes ticket 20895.
9647 o Minor features (geoip):
9648 - Update geoip and geoip6 to the May 1 2018 Maxmind GeoLite2 Country
9649 database. Closes ticket 26104.
9651 o Minor features (heartbeat):
9652 - Add onion service information to our heartbeat logs, displaying
9653 stats about the activity of configured onion services. Closes
9656 o Minor features (instrumentation, development):
9657 - Add the MainloopStats option to allow developers to get
9658 instrumentation information from the main event loop via the
9659 heartbeat messages. We hope to use this to improve Tor's behavior
9660 when it's trying to sleep. Closes ticket 24605.
9662 o Minor features (IPv6):
9663 - Make IPv6-only clients wait for microdescs for relays, even if we
9664 were previously using descriptors (or were using them as a bridge)
9665 and have a cached descriptor for them. Implements ticket 23827.
9666 - When a consensus has IPv6 ORPorts, make IPv6-only clients use
9667 them, rather than waiting to download microdescriptors. Implements
9670 o Minor features (log messages):
9671 - Improve log message in the out-of-memory handler to include
9672 information about memory usage from the different compression
9673 backends. Closes ticket 25372.
9674 - Improve a warning message that happens when we fail to re-parse an
9675 old router because of an expired certificate. Closes ticket 20020.
9676 - Make the log more quantitative when we hit MaxMemInQueues
9677 threshold exposing some values. Closes ticket 24501.
9679 o Minor features (logging):
9680 - Clarify the log messages produced when getrandom() or a related
9681 entropy-generation mechanism gives an error. Closes ticket 25120.
9682 - Added support for the Android logging subsystem. Closes
9685 o Minor features (performance):
9686 - Support predictive circuit building for onion service circuits
9687 with multiple layers of guards. Closes ticket 23101.
9688 - Use stdatomic.h where available, rather than mutexes, to implement
9689 atomic_counter_t. Closes ticket 23953.
9691 o Minor features (performance, 32-bit):
9692 - Improve performance on 32-bit systems by avoiding 64-bit division
9693 when calculating the timestamp in milliseconds for channel padding
9694 computations. Implements ticket 24613.
9695 - Improve performance on 32-bit systems by avoiding 64-bit division
9696 when timestamping cells and buffer chunks for OOM calculations.
9697 Implements ticket 24374.
9699 o Minor features (performance, OSX, iOS):
9700 - Use the mach_approximate_time() function (when available) to
9701 implement coarse monotonic time. Having a coarse time function
9702 should avoid a large number of system calls, and improve
9703 performance slightly, especially under load. Closes ticket 24427.
9705 o Minor features (performance, windows):
9706 - Improve performance on Windows Vista and Windows 7 by adjusting
9707 TCP send window size according to the recommendation from
9708 SIO_IDEAL_SEND_BACKLOG_QUERY. Closes ticket 22798. Patch
9711 o Minor features (sandbox):
9712 - Explicitly permit the poll() system call when the Linux
9713 seccomp2-based sandbox is enabled: apparently, some versions of
9714 libc use poll() when calling getpwnam(). Closes ticket 25313.
9716 o Minor features (storage, configuration):
9717 - Users can store cached directory documents somewhere other than
9718 the DataDirectory by using the CacheDirectory option. Similarly,
9719 the storage location for relay's keys can be overridden with the
9720 KeyDirectory option. Closes ticket 22703.
9722 o Minor features (testing):
9723 - Add a "make test-rust" target to run the rust tests only. Closes
9726 o Minor features (testing, debugging, embedding):
9727 - For development purposes, Tor now has a mode in which it runs for
9728 a few seconds, then stops, and starts again without exiting the
9729 process. This mode is meant to help us debug various issues with
9730 ticket 23847. To use this feature, compile with
9731 --enable-restart-debugging, and set the TOR_DEBUG_RESTART
9732 environment variable. This is expected to crash a lot, and is
9733 really meant for developers only. It will likely be removed in a
9734 future release. Implements ticket 24583.
9736 o Minor bugfixes (build, rust):
9737 - Fix output of autoconf checks to display success messages for Rust
9738 dependencies and a suitable rustc compiler version. Fixes bug
9739 24612; bugfix on 0.3.1.3-alpha.
9740 - Don't pass the --quiet option to cargo: it seems to suppress some
9741 errors, which is not what we want to do when building. Fixes bug
9742 24518; bugfix on 0.3.1.7.
9743 - Build correctly when building from outside Tor's source tree with
9744 the TOR_RUST_DEPENDENCIES option set. Fixes bug 22768; bugfix
9747 o Minor bugfixes (C correctness):
9748 - Fix a very unlikely (impossible, we believe) null pointer
9749 dereference. Fixes bug 25629; bugfix on 0.2.9.15. Found by
9750 Coverity; this is CID 1430932.
9752 o Minor bugfixes (channel, client):
9753 - Better identify client connection when reporting to the geoip
9754 client cache. Fixes bug 24904; bugfix on 0.3.1.7.
9756 o Minor bugfixes (circuit, cannibalization):
9757 - Don't cannibalize preemptively-built circuits if we no longer
9758 recognize their first hop. This situation can happen if our Guard
9759 relay went off the consensus after the circuit was created. Fixes
9760 bug 24469; bugfix on 0.0.6.
9762 o Minor bugfixes (client, backport from 0.3.4.1-alpha):
9763 - Don't consider Tor running as a client if the ControlPort is open,
9764 but no actual client ports are open. Fixes bug 26062; bugfix
9767 o Minor bugfixes (compilation):
9768 - Fix a C99 compliance issue in our configuration script that caused
9769 compilation issues when compiling Tor with certain versions of
9770 xtools. Fixes bug 25474; bugfix on 0.3.2.5-alpha.
9772 o Minor bugfixes (controller):
9773 - Restore the correct operation of the RESOLVE command, which had
9774 been broken since we added the ability to enable/disable DNS on
9775 specific listener ports. Fixes bug 25617; bugfix on 0.2.9.3-alpha.
9776 - Avoid a (nonfatal) assertion failure when extending a one-hop
9777 circuit from the controller to become a multihop circuit. Fixes
9778 bug 24903; bugfix on 0.2.5.2-alpha.
9780 o Minor bugfixes (correctness):
9781 - Remove a nonworking, unnecessary check to see whether a circuit
9782 hop's identity digest was set when the circuit failed. Fixes bug
9783 24927; bugfix on 0.2.4.4-alpha.
9785 o Minor bugfixes (correctness, client, backport from 0.3.4.1-alpha):
9786 - Upon receiving a malformed connected cell, stop processing the
9787 cell immediately. Previously we would mark the connection for
9788 close, but continue processing the cell as if the connection were
9789 open. Fixes bug 26072; bugfix on 0.2.4.7-alpha.
9791 o Minor bugfixes (directory authorities, IPv6):
9792 - When creating a routerstatus (vote) from a routerinfo (descriptor),
9793 set the IPv6 address to the unspecified IPv6 address, and
9794 explicitly initialize the port to zero. Fixes bug 24488; bugfix
9797 o Minor bugfixes (documentation):
9798 - Document that the PerConnBW{Rate,Burst} options will fall back to
9799 their corresponding consensus parameters only if those parameters
9800 are set. Previously we had claimed that these values would always
9801 be set in the consensus. Fixes bug 25296; bugfix on 0.2.2.7-alpha.
9803 o Minor bugfixes (documentation, backport from 0.3.4.1-alpha):
9804 - Stop saying in the manual that clients cache ipv4 dns answers from
9805 exit relays. We haven't used them since 0.2.6.3-alpha, and in
9806 ticket 24050 we stopped even caching them as of 0.3.2.6-alpha, but
9807 we forgot to say so in the man page. Fixes bug 26052; bugfix
9810 o Minor bugfixes (exit relay DNS retries):
9811 - Re-attempt timed-out DNS queries 3 times before failure, since our
9812 timeout is 5 seconds for them, but clients wait 10-15. Also allow
9813 slightly more timeouts per resolver when an exit has multiple
9814 resolvers configured. Fixes bug 21394; bugfix on 0.3.1.9.
9816 o Minor bugfixes (fallback directory mirrors):
9817 - Make updateFallbackDirs.py search harder for python. (Some OSs
9818 don't put it in /usr/bin.) Fixes bug 24708; bugfix
9821 o Minor bugfixes (hibernation, bandwidth accounting, shutdown):
9822 - When hibernating, close connections normally and allow them to
9823 flush. Fixes bug 23571; bugfix on 0.2.4.7-alpha. Also fixes
9825 - Do not attempt to launch self-reachability tests when entering
9826 hibernation. Fixes a case of bug 12062; bugfix on 0.0.9pre5.
9827 - Resolve several bugs related to descriptor fetching on bridge
9828 clients with bandwidth accounting enabled. (This combination is
9829 not recommended!) Fixes a case of bug 12062; bugfix
9831 - When hibernating, do not attempt to launch DNS checks. Fixes a
9832 case of bug 12062; bugfix on 0.1.2.2-alpha.
9833 - When hibernating, do not try to upload or download descriptors.
9834 Fixes a case of bug 12062; bugfix on 0.0.9pre5.
9836 o Minor bugfixes (IPv6, bridges):
9837 - Tor now always sets IPv6 preferences for bridges. Fixes bug 24573;
9838 bugfix on 0.2.8.2-alpha.
9839 - Tor now sets IPv6 address in the routerstatus as well as in the
9840 router descriptors when updating addresses for a bridge. Closes
9841 ticket 24572; bugfix on 0.2.4.5-alpha. Patch by "ffmancera".
9843 o Minor bugfixes (Linux seccomp2 sandbox):
9844 - When running with the sandbox enabled, reload configuration files
9845 correctly even when %include was used. Previously we would crash.
9846 Fixes bug 22605; bugfix on 0.3.1. Patch from Daniel Pinto.
9848 o Minor bugfixes (Linux seccomp2 sandbox, backport from 0.3.4.1-alpha):
9849 - Allow the nanosleep() system call, which glibc uses to implement
9850 sleep() and usleep(). Fixes bug 24969; bugfix on 0.2.5.1-alpha.
9852 o Minor bugfixes (logging):
9853 - Fix a (mostly harmless) race condition when invoking
9854 LOG_PROTOCOL_WARN message from a subthread while the torrc options
9855 are changing. Fixes bug 23954; bugfix on 0.1.1.9-alpha.
9857 o Minor bugfixes (man page, SocksPort):
9858 - Remove dead code from the old "SocksSocket" option, and rename
9859 SocksSocketsGroupWritable to UnixSocksGroupWritable. The old
9860 option still works, but is deprecated. Fixes bug 24343; bugfix
9863 o Minor bugfixes (memory leaks):
9864 - Avoid possible at-exit memory leaks related to use of Libevent's
9865 event_base_once() function. (This function tends to leak memory if
9866 the event_base is closed before the event fires.) Fixes bug 24584;
9867 bugfix on 0.2.8.1-alpha.
9868 - Fix a harmless memory leak in tor-resolve. Fixes bug 24582; bugfix
9871 o Minor bugfixes (network IPv6 test):
9872 - Tor's test scripts now check if "ping -6 ::1" works when the user
9873 runs "make test-network-all". Fixes bug 24677; bugfix on
9874 0.2.9.3-alpha. Patch by "ffmancera".
9876 o Minor bugfixes (networking):
9877 - string_is_valid_hostname() will not consider IP strings to be
9878 valid hostnames. Fixes bug 25055; bugfix on Tor 0.2.5.5.
9880 o Minor bugfixes (onion service v3):
9881 - Avoid an assertion failure when the next onion service descriptor
9882 rotation type is out of sync with the consensus's valid-after
9883 time. Instead, log a warning message with extra information, so we
9884 can better hunt down the cause of this assertion. Fixes bug 25306;
9885 bugfix on 0.3.2.1-alpha.
9887 o Minor bugfixes (onion service, backport from 0.3.4.1-alpha):
9888 - Fix a memory leak when a v3 onion service is configured and gets a
9889 SIGHUP signal. Fixes bug 25901; bugfix on 0.3.2.1-alpha.
9890 - When parsing the descriptor signature, look for the token plus an
9891 extra white-space at the end. This is more correct but also will
9892 allow us to support new fields that might start with "signature".
9893 Fixes bug 26069; bugfix on 0.3.0.1-alpha.
9895 o Minor bugfixes (onion services):
9896 - If we are configured to offer a single onion service, don't log
9897 long-term established one hop rendezvous points in the heartbeat.
9898 Fixes bug 25116; bugfix on 0.2.9.6-rc.
9900 o Minor bugfixes (performance):
9901 - Reduce the number of circuits that will be opened at once during
9902 the circuit build timeout phase. This is done by increasing the
9903 idle timeout to 3 minutes, and lowering the maximum number of
9904 concurrent learning circuits to 10. Fixes bug 24769; bugfix
9906 - Avoid calling protocol_list_supports_protocol() from inside tight
9907 loops when running with cached routerinfo_t objects. Instead,
9908 summarize the relevant protocols as flags in the routerinfo_t, as
9909 we do for routerstatus_t objects. This change simplifies our code
9910 a little, and saves a large amount of short-term memory allocation
9911 operations. Fixes bug 25008; bugfix on 0.2.9.4-alpha.
9913 o Minor bugfixes (performance, timeouts):
9914 - Consider circuits for timeout as soon as they complete a hop. This
9915 is more accurate than applying the timeout in
9916 circuit_expire_building() because that function is only called
9917 once per second, which is now too slow for typical timeouts on the
9918 current network. Fixes bug 23114; bugfix on 0.2.2.2-alpha.
9919 - Use onion service circuits (and other circuits longer than 3 hops)
9920 to calculate a circuit build timeout. Previously, Tor only
9921 calculated its build timeout based on circuits that planned to be
9922 exactly 3 hops long. With this change, we include measurements
9923 from all circuits at the point where they complete their third
9924 hop. Fixes bug 23100; bugfix on 0.2.2.2-alpha.
9926 o Minor bugfixes (relay, crash, backport from 0.3.4.1-alpha):
9927 - Avoid a crash when running with DirPort set but ORPort turned off.
9928 Fixes a case of bug 23693; bugfix on 0.3.1.1-alpha.
9930 o Minor bugfixes (Rust FFI):
9931 - Fix a minor memory leak which would happen whenever the C code
9932 would call the Rust implementation of
9933 protover_get_supported_protocols(). This was due to the C version
9934 returning a static string, whereas the Rust version newly allocated
9935 a CString to pass across the FFI boundary. Consequently, the C
9936 code was not expecting to need to free() what it was given. Fixes
9937 bug 25127; bugfix on 0.3.2.1-alpha.
9939 o Minor bugfixes (spelling):
9940 - Use the "misspell" tool to detect and fix typos throughout the
9941 source code. Fixes bug 23650; bugfix on various versions of Tor.
9942 Patch from Deepesh Pathak.
9944 o Minor bugfixes (testing):
9945 - Avoid intermittent test failures due to a test that had relied on
9946 onion service introduction point creation finishing within 5
9947 seconds of real clock time. Fixes bug 25450; bugfix
9949 - Give out Exit flags in bootstrapping networks. Fixes bug 24137;
9950 bugfix on 0.2.3.1-alpha.
9952 o Minor bugfixes (unit test, monotonic time):
9953 - Increase a constant (1msec to 10msec) in the monotonic time test
9954 that makes sure the nsec/usec/msec times read are synchronized.
9955 This change was needed to accommodate slow systems like armel or
9956 when the clock_gettime() is not a VDSO on the running kernel.
9957 Fixes bug 25113; bugfix on 0.2.9.1.
9959 o Code simplification and refactoring:
9960 - Move the list of default directory authorities to its own file.
9961 Closes ticket 24854. Patch by "beastr0".
9962 - Remove the old (deterministic) directory retry logic entirely:
9963 We've used exponential backoff exclusively for some time. Closes
9965 - Remove the unused nodelist_recompute_all_hsdir_indices(). Closes
9967 - Remove a series of counters used to track circuit extend attempts
9968 and connection status but that in reality we aren't using for
9969 anything other than stats logged by a SIGUSR1 signal. Closes
9971 - Remove /usr/athena from search path in configure.ac. Closes
9973 - Remove duplicate code in node_has_curve25519_onion_key() and
9974 node_get_curve25519_onion_key(), and add a check for a zero
9975 microdesc curve25519 onion key. Closes ticket 23966, patch by
9976 "aruna1234" and teor.
9977 - Rewrite channel_rsa_id_group_set_badness to reduce temporary
9978 memory allocations with large numbers of OR connections (e.g.
9979 relays). Closes ticket 24119.
9980 - Separate the function that deletes ephemeral files when Tor
9982 - Small changes to Tor's buf_t API to make it suitable for use as a
9983 general-purpose safe string constructor. Closes ticket 22342.
9984 - Switch -Wnormalized=id to -Wnormalized=nfkc in configure.ac to
9985 avoid source code identifier confusion. Closes ticket 24467.
9986 - The tor_git_revision[] constant no longer needs to be redeclared
9987 by everything that links against the rest of Tor. Done as part of
9988 ticket 23845, to simplify our external API.
9989 - We make extend_info_from_node() use node_get_curve25519_onion_key()
9990 introduced in ticket 23577 to access the curve25519 public keys
9991 rather than accessing it directly. Closes ticket 23760. Patch by
9993 - Add a function to log channels' scheduler state changes to aid
9994 debugging efforts. Closes ticket 24531.
9997 - Improved the documentation of AccountingStart parameter. Closes
9999 - Update the documentation for "Log" to include the current list of
10000 logging domains. Closes ticket 25378.
10001 - Add documentation on how to build tor with Rust dependencies
10002 without having to be online. Closes ticket 22907; bugfix
10004 - Clarify the behavior of RelayBandwidth{Rate,Burst} with client
10005 traffic. Closes ticket 24318.
10006 - Document that OutboundBindAddress doesn't apply to DNS requests.
10007 Closes ticket 22145. Patch from Aruna Maurya.
10009 o Code simplification and refactoring (channels):
10010 - Remove the incoming and outgoing channel queues. These were never
10011 used, but still took up a step in our fast path.
10012 - The majority of the channel unit tests have been rewritten and the
10013 code coverage has now been raised to 83.6% for channel.c. Closes
10015 - Remove other dead code from the channel subsystem: All together,
10016 this cleanup has removed more than 1500 lines of code overall and
10017 adding very little except for unit test.
10019 o Code simplification and refactoring (circuit rendezvous):
10020 - Split the client-side rendezvous circuit lookup into two
10021 functions: one that returns only established circuits and another
10022 that returns all kinds of circuits. Closes ticket 23459.
10024 o Code simplification and refactoring (controller):
10025 - Make most of the variables in networkstatus_getinfo_by_purpose()
10026 const. Implements ticket 24489.
10028 o Documentation (backport from 0.3.4.1-alpha):
10029 - Correct an IPv6 error in the documentation for ExitPolicy. Closes
10030 ticket 25857. Patch from "CTassisF".
10032 o Documentation (man page):
10033 - The HiddenServiceVersion torrc option accepts only one number:
10034 either version 2 or 3. Closes ticket 25026; bugfix
10037 o Documentation (manpage, denial of service):
10038 - Provide more detail about the denial-of-service options, by
10039 listing each mitigation and explaining how they relate. Closes
10043 Changes in version 0.3.1.10 - 2018-03-03
10044 Tor 0.3.1.10 backports a number of bugfixes, including important fixes for
10047 It includes an important security fix for a remote crash attack
10048 against directory authorities, tracked as TROVE-2018-001.
10050 This release also backports our new system for improved resistance to
10051 denial-of-service attacks against relays.
10053 This release also fixes several minor bugs and annoyances from
10056 All directory authorities should upgrade to one of the versions
10057 released today. Relays running 0.3.1.x may wish to update to one of
10058 the versions released today, for the DoS mitigations.
10060 Please note: according to our release calendar, Tor 0.3.1 will no
10061 longer be supported after 1 July 2018. If you will be running Tor
10062 after that date, you should make sure to plan to upgrade to the latest
10063 stable version, or downgrade to 0.2.9 (which will receive long-term
10066 o Major bugfixes (denial-of-service, directory authority, backport from 0.3.3.3-alpha):
10067 - Fix a protocol-list handling bug that could be used to remotely crash
10068 directory authorities with a null-pointer exception. Fixes bug 25074;
10069 bugfix on 0.2.9.4-alpha. Also tracked as TROVE-2018-001 and
10072 o Major features (denial-of-service mitigation, backport from 0.3.3.2-alpha):
10073 - Give relays some defenses against the recent network overload. We
10074 start with three defenses (default parameters in parentheses).
10075 First: if a single client address makes too many concurrent
10076 connections (>100), hang up on further connections. Second: if a
10077 single client address makes circuits too quickly (more than 3 per
10078 second, with an allowed burst of 90) while also having too many
10079 connections open (3), refuse new create cells for the next while
10080 (1-2 hours). Third: if a client asks to establish a rendezvous
10081 point to you directly, ignore the request. These defenses can be
10082 manually controlled by new torrc options, but relays will also
10083 take guidance from consensus parameters, so there's no need to
10084 configure anything manually. Implements ticket 24902.
10086 o Minor features (linux seccomp2 sandbox, backport from 0.3.2.5-alpha):
10087 - Update the sandbox rules so that they should now work correctly
10088 with Glibc 2.26. Closes ticket 24315.
10090 o Major bugfixes (onion services, retry behavior, backport from 0.3.3.1-alpha):
10091 - Fix an "off by 2" error in counting rendezvous failures on the
10092 onion service side. While we thought we would stop the rendezvous
10093 attempt after one failed circuit, we were actually making three
10094 circuit attempts before giving up. Now switch to a default of 2,
10095 and allow the consensus parameter "hs_service_max_rdv_failures" to
10096 override. Fixes bug 24895; bugfix on 0.0.6.
10098 o Major bugfixes (protocol versions, backport from 0.3.3.2-alpha):
10099 - Add Link protocol version 5 to the supported protocols list. Fixes
10100 bug 25070; bugfix on 0.3.1.1-alpha.
10102 o Major bugfixes (relay, backport from 0.3.3.1-alpha):
10103 - Fix a set of false positives where relays would consider
10104 connections to other relays as being client-only connections (and
10105 thus e.g. deserving different link padding schemes) if those
10106 relays fell out of the consensus briefly. Now we look only at the
10107 initial handshake and whether the connection authenticated as a
10108 relay. Fixes bug 24898; bugfix on 0.3.1.1-alpha.
10110 o Minor features (denial-of-service avoidance, backport from 0.3.3.2-alpha):
10111 - Make our OOM handler aware of the geoip client history cache so it
10112 doesn't fill up the memory. This check is important for IPv6 and
10113 our DoS mitigation subsystem. Closes ticket 25122.
10115 o Minor feature (relay statistics, backport from 0.3.2.6-alpha):
10116 - Change relay bandwidth reporting stats interval from 4 hours to 24
10117 hours in order to reduce the efficiency of guard discovery
10118 attacks. Fixes ticket 23856.
10120 o Minor features (compatibility, OpenSSL, backport from 0.3.3.3-alpha):
10121 - Tor will now support TLS1.3 once OpenSSL 1.1.1 is released.
10122 Previous versions of Tor would not have worked with OpenSSL 1.1.1,
10123 since they neither disabled TLS 1.3 nor enabled any of the
10124 ciphersuites it requires. Now we enable the TLS 1.3 ciphersuites.
10125 Closes ticket 24978.
10127 o Minor features (fallback directory mirrors, backport from 0.3.2.9):
10128 - The fallback directory list has been re-generated based on the
10129 current status of the network. Tor uses fallback directories to
10130 bootstrap when it doesn't yet have up-to-date directory
10131 information. Closes ticket 24801.
10132 - Make the default DirAuthorityFallbackRate 0.1, so that clients
10133 prefer to bootstrap from fallback directory mirrors. This is a
10134 follow-up to 24679, which removed weights from the default
10135 fallbacks. Implements ticket 24681.
10137 o Minor features (geoip):
10138 - Update geoip and geoip6 to the February 7 2018 Maxmind GeoLite2
10141 o Minor bugfix (channel connection, backport from 0.3.3.2-alpha):
10142 - Use the actual observed address of an incoming relay connection,
10143 not the canonical address of the relay from its descriptor, when
10144 making decisions about how to handle the incoming connection.
10145 Fixes bug 24952; bugfix on 0.2.4.11-alpha. Patch by "ffmancera".
10147 o Minor bugfix (directory authority, backport from 0.3.3.2-alpha):
10148 - Directory authorities, when refusing a descriptor from a rejected
10149 relay, now explicitly tell the relay (in its logs) to set a valid
10150 ContactInfo address and contact the bad-relays@ mailing list.
10151 Fixes bug 25170; bugfix on 0.2.9.1.
10153 o Minor bugfixes (address selection, backport from 0.3.2.9):
10154 - When the fascist_firewall_choose_address_ functions don't find a
10155 reachable address, set the returned address to the null address
10156 and port. This is a precautionary measure, because some callers do
10157 not check the return value. Fixes bug 24736; bugfix
10160 o Major bugfixes (bootstrapping, backport from 0.3.2.5-alpha):
10161 - Fetch descriptors aggressively whenever we lack enough to build
10162 circuits, regardless of how many descriptors we are missing.
10163 Previously, we would delay launching the fetch when we had fewer
10164 than 15 missing descriptors, even if some of those descriptors
10165 were blocking circuits from building. Fixes bug 23985; bugfix on
10166 0.1.1.11-alpha. The effects of this bug became worse in
10167 0.3.0.3-alpha, when we began treating missing descriptors from our
10168 primary guards as a reason to delay circuits.
10169 - Don't try fetching microdescriptors from relays that have failed
10170 to deliver them in the past. Fixes bug 23817; bugfix
10173 o Minor bugfixes (compilation, backport from 0.3.2.7-rc):
10174 - Fix a signed/unsigned comparison warning introduced by our fix to
10175 TROVE-2017-009. Fixes bug 24480; bugfix on 0.2.5.16.
10177 o Minor bugfixes (control port, linux seccomp2 sandbox, backport from 0.3.2.5-alpha):
10178 - Avoid a crash when attempting to use the seccomp2 sandbox together
10179 with the OwningControllerProcess feature. Fixes bug 24198; bugfix
10182 o Minor bugfixes (denial-of-service, backport from 0.3.3.3-alpha):
10183 - Fix a possible crash on malformed consensus. If a consensus had
10184 contained an unparseable protocol line, it could have made clients
10185 and relays crash with a null-pointer exception. To exploit this
10186 issue, however, an attacker would need to be able to subvert the
10187 directory authority system. Fixes bug 25251; bugfix on
10188 0.2.9.4-alpha. Also tracked as TROVE-2018-004.
10190 o Minor bugfixes (directory cache, backport from 0.3.2.5-alpha):
10191 - Recover better from empty or corrupt files in the consensus cache
10192 directory. Fixes bug 24099; bugfix on 0.3.1.1-alpha.
10193 - When a consensus diff calculation is only partially successful,
10194 only record the successful parts as having succeeded. Partial
10195 success can happen if (for example) one compression method fails
10196 but the others succeed. Previously we misrecorded all the
10197 calculations as having succeeded, which would later cause a
10198 nonfatal assertion failure. Fixes bug 24086; bugfix
10201 o Minor bugfixes (entry guards, backport from 0.3.2.3-alpha):
10202 - Tor now updates its guard state when it reads a consensus
10203 regardless of whether it's missing descriptors. That makes tor use
10204 its primary guards to fetch descriptors in some edge cases where
10205 it would previously have used fallback directories. Fixes bug
10206 23862; bugfix on 0.3.0.1-alpha.
10208 o Minor bugfixes (logging, backport from 0.3.3.2-alpha):
10209 - Don't treat inability to store a cached consensus object as a bug:
10210 it can happen normally when we are out of disk space. Fixes bug
10211 24859; bugfix on 0.3.1.1-alpha.
10213 o Minor bugfixes (memory usage, backport from 0.3.2.8-rc):
10214 - When queuing DESTROY cells on a channel, only queue the circuit-id
10215 and reason fields: not the entire 514-byte cell. This fix should
10216 help mitigate any bugs or attacks that fill up these queues, and
10217 free more RAM for other uses. Fixes bug 24666; bugfix
10220 o Minor bugfixes (network layer, backport from 0.3.2.5-alpha):
10221 - When closing a connection via close_connection_immediately(), we
10222 mark it as "not blocked on bandwidth", to prevent later calls from
10223 trying to unblock it, and give it permission to read. This fixes a
10224 backtrace warning that can happen on relays under various
10225 circumstances. Fixes bug 24167; bugfix on 0.1.0.1-rc.
10227 o Minor bugfixes (path selection, backport from 0.3.2.4-alpha):
10228 - When selecting relays by bandwidth, avoid a rounding error that
10229 could sometimes cause load to be imbalanced incorrectly.
10230 Previously, we would always round upwards; now, we round towards
10231 the nearest integer. This had the biggest effect when a relay's
10232 weight adjustments should have given it weight 0, but it got
10233 weight 1 instead. Fixes bug 23318; bugfix on 0.2.4.3-alpha.
10234 - When calculating the fraction of nodes that have descriptors, and
10235 all nodes in the network have zero bandwidths, count the number of
10236 nodes instead. Fixes bug 23318; bugfix on 0.2.4.10-alpha.
10237 - Actually log the total bandwidth in compute_weighted_bandwidths().
10238 Fixes bug 24170; bugfix on 0.2.4.3-alpha.
10240 o Minor bugfixes (performance, fragile-hardening, backport from 0.3.3.1-alpha):
10241 - Improve the performance of our consensus-diff application code
10242 when Tor is built with the --enable-fragile-hardening option set.
10243 Fixes bug 24826; bugfix on 0.3.1.1-alpha.
10245 o Minor bugfixes (OSX, backport from 0.3.3.1-alpha):
10246 - Don't exit the Tor process if setrlimit() fails to change the file
10247 limit (which can happen sometimes on some versions of OSX). Fixes
10248 bug 21074; bugfix on 0.0.9pre5.
10250 o Minor bugfixes (portability, msvc, backport from 0.3.2.9):
10251 - Fix a bug in the bit-counting parts of our timing-wheel code on
10252 MSVC. (Note that MSVC is still not a supported build platform, due
10253 to cyptographic timing channel risks.) Fixes bug 24633; bugfix
10256 o Minor bugfixes (relay, partial backport):
10257 - Make the internal channel_is_client() function look at what sort
10258 of connection handshake the other side used, rather than whether
10259 the other side ever sent a create_fast cell to us. Backports part
10260 of the fixes from bugs 22805 and 24898.
10262 o Minor bugfixes (spec conformance, backport from 0.3.3.3-alpha):
10263 - Forbid "-0" as a protocol version. Fixes part of bug 25249; bugfix on
10265 - Forbid UINT32_MAX as a protocol version. Fixes part of bug 25249;
10266 bugfix on 0.2.9.4-alpha.
10268 o Code simplification and refactoring (backport from 0.3.3.3-alpha):
10269 - Update the "rust dependencies" submodule to be a project-level
10270 repository, rather than a user repository. Closes ticket 25323.
10273 Changes in version 0.2.9.15 - 2018-03-03
10274 Tor 0.2.9.15 backports important security and stability bugfixes from
10275 later Tor releases.
10277 It includes an important security fix for a remote crash attack
10278 against directory authorities, tracked as TROVE-2018-001.
10280 This release also backports our new system for improved resistance to
10281 denial-of-service attacks against relays.
10283 This release also fixes several minor bugs and annoyances from
10286 All directory authorities should upgrade to one of the versions
10287 released today. Relays running 0.2.9.x may wish to update to one of
10288 the versions released today, for the DoS mitigations.
10290 o Major bugfixes (denial-of-service, directory authority, backport from 0.3.3.3-alpha):
10291 - Fix a protocol-list handling bug that could be used to remotely crash
10292 directory authorities with a null-pointer exception. Fixes bug 25074;
10293 bugfix on 0.2.9.4-alpha. Also tracked as TROVE-2018-001 and
10296 o Major features (denial-of-service mitigation):
10297 - Give relays some defenses against the recent network overload. We
10298 start with three defenses (default parameters in parentheses).
10299 First: if a single client address makes too many concurrent
10300 connections (>100), hang up on further connections. Second: if a
10301 single client address makes circuits too quickly (more than 3 per
10302 second, with an allowed burst of 90) while also having too many
10303 connections open (3), refuse new create cells for the next while
10304 (1-2 hours). Third: if a client asks to establish a rendezvous
10305 point to you directly, ignore the request. These defenses can be
10306 manually controlled by new torrc options, but relays will also
10307 take guidance from consensus parameters, so there's no need to
10308 configure anything manually. Implements ticket 24902.
10310 o Major bugfixes (bootstrapping):
10311 - Fetch descriptors aggressively whenever we lack enough to build
10312 circuits, regardless of how many descriptors we are missing.
10313 Previously, we would delay launching the fetch when we had fewer
10314 than 15 missing descriptors, even if some of those descriptors
10315 were blocking circuits from building. Fixes bug 23985; bugfix on
10316 0.1.1.11-alpha. The effects of this bug became worse in
10317 0.3.0.3-alpha, when we began treating missing descriptors from our
10318 primary guards as a reason to delay circuits.
10320 o Major bugfixes (onion services, retry behavior):
10321 - Fix an "off by 2" error in counting rendezvous failures on the
10322 onion service side. While we thought we would stop the rendezvous
10323 attempt after one failed circuit, we were actually making three
10324 circuit attempts before giving up. Now switch to a default of 2,
10325 and allow the consensus parameter "hs_service_max_rdv_failures" to
10326 override. Fixes bug 24895; bugfix on 0.0.6.
10328 o Minor feature (relay statistics):
10329 - Change relay bandwidth reporting stats interval from 4 hours to 24
10330 hours in order to reduce the efficiency of guard discovery
10331 attacks. Fixes ticket 23856.
10333 o Minor features (compatibility, OpenSSL):
10334 - Tor will now support TLS1.3 once OpenSSL 1.1.1 is released.
10335 Previous versions of Tor would not have worked with OpenSSL 1.1.1,
10336 since they neither disabled TLS 1.3 nor enabled any of the
10337 ciphersuites it requires. Now we enable the TLS 1.3 ciphersuites.
10338 Closes ticket 24978.
10340 o Minor features (denial-of-service avoidance):
10341 - Make our OOM handler aware of the geoip client history cache so it
10342 doesn't fill up the memory. This check is important for IPv6 and
10343 our DoS mitigation subsystem. Closes ticket 25122.
10345 o Minor features (fallback directory mirrors):
10346 - The fallback directory list has been re-generated based on the
10347 current status of the network. Tor uses fallback directories to
10348 bootstrap when it doesn't yet have up-to-date directory
10349 information. Closes ticket 24801.
10350 - Make the default DirAuthorityFallbackRate 0.1, so that clients
10351 prefer to bootstrap from fallback directory mirrors. This is a
10352 follow-up to 24679, which removed weights from the default
10353 fallbacks. Implements ticket 24681.
10355 o Minor features (geoip):
10356 - Update geoip and geoip6 to the February 7 2018 Maxmind GeoLite2
10359 o Minor features (linux seccomp2 sandbox):
10360 - Update the sandbox rules so that they should now work correctly
10361 with Glibc 2.26. Closes ticket 24315.
10363 o Minor bugfix (channel connection):
10364 - Use the actual observed address of an incoming relay connection,
10365 not the canonical address of the relay from its descriptor, when
10366 making decisions about how to handle the incoming connection.
10367 Fixes bug 24952; bugfix on 0.2.4.11-alpha. Patch by "ffmancera".
10369 o Minor bugfix (directory authority):
10370 - Directory authorities, when refusing a descriptor from a rejected
10371 relay, now explicitly tell the relay (in its logs) to set a valid
10372 ContactInfo address and contact the bad-relays@ mailing list.
10373 Fixes bug 25170; bugfix on 0.2.9.1.
10375 o Minor bugfixes (address selection):
10376 - When the fascist_firewall_choose_address_ functions don't find a
10377 reachable address, set the returned address to the null address
10378 and port. This is a precautionary measure, because some callers do
10379 not check the return value. Fixes bug 24736; bugfix
10382 o Minor bugfixes (compilation):
10383 - Fix a signed/unsigned comparison warning introduced by our fix to
10384 TROVE-2017-009. Fixes bug 24480; bugfix on 0.2.5.16.
10386 o Minor bugfixes (control port, linux seccomp2 sandbox):
10387 - Avoid a crash when attempting to use the seccomp2 sandbox together
10388 with the OwningControllerProcess feature. Fixes bug 24198; bugfix
10391 o Minor bugfixes (denial-of-service, backport from 0.3.3.3-alpha):
10392 - Fix a possible crash on malformed consensus. If a consensus had
10393 contained an unparseable protocol line, it could have made clients
10394 and relays crash with a null-pointer exception. To exploit this
10395 issue, however, an attacker would need to be able to subvert the
10396 directory authority system. Fixes bug 25251; bugfix on
10397 0.2.9.4-alpha. Also tracked as TROVE-2018-004.
10399 o Minor bugfixes (memory usage):
10400 - When queuing DESTROY cells on a channel, only queue the circuit-id
10401 and reason fields: not the entire 514-byte cell. This fix should
10402 help mitigate any bugs or attacks that fill up these queues, and
10403 free more RAM for other uses. Fixes bug 24666; bugfix
10406 o Minor bugfixes (network layer):
10407 - When closing a connection via close_connection_immediately(), we
10408 mark it as "not blocked on bandwidth", to prevent later calls from
10409 trying to unblock it, and give it permission to read. This fixes a
10410 backtrace warning that can happen on relays under various
10411 circumstances. Fixes bug 24167; bugfix on 0.1.0.1-rc.
10413 o Minor bugfixes (OSX):
10414 - Don't exit the Tor process if setrlimit() fails to change the file
10415 limit (which can happen sometimes on some versions of OSX). Fixes
10416 bug 21074; bugfix on 0.0.9pre5.
10418 o Minor bugfixes (path selection):
10419 - When selecting relays by bandwidth, avoid a rounding error that
10420 could sometimes cause load to be imbalanced incorrectly.
10421 Previously, we would always round upwards; now, we round towards
10422 the nearest integer. This had the biggest effect when a relay's
10423 weight adjustments should have given it weight 0, but it got
10424 weight 1 instead. Fixes bug 23318; bugfix on 0.2.4.3-alpha.
10425 - When calculating the fraction of nodes that have descriptors, and
10426 all nodes in the network have zero bandwidths, count the number of
10427 nodes instead. Fixes bug 23318; bugfix on 0.2.4.10-alpha.
10428 - Actually log the total bandwidth in compute_weighted_bandwidths().
10429 Fixes bug 24170; bugfix on 0.2.4.3-alpha.
10431 o Minor bugfixes (portability, msvc):
10432 - Fix a bug in the bit-counting parts of our timing-wheel code on
10433 MSVC. (Note that MSVC is still not a supported build platform, due
10434 to cryptographic timing channel risks.) Fixes bug 24633; bugfix
10437 o Minor bugfixes (relay):
10438 - Make the internal channel_is_client() function look at what sort
10439 of connection handshake the other side used, rather than whether
10440 the other side ever sent a create_fast cell to us. Backports part
10441 of the fixes from bugs 22805 and 24898.
10443 o Minor bugfixes (spec conformance, backport from 0.3.3.3-alpha):
10444 - Forbid "-0" as a protocol version. Fixes part of bug 25249; bugfix on
10446 - Forbid UINT32_MAX as a protocol version. Fixes part of bug 25249;
10447 bugfix on 0.2.9.4-alpha.
10450 Changes in version 0.3.2.10 - 2018-03-03
10451 Tor 0.3.2.10 is the second stable release in the 0.3.2 series. It
10452 backports a number of bugfixes, including important fixes for security
10455 It includes an important security fix for a remote crash attack
10456 against directory authorities, tracked as TROVE-2018-001.
10458 Additionally, it backports a fix for a bug whose severity we have
10459 upgraded: Bug 24700, which was fixed in 0.3.3.2-alpha, can be remotely
10460 triggered in order to crash relays with a use-after-free pattern. As
10461 such, we are now tracking that bug as TROVE-2018-002 and
10462 CVE-2018-0491, and backporting it to earlier releases. This bug
10463 affected versions 0.3.2.1-alpha through 0.3.2.9, as well as version
10466 This release also backports our new system for improved resistance to
10467 denial-of-service attacks against relays.
10469 This release also fixes several minor bugs and annoyances from
10472 Relays running 0.3.2.x SHOULD upgrade to one of the versions released
10473 today, for the fix to TROVE-2018-002. Directory authorities should
10474 also upgrade. (Relays on earlier versions might want to update too for
10475 the DoS mitigations.)
10477 o Major bugfixes (denial-of-service, directory authority, backport from 0.3.3.3-alpha):
10478 - Fix a protocol-list handling bug that could be used to remotely crash
10479 directory authorities with a null-pointer exception. Fixes bug 25074;
10480 bugfix on 0.2.9.4-alpha. Also tracked as TROVE-2018-001 and
10483 o Major bugfixes (scheduler, KIST, denial-of-service, backport from 0.3.3.2-alpha):
10484 - Avoid adding the same channel twice in the KIST scheduler pending
10485 list, which could lead to remote denial-of-service use-after-free
10486 attacks against relays. Fixes bug 24700; bugfix on 0.3.2.1-alpha.
10488 o Major features (denial-of-service mitigation, backport from 0.3.3.2-alpha):
10489 - Give relays some defenses against the recent network overload. We
10490 start with three defenses (default parameters in parentheses).
10491 First: if a single client address makes too many concurrent
10492 connections (>100), hang up on further connections. Second: if a
10493 single client address makes circuits too quickly (more than 3 per
10494 second, with an allowed burst of 90) while also having too many
10495 connections open (3), refuse new create cells for the next while
10496 (1-2 hours). Third: if a client asks to establish a rendezvous
10497 point to you directly, ignore the request. These defenses can be
10498 manually controlled by new torrc options, but relays will also
10499 take guidance from consensus parameters, so there's no need to
10500 configure anything manually. Implements ticket 24902.
10502 o Major bugfixes (onion services, retry behavior, backport from 0.3.3.1-alpha):
10503 - Fix an "off by 2" error in counting rendezvous failures on the
10504 onion service side. While we thought we would stop the rendezvous
10505 attempt after one failed circuit, we were actually making three
10506 circuit attempts before giving up. Now switch to a default of 2,
10507 and allow the consensus parameter "hs_service_max_rdv_failures" to
10508 override. Fixes bug 24895; bugfix on 0.0.6.
10509 - New-style (v3) onion services now obey the "max rendezvous circuit
10510 attempts" logic. Previously they would make as many rendezvous
10511 circuit attempts as they could fit in the MAX_REND_TIMEOUT second
10512 window before giving up. Fixes bug 24894; bugfix on 0.3.2.1-alpha.
10514 o Major bugfixes (protocol versions, backport from 0.3.3.2-alpha):
10515 - Add Link protocol version 5 to the supported protocols list. Fixes
10516 bug 25070; bugfix on 0.3.1.1-alpha.
10518 o Major bugfixes (relay, backport from 0.3.3.1-alpha):
10519 - Fix a set of false positives where relays would consider
10520 connections to other relays as being client-only connections (and
10521 thus e.g. deserving different link padding schemes) if those
10522 relays fell out of the consensus briefly. Now we look only at the
10523 initial handshake and whether the connection authenticated as a
10524 relay. Fixes bug 24898; bugfix on 0.3.1.1-alpha.
10526 o Major bugfixes (scheduler, consensus, backport from 0.3.3.2-alpha):
10527 - The scheduler subsystem was failing to promptly notice changes in
10528 consensus parameters, making it harder to switch schedulers
10529 network-wide. Fixes bug 24975; bugfix on 0.3.2.1-alpha.
10531 o Minor features (denial-of-service avoidance, backport from 0.3.3.2-alpha):
10532 - Make our OOM handler aware of the geoip client history cache so it
10533 doesn't fill up the memory. This check is important for IPv6 and
10534 our DoS mitigation subsystem. Closes ticket 25122.
10536 o Minor features (compatibility, OpenSSL, backport from 0.3.3.3-alpha):
10537 - Tor will now support TLS1.3 once OpenSSL 1.1.1 is released.
10538 Previous versions of Tor would not have worked with OpenSSL 1.1.1,
10539 since they neither disabled TLS 1.3 nor enabled any of the
10540 ciphersuites it requires. Now we enable the TLS 1.3 ciphersuites.
10541 Closes ticket 24978.
10543 o Minor features (geoip):
10544 - Update geoip and geoip6 to the February 7 2018 Maxmind GeoLite2
10547 o Minor features (logging, diagnostic, backport from 0.3.3.2-alpha):
10548 - When logging a failure to create an onion service's descriptor,
10549 also log what the problem with the descriptor was. Diagnostic
10552 o Minor bugfix (channel connection, backport from 0.3.3.2-alpha):
10553 - Use the actual observed address of an incoming relay connection,
10554 not the canonical address of the relay from its descriptor, when
10555 making decisions about how to handle the incoming connection.
10556 Fixes bug 24952; bugfix on 0.2.4.11-alpha. Patch by "ffmancera".
10558 o Minor bugfixes (denial-of-service, backport from 0.3.3.3-alpha):
10559 - Fix a possible crash on malformed consensus. If a consensus had
10560 contained an unparseable protocol line, it could have made clients
10561 and relays crash with a null-pointer exception. To exploit this
10562 issue, however, an attacker would need to be able to subvert the
10563 directory authority system. Fixes bug 25251; bugfix on
10564 0.2.9.4-alpha. Also tracked as TROVE-2018-004.
10566 o Minor bugfix (directory authority, backport from 0.3.3.2-alpha):
10567 - Directory authorities, when refusing a descriptor from a rejected
10568 relay, now explicitly tell the relay (in its logs) to set a valid
10569 ContactInfo address and contact the bad-relays@ mailing list.
10570 Fixes bug 25170; bugfix on 0.2.9.1.
10572 o Minor bugfixes (build, rust, backport from 0.3.3.1-alpha):
10573 - When building with Rust on OSX, link against libresolv, to work
10574 around the issue at https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/46797.
10575 Fixes bug 24652; bugfix on 0.3.1.1-alpha.
10577 o Minor bugfixes (onion services, backport from 0.3.3.2-alpha):
10578 - Remove a BUG() statement when a client fetches an onion descriptor
10579 that has a lower revision counter than the one in its cache. This
10580 can happen in normal circumstances due to HSDir desync. Fixes bug
10581 24976; bugfix on 0.3.2.1-alpha.
10583 o Minor bugfixes (logging, backport from 0.3.3.2-alpha):
10584 - Don't treat inability to store a cached consensus object as a bug:
10585 it can happen normally when we are out of disk space. Fixes bug
10586 24859; bugfix on 0.3.1.1-alpha.
10588 o Minor bugfixes (performance, fragile-hardening, backport from 0.3.3.1-alpha):
10589 - Improve the performance of our consensus-diff application code
10590 when Tor is built with the --enable-fragile-hardening option set.
10591 Fixes bug 24826; bugfix on 0.3.1.1-alpha.
10593 o Minor bugfixes (OSX, backport from 0.3.3.1-alpha):
10594 - Don't exit the Tor process if setrlimit() fails to change the file
10595 limit (which can happen sometimes on some versions of OSX). Fixes
10596 bug 21074; bugfix on 0.0.9pre5.
10598 o Minor bugfixes (spec conformance, backport from 0.3.3.3-alpha):
10599 - Forbid "-0" as a protocol version. Fixes part of bug 25249; bugfix on
10601 - Forbid UINT32_MAX as a protocol version. Fixes part of bug 25249;
10602 bugfix on 0.2.9.4-alpha.
10604 o Minor bugfixes (testing, backport from 0.3.3.1-alpha):
10605 - Fix a memory leak in the scheduler/loop_kist unit test. Fixes bug
10606 25005; bugfix on 0.3.2.7-rc.
10608 o Minor bugfixes (v3 onion services, backport from 0.3.3.2-alpha):
10609 - Look at the "HSRend" protocol version, not the "HSDir" protocol
10610 version, when deciding whether a consensus entry can support the
10611 v3 onion service protocol as a rendezvous point. Fixes bug 25105;
10612 bugfix on 0.3.2.1-alpha.
10614 o Code simplification and refactoring (backport from 0.3.3.3-alpha):
10615 - Update the "rust dependencies" submodule to be a project-level
10616 repository, rather than a user repository. Closes ticket 25323.
10618 o Documentation (backport from 0.3.3.1-alpha)
10619 - Document that operators who run more than one relay or bridge are
10620 expected to set MyFamily and ContactInfo correctly. Closes
10624 Changes in version 0.3.2.9 - 2018-01-09
10625 Tor 0.3.2.9 is the first stable release in the 0.3.2 series.
10627 The 0.3.2 series includes our long-anticipated new onion service
10628 design, with numerous security features. (For more information, see
10629 our blog post at https://blog.torproject.org/fall-harvest.) We also
10630 have a new circuit scheduler algorithm for improved performance on
10631 relays everywhere (see https://blog.torproject.org/kist-and-tell),
10632 along with many smaller features and bugfixes.
10634 Per our stable release policy, we plan to support each stable release
10635 series for at least the next nine months, or for three months after
10636 the first stable release of the next series: whichever is longer. If
10637 you need a release with long-term support, we recommend that you stay
10638 with the 0.2.9 series.
10640 Below is a list of the changes since 0.3.1.7. For a list of all
10641 changes since 0.3.2.8-rc, see the ChangeLog file.
10643 o Directory authority changes:
10644 - Add "Bastet" as a ninth directory authority to the default list.
10645 Closes ticket 23910.
10646 - The directory authority "Longclaw" has changed its IP address.
10647 Closes ticket 23592.
10648 - Remove longclaw's IPv6 address, as it will soon change. Authority
10649 IPv6 addresses were originally added in 0.2.8.1-alpha. This leaves
10650 3/8 directory authorities with IPv6 addresses, but there are also
10651 52 fallback directory mirrors with IPv6 addresses. Resolves 19760.
10652 - Add an IPv6 address for the "bastet" directory authority. Closes
10655 o Major features (next-generation onion services):
10656 - Tor now supports the next-generation onion services protocol for
10657 clients and services! As part of this release, the core of
10658 proposal 224 has been implemented and is available for
10659 experimentation and testing by our users. This newer version of
10660 onion services ("v3") features many improvements over the legacy
10663 a) Better crypto (replaced SHA1/DH/RSA1024
10664 with SHA3/ed25519/curve25519)
10666 b) Improved directory protocol, leaking much less information to
10669 c) Improved directory protocol, with smaller surface for
10672 d) Better onion address security against impersonation.
10674 e) More extensible introduction/rendezvous protocol.
10676 f) A cleaner and more modular codebase.
10678 You can identify a next-generation onion address by its length:
10679 they are 56 characters long, as in
10680 "4acth47i6kxnvkewtm6q7ib2s3ufpo5sqbsnzjpbi7utijcltosqemad.onion".
10682 In the future, we will release more options and features for v3
10683 onion services, but we first need a testing period, so that the
10684 current codebase matures and becomes more robust. Planned features
10685 include: offline keys, advanced client authorization, improved
10686 guard algorithms, and statistics. For full details, see
10689 Legacy ("v2") onion services will still work for the foreseeable
10690 future, and will remain the default until this new codebase gets
10691 tested and hardened. Service operators who want to experiment with
10692 the new system can use the 'HiddenServiceVersion 3' torrc
10693 directive along with the regular onion service configuration
10694 options. For more information, see our blog post at
10695 "https://blog.torproject.org/fall-harvest". Enjoy!
10697 o Major feature (scheduler, channel):
10698 - Tor now uses new schedulers to decide which circuits should
10699 deliver cells first, in order to improve congestion at relays. The
10700 first type is called "KIST" ("Kernel Informed Socket Transport"),
10701 and is only available on Linux-like systems: it uses feedback from
10702 the kernel to prevent the kernel's TCP buffers from growing too
10703 full. The second new scheduler type is called "KISTLite": it
10704 behaves the same as KIST, but runs on systems without kernel
10705 support for inspecting TCP implementation details. The old
10706 scheduler is still available, under the name "Vanilla". To change
10707 the default scheduler preference order, use the new "Schedulers"
10708 option. (The default preference order is "KIST,KISTLite,Vanilla".)
10710 Matt Traudt implemented KIST, based on research by Rob Jansen,
10711 John Geddes, Christ Wacek, Micah Sherr, and Paul Syverson. For
10712 more information, see the design paper at
10713 http://www.robgjansen.com/publications/kist-sec2014.pdf and the
10714 followup implementation paper at https://arxiv.org/abs/1709.01044.
10715 Closes ticket 12541. For more information, see our blog post at
10716 "https://blog.torproject.org/kist-and-tell".
10718 o Major bugfixes (security, general):
10719 - Fix a denial of service bug where an attacker could use a
10720 malformed directory object to cause a Tor instance to pause while
10721 OpenSSL would try to read a passphrase from the terminal. (Tor
10722 instances run without a terminal, which is the case for most Tor
10723 packages, are not impacted.) Fixes bug 24246; bugfix on every
10724 version of Tor. Also tracked as TROVE-2017-011 and CVE-2017-8821.
10725 Found by OSS-Fuzz as testcase 6360145429790720.
10727 o Major bugfixes (security, directory authority):
10728 - Fix a denial of service issue where an attacker could crash a
10729 directory authority using a malformed router descriptor. Fixes bug
10730 24245; bugfix on 0.2.9.4-alpha. Also tracked as TROVE-2017-010
10733 o Major bugfixes (security, onion service v2):
10734 - Fix a use-after-free error that could crash v2 Tor onion services
10735 when they failed to open circuits while expiring introduction
10736 points. Fixes bug 24313; bugfix on 0.2.7.2-alpha. This issue is
10737 also tracked as TROVE-2017-013 and CVE-2017-8823.
10738 - When checking for replays in the INTRODUCE1 cell data for a
10739 (legacy) onion service, correctly detect replays in the RSA-
10740 encrypted part of the cell. We were previously checking for
10741 replays on the entire cell, but those can be circumvented due to
10742 the malleability of Tor's legacy hybrid encryption. This fix helps
10743 prevent a traffic confirmation attack. Fixes bug 24244; bugfix on
10744 0.2.4.1-alpha. This issue is also tracked as TROVE-2017-009
10747 o Major bugfixes (security, relay):
10748 - When running as a relay, make sure that we never build a path
10749 through ourselves, even in the case where we have somehow lost the
10750 version of our descriptor appearing in the consensus. Fixes part
10751 of bug 21534; bugfix on 0.2.0.1-alpha. This issue is also tracked
10752 as TROVE-2017-012 and CVE-2017-8822.
10753 - When running as a relay, make sure that we never choose ourselves
10754 as a guard. Fixes part of bug 21534; bugfix on 0.3.0.1-alpha. This
10755 issue is also tracked as TROVE-2017-012 and CVE-2017-8822.
10757 o Major bugfixes (bootstrapping):
10758 - Fetch descriptors aggressively whenever we lack enough to build
10759 circuits, regardless of how many descriptors we are missing.
10760 Previously, we would delay launching the fetch when we had fewer
10761 than 15 missing descriptors, even if some of those descriptors
10762 were blocking circuits from building. Fixes bug 23985; bugfix on
10763 0.1.1.11-alpha. The effects of this bug became worse in
10764 0.3.0.3-alpha, when we began treating missing descriptors from our
10765 primary guards as a reason to delay circuits.
10766 - Don't try fetching microdescriptors from relays that have failed
10767 to deliver them in the past. Fixes bug 23817; bugfix
10770 o Major bugfixes (circuit prediction):
10771 - Fix circuit prediction logic so that a client doesn't treat a port
10772 as being "handled" by a circuit if that circuit already has
10773 isolation settings on it. This change should make Tor clients more
10774 responsive by improving their chances of having a pre-created
10775 circuit ready for use when a request arrives. Fixes bug 18859;
10776 bugfix on 0.2.3.3-alpha.
10778 o Major bugfixes (exit relays, DNS):
10779 - Fix an issue causing DNS to fail on high-bandwidth exit nodes,
10780 making them nearly unusable. Fixes bugs 21394 and 18580; bugfix on
10781 0.1.2.2-alpha, which introduced eventdns. Thanks to Dhalgren for
10782 identifying and finding a workaround to this bug and to Moritz,
10783 Arthur Edelstein, and Roger for helping to track it down and
10786 o Major bugfixes (relay, crash, assertion failure):
10787 - Fix a timing-based assertion failure that could occur when the
10788 circuit out-of-memory handler freed a connection's output buffer.
10789 Fixes bug 23690; bugfix on 0.2.6.1-alpha.
10791 o Major bugfixes (usability, control port):
10792 - Report trusted clock skew indications as bootstrap errors, so
10793 controllers can more easily alert users when their clocks are
10794 wrong. Fixes bug 23506; bugfix on 0.1.2.6-alpha.
10796 o Minor features (bridge):
10797 - Bridge relays can now set the BridgeDistribution config option to
10798 add a "bridge-distribution-request" line to their bridge
10799 descriptor, which tells BridgeDB how they'd like their bridge
10800 address to be given out. (Note that as of Oct 2017, BridgeDB does
10801 not yet implement this feature.) As a side benefit, this feature
10802 provides a way to distinguish bridge descriptors from non-bridge
10803 descriptors. Implements tickets 18329.
10804 - When handling the USERADDR command on an ExtOrPort, warn when the
10805 transports provides a USERADDR with no port. In a future version,
10806 USERADDR commands of this format may be rejected. Detects problems
10807 related to ticket 23080.
10809 o Minor features (bug detection):
10810 - Log a warning message with a stack trace for any attempt to call
10811 get_options() during option validation. This pattern has caused
10812 subtle bugs in the past. Closes ticket 22281.
10814 o Minor features (build, compilation):
10815 - The "check-changes" feature is now part of the "make check" tests;
10816 we'll use it to try to prevent misformed changes files from
10817 accumulating. Closes ticket 23564.
10818 - Tor builds should now fail if there are any mismatches between the
10819 C type representing a configuration variable and the C type the
10820 data-driven parser uses to store a value there. Previously, we
10821 needed to check these by hand, which sometimes led to mistakes.
10822 Closes ticket 23643.
10824 o Minor features (client):
10825 - You can now use Tor as a tunneled HTTP proxy: use the new
10826 HTTPTunnelPort option to open a port that accepts HTTP CONNECT
10827 requests. Closes ticket 22407.
10828 - Add an extra check to make sure that we always use the newer guard
10829 selection code for picking our guards. Closes ticket 22779.
10830 - When downloading (micro)descriptors, don't split the list into
10831 multiple requests unless we want at least 32 descriptors.
10832 Previously, we split at 4, not 32, which led to significant
10833 overhead in HTTP request size and degradation in compression
10834 performance. Closes ticket 23220.
10835 - Improve log messages when missing descriptors for primary guards.
10836 Resolves ticket 23670.
10838 o Minor features (command line):
10839 - Add a new commandline option, --key-expiration, which prints when
10840 the current signing key is going to expire. Implements ticket
10841 17639; patch by Isis Lovecruft.
10843 o Minor features (control port):
10844 - If an application tries to use the control port as an HTTP proxy,
10845 respond with a meaningful "This is the Tor control port" message,
10846 and log the event. Closes ticket 1667. Patch from Ravi
10848 - Provide better error message for GETINFO desc/(id|name) when not
10849 fetching router descriptors. Closes ticket 5847. Patch by
10851 - Add GETINFO "{desc,md}/download-enabled", to inform the controller
10852 whether Tor will try to download router descriptors and
10853 microdescriptors respectively. Closes ticket 22684.
10854 - Added new GETINFO targets "ip-to-country/{ipv4,ipv6}-available",
10855 so controllers can tell whether the geoip databases are loaded.
10856 Closes ticket 23237.
10857 - Adds a timestamp field to the CIRC_BW and STREAM_BW bandwidth
10858 events. Closes ticket 19254. Patch by "DonnchaC".
10860 o Minor features (development support):
10861 - Developers can now generate a call-graph for Tor using the
10862 "calltool" python program, which post-processes object dumps. It
10863 should work okay on many Linux and OSX platforms, and might work
10864 elsewhere too. To run it, install calltool from
10865 https://gitweb.torproject.org/user/nickm/calltool.git and run
10866 "make callgraph". Closes ticket 19307.
10868 o Minor features (directory authority):
10869 - Make the "Exit" flag assignment only depend on whether the exit
10870 policy allows connections to ports 80 and 443. Previously relays
10871 would get the Exit flag if they allowed connections to one of
10872 these ports and also port 6667. Resolves ticket 23637.
10874 o Minor features (ed25519):
10875 - Add validation function to checks for torsion components in
10876 ed25519 public keys, used by prop224 client-side code. Closes
10877 ticket 22006. Math help by Ian Goldberg.
10879 o Minor features (exit relay, DNS):
10880 - Improve the clarity and safety of the log message from evdns when
10881 receiving an apparently spoofed DNS reply. Closes ticket 3056.
10883 o Minor features (fallback directory mirrors):
10884 - The fallback directory list has been re-generated based on the
10885 current status of the network. Tor uses fallback directories to
10886 bootstrap when it doesn't yet have up-to-date directory
10887 information. Closes ticket 24801.
10888 - Make the default DirAuthorityFallbackRate 0.1, so that clients
10889 prefer to bootstrap from fallback directory mirrors. This is a
10890 follow-up to 24679, which removed weights from the default
10891 fallbacks. Implements ticket 24681.
10893 o Minor features (geoip):
10894 - Update geoip and geoip6 to the January 5 2018 Maxmind GeoLite2
10897 o Minor features (integration, hardening):
10898 - Add a new NoExec option to prevent Tor from running other
10899 programs. When this option is set to 1, Tor will never try to run
10900 another program, regardless of the settings of
10901 PortForwardingHelper, ClientTransportPlugin, or
10902 ServerTransportPlugin. Once NoExec is set, it cannot be disabled
10903 without restarting Tor. Closes ticket 22976.
10905 o Minor features (linux seccomp2 sandbox):
10906 - Update the sandbox rules so that they should now work correctly
10907 with Glibc 2.26. Closes ticket 24315.
10909 o Minor features (logging):
10910 - Provide better warnings when the getrandom() syscall fails. Closes
10912 - Downgrade a pair of log messages that could occur when an exit's
10913 resolver gave us an unusual (but not forbidden) response. Closes
10915 - Improve the message we log when re-enabling circuit build timeouts
10916 after having received a consensus. Closes ticket 20963.
10917 - Log more circuit information whenever we are about to try to
10918 package a relay cell on a circuit with a nonexistent n_chan.
10919 Attempt to diagnose ticket 8185.
10920 - Improve info-level log identification of particular circuits, to
10921 help with debugging. Closes ticket 23645.
10922 - Improve the warning message for specifying a relay by nickname.
10923 The previous message implied that nickname registration was still
10924 part of the Tor network design, which it isn't. Closes
10926 - If the sandbox filter fails to load, suggest to the user that
10927 their kernel might not support seccomp2. Closes ticket 23090.
10929 o Minor features (onion service, circuit, logging):
10930 - Improve logging of many callsite in the circuit subsystem to print
10931 the circuit identifier(s).
10932 - Log when we cleanup an intro point from a service so we know when
10933 and for what reason it happened. Closes ticket 23604.
10935 o Minor features (portability):
10936 - Tor now compiles correctly on arm64 with libseccomp-dev installed.
10937 (It doesn't yet work with the sandbox enabled.) Closes
10939 - Check at configure time whether uint8_t is the same type as
10940 unsigned char. Lots of existing code already makes this
10941 assumption, and there could be strict aliasing issues if the
10942 assumption is violated. Closes ticket 22410.
10944 o Minor features (relay):
10945 - When choosing which circuits can be expired as unused, consider
10946 circuits from clients even if those clients used regular CREATE
10947 cells to make them; and do not consider circuits from relays even
10948 if they were made with CREATE_FAST. Part of ticket 22805.
10949 - Reject attempts to use relative file paths when RunAsDaemon is
10950 set. Previously, Tor would accept these, but the directory-
10951 changing step of RunAsDaemon would give strange and/or confusing
10952 results. Closes ticket 22731.
10954 o Minor features (relay statistics):
10955 - Change relay bandwidth reporting stats interval from 4 hours to 24
10956 hours in order to reduce the efficiency of guard discovery
10957 attacks. Fixes ticket 23856.
10959 o Minor features (reverted deprecations):
10960 - The ClientDNSRejectInternalAddresses flag can once again be set in
10961 non-testing Tor networks, so long as they do not use the default
10962 directory authorities. This change also removes the deprecation of
10963 this flag from 0.2.9.2-alpha. Closes ticket 21031.
10965 o Minor features (robustness):
10966 - Change several fatal assertions when flushing buffers into non-
10967 fatal assertions, to prevent any recurrence of 23690.
10969 o Minor features (startup, safety):
10970 - When configured to write a PID file, Tor now exits if it is unable
10971 to do so. Previously, it would warn and continue. Closes
10974 o Minor features (static analysis):
10975 - The BUG() macro has been changed slightly so that Coverity no
10976 longer complains about dead code if the bug is impossible. Closes
10979 o Minor features (testing):
10980 - Our fuzzing tests now test the encrypted portions of v3 onion
10981 service descriptors. Implements more of 21509.
10982 - Add a unit test to make sure that our own generated platform
10983 string will be accepted by directory authorities. Closes
10985 - The default chutney network tests now include tests for the v3
10986 onion service design. Make sure you have the latest version of
10987 chutney if you want to run these. Closes ticket 22437.
10988 - Add a unit test to verify that we can parse a hardcoded v2 onion
10989 service descriptor. Closes ticket 15554.
10991 o Minor bugfixes (address selection):
10992 - When the fascist_firewall_choose_address_ functions don't find a
10993 reachable address, set the returned address to the null address
10994 and port. This is a precautionary measure, because some callers do
10995 not check the return value. Fixes bug 24736; bugfix
10998 o Minor bugfixes (bootstrapping):
10999 - When warning about state file clock skew, report the correct
11000 direction for the detected skew. Fixes bug 23606; bugfix
11003 o Minor bugfixes (bridge clients, bootstrap):
11004 - Retry directory downloads when we get our first bridge descriptor
11005 during bootstrap or while reconnecting to the network. Keep
11006 retrying every time we get a bridge descriptor, until we have a
11007 reachable bridge. Fixes part of bug 24367; bugfix on 0.2.0.3-alpha.
11008 - Stop delaying bridge descriptor fetches when we have cached bridge
11009 descriptors. Instead, only delay bridge descriptor fetches when we
11010 have at least one reachable bridge. Fixes part of bug 24367;
11011 bugfix on 0.2.0.3-alpha.
11012 - Stop delaying directory fetches when we have cached bridge
11013 descriptors. Instead, only delay bridge descriptor fetches when
11014 all our bridges are definitely unreachable. Fixes part of bug
11015 24367; bugfix on 0.2.0.3-alpha.
11017 o Minor bugfixes (bridge):
11018 - Overwrite the bridge address earlier in the process of retrieving
11019 its descriptor, to make sure we reach it on the configured
11020 address. Fixes bug 20532; bugfix on 0.2.0.10-alpha.
11022 o Minor bugfixes (build, compilation):
11023 - Fix a compilation warning when building with zstd support on
11024 32-bit platforms. Fixes bug 23568; bugfix on 0.3.1.1-alpha. Found
11025 and fixed by Andreas Stieger.
11026 - When searching for OpenSSL, don't accept any OpenSSL library that
11027 lacks TLSv1_1_method(): Tor doesn't build with those versions.
11028 Additionally, look in /usr/local/opt/openssl, if it's present.
11029 These changes together repair the default build on OSX systems
11030 with Homebrew installed. Fixes bug 23602; bugfix on 0.2.7.2-alpha.
11031 - Fix a signed/unsigned comparison warning introduced by our fix to
11032 TROVE-2017-009. Fixes bug 24480; bugfix on 0.2.5.16.
11033 - Fix a memory leak warning in one of the libevent-related
11034 configuration tests that could occur when manually specifying
11035 -fsanitize=address. Fixes bug 24279; bugfix on 0.3.0.2-alpha.
11036 Found and patched by Alex Xu.
11037 - Fix unused-variable warnings in donna's Curve25519 SSE2 code.
11038 Fixes bug 22895; bugfix on 0.2.7.2-alpha.
11040 o Minor bugfixes (certificate handling):
11041 - Fix a time handling bug in Tor certificates set to expire after
11042 the year 2106. Fixes bug 23055; bugfix on 0.3.0.1-alpha. Found by
11043 Coverity as CID 1415728.
11045 o Minor bugfixes (client):
11046 - By default, do not enable storage of client-side DNS values. These
11047 values were unused by default previously, but they should not have
11048 been cached at all. Fixes bug 24050; bugfix on 0.2.6.3-alpha.
11050 o Minor bugfixes (client, usability):
11051 - Refrain from needlessly rejecting SOCKS5-with-hostnames and
11052 SOCKS4a requests that contain IP address strings, even when
11053 SafeSocks in enabled, as this prevents user from connecting to
11054 known IP addresses without relying on DNS for resolving. SafeSocks
11055 still rejects SOCKS connections that connect to IP addresses when
11056 those addresses are _not_ encoded as hostnames. Fixes bug 22461;
11057 bugfix on Tor 0.2.6.2-alpha.
11059 o Minor bugfixes (code correctness):
11060 - Call htons() in extend_cell_format() for encoding a 16-bit value.
11061 Previously we used ntohs(), which happens to behave the same on
11062 all the platforms we support, but which isn't really correct.
11063 Fixes bug 23106; bugfix on 0.2.4.8-alpha.
11064 - For defense-in-depth, make the controller's write_escaped_data()
11065 function robust to extremely long inputs. Fixes bug 19281; bugfix
11066 on 0.1.1.1-alpha. Reported by Guido Vranken.
11067 - Fix several places in our codebase where a C compiler would be
11068 likely to eliminate a check, based on assuming that undefined
11069 behavior had not happened elsewhere in the code. These cases are
11070 usually a sign of redundant checking or dubious arithmetic. Found
11071 by Georg Koppen using the "STACK" tool from Wang, Zeldovich,
11072 Kaashoek, and Solar-Lezama. Fixes bug 24423; bugfix on various
11075 o Minor bugfixes (compression):
11076 - Handle a pathological case when decompressing Zstandard data when
11077 the output buffer size is zero. Fixes bug 23551; bugfix
11080 o Minor bugfixes (consensus expiry):
11081 - Check for adequate directory information correctly. Previously, Tor
11082 would reconsider whether it had sufficient directory information
11083 every 2 minutes. Fixes bug 23091; bugfix on 0.2.0.19-alpha.
11085 o Minor bugfixes (control port, linux seccomp2 sandbox):
11086 - Avoid a crash when attempting to use the seccomp2 sandbox together
11087 with the OwningControllerProcess feature. Fixes bug 24198; bugfix
11090 o Minor bugfixes (control port, onion services):
11091 - Report "FAILED" instead of "UPLOAD_FAILED" "FAILED" for the
11092 HS_DESC event when a service is not able to upload a descriptor.
11093 Fixes bug 24230; bugfix on 0.2.7.1-alpha.
11095 o Minor bugfixes (directory cache):
11096 - Recover better from empty or corrupt files in the consensus cache
11097 directory. Fixes bug 24099; bugfix on 0.3.1.1-alpha.
11098 - When a consensus diff calculation is only partially successful,
11099 only record the successful parts as having succeeded. Partial
11100 success can happen if (for example) one compression method fails
11101 but the others succeed. Previously we misrecorded all the
11102 calculations as having succeeded, which would later cause a
11103 nonfatal assertion failure. Fixes bug 24086; bugfix
11106 o Minor bugfixes (directory client):
11107 - On failure to download directory information, delay retry attempts
11108 by a random amount based on the "decorrelated jitter" algorithm.
11109 Our previous delay algorithm tended to produce extra-long delays
11110 too easily. Fixes bug 23816; bugfix on 0.2.9.1-alpha.
11112 o Minor bugfixes (directory protocol):
11113 - Directory servers now include a "Date:" http header for response
11114 codes other than 200. Clients starting with a skewed clock and a
11115 recent consensus were getting "304 Not modified" responses from
11116 directory authorities, so without the Date header, the client
11117 would never hear about a wrong clock. Fixes bug 23499; bugfix
11119 - Make clients wait for 6 seconds before trying to download a
11120 consensus from an authority. Fixes bug 17750; bugfix
11123 o Minor bugfixes (documentation):
11124 - Document better how to read gcov, and what our gcov postprocessing
11125 scripts do. Fixes bug 23739; bugfix on 0.2.9.1-alpha.
11126 - Fix manpage to not refer to the obsolete (and misspelled)
11127 UseEntryGuardsAsDirectoryGuards parameter in the description of
11128 NumDirectoryGuards. Fixes bug 23611; bugfix on 0.2.4.8-alpha.
11130 o Minor bugfixes (DoS-resistance):
11131 - If future code asks if there are any running bridges, without
11132 checking if bridges are enabled, log a BUG warning rather than
11133 crashing. Fixes bug 23524; bugfix on 0.3.0.1-alpha.
11135 o Minor bugfixes (entry guards):
11136 - Tor now updates its guard state when it reads a consensus
11137 regardless of whether it's missing descriptors. That makes tor use
11138 its primary guards to fetch descriptors in some edge cases where
11139 it would previously have used fallback directories. Fixes bug
11140 23862; bugfix on 0.3.0.1-alpha.
11142 o Minor bugfixes (format strictness):
11143 - Restrict several data formats to decimal. Previously, the
11144 BuildTimeHistogram entries in the state file, the "bw=" entries in
11145 the bandwidth authority file, and the process IDs passed to the
11146 __OwningControllerProcess option could all be specified in hex or
11147 octal as well as in decimal. This was not an intentional feature.
11148 Fixes bug 22802; bugfixes on 0.2.2.1-alpha, 0.2.2.2-alpha,
11151 o Minor bugfixes (heartbeat):
11152 - If we fail to write a heartbeat message, schedule a retry for the
11153 minimum heartbeat interval number of seconds in the future. Fixes
11154 bug 19476; bugfix on 0.2.3.1-alpha.
11156 o Minor bugfixes (logging):
11157 - Suppress a log notice when relay descriptors arrive. We already
11158 have a bootstrap progress for this so no need to log notice
11159 everytime tor receives relay descriptors. Microdescriptors behave
11160 the same. Fixes bug 23861; bugfix on 0.2.8.2-alpha.
11161 - Remove duplicate log messages regarding opening non-local
11162 SocksPorts upon parsing config and opening listeners at startup.
11163 Fixes bug 4019; bugfix on 0.2.3.3-alpha.
11164 - Use a more comprehensible log message when telling the user
11165 they've excluded every running exit node. Fixes bug 7890; bugfix
11167 - When logging the number of descriptors we intend to download per
11168 directory request, do not log a number higher than then the number
11169 of descriptors we're fetching in total. Fixes bug 19648; bugfix
11171 - When warning about a directory owned by the wrong user, log the
11172 actual name of the user owning the directory. Previously, we'd log
11173 the name of the process owner twice. Fixes bug 23487; bugfix
11175 - Fix some messages on unexpected errors from the seccomp2 library.
11176 Fixes bug 22750; bugfix on 0.2.5.1-alpha. Patch from "cypherpunks".
11177 - The tor specification says hop counts are 1-based, so fix two log
11178 messages that mistakenly logged 0-based hop counts. Fixes bug
11179 18982; bugfix on 0.2.6.2-alpha and 0.2.4.5-alpha. Patch by teor.
11180 Credit to Xiaofan Li for reporting this issue.
11182 o Minor bugfixes (logging, relay shutdown, annoyance):
11183 - When a circuit is marked for close, do not attempt to package any
11184 cells for channels on that circuit. Previously, we would detect
11185 this condition lower in the call stack, when we noticed that the
11186 circuit had no attached channel, and log an annoying message.
11187 Fixes bug 8185; bugfix on 0.2.5.4-alpha.
11189 o Minor bugfixes (memory safety, defensive programming):
11190 - Clear the target address when node_get_prim_orport() returns
11191 early. Fixes bug 23874; bugfix on 0.2.8.2-alpha.
11193 o Minor bugfixes (memory usage):
11194 - When queuing DESTROY cells on a channel, only queue the circuit-id
11195 and reason fields: not the entire 514-byte cell. This fix should
11196 help mitigate any bugs or attacks that fill up these queues, and
11197 free more RAM for other uses. Fixes bug 24666; bugfix
11200 o Minor bugfixes (network layer):
11201 - When closing a connection via close_connection_immediately(), we
11202 mark it as "not blocked on bandwidth", to prevent later calls from
11203 trying to unblock it, and give it permission to read. This fixes a
11204 backtrace warning that can happen on relays under various
11205 circumstances. Fixes bug 24167; bugfix on 0.1.0.1-rc.
11207 o Minor bugfixes (onion services):
11208 - The introduction circuit was being timed out too quickly while
11209 waiting for the rendezvous circuit to complete. Keep the intro
11210 circuit around longer instead of timing out and reopening new ones
11211 constantly. Fixes bug 23681; bugfix on 0.2.4.8-alpha.
11212 - Rename the consensus parameter "hsdir-interval" to "hsdir_interval"
11213 so it matches dir-spec.txt. Fixes bug 24262; bugfix
11215 - When handling multiple SOCKS request for the same .onion address,
11216 only fetch the service descriptor once.
11217 - Avoid a possible double close of a circuit by the intro point on
11218 error of sending the INTRO_ESTABLISHED cell. Fixes bug 23610;
11219 bugfix on 0.3.0.1-alpha.
11220 - When reloading configured onion services, copy all information
11221 from the old service object. Previously, some data was omitted,
11222 causing delays in descriptor upload, and other bugs. Fixes bug
11223 23790; bugfix on 0.2.1.9-alpha.
11225 o Minor bugfixes (path selection):
11226 - When selecting relays by bandwidth, avoid a rounding error that
11227 could sometimes cause load to be imbalanced incorrectly.
11228 Previously, we would always round upwards; now, we round towards
11229 the nearest integer. This had the biggest effect when a relay's
11230 weight adjustments should have given it weight 0, but it got
11231 weight 1 instead. Fixes bug 23318; bugfix on 0.2.4.3-alpha.
11232 - When calculating the fraction of nodes that have descriptors, and
11233 all nodes in the network have zero bandwidths, count the number of
11234 nodes instead. Fixes bug 23318; bugfix on 0.2.4.10-alpha.
11235 - Actually log the total bandwidth in compute_weighted_bandwidths().
11236 Fixes bug 24170; bugfix on 0.2.4.3-alpha.
11238 o Minor bugfixes (portability):
11239 - Stop using the PATH_MAX variable, which is not defined on GNU
11240 Hurd. Fixes bug 23098; bugfix on 0.3.1.1-alpha.
11241 - Fix a bug in the bit-counting parts of our timing-wheel code on
11242 MSVC. (Note that MSVC is still not a supported build platform, due
11243 to cryptographic timing channel risks.) Fixes bug 24633; bugfix
11246 o Minor bugfixes (relay):
11247 - When uploading our descriptor for the first time after startup,
11248 report the reason for uploading as "Tor just started" rather than
11249 leaving it blank. Fixes bug 22885; bugfix on 0.2.3.4-alpha.
11250 - Avoid unnecessary calls to directory_fetches_from_authorities() on
11251 relays, to prevent spurious address resolutions and descriptor
11252 rebuilds. This is a mitigation for bug 21789. Fixes bug 23470;
11253 bugfix on in 0.2.8.1-alpha.
11254 - Avoid a crash when transitioning from client mode to bridge mode.
11255 Previously, we would launch the worker threads whenever our
11256 "public server" mode changed, but not when our "server" mode
11257 changed. Fixes bug 23693; bugfix on 0.2.6.3-alpha.
11259 o Minor bugfixes (testing):
11260 - Fix a spurious fuzzing-only use of an uninitialized value. Found
11261 by Brian Carpenter. Fixes bug 24082; bugfix on 0.3.0.3-alpha.
11262 - Test that IPv6-only clients can use microdescriptors when running
11263 "make test-network-all". Requires chutney master 61c28b9 or later.
11264 Closes ticket 24109.
11265 - Prevent scripts/test/coverage from attempting to move gcov output
11266 to the root directory. Fixes bug 23741; bugfix on 0.2.5.1-alpha.
11267 - Capture and detect several "Result does not fit" warnings in unit
11268 tests on platforms with 32-bit time_t. Fixes bug 21800; bugfix
11270 - Fix additional channelpadding unit test failures by using mocked
11271 time instead of actual time for all tests. Fixes bug 23608; bugfix
11273 - Fix a bug in our fuzzing mock replacement for crypto_pk_checksig(),
11274 to correctly handle cases where a caller gives it an RSA key of
11275 under 160 bits. (This is not actually a bug in Tor itself, but
11276 rather in our fuzzing code.) Fixes bug 24247; bugfix on
11277 0.3.0.3-alpha. Found by OSS-Fuzz as issue 4177.
11278 - Fix a broken unit test for the OutboundAddress option: the parsing
11279 function was never returning an error on failure. Fixes bug 23366;
11280 bugfix on 0.3.0.3-alpha.
11281 - Fix a signed-integer overflow in the unit tests for
11282 dir/download_status_random_backoff, which was untriggered until we
11283 fixed bug 17750. Fixes bug 22924; bugfix on 0.2.9.1-alpha.
11285 o Minor bugfixes (usability, control port):
11286 - Stop making an unnecessary routerlist check in NETINFO clock skew
11287 detection; this was preventing clients from reporting NETINFO clock
11288 skew to controllers. Fixes bug 23532; bugfix on 0.2.4.4-alpha.
11290 o Code simplification and refactoring:
11291 - Remove various ways of testing circuits and connections for
11292 "clientness"; instead, favor channel_is_client(). Part of
11294 - Extract the code for handling newly-open channels into a separate
11295 function from the general code to handle channel state
11296 transitions. This change simplifies our callgraph, reducing the
11297 size of the largest strongly connected component by roughly a
11298 factor of two. Closes ticket 22608.
11299 - Remove dead code for largely unused statistics on the number of
11300 times we've attempted various public key operations. Fixes bug
11301 19871; bugfix on 0.1.2.4-alpha. Fix by Isis Lovecruft.
11302 - Remove several now-obsolete functions for asking about old
11303 variants directory authority status. Closes ticket 22311; patch
11305 - Remove some of the code that once supported "Named" and "Unnamed"
11306 routers. Authorities no longer vote for these flags. Closes
11308 - Rename the obsolete malleable hybrid_encrypt functions used in TAP
11309 and old hidden services, to indicate that they aren't suitable for
11310 new protocols or formats. Closes ticket 23026.
11311 - Replace our STRUCT_OFFSET() macro with offsetof(). Closes ticket
11312 22521. Patch from Neel Chauhan.
11313 - Split the enormous circuit_send_next_onion_skin() function into
11314 multiple subfunctions. Closes ticket 22804.
11315 - Split the portions of the buffer.c module that handle particular
11316 protocols into separate modules. Part of ticket 23149.
11317 - Use our test macros more consistently, to produce more useful
11318 error messages when our unit tests fail. Add coccinelle patches to
11319 allow us to re-check for test macro uses. Closes ticket 22497.
11321 o Deprecated features:
11322 - The ReachableDirAddresses and ClientPreferIPv6DirPort options are
11323 now deprecated; they do not apply to relays, and they have had no
11324 effect on clients since 0.2.8.x. Closes ticket 19704.
11325 - Deprecate HTTPProxy/HTTPProxyAuthenticator config options. They
11326 only applies to direct unencrypted HTTP connections to your
11327 directory server, which your Tor probably isn't using. Closes
11331 - Add notes in man page regarding OS support for the various
11332 scheduler types. Attempt to use less jargon in the scheduler
11333 section. Closes ticket 24254.
11334 - Clarify that the Address option is entirely about setting an
11335 advertised IPv4 address. Closes ticket 18891.
11336 - Clarify the manpage's use of the term "address" to clarify what
11337 kind of address is intended. Closes ticket 21405.
11338 - Document that onion service subdomains are allowed, and ignored.
11339 Closes ticket 18736.
11340 - Clarify in the manual that "Sandbox 1" is only supported on Linux
11341 kernels. Closes ticket 22677.
11342 - Document all values of PublishServerDescriptor in the manpage.
11343 Closes ticket 15645.
11344 - Improve the documentation for the directory port part of the
11345 DirAuthority line. Closes ticket 20152.
11346 - Restore documentation for the authorities' "approved-routers"
11347 file. Closes ticket 21148.
11349 o Removed features:
11350 - The AllowDotExit option has been removed as unsafe. It has been
11351 deprecated since 0.2.9.2-alpha. Closes ticket 23426.
11352 - The ClientDNSRejectInternalAddresses flag can no longer be set on
11353 non-testing networks. It has been deprecated since 0.2.9.2-alpha.
11354 Closes ticket 21031.
11355 - The controller API no longer includes an AUTHDIR_NEWDESCS event:
11356 nobody was using it any longer. Closes ticket 22377.
11359 Changes in version 0.3.1.9 - 2017-12-01:
11360 Tor 0.3.1.9 backports important security and stability fixes from the
11361 0.3.2 development series. All Tor users should upgrade to this
11362 release, or to another of the releases coming out today.
11364 o Major bugfixes (security, backport from 0.3.2.6-alpha):
11365 - Fix a denial of service bug where an attacker could use a
11366 malformed directory object to cause a Tor instance to pause while
11367 OpenSSL would try to read a passphrase from the terminal. (Tor
11368 instances run without a terminal, which is the case for most Tor
11369 packages, are not impacted.) Fixes bug 24246; bugfix on every
11370 version of Tor. Also tracked as TROVE-2017-011 and CVE-2017-8821.
11371 Found by OSS-Fuzz as testcase 6360145429790720.
11372 - Fix a denial of service issue where an attacker could crash a
11373 directory authority using a malformed router descriptor. Fixes bug
11374 24245; bugfix on 0.2.9.4-alpha. Also tracked as TROVE-2017-010
11376 - When checking for replays in the INTRODUCE1 cell data for a
11377 (legacy) onion service, correctly detect replays in the RSA-
11378 encrypted part of the cell. We were previously checking for
11379 replays on the entire cell, but those can be circumvented due to
11380 the malleability of Tor's legacy hybrid encryption. This fix helps
11381 prevent a traffic confirmation attack. Fixes bug 24244; bugfix on
11382 0.2.4.1-alpha. This issue is also tracked as TROVE-2017-009
11385 o Major bugfixes (security, onion service v2, backport from 0.3.2.6-alpha):
11386 - Fix a use-after-free error that could crash v2 Tor onion services
11387 when they failed to open circuits while expiring introduction
11388 points. Fixes bug 24313; bugfix on 0.2.7.2-alpha. This issue is
11389 also tracked as TROVE-2017-013 and CVE-2017-8823.
11391 o Major bugfixes (security, relay, backport from 0.3.2.6-alpha):
11392 - When running as a relay, make sure that we never build a path
11393 through ourselves, even in the case where we have somehow lost the
11394 version of our descriptor appearing in the consensus. Fixes part
11395 of bug 21534; bugfix on 0.2.0.1-alpha. This issue is also tracked
11396 as TROVE-2017-012 and CVE-2017-8822.
11397 - When running as a relay, make sure that we never choose ourselves
11398 as a guard. Fixes part of bug 21534; bugfix on 0.3.0.1-alpha. This
11399 issue is also tracked as TROVE-2017-012 and CVE-2017-8822.
11401 o Major bugfixes (exit relays, DNS, backport from 0.3.2.4-alpha):
11402 - Fix an issue causing DNS to fail on high-bandwidth exit nodes,
11403 making them nearly unusable. Fixes bugs 21394 and 18580; bugfix on
11404 0.1.2.2-alpha, which introduced eventdns. Thanks to Dhalgren for
11405 identifying and finding a workaround to this bug and to Moritz,
11406 Arthur Edelstein, and Roger for helping to track it down and
11409 o Minor features (bridge):
11410 - Bridges now include notice in their descriptors that they are
11411 bridges, and notice of their distribution status, based on their
11412 publication settings. Implements ticket 18329. For more fine-
11413 grained control of how a bridge is distributed, upgrade to 0.3.2.x
11416 o Minor features (directory authority, backport from 0.3.2.6-alpha):
11417 - Add an IPv6 address for the "bastet" directory authority. Closes
11420 o Minor features (geoip):
11421 - Update geoip and geoip6 to the November 6 2017 Maxmind GeoLite2
11424 o Minor bugfix (relay address resolution, backport from 0.3.2.1-alpha):
11425 - Avoid unnecessary calls to directory_fetches_from_authorities() on
11426 relays, to prevent spurious address resolutions and descriptor
11427 rebuilds. This is a mitigation for bug 21789. Fixes bug 23470;
11428 bugfix on in 0.2.8.1-alpha.
11430 o Minor bugfixes (compilation, backport from 0.3.2.1-alpha):
11431 - Fix unused variable warnings in donna's Curve25519 SSE2 code.
11432 Fixes bug 22895; bugfix on 0.2.7.2-alpha.
11434 o Minor bugfixes (logging, relay shutdown, annoyance, backport from 0.3.2.2-alpha):
11435 - When a circuit is marked for close, do not attempt to package any
11436 cells for channels on that circuit. Previously, we would detect
11437 this condition lower in the call stack, when we noticed that the
11438 circuit had no attached channel, and log an annoying message.
11439 Fixes bug 8185; bugfix on 0.2.5.4-alpha.
11441 o Minor bugfixes (onion service, backport from 0.3.2.5-alpha):
11442 - Rename the consensus parameter "hsdir-interval" to "hsdir_interval"
11443 so it matches dir-spec.txt. Fixes bug 24262; bugfix
11446 o Minor bugfixes (relay, crash, backport from 0.3.2.4-alpha):
11447 - Avoid a crash when transitioning from client mode to bridge mode.
11448 Previously, we would launch the worker threads whenever our
11449 "public server" mode changed, but not when our "server" mode
11450 changed. Fixes bug 23693; bugfix on 0.2.6.3-alpha.
11453 Changes in version 0.3.0.13 - 2017-12-01
11454 Tor 0.3.0.13 backports important security and stability bugfixes from
11455 later Tor releases. All Tor users should upgrade to this release, or
11456 to another of the releases coming out today.
11458 Note: the Tor 0.3.0 series will no longer be supported after 26 Jan
11459 2018. If you need a release with long-term support, please stick with
11460 the 0.2.9 series. Otherwise, please upgrade to 0.3.1 or later.
11462 o Major bugfixes (security, backport from 0.3.2.6-alpha):
11463 - Fix a denial of service bug where an attacker could use a
11464 malformed directory object to cause a Tor instance to pause while
11465 OpenSSL would try to read a passphrase from the terminal. (Tor
11466 instances run without a terminal, which is the case for most Tor
11467 packages, are not impacted.) Fixes bug 24246; bugfix on every
11468 version of Tor. Also tracked as TROVE-2017-011 and CVE-2017-8821.
11469 Found by OSS-Fuzz as testcase 6360145429790720.
11470 - Fix a denial of service issue where an attacker could crash a
11471 directory authority using a malformed router descriptor. Fixes bug
11472 24245; bugfix on 0.2.9.4-alpha. Also tracked as TROVE-2017-010
11474 - When checking for replays in the INTRODUCE1 cell data for a
11475 (legacy) onion service, correctly detect replays in the RSA-
11476 encrypted part of the cell. We were previously checking for
11477 replays on the entire cell, but those can be circumvented due to
11478 the malleability of Tor's legacy hybrid encryption. This fix helps
11479 prevent a traffic confirmation attack. Fixes bug 24244; bugfix on
11480 0.2.4.1-alpha. This issue is also tracked as TROVE-2017-009
11483 o Major bugfixes (security, onion service v2, backport from 0.3.2.6-alpha):
11484 - Fix a use-after-free error that could crash v2 Tor onion services
11485 when they failed to open circuits while expiring introduction
11486 points. Fixes bug 24313; bugfix on 0.2.7.2-alpha. This issue is
11487 also tracked as TROVE-2017-013 and CVE-2017-8823.
11489 o Major bugfixes (security, relay, backport from 0.3.2.6-alpha):
11490 - When running as a relay, make sure that we never build a path
11491 through ourselves, even in the case where we have somehow lost the
11492 version of our descriptor appearing in the consensus. Fixes part
11493 of bug 21534; bugfix on 0.2.0.1-alpha. This issue is also tracked
11494 as TROVE-2017-012 and CVE-2017-8822.
11495 - When running as a relay, make sure that we never choose ourselves
11496 as a guard. Fixes part of bug 21534; bugfix on 0.3.0.1-alpha. This
11497 issue is also tracked as TROVE-2017-012 and CVE-2017-8822.
11499 o Major bugfixes (exit relays, DNS, backport from 0.3.2.4-alpha):
11500 - Fix an issue causing DNS to fail on high-bandwidth exit nodes,
11501 making them nearly unusable. Fixes bugs 21394 and 18580; bugfix on
11502 0.1.2.2-alpha, which introduced eventdns. Thanks to Dhalgren for
11503 identifying and finding a workaround to this bug and to Moritz,
11504 Arthur Edelstein, and Roger for helping to track it down and
11507 o Minor features (security, windows, backport from 0.3.1.1-alpha):
11508 - Enable a couple of pieces of Windows hardening: one
11509 (HeapEnableTerminationOnCorruption) that has been on-by-default
11510 since Windows 8, and unavailable before Windows 7; and one
11511 (PROCESS_DEP_DISABLE_ATL_THUNK_EMULATION) which we believe doesn't
11512 affect us, but shouldn't do any harm. Closes ticket 21953.
11514 o Minor features (bridge, backport from 0.3.1.9):
11515 - Bridges now include notice in their descriptors that they are
11516 bridges, and notice of their distribution status, based on their
11517 publication settings. Implements ticket 18329. For more fine-
11518 grained control of how a bridge is distributed, upgrade to 0.3.2.x
11521 o Minor features (directory authority, backport from 0.3.2.6-alpha):
11522 - Add an IPv6 address for the "bastet" directory authority. Closes
11525 o Minor features (geoip):
11526 - Update geoip and geoip6 to the November 6 2017 Maxmind GeoLite2
11529 o Minor bugfix (relay address resolution, backport from 0.3.2.1-alpha):
11530 - Avoid unnecessary calls to directory_fetches_from_authorities() on
11531 relays, to prevent spurious address resolutions and descriptor
11532 rebuilds. This is a mitigation for bug 21789. Fixes bug 23470;
11533 bugfix on in 0.2.8.1-alpha.
11535 o Minor bugfixes (compilation, backport from 0.3.2.1-alpha):
11536 - Fix unused variable warnings in donna's Curve25519 SSE2 code.
11537 Fixes bug 22895; bugfix on 0.2.7.2-alpha.
11539 o Minor bugfixes (logging, relay shutdown, annoyance, backport from 0.3.2.2-alpha):
11540 - When a circuit is marked for close, do not attempt to package any
11541 cells for channels on that circuit. Previously, we would detect
11542 this condition lower in the call stack, when we noticed that the
11543 circuit had no attached channel, and log an annoying message.
11544 Fixes bug 8185; bugfix on 0.2.5.4-alpha.
11546 o Minor bugfixes (relay, crash, backport from 0.3.2.4-alpha):
11547 - Avoid a crash when transitioning from client mode to bridge mode.
11548 Previously, we would launch the worker threads whenever our
11549 "public server" mode changed, but not when our "server" mode
11550 changed. Fixes bug 23693; bugfix on 0.2.6.3-alpha.
11552 o Minor bugfixes (testing, backport from 0.3.1.6-rc):
11553 - Fix an undersized buffer in test-memwipe.c. Fixes bug 23291;
11554 bugfix on 0.2.7.2-alpha. Found and patched by Ties Stuij.
11557 Changes in version 0.2.9.14 - 2017-12-01
11558 Tor 0.3.0.13 backports important security and stability bugfixes from
11559 later Tor releases. All Tor users should upgrade to this release, or
11560 to another of the releases coming out today.
11562 o Major bugfixes (exit relays, DNS, backport from 0.3.2.4-alpha):
11563 - Fix an issue causing DNS to fail on high-bandwidth exit nodes,
11564 making them nearly unusable. Fixes bugs 21394 and 18580; bugfix on
11565 0.1.2.2-alpha, which introduced eventdns. Thanks to Dhalgren for
11566 identifying and finding a workaround to this bug and to Moritz,
11567 Arthur Edelstein, and Roger for helping to track it down and
11570 o Major bugfixes (security, backport from 0.3.2.6-alpha):
11571 - Fix a denial of service bug where an attacker could use a
11572 malformed directory object to cause a Tor instance to pause while
11573 OpenSSL would try to read a passphrase from the terminal. (Tor
11574 instances run without a terminal, which is the case for most Tor
11575 packages, are not impacted.) Fixes bug 24246; bugfix on every
11576 version of Tor. Also tracked as TROVE-2017-011 and CVE-2017-8821.
11577 Found by OSS-Fuzz as testcase 6360145429790720.
11578 - Fix a denial of service issue where an attacker could crash a
11579 directory authority using a malformed router descriptor. Fixes bug
11580 24245; bugfix on 0.2.9.4-alpha. Also tracked as TROVE-2017-010
11582 - When checking for replays in the INTRODUCE1 cell data for a
11583 (legacy) onion service, correctly detect replays in the RSA-
11584 encrypted part of the cell. We were previously checking for
11585 replays on the entire cell, but those can be circumvented due to
11586 the malleability of Tor's legacy hybrid encryption. This fix helps
11587 prevent a traffic confirmation attack. Fixes bug 24244; bugfix on
11588 0.2.4.1-alpha. This issue is also tracked as TROVE-2017-009
11591 o Major bugfixes (security, onion service v2, backport from 0.3.2.6-alpha):
11592 - Fix a use-after-free error that could crash v2 Tor onion services
11593 when they failed to open circuits while expiring introduction
11594 points. Fixes bug 24313; bugfix on 0.2.7.2-alpha. This issue is
11595 also tracked as TROVE-2017-013 and CVE-2017-8823.
11597 o Major bugfixes (security, relay, backport from 0.3.2.6-alpha):
11598 - When running as a relay, make sure that we never build a path
11599 through ourselves, even in the case where we have somehow lost the
11600 version of our descriptor appearing in the consensus. Fixes part
11601 of bug 21534; bugfix on 0.2.0.1-alpha. This issue is also tracked
11602 as TROVE-2017-012 and CVE-2017-8822.
11604 o Minor features (bridge, backport from 0.3.1.9):
11605 - Bridges now include notice in their descriptors that they are
11606 bridges, and notice of their distribution status, based on their
11607 publication settings. Implements ticket 18329. For more fine-
11608 grained control of how a bridge is distributed, upgrade to 0.3.2.x
11611 o Minor features (directory authority, backport from 0.3.2.6-alpha):
11612 - Add an IPv6 address for the "bastet" directory authority. Closes
11615 o Minor features (geoip):
11616 - Update geoip and geoip6 to the November 6 2017 Maxmind GeoLite2
11619 o Minor features (security, windows, backport from 0.3.1.1-alpha):
11620 - Enable a couple of pieces of Windows hardening: one
11621 (HeapEnableTerminationOnCorruption) that has been on-by-default
11622 since Windows 8, and unavailable before Windows 7; and one
11623 (PROCESS_DEP_DISABLE_ATL_THUNK_EMULATION) which we believe doesn't
11624 affect us, but shouldn't do any harm. Closes ticket 21953.
11626 o Minor bugfix (relay address resolution, backport from 0.3.2.1-alpha):
11627 - Avoid unnecessary calls to directory_fetches_from_authorities() on
11628 relays, to prevent spurious address resolutions and descriptor
11629 rebuilds. This is a mitigation for bug 21789. Fixes bug 23470;
11630 bugfix on in 0.2.8.1-alpha.
11632 o Minor bugfixes (compilation, backport from 0.3.2.1-alpha):
11633 - Fix unused variable warnings in donna's Curve25519 SSE2 code.
11634 Fixes bug 22895; bugfix on 0.2.7.2-alpha.
11636 o Minor bugfixes (logging, relay shutdown, annoyance, backport from 0.3.2.2-alpha):
11637 - When a circuit is marked for close, do not attempt to package any
11638 cells for channels on that circuit. Previously, we would detect
11639 this condition lower in the call stack, when we noticed that the
11640 circuit had no attached channel, and log an annoying message.
11641 Fixes bug 8185; bugfix on 0.2.5.4-alpha.
11643 o Minor bugfixes (relay, crash, backport from 0.3.2.4-alpha):
11644 - Avoid a crash when transitioning from client mode to bridge mode.
11645 Previously, we would launch the worker threads whenever our
11646 "public server" mode changed, but not when our "server" mode
11647 changed. Fixes bug 23693; bugfix on 0.2.6.3-alpha.
11649 o Minor bugfixes (testing, backport from 0.3.1.6-rc):
11650 - Fix an undersized buffer in test-memwipe.c. Fixes bug 23291;
11651 bugfix on 0.2.7.2-alpha. Found and patched by Ties Stuij.
11654 Changes in version 0.2.8.17 - 2017-12-01
11655 Tor 0.2.8.17 backports important security and stability bugfixes from
11656 later Tor releases. All Tor users should upgrade to this release, or
11657 to another of the releases coming out today.
11659 Note: the Tor 0.2.8 series will no longer be supported after 1 Jan
11660 2018. If you need a release with long-term support, please upgrade with
11661 the 0.2.9 series. Otherwise, please upgrade to 0.3.1 or later.
11663 o Major bugfixes (security, backport from 0.3.2.6-alpha):
11664 - Fix a denial of service bug where an attacker could use a
11665 malformed directory object to cause a Tor instance to pause while
11666 OpenSSL would try to read a passphrase from the terminal. (Tor
11667 instances run without a terminal, which is the case for most Tor
11668 packages, are not impacted.) Fixes bug 24246; bugfix on every
11669 version of Tor. Also tracked as TROVE-2017-011 and CVE-2017-8821.
11670 Found by OSS-Fuzz as testcase 6360145429790720.
11671 - When checking for replays in the INTRODUCE1 cell data for a
11672 (legacy) onion service, correctly detect replays in the RSA-
11673 encrypted part of the cell. We were previously checking for
11674 replays on the entire cell, but those can be circumvented due to
11675 the malleability of Tor's legacy hybrid encryption. This fix helps
11676 prevent a traffic confirmation attack. Fixes bug 24244; bugfix on
11677 0.2.4.1-alpha. This issue is also tracked as TROVE-2017-009
11680 o Major bugfixes (security, onion service v2, backport from 0.3.2.6-alpha):
11681 - Fix a use-after-free error that could crash v2 Tor onion services
11682 when they failed to open circuits while expiring introduction
11683 points. Fixes bug 24313; bugfix on 0.2.7.2-alpha. This issue is
11684 also tracked as TROVE-2017-013 and CVE-2017-8823.
11686 o Major bugfixes (security, relay, backport from 0.3.2.6-alpha):
11687 - When running as a relay, make sure that we never build a path through
11688 ourselves, even in the case where we have somehow lost the version of
11689 our descriptor appearing in the consensus. Fixes part of bug 21534;
11690 bugfix on 0.2.0.1-alpha. This issue is also tracked as TROVE-2017-012
11693 o Minor features (bridge, backport from 0.3.1.9):
11694 - Bridges now include notice in their descriptors that they are
11695 bridges, and notice of their distribution status, based on their
11696 publication settings. Implements ticket 18329. For more fine-
11697 grained control of how a bridge is distributed, upgrade to 0.3.2.x
11700 o Minor features (directory authority, backport from 0.3.2.6-alpha):
11701 - Add an IPv6 address for the "bastet" directory authority. Closes
11704 o Minor features (geoip):
11705 - Update geoip and geoip6 to the November 6 2017 Maxmind GeoLite2
11708 o Minor bugfixes (testing, backport from 0.3.1.6-rc):
11709 - Fix an undersized buffer in test-memwipe.c. Fixes bug 23291;
11710 bugfix on 0.2.7.2-alpha. Found and patched by Ties Stuij.
11713 Changes in version 0.2.5.16 - 2017-12-01
11714 Tor 0.2.5.13 backports important security and stability bugfixes from
11715 later Tor releases. All Tor users should upgrade to this release, or
11716 to another of the releases coming out today.
11718 Note: the Tor 0.2.5 series will no longer be supported after 1 May
11719 2018. If you need a release with long-term support, please upgrade to
11720 the 0.2.9 series. Otherwise, please upgrade to 0.3.1 or later.
11722 o Major bugfixes (security, backport from 0.3.2.6-alpha):
11723 - Fix a denial of service bug where an attacker could use a
11724 malformed directory object to cause a Tor instance to pause while
11725 OpenSSL would try to read a passphrase from the terminal. (Tor
11726 instances run without a terminal, which is the case for most Tor
11727 packages, are not impacted.) Fixes bug 24246; bugfix on every
11728 version of Tor. Also tracked as TROVE-2017-011 and CVE-2017-8821.
11729 Found by OSS-Fuzz as testcase 6360145429790720.
11730 - When checking for replays in the INTRODUCE1 cell data for a
11731 (legacy) onion service, correctly detect replays in the RSA-
11732 encrypted part of the cell. We were previously checking for
11733 replays on the entire cell, but those can be circumvented due to
11734 the malleability of Tor's legacy hybrid encryption. This fix helps
11735 prevent a traffic confirmation attack. Fixes bug 24244; bugfix on
11736 0.2.4.1-alpha. This issue is also tracked as TROVE-2017-009
11739 o Major bugfixes (security, relay, backport from 0.3.2.6-alpha):
11740 - When running as a relay, make sure that we never build a path
11741 through ourselves, even in the case where we have somehow lost the
11742 version of our descriptor appearing in the consensus. Fixes part
11743 of bug 21534; bugfix on 0.2.0.1-alpha. This issue is also tracked
11744 as TROVE-2017-012 and CVE-2017-8822.
11746 o Minor features (bridge, backport from 0.3.1.9):
11747 - Bridges now include notice in their descriptors that they are
11748 bridges, and notice of their distribution status, based on their
11749 publication settings. Implements ticket 18329. For more fine-
11750 grained control of how a bridge is distributed, upgrade to 0.3.2.x
11753 o Minor features (geoip):
11754 - Update geoip and geoip6 to the November 6 2017 Maxmind GeoLite2
11758 Changes in version 0.2.5.15 - 2017-10-25
11759 Tor 0.2.5.15 backports a collection of bugfixes from later Tor release
11760 series. It also adds a new directory authority, Bastet.
11762 Note: the Tor 0.2.5 series will no longer be supported after 1 May
11763 2018. If you need a release with long-term support, please upgrade to
11764 the 0.2.9 series. Otherwise, please upgrade to 0.3.1 or later.
11766 o Directory authority changes:
11767 - Add "Bastet" as a ninth directory authority to the default list.
11768 Closes ticket 23910.
11769 - The directory authority "Longclaw" has changed its IP address.
11770 Closes ticket 23592.
11772 o Major bugfixes (openbsd, denial-of-service, backport from 0.3.1.5-alpha):
11773 - Avoid an assertion failure bug affecting our implementation of
11774 inet_pton(AF_INET6) on certain OpenBSD systems whose strtol()
11775 handling of "0xx" differs from what we had expected. Fixes bug
11776 22789; bugfix on 0.2.3.8-alpha. Also tracked as TROVE-2017-007.
11778 o Minor features (geoip):
11779 - Update geoip and geoip6 to the October 4 2017 Maxmind GeoLite2
11782 o Minor bugfixes (defensive programming, undefined behavior, backport from 0.3.1.4-alpha):
11783 - Fix a memset() off the end of an array when packing cells. This
11784 bug should be harmless in practice, since the corrupted bytes are
11785 still in the same structure, and are always padding bytes,
11786 ignored, or immediately overwritten, depending on compiler
11787 behavior. Nevertheless, because the memset()'s purpose is to make
11788 sure that any other cell-handling bugs can't expose bytes to the
11789 network, we need to fix it. Fixes bug 22737; bugfix on
11790 0.2.4.11-alpha. Fixes CID 1401591.
11792 o Build features (backport from 0.3.1.5-alpha):
11793 - Tor's repository now includes a Travis Continuous Integration (CI)
11794 configuration file (.travis.yml). This is meant to help new
11795 developers and contributors who fork Tor to a Github repository be
11796 better able to test their changes, and understand what we expect
11797 to pass. To use this new build feature, you must fork Tor to your
11798 Github account, then go into the "Integrations" menu in the
11799 repository settings for your fork and enable Travis, then push
11800 your changes. Closes ticket 22636.
11803 Changes in version 0.2.8.16 - 2017-10-25
11804 Tor 0.2.8.16 backports a collection of bugfixes from later Tor release
11805 series, including a bugfix for a crash issue that had affected relays
11806 under memory pressure. It also adds a new directory authority, Bastet.
11808 Note: the Tor 0.2.8 series will no longer be supported after 1 Jan
11809 2018. If you need a release with long-term support, please stick with
11810 the 0.2.9 series. Otherwise, please upgrade to 0.3.1 or later.
11812 o Directory authority changes:
11813 - Add "Bastet" as a ninth directory authority to the default list.
11814 Closes ticket 23910.
11815 - The directory authority "Longclaw" has changed its IP address.
11816 Closes ticket 23592.
11818 o Major bugfixes (relay, crash, assertion failure, backport from 0.3.2.2-alpha):
11819 - Fix a timing-based assertion failure that could occur when the
11820 circuit out-of-memory handler freed a connection's output buffer.
11821 Fixes bug 23690; bugfix on 0.2.6.1-alpha.
11823 o Minor features (directory authorities, backport from 0.3.2.2-alpha):
11824 - Remove longclaw's IPv6 address, as it will soon change. Authority
11825 IPv6 addresses were originally added in 0.2.8.1-alpha. This leaves
11826 3/8 directory authorities with IPv6 addresses, but there are also
11827 52 fallback directory mirrors with IPv6 addresses. Resolves 19760.
11829 o Minor features (geoip):
11830 - Update geoip and geoip6 to the October 4 2017 Maxmind GeoLite2
11834 Changes in version 0.2.9.13 - 2017-10-25
11835 Tor 0.2.9.13 backports a collection of bugfixes from later Tor release
11836 series, including a bugfix for a crash issue that had affected relays
11837 under memory pressure. It also adds a new directory authority, Bastet.
11839 o Directory authority changes:
11840 - Add "Bastet" as a ninth directory authority to the default list.
11841 Closes ticket 23910.
11842 - The directory authority "Longclaw" has changed its IP address.
11843 Closes ticket 23592.
11845 o Major bugfixes (relay, crash, assertion failure, backport from 0.3.2.2-alpha):
11846 - Fix a timing-based assertion failure that could occur when the
11847 circuit out-of-memory handler freed a connection's output buffer.
11848 Fixes bug 23690; bugfix on 0.2.6.1-alpha.
11850 o Minor features (directory authorities, backport from 0.3.2.2-alpha):
11851 - Remove longclaw's IPv6 address, as it will soon change. Authority
11852 IPv6 addresses were originally added in 0.2.8.1-alpha. This leaves
11853 3/8 directory authorities with IPv6 addresses, but there are also
11854 52 fallback directory mirrors with IPv6 addresses. Resolves 19760.
11856 o Minor features (geoip):
11857 - Update geoip and geoip6 to the October 4 2017 Maxmind GeoLite2
11860 o Minor bugfixes (directory authority, backport from 0.3.1.5-alpha):
11861 - When a directory authority rejects a descriptor or extrainfo with
11862 a given digest, mark that digest as undownloadable, so that we do
11863 not attempt to download it again over and over. We previously
11864 tried to avoid downloading such descriptors by other means, but we
11865 didn't notice if we accidentally downloaded one anyway. This
11866 behavior became problematic in 0.2.7.2-alpha, when authorities
11867 began pinning Ed25519 keys. Fixes bug 22349; bugfix
11870 o Minor bugfixes (memory safety, backport from 0.3.2.3-alpha):
11871 - Clear the address when node_get_prim_orport() returns early.
11872 Fixes bug 23874; bugfix on 0.2.8.2-alpha.
11874 o Minor bugfixes (Windows service, backport from 0.3.1.6-rc):
11875 - When running as a Windows service, set the ID of the main thread
11876 correctly. Failure to do so made us fail to send log messages to
11877 the controller in 0.2.1.16-rc, slowed down controller event
11878 delivery in 0.2.7.3-rc and later, and crash with an assertion
11879 failure in 0.3.1.1-alpha. Fixes bug 23081; bugfix on 0.2.1.6-alpha.
11880 Patch and diagnosis from "Vort".
11883 Changes in version 0.3.0.12 - 2017-10-25
11884 Tor 0.3.0.12 backports a collection of bugfixes from later Tor release
11885 series, including a bugfix for a crash issue that had affected relays
11886 under memory pressure. It also adds a new directory authority, Bastet.
11888 Note: the Tor 0.3.0 series will no longer be supported after 26 Jan
11889 2018. If you need a release with long-term support, please stick with
11890 the 0.2.9 series. Otherwise, please upgrade to 0.3.1 or later.
11892 o Directory authority changes:
11893 - Add "Bastet" as a ninth directory authority to the default list.
11894 Closes ticket 23910.
11895 - The directory authority "Longclaw" has changed its IP address.
11896 Closes ticket 23592.
11898 o Major bugfixes (relay, crash, assertion failure, backport from 0.3.2.2-alpha):
11899 - Fix a timing-based assertion failure that could occur when the
11900 circuit out-of-memory handler freed a connection's output buffer.
11901 Fixes bug 23690; bugfix on 0.2.6.1-alpha.
11903 o Minor features (directory authorities, backport from 0.3.2.2-alpha):
11904 - Remove longclaw's IPv6 address, as it will soon change. Authority
11905 IPv6 addresses were originally added in 0.2.8.1-alpha. This leaves
11906 3/8 directory authorities with IPv6 addresses, but there are also
11907 52 fallback directory mirrors with IPv6 addresses. Resolves 19760.
11909 o Minor features (geoip):
11910 - Update geoip and geoip6 to the October 4 2017 Maxmind GeoLite2
11913 o Minor bugfixes (directory authority, backport from 0.3.1.5-alpha):
11914 - When a directory authority rejects a descriptor or extrainfo with
11915 a given digest, mark that digest as undownloadable, so that we do
11916 not attempt to download it again over and over. We previously
11917 tried to avoid downloading such descriptors by other means, but we
11918 didn't notice if we accidentally downloaded one anyway. This
11919 behavior became problematic in 0.2.7.2-alpha, when authorities
11920 began pinning Ed25519 keys. Fixes bug 22349; bugfix
11923 o Minor bugfixes (hidden service, relay, backport from 0.3.2.2-alpha):
11924 - Avoid a possible double close of a circuit by the intro point on
11925 error of sending the INTRO_ESTABLISHED cell. Fixes bug 23610;
11926 bugfix on 0.3.0.1-alpha.
11928 o Minor bugfixes (memory safety, backport from 0.3.2.3-alpha):
11929 - Clear the address when node_get_prim_orport() returns early.
11930 Fixes bug 23874; bugfix on 0.2.8.2-alpha.
11932 o Minor bugfixes (Windows service, backport from 0.3.1.6-rc):
11933 - When running as a Windows service, set the ID of the main thread
11934 correctly. Failure to do so made us fail to send log messages to
11935 the controller in 0.2.1.16-rc, slowed down controller event
11936 delivery in 0.2.7.3-rc and later, and crash with an assertion
11937 failure in 0.3.1.1-alpha. Fixes bug 23081; bugfix on 0.2.1.6-alpha.
11938 Patch and diagnosis from "Vort".
11941 Changes in version 0.3.1.8 - 2017-10-25
11942 Tor 0.3.1.8 is the second stable release in the 0.3.1 series.
11943 It includes several bugfixes, including a bugfix for a crash issue
11944 that had affected relays under memory pressure. It also adds
11945 a new directory authority, Bastet.
11947 o Directory authority changes:
11948 - Add "Bastet" as a ninth directory authority to the default list.
11949 Closes ticket 23910.
11950 - The directory authority "Longclaw" has changed its IP address.
11951 Closes ticket 23592.
11953 o Major bugfixes (relay, crash, assertion failure, backport from 0.3.2.2-alpha):
11954 - Fix a timing-based assertion failure that could occur when the
11955 circuit out-of-memory handler freed a connection's output buffer.
11956 Fixes bug 23690; bugfix on 0.2.6.1-alpha.
11958 o Minor features (directory authorities, backport from 0.3.2.2-alpha):
11959 - Remove longclaw's IPv6 address, as it will soon change. Authority
11960 IPv6 addresses were originally added in 0.2.8.1-alpha. This leaves
11961 3/8 directory authorities with IPv6 addresses, but there are also
11962 52 fallback directory mirrors with IPv6 addresses. Resolves 19760.
11964 o Minor features (geoip):
11965 - Update geoip and geoip6 to the October 4 2017 Maxmind GeoLite2
11968 o Minor bugfixes (compilation, backport from 0.3.2.2-alpha):
11969 - Fix a compilation warning when building with zstd support on
11970 32-bit platforms. Fixes bug 23568; bugfix on 0.3.1.1-alpha. Found
11971 and fixed by Andreas Stieger.
11973 o Minor bugfixes (compression, backport from 0.3.2.2-alpha):
11974 - Handle a pathological case when decompressing Zstandard data when
11975 the output buffer size is zero. Fixes bug 23551; bugfix
11978 o Minor bugfixes (directory authority, backport from 0.3.2.1-alpha):
11979 - Remove the length limit on HTTP status lines that authorities can
11980 send in their replies. Fixes bug 23499; bugfix on 0.3.1.6-rc.
11982 o Minor bugfixes (hidden service, relay, backport from 0.3.2.2-alpha):
11983 - Avoid a possible double close of a circuit by the intro point on
11984 error of sending the INTRO_ESTABLISHED cell. Fixes bug 23610;
11985 bugfix on 0.3.0.1-alpha.
11987 o Minor bugfixes (memory safety, backport from 0.3.2.3-alpha):
11988 - Clear the address when node_get_prim_orport() returns early.
11989 Fixes bug 23874; bugfix on 0.2.8.2-alpha.
11991 o Minor bugfixes (unit tests, backport from 0.3.2.2-alpha):
11992 - Fix additional channelpadding unit test failures by using mocked
11993 time instead of actual time for all tests. Fixes bug 23608; bugfix
11997 Changes in version 0.2.8.15 - 2017-09-18
11998 Tor 0.2.8.15 backports a collection of bugfixes from later
12001 Most significantly, it includes a fix for TROVE-2017-008, a
12002 security bug that affects hidden services running with the
12003 SafeLogging option disabled. For more information, see
12004 https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/23490
12006 Note that Tor 0.2.8.x will no longer be supported after 1 Jan
12007 2018. We suggest that you upgrade to the latest stable release if
12008 possible. If you can't, we recommend that you upgrade at least to
12009 0.2.9, which will be supported until 2020.
12011 o Major bugfixes (openbsd, denial-of-service, backport from 0.3.1.5-alpha):
12012 - Avoid an assertion failure bug affecting our implementation of
12013 inet_pton(AF_INET6) on certain OpenBSD systems whose strtol()
12014 handling of "0xx" differs from what we had expected. Fixes bug
12015 22789; bugfix on 0.2.3.8-alpha. Also tracked as TROVE-2017-007.
12018 - Update geoip and geoip6 to the September 6 2017 Maxmind GeoLite2
12021 o Minor bugfixes (compilation, mingw, backport from 0.3.1.1-alpha):
12022 - Backport a fix for an "unused variable" warning that appeared
12023 in some versions of mingw. Fixes bug 22838; bugfix on
12026 o Minor bugfixes (defensive programming, undefined behavior, backport from 0.3.1.4-alpha):
12027 - Fix a memset() off the end of an array when packing cells. This
12028 bug should be harmless in practice, since the corrupted bytes are
12029 still in the same structure, and are always padding bytes,
12030 ignored, or immediately overwritten, depending on compiler
12031 behavior. Nevertheless, because the memset()'s purpose is to make
12032 sure that any other cell-handling bugs can't expose bytes to the
12033 network, we need to fix it. Fixes bug 22737; bugfix on
12034 0.2.4.11-alpha. Fixes CID 1401591.
12036 o Build features (backport from 0.3.1.5-alpha):
12037 - Tor's repository now includes a Travis Continuous Integration (CI)
12038 configuration file (.travis.yml). This is meant to help new
12039 developers and contributors who fork Tor to a Github repository be
12040 better able to test their changes, and understand what we expect
12041 to pass. To use this new build feature, you must fork Tor to your
12042 Github account, then go into the "Integrations" menu in the
12043 repository settings for your fork and enable Travis, then push
12044 your changes. Closes ticket 22636.
12047 Changes in version 0.2.9.12 - 2017-09-18
12048 Tor 0.2.9.12 backports a collection of bugfixes from later
12051 Most significantly, it includes a fix for TROVE-2017-008, a
12052 security bug that affects hidden services running with the
12053 SafeLogging option disabled. For more information, see
12054 https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/23490
12056 o Major features (security, backport from 0.3.0.2-alpha):
12057 - Change the algorithm used to decide DNS TTLs on client and server
12058 side, to better resist DNS-based correlation attacks like the
12059 DefecTor attack of Greschbach, Pulls, Roberts, Winter, and
12060 Feamster. Now relays only return one of two possible DNS TTL
12061 values, and clients are willing to believe DNS TTL values up to 3
12062 hours long. Closes ticket 19769.
12064 o Major bugfixes (crash, directory connections, backport from 0.3.0.5-rc):
12065 - Fix a rare crash when sending a begin cell on a circuit whose
12066 linked directory connection had already been closed. Fixes bug
12067 21576; bugfix on 0.2.9.3-alpha. Reported by Alec Muffett.
12069 o Major bugfixes (DNS, backport from 0.3.0.2-alpha):
12070 - Fix a bug that prevented exit nodes from caching DNS records for
12071 more than 60 seconds. Fixes bug 19025; bugfix on 0.2.4.7-alpha.
12073 o Major bugfixes (linux TPROXY support, backport from 0.3.1.1-alpha):
12074 - Fix a typo that had prevented TPROXY-based transparent proxying
12075 from working under Linux. Fixes bug 18100; bugfix on 0.2.6.3-alpha.
12076 Patch from "d4fq0fQAgoJ".
12078 o Major bugfixes (openbsd, denial-of-service, backport from 0.3.1.5-alpha):
12079 - Avoid an assertion failure bug affecting our implementation of
12080 inet_pton(AF_INET6) on certain OpenBSD systems whose strtol()
12081 handling of "0xx" differs from what we had expected. Fixes bug
12082 22789; bugfix on 0.2.3.8-alpha. Also tracked as TROVE-2017-007.
12084 o Minor features (code style, backport from 0.3.1.3-alpha):
12085 - Add "Falls through" comments to our codebase, in order to silence
12086 GCC 7's -Wimplicit-fallthrough warnings. Patch from Andreas
12087 Stieger. Closes ticket 22446.
12089 o Minor features (geoip):
12090 - Update geoip and geoip6 to the September 6 2017 Maxmind GeoLite2
12093 o Minor bugfixes (bandwidth accounting, backport from 0.3.1.1-alpha):
12094 - Roll over monthly accounting at the configured hour and minute,
12095 rather than always at 00:00. Fixes bug 22245; bugfix on 0.0.9rc1.
12096 Found by Andrey Karpov with PVS-Studio.
12098 o Minor bugfixes (compilation, backport from 0.3.1.5-alpha):
12099 - Suppress -Wdouble-promotion warnings with clang 4.0. Fixes bug 22915;
12100 bugfix on 0.2.8.1-alpha.
12101 - Fix warnings when building with libscrypt and openssl scrypt support
12102 on Clang. Fixes bug 22916; bugfix on 0.2.7.2-alpha.
12103 - When building with certain versions the mingw C header files, avoid
12104 float-conversion warnings when calling the C functions isfinite(),
12105 isnan(), and signbit(). Fixes bug 22801; bugfix on 0.2.8.1-alpha.
12107 o Minor bugfixes (compilation, backport from 0.3.1.7):
12108 - Avoid compiler warnings in the unit tests for running tor_sscanf()
12109 with wide string outputs. Fixes bug 15582; bugfix on 0.2.6.2-alpha.
12111 o Minor bugfixes (compilation, mingw, backport from 0.3.1.1-alpha):
12112 - Backport a fix for an "unused variable" warning that appeared
12113 in some versions of mingw. Fixes bug 22838; bugfix on
12116 o Minor bugfixes (controller, backport from 0.3.1.7):
12117 - Do not crash when receiving a HSPOST command with an empty body.
12118 Fixes part of bug 22644; bugfix on 0.2.7.1-alpha.
12119 - Do not crash when receiving a POSTDESCRIPTOR command with an
12120 empty body. Fixes part of bug 22644; bugfix on 0.2.0.1-alpha.
12122 o Minor bugfixes (coverity build support, backport from 0.3.1.5-alpha):
12123 - Avoid Coverity build warnings related to our BUG() macro. By
12124 default, Coverity treats BUG() as the Linux kernel does: an
12125 instant abort(). We need to override that so our BUG() macro
12126 doesn't prevent Coverity from analyzing functions that use it.
12127 Fixes bug 23030; bugfix on 0.2.9.1-alpha.
12129 o Minor bugfixes (defensive programming, undefined behavior, backport from 0.3.1.4-alpha):
12130 - Fix a memset() off the end of an array when packing cells. This
12131 bug should be harmless in practice, since the corrupted bytes are
12132 still in the same structure, and are always padding bytes,
12133 ignored, or immediately overwritten, depending on compiler
12134 behavior. Nevertheless, because the memset()'s purpose is to make
12135 sure that any other cell-handling bugs can't expose bytes to the
12136 network, we need to fix it. Fixes bug 22737; bugfix on
12137 0.2.4.11-alpha. Fixes CID 1401591.
12139 o Minor bugfixes (file limits, osx, backport from 0.3.1.5-alpha):
12140 - When setting the maximum number of connections allowed by the OS,
12141 always allow some extra file descriptors for other files. Fixes
12142 bug 22797; bugfix on 0.2.0.10-alpha.
12144 o Minor bugfixes (linux seccomp2 sandbox, backport from 0.3.1.5-alpha):
12145 - Avoid a sandbox failure when trying to re-bind to a socket and
12146 mark it as IPv6-only. Fixes bug 20247; bugfix on 0.2.5.1-alpha.
12148 o Minor bugfixes (linux seccomp2 sandbox, backport from 0.3.1.4-alpha):
12149 - Permit the fchmod system call, to avoid crashing on startup when
12150 starting with the seccomp2 sandbox and an unexpected set of
12151 permissions on the data directory or its contents. Fixes bug
12152 22516; bugfix on 0.2.5.4-alpha.
12154 o Minor bugfixes (relay, backport from 0.3.0.5-rc):
12155 - Avoid a double-marked-circuit warning that could happen when we
12156 receive DESTROY cells under heavy load. Fixes bug 20059; bugfix
12159 o Minor bugfixes (voting consistency, backport from 0.3.1.1-alpha):
12160 - Reject version numbers with non-numeric prefixes (such as +, -, or
12161 whitespace). Disallowing whitespace prevents differential version
12162 parsing between POSIX-based and Windows platforms. Fixes bug 21507
12163 and part of 21508; bugfix on 0.0.8pre1.
12165 o Build features (backport from 0.3.1.5-alpha):
12166 - Tor's repository now includes a Travis Continuous Integration (CI)
12167 configuration file (.travis.yml). This is meant to help new
12168 developers and contributors who fork Tor to a Github repository be
12169 better able to test their changes, and understand what we expect
12170 to pass. To use this new build feature, you must fork Tor to your
12171 Github account, then go into the "Integrations" menu in the
12172 repository settings for your fork and enable Travis, then push
12173 your changes. Closes ticket 22636.
12176 Changes in version 0.3.0.11 - 2017-09-18
12177 Tor 0.3.0.11 backports a collection of bugfixes from Tor the 0.3.1
12180 Most significantly, it includes a fix for TROVE-2017-008, a
12181 security bug that affects hidden services running with the
12182 SafeLogging option disabled. For more information, see
12183 https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/23490
12185 o Minor features (code style, backport from 0.3.1.7):
12186 - Add "Falls through" comments to our codebase, in order to silence
12187 GCC 7's -Wimplicit-fallthrough warnings. Patch from Andreas
12188 Stieger. Closes ticket 22446.
12191 - Update geoip and geoip6 to the September 6 2017 Maxmind GeoLite2
12194 o Minor bugfixes (compilation, backport from 0.3.1.7):
12195 - Avoid compiler warnings in the unit tests for calling tor_sscanf()
12196 with wide string outputs. Fixes bug 15582; bugfix on 0.2.6.2-alpha.
12198 o Minor bugfixes (controller, backport from 0.3.1.7):
12199 - Do not crash when receiving a HSPOST command with an empty body.
12200 Fixes part of bug 22644; bugfix on 0.2.7.1-alpha.
12201 - Do not crash when receiving a POSTDESCRIPTOR command with an empty
12202 body. Fixes part of bug 22644; bugfix on 0.2.0.1-alpha.
12204 o Minor bugfixes (file limits, osx, backport from 0.3.1.5-alpha):
12205 - When setting the maximum number of connections allowed by the OS,
12206 always allow some extra file descriptors for other files. Fixes
12207 bug 22797; bugfix on 0.2.0.10-alpha.
12209 o Minor bugfixes (logging, relay, backport from 0.3.1.6-rc):
12210 - Remove a forgotten debugging message when an introduction point
12211 successfully establishes a hidden service prop224 circuit with
12213 - Change three other log_warn() for an introduction point to
12214 protocol warnings, because they can be failure from the network
12215 and are not relevant to the operator. Fixes bug 23078; bugfix on
12216 0.3.0.1-alpha and 0.3.0.2-alpha.
12219 Changes in version 0.3.1.7 - 2017-09-18
12220 Tor 0.3.1.7 is the first stable release in the 0.3.1 series.
12222 With the 0.3.1 series, Tor now serves and downloads directory
12223 information in more compact formats, to save on bandwidth overhead. It
12224 also contains a new padding system to resist netflow-based traffic
12225 analysis, and experimental support for building parts of Tor in Rust
12226 (though no parts of Tor are in Rust yet). There are also numerous
12227 small features, bugfixes on earlier release series, and groundwork for
12228 the hidden services revamp of 0.3.2.
12230 This release also includes a fix for TROVE-2017-008, a security bug
12231 that affects hidden services running with the SafeLogging option
12232 disabled. For more information, see
12233 https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/23490
12235 Per our stable release policy, we plan to support each stable release
12236 series for at least the next nine months, or for three months after
12237 the first stable release of the next series: whichever is longer. If
12238 you need a release with long-term support, we recommend that you stay
12239 with the 0.2.9 series.
12241 Below is a list of the changes since 0.3.0. For a list of all
12242 changes since 0.3.1.6-rc, see the ChangeLog file.
12244 o New dependencies:
12245 - To build with zstd and lzma support, Tor now requires the
12246 pkg-config tool at build time.
12248 o Major bugfixes (security, hidden services, loggging):
12249 - Fix a bug where we could log uninitialized stack when a certain
12250 hidden service error occurred while SafeLogging was disabled.
12251 Fixes bug #23490; bugfix on 0.2.7.2-alpha.
12252 This is also tracked as TROVE-2017-008 and CVE-2017-0380.
12254 o Major features (build system, continuous integration):
12255 - Tor's repository now includes a Travis Continuous Integration (CI)
12256 configuration file (.travis.yml). This is meant to help new
12257 developers and contributors who fork Tor to a Github repository be
12258 better able to test their changes, and understand what we expect
12259 to pass. To use this new build feature, you must fork Tor to your
12260 Github account, then go into the "Integrations" menu in the
12261 repository settings for your fork and enable Travis, then push
12262 your changes. Closes ticket 22636.
12264 o Major features (directory protocol):
12265 - Tor relays and authorities can now serve clients an abbreviated
12266 version of the consensus document, containing only the changes
12267 since an older consensus document that the client holds. Clients
12268 now request these documents when available. When both client and
12269 server use this new protocol, they will use far less bandwidth (up
12270 to 94% less) to keep the client's consensus up-to-date. Implements
12271 proposal 140; closes ticket 13339. Based on work by Daniel Martí.
12272 - Tor can now compress directory traffic with lzma or with zstd
12273 compression algorithms, which can deliver better bandwidth
12274 performance. Because lzma is computationally expensive, it's only
12275 used for documents that can be compressed once and served many
12276 times. Support for these algorithms requires that tor is built
12277 with the libzstd and/or liblzma libraries available. Implements
12278 proposal 278; closes ticket 21662.
12279 - Relays now perform the more expensive compression operations, and
12280 consensus diff generation, in worker threads. This separation
12281 avoids delaying the main thread when a new consensus arrives.
12283 o Major features (experimental):
12284 - Tor can now build modules written in Rust. To turn this on, pass
12285 the "--enable-rust" flag to the configure script. It's not time to
12286 get excited yet: currently, there is no actual Rust functionality
12287 beyond some simple glue code, and a notice at startup to tell you
12288 that Rust is running. Still, we hope that programmers and
12289 packagers will try building Tor with Rust support, so that we can
12290 find issues and solve portability problems. Closes ticket 22106.
12292 o Major features (traffic analysis resistance):
12293 - Connections between clients and relays now send a padding cell in
12294 each direction every 1.5 to 9.5 seconds (tunable via consensus
12295 parameters). This padding will not resist specialized
12296 eavesdroppers, but it should be enough to make many ISPs' routine
12297 network flow logging less useful in traffic analysis against
12300 Padding is negotiated using Tor's link protocol, so both relays
12301 and clients must upgrade for this to take effect. Clients may
12302 still send padding despite the relay's version by setting
12303 ConnectionPadding 1 in torrc, and may disable padding by setting
12304 ConnectionPadding 0 in torrc. Padding may be minimized for mobile
12305 users with the torrc option ReducedConnectionPadding. Implements
12306 Proposal 251 and Section 2 of Proposal 254; closes ticket 16861.
12307 - Relays will publish 24 hour totals of padding and non-padding cell
12308 counts to their extra-info descriptors, unless PaddingStatistics 0
12309 is set in torrc. These 24 hour totals are also rounded to
12310 multiples of 10000.
12312 o Major bugfixes (hidden service, relay, security):
12313 - Fix a remotely triggerable assertion failure when a hidden service
12314 handles a malformed BEGIN cell. Fixes bug 22493, tracked as
12315 TROVE-2017-004 and as CVE-2017-0375; bugfix on 0.3.0.1-alpha.
12316 - Fix a remotely triggerable assertion failure caused by receiving a
12317 BEGIN_DIR cell on a hidden service rendezvous circuit. Fixes bug
12318 22494, tracked as TROVE-2017-005 and CVE-2017-0376; bugfix
12321 o Major bugfixes (path selection, security):
12322 - When choosing which guard to use for a circuit, avoid the exit's
12323 family along with the exit itself. Previously, the new guard
12324 selection logic avoided the exit, but did not consider its family.
12325 Fixes bug 22753; bugfix on 0.3.0.1-alpha. Tracked as TROVE-2017-
12326 006 and CVE-2017-0377.
12328 o Major bugfixes (connection usage):
12329 - We use NETINFO cells to try to determine if both relays involved
12330 in a connection will agree on the canonical status of that
12331 connection. We prefer the connections where this is the case for
12332 extend cells, and try to close connections where relays disagree
12333 on their canonical status early. Also, we now prefer the oldest
12334 valid connection for extend cells. These two changes should reduce
12335 the number of long-term connections that are kept open between
12336 relays. Fixes bug 17604; bugfix on 0.2.5.5-alpha.
12337 - Relays now log hourly statistics (look for
12338 "channel_check_for_duplicates" lines) on the total number of
12339 connections to other relays. If the number of connections per
12340 relay is unexpectedly large, this log message is at notice level.
12341 Otherwise it is at info.
12343 o Major bugfixes (entry guards):
12344 - When starting with an old consensus, do not add new entry guards
12345 unless the consensus is "reasonably live" (under 1 day old). Fixes
12346 one root cause of bug 22400; bugfix on 0.3.0.1-alpha.
12347 - Don't block bootstrapping when a primary bridge is offline and we
12348 can't get its descriptor. Fixes bug 22325; fixes one case of bug
12349 21969; bugfix on 0.3.0.3-alpha.
12351 o Major bugfixes (linux TPROXY support):
12352 - Fix a typo that had prevented TPROXY-based transparent proxying
12353 from working under Linux. Fixes bug 18100; bugfix on 0.2.6.3-alpha.
12354 Patch from "d4fq0fQAgoJ".
12356 o Major bugfixes (openbsd, denial-of-service):
12357 - Avoid an assertion failure bug affecting our implementation of
12358 inet_pton(AF_INET6) on certain OpenBSD systems whose strtol()
12359 handling of "0xx" differs from what we had expected. Fixes bug
12360 22789; bugfix on 0.2.3.8-alpha. Also tracked as TROVE-2017-007.
12362 o Major bugfixes (relay, link handshake):
12363 - When performing the v3 link handshake on a TLS connection, report
12364 that we have the x509 certificate that we actually used on that
12365 connection, even if we have changed certificates since that
12366 connection was first opened. Previously, we would claim to have
12367 used our most recent x509 link certificate, which would sometimes
12368 make the link handshake fail. Fixes one case of bug 22460; bugfix
12371 o Major bugfixes (relays, key management):
12372 - Regenerate link and authentication certificates whenever the key
12373 that signs them changes; also, regenerate link certificates
12374 whenever the signed key changes. Previously, these processes were
12375 only weakly coupled, and we relays could (for minutes to hours)
12376 wind up with an inconsistent set of keys and certificates, which
12377 other relays would not accept. Fixes two cases of bug 22460;
12378 bugfix on 0.3.0.1-alpha.
12379 - When sending an Ed25519 signing->link certificate in a CERTS cell,
12380 send the certificate that matches the x509 certificate that we
12381 used on the TLS connection. Previously, there was a race condition
12382 if the TLS context rotated after we began the TLS handshake but
12383 before we sent the CERTS cell. Fixes a case of bug 22460; bugfix
12386 o Minor features (security, windows):
12387 - Enable a couple of pieces of Windows hardening: one
12388 (HeapEnableTerminationOnCorruption) that has been on-by-default
12389 since Windows 8, and unavailable before Windows 7; and one
12390 (PROCESS_DEP_DISABLE_ATL_THUNK_EMULATION) which we believe doesn't
12391 affect us, but shouldn't do any harm. Closes ticket 21953.
12393 o Minor features (bridge authority):
12394 - Add "fingerprint" lines to the networkstatus-bridges file produced
12395 by bridge authorities. Closes ticket 22207.
12397 o Minor features (code style):
12398 - Add "Falls through" comments to our codebase, in order to silence
12399 GCC 7's -Wimplicit-fallthrough warnings. Patch from Andreas
12400 Stieger. Closes ticket 22446.
12402 o Minor features (config options):
12403 - Allow "%include" directives in torrc configuration files. These
12404 directives import the settings from other files, or from all the
12405 files in a directory. Closes ticket 1922. Code by Daniel Pinto.
12406 - Make SAVECONF return an error when overwriting a torrc that has
12407 includes. Using SAVECONF with the FORCE option will allow it to
12408 overwrite torrc even if includes are used. Related to ticket 1922.
12409 - Add "GETINFO config-can-saveconf" to tell controllers if SAVECONF
12410 will work without the FORCE option. Related to ticket 1922.
12412 o Minor features (controller):
12413 - Warn the first time that a controller requests data in the long-
12414 deprecated 'GETINFO network-status' format. Closes ticket 21703.
12416 o Minor features (defaults):
12417 - The default value for UseCreateFast is now 0: clients which
12418 haven't yet received a consensus document will now use a proper
12419 ntor handshake to talk to their directory servers whenever they
12420 can. Closes ticket 21407.
12421 - Onion key rotation and expiry intervals are now defined as a
12422 network consensus parameter, per proposal 274. The default
12423 lifetime of an onion key is increased from 7 to 28 days. Old onion
12424 keys will expire after 7 days by default. This change will make
12425 consensus diffs much smaller, and save significant bandwidth.
12426 Closes ticket 21641.
12428 o Minor features (defensive programming):
12429 - Create a pair of consensus parameters, nf_pad_tor2web and
12430 nf_pad_single_onion, to disable netflow padding in the consensus
12431 for non-anonymous connections in case the overhead is high. Closes
12434 o Minor features (diagnostic):
12435 - Add a stack trace to the bug warnings that can be logged when
12436 trying to send an outgoing relay cell with n_chan == 0. Diagnostic
12437 attempt for bug 23105.
12438 - Add logging messages to try to diagnose a rare bug that seems to
12439 generate RSA->Ed25519 cross-certificates dated in the 1970s. We
12440 think this is happening because of incorrect system clocks, but
12441 we'd like to know for certain. Diagnostic for bug 22466.
12442 - Avoid an assertion failure, and log a better error message, when
12443 unable to remove a file from the consensus cache on Windows.
12444 Attempts to mitigate and diagnose bug 22752.
12446 o Minor features (directory authority):
12447 - Improve the message that authorities report to relays that present
12448 RSA/Ed25519 keypairs that conflict with previously pinned keys.
12449 Closes ticket 22348.
12451 o Minor features (directory cache, consensus diff):
12452 - Add a new MaxConsensusAgeForDiffs option to allow directory cache
12453 operators with low-resource environments to adjust the number of
12454 consensuses they'll store and generate diffs from. Most cache
12455 operators should leave it unchanged. Helps to work around
12458 o Minor features (fallback directory list):
12459 - Update the fallback directory mirror whitelist and blacklist based
12460 on operator emails. Closes task 21121.
12461 - Replace the 177 fallbacks originally introduced in Tor 0.2.9.8 in
12462 December 2016 (of which ~126 were still functional) with a list of
12463 151 fallbacks (32 new, 119 unchanged, 58 removed) generated in May
12464 2017. Resolves ticket 21564.
12466 o Minor features (geoip):
12467 - Update geoip and geoip6 to the September 6 2017 Maxmind GeoLite2
12470 o Minor features (hidden services, logging):
12471 - Log a message when a hidden service descriptor has fewer
12472 introduction points than specified in
12473 HiddenServiceNumIntroductionPoints. Closes tickets 21598.
12474 - Log a message when a hidden service reaches its introduction point
12475 circuit limit, and when that limit is reset. Follow up to ticket
12476 21594; closes ticket 21622.
12477 - Warn user if multiple entries in EntryNodes and at least one
12478 HiddenService are used together. Pinning EntryNodes along with a
12479 hidden service can be possibly harmful; for instance see ticket
12480 14917 or 21155. Closes ticket 21155.
12482 o Minor features (linux seccomp2 sandbox):
12483 - We now have a document storage backend compatible with the Linux
12484 seccomp2 sandbox. This backend is used for consensus documents and
12485 diffs between them; in the long term, we'd like to use it for
12486 unparseable directory material too. Closes ticket 21645
12487 - Increase the maximum allowed size passed to mprotect(PROT_WRITE)
12488 from 1MB to 16MB. This was necessary with the glibc allocator in
12489 order to allow worker threads to allocate more memory -- which in
12490 turn is necessary because of our new use of worker threads for
12491 compression. Closes ticket 22096.
12493 o Minor features (logging):
12494 - Log files are no longer created world-readable by default.
12495 (Previously, most distributors would store the logs in a non-
12496 world-readable location to prevent inappropriate access. This
12497 change is an extra precaution.) Closes ticket 21729; patch
12500 o Minor features (performance):
12501 - Our Keccak (SHA-3) implementation now accesses memory more
12502 efficiently, especially on little-endian systems. Closes
12504 - Add an O(1) implementation of channel_find_by_global_id(), to
12505 speed some controller functions.
12507 o Minor features (relay, configuration):
12508 - The MyFamily option may now be repeated as many times as desired,
12509 for relays that want to configure large families. Closes ticket
12510 4998; patch by Daniel Pinto.
12512 o Minor features (relay, performance):
12513 - Always start relays with at least two worker threads, to prevent
12514 priority inversion on slow tasks. Part of the fix for bug 22883.
12515 - Allow background work to be queued with different priorities, so
12516 that a big pile of slow low-priority jobs will not starve out
12517 higher priority jobs. This lays the groundwork for a fix for
12520 o Minor features (safety):
12521 - Add an explicit check to extrainfo_parse_entry_from_string() for
12522 NULL inputs. We don't believe this can actually happen, but it may
12523 help silence a warning from the Clang analyzer. Closes
12526 o Minor features (testing):
12527 - Add more tests for compression backend initialization. Closes
12529 - Add a "--disable-memory-sentinels" feature to help with fuzzing.
12530 When Tor is compiled with this option, we disable a number of
12531 redundant memory-safety failsafes that are intended to stop bugs
12532 from becoming security issues. This makes it easier to hunt for
12533 bugs that would be security issues without the failsafes turned
12534 on. Closes ticket 21439.
12535 - Add a general event-tracing instrumentation support to Tor. This
12536 subsystem will enable developers and researchers to add fine-
12537 grained instrumentation to their Tor instances, for use when
12538 examining Tor network performance issues. There are no trace
12539 events yet, and event-tracing is off by default unless enabled at
12540 compile time. Implements ticket 13802.
12541 - Improve our version parsing tests: add tests for typical version
12542 components, add tests for invalid versions, including numeric
12543 range and non-numeric prefixes. Unit tests 21278, 21450, and
12544 21507. Partially implements 21470.
12546 o Minor bugfixes (bandwidth accounting):
12547 - Roll over monthly accounting at the configured hour and minute,
12548 rather than always at 00:00. Fixes bug 22245; bugfix on 0.0.9rc1.
12549 Found by Andrey Karpov with PVS-Studio.
12551 o Minor bugfixes (code correctness):
12552 - Accurately identify client connections by their lack of peer
12553 authentication. This means that we bail out earlier if asked to
12554 extend to a client. Follow-up to 21407. Fixes bug 21406; bugfix
12557 o Minor bugfixes (compilation warnings):
12558 - Suppress -Wdouble-promotion warnings with clang 4.0. Fixes bug
12559 22915; bugfix on 0.2.8.1-alpha.
12560 - Fix warnings when building with libscrypt and openssl scrypt
12561 support on Clang. Fixes bug 22916; bugfix on 0.2.7.2-alpha.
12562 - When building with certain versions of the mingw C header files,
12563 avoid float-conversion warnings when calling the C functions
12564 isfinite(), isnan(), and signbit(). Fixes bug 22801; bugfix
12567 o Minor bugfixes (compilation):
12568 - Avoid compiler warnings in the unit tests for calling tor_sscanf()
12569 with wide string outputs. Fixes bug 15582; bugfix on 0.2.6.2-alpha.
12571 o Minor bugfixes (compression):
12572 - When spooling compressed data to an output buffer, don't try to
12573 spool more data when there is no more data to spool and we are not
12574 trying to flush the input. Previously, we would sometimes launch
12575 compression requests with nothing to do, which interferes with our
12576 22672 checks. Fixes bug 22719; bugfix on 0.2.0.16-alpha.
12578 o Minor bugfixes (configuration):
12579 - Do not crash when starting with LearnCircuitBuildTimeout 0. Fixes
12580 bug 22252; bugfix on 0.2.9.3-alpha.
12582 o Minor bugfixes (connection lifespan):
12583 - Allow more control over how long TLS connections are kept open:
12584 unify CircuitIdleTimeout and PredictedPortsRelevanceTime into a
12585 single option called CircuitsAvailableTimeout. Also, allow the
12586 consensus to control the default values for both this preference
12587 and the lifespan of relay-to-relay connections. Fixes bug 17592;
12588 bugfix on 0.2.5.5-alpha.
12589 - Increase the initial circuit build timeout testing frequency, to
12590 help ensure that ReducedConnectionPadding clients finish learning
12591 a timeout before their orconn would expire. The initial testing
12592 rate was set back in the days of TAP and before the Tor Browser
12593 updater, when we had to be much more careful about new clients
12594 making lots of circuits. With this change, a circuit build timeout
12595 is learned in about 15-20 minutes, instead of 100-120 minutes.
12597 o Minor bugfixes (controller):
12598 - Do not crash when receiving a HSPOST command with an empty body.
12599 Fixes part of bug 22644; bugfix on 0.2.7.1-alpha.
12600 - Do not crash when receiving a POSTDESCRIPTOR command with an empty
12601 body. Fixes part of bug 22644; bugfix on 0.2.0.1-alpha.
12602 - GETINFO onions/current and onions/detached no longer respond with
12603 551 on empty lists. Fixes bug 21329; bugfix on 0.2.7.1-alpha.
12604 - Trigger HS descriptor events on the control port when the client
12605 fails to pick a hidden service directory for a hidden service.
12606 This can happen if all the hidden service directories are in
12607 ExcludeNodes, or they have all been queried within the last 15
12608 minutes. Fixes bug 22042; bugfix on 0.2.5.2-alpha.
12610 o Minor bugfixes (correctness):
12611 - Avoid undefined behavior when parsing IPv6 entries from the geoip6
12612 file. Fixes bug 22490; bugfix on 0.2.4.6-alpha.
12614 o Minor bugfixes (coverity build support):
12615 - Avoid Coverity build warnings related to our BUG() macro. By
12616 default, Coverity treats BUG() as the Linux kernel does: an
12617 instant abort(). We need to override that so our BUG() macro
12618 doesn't prevent Coverity from analyzing functions that use it.
12619 Fixes bug 23030; bugfix on 0.2.9.1-alpha.
12621 o Minor bugfixes (defensive programming):
12622 - Detect and break out of infinite loops in our compression code. We
12623 don't think that any such loops exist now, but it's best to be
12624 safe. Closes ticket 22672.
12625 - Fix a memset() off the end of an array when packing cells. This
12626 bug should be harmless in practice, since the corrupted bytes are
12627 still in the same structure, and are always padding bytes,
12628 ignored, or immediately overwritten, depending on compiler
12629 behavior. Nevertheless, because the memset()'s purpose is to make
12630 sure that any other cell-handling bugs can't expose bytes to the
12631 network, we need to fix it. Fixes bug 22737; bugfix on
12632 0.2.4.11-alpha. Fixes CID 1401591.
12634 o Minor bugfixes (directory authority):
12635 - When a directory authority rejects a descriptor or extrainfo with
12636 a given digest, mark that digest as undownloadable, so that we do
12637 not attempt to download it again over and over. We previously
12638 tried to avoid downloading such descriptors by other means, but we
12639 didn't notice if we accidentally downloaded one anyway. This
12640 behavior became problematic in 0.2.7.2-alpha, when authorities
12641 began pinning Ed25519 keys. Fixes bug 22349; bugfix
12643 - When rejecting a router descriptor for running an obsolete version
12644 of Tor without ntor support, warn about the obsolete tor version,
12645 not the missing ntor key. Fixes bug 20270; bugfix on 0.2.9.3-alpha.
12646 - Prevent the shared randomness subsystem from asserting when
12647 initialized by a bridge authority with an incomplete configuration
12648 file. Fixes bug 21586; bugfix on 0.2.9.8.
12650 o Minor bugfixes (error reporting, windows):
12651 - When formatting Windows error messages, use the English format to
12652 avoid codepage issues. Fixes bug 22520; bugfix on 0.1.2.8-alpha.
12655 o Minor bugfixes (exit-side DNS):
12656 - Fix an untriggerable assertion that checked the output of a
12657 libevent DNS error, so that the assertion actually behaves as
12658 expected. Fixes bug 22244; bugfix on 0.2.0.20-rc. Found by Andrey
12659 Karpov using PVS-Studio.
12661 o Minor bugfixes (fallback directories):
12662 - Make the usage example in updateFallbackDirs.py actually work, and
12663 explain what it does. Fixes bug 22270; bugfix on 0.3.0.3-alpha.
12664 - Decrease the guard flag average required to be a fallback. This
12665 allows us to keep relays that have their guard flag removed when
12666 they restart. Fixes bug 20913; bugfix on 0.2.8.1-alpha.
12667 - Decrease the minimum number of fallbacks to 100. Fixes bug 20913;
12668 bugfix on 0.2.8.1-alpha.
12669 - Make sure fallback directory mirrors have the same address, port,
12670 and relay identity key for at least 30 days before they are
12671 selected. Fixes bug 20913; bugfix on 0.2.8.1-alpha.
12673 o Minor bugfixes (file limits, osx):
12674 - When setting the maximum number of connections allowed by the OS,
12675 always allow some extra file descriptors for other files. Fixes
12676 bug 22797; bugfix on 0.2.0.10-alpha.
12678 o Minor bugfixes (hidden services):
12679 - Increase the number of circuits that a service is allowed to
12680 open over a specific period of time. The value was lower than it
12681 should be (8 vs 12) in the normal case of 3 introduction points.
12682 Fixes bug 22159; bugfix on 0.3.0.5-rc.
12683 - Fix a BUG warning during HSv3 descriptor decoding that could be
12684 cause by a specially crafted descriptor. Fixes bug 23233; bugfix
12685 on 0.3.0.1-alpha. Bug found by "haxxpop".
12686 - Stop printing a cryptic warning when a hidden service gets a
12687 request to connect to a virtual port that it hasn't configured.
12688 Fixes bug 16706; bugfix on 0.2.6.3-alpha.
12689 - Simplify hidden service descriptor creation by using an existing
12690 flag to check if an introduction point is established. Fixes bug
12691 21599; bugfix on 0.2.7.2-alpha.
12693 o Minor bugfixes (link handshake):
12694 - Lower the lifetime of the RSA->Ed25519 cross-certificate to six
12695 months, and regenerate it when it is within one month of expiring.
12696 Previously, we had generated this certificate at startup with a
12697 ten-year lifetime, but that could lead to weird behavior when Tor
12698 was started with a grossly inaccurate clock. Mitigates bug 22466;
12699 mitigation on 0.3.0.1-alpha.
12701 o Minor bugfixes (linux seccomp2 sandbox):
12702 - Avoid a sandbox failure when trying to re-bind to a socket and
12703 mark it as IPv6-only. Fixes bug 20247; bugfix on 0.2.5.1-alpha.
12704 - Permit the fchmod system call, to avoid crashing on startup when
12705 starting with the seccomp2 sandbox and an unexpected set of
12706 permissions on the data directory or its contents. Fixes bug
12707 22516; bugfix on 0.2.5.4-alpha.
12709 o Minor bugfixes (logging):
12710 - When decompressing, do not warn if we fail to decompress using a
12711 compression method that we merely guessed. Fixes part of bug
12712 22670; bugfix on 0.1.1.14-alpha.
12713 - When decompressing, treat mismatch between content-encoding and
12714 actual compression type as a protocol warning. Fixes part of bug
12715 22670; bugfix on 0.1.1.9-alpha.
12716 - Downgrade "assigned_to_cpuworker failed" message to info-level
12717 severity. In every case that can reach it, either a better warning
12718 has already been logged, or no warning is warranted. Fixes bug
12719 22356; bugfix on 0.2.6.3-alpha.
12720 - Log a better message when a directory authority replies to an
12721 upload with an unexpected status code. Fixes bug 11121; bugfix
12723 - Downgrade a log statement about unexpected relay cells from "bug"
12724 to "protocol warning", because there is at least one use case
12725 where it can be triggered by a buggy tor implementation. Fixes bug
12726 21293; bugfix on 0.1.1.14-alpha.
12728 o Minor bugfixes (logging, relay):
12729 - Remove a forgotten debugging message when an introduction point
12730 successfully establishes a hidden service prop224 circuit with
12732 - Change three other log_warn() for an introduction point to
12733 protocol warnings, because they can be failure from the network
12734 and are not relevant to the operator. Fixes bug 23078; bugfix on
12735 0.3.0.1-alpha and 0.3.0.2-alpha.
12737 o Minor bugfixes (relay):
12738 - Inform the geoip and rephist modules about all requests, even on
12739 relays that are only fetching microdescriptors. Fixes a bug
12740 related to 21585; bugfix on 0.3.0.1-alpha.
12742 o Minor bugfixes (memory leaks):
12743 - Fix a small memory leak at exit from the backtrace handler code.
12744 Fixes bug 21788; bugfix on 0.2.5.2-alpha. Patch from Daniel Pinto.
12745 - When directory authorities reject a router descriptor due to
12746 keypinning, free the router descriptor rather than leaking the
12747 memory. Fixes bug 22370; bugfix on 0.2.7.2-alpha.
12748 - Fix a small memory leak when validating a configuration that uses
12749 two or more AF_UNIX sockets for the same port type. Fixes bug
12750 23053; bugfix on 0.2.6.3-alpha. This is CID 1415725.
12752 o Minor bugfixes (process behavior):
12753 - When exiting because of an error, always exit with a nonzero exit
12754 status. Previously, we would fail to report an error in our exit
12755 status in cases related to __OwningControllerProcess failure,
12756 lockfile contention, and Ed25519 key initialization. Fixes bug
12757 22720; bugfix on versions 0.2.1.6-alpha, 0.2.2.28-beta, and
12758 0.2.7.2-alpha respectively. Reported by "f55jwk4f"; patch
12761 o Minor bugfixes (robustness, error handling):
12762 - Improve our handling of the cases where OpenSSL encounters a
12763 memory error while encoding keys and certificates. We haven't
12764 observed these errors in the wild, but if they do happen, we now
12765 detect and respond better. Fixes bug 19418; bugfix on all versions
12766 of Tor. Reported by Guido Vranken.
12768 o Minor bugfixes (testing):
12769 - Fix an undersized buffer in test-memwipe.c. Fixes bug 23291;
12770 bugfix on 0.2.7.2-alpha. Found and patched by Ties Stuij.
12771 - Use unbuffered I/O for utility functions around the
12772 process_handle_t type. This fixes unit test failures reported on
12773 OpenBSD and FreeBSD. Fixes bug 21654; bugfix on 0.2.3.1-alpha.
12774 - Make display of captured unit test log messages consistent. Fixes
12775 bug 21510; bugfix on 0.2.9.3-alpha.
12776 - Make test-network.sh always call chutney's test-network.sh.
12777 Previously, this only worked on systems which had bash installed,
12778 due to some bash-specific code in the script. Fixes bug 19699;
12779 bugfix on 0.3.0.4-rc. Follow-up to ticket 21581.
12780 - Fix a memory leak in the link-handshake/certs_ok_ed25519 test.
12781 Fixes bug 22803; bugfix on 0.3.0.1-alpha.
12782 - The unit tests now pass on systems where localhost is misconfigured
12783 to some IPv4 address other than 127.0.0.1. Fixes bug 6298; bugfix
12786 o Minor bugfixes (voting consistency):
12787 - Reject version numbers with non-numeric prefixes (such as +, -, or
12788 whitespace). Disallowing whitespace prevents differential version
12789 parsing between POSIX-based and Windows platforms. Fixes bug 21507
12790 and part of 21508; bugfix on 0.0.8pre1.
12792 o Minor bugfixes (Windows service):
12793 - When running as a Windows service, set the ID of the main thread
12794 correctly. Failure to do so made us fail to send log messages to
12795 the controller in 0.2.1.16-rc, slowed down controller event
12796 delivery in 0.2.7.3-rc and later, and crash with an assertion
12797 failure in 0.3.1.1-alpha. Fixes bug 23081; bugfix on 0.2.1.6-alpha.
12798 Patch and diagnosis from "Vort".
12800 o Minor bugfixes (windows, relay):
12801 - Resolve "Failure from drain_fd: No error" warnings on Windows
12802 relays. Fixes bug 21540; bugfix on 0.2.6.3-alpha.
12804 o Code simplification and refactoring:
12805 - Break up the 630-line function connection_dir_client_reached_eof()
12806 into a dozen smaller functions. This change should help
12807 maintainability and readability of the client directory code.
12808 - Isolate our use of the openssl headers so that they are only
12809 included from our crypto wrapper modules, and from tests that
12810 examine those modules' internals. Closes ticket 21841.
12811 - Simplify our API to launch directory requests, making it more
12812 extensible and less error-prone. Now it's easier to add extra
12813 headers to directory requests. Closes ticket 21646.
12814 - Our base64 decoding functions no longer overestimate the output
12815 space that they need when parsing unpadded inputs. Closes
12817 - Remove unused "ROUTER_ADDED_NOTIFY_GENERATOR" internal value.
12818 Resolves ticket 22213.
12819 - The logic that directory caches use to spool request to clients,
12820 serving them one part at a time so as not to allocate too much
12821 memory, has been refactored for consistency. Previously there was
12822 a separate spooling implementation per type of spoolable data. Now
12823 there is one common spooling implementation, with extensible data
12824 types. Closes ticket 21651.
12825 - Tor's compression module now supports multiple backends. Part of
12826 the implementation for proposal 278; closes ticket 21663.
12829 - Add a manpage description for the key-pinning-journal file. Closes
12831 - Correctly note that bandwidth accounting values are stored in the
12832 state file, and the bw_accounting file is now obsolete. Closes
12834 - Document more of the files in the Tor data directory, including
12835 cached-extrainfo, secret_onion_key{,_ntor}.old, hidserv-stats,
12836 approved-routers, sr-random, and diff-cache. Found while fixing
12838 - Clarify the manpage for the (deprecated) torify script. Closes
12840 - Clarify the behavior of the KeepAliveIsolateSOCKSAuth sub-option.
12841 Closes ticket 21873.
12842 - Correct documentation about the default DataDirectory value.
12843 Closes ticket 21151.
12844 - Document the default behavior of NumEntryGuards and
12845 NumDirectoryGuards correctly. Fixes bug 21715; bugfix
12847 - Document key=value pluggable transport arguments for Bridge lines
12848 in torrc. Fixes bug 20341; bugfix on 0.2.5.1-alpha.
12849 - Note that bandwidth-limiting options don't affect TCP headers or
12850 DNS. Closes ticket 17170.
12852 o Removed features (configuration options, all in ticket 22060):
12853 - These configuration options are now marked Obsolete, and no longer
12854 have any effect: AllowInvalidNodes, AllowSingleHopCircuits,
12855 AllowSingleHopExits, ExcludeSingleHopRelays, FastFirstHopPK,
12856 TLSECGroup, WarnUnsafeSocks. They were first marked as deprecated
12857 in 0.2.9.2-alpha and have now been removed. The previous default
12858 behavior is now always chosen; the previous (less secure) non-
12859 default behavior is now unavailable.
12860 - CloseHSClientCircuitsImmediatelyOnTimeout and
12861 CloseHSServiceRendCircuitsImmediatelyOnTimeout were deprecated in
12862 0.2.9.2-alpha and now have been removed. HS circuits never close
12863 on circuit build timeout; they have a longer timeout period.
12864 - {Control,DNS,Dir,Socks,Trans,NATD,OR}ListenAddress were deprecated
12865 in 0.2.9.2-alpha and now have been removed. Use the ORPort option
12866 (and others) to configure listen-only and advertise-only addresses.
12868 o Removed features (tools):
12869 - We've removed the tor-checkkey tool from src/tools. Long ago, we
12870 used it to help people detect RSA keys that were generated by
12871 versions of Debian affected by CVE-2008-0166. But those keys have
12872 been out of circulation for ages, and this tool is no longer
12873 required. Closes ticket 21842.
12876 Changes in version 0.3.0.10 - 2017-08-02
12877 Tor 0.3.0.10 backports a collection of small-to-medium bugfixes
12878 from the current Tor alpha series. OpenBSD users and TPROXY users
12879 should upgrade; others are probably okay sticking with 0.3.0.9.
12881 o Major features (build system, continuous integration, backport from 0.3.1.5-alpha):
12882 - Tor's repository now includes a Travis Continuous Integration (CI)
12883 configuration file (.travis.yml). This is meant to help new
12884 developers and contributors who fork Tor to a Github repository be
12885 better able to test their changes, and understand what we expect
12886 to pass. To use this new build feature, you must fork Tor to your
12887 Github account, then go into the "Integrations" menu in the
12888 repository settings for your fork and enable Travis, then push
12889 your changes. Closes ticket 22636.
12891 o Major bugfixes (linux TPROXY support, backport from 0.3.1.1-alpha):
12892 - Fix a typo that had prevented TPROXY-based transparent proxying
12893 from working under Linux. Fixes bug 18100; bugfix on 0.2.6.3-alpha.
12894 Patch from "d4fq0fQAgoJ".
12896 o Major bugfixes (openbsd, denial-of-service, backport from 0.3.1.5-alpha):
12897 - Avoid an assertion failure bug affecting our implementation of
12898 inet_pton(AF_INET6) on certain OpenBSD systems whose strtol()
12899 handling of "0xbar" differs from what we had expected. Fixes bug
12900 22789; bugfix on 0.2.3.8-alpha. Also tracked as TROVE-2017-007.
12902 o Minor features (backport from 0.3.1.5-alpha):
12903 - Update geoip and geoip6 to the July 4 2017 Maxmind GeoLite2
12906 o Minor bugfixes (bandwidth accounting, backport from 0.3.1.2-alpha):
12907 - Roll over monthly accounting at the configured hour and minute,
12908 rather than always at 00:00. Fixes bug 22245; bugfix on 0.0.9rc1.
12909 Found by Andrey Karpov with PVS-Studio.
12911 o Minor bugfixes (compilation warnings, backport from 0.3.1.5-alpha):
12912 - Suppress -Wdouble-promotion warnings with clang 4.0. Fixes bug 22915;
12913 bugfix on 0.2.8.1-alpha.
12914 - Fix warnings when building with libscrypt and openssl scrypt
12915 support on Clang. Fixes bug 22916; bugfix on 0.2.7.2-alpha.
12916 - When building with certain versions of the mingw C header files,
12917 avoid float-conversion warnings when calling the C functions
12918 isfinite(), isnan(), and signbit(). Fixes bug 22801; bugfix
12921 o Minor bugfixes (compilation, mingw, backport from 0.3.1.1-alpha):
12922 - Backport a fix for an "unused variable" warning that appeared
12923 in some versions of mingw. Fixes bug 22838; bugfix on
12926 o Minor bugfixes (coverity build support, backport from 0.3.1.5-alpha):
12927 - Avoid Coverity build warnings related to our BUG() macro. By
12928 default, Coverity treats BUG() as the Linux kernel does: an
12929 instant abort(). We need to override that so our BUG() macro
12930 doesn't prevent Coverity from analyzing functions that use it.
12931 Fixes bug 23030; bugfix on 0.2.9.1-alpha.
12933 o Minor bugfixes (directory authority, backport from 0.3.1.1-alpha):
12934 - When rejecting a router descriptor for running an obsolete version
12935 of Tor without ntor support, warn about the obsolete tor version,
12936 not the missing ntor key. Fixes bug 20270; bugfix on 0.2.9.3-alpha.
12938 o Minor bugfixes (linux seccomp2 sandbox, backport from 0.3.1.5-alpha):
12939 - Avoid a sandbox failure when trying to re-bind to a socket and
12940 mark it as IPv6-only. Fixes bug 20247; bugfix on 0.2.5.1-alpha.
12942 o Minor bugfixes (unit tests, backport from 0.3.1.5-alpha)
12943 - Fix a memory leak in the link-handshake/certs_ok_ed25519 test.
12944 Fixes bug 22803; bugfix on 0.3.0.1-alpha.
12947 Changes in version 0.3.0.9 - 2017-06-29
12948 Tor 0.3.0.9 fixes a path selection bug that would allow a client
12949 to use a guard that was in the same network family as a chosen exit
12950 relay. This is a security regression; all clients running earlier
12951 versions of 0.3.0.x or 0.3.1.x should upgrade to 0.3.0.9 or
12954 This release also backports several other bugfixes from the 0.3.1.x
12957 o Major bugfixes (path selection, security, backport from 0.3.1.4-alpha):
12958 - When choosing which guard to use for a circuit, avoid the exit's
12959 family along with the exit itself. Previously, the new guard
12960 selection logic avoided the exit, but did not consider its family.
12961 Fixes bug 22753; bugfix on 0.3.0.1-alpha. Tracked as TROVE-2017-
12962 006 and CVE-2017-0377.
12964 o Major bugfixes (entry guards, backport from 0.3.1.1-alpha):
12965 - Don't block bootstrapping when a primary bridge is offline and we
12966 can't get its descriptor. Fixes bug 22325; fixes one case of bug
12967 21969; bugfix on 0.3.0.3-alpha.
12969 o Major bugfixes (entry guards, backport from 0.3.1.4-alpha):
12970 - When starting with an old consensus, do not add new entry guards
12971 unless the consensus is "reasonably live" (under 1 day old). Fixes
12972 one root cause of bug 22400; bugfix on 0.3.0.1-alpha.
12974 o Minor features (geoip):
12975 - Update geoip and geoip6 to the June 8 2017 Maxmind GeoLite2
12978 o Minor bugfixes (voting consistency, backport from 0.3.1.1-alpha):
12979 - Reject version numbers with non-numeric prefixes (such as +, -, or
12980 whitespace). Disallowing whitespace prevents differential version
12981 parsing between POSIX-based and Windows platforms. Fixes bug 21507
12982 and part of 21508; bugfix on 0.0.8pre1.
12984 o Minor bugfixes (linux seccomp2 sandbox, backport from 0.3.1.4-alpha):
12985 - Permit the fchmod system call, to avoid crashing on startup when
12986 starting with the seccomp2 sandbox and an unexpected set of
12987 permissions on the data directory or its contents. Fixes bug
12988 22516; bugfix on 0.2.5.4-alpha.
12990 o Minor bugfixes (defensive programming, backport from 0.3.1.4-alpha):
12991 - Fix a memset() off the end of an array when packing cells. This
12992 bug should be harmless in practice, since the corrupted bytes are
12993 still in the same structure, and are always padding bytes,
12994 ignored, or immediately overwritten, depending on compiler
12995 behavior. Nevertheless, because the memset()'s purpose is to make
12996 sure that any other cell-handling bugs can't expose bytes to the
12997 network, we need to fix it. Fixes bug 22737; bugfix on
12998 0.2.4.11-alpha. Fixes CID 1401591.
13001 Changes in version 0.3.0.8 - 2017-06-08
13002 Tor 0.3.0.8 fixes a pair of bugs that would allow an attacker to
13003 remotely crash a hidden service with an assertion failure. Anyone
13004 running a hidden service should upgrade to this version, or to some
13005 other version with fixes for TROVE-2017-004 and TROVE-2017-005.
13007 Tor 0.3.0.8 also includes fixes for several key management bugs
13008 that sometimes made relays unreliable, as well as several other
13009 bugfixes described below.
13011 o Major bugfixes (hidden service, relay, security, backport
13012 from 0.3.1.3-alpha):
13013 - Fix a remotely triggerable assertion failure when a hidden service
13014 handles a malformed BEGIN cell. Fixes bug 22493, tracked as
13015 TROVE-2017-004 and as CVE-2017-0375; bugfix on 0.3.0.1-alpha.
13016 - Fix a remotely triggerable assertion failure caused by receiving a
13017 BEGIN_DIR cell on a hidden service rendezvous circuit. Fixes bug
13018 22494, tracked as TROVE-2017-005 and CVE-2017-0376; bugfix
13021 o Major bugfixes (relay, link handshake, backport from 0.3.1.3-alpha):
13022 - When performing the v3 link handshake on a TLS connection, report
13023 that we have the x509 certificate that we actually used on that
13024 connection, even if we have changed certificates since that
13025 connection was first opened. Previously, we would claim to have
13026 used our most recent x509 link certificate, which would sometimes
13027 make the link handshake fail. Fixes one case of bug 22460; bugfix
13030 o Major bugfixes (relays, key management, backport from 0.3.1.3-alpha):
13031 - Regenerate link and authentication certificates whenever the key
13032 that signs them changes; also, regenerate link certificates
13033 whenever the signed key changes. Previously, these processes were
13034 only weakly coupled, and we relays could (for minutes to hours)
13035 wind up with an inconsistent set of keys and certificates, which
13036 other relays would not accept. Fixes two cases of bug 22460;
13037 bugfix on 0.3.0.1-alpha.
13038 - When sending an Ed25519 signing->link certificate in a CERTS cell,
13039 send the certificate that matches the x509 certificate that we
13040 used on the TLS connection. Previously, there was a race condition
13041 if the TLS context rotated after we began the TLS handshake but
13042 before we sent the CERTS cell. Fixes a case of bug 22460; bugfix
13045 o Major bugfixes (hidden service v3, backport from 0.3.1.1-alpha):
13046 - Stop rejecting v3 hidden service descriptors because their size
13047 did not match an old padding rule. Fixes bug 22447; bugfix on
13050 o Minor features (fallback directory list, backport from 0.3.1.3-alpha):
13051 - Replace the 177 fallbacks originally introduced in Tor 0.2.9.8 in
13052 December 2016 (of which ~126 were still functional) with a list of
13053 151 fallbacks (32 new, 119 unchanged, 58 removed) generated in May
13054 2017. Resolves ticket 21564.
13056 o Minor bugfixes (configuration, backport from 0.3.1.1-alpha):
13057 - Do not crash when starting with LearnCircuitBuildTimeout 0. Fixes
13058 bug 22252; bugfix on 0.2.9.3-alpha.
13060 o Minor bugfixes (correctness, backport from 0.3.1.3-alpha):
13061 - Avoid undefined behavior when parsing IPv6 entries from the geoip6
13062 file. Fixes bug 22490; bugfix on 0.2.4.6-alpha.
13064 o Minor bugfixes (link handshake, backport from 0.3.1.3-alpha):
13065 - Lower the lifetime of the RSA->Ed25519 cross-certificate to six
13066 months, and regenerate it when it is within one month of expiring.
13067 Previously, we had generated this certificate at startup with a
13068 ten-year lifetime, but that could lead to weird behavior when Tor
13069 was started with a grossly inaccurate clock. Mitigates bug 22466;
13070 mitigation on 0.3.0.1-alpha.
13072 o Minor bugfixes (memory leak, directory authority, backport from
13074 - When directory authorities reject a router descriptor due to
13075 keypinning, free the router descriptor rather than leaking the
13076 memory. Fixes bug 22370; bugfix on 0.2.7.2-alpha.
13079 Changes in version 0.2.9.11 - 2017-06-08
13080 Tor 0.2.9.11 backports a fix for a bug that would allow an attacker to
13081 remotely crash a hidden service with an assertion failure. Anyone
13082 running a hidden service should upgrade to this version, or to some
13083 other version with fixes for TROVE-2017-005. (Versions before 0.3.0
13084 are not affected by TROVE-2017-004.)
13086 Tor 0.2.9.11 also backports fixes for several key management bugs
13087 that sometimes made relays unreliable, as well as several other
13088 bugfixes described below.
13090 o Major bugfixes (hidden service, relay, security, backport
13091 from 0.3.1.3-alpha):
13092 - Fix a remotely triggerable assertion failure caused by receiving a
13093 BEGIN_DIR cell on a hidden service rendezvous circuit. Fixes bug
13094 22494, tracked as TROVE-2017-005 and CVE-2017-0376; bugfix
13097 o Major bugfixes (relay, link handshake, backport from 0.3.1.3-alpha):
13098 - When performing the v3 link handshake on a TLS connection, report
13099 that we have the x509 certificate that we actually used on that
13100 connection, even if we have changed certificates since that
13101 connection was first opened. Previously, we would claim to have
13102 used our most recent x509 link certificate, which would sometimes
13103 make the link handshake fail. Fixes one case of bug 22460; bugfix
13106 o Minor features (fallback directory list, backport from 0.3.1.3-alpha):
13107 - Replace the 177 fallbacks originally introduced in Tor 0.2.9.8 in
13108 December 2016 (of which ~126 were still functional) with a list of
13109 151 fallbacks (32 new, 119 unchanged, 58 removed) generated in May
13110 2017. Resolves ticket 21564.
13112 o Minor features (future-proofing, backport from 0.3.0.7):
13113 - Tor no longer refuses to download microdescriptors or descriptors if
13114 they are listed as "published in the future". This change will
13115 eventually allow us to stop listing meaningful "published" dates
13116 in microdescriptor consensuses, and thereby allow us to reduce the
13117 resources required to download consensus diffs by over 50%.
13118 Implements part of ticket 21642; implements part of proposal 275.
13120 o Minor features (directory authorities, backport from 0.3.0.4-rc)
13121 - Directory authorities now reject relays running versions
13122 0.2.9.1-alpha through 0.2.9.4-alpha, because those relays
13123 suffer from bug 20499 and don't keep their consensus cache
13124 up-to-date. Resolves ticket 20509.
13126 o Minor features (geoip):
13127 - Update geoip and geoip6 to the May 2 2017 Maxmind GeoLite2
13130 o Minor bugfixes (control port, backport from 0.3.0.6):
13131 - The GETINFO extra-info/digest/<digest> command was broken because
13132 of a wrong base16 decode return value check, introduced when
13133 refactoring that API. Fixes bug 22034; bugfix on 0.2.9.1-alpha.
13135 o Minor bugfixes (correctness, backport from 0.3.1.3-alpha):
13136 - Avoid undefined behavior when parsing IPv6 entries from the geoip6
13137 file. Fixes bug 22490; bugfix on 0.2.4.6-alpha.
13139 o Minor bugfixes (Linux seccomp2 sandbox, backport from 0.3.0.7):
13140 - The getpid() system call is now permitted under the Linux seccomp2
13141 sandbox, to avoid crashing with versions of OpenSSL (and other
13142 libraries) that attempt to learn the process's PID by using the
13143 syscall rather than the VDSO code. Fixes bug 21943; bugfix
13146 o Minor bugfixes (memory leak, directory authority, backport
13147 from 0.3.1.2-alpha):
13148 - When directory authorities reject a router descriptor due to
13149 keypinning, free the router descriptor rather than leaking the
13150 memory. Fixes bug 22370; bugfix on 0.2.7.2-alpha.
13152 Changes in version 0.2.8.14 - 2017-06-08
13153 Tor 0.2.7.8 backports a fix for a bug that would allow an attacker to
13154 remotely crash a hidden service with an assertion failure. Anyone
13155 running a hidden service should upgrade to this version, or to some
13156 other version with fixes for TROVE-2017-005. (Versions before 0.3.0
13157 are not affected by TROVE-2017-004.)
13159 o Major bugfixes (hidden service, relay, security):
13160 - Fix a remotely triggerable assertion failure caused by receiving a
13161 BEGIN_DIR cell on a hidden service rendezvous circuit. Fixes bug
13162 22494, tracked as TROVE-2017-005 and CVE-2017-0376; bugfix
13165 o Minor features (geoip):
13166 - Update geoip and geoip6 to the May 2 2017 Maxmind GeoLite2
13169 o Minor features (fallback directory list, backport from 0.3.1.3-alpha):
13170 - Replace the 177 fallbacks originally introduced in Tor 0.2.9.8 in
13171 December 2016 (of which ~126 were still functional) with a list of
13172 151 fallbacks (32 new, 119 unchanged, 58 removed) generated in May
13173 2017. Resolves ticket 21564.
13175 o Minor bugfixes (correctness):
13176 - Avoid undefined behavior when parsing IPv6 entries from the geoip6
13177 file. Fixes bug 22490; bugfix on 0.2.4.6-alpha.
13179 Changes in version 0.2.7.8 - 2017-06-08
13180 Tor 0.2.7.8 backports a fix for a bug that would allow an attacker to
13181 remotely crash a hidden service with an assertion failure. Anyone
13182 running a hidden service should upgrade to this version, or to some
13183 other version with fixes for TROVE-2017-005. (Versions before 0.3.0
13184 are not affected by TROVE-2017-004.)
13186 o Major bugfixes (hidden service, relay, security):
13187 - Fix a remotely triggerable assertion failure caused by receiving a
13188 BEGIN_DIR cell on a hidden service rendezvous circuit. Fixes bug
13189 22494, tracked as TROVE-2017-005 and CVE-2017-0376; bugfix
13192 o Minor features (geoip):
13193 - Update geoip and geoip6 to the May 2 2017 Maxmind GeoLite2
13196 o Minor bugfixes (correctness):
13197 - Avoid undefined behavior when parsing IPv6 entries from the geoip6
13198 file. Fixes bug 22490; bugfix on 0.2.4.6-alpha.
13201 Changes in version 0.2.6.12 - 2017-06-08
13202 Tor 0.2.6.12 backports a fix for a bug that would allow an attacker to
13203 remotely crash a hidden service with an assertion failure. Anyone
13204 running a hidden service should upgrade to this version, or to some
13205 other version with fixes for TROVE-2017-005. (Versions before 0.3.0
13206 are not affected by TROVE-2017-004.)
13208 o Major bugfixes (hidden service, relay, security):
13209 - Fix a remotely triggerable assertion failure caused by receiving a
13210 BEGIN_DIR cell on a hidden service rendezvous circuit. Fixes bug
13211 22494, tracked as TROVE-2017-005 and CVE-2017-0376; bugfix
13214 o Minor features (geoip):
13215 - Update geoip and geoip6 to the May 2 2017 Maxmind GeoLite2
13218 o Minor bugfixes (correctness):
13219 - Avoid undefined behavior when parsing IPv6 entries from the geoip6
13220 file. Fixes bug 22490; bugfix on 0.2.4.6-alpha.
13222 Changes in version 0.2.5.14 - 2017-06-08
13223 Tor 0.2.5.14 backports a fix for a bug that would allow an attacker to
13224 remotely crash a hidden service with an assertion failure. Anyone
13225 running a hidden service should upgrade to this version, or to some
13226 other version with fixes for TROVE-2017-005. (Versions before 0.3.0
13227 are not affected by TROVE-2017-004.)
13229 o Major bugfixes (hidden service, relay, security):
13230 - Fix a remotely triggerable assertion failure caused by receiving a
13231 BEGIN_DIR cell on a hidden service rendezvous circuit. Fixes bug
13232 22494, tracked as TROVE-2017-005 and CVE-2017-0376; bugfix
13235 o Minor features (geoip):
13236 - Update geoip and geoip6 to the May 2 2017 Maxmind GeoLite2
13239 o Minor bugfixes (correctness):
13240 - Avoid undefined behavior when parsing IPv6 entries from the geoip6
13241 file. Fixes bug 22490; bugfix on 0.2.4.6-alpha.
13243 Changes in version 0.2.4.29 - 2017-06-08
13244 Tor 0.2.4.29 backports a fix for a bug that would allow an attacker to
13245 remotely crash a hidden service with an assertion failure. Anyone
13246 running a hidden service should upgrade to this version, or to some
13247 other version with fixes for TROVE-2017-005. (Versions before 0.3.0
13248 are not affected by TROVE-2017-004.)
13250 o Major bugfixes (hidden service, relay, security):
13251 - Fix a remotely triggerable assertion failure caused by receiving a
13252 BEGIN_DIR cell on a hidden service rendezvous circuit. Fixes bug
13253 22494, tracked as TROVE-2017-005 and CVE-2017-0376; bugfix
13256 o Minor features (geoip):
13257 - Update geoip and geoip6 to the May 2 2017 Maxmind GeoLite2
13260 o Minor bugfixes (correctness):
13261 - Avoid undefined behavior when parsing IPv6 entries from the geoip6
13262 file. Fixes bug 22490; bugfix on 0.2.4.6-alpha.
13265 Changes in version 0.3.0.7 - 2017-05-15
13266 Tor 0.3.0.7 fixes a medium-severity security bug in earlier versions
13267 of Tor 0.3.0.x, where an attacker could cause a Tor relay process
13268 to exit. Relays running earlier versions of Tor 0.3.0.x should upgrade;
13269 clients are not affected.
13271 o Major bugfixes (hidden service directory, security):
13272 - Fix an assertion failure in the hidden service directory code, which
13273 could be used by an attacker to remotely cause a Tor relay process to
13274 exit. Relays running earlier versions of Tor 0.3.0.x should upgrade.
13275 should upgrade. This security issue is tracked as TROVE-2017-002.
13276 Fixes bug 22246; bugfix on 0.3.0.1-alpha.
13279 - Update geoip and geoip6 to the May 2 2017 Maxmind GeoLite2
13282 o Minor features (future-proofing):
13283 - Tor no longer refuses to download microdescriptors or descriptors
13284 if they are listed as "published in the future". This change will
13285 eventually allow us to stop listing meaningful "published" dates
13286 in microdescriptor consensuses, and thereby allow us to reduce the
13287 resources required to download consensus diffs by over 50%.
13288 Implements part of ticket 21642; implements part of proposal 275.
13290 o Minor bugfixes (Linux seccomp2 sandbox):
13291 - The getpid() system call is now permitted under the Linux seccomp2
13292 sandbox, to avoid crashing with versions of OpenSSL (and other
13293 libraries) that attempt to learn the process's PID by using the
13294 syscall rather than the VDSO code. Fixes bug 21943; bugfix
13298 Changes in version 0.3.0.6 - 2017-04-26
13299 Tor 0.3.0.6 is the first stable release of the Tor 0.3.0 series.
13301 With the 0.3.0 series, clients and relays now use Ed25519 keys to
13302 authenticate their link connections to relays, rather than the old
13303 RSA1024 keys that they used before. (Circuit crypto has been
13304 Curve25519-authenticated since 0.2.4.8-alpha.) We have also replaced
13305 the guard selection and replacement algorithm to behave more robustly
13306 in the presence of unreliable networks, and to resist guard-
13309 This series also includes numerous other small features and bugfixes,
13310 along with more groundwork for the upcoming hidden-services revamp.
13312 Per our stable release policy, we plan to support the Tor 0.3.0
13313 release series for at least the next nine months, or for three months
13314 after the first stable release of the 0.3.1 series: whichever is
13315 longer. If you need a release with long-term support, we recommend
13316 that you stay with the 0.2.9 series.
13318 Below are the changes since 0.2.9.10. For a list of only the changes
13319 since 0.3.0.5-rc, see the ChangeLog file.
13321 o Major features (directory authority, security):
13322 - The default for AuthDirPinKeys is now 1: directory authorities
13323 will reject relays where the RSA identity key matches a previously
13324 seen value, but the Ed25519 key has changed. Closes ticket 18319.
13326 o Major features (guard selection algorithm):
13327 - Tor's guard selection algorithm has been redesigned from the
13328 ground up, to better support unreliable networks and restrictive
13329 sets of entry nodes, and to better resist guard-capture attacks by
13330 hostile local networks. Implements proposal 271; closes
13333 o Major features (next-generation hidden services):
13334 - Relays can now handle v3 ESTABLISH_INTRO cells as specified by
13335 prop224 aka "Next Generation Hidden Services". Service and clients
13336 don't use this functionality yet. Closes ticket 19043. Based on
13337 initial code by Alec Heifetz.
13338 - Relays now support the HSDir version 3 protocol, so that they can
13339 can store and serve v3 descriptors. This is part of the next-
13340 generation onion service work detailed in proposal 224. Closes
13343 o Major features (protocol, ed25519 identity keys):
13344 - Clients now support including Ed25519 identity keys in the EXTEND2
13345 cells they generate. By default, this is controlled by a consensus
13346 parameter, currently disabled. You can turn this feature on for
13347 testing by setting ExtendByEd25519ID in your configuration. This
13348 might make your traffic appear different than the traffic
13349 generated by other users, however. Implements part of ticket
13350 15056; part of proposal 220.
13351 - Relays now understand requests to extend to other relays by their
13352 Ed25519 identity keys. When an Ed25519 identity key is included in
13353 an EXTEND2 cell, the relay will only extend the circuit if the
13354 other relay can prove ownership of that identity. Implements part
13355 of ticket 15056; part of proposal 220.
13356 - Relays now use Ed25519 to prove their Ed25519 identities and to
13357 one another, and to clients. This algorithm is faster and more
13358 secure than the RSA-based handshake we've been doing until now.
13359 Implements the second big part of proposal 220; Closes
13362 o Major features (security):
13363 - Change the algorithm used to decide DNS TTLs on client and server
13364 side, to better resist DNS-based correlation attacks like the
13365 DefecTor attack of Greschbach, Pulls, Roberts, Winter, and
13366 Feamster. Now relays only return one of two possible DNS TTL
13367 values, and clients are willing to believe DNS TTL values up to 3
13368 hours long. Closes ticket 19769.
13370 o Major bugfixes (client, onion service, also in 0.2.9.9):
13371 - Fix a client-side onion service reachability bug, where multiple
13372 socks requests to an onion service (or a single slow request)
13373 could cause us to mistakenly mark some of the service's
13374 introduction points as failed, and we cache that failure so
13375 eventually we run out and can't reach the service. Also resolves a
13376 mysterious "Remote server sent bogus reason code 65021" log
13377 warning. The bug was introduced in ticket 17218, where we tried to
13378 remember the circuit end reason as a uint16_t, which mangled
13379 negative values. Partially fixes bug 21056 and fixes bug 20307;
13380 bugfix on 0.2.8.1-alpha.
13382 o Major bugfixes (crash, directory connections):
13383 - Fix a rare crash when sending a begin cell on a circuit whose
13384 linked directory connection had already been closed. Fixes bug
13385 21576; bugfix on 0.2.9.3-alpha. Reported by Alec Muffett.
13387 o Major bugfixes (directory authority):
13388 - During voting, when marking a relay as a probable sybil, do not
13389 clear its BadExit flag: sybils can still be bad in other ways
13390 too. (We still clear the other flags.) Fixes bug 21108; bugfix
13393 o Major bugfixes (DNS):
13394 - Fix a bug that prevented exit nodes from caching DNS records for
13395 more than 60 seconds. Fixes bug 19025; bugfix on 0.2.4.7-alpha.
13397 o Major bugfixes (IPv6 Exits):
13398 - Stop rejecting all IPv6 traffic on Exits whose exit policy rejects
13399 any IPv6 addresses. Instead, only reject a port over IPv6 if the
13400 exit policy rejects that port on more than an IPv6 /16 of
13401 addresses. This bug was made worse by 17027 in 0.2.8.1-alpha,
13402 which rejected a relay's own IPv6 address by default. Fixes bug
13403 21357; bugfix on commit 004f3f4e53 in 0.2.4.7-alpha.
13405 o Major bugfixes (parsing):
13406 - Fix an integer underflow bug when comparing malformed Tor
13407 versions. This bug could crash Tor when built with
13408 --enable-expensive-hardening, or on Tor 0.2.9.1-alpha through Tor
13409 0.2.9.8, which were built with -ftrapv by default. In other cases
13410 it was harmless. Part of TROVE-2017-001. Fixes bug 21278; bugfix
13411 on 0.0.8pre1. Found by OSS-Fuzz.
13412 - When parsing a malformed content-length field from an HTTP
13413 message, do not read off the end of the buffer. This bug was a
13414 potential remote denial-of-service attack against Tor clients and
13415 relays. A workaround was released in October 2016, to prevent this
13416 bug from crashing Tor. This is a fix for the underlying issue,
13417 which should no longer matter (if you applied the earlier patch).
13418 Fixes bug 20894; bugfix on 0.2.0.16-alpha. Bug found by fuzzing
13419 using AFL (http://lcamtuf.coredump.cx/afl/).
13421 o Major bugfixes (scheduler):
13422 - Actually compare circuit policies in ewma_cmp_cmux(). This bug
13423 caused the channel scheduler to behave more or less randomly,
13424 rather than preferring channels with higher-priority circuits.
13425 Fixes bug 20459; bugfix on 0.2.6.2-alpha.
13427 o Major bugfixes (security, also in 0.2.9.9):
13428 - Downgrade the "-ftrapv" option from "always on" to "only on when
13429 --enable-expensive-hardening is provided." This hardening option,
13430 like others, can turn survivable bugs into crashes--and having it
13431 on by default made a (relatively harmless) integer overflow bug
13432 into a denial-of-service bug. Fixes bug 21278 (TROVE-2017-001);
13433 bugfix on 0.2.9.1-alpha.
13435 o Minor feature (client):
13436 - Enable IPv6 traffic on the SocksPort by default. To disable this,
13437 a user will have to specify "NoIPv6Traffic". Closes ticket 21269.
13439 o Minor feature (fallback scripts):
13440 - Add a check_existing mode to updateFallbackDirs.py, which checks
13441 if fallbacks in the hard-coded list are working. Closes ticket
13442 20174. Patch by haxxpop.
13444 o Minor feature (protocol versioning):
13445 - Add new protocol version for proposal 224. HSIntro now advertises
13446 version "3-4" and HSDir version "1-2". Fixes ticket 20656.
13448 o Minor features (ciphersuite selection):
13449 - Allow relays to accept a wider range of ciphersuites, including
13450 chacha20-poly1305 and AES-CCM. Closes the other part of 15426.
13451 - Clients now advertise a list of ciphersuites closer to the ones
13452 preferred by Firefox. Closes part of ticket 15426.
13454 o Minor features (controller):
13455 - Add "GETINFO sr/current" and "GETINFO sr/previous" keys, to expose
13456 shared-random values to the controller. Closes ticket 19925.
13457 - When HSFETCH arguments cannot be parsed, say "Invalid argument"
13458 rather than "unrecognized." Closes ticket 20389; patch from
13461 o Minor features (controller, configuration):
13462 - Each of the *Port options, such as SocksPort, ORPort, ControlPort,
13463 and so on, now comes with a __*Port variant that will not be saved
13464 to the torrc file by the controller's SAVECONF command. This
13465 change allows TorBrowser to set up a single-use domain socket for
13466 each time it launches Tor. Closes ticket 20956.
13467 - The GETCONF command can now query options that may only be
13468 meaningful in context-sensitive lists. This allows the controller
13469 to query the mixed SocksPort/__SocksPort style options introduced
13470 in feature 20956. Implements ticket 21300.
13472 o Minor features (diagnostic, directory client):
13473 - Warn when we find an unexpected inconsistency in directory
13474 download status objects. Prevents some negative consequences of
13477 o Minor features (directory authorities):
13478 - Directory authorities now reject descriptors that claim to be
13479 malformed versions of Tor. Helps prevent exploitation of
13481 - Reject version numbers with components that exceed INT32_MAX.
13482 Otherwise 32-bit and 64-bit platforms would behave inconsistently.
13483 Fixes bug 21450; bugfix on 0.0.8pre1.
13485 o Minor features (directory authority):
13486 - Add a new authority-only AuthDirTestEd25519LinkKeys option (on by
13487 default) to control whether authorities should try to probe relays
13488 by their Ed25519 link keys. This option will go away in a few
13489 releases--unless we encounter major trouble in our ed25519 link
13490 protocol rollout, in which case it will serve as a safety option.
13492 o Minor features (directory cache):
13493 - Relays and bridges will now refuse to serve the consensus they
13494 have if they know it is too old for a client to use. Closes
13497 o Minor features (ed25519 link handshake):
13498 - Advertise support for the ed25519 link handshake using the
13499 subprotocol-versions mechanism, so that clients can tell which
13500 relays can identity themselves by Ed25519 ID. Closes ticket 20552.
13502 o Minor features (entry guards):
13503 - Add UseEntryGuards to TEST_OPTIONS_DEFAULT_VALUES in order to not
13504 break regression tests.
13505 - Require UseEntryGuards when UseBridges is set, in order to make
13506 sure bridges aren't bypassed. Resolves ticket 20502.
13508 o Minor features (fallback directories):
13509 - Allow 3 fallback relays per operator, which is safe now that we
13510 are choosing 200 fallback relays. Closes ticket 20912.
13511 - Annotate updateFallbackDirs.py with the bandwidth and consensus
13512 weight for each candidate fallback. Closes ticket 20878.
13513 - Display the relay fingerprint when downloading consensuses from
13514 fallbacks. Closes ticket 20908.
13515 - Exclude relays affected by bug 20499 from the fallback list.
13516 Exclude relays from the fallback list if they are running versions
13517 known to be affected by bug 20499, or if in our tests they deliver
13518 a stale consensus (i.e. one that expired more than 24 hours ago).
13519 Closes ticket 20539.
13520 - Make it easier to change the output sort order of fallbacks.
13521 Closes ticket 20822.
13522 - Reduce the minimum fallback bandwidth to 1 MByte/s. Part of
13524 - Require fallback directories to have the same address and port for
13525 7 days (now that we have enough relays with this stability).
13526 Relays whose OnionOO stability timer is reset on restart by bug
13527 18050 should upgrade to Tor 0.2.8.7 or later, which has a fix for
13528 this issue. Closes ticket 20880; maintains short-term fix
13530 - Require fallbacks to have flags for 90% of the time (weighted
13531 decaying average), rather than 95%. This allows at least 73% of
13532 clients to bootstrap in the first 5 seconds without contacting an
13533 authority. Part of ticket 18828.
13534 - Select 200 fallback directories for each release. Closes
13537 o Minor features (fingerprinting resistance, authentication):
13538 - Extend the length of RSA keys used for TLS link authentication to
13539 2048 bits. (These weren't used for forward secrecy; for forward
13540 secrecy, we used P256.) Closes ticket 13752.
13542 o Minor features (geoip):
13543 - Update geoip and geoip6 to the April 4 2017 Maxmind GeoLite2
13546 o Minor features (geoip, also in 0.2.9.9):
13547 - Update geoip and geoip6 to the January 4 2017 Maxmind GeoLite2
13550 o Minor features (infrastructure):
13551 - Implement smartlist_add_strdup() function. Replaces the use of
13552 smartlist_add(sl, tor_strdup(str)). Closes ticket 20048.
13554 o Minor features (linting):
13555 - Enhance the changes file linter to warn on Tor versions that are
13556 prefixed with "tor-". Closes ticket 21096.
13558 o Minor features (logging):
13559 - In several places, describe unset ed25519 keys as "<unset>",
13560 rather than the scary "AAAAAAAA...AAA". Closes ticket 21037.
13562 o Minor features (portability, compilation):
13563 - Autoconf now checks to determine if OpenSSL structures are opaque,
13564 instead of explicitly checking for OpenSSL version numbers. Part
13566 - Support building with recent LibreSSL code that uses opaque
13567 structures. Closes ticket 21359.
13569 o Minor features (relay):
13570 - We now allow separation of exit and relay traffic to different
13571 source IP addresses, using the OutboundBindAddressExit and
13572 OutboundBindAddressOR options respectively. Closes ticket 17975.
13573 Written by Michael Sonntag.
13575 o Minor features (reliability, crash):
13576 - Try better to detect problems in buffers where they might grow (or
13577 think they have grown) over 2 GB in size. Diagnostic for
13580 o Minor features (testing):
13581 - During 'make test-network-all', if tor logs any warnings, ask
13582 chutney to output them. Requires a recent version of chutney with
13583 the 21572 patch. Implements 21570.
13585 o Minor bugfix (control protocol):
13586 - The reply to a "GETINFO config/names" request via the control
13587 protocol now spells the type "Dependent" correctly. This is a
13588 breaking change in the control protocol. (The field seems to be
13589 ignored by the most common known controllers.) Fixes bug 18146;
13590 bugfix on 0.1.1.4-alpha.
13591 - The GETINFO extra-info/digest/<digest> command was broken because
13592 of a wrong base16 decode return value check, introduced when
13593 refactoring that API. Fixes bug 22034; bugfix on 0.2.9.1-alpha.
13595 o Minor bugfix (logging):
13596 - Don't recommend the use of Tor2web in non-anonymous mode.
13597 Recommending Tor2web is a bad idea because the client loses all
13598 anonymity. Tor2web should only be used in specific cases by users
13599 who *know* and understand the issues. Fixes bug 21294; bugfix
13602 o Minor bugfixes (bug resilience):
13603 - Fix an unreachable size_t overflow in base64_decode(). Fixes bug
13604 19222; bugfix on 0.2.0.9-alpha. Found by Guido Vranken; fixed by
13605 Hans Jerry Illikainen.
13607 o Minor bugfixes (build):
13608 - Replace obsolete Autoconf macros with their modern equivalent and
13609 prevent similar issues in the future. Fixes bug 20990; bugfix
13612 o Minor bugfixes (certificate expiration time):
13613 - Avoid using link certificates that don't become valid till some
13614 time in the future. Fixes bug 21420; bugfix on 0.2.4.11-alpha
13616 o Minor bugfixes (client):
13617 - Always recover from failures in extend_info_from_node(), in an
13618 attempt to prevent any recurrence of bug 21242. Fixes bug 21372;
13619 bugfix on 0.2.3.1-alpha.
13620 - When clients that use bridges start up with a cached consensus on
13621 disk, they were ignoring it and downloading a new one. Now they
13622 use the cached one. Fixes bug 20269; bugfix on 0.2.3.12-alpha.
13624 o Minor bugfixes (code correctness):
13625 - Repair a couple of (unreachable or harmless) cases of the risky
13626 comparison-by-subtraction pattern that caused bug 21278.
13628 o Minor bugfixes (config):
13629 - Don't assert on startup when trying to get the options list and
13630 LearnCircuitBuildTimeout is set to 0: we are currently parsing the
13631 options so of course they aren't ready yet. Fixes bug 21062;
13632 bugfix on 0.2.9.3-alpha.
13634 o Minor bugfixes (configuration):
13635 - Accept non-space whitespace characters after the severity level in
13636 the `Log` option. Fixes bug 19965; bugfix on 0.2.1.1-alpha.
13637 - Support "TByte" and "TBytes" units in options given in bytes.
13638 "TB", "terabyte(s)", "TBit(s)" and "terabit(s)" were already
13639 supported. Fixes bug 20622; bugfix on 0.2.0.14-alpha.
13641 o Minor bugfixes (configure, autoconf):
13642 - Rename the configure option --enable-expensive-hardening to
13643 --enable-fragile-hardening. Expensive hardening makes the tor
13644 daemon abort when some kinds of issues are detected. Thus, it
13645 makes tor more at risk of remote crashes but safer against RCE or
13646 heartbleed bug category. We now try to explain this issue in a
13647 message from the configure script. Fixes bug 21290; bugfix
13650 o Minor bugfixes (consensus weight):
13651 - Add new consensus method that initializes bw weights to 1 instead
13652 of 0. This prevents a zero weight from making it all the way to
13653 the end (happens in small testing networks) and causing an error.
13654 Fixes bug 14881; bugfix on 0.2.2.17-alpha.
13656 o Minor bugfixes (crash prevention):
13657 - Fix an (currently untriggerable, but potentially dangerous) crash
13658 bug when base32-encoding inputs whose sizes are not a multiple of
13659 5. Fixes bug 21894; bugfix on 0.2.9.1-alpha.
13661 o Minor bugfixes (dead code):
13662 - Remove a redundant check for PidFile changes at runtime in
13663 options_transition_allowed(): this check is already performed
13664 regardless of whether the sandbox is active. Fixes bug 21123;
13665 bugfix on 0.2.5.4-alpha.
13667 o Minor bugfixes (descriptors):
13668 - Correctly recognise downloaded full descriptors as valid, even
13669 when using microdescriptors as circuits. This affects clients with
13670 FetchUselessDescriptors set, and may affect directory authorities.
13671 Fixes bug 20839; bugfix on 0.2.3.2-alpha.
13673 o Minor bugfixes (directory mirrors):
13674 - Allow relays to use directory mirrors without a DirPort: these
13675 relays need to be contacted over their ORPorts using a begindir
13676 connection. Fixes one case of bug 20711; bugfix on 0.2.8.2-alpha.
13677 - Clarify the message logged when a remote relay is unexpectedly
13678 missing an ORPort or DirPort: users were confusing this with a
13679 local port. Fixes another case of bug 20711; bugfix
13682 o Minor bugfixes (directory system):
13683 - Bridges and relays now use microdescriptors (like clients do)
13684 rather than old-style router descriptors. Now bridges will blend
13685 in with clients in terms of the circuits they build. Fixes bug
13686 6769; bugfix on 0.2.3.2-alpha.
13687 - Download all consensus flavors, descriptors, and authority
13688 certificates when FetchUselessDescriptors is set, regardless of
13689 whether tor is a directory cache or not. Fixes bug 20667; bugfix
13690 on all recent tor versions.
13692 o Minor bugfixes (documentation):
13693 - Update the tor manual page to document every option that can not
13694 be changed while tor is running. Fixes bug 21122.
13696 o Minor bugfixes (ed25519 certificates):
13697 - Correctly interpret ed25519 certificates that would expire some
13698 time after 19 Jan 2038. Fixes bug 20027; bugfix on 0.2.7.2-alpha.
13700 o Minor bugfixes (fallback directories):
13701 - Avoid checking fallback candidates' DirPorts if they are down in
13702 OnionOO. When a relay operator has multiple relays, this
13703 prioritizes relays that are up over relays that are down. Fixes
13704 bug 20926; bugfix on 0.2.8.3-alpha.
13705 - Stop failing when OUTPUT_COMMENTS is True in updateFallbackDirs.py.
13706 Fixes bug 20877; bugfix on 0.2.8.3-alpha.
13707 - Stop failing when a relay has no uptime data in
13708 updateFallbackDirs.py. Fixes bug 20945; bugfix on 0.2.8.1-alpha.
13710 o Minor bugfixes (hidden service):
13711 - Clean up the code for expiring intro points with no associated
13712 circuits. It was causing, rarely, a service with some expiring
13713 introduction points to not open enough additional introduction
13714 points. Fixes part of bug 21302; bugfix on 0.2.7.2-alpha.
13715 - Resolve two possible underflows which could lead to creating and
13716 closing a lot of introduction point circuits in a non-stop loop.
13717 Fixes bug 21302; bugfix on 0.2.7.2-alpha.
13718 - Stop setting the torrc option HiddenServiceStatistics to "0" just
13719 because we're not a bridge or relay. Instead, we preserve whatever
13720 value the user set (or didn't set). Fixes bug 21150; bugfix
13723 o Minor bugfixes (hidden services):
13724 - Make hidden services check for failed intro point connections,
13725 even when they have exceeded their intro point creation limit.
13726 Fixes bug 21596; bugfix on 0.2.7.2-alpha. Reported by Alec Muffett.
13727 - Make hidden services with 8 to 10 introduction points check for
13728 failed circuits immediately after startup. Previously, they would
13729 wait for 5 minutes before performing their first checks. Fixes bug
13730 21594; bugfix on 0.2.3.9-alpha. Reported by Alec Muffett.
13731 - Stop ignoring misconfigured hidden services. Instead, refuse to
13732 start tor until the misconfigurations have been corrected. Fixes
13733 bug 20559; bugfix on multiple commits in 0.2.7.1-alpha
13736 o Minor bugfixes (IPv6):
13737 - Make IPv6-using clients try harder to find an IPv6 directory
13738 server. Fixes bug 20999; bugfix on 0.2.8.2-alpha.
13739 - When IPv6 addresses have not been downloaded yet (microdesc
13740 consensus documents don't list relay IPv6 addresses), use hard-
13741 coded addresses for authorities, fallbacks, and configured
13742 bridges. Now IPv6-only clients can use microdescriptors. Fixes bug
13743 20996; bugfix on b167e82 from 19608 in 0.2.8.5-alpha.
13745 o Minor bugfixes (memory leak at exit):
13746 - Fix a small harmless memory leak at exit of the previously unused
13747 RSA->Ed identity cross-certificate. Fixes bug 17779; bugfix
13750 o Minor bugfixes (onion services):
13751 - Allow the number of introduction points to be as low as 0, rather
13752 than as low as 3. Fixes bug 21033; bugfix on 0.2.7.2-alpha.
13754 o Minor bugfixes (portability):
13755 - Use "OpenBSD" compiler macro instead of "OPENBSD" or "__OpenBSD__".
13756 It is supported by OpenBSD itself, and also by most OpenBSD
13757 variants (such as Bitrig). Fixes bug 20980; bugfix
13760 o Minor bugfixes (portability, also in 0.2.9.9):
13761 - Avoid crashing when Tor is built using headers that contain
13762 CLOCK_MONOTONIC_COARSE, but then tries to run on an older kernel
13763 without CLOCK_MONOTONIC_COARSE. Fixes bug 21035; bugfix
13765 - Fix Libevent detection on platforms without Libevent 1 headers
13766 installed. Fixes bug 21051; bugfix on 0.2.9.1-alpha.
13768 o Minor bugfixes (relay):
13769 - Avoid a double-marked-circuit warning that could happen when we
13770 receive DESTROY cells under heavy load. Fixes bug 20059; bugfix
13772 - Honor DataDirectoryGroupReadable when tor is a relay. Previously,
13773 initializing the keys would reset the DataDirectory to 0700
13774 instead of 0750 even if DataDirectoryGroupReadable was set to 1.
13775 Fixes bug 19953; bugfix on 0.0.2pre16. Patch by "redfish".
13777 o Minor bugfixes (testing):
13778 - Fix Raspbian build issues related to missing socket errno in
13779 test_util.c. Fixes bug 21116; bugfix on 0.2.8.2. Patch by "hein".
13780 - Remove undefined behavior from the backtrace generator by removing
13781 its signal handler. Fixes bug 21026; bugfix on 0.2.5.2-alpha.
13782 - Use bash in src/test/test-network.sh. This ensures we reliably
13783 call chutney's newer tools/test-network.sh when available. Fixes
13784 bug 21562; bugfix on 0.2.9.1-alpha.
13786 o Minor bugfixes (tor-resolve):
13787 - The tor-resolve command line tool now rejects hostnames over 255
13788 characters in length. Previously, it would silently truncate them,
13789 which could lead to bugs. Fixes bug 21280; bugfix on 0.0.9pre5.
13790 Patch by "junglefowl".
13792 o Minor bugfixes (unit tests):
13793 - Allow the unit tests to pass even when DNS lookups of bogus
13794 addresses do not fail as expected. Fixes bug 20862 and 20863;
13795 bugfix on unit tests introduced in 0.2.8.1-alpha
13796 through 0.2.9.4-alpha.
13798 o Minor bugfixes (util):
13799 - When finishing writing a file to disk, if we were about to replace
13800 the file with the temporary file created before and we fail to
13801 replace it, remove the temporary file so it doesn't stay on disk.
13802 Fixes bug 20646; bugfix on 0.2.0.7-alpha. Patch by fk.
13804 o Minor bugfixes (Windows services):
13805 - Be sure to initialize the monotonic time subsystem before using
13806 it, even when running as an NT service. Fixes bug 21356; bugfix
13809 o Minor bugfixes (Windows):
13810 - Check for getpagesize before using it to mmap files. This fixes
13811 compilation in some MinGW environments. Fixes bug 20530; bugfix on
13812 0.1.2.1-alpha. Reported by "ice".
13814 o Code simplification and refactoring:
13815 - Abolish all global guard context in entrynodes.c; replace with new
13816 guard_selection_t structure as preparation for proposal 271.
13817 Closes ticket 19858.
13818 - Extract magic numbers in circuituse.c into defined variables.
13819 - Introduce rend_service_is_ephemeral() that tells if given onion
13820 service is ephemeral. Replace unclear NULL-checkings for service
13821 directory with this function. Closes ticket 20526.
13822 - Refactor circuit_is_available_for_use to remove unnecessary check.
13823 - Refactor circuit_predict_and_launch_new for readability and
13824 testability. Closes ticket 18873.
13825 - Refactor code to manipulate global_origin_circuit_list into
13826 separate functions. Closes ticket 20921.
13827 - Refactor large if statement in purpose_needs_anonymity to use
13828 switch statement instead. Closes part of ticket 20077.
13829 - Refactor the hashing API to return negative values for errors, as
13830 is done as throughout the codebase. Closes ticket 20717.
13831 - Remove data structures that were used to index or_connection
13832 objects by their RSA identity digests. These structures are fully
13833 redundant with the similar structures used in the
13834 channel abstraction.
13835 - Remove duplicate code in the channel_write_*cell() functions.
13836 Closes ticket 13827; patch from Pingl.
13837 - Remove redundant behavior of is_sensitive_dir_purpose, refactor to
13838 use only purpose_needs_anonymity. Closes part of ticket 20077.
13839 - The code to generate and parse EXTEND and EXTEND2 cells has been
13840 replaced with code automatically generated by the
13843 o Documentation (formatting):
13844 - Clean up formatting of tor.1 man page and HTML doc, where <pre>
13845 blocks were incorrectly appearing. Closes ticket 20885.
13847 o Documentation (man page):
13848 - Clarify many options in tor.1 and add some min/max values for
13849 HiddenService options. Closes ticket 21058.
13852 - Change '1' to 'weight_scale' in consensus bw weights calculation
13853 comments, as that is reality. Closes ticket 20273. Patch
13855 - Clarify that when ClientRejectInternalAddresses is enabled (which
13856 is the default), multicast DNS hostnames for machines on the local
13857 network (of the form *.local) are also rejected. Closes
13859 - Correct the value for AuthDirGuardBWGuarantee in the manpage, from
13860 250 KBytes to 2 MBytes. Fixes bug 20435; bugfix on 0.2.5.6-alpha.
13861 - Include the "TBits" unit in Tor's man page. Fixes part of bug
13862 20622; bugfix on 0.2.5.1-alpha.
13863 - Small fixes to the fuzzing documentation. Closes ticket 21472.
13864 - Stop the man page from incorrectly stating that HiddenServiceDir
13865 must already exist. Fixes 20486.
13866 - Update the description of the directory server options in the
13867 manual page, to clarify that a relay no longer needs to set
13868 DirPort in order to be a directory cache. Closes ticket 21720.
13870 o Removed features:
13871 - The AuthDirMaxServersPerAuthAddr option no longer exists: The same
13872 limit for relays running on a single IP applies to authority IP
13873 addresses as well as to non-authority IP addresses. Closes
13875 - The UseDirectoryGuards torrc option no longer exists: all users
13876 that use entry guards will also use directory guards. Related to
13877 proposal 271; implements part of ticket 20831.
13880 - Add tests for networkstatus_compute_bw_weights_v10.
13881 - Add unit tests circuit_predict_and_launch_new.
13882 - Extract dummy_origin_circuit_new so it can be used by other
13884 - New unit tests for tor_htonll(). Closes ticket 19563. Patch
13885 from "overcaffeinated".
13886 - Perform the coding style checks when running the tests and fail
13887 when coding style violations are found. Closes ticket 5500.
13890 Changes in version 0.2.8.13 - 2017-03-03
13891 Tor 0.2.8.13 backports a security fix from later Tor
13892 releases. Anybody running Tor 0.2.8.12 or earlier should upgrade to this
13893 this release, if for some reason they cannot upgrade to a later
13894 release series, and if they build Tor with the --enable-expensive-hardening
13897 Note that support for Tor 0.2.8.x is ending next year: we will not issue
13898 any fixes for the Tor 0.2.8.x series after 1 Jan 2018. If you need
13899 a Tor release series with longer-term support, we recommend Tor 0.2.9.x.
13901 o Major bugfixes (parsing, backported from 0.3.0.4-rc):
13902 - Fix an integer underflow bug when comparing malformed Tor
13903 versions. This bug could crash Tor when built with
13904 --enable-expensive-hardening, or on Tor 0.2.9.1-alpha through Tor
13905 0.2.9.8, which were built with -ftrapv by default. In other cases
13906 it was harmless. Part of TROVE-2017-001. Fixes bug 21278; bugfix
13907 on 0.0.8pre1. Found by OSS-Fuzz.
13909 o Minor features (geoip):
13910 - Update geoip and geoip6 to the February 8 2017 Maxmind GeoLite2
13914 Changes in version 0.2.7.7 - 2017-03-03
13915 Tor 0.2.7.7 backports a number of security fixes from later Tor
13916 releases. Anybody running Tor 0.2.7.6 or earlier should upgrade to
13917 this release, if for some reason they cannot upgrade to a later
13920 Note that support for Tor 0.2.7.x is ending this year: we will not issue
13921 any fixes for the Tor 0.2.7.x series after 1 August 2017. If you need
13922 a Tor release series with longer-term support, we recommend Tor 0.2.9.x.
13924 o Directory authority changes (backport from 0.2.8.5-rc):
13925 - Urras is no longer a directory authority. Closes ticket 19271.
13927 o Directory authority changes (backport from 0.2.9.2-alpha):
13928 - The "Tonga" bridge authority has been retired; the new bridge
13929 authority is "Bifroest". Closes tickets 19728 and 19690.
13931 o Directory authority key updates (backport from 0.2.8.1-alpha):
13932 - Update the V3 identity key for the dannenberg directory authority:
13933 it was changed on 18 November 2015. Closes task 17906. Patch
13936 o Major bugfixes (parsing, security, backport from 0.2.9.8):
13937 - Fix a bug in parsing that could cause clients to read a single
13938 byte past the end of an allocated region. This bug could be used
13939 to cause hardened clients (built with --enable-expensive-hardening)
13940 to crash if they tried to visit a hostile hidden service. Non-
13941 hardened clients are only affected depending on the details of
13942 their platform's memory allocator. Fixes bug 21018; bugfix on
13943 0.2.0.8-alpha. Found by using libFuzzer. Also tracked as TROVE-
13944 2016-12-002 and as CVE-2016-1254.
13946 o Major bugfixes (security, client, DNS proxy, backport from 0.2.8.3-alpha):
13947 - Stop a crash that could occur when a client running with DNSPort
13948 received a query with multiple address types, and the first
13949 address type was not supported. Found and fixed by Scott Dial.
13950 Fixes bug 18710; bugfix on 0.2.5.4-alpha.
13951 - Prevent a class of security bugs caused by treating the contents
13952 of a buffer chunk as if they were a NUL-terminated string. At
13953 least one such bug seems to be present in all currently used
13954 versions of Tor, and would allow an attacker to remotely crash
13955 most Tor instances, especially those compiled with extra compiler
13956 hardening. With this defense in place, such bugs can't crash Tor,
13957 though we should still fix them as they occur. Closes ticket
13958 20384 (TROVE-2016-10-001).
13960 o Major bugfixes (security, pointers, backport from 0.2.8.2-alpha):
13961 - Avoid a difficult-to-trigger heap corruption attack when extending
13962 a smartlist to contain over 16GB of pointers. Fixes bug 18162;
13963 bugfix on 0.1.1.11-alpha, which fixed a related bug incompletely.
13964 Reported by Guido Vranken.
13966 o Major bugfixes (dns proxy mode, crash, backport from 0.2.8.2-alpha):
13967 - Avoid crashing when running as a DNS proxy. Fixes bug 16248;
13968 bugfix on 0.2.0.1-alpha. Patch from "cypherpunks".
13970 o Major bugfixes (key management, backport from 0.2.8.3-alpha):
13971 - If OpenSSL fails to generate an RSA key, do not retain a dangling
13972 pointer to the previous (uninitialized) key value. The impact here
13973 should be limited to a difficult-to-trigger crash, if OpenSSL is
13974 running an engine that makes key generation failures possible, or
13975 if OpenSSL runs out of memory. Fixes bug 19152; bugfix on
13976 0.2.1.10-alpha. Found by Yuan Jochen Kang, Suman Jana, and
13979 o Major bugfixes (parsing, backported from 0.3.0.4-rc):
13980 - Fix an integer underflow bug when comparing malformed Tor
13981 versions. This bug could crash Tor when built with
13982 --enable-expensive-hardening, or on Tor 0.2.9.1-alpha through Tor
13983 0.2.9.8, which were built with -ftrapv by default. In other cases
13984 it was harmless. Part of TROVE-2017-001. Fixes bug 21278; bugfix
13985 on 0.0.8pre1. Found by OSS-Fuzz.
13987 o Minor features (security, memory erasure, backport from 0.2.8.1-alpha):
13988 - Make memwipe() do nothing when passed a NULL pointer or buffer of
13989 zero size. Check size argument to memwipe() for underflow. Fixes
13990 bug 18089; bugfix on 0.2.3.25 and 0.2.4.6-alpha. Reported by "gk",
13993 o Minor features (bug-resistance, backport from 0.2.8.2-alpha):
13994 - Make Tor survive errors involving connections without a
13995 corresponding event object. Previously we'd fail with an
13996 assertion; now we produce a log message. Related to bug 16248.
13998 o Minor features (geoip):
13999 - Update geoip and geoip6 to the February 8 2017 Maxmind GeoLite2
14003 Changes in version 0.2.6.11 - 2017-03-03
14004 Tor 0.2.6.11 backports a number of security fixes from later Tor
14005 releases. Anybody running Tor 0.2.6.10 or earlier should upgrade to
14006 this release, if for some reason they cannot upgrade to a later
14009 Note that support for Tor 0.2.6.x is ending this year: we will not issue
14010 any fixes for the Tor 0.2.6.x series after 1 August 2017. If you need
14011 a Tor release series with longer-term support, we recommend Tor 0.2.9.x.
14013 o Directory authority changes (backport from 0.2.8.5-rc):
14014 - Urras is no longer a directory authority. Closes ticket 19271.
14016 o Directory authority changes (backport from 0.2.9.2-alpha):
14017 - The "Tonga" bridge authority has been retired; the new bridge
14018 authority is "Bifroest". Closes tickets 19728 and 19690.
14020 o Directory authority key updates (backport from 0.2.8.1-alpha):
14021 - Update the V3 identity key for the dannenberg directory authority:
14022 it was changed on 18 November 2015. Closes task 17906. Patch
14025 o Major features (security fixes, backport from 0.2.9.4-alpha):
14026 - Prevent a class of security bugs caused by treating the contents
14027 of a buffer chunk as if they were a NUL-terminated string. At
14028 least one such bug seems to be present in all currently used
14029 versions of Tor, and would allow an attacker to remotely crash
14030 most Tor instances, especially those compiled with extra compiler
14031 hardening. With this defense in place, such bugs can't crash Tor,
14032 though we should still fix them as they occur. Closes ticket
14033 20384 (TROVE-2016-10-001).
14035 o Major bugfixes (parsing, security, backport from 0.2.9.8):
14036 - Fix a bug in parsing that could cause clients to read a single
14037 byte past the end of an allocated region. This bug could be used
14038 to cause hardened clients (built with --enable-expensive-hardening)
14039 to crash if they tried to visit a hostile hidden service. Non-
14040 hardened clients are only affected depending on the details of
14041 their platform's memory allocator. Fixes bug 21018; bugfix on
14042 0.2.0.8-alpha. Found by using libFuzzer. Also tracked as TROVE-
14043 2016-12-002 and as CVE-2016-1254.
14045 o Major bugfixes (security, client, DNS proxy, backport from 0.2.8.3-alpha):
14046 - Stop a crash that could occur when a client running with DNSPort
14047 received a query with multiple address types, and the first
14048 address type was not supported. Found and fixed by Scott Dial.
14049 Fixes bug 18710; bugfix on 0.2.5.4-alpha.
14051 o Major bugfixes (security, correctness, backport from 0.2.7.4-rc):
14052 - Fix an error that could cause us to read 4 bytes before the
14053 beginning of an openssl string. This bug could be used to cause
14054 Tor to crash on systems with unusual malloc implementations, or
14055 systems with unusual hardening installed. Fixes bug 17404; bugfix
14058 o Major bugfixes (security, pointers, backport from 0.2.8.2-alpha):
14059 - Avoid a difficult-to-trigger heap corruption attack when extending
14060 a smartlist to contain over 16GB of pointers. Fixes bug 18162;
14061 bugfix on 0.1.1.11-alpha, which fixed a related bug incompletely.
14062 Reported by Guido Vranken.
14064 o Major bugfixes (dns proxy mode, crash, backport from 0.2.8.2-alpha):
14065 - Avoid crashing when running as a DNS proxy. Fixes bug 16248;
14066 bugfix on 0.2.0.1-alpha. Patch from "cypherpunks".
14068 o Major bugfixes (guard selection, backport from 0.2.7.6):
14069 - Actually look at the Guard flag when selecting a new directory
14070 guard. When we implemented the directory guard design, we
14071 accidentally started treating all relays as if they have the Guard
14072 flag during guard selection, leading to weaker anonymity and worse
14073 performance. Fixes bug 17772; bugfix on 0.2.4.8-alpha. Discovered
14076 o Major bugfixes (key management, backport from 0.2.8.3-alpha):
14077 - If OpenSSL fails to generate an RSA key, do not retain a dangling
14078 pointer to the previous (uninitialized) key value. The impact here
14079 should be limited to a difficult-to-trigger crash, if OpenSSL is
14080 running an engine that makes key generation failures possible, or
14081 if OpenSSL runs out of memory. Fixes bug 19152; bugfix on
14082 0.2.1.10-alpha. Found by Yuan Jochen Kang, Suman Jana, and
14085 o Major bugfixes (parsing, backported from 0.3.0.4-rc):
14086 - Fix an integer underflow bug when comparing malformed Tor
14087 versions. This bug could crash Tor when built with
14088 --enable-expensive-hardening, or on Tor 0.2.9.1-alpha through Tor
14089 0.2.9.8, which were built with -ftrapv by default. In other cases
14090 it was harmless. Part of TROVE-2017-001. Fixes bug 21278; bugfix
14091 on 0.0.8pre1. Found by OSS-Fuzz.
14093 o Minor features (security, memory erasure, backport from 0.2.8.1-alpha):
14094 - Make memwipe() do nothing when passed a NULL pointer or buffer of
14095 zero size. Check size argument to memwipe() for underflow. Fixes
14096 bug 18089; bugfix on 0.2.3.25 and 0.2.4.6-alpha. Reported by "gk",
14099 o Minor features (bug-resistance, backport from 0.2.8.2-alpha):
14100 - Make Tor survive errors involving connections without a
14101 corresponding event object. Previously we'd fail with an
14102 assertion; now we produce a log message. Related to bug 16248.
14104 o Minor features (geoip):
14105 - Update geoip and geoip6 to the February 8 2017 Maxmind GeoLite2
14108 o Minor bugfixes (compilation, backport from 0.2.7.6):
14109 - Fix a compilation warning with Clang 3.6: Do not check the
14110 presence of an address which can never be NULL. Fixes bug 17781.
14113 Changes in version 0.2.5.13 - 2017-03-03
14114 Tor 0.2.5.13 backports a number of security fixes from later Tor
14115 releases. Anybody running Tor 0.2.5.13 or earlier should upgrade to
14116 this release, if for some reason they cannot upgrade to a later
14119 Note that support for Tor 0.2.5.x is ending next year: we will not issue
14120 any fixes for the Tor 0.2.5.x series after 1 May 2018. If you need
14121 a Tor release series with longer-term support, we recommend Tor 0.2.9.x.
14123 o Directory authority changes (backport from 0.2.8.5-rc):
14124 - Urras is no longer a directory authority. Closes ticket 19271.
14126 o Directory authority changes (backport from 0.2.9.2-alpha):
14127 - The "Tonga" bridge authority has been retired; the new bridge
14128 authority is "Bifroest". Closes tickets 19728 and 19690.
14130 o Directory authority key updates (backport from 0.2.8.1-alpha):
14131 - Update the V3 identity key for the dannenberg directory authority:
14132 it was changed on 18 November 2015. Closes task 17906. Patch
14135 o Major features (security fixes, backport from 0.2.9.4-alpha):
14136 - Prevent a class of security bugs caused by treating the contents
14137 of a buffer chunk as if they were a NUL-terminated string. At
14138 least one such bug seems to be present in all currently used
14139 versions of Tor, and would allow an attacker to remotely crash
14140 most Tor instances, especially those compiled with extra compiler
14141 hardening. With this defense in place, such bugs can't crash Tor,
14142 though we should still fix them as they occur. Closes ticket
14143 20384 (TROVE-2016-10-001).
14145 o Major bugfixes (parsing, security, backport from 0.2.9.8):
14146 - Fix a bug in parsing that could cause clients to read a single
14147 byte past the end of an allocated region. This bug could be used
14148 to cause hardened clients (built with --enable-expensive-hardening)
14149 to crash if they tried to visit a hostile hidden service. Non-
14150 hardened clients are only affected depending on the details of
14151 their platform's memory allocator. Fixes bug 21018; bugfix on
14152 0.2.0.8-alpha. Found by using libFuzzer. Also tracked as TROVE-
14153 2016-12-002 and as CVE-2016-1254.
14155 o Major bugfixes (security, client, DNS proxy, backport from 0.2.8.3-alpha):
14156 - Stop a crash that could occur when a client running with DNSPort
14157 received a query with multiple address types, and the first
14158 address type was not supported. Found and fixed by Scott Dial.
14159 Fixes bug 18710; bugfix on 0.2.5.4-alpha.
14161 o Major bugfixes (security, correctness, backport from 0.2.7.4-rc):
14162 - Fix an error that could cause us to read 4 bytes before the
14163 beginning of an openssl string. This bug could be used to cause
14164 Tor to crash on systems with unusual malloc implementations, or
14165 systems with unusual hardening installed. Fixes bug 17404; bugfix
14168 o Major bugfixes (security, pointers, backport from 0.2.8.2-alpha):
14169 - Avoid a difficult-to-trigger heap corruption attack when extending
14170 a smartlist to contain over 16GB of pointers. Fixes bug 18162;
14171 bugfix on 0.1.1.11-alpha, which fixed a related bug incompletely.
14172 Reported by Guido Vranken.
14174 o Major bugfixes (dns proxy mode, crash, backport from 0.2.8.2-alpha):
14175 - Avoid crashing when running as a DNS proxy. Fixes bug 16248;
14176 bugfix on 0.2.0.1-alpha. Patch from "cypherpunks".
14178 o Major bugfixes (guard selection, backport from 0.2.7.6):
14179 - Actually look at the Guard flag when selecting a new directory
14180 guard. When we implemented the directory guard design, we
14181 accidentally started treating all relays as if they have the Guard
14182 flag during guard selection, leading to weaker anonymity and worse
14183 performance. Fixes bug 17772; bugfix on 0.2.4.8-alpha. Discovered
14186 o Major bugfixes (key management, backport from 0.2.8.3-alpha):
14187 - If OpenSSL fails to generate an RSA key, do not retain a dangling
14188 pointer to the previous (uninitialized) key value. The impact here
14189 should be limited to a difficult-to-trigger crash, if OpenSSL is
14190 running an engine that makes key generation failures possible, or
14191 if OpenSSL runs out of memory. Fixes bug 19152; bugfix on
14192 0.2.1.10-alpha. Found by Yuan Jochen Kang, Suman Jana, and
14195 o Major bugfixes (parsing, backported from 0.3.0.4-rc):
14196 - Fix an integer underflow bug when comparing malformed Tor
14197 versions. This bug could crash Tor when built with
14198 --enable-expensive-hardening, or on Tor 0.2.9.1-alpha through Tor
14199 0.2.9.8, which were built with -ftrapv by default. In other cases
14200 it was harmless. Part of TROVE-2017-001. Fixes bug 21278; bugfix
14201 on 0.0.8pre1. Found by OSS-Fuzz.
14203 o Minor features (security, memory erasure, backport from 0.2.8.1-alpha):
14204 - Make memwipe() do nothing when passed a NULL pointer or buffer of
14205 zero size. Check size argument to memwipe() for underflow. Fixes
14206 bug 18089; bugfix on 0.2.3.25 and 0.2.4.6-alpha. Reported by "gk",
14209 o Minor features (bug-resistance, backport from 0.2.8.2-alpha):
14210 - Make Tor survive errors involving connections without a
14211 corresponding event object. Previously we'd fail with an
14212 assertion; now we produce a log message. Related to bug 16248.
14214 o Minor features (geoip):
14215 - Update geoip and geoip6 to the February 8 2017 Maxmind GeoLite2
14218 o Minor bugfixes (compilation, backport from 0.2.7.6):
14219 - Fix a compilation warning with Clang 3.6: Do not check the
14220 presence of an address which can never be NULL. Fixes bug 17781.
14222 o Minor bugfixes (crypto error-handling, backport from 0.2.7.2-alpha):
14223 - Check for failures from crypto_early_init, and refuse to continue.
14224 A previous typo meant that we could keep going with an
14225 uninitialized crypto library, and would have OpenSSL initialize
14226 its own PRNG. Fixes bug 16360; bugfix on 0.2.5.2-alpha, introduced
14227 when implementing ticket 4900. Patch by "teor".
14229 o Minor bugfixes (hidden service, backport from 0.2.7.1-alpha):
14230 - Fix an out-of-bounds read when parsing invalid INTRODUCE2 cells on
14231 a client authorized hidden service. Fixes bug 15823; bugfix
14235 Changes in version 0.2.4.28 - 2017-03-03
14236 Tor 0.2.4.28 backports a number of security fixes from later Tor
14237 releases. Anybody running Tor 0.2.4.27 or earlier should upgrade to
14238 this release, if for some reason they cannot upgrade to a later
14241 Note that support for Tor 0.2.4.x is ending soon: we will not issue
14242 any fixes for the Tor 0.2.4.x series after 1 August 2017. If you need
14243 a Tor release series with long-term support, we recommend Tor 0.2.9.x.
14245 o Directory authority changes (backport from 0.2.8.5-rc):
14246 - Urras is no longer a directory authority. Closes ticket 19271.
14248 o Directory authority changes (backport from 0.2.9.2-alpha):
14249 - The "Tonga" bridge authority has been retired; the new bridge
14250 authority is "Bifroest". Closes tickets 19728 and 19690.
14252 o Directory authority key updates (backport from 0.2.8.1-alpha):
14253 - Update the V3 identity key for the dannenberg directory authority:
14254 it was changed on 18 November 2015. Closes task 17906. Patch
14257 o Major features (security fixes, backport from 0.2.9.4-alpha):
14258 - Prevent a class of security bugs caused by treating the contents
14259 of a buffer chunk as if they were a NUL-terminated string. At
14260 least one such bug seems to be present in all currently used
14261 versions of Tor, and would allow an attacker to remotely crash
14262 most Tor instances, especially those compiled with extra compiler
14263 hardening. With this defense in place, such bugs can't crash Tor,
14264 though we should still fix them as they occur. Closes ticket
14265 20384 (TROVE-2016-10-001).
14267 o Major bugfixes (parsing, security, backport from 0.2.9.8):
14268 - Fix a bug in parsing that could cause clients to read a single
14269 byte past the end of an allocated region. This bug could be used
14270 to cause hardened clients (built with --enable-expensive-hardening)
14271 to crash if they tried to visit a hostile hidden service. Non-
14272 hardened clients are only affected depending on the details of
14273 their platform's memory allocator. Fixes bug 21018; bugfix on
14274 0.2.0.8-alpha. Found by using libFuzzer. Also tracked as TROVE-
14275 2016-12-002 and as CVE-2016-1254.
14277 o Major bugfixes (security, correctness, backport from 0.2.7.4-rc):
14278 - Fix an error that could cause us to read 4 bytes before the
14279 beginning of an openssl string. This bug could be used to cause
14280 Tor to crash on systems with unusual malloc implementations, or
14281 systems with unusual hardening installed. Fixes bug 17404; bugfix
14284 o Major bugfixes (security, pointers, backport from 0.2.8.2-alpha):
14285 - Avoid a difficult-to-trigger heap corruption attack when extending
14286 a smartlist to contain over 16GB of pointers. Fixes bug 18162;
14287 bugfix on 0.1.1.11-alpha, which fixed a related bug incompletely.
14288 Reported by Guido Vranken.
14290 o Major bugfixes (dns proxy mode, crash, backport from 0.2.8.2-alpha):
14291 - Avoid crashing when running as a DNS proxy. Fixes bug 16248;
14292 bugfix on 0.2.0.1-alpha. Patch from "cypherpunks".
14294 o Major bugfixes (guard selection, backport from 0.2.7.6):
14295 - Actually look at the Guard flag when selecting a new directory
14296 guard. When we implemented the directory guard design, we
14297 accidentally started treating all relays as if they have the Guard
14298 flag during guard selection, leading to weaker anonymity and worse
14299 performance. Fixes bug 17772; bugfix on 0.2.4.8-alpha. Discovered
14302 o Major bugfixes (key management, backport from 0.2.8.3-alpha):
14303 - If OpenSSL fails to generate an RSA key, do not retain a dangling
14304 pointer to the previous (uninitialized) key value. The impact here
14305 should be limited to a difficult-to-trigger crash, if OpenSSL is
14306 running an engine that makes key generation failures possible, or
14307 if OpenSSL runs out of memory. Fixes bug 19152; bugfix on
14308 0.2.1.10-alpha. Found by Yuan Jochen Kang, Suman Jana, and
14311 o Major bugfixes (parsing, backported from 0.3.0.4-rc):
14312 - Fix an integer underflow bug when comparing malformed Tor
14313 versions. This bug could crash Tor when built with
14314 --enable-expensive-hardening, or on Tor 0.2.9.1-alpha through Tor
14315 0.2.9.8, which were built with -ftrapv by default. In other cases
14316 it was harmless. Part of TROVE-2017-001. Fixes bug 21278; bugfix
14317 on 0.0.8pre1. Found by OSS-Fuzz.
14319 o Minor features (security, memory erasure, backport from 0.2.8.1-alpha):
14320 - Make memwipe() do nothing when passed a NULL pointer or buffer of
14321 zero size. Check size argument to memwipe() for underflow. Fixes
14322 bug 18089; bugfix on 0.2.3.25 and 0.2.4.6-alpha. Reported by "gk",
14325 o Minor features (bug-resistance, backport from 0.2.8.2-alpha):
14326 - Make Tor survive errors involving connections without a
14327 corresponding event object. Previously we'd fail with an
14328 assertion; now we produce a log message. Related to bug 16248.
14330 o Minor features (DoS-resistance, backport from 0.2.7.1-alpha):
14331 - Make it harder for attackers to overload hidden services with
14332 introductions, by blocking multiple introduction requests on the
14333 same circuit. Resolves ticket 15515.
14335 o Minor features (geoip):
14336 - Update geoip and geoip6 to the February 8 2017 Maxmind GeoLite2
14339 o Minor bugfixes (compilation, backport from 0.2.7.6):
14340 - Fix a compilation warning with Clang 3.6: Do not check the
14341 presence of an address which can never be NULL. Fixes bug 17781.
14343 o Minor bugfixes (hidden service, backport from 0.2.7.1-alpha):
14344 - Fix an out-of-bounds read when parsing invalid INTRODUCE2 cells on
14345 a client authorized hidden service. Fixes bug 15823; bugfix
14349 Changes in version 0.2.9.10 - 2017-03-01
14350 Tor 0.2.9.10 backports a security fix from later Tor release. It also
14351 includes fixes for some major issues affecting directory authorities,
14352 LibreSSL compatibility, and IPv6 correctness.
14354 The Tor 0.2.9.x release series is now marked as a long-term-support
14355 series. We intend to backport security fixes to 0.2.9.x until at
14356 least January of 2020.
14358 o Major bugfixes (directory authority, 0.3.0.3-alpha):
14359 - During voting, when marking a relay as a probable sybil, do not
14360 clear its BadExit flag: sybils can still be bad in other ways
14361 too. (We still clear the other flags.) Fixes bug 21108; bugfix
14364 o Major bugfixes (IPv6 Exits, backport from 0.3.0.3-alpha):
14365 - Stop rejecting all IPv6 traffic on Exits whose exit policy rejects
14366 any IPv6 addresses. Instead, only reject a port over IPv6 if the
14367 exit policy rejects that port on more than an IPv6 /16 of
14368 addresses. This bug was made worse by 17027 in 0.2.8.1-alpha,
14369 which rejected a relay's own IPv6 address by default. Fixes bug
14370 21357; bugfix on commit 004f3f4e53 in 0.2.4.7-alpha.
14372 o Major bugfixes (parsing, also in 0.3.0.4-rc):
14373 - Fix an integer underflow bug when comparing malformed Tor
14374 versions. This bug could crash Tor when built with
14375 --enable-expensive-hardening, or on Tor 0.2.9.1-alpha through Tor
14376 0.2.9.8, which were built with -ftrapv by default. In other cases
14377 it was harmless. Part of TROVE-2017-001. Fixes bug 21278; bugfix
14378 on 0.0.8pre1. Found by OSS-Fuzz.
14380 o Minor features (directory authorities, also in 0.3.0.4-rc):
14381 - Directory authorities now reject descriptors that claim to be
14382 malformed versions of Tor. Helps prevent exploitation of
14384 - Reject version numbers with components that exceed INT32_MAX.
14385 Otherwise 32-bit and 64-bit platforms would behave inconsistently.
14386 Fixes bug 21450; bugfix on 0.0.8pre1.
14388 o Minor features (geoip):
14389 - Update geoip and geoip6 to the February 8 2017 Maxmind GeoLite2
14392 o Minor features (portability, compilation, backport from 0.3.0.3-alpha):
14393 - Autoconf now checks to determine if OpenSSL structures are opaque,
14394 instead of explicitly checking for OpenSSL version numbers. Part
14396 - Support building with recent LibreSSL code that uses opaque
14397 structures. Closes ticket 21359.
14399 o Minor bugfixes (code correctness, also in 0.3.0.4-rc):
14400 - Repair a couple of (unreachable or harmless) cases of the risky
14401 comparison-by-subtraction pattern that caused bug 21278.
14403 o Minor bugfixes (tor-resolve, backport from 0.3.0.3-alpha):
14404 - The tor-resolve command line tool now rejects hostnames over 255
14405 characters in length. Previously, it would silently truncate them,
14406 which could lead to bugs. Fixes bug 21280; bugfix on 0.0.9pre5.
14407 Patch by "junglefowl".
14410 Changes in version 0.2.9.9 - 2017-01-23
14411 Tor 0.2.9.9 fixes a denial-of-service bug where an attacker could
14412 cause relays and clients to crash, even if they were not built with
14413 the --enable-expensive-hardening option. This bug affects all 0.2.9.x
14414 versions, and also affects 0.3.0.1-alpha: all relays running an affected
14415 version should upgrade.
14417 This release also resolves a client-side onion service reachability
14418 bug, and resolves a pair of small portability issues.
14420 o Major bugfixes (security):
14421 - Downgrade the "-ftrapv" option from "always on" to "only on when
14422 --enable-expensive-hardening is provided." This hardening option,
14423 like others, can turn survivable bugs into crashes -- and having
14424 it on by default made a (relatively harmless) integer overflow bug
14425 into a denial-of-service bug. Fixes bug 21278 (TROVE-2017-001);
14426 bugfix on 0.2.9.1-alpha.
14428 o Major bugfixes (client, onion service):
14429 - Fix a client-side onion service reachability bug, where multiple
14430 socks requests to an onion service (or a single slow request)
14431 could cause us to mistakenly mark some of the service's
14432 introduction points as failed, and we cache that failure so
14433 eventually we run out and can't reach the service. Also resolves a
14434 mysterious "Remote server sent bogus reason code 65021" log
14435 warning. The bug was introduced in ticket 17218, where we tried to
14436 remember the circuit end reason as a uint16_t, which mangled
14437 negative values. Partially fixes bug 21056 and fixes bug 20307;
14438 bugfix on 0.2.8.1-alpha.
14440 o Minor features (geoip):
14441 - Update geoip and geoip6 to the January 4 2017 Maxmind GeoLite2
14444 o Minor bugfixes (portability):
14445 - Avoid crashing when Tor is built using headers that contain
14446 CLOCK_MONOTONIC_COARSE, but then tries to run on an older kernel
14447 without CLOCK_MONOTONIC_COARSE. Fixes bug 21035; bugfix
14449 - Fix Libevent detection on platforms without Libevent 1 headers
14450 installed. Fixes bug 21051; bugfix on 0.2.9.1-alpha.
14453 Changes in version 0.2.8.12 - 2016-12-19
14454 Tor 0.2.8.12 backports a fix for a medium-severity issue (bug 21018
14455 below) where Tor clients could crash when attempting to visit a
14456 hostile hidden service. Clients are recommended to upgrade as packages
14457 become available for their systems.
14459 It also includes an updated list of fallback directories, backported
14462 Now that the Tor 0.2.9 series is stable, only major bugfixes will be
14463 backported to 0.2.8 in the future.
14465 o Major bugfixes (parsing, security, backported from 0.2.9.8):
14466 - Fix a bug in parsing that could cause clients to read a single
14467 byte past the end of an allocated region. This bug could be used
14468 to cause hardened clients (built with --enable-expensive-hardening)
14469 to crash if they tried to visit a hostile hidden service. Non-
14470 hardened clients are only affected depending on the details of
14471 their platform's memory allocator. Fixes bug 21018; bugfix on
14472 0.2.0.8-alpha. Found by using libFuzzer. Also tracked as TROVE-
14473 2016-12-002 and as CVE-2016-1254.
14475 o Minor features (fallback directory list, backported from 0.2.9.8):
14476 - Replace the 81 remaining fallbacks of the 100 originally
14477 introduced in Tor 0.2.8.3-alpha in March 2016, with a list of 177
14478 fallbacks (123 new, 54 existing, 27 removed) generated in December
14479 2016. Resolves ticket 20170.
14481 o Minor features (geoip, backported from 0.2.9.7-rc):
14482 - Update geoip and geoip6 to the December 7 2016 Maxmind GeoLite2
14486 Changes in version 0.2.9.8 - 2016-12-19
14487 Tor 0.2.9.8 is the first stable release of the Tor 0.2.9 series.
14489 The Tor 0.2.9 series makes mandatory a number of security features
14490 that were formerly optional. It includes support for a new shared-
14491 randomness protocol that will form the basis for next generation
14492 hidden services, includes a single-hop hidden service mode for
14493 optimizing .onion services that don't actually want to be hidden,
14494 tries harder not to overload the directory authorities with excessive
14495 downloads, and supports a better protocol versioning scheme for
14496 improved compatibility with other implementations of the Tor protocol.
14498 And of course, there are numerous other bugfixes and improvements.
14500 This release also includes a fix for a medium-severity issue (bug
14501 21018 below) where Tor clients could crash when attempting to visit a
14502 hostile hidden service. Clients are recommended to upgrade as packages
14503 become available for their systems.
14505 Below are listed the changes since Tor 0.2.8.11. For a list of
14506 changes since 0.2.9.7-rc, see the ChangeLog file.
14508 o New system requirements:
14509 - When building with OpenSSL, Tor now requires version 1.0.1 or
14510 later. OpenSSL 1.0.0 and earlier are no longer supported by the
14511 OpenSSL team, and should not be used. Closes ticket 20303.
14512 - Tor now requires Libevent version 2.0.10-stable or later. Older
14513 versions of Libevent have less efficient backends for several
14514 platforms, and lack the DNS code that we use for our server-side
14515 DNS support. This implements ticket 19554.
14516 - Tor now requires zlib version 1.2 or later, for security,
14517 efficiency, and (eventually) gzip support. (Back when we started,
14518 zlib 1.1 and zlib 1.0 were still found in the wild. 1.2 was
14519 released in 2003. We recommend the latest version.)
14521 o Deprecated features:
14522 - A number of DNS-cache-related sub-options for client ports are now
14523 deprecated for security reasons, and may be removed in a future
14524 version of Tor. (We believe that client-side DNS caching is a bad
14525 idea for anonymity, and you should not turn it on.) The options
14526 are: CacheDNS, CacheIPv4DNS, CacheIPv6DNS, UseDNSCache,
14527 UseIPv4Cache, and UseIPv6Cache.
14528 - A number of options are deprecated for security reasons, and may
14529 be removed in a future version of Tor. The options are:
14530 AllowDotExit, AllowInvalidNodes, AllowSingleHopCircuits,
14531 AllowSingleHopExits, ClientDNSRejectInternalAddresses,
14532 CloseHSClientCircuitsImmediatelyOnTimeout,
14533 CloseHSServiceRendCircuitsImmediatelyOnTimeout,
14534 ExcludeSingleHopRelays, FastFirstHopPK, TLSECGroup,
14535 UseNTorHandshake, and WarnUnsafeSocks.
14536 - The *ListenAddress options are now deprecated as unnecessary: the
14537 corresponding *Port options should be used instead. These options
14538 may someday be removed. The affected options are:
14539 ControlListenAddress, DNSListenAddress, DirListenAddress,
14540 NATDListenAddress, ORListenAddress, SocksListenAddress,
14541 and TransListenAddress.
14543 o Major bugfixes (parsing, security, new since 0.2.9.7-rc):
14544 - Fix a bug in parsing that could cause clients to read a single
14545 byte past the end of an allocated region. This bug could be used
14546 to cause hardened clients (built with --enable-expensive-hardening)
14547 to crash if they tried to visit a hostile hidden service. Non-
14548 hardened clients are only affected depending on the details of
14549 their platform's memory allocator. Fixes bug 21018; bugfix on
14550 0.2.0.8-alpha. Found by using libFuzzer. Also tracked as TROVE-
14551 2016-12-002 and as CVE-2016-1254.
14553 o Major features (build, hardening):
14554 - Tor now builds with -ftrapv by default on compilers that support
14555 it. This option detects signed integer overflow (which C forbids),
14556 and turns it into a hard-failure. We do not apply this option to
14557 code that needs to run in constant time to avoid side-channels;
14558 instead, we use -fwrapv in that code. Closes ticket 17983.
14559 - When --enable-expensive-hardening is selected, stop applying the
14560 clang/gcc sanitizers to code that needs to run in constant time.
14561 Although we are aware of no introduced side-channels, we are not
14562 able to prove that there are none. Related to ticket 17983.
14564 o Major features (circuit building, security):
14565 - Authorities, relays, and clients now require ntor keys in all
14566 descriptors, for all hops (except for rare hidden service protocol
14567 cases), for all circuits, and for all other roles. Part of
14569 - Authorities, relays, and clients only use ntor, except for
14570 rare cases in the hidden service protocol. Part of ticket 19163.
14572 o Major features (compilation):
14573 - Our big list of extra GCC warnings is now enabled by default when
14574 building with GCC (or with anything like Clang that claims to be
14575 GCC-compatible). To make all warnings into fatal compilation
14576 errors, pass --enable-fatal-warnings to configure. Closes
14578 - Use the Autoconf macro AC_USE_SYSTEM_EXTENSIONS to automatically
14579 turn on C and POSIX extensions. (Previously, we attempted to do
14580 this on an ad hoc basis.) Closes ticket 19139.
14582 o Major features (directory authorities, hidden services):
14583 - Directory authorities can now perform the shared randomness
14584 protocol specified by proposal 250. Using this protocol, directory
14585 authorities generate a global fresh random value every day. In the
14586 future, this value will be used by hidden services to select
14587 HSDirs. This release implements the directory authority feature;
14588 the hidden service side will be implemented in the future as part
14589 of proposal 224. Resolves ticket 16943; implements proposal 250.
14591 o Major features (downloading, random exponential backoff):
14592 - When we fail to download an object from a directory service, wait
14593 for an (exponentially increasing) randomized amount of time before
14594 retrying, rather than a fixed interval as we did before. This
14595 prevents a group of Tor instances from becoming too synchronized,
14596 or a single Tor instance from becoming too predictable, in its
14597 download schedule. Closes ticket 15942.
14599 o Major features (resource management):
14600 - Tor can now notice it is about to run out of sockets, and
14601 preemptively close connections of lower priority. (This feature is
14602 off by default for now, since the current prioritizing method is
14603 yet not mature enough. You can enable it by setting
14604 "DisableOOSCheck 0", but watch out: it might close some sockets
14605 you would rather have it keep.) Closes ticket 18640.
14607 o Major features (single-hop "hidden" services):
14608 - Add experimental HiddenServiceSingleHopMode and
14609 HiddenServiceNonAnonymousMode options. When both are set to 1,
14610 every hidden service on that Tor instance becomes a non-anonymous
14611 Single Onion Service. Single Onions make one-hop (direct)
14612 connections to their introduction and rendezvous points. One-hop
14613 circuits make Single Onion servers easily locatable, but clients
14614 remain location-anonymous. This is compatible with the existing
14615 hidden service implementation, and works on the current Tor
14616 network without any changes to older relays or clients. Implements
14617 proposal 260, completes ticket 17178. Patch by teor and asn.
14619 o Major features (subprotocol versions):
14620 - Tor directory authorities now vote on a set of recommended
14621 "subprotocol versions", and on a set of required subprotocol
14622 versions. Clients and relays that lack support for a _required_
14623 subprotocol version will not start; those that lack support for a
14624 _recommended_ subprotocol version will warn the user to upgrade.
14625 This change allows compatible implementations of the Tor protocol(s)
14626 to exist without pretending to be 100% bug-compatible with
14627 particular releases of Tor itself. Closes ticket 19958; implements
14628 part of proposal 264.
14630 o Major bugfixes (circuit building):
14631 - Hidden service client-to-intro-point and service-to-rendezvous-
14632 point circuits use the TAP key supplied by the protocol, to avoid
14633 epistemic attacks. Fixes bug 19163; bugfix on 0.2.4.18-rc.
14635 o Major bugfixes (download scheduling):
14636 - Avoid resetting download status for consensuses hourly, since we
14637 already have another, smarter retry mechanism. Fixes bug 8625;
14638 bugfix on 0.2.0.9-alpha.
14639 - If a consensus expires while we are waiting for certificates to
14640 download, stop waiting for certificates.
14641 - If we stop waiting for certificates less than a minute after we
14642 started downloading them, do not consider the certificate download
14643 failure a separate failure. Fixes bug 20533; bugfix
14645 - When using exponential backoff in test networks, use a lower
14646 exponent, so the delays do not vary as much. This helps test
14647 networks bootstrap consistently. Fixes bug 20597; bugfix on 20499.
14649 o Major bugfixes (exit policies):
14650 - Avoid disclosing exit outbound bind addresses, configured port
14651 bind addresses, and local interface addresses in relay descriptors
14652 by default under ExitPolicyRejectPrivate. Instead, only reject
14653 these (otherwise unlisted) addresses if
14654 ExitPolicyRejectLocalInterfaces is set. Fixes bug 18456; bugfix on
14655 0.2.7.2-alpha. Patch by teor.
14657 o Major bugfixes (hidden services):
14658 - Allow Tor clients with appropriate controllers to work with
14659 FetchHidServDescriptors set to 0. Previously, this option also
14660 disabled descriptor cache lookup, thus breaking hidden services
14661 entirely. Fixes bug 18704; bugfix on 0.2.0.20-rc. Patch by "twim".
14662 - Clients now require hidden services to include the TAP keys for
14663 their intro points in the hidden service descriptor. This prevents
14664 an inadvertent upgrade to ntor, which a malicious hidden service
14665 could use to distinguish clients by consensus version. Fixes bug
14666 20012; bugfix on 0.2.4.8-alpha. Patch by teor.
14668 o Major bugfixes (relay, resolver, logging):
14669 - For relays that don't know their own address, avoid attempting a
14670 local hostname resolve for each descriptor we download. This
14671 will cut down on the number of "Success: chose address 'x.x.x.x'"
14672 log lines, and also avoid confusing clock jumps if the resolver
14673 is slow. Fixes bugs 20423 and 20610; bugfix on 0.2.8.1-alpha.
14675 o Minor features (port flags):
14676 - Add new flags to the *Port options to give finer control over which
14677 requests are allowed. The flags are NoDNSRequest, NoOnionTraffic,
14678 and the synthetic flag OnionTrafficOnly, which is equivalent to
14679 NoDNSRequest, NoIPv4Traffic, and NoIPv6Traffic. Closes enhancement
14680 18693; patch by "teor".
14682 o Minor features (build, hardening):
14683 - Detect and work around a libclang_rt problem that would prevent
14684 clang from finding __mulodi4() on some 32-bit platforms, and thus
14685 keep -ftrapv from linking on those systems. Closes ticket 19079.
14686 - When building on a system without runtime support for the runtime
14687 hardening options, try to log a useful warning at configuration
14688 time, rather than an incomprehensible warning at link time. If
14689 expensive hardening was requested, this warning becomes an error.
14690 Closes ticket 18895.
14692 o Minor features (client, directory):
14693 - Since authorities now omit all routers that lack the Running and
14694 Valid flags, we assume that any relay listed in the consensus must
14695 have those flags. Closes ticket 20001; implements part of
14698 o Minor features (code safety):
14699 - In our integer-parsing functions, ensure that the maximum value we
14700 allow is no smaller than the minimum value. Closes ticket 19063;
14701 patch from "U+039b".
14703 o Minor features (compilation, portability):
14704 - Compile correctly on MacOS 10.12 (aka "Sierra"). Closes
14707 o Minor features (config):
14708 - Warn users when descriptor and port addresses are inconsistent.
14709 Mitigates bug 13953; patch by teor.
14711 o Minor features (controller):
14712 - Allow controllers to configure basic client authorization on
14713 hidden services when they create them with the ADD_ONION controller
14714 command. Implements ticket 15588. Patch by "special".
14715 - Fire a STATUS_SERVER controller event whenever the hibernation
14716 status changes between "awake"/"soft"/"hard". Closes ticket 18685.
14717 - Implement new GETINFO queries for all downloads that use
14718 download_status_t to schedule retries. This allows controllers to
14719 examine the schedule for pending downloads. Closes ticket 19323.
14721 o Minor features (development tools, etags):
14722 - Teach the "make tags" Makefile target how to correctly find
14723 "MOCK_IMPL" function definitions. Patch from nherring; closes
14726 o Minor features (directory authority):
14727 - After voting, if the authorities decide that a relay is not
14728 "Valid", they no longer include it in the consensus at all. Closes
14729 ticket 20002; implements part of proposal 272.
14730 - Directory authorities now only give the Guard flag to a relay if
14731 they are also giving it the Stable flag. This change allows us to
14732 simplify path selection for clients. It should have minimal effect
14733 in practice, since >99% of Guards already have the Stable flag.
14734 Implements ticket 18624.
14735 - Directory authorities now write their v3-status-votes file out to
14736 disk earlier in the consensus process, so we have a record of the
14737 votes even if we abort the consensus process. Resolves
14740 o Minor features (fallback directory list, new since 0.2.9.7-rc):
14741 - Replace the 81 remaining fallbacks of the 100 originally
14742 introduced in Tor 0.2.8.3-alpha in March 2016, with a list of 177
14743 fallbacks (123 new, 54 existing, 27 removed) generated in December
14744 2016. Resolves ticket 20170.
14746 o Minor features (hidden service):
14747 - Stop being so strict about the payload length of "rendezvous1"
14748 cells. We used to be locked in to the "TAP" handshake length, and
14749 now we can handle better handshakes like "ntor". Resolves
14752 o Minor features (infrastructure, time):
14753 - Tor now includes an improved timer backend, so that we can
14754 efficiently support tens or hundreds of thousands of concurrent
14755 timers, as will be needed for some of our planned anti-traffic-
14756 analysis work. This code is based on William Ahern's "timeout.c"
14757 project, which implements a "tickless hierarchical timing wheel".
14758 Closes ticket 18365.
14759 - Tor now uses the operating system's monotonic timers (where
14760 available) for internal fine-grained timing. Previously we would
14761 look at the system clock, and then attempt to compensate for the
14762 clock running backwards. Closes ticket 18908.
14764 o Minor features (logging):
14765 - Add a set of macros to check nonfatal assertions, for internal
14766 use. Migrating more of our checks to these should help us avoid
14767 needless crash bugs. Closes ticket 18613.
14768 - Provide a more useful warning message when configured with an
14769 invalid Nickname. Closes ticket 18300; patch from "icanhasaccount".
14770 - When dumping unparseable router descriptors, optionally store them
14771 in separate files, named by digest, up to a configurable size
14772 limit. You can change the size limit by setting the
14773 MaxUnparseableDescSizeToLog option, and disable this feature by
14774 setting that option to 0. Closes ticket 18322.
14776 o Minor features (performance):
14777 - Change the "optimistic data" extension from "off by default" to
14778 "on by default". The default was ordinarily overridden by a
14779 consensus option, but when clients were bootstrapping for the
14780 first time, they would not have a consensus to get the option
14781 from. Changing this default saves a round-trip during startup.
14782 Closes ticket 18815.
14784 o Minor features (relay, usability):
14785 - When the directory authorities refuse a bad relay's descriptor,
14786 encourage the relay operator to contact us. Many relay operators
14787 won't notice this line in their logs, but it's a win if even a few
14788 learn why we don't like what their relay was doing. Resolves
14791 o Minor features (security, TLS):
14792 - Servers no longer support clients that lack AES ciphersuites.
14793 (3DES is no longer considered an acceptable cipher.) We believe
14794 that no such Tor clients currently exist, since Tor has required
14795 OpenSSL 0.9.7 or later since 2009. Closes ticket 19998.
14797 o Minor features (testing):
14798 - Disable memory protections on OpenBSD when performing our unit
14799 tests for memwipe(). The test deliberately invokes undefined
14800 behavior, and the OpenBSD protections interfere with this. Patch
14801 from "rubiate". Closes ticket 20066.
14802 - Move the test-network.sh script to chutney, and modify tor's test-
14803 network.sh to call the (newer) chutney version when available.
14804 Resolves ticket 19116. Patch by teor.
14805 - Use the lcov convention for marking lines as unreachable, so that
14806 we don't count them when we're generating test coverage data.
14807 Update our coverage tools to understand this convention. Closes
14809 - Our link-handshake unit tests now check that when invalid
14810 handshakes fail, they fail with the error messages we expected.
14811 - Our unit testing code that captures log messages no longer
14812 prevents them from being written out if the user asked for them
14813 (by passing --debug or --info or --notice or --warn to the "test"
14814 binary). This change prevents us from missing unexpected log
14815 messages simply because we were looking for others. Related to
14817 - The unit tests now log all warning messages with the "BUG" flag.
14818 Previously, they only logged errors by default. This change will
14819 help us make our testing code more correct, and make sure that we
14820 only hit this code when we mean to. In the meantime, however,
14821 there will be more warnings in the unit test logs than before.
14822 This is preparatory work for ticket 19999.
14823 - The unit tests now treat any failure of a "tor_assert_nonfatal()"
14824 assertion as a test failure.
14825 - We've done significant work to make the unit tests run faster.
14827 o Minor features (testing, ipv6):
14828 - Add the hs-ipv6 chutney target to make test-network-all's IPv6
14829 tests. Remove bridges+hs, as it's somewhat redundant. This
14830 requires a recent chutney version that supports IPv6 clients,
14831 relays, and authorities. Closes ticket 20069; patch by teor.
14832 - Add the single-onion and single-onion-ipv6 chutney targets to
14833 "make test-network-all". This requires a recent chutney version
14834 with the single onion network flavors (git c72a652 or later).
14835 Closes ticket 20072; patch by teor.
14837 o Minor features (Tor2web):
14838 - Make Tor2web clients respect ReachableAddresses. This feature was
14839 inadvertently enabled in 0.2.8.6, then removed by bugfix 19973 on
14840 0.2.8.7. Implements feature 20034. Patch by teor.
14842 o Minor features (unix domain sockets):
14843 - When configuring a unix domain socket for a SocksPort,
14844 ControlPort, or Hidden service, you can now wrap the address in
14845 quotes, using C-style escapes inside the quotes. This allows unix
14846 domain socket paths to contain spaces. Resolves ticket 18753.
14848 o Minor features (user interface):
14849 - Tor now supports the ability to declare options deprecated, so
14850 that we can recommend that people stop using them. Previously, this
14851 was done in an ad-hoc way. There is a new --list-deprecated-options
14852 command-line option to list all of the deprecated options. Closes
14855 o Minor features (virtual addresses):
14856 - Increase the maximum number of bits for the IPv6 virtual network
14857 prefix from 16 to 104. In this way, the condition for address
14858 allocation is less restrictive. Closes ticket 20151; feature
14861 o Minor bug fixes (circuits):
14862 - Use the CircuitBuildTimeout option whenever
14863 LearnCircuitBuildTimeout is disabled. Previously, we would respect
14864 the option when a user disabled it, but not when it was disabled
14865 because some other option was set. Fixes bug 20073; bugfix on
14866 0.2.4.12-alpha. Patch by teor.
14868 o Minor bugfixes (build):
14869 - The current Git revision when building from a local repository is
14870 now detected correctly when using git worktrees. Fixes bug 20492;
14871 bugfix on 0.2.3.9-alpha.
14873 o Minor bugfixes (relay address discovery):
14874 - Stop reordering IP addresses returned by the OS. This makes it
14875 more likely that Tor will guess the same relay IP address every
14876 time. Fixes issue 20163; bugfix on 0.2.7.1-alpha, ticket 17027.
14877 Reported by René Mayrhofer, patch by "cypherpunks".
14879 o Minor bugfixes (memory allocation):
14880 - Change how we allocate memory for large chunks on buffers, to
14881 avoid a (currently impossible) integer overflow, and to waste less
14882 space when allocating unusually large chunks. Fixes bug 20081;
14883 bugfix on 0.2.0.16-alpha. Issue identified by Guido Vranken.
14885 o Minor bugfixes (bootstrap):
14886 - Remember the directory server we fetched the consensus or previous
14887 certificates from, and use it to fetch future authority
14888 certificates. This change improves bootstrapping performance.
14889 Fixes bug 18963; bugfix on 0.2.8.1-alpha.
14891 o Minor bugfixes (circuits):
14892 - Make sure extend_info_from_router() is only called on servers.
14893 Fixes bug 19639; bugfix on 0.2.8.1-alpha.
14895 o Minor bugfixes (client, fascistfirewall):
14896 - Avoid spurious warnings when ReachableAddresses or FascistFirewall
14897 is set. Fixes bug 20306; bugfix on 0.2.8.2-alpha.
14899 o Minor bugfixes (client, unix domain sockets):
14900 - Disable IsolateClientAddr when using AF_UNIX backed SocksPorts as
14901 the client address is meaningless. Fixes bug 20261; bugfix
14904 o Minor bugfixes (code style):
14905 - Fix an integer signedness conversion issue in the case conversion
14906 tables. Fixes bug 19168; bugfix on 0.2.1.11-alpha.
14908 o Minor bugfixes (compilation):
14909 - Build correctly on versions of libevent2 without support for
14910 evutil_secure_rng_add_bytes(). Fixes bug 19904; bugfix
14912 - When building with Clang, use a full set of GCC warnings.
14913 (Previously, we included only a subset, because of the way we
14914 detected them.) Fixes bug 19216; bugfix on 0.2.0.1-alpha.
14915 - Detect Libevent2 functions correctly on systems that provide
14916 libevent2, but where libevent1 is linked with -levent. Fixes bug
14917 19904; bugfix on 0.2.2.24-alpha. Patch from Rubiate.
14918 - Run correctly when built on Windows build environments that
14919 require _vcsprintf(). Fixes bug 20560; bugfix on 0.2.2.11-alpha.
14921 o Minor bugfixes (configuration):
14922 - When parsing quoted configuration values from the torrc file,
14923 handle Windows line endings correctly. Fixes bug 19167; bugfix on
14924 0.2.0.16-alpha. Patch from "Pingl".
14926 o Minor bugfixes (directory authority):
14927 - Authorities now sort the "package" lines in their votes, for ease
14928 of debugging. (They are already sorted in consensus documents.)
14929 Fixes bug 18840; bugfix on 0.2.6.3-alpha.
14930 - Die with a more useful error when the operator forgets to place
14931 the authority_signing_key file into the keys directory. This
14932 avoids an uninformative assert & traceback about having an invalid
14933 key. Fixes bug 20065; bugfix on 0.2.0.1-alpha.
14934 - When allowing private addresses, mark Exits that only exit to
14935 private locations as such. Fixes bug 20064; bugfix
14937 - When parsing a detached signature, make sure we use the length of
14938 the digest algorithm instead of a hardcoded DIGEST256_LEN in
14939 order to avoid comparing bytes out-of-bounds with a smaller digest
14940 length such as SHA1. Fixes bug 19066; bugfix on 0.2.2.6-alpha.
14942 o Minor bugfixes (getpass):
14943 - Defensively fix a non-triggerable heap corruption at do_getpass()
14944 to protect ourselves from mistakes in the future. Fixes bug
14945 19223; bugfix on 0.2.7.3-rc. Bug found by Guido Vranken, patch
14948 o Minor bugfixes (guard selection):
14949 - Don't mark guards as unreachable if connection_connect() fails.
14950 That function fails for local reasons, so it shouldn't reveal
14951 anything about the status of the guard. Fixes bug 14334; bugfix
14953 - Use a single entry guard even if the NumEntryGuards consensus
14954 parameter is not provided. Fixes bug 17688; bugfix
14957 o Minor bugfixes (hidden services):
14958 - Increase the minimum number of internal circuits we preemptively
14959 build from 2 to 3, so a circuit is available when a client
14960 connects to another onion service. Fixes bug 13239; bugfix
14962 - Allow hidden services to run on IPv6 addresses even when the
14963 IPv6Exit option is not set. Fixes bug 18357; bugfix
14965 - Stop logging intro point details to the client log on certain
14966 error conditions. Fixed as part of bug 20012; bugfix on
14967 0.2.4.8-alpha. Patch by teor.
14968 - When deleting an ephemeral hidden service, close its intro points
14969 even if they are not completely open. Fixes bug 18604; bugfix
14971 - When configuring hidden services, check every hidden service
14972 directory's permissions. Previously, we only checked the last
14973 hidden service. Fixes bug 20529; bugfix on 0.2.6.2-alpha.
14975 o Minor bugfixes (IPv6, testing):
14976 - Check for IPv6 correctly on Linux when running test networks.
14977 Fixes bug 19905; bugfix on 0.2.7.3-rc; patch by teor.
14979 o Minor bugfixes (Linux seccomp2 sandbox):
14980 - Add permission to run the sched_yield() and sigaltstack() system
14981 calls, in order to support versions of Tor compiled with asan or
14982 ubsan code that use these calls. Now "sandbox 1" and
14983 "--enable-expensive-hardening" should be compatible on more
14984 systems. Fixes bug 20063; bugfix on 0.2.5.1-alpha.
14986 o Minor bugfixes (logging):
14987 - Downgrade a harmless log message about the
14988 pending_entry_connections list from "warn" to "info". Mitigates
14990 - Log a more accurate message when we fail to dump a microdescriptor.
14991 Fixes bug 17758; bugfix on 0.2.2.8-alpha. Patch from Daniel Pinto.
14992 - When logging a directory ownership mismatch, log the owning
14993 username correctly. Fixes bug 19578; bugfix on 0.2.2.29-beta.
14994 - When we are unable to remove the bw_accounting file, do not warn
14995 if the reason we couldn't remove it was that it didn't exist.
14996 Fixes bug 19964; bugfix on 0.2.5.4-alpha. Patch from pastly.
14998 o Minor bugfixes (memory leak):
14999 - Fix a series of slow memory leaks related to parsing torrc files
15000 and options. Fixes bug 19466; bugfix on 0.2.1.6-alpha.
15001 - Avoid a small memory leak when informing worker threads about
15002 rotated onion keys. Fixes bug 20401; bugfix on 0.2.6.3-alpha.
15003 - Fix a small memory leak when receiving AF_UNIX connections on a
15004 SocksPort. Fixes bug 20716; bugfix on 0.2.6.3-alpha.
15005 - When moving a signed descriptor object from a source to an
15006 existing destination, free the allocated memory inside that
15007 destination object. Fixes bug 20715; bugfix on 0.2.8.3-alpha.
15008 - Fix a memory leak and use-after-free error when removing entries
15009 from the sandbox's getaddrinfo() cache. Fixes bug 20710; bugfix on
15010 0.2.5.5-alpha. Patch from "cypherpunks".
15011 - Fix a small, uncommon memory leak that could occur when reading a
15012 truncated ed25519 key file. Fixes bug 18956; bugfix
15015 o Minor bugfixes (option parsing):
15016 - Count unix sockets when counting client listeners (SOCKS, Trans,
15017 NATD, and DNS). This has no user-visible behavior changes: these
15018 options are set once, and never read. Required for correct
15019 behavior in ticket 17178. Fixes bug 19677; bugfix on
15020 0.2.6.3-alpha. Patch by teor.
15022 o Minor bugfixes (options):
15023 - Check the consistency of UseEntryGuards and EntryNodes more
15024 reliably. Fixes bug 20074; bugfix on 0.2.4.12-alpha. Patch
15026 - Stop changing the configured value of UseEntryGuards on
15027 authorities and Tor2web clients. Fixes bug 20074; bugfix on
15028 commits 51fc6799 in 0.1.1.16-rc and acda1735 in 0.2.4.3-alpha.
15031 o Minor bugfixes (relay):
15032 - Ensure relays don't make multiple connections during bootstrap.
15033 Fixes bug 20591; bugfix on 0.2.8.1-alpha.
15034 - Do not try to parallelize workers more than 16x without the user
15035 explicitly configuring us to do so, even if we do detect more than
15036 16 CPU cores. Fixes bug 19968; bugfix on 0.2.3.1-alpha.
15038 o Minor bugfixes (testing):
15039 - The test-stem and test-network makefile targets now depend only on
15040 the tor binary that they are testing. Previously, they depended on
15041 "make all". Fixes bug 18240; bugfix on 0.2.8.2-alpha. Based on a
15042 patch from "cypherpunks".
15043 - Allow clients to retry HSDirs much faster in test networks. Fixes
15044 bug 19702; bugfix on 0.2.7.1-alpha. Patch by teor.
15045 - Avoid a unit test failure on systems with over 16 detectable CPU
15046 cores. Fixes bug 19968; bugfix on 0.2.3.1-alpha.
15047 - Let backtrace tests work correctly under AddressSanitizer:
15048 disable ASAN's detection of segmentation faults while running
15049 test_bt.sh, so that we can make sure that our own backtrace
15050 generation code works. Fixes bug 18934; bugfix
15051 on 0.2.5.2-alpha. Patch from "cypherpunks".
15052 - Fix the test-network-all target on out-of-tree builds by using the
15053 correct path to the test driver script. Fixes bug 19421; bugfix
15055 - Stop spurious failures in the local interface address discovery
15056 unit tests. Fixes bug 20634; bugfix on 0.2.8.1-alpha; patch by
15058 - Use ECDHE ciphers instead of ECDH in tortls tests. LibreSSL has
15059 removed the ECDH ciphers which caused the tests to fail on
15060 platforms which use it. Fixes bug 20460; bugfix on 0.2.8.1-alpha.
15061 - The tor_tls_server_info_callback unit test no longer crashes when
15062 debug-level logging is turned on. Fixes bug 20041; bugfix
15065 o Minor bugfixes (time):
15066 - Improve overflow checks in tv_udiff and tv_mdiff. Fixes bug 19483;
15067 bugfix on all released tor versions.
15068 - When computing the difference between two times in milliseconds,
15069 we now round to the nearest millisecond correctly. Previously, we
15070 could sometimes round in the wrong direction. Fixes bug 19428;
15071 bugfix on 0.2.2.2-alpha.
15073 o Minor bugfixes (Tor2web):
15074 - Prevent Tor2web clients from running hidden services: these services
15075 are not anonymous due to the one-hop client paths. Fixes bug
15076 19678. Patch by teor.
15078 o Minor bugfixes (user interface):
15079 - Display a more accurate number of suppressed messages in the log
15080 rate-limiter. Previously, there was a potential integer overflow
15081 in the counter. Now, if the number of messages hits a maximum, the
15082 rate-limiter doesn't count any further. Fixes bug 19435; bugfix
15084 - Fix a typo in the passphrase prompt for the ed25519 identity key.
15085 Fixes bug 19503; bugfix on 0.2.7.2-alpha.
15087 o Code simplification and refactoring:
15088 - Remove redundant declarations of the MIN macro. Closes
15090 - Rename tor_dup_addr() to tor_addr_to_str_dup() to avoid confusion.
15091 Closes ticket 18462; patch from "icanhasaccount".
15092 - Split the 600-line directory_handle_command_get function into
15093 separate functions for different URL types. Closes ticket 16698.
15096 - Add module-level internal documentation for 36 C files that
15097 previously didn't have a high-level overview. Closes ticket 20385.
15098 - Correct the IPv6 syntax in our documentation for the
15099 VirtualAddrNetworkIPv6 torrc option. Closes ticket 19743.
15100 - Correct the minimum bandwidth value in torrc.sample, and queue a
15101 corresponding change for torrc.minimal. Closes ticket 20085.
15102 - Fix spelling of "--enable-tor2web-mode" in the manpage. Closes
15103 ticket 19153. Patch from "U+039b".
15104 - Module-level documentation for several more modules. Closes
15105 tickets 19287 and 19290.
15106 - Document the --passphrase-fd option in the tor manpage. Fixes bug
15107 19504; bugfix on 0.2.7.3-rc.
15108 - Document the default PathsNeededToBuildCircuits value that's used
15109 by clients when the directory authorities don't set
15110 min_paths_for_circs_pct. Fixes bug 20117; bugfix on 0.2.4.10-alpha.
15111 Patch by teor, reported by Jesse V.
15112 - Fix manual for the User option: it takes a username, not a UID.
15113 Fixes bug 19122; bugfix on 0.0.2pre16 (the first version to have
15115 - Fix the description of the --passphrase-fd option in the
15116 tor-gencert manpage. The option is used to pass the number of a
15117 file descriptor to read the passphrase from, not to read the file
15118 descriptor from. Fixes bug 19505; bugfix on 0.2.0.20-alpha.
15121 - We no longer include the (dead, deprecated) bufferevent code in
15122 Tor. Closes ticket 19450. Based on a patch from "U+039b".
15124 o Removed features:
15125 - Remove support for "GET /tor/bytes.txt" DirPort request, and
15126 "GETINFO dir-usage" controller request, which were only available
15127 via a compile-time option in Tor anyway. Feature was added in
15128 0.2.2.1-alpha. Resolves ticket 19035.
15129 - There is no longer a compile-time option to disable support for
15130 TransPort. (If you don't want TransPort, just don't use it.) Patch
15131 from "U+039b". Closes ticket 19449.
15134 - Run more workqueue tests as part of "make check". These had
15135 previously been implemented, but you needed to know special
15136 command-line options to enable them.
15137 - We now have unit tests for our code to reject zlib "compression
15138 bombs". (Fortunately, the code works fine.)
15141 Changes in version 0.2.8.11 - 2016-12-08
15142 Tor 0.2.8.11 backports fixes for additional portability issues that
15143 could prevent Tor from building correctly on OSX Sierra, or with
15144 OpenSSL 1.1. Affected users should upgrade; others can safely stay
15147 o Minor bugfixes (portability):
15148 - Avoid compilation errors when building on OSX Sierra. Sierra began
15149 to support the getentropy() and clock_gettime() APIs, but created
15150 a few problems in doing so. Tor 0.2.9 has a more thorough set of
15151 workarounds; in 0.2.8, we are just using the /dev/urandom and mach
15152 monotonic time interfaces. Fixes bug 20865. Bugfix
15155 o Minor bugfixes (portability, backport from 0.2.9.5-alpha):
15156 - Fix compilation with OpenSSL 1.1 and less commonly-used CPU
15157 architectures. Closes ticket 20588.
15160 Changes in version 0.2.8.10 - 2016-12-02
15161 Tor 0.2.8.10 backports a fix for a bug that would sometimes make clients
15162 unusable after they left standby mode. It also backports fixes for
15163 a few portability issues and a small but problematic memory leak.
15165 o Major bugfixes (client reliability, backport from 0.2.9.5-alpha):
15166 - When Tor leaves standby because of a new application request, open
15167 circuits as needed to serve that request. Previously, we would
15168 potentially wait a very long time. Fixes part of bug 19969; bugfix
15171 o Major bugfixes (client performance, backport from 0.2.9.5-alpha):
15172 - Clients now respond to new application stream requests immediately
15173 when they arrive, rather than waiting up to one second before
15174 starting to handle them. Fixes part of bug 19969; bugfix
15177 o Minor bugfixes (portability, backport from 0.2.9.6-rc):
15178 - Work around a bug in the OSX 10.12 SDK that would prevent us from
15179 successfully targeting earlier versions of OSX. Resolves
15182 o Minor bugfixes (portability, backport from 0.2.9.5-alpha):
15183 - Fix implicit conversion warnings under OpenSSL 1.1. Fixes bug
15184 20551; bugfix on 0.2.1.1-alpha.
15186 o Minor bugfixes (relay, backport from 0.2.9.5-alpha):
15187 - Work around a memory leak in OpenSSL 1.1 when encoding public
15188 keys. Fixes bug 20553; bugfix on 0.0.2pre8.
15190 o Minor features (geoip):
15191 - Update geoip and geoip6 to the November 3 2016 Maxmind GeoLite2
15195 Changes in version 0.2.8.9 - 2016-10-17
15196 Tor 0.2.8.9 backports a fix for a security hole in previous versions
15197 of Tor that would allow a remote attacker to crash a Tor client,
15198 hidden service, relay, or authority. All Tor users should upgrade to
15199 this version, or to 0.2.9.4-alpha. Patches will be released for older
15202 o Major features (security fixes, also in 0.2.9.4-alpha):
15203 - Prevent a class of security bugs caused by treating the contents
15204 of a buffer chunk as if they were a NUL-terminated string. At
15205 least one such bug seems to be present in all currently used
15206 versions of Tor, and would allow an attacker to remotely crash
15207 most Tor instances, especially those compiled with extra compiler
15208 hardening. With this defense in place, such bugs can't crash Tor,
15209 though we should still fix them as they occur. Closes ticket
15210 20384 (TROVE-2016-10-001).
15212 o Minor features (geoip):
15213 - Update geoip and geoip6 to the October 4 2016 Maxmind GeoLite2
15217 Changes in version 0.2.8.8 - 2016-09-23
15218 Tor 0.2.8.8 fixes two crash bugs present in previous versions of the
15219 0.2.8.x series. Relays running 0.2.8.x should upgrade, as should users
15220 who select public relays as their bridges.
15222 o Major bugfixes (crash):
15223 - Fix a complicated crash bug that could affect Tor clients
15224 configured to use bridges when replacing a networkstatus consensus
15225 in which one of their bridges was mentioned. OpenBSD users saw
15226 more crashes here, but all platforms were potentially affected.
15227 Fixes bug 20103; bugfix on 0.2.8.2-alpha.
15229 o Major bugfixes (relay, OOM handler):
15230 - Fix a timing-dependent assertion failure that could occur when we
15231 tried to flush from a circuit after having freed its cells because
15232 of an out-of-memory condition. Fixes bug 20203; bugfix on
15233 0.2.8.1-alpha. Thanks to "cypherpunks" for help diagnosing
15236 o Minor feature (fallback directories):
15237 - Remove broken fallbacks from the hard-coded fallback directory
15238 list. Closes ticket 20190; patch by teor.
15240 o Minor features (geoip):
15241 - Update geoip and geoip6 to the September 6 2016 Maxmind GeoLite2
15245 Changes in version 0.2.8.7 - 2016-08-24
15246 Tor 0.2.8.7 fixes an important bug related to the ReachableAddresses
15247 option in 0.2.8.6, and replaces a retiring bridge authority. Everyone
15248 who sets the ReachableAddresses option, and all bridges, are strongly
15249 encouraged to upgrade.
15251 o Directory authority changes:
15252 - The "Tonga" bridge authority has been retired; the new bridge
15253 authority is "Bifroest". Closes tickets 19728 and 19690.
15255 o Major bugfixes (client, security):
15256 - Only use the ReachableAddresses option to restrict the first hop
15257 in a path. In earlier versions of 0.2.8.x, it would apply to
15258 every hop in the path, with a possible degradation in anonymity
15259 for anyone using an uncommon ReachableAddress setting. Fixes bug
15260 19973; bugfix on 0.2.8.2-alpha.
15262 o Minor features (geoip):
15263 - Update geoip and geoip6 to the August 2 2016 Maxmind GeoLite2
15266 o Minor bugfixes (compilation):
15267 - Remove an inappropriate "inline" in tortls.c that was causing
15268 warnings on older versions of GCC. Fixes bug 19903; bugfix
15271 o Minor bugfixes (fallback directories):
15272 - Avoid logging a NULL string pointer when loading fallback
15273 directory information. Fixes bug 19947; bugfix on 0.2.4.7-alpha
15274 and 0.2.8.1-alpha. Report and patch by "rubiate".
15277 Changes in version 0.2.8.6 - 2016-08-02
15279 Tor 0.2.8.6 is the first stable version of the Tor 0.2.8 series.
15281 The Tor 0.2.8 series improves client bootstrapping performance,
15282 completes the authority-side implementation of improved identity
15283 keys for relays, and includes numerous bugfixes and performance
15284 improvements throughout the program. This release continues to
15285 improve the coverage of Tor's test suite. For a full list of
15286 changes since Tor 0.2.7, see the ReleaseNotes file.
15288 Below is a list of the changes since Tor 0.2.7.
15290 o New system requirements:
15291 - Tor no longer attempts to support platforms where the "time_t"
15292 type is unsigned. (To the best of our knowledge, only OpenVMS does
15293 this, and Tor has never actually built on OpenVMS.) Closes
15295 - Tor no longer supports versions of OpenSSL with a broken
15296 implementation of counter mode. (This bug was present in OpenSSL
15297 1.0.0, and was fixed in OpenSSL 1.0.0a.) Tor still detects, but no
15298 longer runs with, these versions.
15299 - Tor now uses Autoconf version 2.63 or later, and Automake 1.11 or
15300 later (released in 2008 and 2009 respectively). If you are
15301 building Tor from the git repository instead of from the source
15302 distribution, and your tools are older than this, you will need to
15303 upgrade. Closes ticket 17732.
15305 o Directory authority changes:
15306 - Update the V3 identity key for the dannenberg directory authority:
15307 it was changed on 18 November 2015. Closes task 17906. Patch
15309 - Urras is no longer a directory authority. Closes ticket 19271.
15311 o Major features (directory system):
15312 - Include a trial list of default fallback directories, based on an
15313 opt-in survey of suitable relays. Doing this should make clients
15314 bootstrap more quickly and reliably, and reduce the load on the
15315 directory authorities. Closes ticket 15775. Patch by teor.
15316 Candidates identified using an OnionOO script by weasel, teor,
15317 gsathya, and karsten.
15318 - Previously only relays that explicitly opened a directory port
15319 (DirPort) accepted directory requests from clients. Now all
15320 relays, with and without a DirPort, accept and serve tunneled
15321 directory requests that they receive through their ORPort. You can
15322 disable this behavior using the new DirCache option. Closes
15324 - When bootstrapping multiple consensus downloads at a time, use the
15325 first one that starts downloading, and close the rest. This
15326 reduces failures when authorities or fallback directories are slow
15327 or down. Together with the code for feature 15775, this feature
15328 should reduces failures due to fallback churn. Implements ticket
15329 4483. Patch by teor. Implements IPv4 portions of proposal 210 by
15330 mikeperry and teor.
15332 o Major features (security, Linux):
15333 - When Tor starts as root on Linux and is told to switch user ID, it
15334 can now retain the capability to bind to low ports. By default,
15335 Tor will do this only when it's switching user ID and some low
15336 ports have been configured. You can change this behavior with the
15337 new option KeepBindCapabilities. Closes ticket 8195.
15339 o Major bugfixes (client, bootstrapping):
15340 - Check if bootstrap consensus downloads are still needed when the
15341 linked connection attaches. This prevents tor making unnecessary
15342 begindir-style connections, which are the only directory
15343 connections tor clients make since the fix for 18483 was merged.
15344 - Fix some edge cases where consensus download connections may not
15345 have been closed, even though they were not needed. Related to fix
15347 - Make relays retry consensus downloads the correct number of times,
15348 rather than the more aggressive client retry count. Fixes part of
15351 o Major bugfixes (dns proxy mode, crash):
15352 - Avoid crashing when running as a DNS proxy. Fixes bug 16248;
15353 bugfix on 0.2.0.1-alpha. Patch from "cypherpunks".
15355 o Major bugfixes (ed25519, voting):
15356 - Actually enable support for authorities to match routers by their
15357 Ed25519 identities. Previously, the code had been written, but
15358 some debugging code that had accidentally been left in the
15359 codebase made it stay turned off. Fixes bug 17702; bugfix
15361 - When collating votes by Ed25519 identities, authorities now
15362 include a "NoEdConsensus" flag if the ed25519 value (or lack
15363 thereof) for a server does not reflect the majority consensus.
15364 Related to bug 17668; bugfix on 0.2.7.2-alpha.
15365 - When generating a vote with keypinning disabled, never include two
15366 entries for the same ed25519 identity. This bug was causing
15367 authorities to generate votes that they could not parse when a
15368 router violated key pinning by changing its RSA identity but
15369 keeping its Ed25519 identity. Fixes bug 17668; fixes part of bug
15370 18318. Bugfix on 0.2.7.2-alpha.
15372 o Major bugfixes (key management):
15373 - If OpenSSL fails to generate an RSA key, do not retain a dangling
15374 pointer to the previous (uninitialized) key value. The impact here
15375 should be limited to a difficult-to-trigger crash, if OpenSSL is
15376 running an engine that makes key generation failures possible, or
15377 if OpenSSL runs out of memory. Fixes bug 19152; bugfix on
15378 0.2.1.10-alpha. Found by Yuan Jochen Kang, Suman Jana, and
15381 o Major bugfixes (security, client, DNS proxy):
15382 - Stop a crash that could occur when a client running with DNSPort
15383 received a query with multiple address types, and the first
15384 address type was not supported. Found and fixed by Scott Dial.
15385 Fixes bug 18710; bugfix on 0.2.5.4-alpha.
15387 o Major bugfixes (security, compilation):
15388 - Correctly detect compiler flags on systems where _FORTIFY_SOURCE
15389 is predefined. Previously, our use of -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE would
15390 cause a compiler warning, thereby making other checks fail, and
15391 needlessly disabling compiler-hardening support. Fixes one case of
15392 bug 18841; bugfix on 0.2.3.17-beta. Patch from "trudokal".
15393 - Repair hardened builds under the clang compiler. Previously, our
15394 use of _FORTIFY_SOURCE would conflict with clang's address
15395 sanitizer. Fixes bug 14821; bugfix on 0.2.5.4-alpha.
15397 o Major bugfixes (security, pointers):
15398 - Avoid a difficult-to-trigger heap corruption attack when extending
15399 a smartlist to contain over 16GB of pointers. Fixes bug 18162;
15400 bugfix on 0.1.1.11-alpha, which fixed a related bug incompletely.
15401 Reported by Guido Vranken.
15403 o Major bugfixes (testing):
15404 - Fix a bug that would block 'make test-network-all' on systems where
15405 IPv6 packets were lost. Fixes bug 19008; bugfix on 0.2.7.3-rc.
15407 o Major bugfixes (user interface):
15408 - Correctly give a warning in the cases where a relay is specified
15409 by nickname, and one such relay is found, but it is not officially
15410 Named. Fixes bug 19203; bugfix on 0.2.3.1-alpha.
15412 o Minor features (accounting):
15413 - Added two modes to the AccountingRule option: One for limiting
15414 only the number of bytes sent ("AccountingRule out"), and one for
15415 limiting only the number of bytes received ("AccountingRule in").
15416 Closes ticket 15989; patch from "unixninja92".
15418 o Minor features (bug-resistance):
15419 - Make Tor survive errors involving connections without a
15420 corresponding event object. Previously we'd fail with an
15421 assertion; now we produce a log message. Related to bug 16248.
15422 - Use tor_snprintf() and tor_vsnprintf() even in external and low-
15423 level code, to harden against accidental failures to NUL-
15424 terminate. Part of ticket 17852. Patch from jsturgix. Found
15427 o Minor features (build):
15428 - Detect systems with FreeBSD-derived kernels (such as GNU/kFreeBSD)
15429 as having possible IPFW support. Closes ticket 18448. Patch from
15430 Steven Chamberlain.
15431 - Since our build process now uses "make distcheck", we no longer
15432 force "make dist" to depend on "make check". Closes ticket 17893;
15433 patch from "cypherpunks".
15434 - Tor now builds once again with the recent OpenSSL 1.1 development
15435 branch (tested against 1.1.0-pre5 and 1.1.0-pre6-dev). We have been
15436 tracking OpenSSL 1.1 development as it has progressed, and fixing
15437 numerous compatibility issues as they arose. See tickets
15438 17549, 17921, 17984, 19499, and 18286.
15439 - When building manual pages, set the timezone to "UTC", so that the
15440 output is reproducible. Fixes bug 19558; bugfix on 0.2.2.9-alpha.
15441 Patch from intrigeri.
15443 o Minor features (clients):
15444 - Make clients, onion services, and bridge relays always use an
15445 encrypted begindir connection for directory requests. Resolves
15446 ticket 18483. Patch by teor.
15448 o Minor features (controller):
15449 - Add 'GETINFO exit-policy/reject-private/[default,relay]', so
15450 controllers can examine the the reject rules added by
15451 ExitPolicyRejectPrivate. This makes it easier for stem to display
15453 - Adds the FallbackDir entries to 'GETINFO config/defaults'. Closes
15454 tickets 16774 and 17817. Patch by George Tankersley.
15455 - New 'GETINFO hs/service/desc/id/' command to retrieve a hidden
15456 service descriptor from a service's local hidden service
15457 descriptor cache. Closes ticket 14846.
15459 o Minor features (crypto):
15460 - Add SHA3 and SHAKE support to crypto.c. Closes ticket 17783.
15461 - Add SHA512 support to crypto.c. Closes ticket 17663; patch from
15463 - Improve performance when hashing non-multiple of 8 sized buffers,
15464 based on Andrew Moon's public domain SipHash-2-4 implementation.
15465 Fixes bug 17544; bugfix on 0.2.5.3-alpha.
15466 - Validate the hard-coded Diffie-Hellman parameters and ensure that
15467 p is a safe prime, and g is a suitable generator. Closes
15469 - When allocating a digest state object, allocate no more space than
15470 we actually need. Previously, we would allocate as much space as
15471 the state for the largest algorithm would need. This change saves
15472 up to 672 bytes per circuit. Closes ticket 17796.
15474 o Minor features (directory downloads):
15475 - Add UseDefaultFallbackDirs, which enables any hard-coded fallback
15476 directory mirrors. The default is 1; set it to 0 to disable
15477 fallbacks. Implements ticket 17576. Patch by teor.
15478 - Wait for busy authorities and fallback directories to become non-
15479 busy when bootstrapping. (A similar change was made in 6c443e987d
15480 for directory caches chosen from the consensus.) Closes ticket
15481 17864; patch by teor.
15483 o Minor features (geoip):
15484 - Update geoip and geoip6 to the July 6 2016 Maxmind GeoLite2
15487 o Minor features (hidden service directory):
15488 - Streamline relay-side hsdir handling: when relays consider whether
15489 to accept an uploaded hidden service descriptor, they no longer
15490 check whether they are one of the relays in the network that is
15491 "supposed" to handle that descriptor. Implements ticket 18332.
15493 o Minor features (IPv6):
15494 - Add ClientPreferIPv6DirPort, which is set to 0 by default. If set
15495 to 1, tor prefers IPv6 directory addresses.
15496 - Add ClientUseIPv4, which is set to 1 by default. If set to 0, tor
15497 avoids using IPv4 for client OR and directory connections.
15498 - Add address policy assume_action support for IPv6 addresses.
15499 - Add an argument 'ipv6=address:orport' to the DirAuthority and
15500 FallbackDir torrc options, to specify an IPv6 address for an
15501 authority or fallback directory. Add hard-coded ipv6 addresses for
15502 directory authorities that have them. Closes ticket 17327; patch
15503 from Nick Mathewson and teor.
15504 - Allow users to configure directory authorities and fallback
15505 directory servers with IPv6 addresses and ORPorts. Resolves
15507 - Limit IPv6 mask bits to 128.
15508 - Make tor_ersatz_socketpair work on IPv6-only systems. Fixes bug
15509 17638; bugfix on 0.0.2pre8. Patch by teor.
15510 - Try harder to obey the IP version restrictions "ClientUseIPv4 0",
15511 "ClientUseIPv6 0", "ClientPreferIPv6ORPort", and
15512 "ClientPreferIPv6DirPort". Closes ticket 17840; patch by teor.
15513 - Warn when comparing against an AF_UNSPEC address in a policy, it's
15514 almost always a bug. Closes ticket 17863; patch by teor.
15515 - routerset_parse now accepts IPv6 literal addresses. Fixes bug
15516 17060; bugfix on 0.2.1.3-alpha. Patch by teor.
15518 o Minor features (Linux seccomp2 sandbox):
15519 - Reject attempts to change our Address with "Sandbox 1" enabled.
15520 Changing Address with Sandbox turned on would never actually work,
15521 but previously it would fail in strange and confusing ways. Found
15522 while fixing 18548.
15524 o Minor features (logging):
15525 - When logging to syslog, allow a tag to be added to the syslog
15526 identity (the string prepended to every log message). The tag can
15527 be configured with SyslogIdentityTag and defaults to none. Setting
15528 it to "foo" will cause logs to be tagged as "Tor-foo". Closes
15531 o Minor features (portability):
15532 - Use timingsafe_memcmp() where available. Closes ticket 17944;
15533 patch from <logan@hackers.mu>.
15535 o Minor features (relay, address discovery):
15536 - Add a family argument to get_interface_addresses_raw() and
15537 subfunctions to make network interface address interogation more
15538 efficient. Now Tor can specifically ask for IPv4, IPv6 or both
15539 types of interfaces from the operating system. Resolves
15541 - When get_interface_address6_list(.,AF_UNSPEC,.) is called and
15542 fails to enumerate interface addresses using the platform-specific
15543 API, have it rely on the UDP socket fallback technique to try and
15544 find out what IP addresses (both IPv4 and IPv6) our machine has.
15545 Resolves ticket 17951.
15547 o Minor features (replay cache):
15548 - The replay cache now uses SHA256 instead of SHA1. Implements
15549 feature 8961. Patch by teor, issue reported by rransom.
15551 o Minor features (robustness):
15552 - Exit immediately with an error message if the code attempts to use
15553 Libevent without having initialized it. This should resolve some
15554 frequently-made mistakes in our unit tests. Closes ticket 18241.
15556 o Minor features (security, clock):
15557 - Warn when the system clock appears to move back in time (when the
15558 state file was last written in the future). Tor doesn't know that
15559 consensuses have expired if the clock is in the past. Patch by
15560 teor. Implements ticket 17188.
15562 o Minor features (security, exit policies):
15563 - ExitPolicyRejectPrivate now rejects more private addresses by
15564 default. Specifically, it now rejects the relay's outbound bind
15565 addresses (if configured), and the relay's configured port
15566 addresses (such as ORPort and DirPort). Fixes bug 17027; bugfix on
15567 0.2.0.11-alpha. Patch by teor.
15569 o Minor features (security, memory erasure):
15570 - Make memwipe() do nothing when passed a NULL pointer or buffer of
15571 zero size. Check size argument to memwipe() for underflow. Fixes
15572 bug 18089; bugfix on 0.2.3.25 and 0.2.4.6-alpha. Reported by "gk",
15574 - Set the unused entries in a smartlist to NULL. This helped catch
15575 a (harmless) bug, and shouldn't affect performance too much.
15576 Implements ticket 17026.
15577 - Use SecureMemoryWipe() function to securely clean memory on
15578 Windows. Previously we'd use OpenSSL's OPENSSL_cleanse() function.
15579 Implements feature 17986.
15580 - Use explicit_bzero or memset_s when present. Previously, we'd use
15581 OpenSSL's OPENSSL_cleanse() function. Closes ticket 7419; patches
15582 from <logan@hackers.mu> and <selven@hackers.mu>.
15584 o Minor features (security, RNG):
15585 - Adjust Tor's use of OpenSSL's RNG APIs so that they absolutely,
15586 positively are not allowed to fail. Previously we depended on
15587 internal details of OpenSSL's behavior. Closes ticket 17686.
15588 - Never use the system entropy output directly for anything besides
15589 seeding the PRNG. When we want to generate important keys, instead
15590 of using system entropy directly, we now hash it with the PRNG
15591 stream. This may help resist certain attacks based on broken OS
15592 entropy implementations. Closes part of ticket 17694.
15593 - Use modern system calls (like getentropy() or getrandom()) to
15594 generate strong entropy on platforms that have them. Closes
15597 o Minor features (security, win32):
15598 - Set SO_EXCLUSIVEADDRUSE on Win32 to avoid a local port-stealing
15599 attack. Fixes bug 18123; bugfix on all tor versions. Patch
15602 o Minor features (unix domain sockets):
15603 - Add a new per-socket option, RelaxDirModeCheck, to allow creating
15604 Unix domain sockets without checking the permissions on the parent
15605 directory. (Tor checks permissions by default because some
15606 operating systems only check permissions on the parent directory.
15607 However, some operating systems do look at permissions on the
15608 socket, and tor's default check is unneeded.) Closes ticket 18458.
15611 o Minor features (unix file permissions):
15612 - Defer creation of Unix sockets until after setuid. This avoids
15613 needing CAP_CHOWN and CAP_FOWNER when using systemd's
15614 CapabilityBoundingSet, or chown and fowner when using SELinux.
15615 Implements part of ticket 17562. Patch from Jamie Nguyen.
15616 - If any directory created by Tor is marked as group readable, the
15617 filesystem group is allowed to be either the default GID or the
15618 root user. Allowing root to read the DataDirectory prevents the
15619 need for CAP_READ_SEARCH when using systemd's
15620 CapabilityBoundingSet, or dac_read_search when using SELinux.
15621 Implements part of ticket 17562. Patch from Jamie Nguyen.
15622 - Introduce a new DataDirectoryGroupReadable option. If it is set to
15623 1, the DataDirectory will be made readable by the default GID.
15624 Implements part of ticket 17562. Patch from Jamie Nguyen.
15626 o Minor bugfixes (accounting):
15627 - The max bandwidth when using 'AccountRule sum' is now correctly
15628 logged. Fixes bug 18024; bugfix on 0.2.6.1-alpha. Patch
15629 from "unixninja92".
15631 o Minor bugfixes (assert, portability):
15632 - Fix an assertion failure in memarea.c on systems where "long" is
15633 shorter than the size of a pointer. Fixes bug 18716; bugfix
15636 o Minor bugfixes (bootstrap):
15637 - Consistently use the consensus download schedule for authority
15638 certificates. Fixes bug 18816; bugfix on 0.2.4.13-alpha.
15640 o Minor bugfixes (build):
15641 - Avoid spurious failures from configure files related to calling
15642 exit(0) in TOR_SEARCH_LIBRARY. Fixes bug 18626; bugfix on
15643 0.2.0.1-alpha. Patch from "cypherpunks".
15644 - Do not link the unit tests against both the testing and non-
15645 testing versions of the static libraries. Fixes bug 18490; bugfix
15647 - Resolve warnings when building on systems that are concerned with
15648 signed char. Fixes bug 18728; bugfix on 0.2.7.2-alpha
15650 - Silence spurious clang-scan warnings in the ed25519_donna code by
15651 explicitly initializing some objects. Fixes bug 18384; bugfix on
15652 0.2.7.2-alpha. Patch by teor.
15653 - When libscrypt.h is found, but no libscrypt library can be linked,
15654 treat libscrypt as absent. Fixes bug 19161; bugfix
15656 - Cause the unit tests to compile correctly on mingw64 versions that
15657 lack sscanf. Fixes bug 19213; bugfix on 0.2.7.1-alpha.
15658 - Don't try to use the pthread_condattr_setclock() function unless
15659 it actually exists. Fixes compilation on NetBSD-6.x. Fixes bug
15660 17819; bugfix on 0.2.6.3-alpha.
15661 - Fix backtrace compilation on FreeBSD. Fixes bug 17827; bugfix
15663 - Fix search for libevent libraries on OpenBSD (and other systems
15664 that install libevent 1 and libevent 2 in parallel). Fixes bug
15665 16651; bugfix on 0.1.0.7-rc. Patch from "rubiate".
15666 - Isolate environment variables meant for tests from the rest of the
15667 build system. Fixes bug 17818; bugfix on 0.2.7.3-rc.
15668 - Mark all object files that include micro-revision.i as depending
15669 on it, so as to make parallel builds more reliable. Fixes bug
15670 17826; bugfix on 0.2.5.1-alpha.
15671 - Remove config.log only from make distclean, not from make clean.
15672 Fixes bug 17924; bugfix on 0.2.4.1-alpha.
15673 - Replace usage of 'INLINE' with 'inline'. Fixes bug 17804; bugfix
15675 - Remove an #endif from configure.ac so that we correctly detect the
15676 presence of in6_addr.s6_addr32. Fixes bug 17923; bugfix
15679 o Minor bugfixes (client, bootstrap):
15680 - Count receipt of new microdescriptors as progress towards
15681 bootstrapping. Previously, with EntryNodes set, Tor might not
15682 successfully repopulate the guard set on bootstrapping. Fixes bug
15683 16825; bugfix on 0.2.3.1-alpha.
15685 o Minor bugfixes (code correctness):
15686 - Fix a bad memory handling bug that would occur if we had queued a
15687 cell on a channel's incoming queue. Fortunately, we can't actually
15688 queue a cell like that as our code is constructed today, but it's
15689 best to avoid this kind of error, even if there isn't any code
15690 that triggers it today. Fixes bug 18570; bugfix on 0.2.4.4-alpha.
15691 - Assert that allocated memory held by the reputation code is freed
15692 according to its internal counters. Fixes bug 17753; bugfix
15694 - Assert when the TLS contexts fail to initialize. Fixes bug 17683;
15696 - Update to the latest version of Trunnel, which tries harder to
15697 avoid generating code that can invoke memcpy(p,NULL,0). Bug found
15698 by clang address sanitizer. Fixes bug 18373; bugfix
15700 - When closing an entry connection, generate a warning if we should
15701 have sent an end cell for it but we haven't. Fixes bug 17876;
15702 bugfix on 0.2.3.2-alpha.
15704 o Minor bugfixes (configuration):
15705 - Fix a tiny memory leak when parsing a port configuration ending in
15706 ":auto". Fixes bug 18374; bugfix on 0.2.3.3-alpha.
15708 o Minor bugfixes (containers):
15709 - If we somehow attempt to construct a heap with more than
15710 1073741822 elements, avoid an integer overflow when maintaining
15711 the heap property. Fixes bug 18296; bugfix on 0.1.2.1-alpha.
15713 o Minor bugfixes (controller, microdescriptors):
15714 - Make GETINFO dir/status-vote/current/consensus conform to the
15715 control specification by returning "551 Could not open cached
15716 consensus..." when not caching consensuses. Fixes bug 18920;
15717 bugfix on 0.2.2.6-alpha.
15719 o Minor bugfixes (crypto):
15720 - Check the return value of HMAC() and assert on failure. Fixes bug
15721 17658; bugfix on 0.2.3.6-alpha. Patch by teor.
15723 o Minor bugfixes (directories):
15724 - When fetching extrainfo documents, compare their SHA256 digests
15725 and Ed25519 signing key certificates with the routerinfo that led
15726 us to fetch them, rather than with the most recent routerinfo.
15727 Otherwise we generate many spurious warnings about mismatches.
15728 Fixes bug 17150; bugfix on 0.2.7.2-alpha.
15729 - When generating a URL for a directory server on an IPv6 address,
15730 wrap the IPv6 address in square brackets. Fixes bug 18051; bugfix
15731 on 0.2.3.9-alpha. Patch from Malek.
15733 o Minor bugfixes (downloading):
15734 - Predict more correctly whether we'll be downloading over HTTP when
15735 we determine the maximum length of a URL. This should avoid a
15736 "BUG" warning about the Squid HTTP proxy and its URL limits. Fixes
15739 o Minor bugfixes (exit policies, security):
15740 - Refresh an exit relay's exit policy when interface addresses
15741 change. Previously, tor only refreshed the exit policy when the
15742 configured external address changed. Fixes bug 18208; bugfix on
15743 0.2.7.3-rc. Patch by teor.
15745 o Minor bugfixes (fallback directories):
15746 - Mark fallbacks as "too busy" when they return a 503 response,
15747 rather than just marking authorities. Fixes bug 17572; bugfix on
15748 0.2.4.7-alpha. Patch by teor.
15749 - When requesting extrainfo descriptors from a trusted directory
15750 server, check whether it is an authority or a fallback directory
15751 which supports extrainfo descriptors. Fixes bug 18489; bugfix on
15752 0.2.4.7-alpha. Reported by atagar, patch by teor.
15754 o Minor bugfixes (hidden service, client):
15755 - Handle the case where the user makes several fast consecutive
15756 requests to the same .onion address. Previously, the first six
15757 requests would each trigger a descriptor fetch, each picking a
15758 directory (there are 6 overall) and the seventh one would fail
15759 because no directories were left, thereby triggering a close on
15760 all current directory connections asking for the hidden service.
15761 The solution here is to not close the connections if we have
15762 pending directory fetches. Fixes bug 15937; bugfix
15765 o Minor bugfixes (hidden service, control port):
15766 - Add the onion address to the HS_DESC event for the UPLOADED action
15767 both on success or failure. It was previously hardcoded with
15768 UNKNOWN. Fixes bug 16023; bugfix on 0.2.7.2-alpha.
15770 o Minor bugfixes (hidden service, directory):
15771 - Bridges now refuse "rendezvous2" (hidden service descriptor)
15772 publish attempts. Suggested by ticket 18332.
15774 o Minor bugfixes (IPv6):
15775 - Update the limits in max_dl_per_request for IPv6 address length.
15776 Fixes bug 17573; bugfix on 0.2.1.5-alpha.
15778 o Minor bugfixes (Linux seccomp2 sandbox):
15779 - Allow more syscalls when running with "Sandbox 1" enabled:
15780 sysinfo, getsockopt(SO_SNDBUF), and setsockopt(SO_SNDBUFFORCE). On
15781 some systems, these are required for Tor to start. Fixes bug
15782 18397; bugfix on 0.2.5.1-alpha. Patch from Daniel Pinto.
15783 - Allow IPPROTO_UDP datagram sockets when running with "Sandbox 1",
15784 so that get_interface_address6_via_udp_socket_hack() can work.
15785 Fixes bug 19660; bugfix on 0.2.5.1-alpha.
15786 - Allow the setrlimit syscall, and the prlimit and prlimit64
15787 syscalls, which some libc implementations use under the hood.
15788 Fixes bug 15221; bugfix on 0.2.5.1-alpha.
15789 - Avoid a 10-second delay when starting as a client with "Sandbox 1"
15790 enabled and no DNS resolvers configured. This should help TAILS
15791 start up faster. Fixes bug 18548; bugfix on 0.2.5.1-alpha.
15792 - Fix a crash when using offline master ed25519 keys with the Linux
15793 seccomp2 sandbox enabled. Fixes bug 17675; bugfix on 0.2.7.3-rc.
15794 - Allow statistics to be written to disk when "Sandbox 1" is
15795 enabled. Fixes bugs 19556 and 19957; bugfix on 0.2.5.1-alpha and
15796 0.2.6.1-alpha respectively.
15798 o Minor bugfixes (logging):
15799 - In log messages that include a function name, use __FUNCTION__
15800 instead of __PRETTY_FUNCTION__. In GCC, these are synonymous, but
15801 with clang __PRETTY_FUNCTION__ has extra information we don't
15802 need. Fixes bug 16563; bugfix on 0.0.2pre8. Fix by Tom van
15804 - Remove needless quotes from a log message about unparseable
15805 addresses. Fixes bug 17843; bugfix on 0.2.3.3-alpha.
15806 - Scrub service name in "unrecognized service ID" log messages.
15807 Fixes bug 18600; bugfix on 0.2.4.11-alpha.
15808 - When logging information about an unparsable networkstatus vote or
15809 consensus, do not say "vote" when we mean consensus. Fixes bug
15810 18368; bugfix on 0.2.0.8-alpha.
15811 - When we can't generate a signing key because OfflineMasterKey is
15812 set, do not imply that we should have been able to load it. Fixes
15813 bug 18133; bugfix on 0.2.7.2-alpha.
15814 - When logging a malformed hostname received through socks4, scrub
15815 it if SafeLogging says we should. Fixes bug 17419; bugfix
15818 o Minor bugfixes (memory safety):
15819 - Avoid freeing an uninitialized pointer when opening a socket fails
15820 in get_interface_addresses_ioctl(). Fixes bug 18454; bugfix on
15821 0.2.3.11-alpha. Reported by toralf and "cypherpunks", patch
15823 - Fix a memory leak in "tor --list-fingerprint". Fixes part of bug
15824 18672; bugfix on 0.2.5.1-alpha.
15825 - Fix a memory leak in tor-gencert. Fixes part of bug 18672; bugfix
15828 o Minor bugfixes (pluggable transports):
15829 - Avoid reporting a spurious error when we decide that we don't need
15830 to terminate a pluggable transport because it has already exited.
15831 Fixes bug 18686; bugfix on 0.2.5.5-alpha.
15833 o Minor bugfixes (pointer arithmetic):
15834 - Fix a bug in memarea_alloc() that could have resulted in remote
15835 heap write access, if Tor had ever passed an unchecked size to
15836 memarea_alloc(). Fortunately, all the sizes we pass to
15837 memarea_alloc() are pre-checked to be less than 128 kilobytes.
15838 Fixes bug 19150; bugfix on 0.2.1.1-alpha. Bug found by
15841 o Minor bugfixes (private directory):
15842 - Prevent a race condition when creating private directories. Fixes
15843 part of bug 17852; bugfix on 0.0.2pre13. Part of ticket 17852.
15844 Patch from jsturgix. Found with Flawfinder.
15846 o Minor bugfixes (relays):
15847 - Check that both the ORPort and DirPort (if present) are reachable
15848 before publishing a relay descriptor. Otherwise, relays publish a
15849 descriptor with DirPort 0 when the DirPort reachability test takes
15850 longer than the ORPort reachability test. Fixes bug 18050; bugfix
15851 on 0.1.0.1-rc. Reported by "starlight", patch by teor.
15852 - Resolve some edge cases where we might launch an ORPort
15853 reachability check even when DisableNetwork is set. Noticed while
15854 fixing bug 18616; bugfix on 0.2.3.9-alpha.
15856 o Minor bugfixes (relays, hidden services):
15857 - Refuse connection requests to private OR addresses unless
15858 ExtendAllowPrivateAddresses is set. Previously, tor would connect,
15859 then refuse to send any cells to a private address. Fixes bugs
15860 17674 and 8976; bugfix on 0.2.3.21-rc. Patch by teor.
15862 o Minor bugfixes (security, hidden services):
15863 - Prevent hidden services connecting to client-supplied rendezvous
15864 addresses that are reserved as internal or multicast. Fixes bug
15865 8976; bugfix on 0.2.3.21-rc. Patch by dgoulet and teor.
15867 o Minor bugfixes (statistics):
15868 - Consistently check for overflow in round_*_to_next_multiple_of
15869 functions, and add unit tests with additional and maximal values.
15870 Fixes part of bug 13192; bugfix on 0.2.2.1-alpha.
15871 - Handle edge cases in the laplace functions: avoid division by
15872 zero, avoid taking the log of zero, and silence clang type
15873 conversion warnings using round and trunc. Add unit tests for edge
15874 cases with maximal values. Fixes part of bug 13192; bugfix
15876 - We now include consensus downloads via IPv6 in our directory-
15877 request statistics. Fixes bug 18460; bugfix on 0.2.3.14-alpha.
15879 o Minor bugfixes (test networks, IPv6):
15880 - Allow internal IPv6 addresses in descriptors in test networks.
15881 Fixes bug 17153; bugfix on 0.2.3.16-alpha. Patch by teor, reported
15884 o Minor bugfixes (testing):
15885 - Check the full results of SHA256 and SHA512 digests in the unit
15886 tests. Bugfix on 0.2.2.4-alpha. Patch by teor.
15887 - Fix a memory leak in the ntor test. Fixes bug 17778; bugfix
15889 - Fix a small memory leak that would occur when the
15890 TestingEnableCellStatsEvent option was turned on. Fixes bug 18673;
15891 bugfix on 0.2.5.2-alpha.
15892 - Make unit tests pass on IPv6-only systems, and systems without
15893 localhost addresses (like some FreeBSD jails). Fixes bug 17632;
15894 bugfix on 0.2.7.3-rc. Patch by teor.
15895 - The test for log_heartbeat was incorrectly failing in timezones
15896 with non-integer offsets. Instead of comparing the end of the time
15897 string against a constant, compare it to the output of
15898 format_local_iso_time when given the correct input. Fixes bug
15899 18039; bugfix on 0.2.5.4-alpha.
15900 - We no longer disable assertions in the unit tests when coverage is
15901 enabled. Instead, we require you to say --disable-asserts-in-tests
15902 to the configure script if you need assertions disabled in the
15903 unit tests (for example, if you want to perform branch coverage).
15904 Fixes bug 18242; bugfix on 0.2.7.1-alpha.
15906 o Minor bugfixes (time handling):
15907 - When correcting a corrupt 'struct tm' value, fill in the tm_wday
15908 field. Otherwise, our unit tests crash on Windows. Fixes bug
15909 18977; bugfix on 0.2.2.25-alpha.
15910 - Avoid overflow in tor_timegm when parsing dates in and after 2038
15911 on platforms with 32-bit time_t. Fixes bug 18479; bugfix on
15912 0.0.2pre14. Patch by teor.
15914 o Minor bugfixes (tor-gencert):
15915 - Correctly handle the case where an authority operator enters a
15916 passphrase but sends an EOF before sending a newline. Fixes bug
15917 17443; bugfix on 0.2.0.20-rc. Found by junglefowl.
15919 o Code simplification and refactoring:
15920 - Clean up a little duplicated code in
15921 crypto_expand_key_material_TAP(). Closes ticket 17587; patch
15923 - Decouple the list of streams waiting to be attached to circuits
15924 from the overall connection list. This change makes it possible to
15925 attach streams quickly while simplifying Tor's callgraph and
15926 avoiding O(N) scans of the entire connection list. Closes
15928 - Extract the more complicated parts of circuit_mark_for_close()
15929 into a new function that we run periodically before circuits are
15930 freed. This change removes more than half of the functions
15931 currently in the "blob". Closes ticket 17218.
15932 - Move logging of redundant policy entries in
15933 policies_parse_exit_policy_internal into its own function. Closes
15934 ticket 17608; patch from "juce".
15935 - Quote all the string interpolations in configure.ac -- even those
15936 which we are pretty sure can't contain spaces. Closes ticket
15937 17744. Patch from zerosion.
15938 - Remove code for configuring OpenSSL dynamic locks; OpenSSL doesn't
15939 use them. Closes ticket 17926.
15940 - Remove specialized code for non-inplace AES_CTR. 99% of our AES is
15941 inplace, so there's no need to have a separate implementation for
15942 the non-inplace code. Closes ticket 18258. Patch from Malek.
15943 - Simplify return types for some crypto functions that can't
15944 actually fail. Patch from Hassan Alsibyani. Closes ticket 18259.
15945 - When a direct directory request fails immediately on launch,
15946 instead of relaunching that request from inside the code that
15947 launches it, instead mark the connection for teardown. This change
15948 simplifies Tor's callback and prevents the directory-request
15949 launching code from invoking itself recursively. Closes
15953 - Add a description of the correct use of the '--keygen' command-
15954 line option. Closes ticket 17583; based on text by 's7r'.
15955 - Change build messages to refer to "Fedora" instead of "Fedora
15956 Core", and "dnf" instead of "yum". Closes tickets 18459 and 18426.
15957 Patches from "icanhasaccount" and "cypherpunks".
15958 - Document the contents of the 'datadir/keys' subdirectory in the
15959 manual page. Closes ticket 17621.
15960 - Document the minimum HeartbeatPeriod value. Closes ticket 15638.
15961 - Explain actual minima for BandwidthRate. Closes ticket 16382.
15962 - Fix a minor formatting typo in the manpage. Closes ticket 17791.
15963 - Mention torspec URL in the manpage and point the reader to it
15964 whenever we mention a document that belongs in torspce. Fixes
15966 - Stop recommending use of nicknames to identify relays in our
15967 MapAddress documentation. Closes ticket 18312.
15969 o Removed features:
15970 - Remove client-side support for connecting to Tor relays running
15971 versions of Tor before 0.2.3.6-alpha. These relays didn't support
15972 the v3 TLS handshake protocol, and are no longer allowed on the
15973 Tor network. Implements the client side of ticket 11150. Based on
15974 patches by Tom van der Woerdt.
15975 - We no longer maintain an internal freelist in memarea.c.
15976 Allocators should be good enough to make this code unnecessary,
15977 and it's doubtful that it ever had any performance benefit.
15980 - Add unit tests to check for common RNG failure modes, such as
15981 returning all zeroes, identical values, or incrementing values
15982 (OpenSSL's rand_predictable feature). Patch by teor.
15983 - Always test both ed25519 backends, so that we can be sure that our
15984 batch-open replacement code works. Part of ticket 16794.
15985 - Cover dns_resolve_impl() in dns.c with unit tests. Implements a
15986 portion of ticket 16831.
15987 - Fix several warnings from clang's address sanitizer produced in
15989 - Log more information when the backtrace tests fail. Closes ticket
15990 17892. Patch from "cypherpunks."
15991 - More unit tests for compat_libevent.c, procmon.c, tortls.c,
15992 util_format.c, directory.c, and options_validate.c. Closes tickets
15993 17075, 17082, 17084, 17003, and 17076 respectively. Patches from
15995 - Treat backtrace test failures as expected on FreeBSD until we
15996 solve bug 17808. Closes ticket 18204.
15997 - Unit tests for directory_handle_command_get. Closes ticket 17004.
15998 Patch from Reinaldo de Souza Jr.
16001 Changes in version 0.2.7.6 - 2015-12-10
16002 Tor version 0.2.7.6 fixes a major bug in entry guard selection, as
16003 well as a minor bug in hidden service reliability.
16005 o Major bugfixes (guard selection):
16006 - Actually look at the Guard flag when selecting a new directory
16007 guard. When we implemented the directory guard design, we
16008 accidentally started treating all relays as if they have the Guard
16009 flag during guard selection, leading to weaker anonymity and worse
16010 performance. Fixes bug 17772; bugfix on 0.2.4.8-alpha. Discovered
16013 o Minor features (geoip):
16014 - Update geoip and geoip6 to the December 1 2015 Maxmind GeoLite2
16017 o Minor bugfixes (compilation):
16018 - When checking for net/pfvar.h, include netinet/in.h if possible.
16019 This fixes transparent proxy detection on OpenBSD. Fixes bug
16020 17551; bugfix on 0.1.2.1-alpha. Patch from "rubiate".
16021 - Fix a compilation warning with Clang 3.6: Do not check the
16022 presence of an address which can never be NULL. Fixes bug 17781.
16024 o Minor bugfixes (correctness):
16025 - When displaying an IPv6 exit policy, include the mask bits
16026 correctly even when the number is greater than 31. Fixes bug
16027 16056; bugfix on 0.2.4.7-alpha. Patch from "gturner".
16028 - The wrong list was used when looking up expired intro points in a
16029 rend service object, causing what we think could be reachability
16030 issues for hidden services, and triggering a BUG log. Fixes bug
16031 16702; bugfix on 0.2.7.2-alpha.
16032 - Fix undefined behavior in the tor_cert_checksig function. Fixes
16033 bug 17722; bugfix on 0.2.7.2-alpha.
16036 Changes in version 0.2.7.5 - 2015-11-20
16037 The Tor 0.2.7 release series is dedicated to the memory of Tor user
16038 and privacy advocate Caspar Bowden (1961-2015). Caspar worked
16039 tirelessly to advocate human rights regardless of national borders,
16040 and oppose the encroachments of mass surveillance. He opposed national
16041 exceptionalism, he brought clarity to legal and policy debates, he
16042 understood and predicted the impact of mass surveillance on the world,
16043 and he laid the groundwork for resisting it. While serving on the Tor
16044 Project's board of directors, he brought us his uncompromising focus
16045 on technical excellence in the service of humankind. Caspar was an
16046 inimitable force for good and a wonderful friend. He was kind,
16047 humorous, generous, gallant, and believed we should protect one
16048 another without exception. We honor him here for his ideals, his
16049 efforts, and his accomplishments. Please honor his memory with works
16050 that would make him proud.
16052 Tor 0.2.7.5 is the first stable release in the Tor 0.2.7 series.
16054 The 0.2.7 series adds a more secure identity key type for relays,
16055 improves cryptography performance, resolves several longstanding
16056 hidden-service performance issues, improves controller support for
16057 hidden services, and includes small bugfixes and performance
16058 improvements throughout the program. This release series also includes
16059 more tests than before, and significant simplifications to which parts
16060 of Tor invoke which others. For a full list of changes, see below.
16062 o New system requirements:
16063 - Tor no longer includes workarounds to support Libevent versions
16064 before 1.3e. Libevent 2.0 or later is recommended. Closes
16066 - Tor no longer supports copies of OpenSSL that are missing support
16067 for Elliptic Curve Cryptography. (We began using ECC when
16068 available in 0.2.4.8-alpha, for more safe and efficient key
16069 negotiation.) In particular, support for at least one of P256 or
16070 P224 is now required, with manual configuration needed if only
16071 P224 is available. Resolves ticket 16140.
16072 - Tor no longer supports versions of OpenSSL before 1.0. (If you are
16073 on an operating system that has not upgraded to OpenSSL 1.0 or
16074 later, and you compile Tor from source, you will need to install a
16075 more recent OpenSSL to link Tor against.) These versions of
16076 OpenSSL are still supported by the OpenSSL, but the numerous
16077 cryptographic improvements in later OpenSSL releases makes them a
16078 clear choice. Resolves ticket 16034.
16080 o Major features (controller):
16081 - Add the ADD_ONION and DEL_ONION commands that allow the creation
16082 and management of hidden services via the controller. Closes
16084 - New "GETINFO onions/current" and "GETINFO onions/detached"
16085 commands to get information about hidden services created via the
16086 controller. Part of ticket 6411.
16087 - New HSFETCH command to launch a request for a hidden service
16088 descriptor. Closes ticket 14847.
16089 - New HSPOST command to upload a hidden service descriptor. Closes
16090 ticket 3523. Patch by "DonnchaC".
16092 o Major features (Ed25519 identity keys, Proposal 220):
16093 - Add support for offline encrypted Ed25519 master keys. To use this
16094 feature on your tor relay, run "tor --keygen" to make a new master
16095 key (or to make a new signing key if you already have a master
16096 key). Closes ticket 13642.
16097 - All relays now maintain a stronger identity key, using the Ed25519
16098 elliptic curve signature format. This master key is designed so
16099 that it can be kept offline. Relays also generate an online
16100 signing key, and a set of other Ed25519 keys and certificates.
16101 These are all automatically regenerated and rotated as needed.
16102 Implements part of ticket 12498.
16103 - Directory authorities now vote on Ed25519 identity keys along with
16104 RSA1024 keys. Implements part of ticket 12498.
16105 - Directory authorities track which Ed25519 identity keys have been
16106 used with which RSA1024 identity keys, and do not allow them to
16107 vary freely. Implements part of ticket 12498.
16108 - Microdescriptors now include Ed25519 identity keys. Implements
16109 part of ticket 12498.
16110 - Add a --newpass option to allow changing or removing the
16111 passphrase of an encrypted key with tor --keygen. Implements part
16113 - Add a new OfflineMasterKey option to tell Tor never to try loading
16114 or generating a secret Ed25519 identity key. You can use this in
16115 combination with tor --keygen to manage offline and/or encrypted
16116 Ed25519 keys. Implements ticket 16944.
16117 - On receiving a HUP signal, check to see whether the Ed25519
16118 signing key has changed, and reload it if so. Closes ticket 16790.
16119 - Significant usability improvements for Ed25519 key management. Log
16120 messages are better, and the code can recover from far more
16121 failure conditions. Thanks to "s7r" for reporting and diagnosing
16124 o Major features (ECC performance):
16125 - Improve the runtime speed of Ed25519 signature verification by
16126 using Ed25519-donna's batch verification support. Implements
16128 - Improve the speed of Ed25519 operations and Curve25519 keypair
16129 generation when built targeting 32 bit x86 platforms with SSE2
16130 available. Implements ticket 16535.
16131 - Improve the runtime speed of Ed25519 operations by using the
16132 public-domain Ed25519-donna by Andrew M. ("floodyberry").
16133 Implements ticket 16467.
16134 - Improve the runtime speed of the ntor handshake by using an
16135 optimized curve25519 basepoint scalarmult implementation from the
16136 public-domain Ed25519-donna by Andrew M. ("floodyberry"), based on
16137 ideas by Adam Langley. Implements ticket 9663.
16139 o Major features (Hidden services):
16140 - Hidden services, if using the EntryNodes option, are required to
16141 use more than one EntryNode, in order to avoid a guard discovery
16142 attack. (This would only affect people who had configured hidden
16143 services and manually specified the EntryNodes option with a
16144 single entry-node. The impact was that it would be easy to
16145 remotely identify the guard node used by such a hidden service.
16146 See ticket for more information.) Fixes ticket 14917.
16147 - Add the torrc option HiddenServiceNumIntroductionPoints, to
16148 specify a fixed number of introduction points. Its maximum value
16149 is 10 and default is 3. Using this option can increase a hidden
16150 service's reliability under load, at the cost of making it more
16151 visible that the hidden service is facing extra load. Closes
16153 - Remove the adaptive algorithm for choosing the number of
16154 introduction points, which used to change the number of
16155 introduction points (poorly) depending on the number of
16156 connections the HS sees. Closes ticket 4862.
16158 o Major features (onion key cross-certification):
16159 - Relay descriptors now include signatures of their own identity
16160 keys, made using the TAP and ntor onion keys. These signatures
16161 allow relays to prove ownership of their own onion keys. Because
16162 of this change, microdescriptors will no longer need to include
16163 RSA identity keys. Implements proposal 228; closes ticket 12499.
16165 o Major bugfixes (client-side privacy, also in 0.2.6.9):
16166 - Properly separate out each SOCKSPort when applying stream
16167 isolation. The error occurred because each port's session group
16168 was being overwritten by a default value when the listener
16169 connection was initialized. Fixes bug 16247; bugfix on
16170 0.2.6.3-alpha. Patch by "jojelino".
16172 o Major bugfixes (hidden service clients, stability, also in 0.2.6.10):
16173 - Stop refusing to store updated hidden service descriptors on a
16174 client. This reverts commit 9407040c59218 (which indeed fixed bug
16175 14219, but introduced a major hidden service reachability
16176 regression detailed in bug 16381). This is a temporary fix since
16177 we can live with the minor issue in bug 14219 (it just results in
16178 some load on the network) but the regression of 16381 is too much
16179 of a setback. First-round fix for bug 16381; bugfix
16182 o Major bugfixes (hidden services):
16183 - Revert commit that made directory authorities assign the HSDir
16184 flag to relays without a DirPort; this was bad because such relays
16185 can't handle BEGIN_DIR cells. Fixes bug 15850; bugfix
16187 - When cannibalizing a circuit for an introduction point, always
16188 extend to the chosen exit node (creating a 4 hop circuit).
16189 Previously Tor would use the current circuit exit node, which
16190 changed the original choice of introduction point, and could cause
16191 the hidden service to skip excluded introduction points or
16192 reconnect to a skipped introduction point. Fixes bug 16260; bugfix
16195 o Major bugfixes (memory leaks):
16196 - Fix a memory leak in ed25519 batch signature checking. Fixes bug
16197 17398; bugfix on 0.2.6.1-alpha.
16199 o Major bugfixes (open file limit):
16200 - The open file limit wasn't checked before calling
16201 tor_accept_socket_nonblocking(), which would make Tor exceed the
16202 limit. Now, before opening a new socket, Tor validates the open
16203 file limit just before, and if the max has been reached, return an
16204 error. Fixes bug 16288; bugfix on 0.1.1.1-alpha.
16206 o Major bugfixes (security, correctness):
16207 - Fix an error that could cause us to read 4 bytes before the
16208 beginning of an openssl string. This bug could be used to cause
16209 Tor to crash on systems with unusual malloc implementations, or
16210 systems with unusual hardening installed. Fixes bug 17404; bugfix
16213 o Major bugfixes (stability, also in 0.2.6.10):
16214 - Stop crashing with an assertion failure when parsing certain kinds
16215 of malformed or truncated microdescriptors. Fixes bug 16400;
16216 bugfix on 0.2.6.1-alpha. Found by "torkeln"; fix based on a patch
16217 by "cypherpunks_backup".
16218 - Stop random client-side assertion failures that could occur when
16219 connecting to a busy hidden service, or connecting to a hidden
16220 service while a NEWNYM is in progress. Fixes bug 16013; bugfix
16223 o Minor features (client, SOCKS):
16224 - Add GroupWritable and WorldWritable options to unix-socket based
16225 SocksPort and ControlPort options. These options apply to a single
16226 socket, and override {Control,Socks}SocketsGroupWritable. Closes
16228 - Relax the validation done to hostnames in SOCKS5 requests, and
16229 allow a single trailing '.' to cope with clients that pass FQDNs
16230 using that syntax to explicitly indicate that the domain name is
16231 fully-qualified. Fixes bug 16674; bugfix on 0.2.6.2-alpha.
16232 - Relax the validation of hostnames in SOCKS5 requests, allowing the
16233 character '_' to appear, in order to cope with domains observed in
16234 the wild that are serving non-RFC compliant records. Resolves
16237 o Minor features (client-side privacy):
16238 - New KeepAliveIsolateSOCKSAuth option to indefinitely extend circuit
16239 lifespan when IsolateSOCKSAuth and streams with SOCKS
16240 authentication are attached to the circuit. This allows
16241 applications like TorBrowser to manage circuit lifetime on their
16242 own. Implements feature 15482.
16243 - When logging malformed hostnames from SOCKS5 requests, respect
16244 SafeLogging configuration. Fixes bug 16891; bugfix on 0.1.1.16-rc.
16246 o Minor features (clock-jump tolerance):
16247 - Recover better when our clock jumps back many hours, like might
16248 happen for Tails or Whonix users who start with a very wrong
16249 hardware clock, use Tor to discover a more accurate time, and then
16250 fix their clock. Resolves part of ticket 8766.
16252 o Minor features (command-line interface):
16253 - Make --hash-password imply --hush to prevent unnecessary noise.
16254 Closes ticket 15542. Patch from "cypherpunks".
16255 - Print a warning whenever we find a relative file path being used
16256 as torrc option. Resolves issue 14018.
16258 o Minor features (compilation):
16259 - Give a warning as early as possible when trying to build with an
16260 unsupported OpenSSL version. Closes ticket 16901.
16261 - Use C99 variadic macros when the compiler is not GCC. This avoids
16262 failing compilations on MSVC, and fixes a log-file-based race
16263 condition in our old workarounds. Original patch from Gisle Vanem.
16265 o Minor features (control protocol):
16266 - Support network-liveness GETINFO key and NETWORK_LIVENESS event in
16267 the control protocol. Resolves ticket 15358.
16269 o Minor features (controller):
16270 - Add DirAuthority lines for default directory authorities to the
16271 output of the "GETINFO config/defaults" command if not already
16272 present. Implements ticket 14840.
16273 - Controllers can now use "GETINFO hs/client/desc/id/..." to
16274 retrieve items from the client's hidden service descriptor cache.
16275 Closes ticket 14845.
16276 - Implement a new controller command "GETINFO status/fresh-relay-
16277 descs" to fetch a descriptor/extrainfo pair that was generated on
16278 demand just for the controller's use. Implements ticket 14784.
16280 o Minor features (directory authorities):
16281 - Directory authorities no longer vote against the "Fast", "Stable",
16282 and "HSDir" flags just because they were going to vote against
16283 "Running": if the consensus turns out to be that the router was
16284 running, then the authority's vote should count. Patch from Peter
16285 Retzlaff; closes issue 8712.
16287 o Minor features (directory authorities, security, also in 0.2.6.9):
16288 - The HSDir flag given by authorities now requires the Stable flag.
16289 For the current network, this results in going from 2887 to 2806
16290 HSDirs. Also, it makes it harder for an attacker to launch a sybil
16291 attack by raising the effort for a relay to become Stable to
16292 require at the very least 7 days, while maintaining the 96 hours
16293 uptime requirement for HSDir. Implements ticket 8243.
16295 o Minor features (DoS-resistance):
16296 - Make it harder for attackers to overload hidden services with
16297 introductions, by blocking multiple introduction requests on the
16298 same circuit. Resolves ticket 15515.
16300 o Minor features (geoip):
16301 - Update geoip and geoip6 to the October 9 2015 Maxmind GeoLite2
16304 o Minor features (hidden services):
16305 - Add the new options "HiddenServiceMaxStreams" and
16306 "HiddenServiceMaxStreamsCloseCircuit" to allow hidden services to
16307 limit the maximum number of simultaneous streams per circuit, and
16308 optionally tear down the circuit when the limit is exceeded. Part
16310 - Client now uses an introduction point failure cache to know when
16311 to fetch or keep a descriptor in their cache. Previously, failures
16312 were recorded implicitly, but not explicitly remembered. Closes
16314 - Relays need to have the Fast flag to get the HSDir flag. As this
16315 is being written, we'll go from 2745 HSDirs down to 2342, a ~14%
16316 drop. This change should make some attacks against the hidden
16317 service directory system harder. Fixes ticket 15963.
16318 - Turn on hidden service statistics collection by setting the torrc
16319 option HiddenServiceStatistics to "1" by default. (This keeps
16320 track only of the fraction of traffic used by hidden services, and
16321 the total number of hidden services in existence.) Closes
16323 - To avoid leaking HS popularity, don't cycle the introduction point
16324 when we've handled a fixed number of INTRODUCE2 cells but instead
16325 cycle it when a random number of introductions is reached, thus
16326 making it more difficult for an attacker to find out the amount of
16327 clients that have used the introduction point for a specific HS.
16328 Closes ticket 15745.
16330 o Minor features (logging):
16331 - Include the Tor version in all LD_BUG log messages, since people
16332 tend to cut and paste those into the bugtracker. Implements
16335 o Minor features (pluggable transports):
16336 - When launching managed pluggable transports on Linux systems,
16337 attempt to have the kernel deliver a SIGTERM on tor exit if the
16338 pluggable transport process is still running. Resolves
16340 - When launching managed pluggable transports, setup a valid open
16341 stdin in the child process that can be used to detect if tor has
16342 terminated. The "TOR_PT_EXIT_ON_STDIN_CLOSE" environment variable
16343 can be used by implementations to detect this new behavior.
16344 Resolves ticket 15435.
16346 o Minor bugfixes (torrc exit policies):
16347 - In each instance above, usage advice is provided to avoid the
16348 message. Resolves ticket 16069. Patch by "teor". Fixes part of bug
16349 16069; bugfix on 0.2.4.7-alpha.
16350 - In torrc, "accept6 *" and "reject6 *" ExitPolicy lines now only
16351 produce IPv6 wildcard addresses. Previously they would produce
16352 both IPv4 and IPv6 wildcard addresses. Patch by "teor". Fixes part
16353 of bug 16069; bugfix on 0.2.4.7-alpha.
16354 - When parsing torrc ExitPolicies, we now issue an info-level
16355 message when expanding an "accept/reject *" line to include both
16356 IPv4 and IPv6 wildcard addresses. Related to ticket 16069.
16357 - When parsing torrc ExitPolicies, we now warn for a number of cases
16358 where the user's intent is likely to differ from Tor's actual
16359 behavior. These include: using an IPv4 address with an accept6 or
16360 reject6 line; using "private" on an accept6 or reject6 line; and
16361 including any ExitPolicy lines after accept *:* or reject *:*.
16362 Related to ticket 16069.
16364 o Minor bugfixes (command-line interface):
16365 - When "--quiet" is provided along with "--validate-config", do not
16366 write anything to stdout on success. Fixes bug 14994; bugfix
16368 - When complaining about bad arguments to "--dump-config", use
16369 stderr, not stdout.
16370 - Print usage information for --dump-config when it is used without
16371 an argument. Also, fix the error message to use different wording
16372 and add newline at the end. Fixes bug 15541; bugfix
16375 o Minor bugfixes (compilation):
16376 - Fix compilation of sandbox.c with musl-libc. Fixes bug 17347;
16377 bugfix on 0.2.5.1-alpha. Patch from 'jamestk'.
16378 - Repair compilation with the most recent (unreleased, alpha)
16379 vesions of OpenSSL 1.1. Fixes part of ticket 17237.
16381 o Minor bugfixes (compilation, also in 0.2.6.9):
16382 - Build with --enable-systemd correctly when libsystemd is
16383 installed, but systemd is not. Fixes bug 16164; bugfix on
16384 0.2.6.3-alpha. Patch from Peter Palfrader.
16386 o Minor bugfixes (configuration, unit tests):
16387 - Only add the default fallback directories when the DirAuthorities,
16388 AlternateDirAuthority, and FallbackDir directory config options
16389 are set to their defaults. The default fallback directory list is
16390 currently empty, this fix will only change tor's behavior when it
16391 has default fallback directories. Includes unit tests for
16392 consider_adding_dir_servers(). Fixes bug 15642; bugfix on
16393 90f6071d8dc0 in 0.2.4.7-alpha. Patch by "teor".
16395 o Minor bugfixes (controller):
16396 - Add the descriptor ID in each HS_DESC control event. It was
16397 missing, but specified in control-spec.txt. Fixes bug 15881;
16398 bugfix on 0.2.5.2-alpha.
16400 o Minor bugfixes (correctness):
16401 - For correctness, avoid modifying a constant string in
16402 handle_control_postdescriptor. Fixes bug 15546; bugfix
16404 - Remove side-effects from tor_assert() calls. This was harmless,
16405 because we never disable assertions, but it is bad style and
16406 unnecessary. Fixes bug 15211; bugfix on 0.2.5.5, 0.2.2.36,
16408 - When calling channel_free_list(), avoid calling smartlist_remove()
16409 while inside a FOREACH loop. This partially reverts commit
16410 17356fe7fd96af where the correct SMARTLIST_DEL_CURRENT was
16411 incorrectly removed. Fixes bug 16924; bugfix on 0.2.4.4-alpha.
16413 o Minor bugfixes (crypto error-handling, also in 0.2.6.10):
16414 - Check for failures from crypto_early_init, and refuse to continue.
16415 A previous typo meant that we could keep going with an
16416 uninitialized crypto library, and would have OpenSSL initialize
16417 its own PRNG. Fixes bug 16360; bugfix on 0.2.5.2-alpha, introduced
16418 when implementing ticket 4900. Patch by "teor".
16420 o Minor bugfixes (hidden service):
16421 - Fix an out-of-bounds read when parsing invalid INTRODUCE2 cells on
16422 a client authorized hidden service. Fixes bug 15823; bugfix
16424 - Remove an extraneous newline character from the end of hidden
16425 service descriptors. Fixes bug 15296; bugfix on 0.2.0.10-alpha.
16427 o Minor bugfixes (Linux seccomp2 sandbox):
16428 - Use the sandbox in tor_open_cloexec whether or not O_CLOEXEC is
16429 defined. Patch by "teor". Fixes bug 16515; bugfix on 0.2.3.1-alpha.
16430 - Allow bridge authorities to run correctly under the seccomp2
16431 sandbox. Fixes bug 16964; bugfix on 0.2.5.1-alpha.
16432 - Add the "hidserv-stats" filename to our sandbox filter for the
16433 HiddenServiceStatistics option to work properly. Fixes bug 17354;
16434 bugfix on 0.2.6.2-alpha. Patch from David Goulet.
16436 o Minor bugfixes (Linux seccomp2 sandbox, also in 0.2.6.10):
16437 - Allow pipe() and pipe2() syscalls in the seccomp2 sandbox: we need
16438 these when eventfd2() support is missing. Fixes bug 16363; bugfix
16439 on 0.2.6.3-alpha. Patch from "teor".
16441 o Minor bugfixes (Linux seccomp2 sandbox, also in 0.2.6.9):
16442 - Allow systemd connections to work with the Linux seccomp2 sandbox
16443 code. Fixes bug 16212; bugfix on 0.2.6.2-alpha. Patch by
16445 - Fix sandboxing to work when running as a relay, by allowing the
16446 renaming of secret_id_key, and allowing the eventfd2 and futex
16447 syscalls. Fixes bug 16244; bugfix on 0.2.6.1-alpha. Patch by
16450 o Minor bugfixes (logging):
16451 - When building Tor under Clang, do not include an extra set of
16452 parentheses in log messages that include function names. Fixes bug
16453 15269; bugfix on every released version of Tor when compiled with
16454 recent enough Clang.
16456 o Minor bugfixes (network):
16457 - When attempting to use fallback technique for network interface
16458 lookup, disregard loopback and multicast addresses since they are
16459 unsuitable for public communications.
16461 o Minor bugfixes (open file limit):
16462 - Fix set_max_file_descriptors() to set by default the max open file
16463 limit to the current limit when setrlimit() fails. Fixes bug
16464 16274; bugfix on tor- 0.2.0.10-alpha. Patch by dgoulet.
16466 o Minor bugfixes (portability):
16467 - Check correctly for Windows socket errors in the workqueue
16468 backend. Fixes bug 16741; bugfix on 0.2.6.3-alpha.
16469 - Try harder to normalize the exit status of the Tor process to the
16470 standard-provided range. Fixes bug 16975; bugfix on every version
16472 - Use libexecinfo on FreeBSD to enable backtrace support. Fixes part
16473 of bug 17151; bugfix on 0.2.5.2-alpha. Patch from Marcin Cieślak.
16475 o Minor bugfixes (relay):
16476 - Ensure that worker threads actually exit when a fatal error or
16477 shutdown is indicated. This fix doesn't currently affect the
16478 behavior of Tor, because Tor workers never indicates fatal error
16479 or shutdown except in the unit tests. Fixes bug 16868; bugfix
16481 - Fix a rarely-encountered memory leak when failing to initialize
16482 the thread pool. Fixes bug 16631; bugfix on 0.2.6.3-alpha. Patch
16483 from "cypherpunks".
16484 - Unblock threads before releasing the work queue mutex to ensure
16485 predictable scheduling behavior. Fixes bug 16644; bugfix
16488 o Minor bugfixes (security, exit policies):
16489 - ExitPolicyRejectPrivate now also rejects the relay's published
16490 IPv6 address (if any), and any publicly routable IPv4 or IPv6
16491 addresses on any local interfaces. ticket 17027. Patch by "teor".
16492 Fixes bug 17027; bugfix on 0.2.0.11-alpha.
16494 o Minor bugfixes (statistics):
16495 - Disregard the ConnDirectionStatistics torrc options when Tor is
16496 not a relay since in that mode of operation no sensible data is
16497 being collected and because Tor might run into measurement hiccups
16498 when running as a client for some time, then becoming a relay.
16499 Fixes bug 15604; bugfix on 0.2.2.35.
16501 o Minor bugfixes (systemd):
16502 - Tor's systemd unit file no longer contains extraneous spaces.
16503 These spaces would sometimes confuse tools like deb-systemd-
16504 helper. Fixes bug 16162; bugfix on 0.2.5.5-alpha.
16506 o Minor bugfixes (test networks):
16507 - When self-testing reachability, use ExtendAllowPrivateAddresses to
16508 determine if local/private addresses imply reachability. The
16509 previous fix used TestingTorNetwork, which implies
16510 ExtendAllowPrivateAddresses, but this excluded rare configurations
16511 where ExtendAllowPrivateAddresses is set but TestingTorNetwork is
16512 not. Fixes bug 15771; bugfix on 0.2.6.1-alpha. Patch by "teor",
16513 issue discovered by CJ Ess.
16515 o Minor bugfixes (tests, also in 0.2.6.9):
16516 - Fix a crash in the unit tests when built with MSVC2013. Fixes bug
16517 16030; bugfix on 0.2.6.2-alpha. Patch from "NewEraCracker".
16519 o Code simplification and refactoring:
16520 - Change the function that's called when we need to retry all
16521 downloads so that it only reschedules the downloads to happen
16522 immediately, rather than launching them all at once itself. This
16523 further simplifies Tor's callgraph.
16524 - Define WINVER and _WIN32_WINNT centrally, in orconfig.h, in order
16525 to ensure they remain consistent and visible everywhere.
16526 - Move some format-parsing functions out of crypto.c and
16527 crypto_curve25519.c into crypto_format.c and/or util_format.c.
16528 - Move the client-only parts of init_keys() into a separate
16529 function. Closes ticket 16763.
16530 - Move the hacky fallback code out of get_interface_address6() into
16531 separate function and get it covered with unit-tests. Resolves
16533 - Refactor hidden service client-side cache lookup to intelligently
16534 report its various failure cases, and disentangle failure cases
16535 involving a lack of introduction points. Closes ticket 14391.
16536 - Remove some vestigial workarounds for the MSVC6 compiler. We
16537 haven't supported that in ages.
16538 - Remove the unused "nulterminate" argument from buf_pullup().
16539 - Simplify the microdesc_free() implementation so that it no longer
16540 appears (to code analysis tools) to potentially invoke a huge
16541 suite of other microdesc functions.
16542 - Simply the control graph further by deferring the inner body of
16543 directory_all_unreachable() into a callback. Closes ticket 16762.
16544 - The link authentication code has been refactored for better
16545 testability and reliability. It now uses code generated with the
16546 "trunnel" binary encoding generator, to reduce the risk of bugs
16547 due to programmer error. Done as part of ticket 12498.
16548 - Treat the loss of an owning controller as equivalent to a SIGTERM
16549 signal. This removes a tiny amount of duplicated code, and
16550 simplifies our callgraph. Closes ticket 16788.
16551 - Use our own Base64 encoder instead of OpenSSL's, to allow more
16552 control over the output. Part of ticket 15652.
16553 - When generating an event to send to the controller, we no longer
16554 put the event over the network immediately. Instead, we queue
16555 these events, and use a Libevent callback to deliver them. This
16556 change simplifies Tor's callgraph by reducing the number of
16557 functions from which all other Tor functions are reachable. Closes
16559 - Wrap Windows-only C files inside '#ifdef _WIN32' so that tools
16560 that try to scan or compile every file on Unix won't decide that
16564 - Fix capitalization of SOCKS in sample torrc. Closes ticket 15609.
16565 - Improve the descriptions of statistics-related torrc options in
16566 the manpage to describe rationale and possible uses cases. Fixes
16568 - Improve the layout and formatting of ./configure --help messages.
16569 Closes ticket 15024. Patch from "cypherpunks".
16570 - Include a specific and (hopefully) accurate documentation of the
16571 torrc file's meta-format in doc/torrc_format.txt. This is mainly
16572 of interest to people writing programs to parse or generate torrc
16573 files. This document is not a commitment to long-term
16574 compatibility; some aspects of the current format are a bit
16575 ridiculous. Closes ticket 2325.
16576 - Include the TUNING document in our source tarball. It is referred
16577 to in the ChangeLog and an error message. Fixes bug 16929; bugfix
16579 - Note that HiddenServicePorts can take a unix domain socket. Closes
16581 - Recommend a 40 GB example AccountingMax in torrc.sample rather
16582 than a 4 GB max. Closes ticket 16742.
16583 - Standardize on the term "server descriptor" in the manual page.
16584 Previously, we had used "router descriptor", "server descriptor",
16585 and "relay descriptor" interchangeably. Part of ticket 14987.
16586 - Advise users on how to configure separate IPv4 and IPv6 exit
16587 policies in the manpage and sample torrcs. Related to ticket 16069.
16588 - Fix an error in the manual page and comments for
16589 TestingDirAuthVoteHSDir[IsStrict], which suggested that a HSDir
16590 required "ORPort connectivity". While this is true, it is in no
16591 way unique to the HSDir flag. Of all the flags, only HSDirs need a
16592 DirPort configured in order for the authorities to assign that
16593 particular flag. Patch by "teor". Fixed as part of 14882; bugfix
16595 - Fix the usage message of tor-resolve(1) so that it no longer lists
16596 the removed -F option. Fixes bug 16913; bugfix on 0.2.2.28-beta.
16599 - Remove `USE_OPENSSL_BASE64` and the corresponding fallback code
16600 and always use the internal Base64 decoder. The internal decoder
16601 has been part of tor since 0.2.0.10-alpha, and no one should
16602 be using the OpenSSL one. Part of ticket 15652.
16603 - Remove the 'tor_strclear()' function; use memwipe() instead.
16604 Closes ticket 14922.
16605 - Remove the code that would try to aggressively flush controller
16606 connections while writing to them. This code was introduced in
16607 0.1.2.7-alpha, in order to keep output buffers from exceeding
16608 their limits. But there is no longer a maximum output buffer size,
16609 and flushing data in this way caused some undesirable recursions
16610 in our call graph. Closes ticket 16480.
16611 - The internal pure-C tor-fw-helper tool is now removed from the Tor
16612 distribution, in favor of the pure-Go clone available from
16613 https://gitweb.torproject.org/tor-fw-helper.git/ . The libraries
16614 used by the C tor-fw-helper are not, in our opinion, very
16615 confidence- inspiring in their secure-programming techniques.
16616 Closes ticket 13338.
16618 o Removed features:
16619 - Remove the (seldom-used) DynamicDHGroups feature. For anti-
16620 fingerprinting we now recommend pluggable transports; for forward-
16621 secrecy in TLS, we now use the P-256 group. Closes ticket 13736.
16622 - Remove the HidServDirectoryV2 option. Now all relays offer to
16623 store hidden service descriptors. Related to 16543.
16624 - Remove the VoteOnHidServDirectoriesV2 option, since all
16625 authorities have long set it to 1. Closes ticket 16543.
16626 - Remove the undocumented "--digests" command-line option. It
16627 complicated our build process, caused subtle build issues on
16628 multiple platforms, and is now redundant since we started
16629 including git version identifiers. Closes ticket 14742.
16630 - Tor no longer contains checks for ancient directory cache versions
16631 that didn't know about microdescriptors.
16632 - Tor no longer contains workarounds for stat files generated by
16633 super-old versions of Tor that didn't choose guards sensibly.
16636 - The test-network.sh script now supports performance testing.
16637 Requires corresponding chutney performance testing changes. Patch
16638 by "teor". Closes ticket 14175.
16639 - Add a new set of callgraph analysis scripts that use clang to
16640 produce a list of which Tor functions are reachable from which
16641 other Tor functions. We're planning to use these to help simplify
16642 our code structure by identifying illogical dependencies.
16643 - Add new 'test-full' and 'test-full-online' targets to run all
16644 tests, including integration tests with stem and chutney.
16645 - Autodetect CHUTNEY_PATH if the chutney and Tor sources are side-
16646 by-side in the same parent directory. Closes ticket 16903. Patch
16648 - Document use of coverity, clang static analyzer, and clang dynamic
16649 undefined behavior and address sanitizers in doc/HACKING. Include
16650 detailed usage instructions in the blacklist. Patch by "teor".
16651 Closes ticket 15817.
16652 - Make "bridges+hs" the default test network. This tests almost all
16653 tor functionality during make test-network, while allowing tests
16654 to succeed on non-IPv6 systems. Requires chutney commit 396da92 in
16655 test-network-bridges-hs. Closes tickets 16945 (tor) and 16946
16656 (chutney). Patches by "teor".
16657 - Make the test-workqueue test work on Windows by initializing the
16658 network before we begin.
16659 - New make target (make test-network-all) to run multiple applicable
16660 chutney test cases. Patch from Teor; closes 16953.
16661 - Now that OpenSSL has its own scrypt implementation, add an unit
16662 test that checks for interoperability between libscrypt_scrypt()
16663 and OpenSSL's EVP_PBE_scrypt() so that we could not use libscrypt
16664 and rely on EVP_PBE_scrypt() whenever possible. Resolves
16666 - The link authentication protocol code now has extensive tests.
16667 - The relay descriptor signature testing code now has
16669 - The test_workqueue program now runs faster, and is enabled by
16670 default as a part of "make check".
16671 - Unit test dns_resolve(), dns_clip_ttl() and dns_get_expiry_ttl()
16672 functions in dns.c. Implements a portion of ticket 16831.
16673 - Use environment variables rather than autoconf substitutions to
16674 send variables from the build system to the test scripts. This
16675 change should be easier to maintain, and cause 'make distcheck' to
16676 work better than before. Fixes bug 17148.
16677 - When building Tor with testing coverage enabled, run Chutney tests
16678 (if any) using the 'tor-cov' coverage binary.
16679 - When running test-network or test-stem, check for the absence of
16680 stem/chutney before doing any build operations.
16681 - Add a test to verify that the compiler does not eliminate our
16682 memwipe() implementation. Closes ticket 15377.
16683 - Add make rule `check-changes` to verify the format of changes
16684 files. Closes ticket 15180.
16685 - Add unit tests for control_event_is_interesting(). Add a compile-
16686 time check that the number of events doesn't exceed the capacity
16687 of control_event_t.event_mask. Closes ticket 15431, checks for
16688 bugs similar to 13085. Patch by "teor".
16689 - Command-line argument tests moved to Stem. Resolves ticket 14806.
16690 - Integrate the ntor, backtrace, and zero-length keys tests into the
16691 automake test suite. Closes ticket 15344.
16692 - Remove assertions during builds to determine Tor's test coverage.
16693 We don't want to trigger these even in assertions, so including
16694 them artificially makes our branch coverage look worse than it is.
16695 This patch provides the new test-stem-full and coverage-html-full
16696 configure options. Implements ticket 15400.
16697 - New TestingDirAuthVote{Exit,Guard,HSDir}IsStrict flags to
16698 explicitly manage consensus flags in testing networks. Patch by
16699 "robgjansen", modified by "teor". Implements part of ticket 14882.
16700 - Check for matching value in server response in ntor_ref.py. Fixes
16701 bug 15591; bugfix on 0.2.4.8-alpha. Reported and fixed
16703 - Set the severity correctly when testing
16704 get_interface_addresses_ifaddrs() and
16705 get_interface_addresses_win32(), so that the tests fail gracefully
16706 instead of triggering an assertion. Fixes bug 15759; bugfix on
16707 0.2.6.3-alpha. Reported by Nicolas Derive.
16709 Changes in version 0.2.6.10 - 2015-07-12
16710 Tor version 0.2.6.10 fixes some significant stability and hidden
16711 service client bugs, bulletproofs the cryptography init process, and
16712 fixes a bug when using the sandbox code with some older versions of
16713 Linux. Everyone running an older version, especially an older version
16714 of 0.2.6, should upgrade.
16716 o Major bugfixes (hidden service clients, stability):
16717 - Stop refusing to store updated hidden service descriptors on a
16718 client. This reverts commit 9407040c59218 (which indeed fixed bug
16719 14219, but introduced a major hidden service reachability
16720 regression detailed in bug 16381). This is a temporary fix since
16721 we can live with the minor issue in bug 14219 (it just results in
16722 some load on the network) but the regression of 16381 is too much
16723 of a setback. First-round fix for bug 16381; bugfix
16726 o Major bugfixes (stability):
16727 - Stop crashing with an assertion failure when parsing certain kinds
16728 of malformed or truncated microdescriptors. Fixes bug 16400;
16729 bugfix on 0.2.6.1-alpha. Found by "torkeln"; fix based on a patch
16730 by "cypherpunks_backup".
16731 - Stop random client-side assertion failures that could occur when
16732 connecting to a busy hidden service, or connecting to a hidden
16733 service while a NEWNYM is in progress. Fixes bug 16013; bugfix
16736 o Minor features (geoip):
16737 - Update geoip to the June 3 2015 Maxmind GeoLite2 Country database.
16738 - Update geoip6 to the June 3 2015 Maxmind GeoLite2 Country database.
16740 o Minor bugfixes (crypto error-handling):
16741 - Check for failures from crypto_early_init, and refuse to continue.
16742 A previous typo meant that we could keep going with an
16743 uninitialized crypto library, and would have OpenSSL initialize
16744 its own PRNG. Fixes bug 16360; bugfix on 0.2.5.2-alpha, introduced
16745 when implementing ticket 4900. Patch by "teor".
16747 o Minor bugfixes (Linux seccomp2 sandbox):
16748 - Allow pipe() and pipe2() syscalls in the seccomp2 sandbox: we need
16749 these when eventfd2() support is missing. Fixes bug 16363; bugfix
16750 on 0.2.6.3-alpha. Patch from "teor".
16753 Changes in version 0.2.6.9 - 2015-06-11
16754 Tor 0.2.6.9 fixes a regression in the circuit isolation code, increases the
16755 requirements for receiving an HSDir flag, and addresses some other small
16756 bugs in the systemd and sandbox code. Clients using circuit isolation
16757 should upgrade; all directory authorities should upgrade.
16759 o Major bugfixes (client-side privacy):
16760 - Properly separate out each SOCKSPort when applying stream
16761 isolation. The error occurred because each port's session group was
16762 being overwritten by a default value when the listener connection
16763 was initialized. Fixes bug 16247; bugfix on 0.2.6.3-alpha. Patch
16766 o Minor feature (directory authorities, security):
16767 - The HSDir flag given by authorities now requires the Stable flag.
16768 For the current network, this results in going from 2887 to 2806
16769 HSDirs. Also, it makes it harder for an attacker to launch a sybil
16770 attack by raising the effort for a relay to become Stable which
16771 takes at the very least 7 days to do so and by keeping the 96
16772 hours uptime requirement for HSDir. Implements ticket 8243.
16774 o Minor bugfixes (compilation):
16775 - Build with --enable-systemd correctly when libsystemd is
16776 installed, but systemd is not. Fixes bug 16164; bugfix on
16777 0.2.6.3-alpha. Patch from Peter Palfrader.
16779 o Minor bugfixes (Linux seccomp2 sandbox):
16780 - Fix sandboxing to work when running as a relaymby renaming of
16781 secret_id_key, and allowing the eventfd2 and futex syscalls. Fixes
16782 bug 16244; bugfix on 0.2.6.1-alpha. Patch by Peter Palfrader.
16783 - Allow systemd connections to work with the Linux seccomp2 sandbox
16784 code. Fixes bug 16212; bugfix on 0.2.6.2-alpha. Patch by
16787 o Minor bugfixes (tests):
16788 - Fix a crash in the unit tests when built with MSVC2013. Fixes bug
16789 16030; bugfix on 0.2.6.2-alpha. Patch from "NewEraCracker".
16792 Changes in version 0.2.6.8 - 2015-05-21
16793 Tor 0.2.6.8 fixes a bit of dodgy code in parsing INTRODUCE2 cells, and
16794 fixes an authority-side bug in assigning the HSDir flag. All directory
16795 authorities should upgrade.
16797 o Major bugfixes (hidden services, backport from 0.2.7.1-alpha):
16798 - Revert commit that made directory authorities assign the HSDir
16799 flag to relays without a DirPort; this was bad because such relays
16800 can't handle BEGIN_DIR cells. Fixes bug 15850; bugfix
16803 o Minor bugfixes (hidden service, backport from 0.2.7.1-alpha):
16804 - Fix an out-of-bounds read when parsing invalid INTRODUCE2 cells on
16805 a client authorized hidden service. Fixes bug 15823; bugfix
16808 o Minor features (geoip):
16809 - Update geoip to the April 8 2015 Maxmind GeoLite2 Country database.
16810 - Update geoip6 to the April 8 2015 Maxmind GeoLite2
16814 Changes in version 0.2.6.7 - 2015-04-06
16815 Tor 0.2.6.7 fixes two security issues that could be used by an
16816 attacker to crash hidden services, or crash clients visiting hidden
16817 services. Hidden services should upgrade as soon as possible; clients
16818 should upgrade whenever packages become available.
16820 This release also contains two simple improvements to make hidden
16821 services a bit less vulnerable to denial-of-service attacks.
16823 o Major bugfixes (security, hidden service):
16824 - Fix an issue that would allow a malicious client to trigger an
16825 assertion failure and halt a hidden service. Fixes bug 15600;
16826 bugfix on 0.2.1.6-alpha. Reported by "disgleirio".
16827 - Fix a bug that could cause a client to crash with an assertion
16828 failure when parsing a malformed hidden service descriptor. Fixes
16829 bug 15601; bugfix on 0.2.1.5-alpha. Found by "DonnchaC".
16831 o Minor features (DoS-resistance, hidden service):
16832 - Introduction points no longer allow multiple INTRODUCE1 cells to
16833 arrive on the same circuit. This should make it more expensive for
16834 attackers to overwhelm hidden services with introductions.
16835 Resolves ticket 15515.
16836 - Decrease the amount of reattempts that a hidden service performs
16837 when its rendezvous circuits fail. This reduces the computational
16838 cost for running a hidden service under heavy load. Resolves
16842 Changes in version 0.2.5.12 - 2015-04-06
16843 Tor 0.2.5.12 backports two fixes from 0.2.6.7 for security issues that
16844 could be used by an attacker to crash hidden services, or crash clients
16845 visiting hidden services. Hidden services should upgrade as soon as
16846 possible; clients should upgrade whenever packages become available.
16848 This release also backports a simple improvement to make hidden
16849 services a bit less vulnerable to denial-of-service attacks.
16851 o Major bugfixes (security, hidden service):
16852 - Fix an issue that would allow a malicious client to trigger an
16853 assertion failure and halt a hidden service. Fixes bug 15600;
16854 bugfix on 0.2.1.6-alpha. Reported by "disgleirio".
16855 - Fix a bug that could cause a client to crash with an assertion
16856 failure when parsing a malformed hidden service descriptor. Fixes
16857 bug 15601; bugfix on 0.2.1.5-alpha. Found by "DonnchaC".
16859 o Minor features (DoS-resistance, hidden service):
16860 - Introduction points no longer allow multiple INTRODUCE1 cells to
16861 arrive on the same circuit. This should make it more expensive for
16862 attackers to overwhelm hidden services with introductions.
16863 Resolves ticket 15515.
16866 Changes in version 0.2.4.27 - 2015-04-06
16867 Tor 0.2.4.27 backports two fixes from 0.2.6.7 for security issues that
16868 could be used by an attacker to crash hidden services, or crash clients
16869 visiting hidden services. Hidden services should upgrade as soon as
16870 possible; clients should upgrade whenever packages become available.
16872 This release also backports a simple improvement to make hidden
16873 services a bit less vulnerable to denial-of-service attacks.
16875 o Major bugfixes (security, hidden service):
16876 - Fix an issue that would allow a malicious client to trigger an
16877 assertion failure and halt a hidden service. Fixes bug 15600;
16878 bugfix on 0.2.1.6-alpha. Reported by "disgleirio".
16879 - Fix a bug that could cause a client to crash with an assertion
16880 failure when parsing a malformed hidden service descriptor. Fixes
16881 bug 15601; bugfix on 0.2.1.5-alpha. Found by "DonnchaC".
16883 o Minor features (DoS-resistance, hidden service):
16884 - Introduction points no longer allow multiple INTRODUCE1 cells to
16885 arrive on the same circuit. This should make it more expensive for
16886 attackers to overwhelm hidden services with introductions.
16887 Resolves ticket 15515.
16890 Changes in version 0.2.6.6 - 2015-03-24
16891 Tor 0.2.6.6 is the first stable release in the 0.2.6 series.
16893 It adds numerous safety, security, correctness, and performance
16894 improvements. Client programs can be configured to use more kinds of
16895 sockets, AutomapHosts works better, the multithreading backend is
16896 improved, cell transmission is refactored, test coverage is much
16897 higher, more denial-of-service attacks are handled, guard selection is
16898 improved to handle long-term guards better, pluggable transports
16899 should work a bit better, and some annoying hidden service performance
16900 bugs should be addressed.
16902 o New compiler and system requirements:
16903 - Tor 0.2.6.x requires that your compiler support more of the C99
16904 language standard than before. The 'configure' script now detects
16905 whether your compiler supports C99 mid-block declarations and
16906 designated initializers. If it does not, Tor will not compile.
16908 We may revisit this requirement if it turns out that a significant
16909 number of people need to build Tor with compilers that don't
16910 bother implementing a 15-year-old standard. Closes ticket 13233.
16911 - Tor no longer supports systems without threading support. When we
16912 began working on Tor, there were several systems that didn't have
16913 threads, or where the thread support wasn't able to run the
16914 threads of a single process on multiple CPUs. That no longer
16915 holds: every system where Tor needs to run well now has threading
16916 support. Resolves ticket 12439.
16918 o Deprecated versions and removed support:
16919 - Tor relays older than 0.2.4.18-rc are no longer allowed to
16920 advertise themselves on the network. Closes ticket 13555.
16921 - Tor clients no longer support connecting to hidden services
16922 running on Tor 0.2.2.x and earlier; the Support022HiddenServices
16923 option has been removed. (There shouldn't be any hidden services
16924 running these versions on the network.) Closes ticket 7803.
16926 o Directory authority changes:
16927 - The directory authority Faravahar has a new IP address. This
16928 closes ticket 14487.
16929 - Remove turtles as a directory authority.
16930 - Add longclaw as a new (v3) directory authority. This implements
16931 ticket 13296. This keeps the directory authority count at 9.
16933 o Major features (bridges):
16934 - Expose the outgoing upstream HTTP/SOCKS proxy to pluggable
16935 transports if they are configured via the "TOR_PT_PROXY"
16936 environment variable. Implements proposal 232. Resolves
16939 o Major features (changed defaults):
16940 - Prevent relay operators from unintentionally running exits: When a
16941 relay is configured as an exit node, we now warn the user unless
16942 the "ExitRelay" option is set to 1. We warn even more loudly if
16943 the relay is configured with the default exit policy, since this
16944 can indicate accidental misconfiguration. Setting "ExitRelay 0"
16945 stops Tor from running as an exit relay. Closes ticket 10067.
16947 o Major features (client performance, hidden services):
16948 - Allow clients to use optimistic data when connecting to a hidden
16949 service, which should remove a round-trip from hidden service
16950 initialization. See proposal 181 for details. Implements
16953 o Major features (directory system):
16954 - Upon receiving an unparseable directory object, if its digest
16955 matches what we expected, then don't try to download it again.
16956 Previously, when we got a descriptor we didn't like, we would keep
16957 trying to download it over and over. Closes ticket 11243.
16958 - When downloading server- or microdescriptors from a directory
16959 server, we no longer launch multiple simultaneous requests to the
16960 same server. This reduces load on the directory servers,
16961 especially when directory guards are in use. Closes ticket 9969.
16962 - When downloading server- or microdescriptors over a tunneled
16963 connection, do not limit the length of our requests to what the
16964 Squid proxy is willing to handle. Part of ticket 9969.
16965 - Authorities can now vote on the correct digests and latest
16966 versions for different software packages. This allows packages
16967 that include Tor to use the Tor authority system as a way to get
16968 notified of updates and their correct digests. Implements proposal
16969 227. Closes ticket 10395.
16971 o Major features (guards):
16972 - Introduce the Guardfraction feature to improves load balancing on
16973 guard nodes. Specifically, it aims to reduce the traffic gap that
16974 guard nodes experience when they first get the Guard flag. This is
16975 a required step if we want to increase the guard lifetime to 9
16976 months or greater. Closes ticket 9321.
16978 o Major features (hidden services):
16979 - Make HS port scanning more difficult by immediately closing the
16980 circuit when a user attempts to connect to a nonexistent port.
16981 Closes ticket 13667.
16982 - Add a HiddenServiceStatistics option that allows Tor relays to
16983 gather and publish statistics about the overall size and volume of
16984 hidden service usage. Specifically, when this option is turned on,
16985 an HSDir will publish an approximate number of hidden services
16986 that have published descriptors to it the past 24 hours. Also, if
16987 a relay has acted as a hidden service rendezvous point, it will
16988 publish the approximate amount of rendezvous cells it has relayed
16989 the past 24 hours. The statistics themselves are obfuscated so
16990 that the exact values cannot be derived. For more details see
16991 proposal 238, "Better hidden service stats from Tor relays". This
16992 feature is currently disabled by default. Implements feature 13192.
16994 o Major features (performance):
16995 - Make the CPU worker implementation more efficient by avoiding the
16996 kernel and lengthening pipelines. The original implementation used
16997 sockets to transfer data from the main thread to the workers, and
16998 didn't allow any thread to be assigned more than a single piece of
16999 work at once. The new implementation avoids communications
17000 overhead by making requests in shared memory, avoiding kernel IO
17001 where possible, and keeping more requests in flight at once.
17002 Implements ticket 9682.
17004 o Major features (relay):
17005 - Raise the minimum acceptable configured bandwidth rate for bridges
17006 to 50 KiB/sec and for relays to 75 KiB/sec. (The old values were
17007 20 KiB/sec.) Closes ticket 13822.
17008 - Complete revision of the code that relays use to decide which cell
17009 to send next. Formerly, we selected the best circuit to write on
17010 each channel, but we didn't select among channels in any
17011 sophisticated way. Now, we choose the best circuits globally from
17012 among those whose channels are ready to deliver traffic.
17014 This patch implements a new inter-cmux comparison API, a global
17015 high/low watermark mechanism and a global scheduler loop for
17016 transmission prioritization across all channels as well as among
17017 circuits on one channel. This schedule is currently tuned to
17018 (tolerantly) avoid making changes in network performance, but it
17019 should form the basis for major circuit performance increases in
17020 the future. Code by Andrea; tuning by Rob Jansen; implements
17023 o Major features (sample torrc):
17024 - Add a new, infrequently-changed "torrc.minimal". This file is
17025 similar to torrc.sample, but it will change as infrequently as
17026 possible, for the benefit of users whose systems prompt them for
17027 intervention whenever a default configuration file is changed.
17028 Making this change allows us to update torrc.sample to be a more
17029 generally useful "sample torrc".
17031 o Major features (security, unix domain sockets):
17032 - Allow SocksPort to be an AF_UNIX Unix Domain Socket. Now high risk
17033 applications can reach Tor without having to create AF_INET or
17034 AF_INET6 sockets, meaning they can completely disable their
17035 ability to make non-Tor network connections. To create a socket of
17036 this type, use "SocksPort unix:/path/to/socket". Implements
17038 - Support mapping hidden service virtual ports to AF_UNIX sockets.
17039 The syntax is "HiddenServicePort 80 unix:/path/to/socket".
17040 Implements ticket 11485.
17042 o Major bugfixes (client, automap):
17043 - Repair automapping with IPv6 addresses. This automapping should
17044 have worked previously, but one piece of debugging code that we
17045 inserted to detect a regression actually caused the regression to
17046 manifest itself again. Fixes bug 13811 and bug 12831; bugfix on
17047 0.2.4.7-alpha. Diagnosed and fixed by Francisco Blas
17050 o Major bugfixes (crash, OSX, security):
17051 - Fix a remote denial-of-service opportunity caused by a bug in
17052 OSX's _strlcat_chk() function. Fixes bug 15205; bug first appeared
17055 o Major bugfixes (directory authorities):
17056 - Do not assign the HSDir flag to relays if they are not Valid, or
17057 currently hibernating. Fixes 12573; bugfix on 0.2.0.10-alpha.
17059 o Major bugfixes (directory bandwidth performance):
17060 - Don't flush the zlib buffer aggressively when compressing
17061 directory information for clients. This should save about 7% of
17062 the bandwidth currently used for compressed descriptors and
17063 microdescriptors. Fixes bug 11787; bugfix on 0.1.1.23.
17065 o Major bugfixes (exit node stability):
17066 - Fix an assertion failure that could occur under high DNS load.
17067 Fixes bug 14129; bugfix on Tor 0.0.7rc1. Found by "jowr";
17068 diagnosed and fixed by "cypherpunks".
17070 o Major bugfixes (FreeBSD IPFW transparent proxy):
17071 - Fix address detection with FreeBSD transparent proxies, when
17072 "TransProxyType ipfw" is in use. Fixes bug 15064; bugfix
17075 o Major bugfixes (hidden services):
17076 - When closing an introduction circuit that was opened in parallel
17077 with others, don't mark the introduction point as unreachable.
17078 Previously, the first successful connection to an introduction
17079 point would make the other introduction points get marked as
17080 having timed out. Fixes bug 13698; bugfix on 0.0.6rc2.
17082 o Major bugfixes (Linux seccomp2 sandbox):
17083 - Upon receiving sighup with the seccomp2 sandbox enabled, do not
17084 crash during attempts to call wait4. Fixes bug 15088; bugfix on
17085 0.2.5.1-alpha. Patch from "sanic".
17087 o Major bugfixes (mixed relay-client operation):
17088 - When running as a relay and client at the same time (not
17089 recommended), if we decide not to use a new guard because we want
17090 to retry older guards, only close the locally-originating circuits
17091 passing through that guard. Previously we would close all the
17092 circuits through that guard. Fixes bug 9819; bugfix on
17093 0.2.1.1-alpha. Reported by "skruffy".
17095 o Major bugfixes (pluggable transports):
17096 - Initialize the extended OR Port authentication cookie before
17097 launching pluggable transports. This prevents a race condition
17098 that occurred when server-side pluggable transports would cache the
17099 authentication cookie before it has been (re)generated. Fixes bug
17100 15240; bugfix on 0.2.5.1-alpha.
17102 o Major bugfixes (relay, stability, possible security):
17103 - Fix a bug that could lead to a relay crashing with an assertion
17104 failure if a buffer of exactly the wrong layout is passed to
17105 buf_pullup() at exactly the wrong time. Fixes bug 15083; bugfix on
17106 0.2.0.10-alpha. Patch from "cypherpunks".
17107 - Do not assert if the 'data' pointer on a buffer is advanced to the
17108 very end of the buffer; log a BUG message instead. Only assert if
17109 it is past that point. Fixes bug 15083; bugfix on 0.2.0.10-alpha.
17111 o Minor features (build):
17112 - New --disable-system-torrc compile-time option to prevent Tor from
17113 looking for the system-wide torrc or torrc-defaults files.
17114 Resolves ticket 13037.
17116 o Minor features (client):
17117 - Clients are now willing to send optimistic data (before they
17118 receive a 'connected' cell) to relays of any version. (Relays
17119 without support for optimistic data are no longer supported on the
17120 Tor network.) Resolves ticket 13153.
17122 o Minor features (client):
17123 - Validate hostnames in SOCKS5 requests more strictly. If SafeSocks
17124 is enabled, reject requests with IP addresses as hostnames.
17125 Resolves ticket 13315.
17127 o Minor features (controller):
17128 - Add a "SIGNAL HEARTBEAT" controller command that tells Tor to
17129 write an unscheduled heartbeat message to the log. Implements
17131 - Include SOCKS_USERNAME and SOCKS_PASSWORD values in controller
17132 events so controllers can observe circuit isolation inputs. Closes
17134 - ControlPort now supports the unix:/path/to/socket syntax as an
17135 alternative to the ControlSocket option, for consistency with
17136 SocksPort and HiddenServicePort. Closes ticket 14451.
17137 - New "GETINFO bw-event-cache" to get information about recent
17138 bandwidth events. Closes ticket 14128. Useful for controllers to
17139 get recent bandwidth history after the fix for ticket 13988.
17140 - Messages about problems in the bootstrap process now include
17141 information about the server we were trying to connect to when we
17142 noticed the problem. Closes ticket 15006.
17144 o Minor features (Denial of service resistance):
17145 - Count the total number of bytes used storing hidden service
17146 descriptors against the value of MaxMemInQueues. If we're low on
17147 memory, and more than 20% of our memory is used holding hidden
17148 service descriptors, free them until no more than 10% of our
17149 memory holds hidden service descriptors. Free the least recently
17150 fetched descriptors first. Resolves ticket 13806.
17151 - When we have recently been under memory pressure (over 3/4 of
17152 MaxMemInQueues is allocated), then allocate smaller zlib objects
17153 for small requests. Closes ticket 11791.
17155 o Minor features (directory authorities):
17156 - Don't list relays with a bandwidth estimate of 0 in the consensus.
17157 Implements a feature proposed during discussion of bug 13000.
17158 - In tor-gencert, report an error if the user provides the same
17159 argument more than once.
17160 - If a directory authority can't find a best consensus method in the
17161 votes that it holds, it now falls back to its favorite consensus
17162 method. Previously, it fell back to method 1. Neither of these is
17163 likely to get enough signatures, but "fall back to favorite"
17164 doesn't require us to maintain support an obsolete consensus
17165 method. Implements part of proposal 215.
17167 o Minor features (geoip):
17168 - Update geoip to the March 3 2015 Maxmind GeoLite2 Country database.
17169 - Update geoip6 to the March 3 2015 Maxmind GeoLite2
17172 o Minor features (guard nodes):
17173 - Reduce the time delay before saving guard status to disk from 10
17174 minutes to 30 seconds (or from one hour to 10 minutes if
17175 AvoidDiskWrites is set). Closes ticket 12485.
17177 o Minor features (heartbeat):
17178 - On relays, report how many connections we negotiated using each
17179 version of the Tor link protocols. This information will let us
17180 know if removing support for very old versions of the Tor
17181 protocols is harming the network. Closes ticket 15212.
17183 o Minor features (hidden service):
17184 - Make Sybil attacks against hidden services harder by changing the
17185 minimum time required to get the HSDir flag from 25 hours up to 96
17186 hours. Addresses ticket 14149.
17187 - New option "HiddenServiceAllowUnknownPorts" to allow hidden
17188 services to disable the anti-scanning feature introduced in
17189 0.2.6.2-alpha. With this option not set, a connection to an
17190 unlisted port closes the circuit. With this option set, only a
17191 RELAY_DONE cell is sent. Closes ticket 14084.
17192 - When re-enabling the network, don't try to build introduction
17193 circuits until we have successfully built a circuit. This makes
17194 hidden services come up faster when the network is re-enabled.
17195 Patch from "akwizgran". Closes ticket 13447.
17196 - When we fail to retrieve a hidden service descriptor, send the
17197 controller an "HS_DESC FAILED" controller event. Implements
17199 - New HiddenServiceDirGroupReadable option to cause hidden service
17200 directories and hostname files to be created group-readable. Patch
17201 from "anon", David Stainton, and "meejah". Closes ticket 11291.
17203 o Minor features (interface):
17204 - Implement "-f -" command-line option to read torrc configuration
17205 from standard input, if you don't want to store the torrc file in
17206 the file system. Implements feature 13865.
17208 o Minor features (logging):
17209 - Add a count of unique clients to the bridge heartbeat message.
17210 Resolves ticket 6852.
17211 - Suppress "router info incompatible with extra info" message when
17212 reading extrainfo documents from cache. (This message got loud
17213 around when we closed bug 9812 in 0.2.6.2-alpha.) Closes
17215 - Elevate hidden service authorized-client message from DEBUG to
17216 INFO. Closes ticket 14015.
17217 - On Unix-like systems, you can now use named pipes as the target of
17218 the Log option, and other options that try to append to files.
17219 Closes ticket 12061. Patch from "carlo von lynX".
17220 - When opening a log file at startup, send it every log message that
17221 we generated between startup and opening it. Previously, log
17222 messages that were generated before opening the log file were only
17223 logged to stdout. Closes ticket 6938.
17224 - Add a TruncateLogFile option to overwrite logs instead of
17225 appending to them. Closes ticket 5583.
17226 - Quiet some log messages in the heartbeat and at startup. Closes
17229 o Minor features (portability, Solaris):
17230 - Threads are no longer disabled by default on Solaris; we believe
17231 that the versions of Solaris with broken threading support are all
17232 obsolete by now. Resolves ticket 9495.
17234 o Minor features (relay):
17235 - Re-check our address after we detect a changed IP address from
17236 getsockname(). This ensures that the controller command "GETINFO
17237 address" will report the correct value. Resolves ticket 11582.
17239 - A new AccountingRule option lets Relays set whether they'd like
17240 AccountingMax to be applied separately to inbound and outbound
17241 traffic, or applied to the sum of inbound and outbound traffic.
17242 Resolves ticket 961. Patch by "chobe".
17243 - When identity keypair is generated for first time, log a
17244 congratulatory message that links to the new relay lifecycle
17245 document. Implements feature 10427.
17247 o Minor features (security, memory wiping):
17248 - Ensure we securely wipe keys from memory after
17249 crypto_digest_get_digest and init_curve25519_keypair_from_file
17250 have finished using them. Resolves ticket 13477.
17252 o Minor features (security, out-of-memory handling):
17253 - When handling an out-of-memory condition, allocate less memory for
17254 temporary data structures. Fixes issue 10115.
17255 - When handling an out-of-memory condition, consider more types of
17256 buffers, including those on directory connections, and zlib
17257 buffers. Resolves ticket 11792.
17259 o Minor features (stability):
17260 - Add assertions in our hash-table iteration code to check for
17261 corrupted values that could cause infinite loops. Closes
17264 o Minor features (systemd):
17265 - Various improvements and modernizations in systemd hardening
17266 support. Closes ticket 13805. Patch from Craig Andrews.
17267 - Where supported, when running with systemd, report successful
17268 startup to systemd. Part of ticket 11016. Patch by Michael Scherer.
17269 - When running with systemd, support systemd watchdog messages. Part
17270 of ticket 11016. Patch by Michael Scherer.
17272 o Minor features (testing networks):
17273 - Add the TestingDirAuthVoteExit option, which lists nodes to assign
17274 the "Exit" flag regardless of their uptime, bandwidth, or exit
17275 policy. TestingTorNetwork must be set for this option to have any
17276 effect. Previously, authorities would take up to 35 minutes to
17277 give nodes the Exit flag in a test network. Partially implements
17279 - Drop the minimum RendPostPeriod on a testing network to 5 seconds,
17280 and the default on a testing network to 2 minutes. Drop the
17281 MIN_REND_INITIAL_POST_DELAY on a testing network to 5 seconds, but
17282 keep the default on a testing network at 30 seconds. This reduces
17283 HS bootstrap time to around 25 seconds. Also, change the default
17284 time in test-network.sh to match. Closes ticket 13401. Patch
17286 - Create TestingDirAuthVoteHSDir to correspond to
17287 TestingDirAuthVoteExit/Guard. Ensures that authorities vote the
17288 HSDir flag for the listed relays regardless of uptime or ORPort
17289 connectivity. Respects the value of VoteOnHidServDirectoriesV2.
17290 Partial implementation for ticket 14067. Patch by "teor".
17292 o Minor features (tor2web mode):
17293 - Introduce the config option Tor2webRendezvousPoints, which allows
17294 clients in Tor2webMode to select a specific Rendezvous Point to be
17295 used in HS circuits. This might allow better performance for
17296 Tor2Web nodes. Implements ticket 12844.
17298 o Minor features (transparent proxy):
17299 - Update the transparent proxy option checks to allow for both ipfw
17300 and pf on OS X. Closes ticket 14002.
17301 - Use the correct option when using IPv6 with transparent proxy
17302 support on Linux. Resolves 13808. Patch by Francisco Blas
17305 o Minor features (validation):
17306 - Check all date/time values passed to tor_timegm and
17307 parse_rfc1123_time for validity, taking leap years into account.
17308 Improves HTTP header validation. Implemented with bug 13476.
17309 - In correct_tm(), limit the range of values returned by system
17310 localtime(_r) and gmtime(_r) to be between the years 1 and 8099.
17311 This means we don't have to deal with negative or too large dates,
17312 even if a clock is wrong. Otherwise we might fail to read a file
17313 written by us which includes such a date. Fixes bug 13476.
17314 - Stop allowing invalid address patterns like "*/24" that contain
17315 both a wildcard address and a bit prefix length. This affects all
17316 our address-range parsing code. Fixes bug 7484; bugfix
17319 o Minor bugfixes (bridge clients):
17320 - When configured to use a bridge without an identity digest (not
17321 recommended), avoid launching an extra channel to it when
17322 bootstrapping. Fixes bug 7733; bugfix on 0.2.4.4-alpha.
17324 o Minor bugfixes (bridges):
17325 - When DisableNetwork is set, do not launch pluggable transport
17326 plugins, and if any are running, terminate them. Fixes bug 13213;
17327 bugfix on 0.2.3.6-alpha.
17329 o Minor bugfixes (C correctness):
17330 - Fix several instances of possible integer overflow/underflow/NaN.
17331 Fixes bug 13104; bugfix on 0.2.3.1-alpha and later. Patches
17333 - In circuit_build_times_calculate_timeout() in circuitstats.c,
17334 avoid dividing by zero in the pareto calculations. This traps
17335 under clang's "undefined-trap" sanitizer. Fixes bug 13290; bugfix
17337 - Fix an integer overflow in format_time_interval(). Fixes bug
17338 13393; bugfix on 0.2.0.10-alpha.
17339 - Set the correct day of year value when the system's localtime(_r)
17340 or gmtime(_r) functions fail to set struct tm. Not externally
17341 visible. Fixes bug 13476; bugfix on 0.0.2pre14.
17342 - Avoid unlikely signed integer overflow in tor_timegm on systems
17343 with 32-bit time_t. Fixes bug 13476; bugfix on 0.0.2pre14.
17345 o Minor bugfixes (certificate handling):
17346 - If an authority operator accidentally makes a signing certificate
17347 with a future publication time, do not discard its real signing
17348 certificates. Fixes bug 11457; bugfix on 0.2.0.3-alpha.
17349 - Remove any old authority certificates that have been superseded
17350 for at least two days. Previously, we would keep superseded
17351 certificates until they expired, if they were published close in
17352 time to the certificate that superseded them. Fixes bug 11454;
17353 bugfix on 0.2.1.8-alpha.
17355 o Minor bugfixes (client):
17356 - Fix smartlist_choose_node_by_bandwidth() so that relays with the
17357 BadExit flag are not considered worthy candidates. Fixes bug
17358 13066; bugfix on 0.1.2.3-alpha.
17359 - Use the consensus schedule for downloading consensuses, and not
17360 the generic schedule. Fixes bug 11679; bugfix on 0.2.2.6-alpha.
17361 - Handle unsupported or malformed SOCKS5 requests properly by
17362 responding with the appropriate error message before closing the
17363 connection. Fixes bugs 12971 and 13314; bugfix on 0.0.2pre13.
17365 o Minor bugfixes (client, automapping):
17366 - Avoid crashing on torrc lines for VirtualAddrNetworkIPv[4|6] when
17367 no value follows the option. Fixes bug 14142; bugfix on
17368 0.2.4.7-alpha. Patch by "teor".
17369 - Fix a memory leak when using AutomapHostsOnResolve. Fixes bug
17370 14195; bugfix on 0.1.0.1-rc.
17371 - Prevent changes to other options from removing the wildcard value
17372 "." from "AutomapHostsSuffixes". Fixes bug 12509; bugfix
17374 - Allow MapAddress and AutomapHostsOnResolve to work together when
17375 an address is mapped into another address type (like .onion) that
17376 must be automapped at resolve time. Fixes bug 7555; bugfix
17379 o Minor bugfixes (client, bridges):
17380 - When we are using bridges and we had a network connectivity
17381 problem, only retry connecting to our currently configured
17382 bridges, not all bridges we know about and remember using. Fixes
17383 bug 14216; bugfix on 0.2.2.17-alpha.
17385 o Minor bugfixes (client, DNS):
17386 - Report the correct cached DNS expiration times on SOCKS port or in
17387 DNS replies. Previously, we would report everything as "never
17388 expires." Fixes bug 14193; bugfix on 0.2.3.17-beta.
17389 - Avoid a small memory leak when we find a cached answer for a
17390 reverse DNS lookup in a client-side DNS cache. (Remember, client-
17391 side DNS caching is off by default, and is not recommended.) Fixes
17392 bug 14259; bugfix on 0.2.0.1-alpha.
17394 o Minor bugfixes (client, IPv6):
17395 - Reject socks requests to literal IPv6 addresses when IPv6Traffic
17396 flag is not set; and not because the NoIPv4Traffic flag was set.
17397 Previously we'd looked at the NoIPv4Traffic flag for both types of
17398 literal addresses. Fixes bug 14280; bugfix on 0.2.4.7-alpha.
17400 o Minor bugfixes (client, microdescriptors):
17401 - Use a full 256 bits of the SHA256 digest of a microdescriptor when
17402 computing which microdescriptors to download. This keeps us from
17403 erroneous download behavior if two microdescriptor digests ever
17404 have the same first 160 bits. Fixes part of bug 13399; bugfix
17406 - Reset a router's status if its microdescriptor digest changes,
17407 even if the first 160 bits remain the same. Fixes part of bug
17408 13399; bugfix on 0.2.3.1-alpha.
17410 o Minor bugfixes (client, torrc):
17411 - Stop modifying the value of our DirReqStatistics torrc option just
17412 because we're not a bridge or relay. This bug was causing Tor
17413 Browser users to write "DirReqStatistics 0" in their torrc files
17414 as if they had chosen to change the config. Fixes bug 4244; bugfix
17416 - When GeoIPExcludeUnknown is enabled, do not incorrectly decide
17417 that our options have changed every time we SIGHUP. Fixes bug
17418 9801; bugfix on 0.2.4.10-alpha. Patch from "qwerty1".
17420 o Minor bugfixes (compilation):
17421 - Fix a compilation warning on s390. Fixes bug 14988; bugfix
17423 - Silence clang warnings under --enable-expensive-hardening,
17424 including implicit truncation of 64 bit values to 32 bit, const
17425 char assignment to self, tautological compare, and additional
17426 parentheses around equality tests. Fixes bug 13577; bugfix
17428 - Fix a clang warning about checking whether an address in the
17429 middle of a structure is NULL. Fixes bug 14001; bugfix
17431 - The address of an array in the middle of a structure will always
17432 be non-NULL. clang recognises this and complains. Disable the
17433 tautologous and redundant check to silence this warning. Fixes bug
17434 14001; bugfix on 0.2.1.2-alpha.
17435 - Compile correctly with (unreleased) OpenSSL 1.1.0 headers.
17436 Addresses ticket 14188.
17437 - Build without warnings with the stock OpenSSL srtp.h header, which
17438 has a duplicate declaration of SSL_get_selected_srtp_profile().
17439 Fixes bug 14220; this is OpenSSL's bug, not ours.
17440 - Do not compile any code related to Tor2Web mode when Tor2Web mode
17441 is not enabled at compile time. Previously, this code was included
17442 in a disabled state. See discussion on ticket 12844.
17443 - Allow our configure script to build correctly with autoconf 2.62
17444 again. Fixes bug 12693; bugfix on 0.2.5.2-alpha.
17445 - Improve the error message from ./configure to make it clear that
17446 when asciidoc has not been found, the user will have to either add
17447 --disable-asciidoc argument or install asciidoc. Resolves
17450 o Minor bugfixes (controller):
17451 - Report "down" in response to the "GETINFO entry-guards" command
17452 when relays are down with an unreachable_since value. Previously,
17453 we would report "up". Fixes bug 14184; bugfix on 0.1.2.2-alpha.
17454 - Avoid crashing on a malformed EXTENDCIRCUIT command. Fixes bug
17455 14116; bugfix on 0.2.2.9-alpha.
17457 o Minor bugfixes (controller):
17458 - Return an error when the second or later arguments of the
17459 "setevents" controller command are invalid events. Previously we
17460 would return success while silently skipping invalid events. Fixes
17461 bug 13205; bugfix on 0.2.3.2-alpha. Reported by "fpxnns".
17463 o Minor bugfixes (directory authority):
17464 - Allow directory authorities to fetch more data from one another if
17465 they find themselves missing lots of votes. Previously, they had
17466 been bumping against the 10 MB queued data limit. Fixes bug 14261;
17467 bugfix on 0.1.2.5-alpha.
17468 - Do not attempt to download extrainfo documents which we will be
17469 unable to validate with a matching server descriptor. Fixes bug
17470 13762; bugfix on 0.2.0.1-alpha.
17471 - Fix a bug that was truncating AUTHDIR_NEWDESC events sent to the
17472 control port. Fixes bug 14953; bugfix on 0.2.0.1-alpha.
17473 - Enlarge the buffer to read bwauth generated files to avoid an
17474 issue when parsing the file in dirserv_read_measured_bandwidths().
17475 Fixes bug 14125; bugfix on 0.2.2.1-alpha.
17476 - When running as a v3 directory authority, advertise that you serve
17477 extra-info documents so that clients who want them can find them
17478 from you too. Fixes part of bug 11683; bugfix on 0.2.0.1-alpha.
17480 o Minor bugfixes (directory system):
17481 - Always believe that v3 directory authorities serve extra-info
17482 documents, whether they advertise "caches-extra-info" or not.
17483 Fixes part of bug 11683; bugfix on 0.2.0.1-alpha.
17484 - Check the BRIDGE_DIRINFO flag bitwise rather than using equality.
17485 Previously, directories offering BRIDGE_DIRINFO and some other
17486 flag (i.e. microdescriptors or extrainfo) would be ignored when
17487 looking for bridges. Partially fixes bug 13163; bugfix
17490 o Minor bugfixes (file handling):
17491 - Stop failing when key files are zero-length. Instead, generate new
17492 keys, and overwrite the empty key files. Fixes bug 13111; bugfix
17493 on all versions of Tor. Patch by "teor".
17494 - Stop generating a fresh .old RSA onion key file when the .old file
17495 is missing. Fixes part of 13111; bugfix on 0.0.6rc1.
17496 - Avoid overwriting .old key files with empty key files.
17497 - Skip loading zero-length extrainfo store, router store, stats,
17498 state, and key files.
17499 - Avoid crashing when trying to reload a torrc specified as a
17500 relative path with RunAsDaemon turned on. Fixes bug 13397; bugfix
17503 o Minor bugfixes (hidden services):
17504 - Close the introduction circuit when we have no more usable intro
17505 points, instead of waiting for it to time out. This also ensures
17506 that no follow-up HS descriptor fetch is triggered when the
17507 circuit eventually times out. Fixes bug 14224; bugfix on 0.0.6.
17508 - When fetching a hidden service descriptor for a down service that
17509 was recently up, do not keep refetching until we try the same
17510 replica twice in a row. Fixes bug 14219; bugfix on 0.2.0.10-alpha.
17511 - Correctly send a controller event when we find that a rendezvous
17512 circuit has finished. Fixes bug 13936; bugfix on 0.1.1.5-alpha.
17513 - Pre-check directory permissions for new hidden-services to avoid
17514 at least one case of "Bug: Acting on config options left us in a
17515 broken state. Dying." Fixes bug 13942; bugfix on 0.0.6pre1.
17516 - When fetching hidden service descriptors, we now check not only
17517 for whether we got the hidden service we had in mind, but also
17518 whether we got the particular descriptors we wanted. This prevents
17519 a class of inefficient but annoying DoS attacks by hidden service
17520 directories. Fixes bug 13214; bugfix on 0.2.1.6-alpha. Reported
17523 o Minor bugfixes (Linux seccomp2 sandbox):
17524 - Make transparent proxy support work along with the seccomp2
17525 sandbox. Fixes part of bug 13808; bugfix on 0.2.5.1-alpha. Patch
17526 by Francisco Blas Izquierdo Riera.
17527 - Fix a memory leak in tor-resolve when running with the sandbox
17528 enabled. Fixes bug 14050; bugfix on 0.2.5.9-rc.
17529 - Allow glibc fatal errors to be sent to stderr before Tor exits.
17530 Previously, glibc would try to write them to /dev/tty, and the
17531 sandbox would trap the call and make Tor exit prematurely. Fixes
17532 bug 14759; bugfix on 0.2.5.1-alpha.
17534 o Minor bugfixes (logging):
17535 - Avoid crashing when there are more log domains than entries in
17536 domain_list. Bugfix on 0.2.3.1-alpha.
17537 - Downgrade warnings about RSA signature failures to info log level.
17538 Emit a warning when an extra info document is found incompatible
17539 with a corresponding router descriptor. Fixes bug 9812; bugfix
17541 - Make connection_ap_handshake_attach_circuit() log the circuit ID
17542 correctly. Fixes bug 13701; bugfix on 0.0.6.
17544 o Minor bugfixes (networking):
17545 - Check for orconns and use connection_or_close_for_error() rather
17546 than connection_mark_for_close() directly in the getsockopt()
17547 failure case of connection_handle_write_impl(). Fixes bug 11302;
17548 bugfix on 0.2.4.4-alpha.
17550 o Minor bugfixes (parsing):
17551 - Stop accepting milliseconds (or other junk) at the end of
17552 descriptor publication times. Fixes bug 9286; bugfix on 0.0.2pre25.
17553 - Support two-number and three-number version numbers correctly, in
17554 case we change the Tor versioning system in the future. Fixes bug
17555 13661; bugfix on 0.0.8pre1.
17557 o Minor bugfixes (portability):
17558 - Fix the ioctl()-based network interface lookup code so that it
17559 will work on systems that have variable-length struct ifreq, for
17561 - Use the correct datatype in the SipHash-2-4 function to prevent
17562 compilers from assuming any sort of alignment. Fixes bug 15436;
17563 bugfix on 0.2.5.3-alpha.
17565 o Minor bugfixes (preventative security, C safety):
17566 - When reading a hexadecimal, base-32, or base-64 encoded value from
17567 a string, always overwrite the whole output buffer. This prevents
17568 some bugs where we would look at (but fortunately, not reveal)
17569 uninitialized memory on the stack. Fixes bug 14013; bugfix on all
17571 - Clear all memory targeted by tor_addr_{to,from}_sockaddr(), not
17572 just the part that's used. This makes it harder for data leak bugs
17573 to occur in the event of other programming failures. Resolves
17576 o Minor bugfixes (relay):
17577 - When generating our family list, remove spaces from around the
17578 entries. Fixes bug 12728; bugfix on 0.2.1.7-alpha.
17579 - If our previous bandwidth estimate was 0 bytes, allow publishing a
17580 new relay descriptor immediately. Fixes bug 13000; bugfix
17583 o Minor bugfixes (shutdown):
17584 - When shutting down, always call event_del() on lingering read or
17585 write events before freeing them. Otherwise, we risk double-frees
17586 or read-after-frees in event_base_free(). Fixes bug 12985; bugfix
17589 o Minor bugfixes (small memory leaks):
17590 - Avoid leaking memory when using IPv6 virtual address mappings.
17591 Fixes bug 14123; bugfix on 0.2.4.7-alpha. Patch by Tom van
17594 o Minor bugfixes (statistics):
17595 - Increase period over which bandwidth observations are aggregated
17596 from 15 minutes to 4 hours. Fixes bug 13988; bugfix on 0.0.8pre1.
17598 o Minor bugfixes (systemd support):
17599 - Run correctly under systemd with the RunAsDaemon option set. Fixes
17600 part of bug 14141; bugfix on 0.2.5.7-rc. Patch from Tomasz Torcz.
17601 - Inform the systemd supervisor about more changes in the Tor
17602 process status. Implements part of ticket 14141. Patch from
17605 o Minor bugfixes (testing networks):
17606 - Fix TestingDirAuthVoteGuard to properly give out Guard flags in a
17607 testing network. Fixes bug 13064; bugfix on 0.2.5.2-alpha.
17608 - Stop using the default authorities in networks which provide both
17609 AlternateDirAuthority and AlternateBridgeAuthority. Partially
17610 fixes bug 13163; bugfix on 0.2.0.13-alpha.
17612 o Minor bugfixes (testing networks, fast startup):
17613 - Allow Tor to build circuits using a consensus with no exits. If
17614 the consensus has no exits (typical of a bootstrapping test
17615 network), allow Tor to build circuits once enough descriptors have
17616 been downloaded. This assists in bootstrapping a testing Tor
17617 network. Fixes bug 13718; bugfix on 0.2.4.10-alpha. Patch
17619 - When V3AuthVotingInterval is low, give a lower If-Modified-Since
17620 header to directory servers. This allows us to obtain consensuses
17621 promptly when the consensus interval is very short. This assists
17622 in bootstrapping a testing Tor network. Fixes parts of bugs 13718
17623 and 13963; bugfix on 0.2.0.3-alpha. Patch by "teor".
17624 - Stop assuming that private addresses are local when checking
17625 reachability in a TestingTorNetwork. Instead, when testing, assume
17626 all OR connections are remote. (This is necessary due to many test
17627 scenarios running all relays on localhost.) This assists in
17628 bootstrapping a testing Tor network. Fixes bug 13924; bugfix on
17629 0.1.0.1-rc. Patch by "teor".
17630 - Avoid building exit circuits from a consensus with no exits. Now
17631 thanks to our fix for 13718, we accept a no-exit network as not
17632 wholly lost, but we need to remember not to try to build exit
17633 circuits on it. Closes ticket 13814; patch by "teor".
17634 - Stop requiring exits to have non-zero bandwithcapacity in a
17635 TestingTorNetwork. Instead, when TestingMinExitFlagThreshold is 0,
17636 ignore exit bandwidthcapacity. This assists in bootstrapping a
17637 testing Tor network. Fixes parts of bugs 13718 and 13839; bugfix
17638 on 0.2.0.3-alpha. Patch by "teor".
17639 - Add "internal" to some bootstrap statuses when no exits are
17640 available. If the consensus does not contain Exits, Tor will only
17641 build internal circuits. In this case, relevant statuses will
17642 contain the word "internal" as indicated in the Tor control-
17643 spec.txt. When bootstrap completes, Tor will be ready to build
17644 internal circuits. If a future consensus contains Exits, exit
17645 circuits may become available. Fixes part of bug 13718; bugfix on
17646 0.2.4.10-alpha. Patch by "teor".
17647 - Decrease minimum consensus interval to 10 seconds when
17648 TestingTorNetwork is set, or 5 seconds for the first consensus.
17649 Fix assumptions throughout the code that assume larger intervals.
17650 Fixes bugs 13718 and 13823; bugfix on 0.2.0.3-alpha. Patch
17652 - Avoid excluding guards from path building in minimal test
17653 networks, when we're in a test network and excluding guards would
17654 exclude all relays. This typically occurs in incredibly small tor
17655 networks, and those using "TestingAuthVoteGuard *". Fixes part of
17656 bug 13718; bugfix on 0.1.1.11-alpha. Patch by "teor".
17658 o Minor bugfixes (testing):
17659 - Avoid a side-effect in a tor_assert() in the unit tests. Fixes bug
17660 15188; bugfix on 0.1.2.3-alpha. Patch from Tom van der Woerdt.
17661 - Stop spawn test failures due to a race condition between the
17662 SIGCHLD handler updating the process status, and the test reading
17663 it. Fixes bug 13291; bugfix on 0.2.3.3-alpha.
17664 - Avoid passing an extra backslash when creating a temporary
17665 directory for running the unit tests on Windows. Fixes bug 12392;
17666 bugfix on 0.2.2.25-alpha. Patch from Gisle Vanem.
17668 o Minor bugfixes (TLS):
17669 - Check more thoroughly throughout the TLS code for possible
17670 unlogged TLS errors. Possible diagnostic or fix for bug 13319.
17672 o Minor bugfixes (transparent proxy):
17673 - Use getsockname, not getsockopt, to retrieve the address for a
17674 TPROXY-redirected connection. Fixes bug 13796; bugfix
17677 o Minor bugfixes (windows):
17678 - Remove code to special-case handling of NTE_BAD_KEYSET when
17679 acquiring windows CryptoAPI context. This error can't actually
17680 occur for the parameters we're providing. Fixes bug 10816; bugfix
17683 o Minor bugfixes (zlib):
17684 - Avoid truncating a zlib stream when trying to finalize it with an
17685 empty output buffer. Fixes bug 11824; bugfix on 0.1.1.23.
17687 o Code simplification and refactoring:
17688 - Change the entry_is_live() function to take named bitfield
17689 elements instead of an unnamed list of booleans. Closes
17691 - Refactor and unit-test entry_is_time_to_retry() in entrynodes.c.
17692 Resolves ticket 12205.
17693 - Use calloc and reallocarray functions instead of multiply-
17694 then-malloc. This makes it less likely for us to fall victim to an
17695 integer overflow attack when allocating. Resolves ticket 12855.
17696 - Use the standard macro name SIZE_MAX, instead of our
17698 - Document usage of the NO_DIRINFO and ALL_DIRINFO flags clearly in
17699 functions which take them as arguments. Replace 0 with NO_DIRINFO
17700 in a function call for clarity. Seeks to prevent future issues
17702 - Avoid 4 null pointer errors under clang static analysis by using
17703 tor_assert() to prove that the pointers aren't null. Fixes
17705 - Rework the API of policies_parse_exit_policy() to use a bitmask to
17706 represent parsing options, instead of a confusing mess of
17707 booleans. Resolves ticket 8197.
17708 - Introduce a helper function to parse ExitPolicy in
17709 or_options_t structure.
17710 - Move fields related to isolating and configuring client ports into
17711 a shared structure. Previously, they were duplicated across
17712 port_cfg_t, listener_connection_t, and edge_connection_t. Failure
17713 to copy them correctly had been the cause of at least one bug in
17714 the past. Closes ticket 8546.
17715 - Refactor the get_interface_addresses_raw() doom-function into
17716 multiple smaller and simpler subfunctions. Cover the resulting
17717 subfunctions with unit-tests. Fixes a significant portion of
17719 - Remove workaround in dirserv_thinks_router_is_hs_dir() that was
17720 only for version <= 0.2.2.24 which is now deprecated. Closes
17722 - Remove a test for a long-defunct broken version-one
17724 - Refactor main loop to extract the 'loop' part. This makes it
17725 easier to run Tor under Shadow. Closes ticket 15176.
17726 - Stop using can_complete_circuits as a global variable; access it
17727 with a function instead.
17728 - Avoid using operators directly as macro arguments: this lets us
17729 apply coccinelle transformations to our codebase more directly.
17730 Closes ticket 13172.
17731 - Combine the functions used to parse ClientTransportPlugin and
17732 ServerTransportPlugin into a single function. Closes ticket 6456.
17733 - Add inline functions and convenience macros for inspecting channel
17734 state. Refactor the code to use convenience macros instead of
17735 checking channel state directly. Fixes issue 7356.
17736 - Document all members of was_router_added_t and rename
17737 ROUTER_WAS_NOT_NEW to ROUTER_IS_ALREADY_KNOWN to make it less
17738 confusable with ROUTER_WAS_TOO_OLD. Fixes issue 13644.
17739 - In connection_exit_begin_conn(), use END_CIRC_REASON_TORPROTOCOL
17740 constant instead of hardcoded value. Fixes issue 13840.
17741 - Refactor our generic strmap and digestmap types into a single
17742 implementation, so that we can add a new digest256map
17746 - Add a doc/TUNING document with tips for handling large numbers of
17747 TCP connections when running busy Tor relay. Update the warning
17748 message to point to this file when running out of sockets
17749 operating system is allowing to use simultaneously. Resolves
17751 - Adding section on OpenBSD to our TUNING document. Thanks to mmcc
17752 for writing the OpenBSD-specific tips. Resolves ticket 13702.
17753 - Make the tor-resolve documentation match its help string and its
17754 options. Resolves part of ticket 14325.
17755 - Log a more useful error message from tor-resolve when failing to
17756 look up a hidden service address. Resolves part of ticket 14325.
17757 - Document the bridge-authority-only 'networkstatus-bridges' file.
17758 Closes ticket 13713; patch from "tom".
17759 - Fix typo in PredictedPortsRelevanceTime option description in
17760 manpage. Resolves issue 13707.
17761 - Stop suggesting that users specify relays by nickname: it isn't a
17762 good idea. Also, properly cross-reference how to specify relays in
17763 all parts of manual documenting options that take a list of
17764 relays. Closes ticket 13381.
17765 - Clarify the HiddenServiceDir option description in manpage to make
17766 it clear that relative paths are taken with respect to the current
17767 working directory. Also clarify that this behavior is not
17768 guaranteed to remain indefinitely. Fixes issue 13913.
17770 o Distribution (systemd):
17771 - systemd unit file: only allow tor to write to /var/lib/tor and
17772 /var/log/tor. The rest of the filesystem is accessible for reading
17773 only. Patch by intrigeri; resolves ticket 12751.
17774 - systemd unit file: ensure that the process and all its children
17775 can never gain new privileges. Patch by intrigeri; resolves
17777 - systemd unit file: set up /var/run/tor as writable for the Tor
17778 service. Patch by intrigeri; resolves ticket 13196.
17780 o Downgraded warnings:
17781 - Don't warn when we've attempted to contact a relay using the wrong
17782 ntor onion key. Closes ticket 9635.
17785 - Remove some lingering dead code that once supported mempools.
17786 Mempools were disabled by default in 0.2.5, and removed entirely
17787 in 0.2.6.3-alpha. Closes more of ticket 14848; patch
17790 o Removed features (directory authorities):
17791 - Remove code that prevented authorities from listing Tor relays
17792 affected by CVE-2011-2769 as guards. These relays are already
17793 rejected altogether due to the minimum version requirement of
17794 0.2.3.16-alpha. Closes ticket 13152.
17795 - The "AuthDirRejectUnlisted" option no longer has any effect, as
17796 the fingerprints file (approved-routers) has been deprecated.
17797 - Directory authorities do not support being Naming dirauths anymore.
17798 The "NamingAuthoritativeDir" config option is now obsolete.
17799 - Directory authorities do not support giving out the BadDirectory
17801 - Directory authorities no longer advertise or support consensus
17802 methods 1 through 12 inclusive. These consensus methods were
17803 obsolete and/or insecure: maintaining the ability to support them
17804 served no good purpose. Implements part of proposal 215; closes
17807 o Removed features:
17808 - To avoid confusion with the "ExitRelay" option, "ExitNode" is no
17809 longer silently accepted as an alias for "ExitNodes".
17810 - The --enable-mempool and --enable-buf-freelists options, which
17811 were originally created to work around bad malloc implementations,
17812 no longer exist. They were off-by-default in 0.2.5. Closes
17814 - We no longer remind the user about configuration options that have
17815 been obsolete since 0.2.3.x or earlier. Patch by Adrien Bak.
17816 - Remove our old, non-weighted bandwidth-based node selection code.
17817 Previously, we used it as a fallback when we couldn't perform
17818 weighted bandwidth-based node selection. But that would only
17819 happen in the cases where we had no consensus, or when we had a
17820 consensus generated by buggy or ancient directory authorities. In
17821 either case, it's better to use the more modern, better maintained
17822 algorithm, with reasonable defaults for the weights. Closes
17824 - Remove the --disable-curve25519 configure option. Relays and
17825 clients now are required to support curve25519 and the
17827 - The old "StrictEntryNodes" and "StrictExitNodes" options, which
17828 used to be deprecated synonyms for "StrictNodes", are now marked
17829 obsolete. Resolves ticket 12226.
17830 - Clients don't understand the BadDirectory flag in the consensus
17831 anymore, and ignore it.
17833 o Removed platform support:
17834 - We no longer include special code to build on Windows CE; as far
17835 as we know, nobody has used Tor on Windows CE in a very long time.
17836 Closes ticket 11446.
17838 o Testing (test-network.sh):
17839 - Stop using "echo -n", as some shells' built-in echo doesn't
17840 support "-n". Instead, use "/bin/echo -n". Partially fixes
17842 - Stop an apparent test-network hang when used with make -j2. Fixes
17844 - Add a --delay option to test-network.sh, which configures the
17845 delay before the chutney network tests for data transmission.
17846 Partially implements ticket 13161.
17849 - Test that tor does not fail when key files are zero-length. Check
17850 that tor generates new keys, and overwrites the empty key files.
17851 - Test that tor generates new keys when keys are missing
17852 (existing behavior).
17853 - Test that tor does not overwrite key files that already contain
17854 data (existing behavior). Tests bug 13111. Patch by "teor".
17855 - New "make test-stem" target to run stem integration tests.
17856 Requires that the "STEM_SOURCE_DIR" environment variable be set.
17857 Closes ticket 14107.
17858 - Make the test_cmdline_args.py script work correctly on Windows.
17859 Patch from Gisle Vanem.
17860 - Move the slower unit tests into a new "./src/test/test-slow"
17861 binary that can be run independently of the other tests. Closes
17863 - New tests for many parts of channel, relay, and circuitmux
17864 functionality. Code by Andrea; part of 9262.
17865 - New tests for parse_transport_line(). Part of ticket 6456.
17866 - In the unit tests, use chgrp() to change the group of the unit
17867 test temporary directory to the current user, so that the sticky
17868 bit doesn't interfere with tests that check directory groups.
17870 - Add unit tests for resolve_my_addr(). Part of ticket 12376; patch
17872 - Refactor the function that chooses guard nodes so that it can more
17873 easily be tested; write some tests for it.
17874 - Fix and re-enable the fgets_eagain unit test. Fixes bug 12503;
17875 bugfix on 0.2.3.1-alpha. Patch from "cypherpunks."
17876 - Create unit tests for format_time_interval(). With bug 13393.
17877 - Add unit tests for tor_timegm signed overflow, tor_timegm and
17878 parse_rfc1123_time validity checks, correct_tm year clamping. Unit
17879 tests (visible) fixes in bug 13476.
17880 - Add a "coverage-html" make target to generate HTML-visualized
17881 coverage results when building with --enable-coverage. (Requires
17882 lcov.) Patch from Kevin Murray.
17883 - Enable the backtrace handler (where supported) when running the
17885 - Revise all unit tests that used the legacy test_* macros to
17886 instead use the recommended tt_* macros. This patch was generated
17887 with coccinelle, to avoid manual errors. Closes ticket 13119.
17889 Changes in version 0.2.5.11 - 2015-03-17
17890 Tor 0.2.5.11 is the second stable release in the 0.2.5 series.
17892 It backports several bugfixes from the 0.2.6 branch, including a
17893 couple of medium-level security fixes for relays and exit nodes.
17894 It also updates the list of directory authorities.
17896 o Directory authority changes:
17897 - Remove turtles as a directory authority.
17898 - Add longclaw as a new (v3) directory authority. This implements
17899 ticket 13296. This keeps the directory authority count at 9.
17900 - The directory authority Faravahar has a new IP address. This
17901 closes ticket 14487.
17903 o Major bugfixes (crash, OSX, security):
17904 - Fix a remote denial-of-service opportunity caused by a bug in
17905 OSX's _strlcat_chk() function. Fixes bug 15205; bug first appeared
17908 o Major bugfixes (relay, stability, possible security):
17909 - Fix a bug that could lead to a relay crashing with an assertion
17910 failure if a buffer of exactly the wrong layout was passed to
17911 buf_pullup() at exactly the wrong time. Fixes bug 15083; bugfix on
17912 0.2.0.10-alpha. Patch from 'cypherpunks'.
17913 - Do not assert if the 'data' pointer on a buffer is advanced to the
17914 very end of the buffer; log a BUG message instead. Only assert if
17915 it is past that point. Fixes bug 15083; bugfix on 0.2.0.10-alpha.
17917 o Major bugfixes (exit node stability):
17918 - Fix an assertion failure that could occur under high DNS load.
17919 Fixes bug 14129; bugfix on Tor 0.0.7rc1. Found by "jowr";
17920 diagnosed and fixed by "cypherpunks".
17922 o Major bugfixes (Linux seccomp2 sandbox):
17923 - Upon receiving sighup with the seccomp2 sandbox enabled, do not
17924 crash during attempts to call wait4. Fixes bug 15088; bugfix on
17925 0.2.5.1-alpha. Patch from "sanic".
17927 o Minor features (controller):
17928 - New "GETINFO bw-event-cache" to get information about recent
17929 bandwidth events. Closes ticket 14128. Useful for controllers to
17930 get recent bandwidth history after the fix for ticket 13988.
17932 o Minor features (geoip):
17933 - Update geoip to the March 3 2015 Maxmind GeoLite2 Country database.
17934 - Update geoip6 to the March 3 2015 Maxmind GeoLite2
17937 o Minor bugfixes (client, automapping):
17938 - Avoid crashing on torrc lines for VirtualAddrNetworkIPv[4|6] when
17939 no value follows the option. Fixes bug 14142; bugfix on
17940 0.2.4.7-alpha. Patch by "teor".
17941 - Fix a memory leak when using AutomapHostsOnResolve. Fixes bug
17942 14195; bugfix on 0.1.0.1-rc.
17944 o Minor bugfixes (compilation):
17945 - Build without warnings with the stock OpenSSL srtp.h header, which
17946 has a duplicate declaration of SSL_get_selected_srtp_profile().
17947 Fixes bug 14220; this is OpenSSL's bug, not ours.
17949 o Minor bugfixes (directory authority):
17950 - Allow directory authorities to fetch more data from one another if
17951 they find themselves missing lots of votes. Previously, they had
17952 been bumping against the 10 MB queued data limit. Fixes bug 14261;
17953 bugfix on 0.1.2.5-alpha.
17954 - Enlarge the buffer to read bwauth generated files to avoid an
17955 issue when parsing the file in dirserv_read_measured_bandwidths().
17956 Fixes bug 14125; bugfix on 0.2.2.1-alpha.
17958 o Minor bugfixes (statistics):
17959 - Increase period over which bandwidth observations are aggregated
17960 from 15 minutes to 4 hours. Fixes bug 13988; bugfix on 0.0.8pre1.
17962 o Minor bugfixes (preventative security, C safety):
17963 - When reading a hexadecimal, base-32, or base-64 encoded value from
17964 a string, always overwrite the whole output buffer. This prevents
17965 some bugs where we would look at (but fortunately, not reveal)
17966 uninitialized memory on the stack. Fixes bug 14013; bugfix on all
17970 Changes in version 0.2.4.26 - 2015-03-17
17971 Tor 0.2.4.26 includes an updated list of directory authorities. It
17972 also backports a couple of stability and security bugfixes from 0.2.5
17975 o Directory authority changes:
17976 - Remove turtles as a directory authority.
17977 - Add longclaw as a new (v3) directory authority. This implements
17978 ticket 13296. This keeps the directory authority count at 9.
17979 - The directory authority Faravahar has a new IP address. This
17980 closes ticket 14487.
17982 o Major bugfixes (exit node stability, also in 0.2.6.3-alpha):
17983 - Fix an assertion failure that could occur under high DNS load.
17984 Fixes bug 14129; bugfix on Tor 0.0.7rc1. Found by "jowr";
17985 diagnosed and fixed by "cypherpunks".
17987 o Major bugfixes (relay, stability, possible security, also in 0.2.6.4-rc):
17988 - Fix a bug that could lead to a relay crashing with an assertion
17989 failure if a buffer of exactly the wrong layout was passed to
17990 buf_pullup() at exactly the wrong time. Fixes bug 15083; bugfix on
17991 0.2.0.10-alpha. Patch from 'cypherpunks'.
17992 - Do not assert if the 'data' pointer on a buffer is advanced to the
17993 very end of the buffer; log a BUG message instead. Only assert if
17994 it is past that point. Fixes bug 15083; bugfix on 0.2.0.10-alpha.
17996 o Minor features (geoip):
17997 - Update geoip to the March 3 2015 Maxmind GeoLite2 Country database.
17998 - Update geoip6 to the March 3 2015 Maxmind GeoLite2
18001 Changes in version 0.2.5.10 - 2014-10-24
18002 Tor 0.2.5.10 is the first stable release in the 0.2.5 series.
18004 It adds several new security features, including improved
18005 denial-of-service resistance for relays, new compiler hardening
18006 options, and a system-call sandbox for hardened installations on Linux
18007 (requires seccomp2). The controller protocol has several new features,
18008 resolving IPv6 addresses should work better than before, and relays
18009 should be a little more CPU-efficient. We've added support for more
18010 OpenBSD and FreeBSD transparent proxy types. We've improved the build
18011 system and testing infrastructure to allow unit testing of more parts
18012 of the Tor codebase. Finally, we've addressed several nagging pluggable
18013 transport usability issues, and included numerous other small bugfixes
18014 and features mentioned below.
18016 This release marks end-of-life for Tor 0.2.3.x; those Tor versions
18017 have accumulated many known flaws; everyone should upgrade.
18019 o Major features (security):
18020 - The ntor handshake is now on-by-default, no matter what the
18021 directory authorities recommend. Implements ticket 8561.
18022 - Make the "tor-gencert" tool used by directory authority operators
18023 create 2048-bit signing keys by default (rather than 1024-bit, since
18024 1024-bit is uncomfortably small these days). Addresses ticket 10324.
18025 - Warn about attempts to run hidden services and relays in the same
18026 process: that's probably not a good idea. Closes ticket 12908.
18027 - Disable support for SSLv3. All versions of OpenSSL in use with Tor
18028 today support TLS 1.0 or later, so we can safely turn off support
18029 for this old (and insecure) protocol. Fixes bug 13426.
18031 o Major features (relay security, DoS-resistance):
18032 - When deciding whether we have run out of memory and we need to
18033 close circuits, also consider memory allocated in buffers for
18034 streams attached to each circuit.
18036 This change, which extends an anti-DoS feature introduced in
18037 0.2.4.13-alpha and improved in 0.2.4.14-alpha, lets Tor exit relays
18038 better resist more memory-based DoS attacks than before. Since the
18039 MaxMemInCellQueues option now applies to all queues, it is renamed
18040 to MaxMemInQueues. This feature fixes bug 10169.
18041 - Avoid hash-flooding denial-of-service attacks by using the secure
18042 SipHash-2-4 hash function for our hashtables. Without this
18043 feature, an attacker could degrade performance of a targeted
18044 client or server by flooding their data structures with a large
18045 number of entries to be stored at the same hash table position,
18046 thereby slowing down the Tor instance. With this feature, hash
18047 table positions are derived from a randomized cryptographic key,
18048 and an attacker cannot predict which entries will collide. Closes
18050 - If you don't specify MaxMemInQueues yourself, Tor now tries to
18051 pick a good value based on your total system memory. Previously,
18052 the default was always 8 GB. You can still override the default by
18053 setting MaxMemInQueues yourself. Resolves ticket 11396.
18055 o Major features (bridges and pluggable transports):
18056 - Add support for passing arguments to managed pluggable transport
18057 proxies. Implements ticket 3594.
18058 - Bridges now track GeoIP information and the number of their users
18059 even when pluggable transports are in use, and report usage
18060 statistics in their extra-info descriptors. Resolves tickets 4773
18062 - Don't launch pluggable transport proxies if we don't have any
18063 bridges configured that would use them. Now we can list many
18064 pluggable transports, and Tor will dynamically start one when it
18065 hears a bridge address that needs it. Resolves ticket 5018.
18066 - The bridge directory authority now assigns status flags (Stable,
18067 Guard, etc) to bridges based on thresholds calculated over all
18068 Running bridges. Now bridgedb can finally make use of its features
18069 to e.g. include at least one Stable bridge in its answers. Fixes
18072 o Major features (controller):
18073 - Extend ORCONN controller event to include an "ID" parameter,
18074 and add four new controller event types CONN_BW, CIRC_BW,
18075 CELL_STATS, and TB_EMPTY that show connection and circuit usage.
18076 The new events are emitted in private Tor networks only, with the
18077 goal of being able to better track performance and load during
18078 full-network simulations. Implements proposal 218 and ticket 7359.
18080 o Major features (relay performance):
18081 - Speed up server-side lookups of rendezvous and introduction point
18082 circuits by using hashtables instead of linear searches. These
18083 functions previously accounted between 3 and 7% of CPU usage on
18084 some busy relays. Resolves ticket 9841.
18085 - Avoid wasting CPU when extending a circuit over a channel that is
18086 nearly out of circuit IDs. Previously, we would do a linear scan
18087 over possible circuit IDs before finding one or deciding that we
18088 had exhausted our possibilities. Now, we try at most 64 random
18089 circuit IDs before deciding that we probably won't succeed. Fixes
18090 a possible root cause of ticket 11553.
18092 o Major features (seccomp2 sandbox, Linux only):
18093 - Use the seccomp2 syscall filtering facility on Linux to limit
18094 which system calls Tor can invoke. This is an experimental,
18095 Linux-only feature to provide defense-in-depth against unknown
18096 attacks. To try turning it on, set "Sandbox 1" in your torrc
18097 file. Please be ready to report bugs. We hope to add support
18098 for better sandboxing in the future, including more fine-grained
18099 filters, better division of responsibility, and support for more
18100 platforms. This work has been done by Cristian-Matei Toader for
18101 Google Summer of Code. Resolves tickets 11351 and 11465.
18103 o Major features (testing networks):
18104 - Make testing Tor networks bootstrap better: lower directory fetch
18105 retry schedules and maximum interval without directory requests,
18106 and raise maximum download tries. Implements ticket 6752.
18107 - Add make target 'test-network' to run tests on a Chutney network.
18108 Implements ticket 8530.
18110 o Major features (other):
18111 - On some platforms (currently: recent OSX versions, glibc-based
18112 platforms that support the ELF format, and a few other
18113 Unix-like operating systems), Tor can now dump stack traces
18114 when a crash occurs or an assertion fails. By default, traces
18115 are dumped to stderr (if possible) and to any logs that are
18116 reporting errors. Implements ticket 9299.
18118 o Deprecated versions:
18119 - Tor 0.2.3.x has reached end-of-life; it has received no patches or
18120 attention for some while.
18122 o Major bugfixes (security, directory authorities):
18123 - Directory authorities now include a digest of each relay's
18124 identity key as a part of its microdescriptor.
18126 This is a workaround for bug 11743 (reported by "cypherpunks"),
18127 where Tor clients do not support receiving multiple
18128 microdescriptors with the same SHA256 digest in the same
18129 consensus. When clients receive a consensus like this, they only
18130 use one of the relays. Without this fix, a hostile relay could
18131 selectively disable some client use of target relays by
18132 constructing a router descriptor with a different identity and the
18133 same microdescriptor parameters and getting the authorities to
18134 list it in a microdescriptor consensus. This fix prevents an
18135 attacker from causing a microdescriptor collision, because the
18136 router's identity is not forgeable.
18138 o Major bugfixes (openssl bug workaround):
18139 - Avoid crashing when using OpenSSL version 0.9.8zc, 1.0.0o, or
18140 1.0.1j, built with the 'no-ssl3' configuration option. Fixes
18141 bug 13471. This is a workaround for an OpenSSL bug.
18143 o Major bugfixes (client):
18144 - Perform circuit cleanup operations even when circuit
18145 construction operations are disabled (because the network is
18146 disabled, or because there isn't enough directory information).
18147 Previously, when we were not building predictive circuits, we
18148 were not closing expired circuits either. Fixes bug 8387; bugfix on
18149 0.1.1.11-alpha. This bug became visible in 0.2.4.10-alpha when we
18150 became more strict about when we have "enough directory information
18151 to build circuits".
18153 o Major bugfixes (client, pluggable transports):
18154 - When managing pluggable transports, use OS notification facilities
18155 to learn if they have crashed, and don't attempt to kill any
18156 process that has already exited. Fixes bug 8746; bugfix
18159 o Major bugfixes (relay denial of service):
18160 - Instead of writing destroy cells directly to outgoing connection
18161 buffers, queue them and intersperse them with other outgoing cells.
18162 This can prevent a set of resource starvation conditions where too
18163 many pending destroy cells prevent data cells from actually getting
18164 delivered. Reported by "oftc_must_be_destroyed". Fixes bug 7912;
18165 bugfix on 0.2.0.1-alpha.
18167 o Major bugfixes (relay):
18168 - Avoid queuing or sending destroy cells for circuit ID zero when we
18169 fail to send a CREATE cell. Fixes bug 12848; bugfix on 0.0.8pre1.
18170 Found and fixed by "cypherpunks".
18171 - Fix ORPort reachability detection on relays running behind a
18172 proxy, by correctly updating the "local" mark on the controlling
18173 channel when changing the address of an or_connection_t after the
18174 handshake. Fixes bug 12160; bugfix on 0.2.4.4-alpha.
18175 - Use a direct dirport connection when uploading non-anonymous
18176 descriptors to the directory authorities. Previously, relays would
18177 incorrectly use tunnel connections under a fairly wide variety of
18178 circumstances. Fixes bug 11469; bugfix on 0.2.4.3-alpha.
18179 - When a circuit accidentally has the same circuit ID for its
18180 forward and reverse direction, correctly detect the direction of
18181 cells using that circuit. Previously, this bug made roughly one
18182 circuit in a million non-functional. Fixes bug 12195; this is a
18183 bugfix on every version of Tor.
18185 o Minor features (security):
18186 - New --enable-expensive-hardening option to enable security
18187 hardening options that consume nontrivial amounts of CPU and
18188 memory. Right now, this includes AddressSanitizer and UbSan, which
18189 are supported in newer versions of GCC and Clang. Closes ticket
18191 - Authorities now assign the Guard flag to the fastest 25% of the
18192 network (it used to be the fastest 50%). Also raise the consensus
18193 weight that guarantees the Guard flag from 250 to 2000. For the
18194 current network, this results in about 1100 guards, down from 2500.
18195 This step paves the way for moving the number of entry guards
18196 down to 1 (proposal 236) while still providing reasonable expected
18197 performance for most users. Implements ticket 12690.
18199 o Minor features (security, memory management):
18200 - Memory allocation tricks (mempools and buffer freelists) are now
18201 disabled by default. You can turn them back on with
18202 --enable-mempools and --enable-buf-freelists respectively. We're
18203 disabling these features because malloc performance is good enough
18204 on most platforms, and a similar feature in OpenSSL exacerbated
18205 exploitation of the Heartbleed attack. Resolves ticket 11476.
18207 o Minor features (bridge client):
18208 - Report a more useful failure message when we can't connect to a
18209 bridge because we don't have the right pluggable transport
18210 configured. Resolves ticket 9665. Patch from Fábio J. Bertinatto.
18212 o Minor features (bridge):
18213 - Add an ExtORPortCookieAuthFileGroupReadable option to make the
18214 cookie file for the ExtORPort g+r by default.
18216 o Minor features (bridges, pluggable transports):
18217 - Bridges now write the SHA1 digest of their identity key
18218 fingerprint (that is, a hash of a hash of their public key) to
18219 notice-level logs, and to a new hashed-fingerprint file. This
18220 information will help bridge operators look up their bridge in
18221 Globe and similar tools. Resolves ticket 10884.
18222 - Improve the message that Tor displays when running as a bridge
18223 using pluggable transports without an Extended ORPort listener.
18224 Also, log the message in the log file too. Resolves ticket 11043.
18225 - Add threshold cutoffs to the networkstatus document created by
18226 the Bridge Authority. Fixes bug 1117.
18227 - On Windows, spawn background processes using the CREATE_NO_WINDOW
18228 flag. Now Tor Browser Bundle 3.5 with pluggable transports enabled
18229 doesn't pop up a blank console window. (In Tor Browser Bundle 2.x,
18230 Vidalia set this option for us.) Implements ticket 10297.
18232 o Minor features (build):
18233 - The configure script has a --disable-seccomp option to turn off
18234 support for libseccomp on systems that have it, in case it (or
18235 Tor's use of it) is broken. Resolves ticket 11628.
18236 - Assume that a user using ./configure --host wants to cross-compile,
18237 and give an error if we cannot find a properly named
18238 tool-chain. Add a --disable-tool-name-check option to proceed
18239 nevertheless. Addresses ticket 9869. Patch by Benedikt Gollatz.
18240 - If we run ./configure and the compiler recognizes -fstack-protector
18241 but the linker rejects it, warn the user about a potentially missing
18242 libssp package. Addresses ticket 9948. Patch from Benedikt Gollatz.
18243 - Add support for `--library-versions` flag. Implements ticket 6384.
18244 - Return the "unexpected sendme" warnings to a warn severity, but make
18245 them rate limited, to help diagnose ticket 8093.
18246 - Detect a missing asciidoc, and warn the user about it, during
18247 configure rather than at build time. Fixes issue 6506. Patch from
18250 o Minor features (client):
18251 - Add a new option, PredictedPortsRelevanceTime, to control how long
18252 after having received a request to connect to a given port Tor
18253 will try to keep circuits ready in anticipation of future requests
18254 for that port. Patch from "unixninja92"; implements ticket 9176.
18256 o Minor features (config options and command line):
18257 - Add an --allow-missing-torrc commandline option that tells Tor to
18258 run even if the configuration file specified by -f is not available.
18259 Implements ticket 10060.
18260 - Add support for the TPROXY transparent proxying facility on Linux.
18261 See documentation for the new TransProxyType option for more
18262 details. Implementation by "thomo". Closes ticket 10582.
18264 o Minor features (config options):
18265 - Config (torrc) lines now handle fingerprints which are missing
18266 their initial '$'. Resolves ticket 4341; improvement over 0.0.9pre5.
18267 - Support a --dump-config option to print some or all of the
18268 configured options. Mainly useful for debugging the command-line
18269 option parsing code. Helps resolve ticket 4647.
18270 - Raise awareness of safer logging: notify user of potentially
18271 unsafe config options, like logging more verbosely than severity
18272 "notice" or setting SafeLogging to 0. Resolves ticket 5584.
18273 - Add a new configuration option TestingV3AuthVotingStartOffset
18274 that bootstraps a network faster by changing the timing for
18275 consensus votes. Addresses ticket 8532.
18276 - Add a new torrc option "ServerTransportOptions" that allows
18277 bridge operators to pass configuration parameters to their
18278 pluggable transports. Resolves ticket 8929.
18279 - The config (torrc) file now accepts bandwidth and space limits in
18280 bits as well as bytes. (Anywhere that you can say "2 Kilobytes",
18281 you can now say "16 kilobits", and so on.) Resolves ticket 9214.
18284 o Minor features (controller):
18285 - Make the entire exit policy available from the control port via
18286 GETINFO exit-policy/*. Implements enhancement 7952. Patch from
18288 - Because of the fix for ticket 11396, the real limit for memory
18289 usage may no longer match the configured MaxMemInQueues value. The
18290 real limit is now exposed via GETINFO limits/max-mem-in-queues.
18291 - Add a new "HS_DESC" controller event that reports activities
18292 related to hidden service descriptors. Resolves ticket 8510.
18293 - New "DROPGUARDS" controller command to forget all current entry
18294 guards. Not recommended for ordinary use, since replacing guards
18295 too frequently makes several attacks easier. Resolves ticket 9934;
18297 - Implement the TRANSPORT_LAUNCHED control port event that
18298 notifies controllers about new launched pluggable
18299 transports. Resolves ticket 5609.
18301 o Minor features (diagnostic):
18302 - When logging a warning because of bug 7164, additionally check the
18303 hash table for consistency (as proposed on ticket 11737). This may
18304 help diagnose bug 7164.
18305 - When we log a heartbeat, log how many one-hop circuits we have
18306 that are at least 30 minutes old, and log status information about
18307 a few of them. This is an attempt to track down bug 8387.
18308 - When encountering an unexpected CR while writing text to a file on
18309 Windows, log the name of the file. Should help diagnosing
18311 - Give more specific warnings when a client notices that an onion
18312 handshake has failed. Fixes ticket 9635.
18313 - Add significant new logging code to attempt to diagnose bug 12184,
18314 where relays seem to run out of available circuit IDs.
18315 - Improve the diagnostic log message for bug 8387 even further to
18316 try to improve our odds of figuring out why one-hop directory
18317 circuits sometimes do not get closed.
18318 - Add more log messages to diagnose bug 7164, which causes
18319 intermittent "microdesc_free() called but md was still referenced"
18320 warnings. We now include more information, to figure out why we
18321 might be cleaning a microdescriptor for being too old if it's
18322 still referenced by a live node_t object.
18323 - Log current accounting state (bytes sent and received + remaining
18324 time for the current accounting period) in the relay's heartbeat
18325 message. Implements ticket 5526; patch from Peter Retzlaff.
18327 o Minor features (geoip):
18328 - Update geoip and geoip6 to the August 7 2014 Maxmind GeoLite2
18331 o Minor features (interface):
18332 - Generate a warning if any ports are listed in the SocksPolicy,
18333 DirPolicy, AuthDirReject, AuthDirInvalid, AuthDirBadDir, or
18334 AuthDirBadExit options. (These options only support address
18335 ranges.) Fixes part of ticket 11108.
18337 o Minor features (kernel API usage):
18338 - Use the SOCK_NONBLOCK socket type, if supported, to open nonblocking
18339 sockets in a single system call. Implements ticket 5129.
18341 o Minor features (log messages):
18342 - When ServerTransportPlugin is set on a bridge, Tor can write more
18343 useful statistics about bridge use in its extrainfo descriptors,
18344 but only if the Extended ORPort ("ExtORPort") is set too. Add a
18345 log message to inform the user in this case. Resolves ticket 9651.
18346 - When receiving a new controller connection, log the origin address.
18347 Resolves ticket 9698; patch from "sigpipe".
18348 - When logging OpenSSL engine status at startup, log the status of
18349 more engines. Fixes ticket 10043; patch from Joshua Datko.
18351 o Minor features (log verbosity):
18352 - Demote the message that we give when a flushing connection times
18353 out for too long from NOTICE to INFO. It was usually meaningless.
18354 Resolves ticket 5286.
18355 - Don't log so many notice-level bootstrapping messages at startup
18356 about downloading descriptors. Previously, we'd log a notice
18357 whenever we learned about more routers. Now, we only log a notice
18358 at every 5% of progress. Fixes bug 9963.
18359 - Warn less verbosely when receiving a malformed
18360 ESTABLISH_RENDEZVOUS cell. Fixes ticket 11279.
18362 o Minor features (performance):
18363 - If we're using the pure-C 32-bit curve25519_donna implementation
18364 of curve25519, build it with the -fomit-frame-pointer option to
18365 make it go faster on register-starved hosts. This improves our
18366 handshake performance by about 6% on i386 hosts without nacl.
18367 Closes ticket 8109.
18369 o Minor features (relay):
18370 - If a circuit timed out for at least 3 minutes, check if we have a
18371 new external IP address, and publish a new descriptor with the new
18372 IP address if it changed. Resolves ticket 2454.
18374 o Minor features (testing):
18375 - If Python is installed, "make check" now runs extra tests beyond
18376 the unit test scripts.
18377 - When bootstrapping a test network, sometimes very few relays get
18378 the Guard flag. Now a new option "TestingDirAuthVoteGuard" can
18379 specify a set of relays which should be voted Guard regardless of
18380 their uptime or bandwidth. Addresses ticket 9206.
18382 o Minor features (transparent proxy, *BSD):
18383 - Support FreeBSD's ipfw firewall interface for TransPort ports on
18384 FreeBSD. To enable it, set "TransProxyType ipfw". Resolves ticket
18385 10267; patch from "yurivict".
18386 - Support OpenBSD's divert-to rules with the pf firewall for
18387 transparent proxy ports. To enable it, set "TransProxyType
18388 pf-divert". This allows Tor to run a TransPort transparent proxy
18389 port on OpenBSD 4.4 or later without root privileges. See the
18390 pf.conf(5) manual page for information on configuring pf to use
18391 divert-to rules. Closes ticket 10896; patch from Dana Koch.
18393 o Minor bugfixes (bridge client):
18394 - Stop accepting bridge lines containing hostnames. Doing so would
18395 cause clients to perform DNS requests on the hostnames, which was
18396 not sensible behavior. Fixes bug 10801; bugfix on 0.2.0.1-alpha.
18398 o Minor bugfixes (bridges):
18399 - Avoid potential crashes or bad behavior when launching a
18400 server-side managed proxy with ORPort or ExtORPort temporarily
18401 disabled. Fixes bug 9650; bugfix on 0.2.3.16-alpha.
18402 - Fix a bug where the first connection works to a bridge that uses a
18403 pluggable transport with client-side parameters, but we don't send
18404 the client-side parameters on subsequent connections. (We don't
18405 use any pluggable transports with client-side parameters yet,
18406 but ScrambleSuit will soon become the first one.) Fixes bug 9162;
18407 bugfix on 0.2.0.3-alpha. Based on a patch from "rl1987".
18409 o Minor bugfixes (build, auxiliary programs):
18410 - Stop preprocessing the "torify" script with autoconf, since
18411 it no longer refers to LOCALSTATEDIR. Fixes bug 5505; patch
18413 - The tor-fw-helper program now follows the standard convention and
18414 exits with status code "0" on success. Fixes bug 9030; bugfix on
18415 0.2.3.1-alpha. Patch by Arlo Breault.
18416 - Corrected ./configure advice for what openssl dev package you should
18417 install on Debian. Fixes bug 9207; bugfix on 0.2.0.1-alpha.
18419 o Minor bugfixes (client):
18420 - Avoid "Tried to open a socket with DisableNetwork set" warnings
18421 when starting a client with bridges configured and DisableNetwork
18422 set. (Tor launcher starts Tor with DisableNetwork set the first
18423 time it runs.) Fixes bug 10405; bugfix on 0.2.3.9-alpha.
18424 - Improve the log message when we can't connect to a hidden service
18425 because all of the hidden service directory nodes hosting its
18426 descriptor are excluded. Improves on our fix for bug 10722, which
18427 was a bugfix on 0.2.0.10-alpha.
18428 - Raise a control port warning when we fail to connect to all of
18429 our bridges. Previously, we didn't inform the controller, and
18430 the bootstrap process would stall. Fixes bug 11069; bugfix on
18432 - Exit immediately when a process-owning controller exits.
18433 Previously, tor relays would wait for a little while after their
18434 controller exited, as if they had gotten an INT signal -- but this
18435 was problematic, since there was no feedback for the user. To do a
18436 clean shutdown, controllers should send an INT signal and give Tor
18437 a chance to clean up. Fixes bug 10449; bugfix on 0.2.2.28-beta.
18438 - Stop attempting to connect to bridges before our pluggable
18439 transports are configured (harmless but resulted in some erroneous
18440 log messages). Fixes bug 11156; bugfix on 0.2.3.2-alpha.
18441 - Fix connections to IPv6 addresses over SOCKS5. Previously, we were
18442 generating incorrect SOCKS5 responses, and confusing client
18443 applications. Fixes bug 10987; bugfix on 0.2.4.7-alpha.
18445 o Minor bugfixes (client, DNSPort):
18446 - When using DNSPort, try to respond to AAAA requests with AAAA
18447 answers. Previously, we hadn't looked at the request type when
18448 deciding which answer type to prefer. Fixes bug 10468; bugfix on
18450 - When receiving a DNS query for an unsupported record type, reply
18451 with no answer rather than with a NOTIMPL error. This behavior
18452 isn't correct either, but it will break fewer client programs, we
18453 hope. Fixes bug 10268; bugfix on 0.2.0.1-alpha. Original patch
18456 o Minor bugfixes (client, logging during bootstrap):
18457 - Only report the first fatal bootstrap error on a given OR
18458 connection. This stops us from telling the controller bogus error
18459 messages like "DONE". Fixes bug 10431; bugfix on 0.2.1.1-alpha.
18460 - Avoid generating spurious warnings when starting with
18461 DisableNetwork enabled. Fixes bug 11200 and bug 10405; bugfix on
18464 o Minor bugfixes (closing OR connections):
18465 - If write_to_buf() in connection_write_to_buf_impl_() ever fails,
18466 check if it's an or_connection_t and correctly call
18467 connection_or_close_for_error() rather than
18468 connection_mark_for_close() directly. Fixes bug 11304; bugfix on
18470 - When closing all connections on setting DisableNetwork to 1, use
18471 connection_or_close_normally() rather than closing OR connections
18472 out from under the channel layer. Fixes bug 11306; bugfix on
18475 o Minor bugfixes (code correctness):
18476 - Previously we used two temporary files when writing descriptors to
18477 disk; now we only use one. Fixes bug 1376.
18478 - Remove an erroneous (but impossible and thus harmless) pointer
18479 comparison that would have allowed compilers to skip a bounds
18480 check in channeltls.c. Fixes bugs 10313 and 9980; bugfix on
18481 0.2.0.10-alpha. Noticed by Jared L Wong and David Fifield.
18482 - Fix an always-true assertion in pluggable transports code so it
18483 actually checks what it was trying to check. Fixes bug 10046;
18484 bugfix on 0.2.3.9-alpha. Found by "dcb".
18486 o Minor bugfixes (command line):
18487 - Use a single command-line parser for parsing torrc options on the
18488 command line and for finding special command-line options to avoid
18489 inconsistent behavior for torrc option arguments that have the same
18490 names as command-line options. Fixes bugs 4647 and 9578; bugfix on
18492 - No longer allow 'tor --hash-password' with no arguments. Fixes bug
18493 9573; bugfix on 0.0.9pre5.
18495 o Minor bugfixes (compilation):
18496 - Compile correctly with builds and forks of OpenSSL (such as
18497 LibreSSL) that disable compression. Fixes bug 12602; bugfix on
18498 0.2.1.1-alpha. Patch from "dhill".
18499 - Restore the ability to compile Tor with V2_HANDSHAKE_SERVER
18500 turned off (that is, without support for v2 link handshakes). Fixes
18501 bug 4677; bugfix on 0.2.3.2-alpha. Patch from "piet".
18502 - In routerlist_assert_ok(), don't take the address of a
18503 routerinfo's cache_info member unless that routerinfo is non-NULL.
18504 Fixes bug 13096; bugfix on 0.1.1.9-alpha. Patch by "teor".
18505 - Fix a large number of false positive warnings from the clang
18506 analyzer static analysis tool. This should make real warnings
18507 easier for clang analyzer to find. Patch from "teor". Closes
18509 - Resolve GCC complaints on OpenBSD about discarding constness in
18510 TO_{ORIGIN,OR}_CIRCUIT functions. Fixes part of bug 11633; bugfix
18511 on 0.1.1.23. Patch from Dana Koch.
18512 - Resolve clang complaints on OpenBSD with -Wshorten-64-to-32 due to
18513 treatment of long and time_t as comparable types. Fixes part of
18514 bug 11633. Patch from Dana Koch.
18515 - When deciding whether to build the 64-bit curve25519
18516 implementation, detect platforms where we can compile 128-bit
18517 arithmetic but cannot link it. Fixes bug 11729; bugfix on
18518 0.2.4.8-alpha. Patch from "conradev".
18519 - Fix compilation when DNS_CACHE_DEBUG is enabled. Fixes bug 11761;
18520 bugfix on 0.2.3.13-alpha. Found by "cypherpunks".
18521 - Fix compilation with dmalloc. Fixes bug 11605; bugfix
18523 - Build and run correctly on systems like OpenBSD-current that have
18524 patched OpenSSL to remove get_cipher_by_char and/or its
18525 implementations. Fixes issue 13325.
18527 o Minor bugfixes (controller and command-line):
18528 - If changing a config option via "setconf" fails in a recoverable
18529 way, we used to nonetheless write our new control ports to the
18530 file described by the "ControlPortWriteToFile" option. Now we only
18531 write out that file if we successfully switch to the new config
18532 option. Fixes bug 5605; bugfix on 0.2.2.26-beta. Patch from "Ryman".
18534 o Minor bugfixes (directory server):
18535 - No longer accept malformed http headers when parsing urls from
18536 headers. Now we reply with Bad Request ("400"). Fixes bug 2767;
18537 bugfix on 0.0.6pre1.
18538 - When sending a compressed set of descriptors or microdescriptors,
18539 make sure to finalize the zlib stream. Previously, we would write
18540 all the compressed data, but if the last descriptor we wanted to
18541 send was missing or too old, we would not mark the stream as
18542 finished. This caused problems for decompression tools. Fixes bug
18543 11648; bugfix on 0.1.1.23.
18545 o Minor bugfixes (hidden service):
18546 - Only retry attempts to connect to a chosen rendezvous point 8
18547 times, not 30. Fixes bug 4241; bugfix on 0.1.0.1-rc.
18549 o Minor bugfixes (interface):
18550 - Reject relative control socket paths and emit a warning. Previously,
18551 single-component control socket paths would be rejected, but Tor
18552 would not log why it could not validate the config. Fixes bug 9258;
18553 bugfix on 0.2.3.16-alpha.
18555 o Minor bugfixes (log messages):
18556 - Fix a bug where clients using bridges would report themselves
18557 as 50% bootstrapped even without a live consensus document.
18558 Fixes bug 9922; bugfix on 0.2.1.1-alpha.
18559 - Suppress a warning where, if there's only one directory authority
18560 in the network, we would complain that votes and signatures cannot
18561 be uploaded to other directory authorities. Fixes bug 10842;
18562 bugfix on 0.2.2.26-beta.
18563 - Report bootstrapping progress correctly when we're downloading
18564 microdescriptors. We had updated our "do we have enough microdescs
18565 to begin building circuits?" logic most recently in 0.2.4.10-alpha
18566 (see bug 5956), but we left the bootstrap status event logic at
18567 "how far through getting 1/4 of them are we?" Fixes bug 9958;
18568 bugfix on 0.2.2.36, which is where they diverged (see bug 5343).
18570 o Minor bugfixes (logging):
18571 - Downgrade "Unexpected onionskin length after decryption" warning
18572 to a protocol-warn, since there's nothing relay operators can do
18573 about a client that sends them a malformed create cell. Resolves
18574 bug 12996; bugfix on 0.0.6rc1.
18575 - Log more specific warnings when we get an ESTABLISH_RENDEZVOUS
18576 cell on a cannibalized or non-OR circuit. Resolves ticket 12997.
18577 - When logging information about an EXTEND2 or EXTENDED2 cell, log
18578 their names correctly. Fixes part of bug 12700; bugfix
18580 - When logging information about a relay cell whose command we don't
18581 recognize, log its command as an integer. Fixes part of bug 12700;
18582 bugfix on 0.2.1.10-alpha.
18583 - Escape all strings from the directory connection before logging
18584 them. Fixes bug 13071; bugfix on 0.1.1.15. Patch from "teor".
18585 - Squelch a spurious LD_BUG message "No origin circuit for
18586 successful SOCKS stream" in certain hidden service failure cases;
18588 - Downgrade the severity of the 'unexpected sendme cell from client'
18589 from 'warn' to 'protocol warning'. Closes ticket 8093.
18591 o Minor bugfixes (misc code correctness):
18592 - In munge_extrainfo_into_routerinfo(), check the return value of
18593 memchr(). This would have been a serious issue if we ever passed
18594 it a non-extrainfo. Fixes bug 8791; bugfix on 0.2.0.6-alpha. Patch
18596 - On the chance that somebody manages to build Tor on a
18597 platform where time_t is unsigned, correct the way that
18598 microdesc_add_to_cache() handles negative time arguments.
18599 Fixes bug 8042; bugfix on 0.2.3.1-alpha.
18600 - Fix various instances of undefined behavior in channeltls.c,
18601 tor_memmem(), and eventdns.c that would cause us to construct
18602 pointers to memory outside an allocated object. (These invalid
18603 pointers were not accessed, but C does not even allow them to
18604 exist.) Fixes bug 10363; bugfixes on 0.1.1.1-alpha, 0.1.2.1-alpha,
18605 0.2.0.10-alpha, and 0.2.3.6-alpha. Reported by "bobnomnom".
18606 - Use the AddressSanitizer and Ubsan sanitizers (in clang-3.4) to
18607 fix some miscellaneous errors in our tests and codebase. Fixes bug
18608 11232. Bugfixes on versions back as far as 0.2.1.11-alpha.
18609 - Always check return values for unlink, munmap, UnmapViewOfFile;
18610 check strftime return values more often. In some cases all we can
18611 do is report a warning, but this may help prevent deeper bugs from
18612 going unnoticed. Closes ticket 8787; bugfixes on many, many tor
18614 - Fix numerous warnings from the clang "scan-build" static analyzer.
18615 Some of these are programming style issues; some of them are false
18616 positives that indicated awkward code; some are undefined behavior
18617 cases related to constructing (but not using) invalid pointers;
18618 some are assumptions about API behavior; some are (harmlessly)
18619 logging sizeof(ptr) bytes from a token when sizeof(*ptr) would be
18620 correct; and one or two are genuine bugs that weren't reachable
18621 from the rest of the program. Fixes bug 8793; bugfixes on many,
18624 o Minor bugfixes (node selection):
18625 - If ExcludeNodes is set, consider non-excluded hidden service
18626 directory servers before excluded ones. Do not consider excluded
18627 hidden service directory servers at all if StrictNodes is
18628 set. (Previously, we would sometimes decide to connect to those
18629 servers, and then realize before we initiated a connection that
18630 we had excluded them.) Fixes bug 10722; bugfix on 0.2.0.10-alpha.
18631 Reported by "mr-4".
18632 - If we set the ExitNodes option but it doesn't include any nodes
18633 that have the Exit flag, we would choose not to bootstrap. Now we
18634 bootstrap so long as ExitNodes includes nodes which can exit to
18635 some port. Fixes bug 10543; bugfix on 0.2.4.10-alpha.
18637 o Minor bugfixes (performance):
18638 - Avoid a bug where every successful connection made us recompute
18639 the flag telling us whether we have sufficient information to
18640 build circuits. Previously, we would forget our cached value
18641 whenever we successfully opened a channel (or marked a router as
18642 running or not running for any other reason), regardless of
18643 whether we had previously believed the router to be running. This
18644 forced us to run an expensive update operation far too often.
18645 Fixes bug 12170; bugfix on 0.1.2.1-alpha.
18646 - Avoid using tor_memeq() for checking relay cell integrity. This
18647 removes a possible performance bottleneck. Fixes part of bug
18648 12169; bugfix on 0.2.1.31.
18650 o Minor bugfixes (platform-specific):
18651 - When dumping a malformed directory object to disk, save it in
18652 binary mode on Windows, not text mode. Fixes bug 11342; bugfix on
18654 - Don't report failures from make_socket_reuseable() on incoming
18655 sockets on OSX: this can happen when incoming connections close
18656 early. Fixes bug 10081.
18658 o Minor bugfixes (pluggable transports):
18659 - Avoid another 60-second delay when starting Tor in a pluggable-
18660 transport-using configuration when we already have cached
18661 descriptors for our bridges. Fixes bug 11965; bugfix
18664 o Minor bugfixes (protocol correctness):
18665 - When receiving a VERSIONS cell with an odd number of bytes, close
18666 the connection immediately since the cell is malformed. Fixes bug
18667 10365; bugfix on 0.2.0.10-alpha. Spotted by "bobnomnom"; fix by
18670 o Minor bugfixes (relay, other):
18671 - We now drop CREATE cells for already-existent circuit IDs and for
18672 zero-valued circuit IDs, regardless of other factors that might
18673 otherwise have called for DESTROY cells. Fixes bug 12191; bugfix
18675 - When rejecting DATA cells for stream_id zero, still count them
18676 against the circuit's deliver window so that we don't fail to send
18677 a SENDME. Fixes bug 11246; bugfix on 0.2.4.10-alpha.
18679 o Minor bugfixes (relay, threading):
18680 - Check return code on spawn_func() in cpuworker code, so that we
18681 don't think we've spawned a nonworking cpuworker and write junk to
18682 it forever. Fix related to bug 4345; bugfix on all released Tor
18683 versions. Found by "skruffy".
18684 - Use a pthread_attr to make sure that spawn_func() cannot return an
18685 error while at the same time launching a thread. Fix related to
18686 bug 4345; bugfix on all released Tor versions. Reported
18689 o Minor bugfixes (relays and bridges):
18690 - Avoid crashing on a malformed resolv.conf file when running a
18691 relay using Libevent 1. Fixes bug 8788; bugfix on 0.1.1.23.
18692 - Non-exit relays no longer launch mock DNS requests to check for
18693 DNS hijacking. This has been unnecessary since 0.2.1.7-alpha, when
18694 non-exit relays stopped servicing DNS requests. Fixes bug 965;
18695 bugfix on 0.2.1.7-alpha. Patch from Matt Pagan.
18696 - Bridges now report complete directory request statistics. Related
18697 to bug 5824; bugfix on 0.2.2.1-alpha.
18698 - Bridges now never collect statistics that were designed for
18699 relays. Fixes bug 5824; bugfix on 0.2.3.8-alpha.
18701 o Minor bugfixes (testing):
18702 - Fix all valgrind warnings produced by the unit tests. There were
18703 over a thousand memory leak warnings previously, mostly produced
18704 by forgetting to free things in the unit test code. Fixes bug
18705 11618, bugfixes on many versions of Tor.
18707 o Minor bugfixes (tor-fw-helper):
18708 - Give a correct log message when tor-fw-helper fails to launch.
18709 (Previously, we would say something like "tor-fw-helper sent us a
18710 string we could not parse".) Fixes bug 9781; bugfix
18713 o Minor bugfixes (trivial memory leaks):
18714 - Fix a small memory leak when signing a directory object. Fixes bug
18715 11275; bugfix on 0.2.4.13-alpha.
18716 - Resolve some memory leaks found by coverity in the unit tests, on
18717 exit in tor-gencert, and on a failure to compute digests for our
18718 own keys when generating a v3 networkstatus vote. These leaks
18719 should never have affected anyone in practice.
18721 o Code simplification and refactoring:
18722 - Remove some old fallback code designed to keep Tor clients working
18723 in a network with only two working relays. Elsewhere in the code we
18724 have long since stopped supporting such networks, so there wasn't
18725 much point in keeping it around. Addresses ticket 9926.
18726 - Reject 0-length EXTEND2 cells more explicitly. Fixes bug 10536;
18727 bugfix on 0.2.4.8-alpha. Reported by "cypherpunks".
18728 - Extract the common duplicated code for creating a subdirectory
18729 of the data directory and writing to a file in it. Fixes ticket
18730 4282; patch from Peter Retzlaff.
18731 - Since OpenSSL 0.9.7, the i2d_*() functions support allocating output
18732 buffer. Avoid calling twice: i2d_RSAPublicKey(), i2d_DHparams(),
18733 i2d_X509(), and i2d_PublicKey(). Resolves ticket 5170.
18734 - Add a set of accessor functions for the circuit timeout data
18735 structure. Fixes ticket 6153; patch from "piet".
18736 - Clean up exit paths from connection_listener_new(). Closes ticket
18737 8789. Patch from Arlo Breault.
18738 - Since we rely on OpenSSL 0.9.8 now, we can use EVP_PKEY_cmp()
18739 and drop our own custom pkey_eq() implementation. Fixes bug 9043.
18740 - Use a doubly-linked list to implement the global circuit list.
18741 Resolves ticket 9108. Patch from Marek Majkowski.
18742 - Remove contrib/id_to_fp.c since it wasn't used anywhere.
18743 - Remove constants and tests for PKCS1 padding; it's insecure and
18744 shouldn't be used for anything new. Fixes bug 8792; patch
18746 - Remove instances of strcpy() from the unit tests. They weren't
18747 hurting anything, since they were only in the unit tests, but it's
18748 embarrassing to have strcpy() in the code at all, and some analysis
18749 tools don't like it. Fixes bug 8790; bugfix on 0.2.3.6-alpha and
18750 0.2.3.8-alpha. Patch from Arlo Breault.
18751 - Remove is_internal_IP() function. Resolves ticket 4645.
18752 - Remove unused function circuit_dump_by_chan from circuitlist.c.
18753 Closes issue 9107; patch from "marek".
18754 - Change our use of the ENUM_BF macro to avoid declarations that
18756 - Get rid of router->address, since in all cases it was just the
18757 string representation of router->addr. Resolves ticket 5528.
18760 - Adjust the URLs in the README to refer to the new locations of
18761 several documents on the website. Fixes bug 12830. Patch from
18763 - Document 'reject6' and 'accept6' ExitPolicy entries. Resolves
18765 - Update manpage to describe some of the files you can expect to
18766 find in Tor's DataDirectory. Addresses ticket 9839.
18767 - Clean up several option names in the manpage to match their real
18768 names, add the missing documentation for a couple of testing and
18769 directory authority options, remove the documentation for a
18770 V2-directory fetching option that no longer exists. Resolves
18772 - Correct the documentation so that it lists the correct directory
18773 for the stats files. (They are in a subdirectory called "stats",
18775 - In the manpage, move more authority-only options into the
18776 directory authority section so that operators of regular directory
18777 caches don't get confused.
18778 - Fix the layout of the SOCKSPort flags in the manpage. Fixes bug
18779 11061; bugfix on 0.2.4.7-alpha.
18780 - Resolve warnings from Doxygen.
18781 - Document in the manpage that "KBytes" may also be written as
18782 "kilobytes" or "KB", that "Kbits" may also be written as
18783 "kilobits", and so forth. Closes ticket 9222.
18784 - Document that the ClientOnly config option overrides ORPort.
18785 Our old explanation made ClientOnly sound as though it did
18786 nothing at all. Resolves bug 9059.
18787 - Explain that SocksPolicy, DirPolicy, and similar options don't
18788 take port arguments. Fixes the other part of ticket 11108.
18789 - Fix a comment about the rend_server_descriptor_t.protocols field
18790 to more accurately describe its range. Also, make that field
18791 unsigned, to more accurately reflect its usage. Fixes bug 9099;
18792 bugfix on 0.2.1.5-alpha.
18793 - Fix the manpage's description of HiddenServiceAuthorizeClient:
18794 the maximum client name length is 16, not 19. Fixes bug 11118;
18795 bugfix on 0.2.1.6-alpha.
18798 - The contrib directory has been sorted and tidied. Before, it was
18799 an unsorted dumping ground for useful and not-so-useful things.
18800 Now, it is divided based on functionality, and the items which
18801 seemed to be nonfunctional or useless have been removed. Resolves
18802 ticket 8966; based on patches from "rl1987".
18804 o Removed code and features:
18805 - Clients now reject any directory authority certificates lacking
18806 a dir-key-crosscert element. These have been included since
18807 0.2.1.9-alpha, so there's no real reason for them to be optional
18808 any longer. Completes proposal 157. Resolves ticket 10162.
18809 - Remove all code that existed to support the v2 directory system,
18810 since there are no longer any v2 directory authorities. Resolves
18812 - Remove the HSAuthoritativeDir and AlternateHSAuthority torrc
18813 options, which were used for designating authorities as "Hidden
18814 service authorities". There has been no use of hidden service
18815 authorities since 0.2.2.1-alpha, when we stopped uploading or
18816 downloading v0 hidden service descriptors. Fixes bug 10881; also
18817 part of a fix for bug 10841.
18818 - Remove /tor/dbg-stability.txt URL that was meant to help debug WFU
18819 and MTBF calculations, but that nobody was using. Fixes bug 11742.
18820 - The TunnelDirConns and PreferTunnelledDirConns options no longer
18821 exist; tunneled directory connections have been available since
18822 0.1.2.5-alpha, and turning them off is not a good idea. This is a
18823 brute-force fix for 10849, where "TunnelDirConns 0" would break
18825 - Remove all code for the long unused v1 directory protocol.
18826 Resolves ticket 11070.
18827 - Remove all remaining code related to version-0 hidden service
18828 descriptors: they have not been in use since 0.2.2.1-alpha. Fixes
18829 the rest of bug 10841.
18830 - Remove migration code from when we renamed the "cached-routers"
18831 file to "cached-descriptors" back in 0.2.0.8-alpha. This
18832 incidentally resolves ticket 6502 by cleaning up the related code
18833 a bit. Patch from Akshay Hebbar.
18835 o Test infrastructure:
18836 - Tor now builds each source file in two modes: a mode that avoids
18837 exposing identifiers needlessly, and another mode that exposes
18838 more identifiers for testing. This lets the compiler do better at
18839 optimizing the production code, while enabling us to take more
18840 radical measures to let the unit tests test things.
18841 - The production builds no longer include functions used only in
18842 the unit tests; all functions exposed from a module only for
18843 unit-testing are now static in production builds.
18844 - Add an --enable-coverage configuration option to make the unit
18845 tests (and a new src/or/tor-cov target) to build with gcov test
18847 - Update to the latest version of tinytest.
18848 - Improve the tinytest implementation of string operation tests so
18849 that comparisons with NULL strings no longer crash the tests; they
18850 now just fail, normally. Fixes bug 9004; bugfix on 0.2.2.4-alpha.
18851 - New macros in test.h to simplify writing mock-functions for unit
18852 tests. Part of ticket 11507. Patch from Dana Koch.
18853 - We now have rudimentary function mocking support that our unit
18854 tests can use to test functions in isolation. Function mocking
18855 lets the tests temporarily replace a function's dependencies with
18856 stub functions, so that the tests can check the function without
18857 invoking the other functions it calls.
18860 - Complete tests for the status.c module. Resolves ticket 11507.
18861 Patch from Dana Koch.
18862 - Add more unit tests for the <circid,channel>->circuit map, and
18863 the destroy-cell-tracking code to fix bug 7912.
18864 - Unit tests for failing cases of the TAP onion handshake.
18865 - More unit tests for address-manipulation functions.
18867 o Distribution (systemd):
18868 - Include a tor.service file in contrib/dist for use with systemd.
18869 Some distributions will be able to use this file unmodified;
18870 others will need to tweak it, or write their own. Patch from Jamie
18871 Nguyen; resolves ticket 8368.
18872 - Verify configuration file via ExecStartPre in the systemd unit
18873 file. Patch from intrigeri; resolves ticket 12730.
18874 - Explicitly disable RunAsDaemon in the systemd unit file. Our
18875 current systemd unit uses "Type = simple", so systemd does not
18876 expect tor to fork. If the user has "RunAsDaemon 1" in their
18877 torrc, then things won't work as expected. This is e.g. the case
18878 on Debian (and derivatives), since there we pass "--defaults-torrc
18879 /usr/share/tor/tor-service-defaults-torrc" (that contains
18880 "RunAsDaemon 1") by default. Patch by intrigeri; resolves
18884 Changes in version 0.2.4.25 - 2014-10-20
18885 Tor 0.2.4.25 disables SSL3 in response to the recent "POODLE" attack
18886 (even though POODLE does not affect Tor). It also works around a crash
18887 bug caused by some operating systems' response to the "POODLE" attack
18888 (which does affect Tor).
18890 o Major security fixes (also in 0.2.5.9-rc):
18891 - Disable support for SSLv3. All versions of OpenSSL in use with Tor
18892 today support TLS 1.0 or later, so we can safely turn off support
18893 for this old (and insecure) protocol. Fixes bug 13426.
18895 o Major bugfixes (openssl bug workaround, also in 0.2.5.9-rc):
18896 - Avoid crashing when using OpenSSL version 0.9.8zc, 1.0.0o, or
18897 1.0.1j, built with the 'no-ssl3' configuration option. Fixes bug
18898 13471. This is a workaround for an OpenSSL bug.
18901 Changes in version 0.2.4.24 - 2014-09-22
18902 Tor 0.2.4.24 fixes a bug that affects consistency and speed when
18903 connecting to hidden services, and it updates the location of one of
18904 the directory authorities.
18907 - Clients now send the correct address for their chosen rendezvous
18908 point when trying to access a hidden service. They used to send
18909 the wrong address, which would still work some of the time because
18910 they also sent the identity digest of the rendezvous point, and if
18911 the hidden service happened to try connecting to the rendezvous
18912 point from a relay that already had a connection open to it,
18913 the relay would reuse that connection. Now connections to hidden
18914 services should be more robust and faster. Also, this bug meant
18915 that clients were leaking to the hidden service whether they were
18916 on a little-endian (common) or big-endian (rare) system, which for
18917 some users might have reduced their anonymity. Fixes bug 13151;
18918 bugfix on 0.2.1.5-alpha.
18920 o Directory authority changes:
18921 - Change IP address for gabelmoo (v3 directory authority).
18923 o Minor features (geoip):
18924 - Update geoip and geoip6 to the August 7 2014 Maxmind GeoLite2
18928 Changes in version 0.2.4.23 - 2014-07-28
18929 Tor 0.2.4.23 brings us a big step closer to slowing down the risk from
18930 guard rotation, and also backports several important fixes from the
18931 Tor 0.2.5 alpha release series.
18934 - Clients now look at the "usecreatefast" consensus parameter to
18935 decide whether to use CREATE_FAST or CREATE cells for the first hop
18936 of their circuit. This approach can improve security on connections
18937 where Tor's circuit handshake is stronger than the available TLS
18938 connection security levels, but the tradeoff is more computational
18939 load on guard relays. Implements proposal 221. Resolves ticket 9386.
18940 - Make the number of entry guards configurable via a new
18941 NumEntryGuards consensus parameter, and the number of directory
18942 guards configurable via a new NumDirectoryGuards consensus
18943 parameter. Implements ticket 12688.
18946 - Fix a bug in the bounds-checking in the 32-bit curve25519-donna
18947 implementation that caused incorrect results on 32-bit
18948 implementations when certain malformed inputs were used along with
18949 a small class of private ntor keys. This bug does not currently
18950 appear to allow an attacker to learn private keys or impersonate a
18951 Tor server, but it could provide a means to distinguish 32-bit Tor
18952 implementations from 64-bit Tor implementations. Fixes bug 12694;
18953 bugfix on 0.2.4.8-alpha. Bug found by Robert Ransom; fix from
18957 - Warn and drop the circuit if we receive an inbound 'relay early'
18958 cell. Those used to be normal to receive on hidden service circuits
18959 due to bug 1038, but the buggy Tor versions are long gone from
18960 the network so we can afford to resume watching for them. Resolves
18961 the rest of bug 1038; bugfix on 0.2.1.19.
18962 - Correct a confusing error message when trying to extend a circuit
18963 via the control protocol but we don't know a descriptor or
18964 microdescriptor for one of the specified relays. Fixes bug 12718;
18965 bugfix on 0.2.3.1-alpha.
18966 - Avoid an illegal read from stack when initializing the TLS
18967 module using a version of OpenSSL without all of the ciphers
18968 used by the v2 link handshake. Fixes bug 12227; bugfix on
18969 0.2.4.8-alpha. Found by "starlight".
18972 - Update geoip and geoip6 to the July 10 2014 Maxmind GeoLite2
18976 Changes in version 0.2.4.22 - 2014-05-16
18977 Tor 0.2.4.22 backports numerous high-priority fixes from the Tor 0.2.5
18978 alpha release series. These include blocking all authority signing
18979 keys that may have been affected by the OpenSSL "heartbleed" bug,
18980 choosing a far more secure set of TLS ciphersuites by default, closing
18981 a couple of memory leaks that could be used to run a target relay out
18982 of RAM, and several others.
18984 o Major features (security, backport from 0.2.5.4-alpha):
18985 - Block authority signing keys that were used on authorities
18986 vulnerable to the "heartbleed" bug in OpenSSL (CVE-2014-0160). (We
18987 don't have any evidence that these keys _were_ compromised; we're
18988 doing this to be prudent.) Resolves ticket 11464.
18990 o Major bugfixes (security, OOM):
18991 - Fix a memory leak that could occur if a microdescriptor parse
18992 fails during the tokenizing step. This bug could enable a memory
18993 exhaustion attack by directory servers. Fixes bug 11649; bugfix
18996 o Major bugfixes (TLS cipher selection, backport from 0.2.5.4-alpha):
18997 - The relay ciphersuite list is now generated automatically based on
18998 uniform criteria, and includes all OpenSSL ciphersuites with
18999 acceptable strength and forward secrecy. Previously, we had left
19000 some perfectly fine ciphersuites unsupported due to omission or
19001 typo. Resolves bugs 11513, 11492, 11498, 11499. Bugs reported by
19002 'cypherpunks'. Bugfix on 0.2.4.8-alpha.
19003 - Relays now trust themselves to have a better view than clients of
19004 which TLS ciphersuites are better than others. (Thanks to bug
19005 11513, the relay list is now well-considered, whereas the client
19006 list has been chosen mainly for anti-fingerprinting purposes.)
19007 Relays prefer: AES over 3DES; then ECDHE over DHE; then GCM over
19008 CBC; then SHA384 over SHA256 over SHA1; and last, AES256 over
19009 AES128. Resolves ticket 11528.
19010 - Clients now try to advertise the same list of ciphersuites as
19011 Firefox 28. This change enables selection of (fast) GCM
19012 ciphersuites, disables some strange old ciphers, and stops
19013 advertising the ECDH (not to be confused with ECDHE) ciphersuites.
19014 Resolves ticket 11438.
19016 o Minor bugfixes (configuration, security):
19017 - When running a hidden service, do not allow TunneledDirConns 0:
19018 trying to set that option together with a hidden service would
19019 otherwise prevent the hidden service from running, and also make
19020 it publish its descriptors directly over HTTP. Fixes bug 10849;
19021 bugfix on 0.2.1.1-alpha.
19023 o Minor bugfixes (controller, backport from 0.2.5.4-alpha):
19024 - Avoid sending a garbage value to the controller when a circuit is
19025 cannibalized. Fixes bug 11519; bugfix on 0.2.3.11-alpha.
19027 o Minor bugfixes (exit relay, backport from 0.2.5.4-alpha):
19028 - Stop leaking memory when we successfully resolve a PTR record.
19029 Fixes bug 11437; bugfix on 0.2.4.7-alpha.
19031 o Minor bugfixes (bridge client, backport from 0.2.5.4-alpha):
19032 - Avoid 60-second delays in the bootstrapping process when Tor is
19033 launching for a second time while using bridges. Fixes bug 9229;
19034 bugfix on 0.2.0.3-alpha.
19036 o Minor bugfixes (relays and bridges, backport from 0.2.5.4-alpha):
19037 - Give the correct URL in the warning message when trying to run a
19038 relay on an ancient version of Windows. Fixes bug 9393.
19040 o Minor bugfixes (compilation):
19041 - Fix a compilation error when compiling with --disable-curve25519.
19042 Fixes bug 9700; bugfix on 0.2.4.17-rc.
19045 - Downgrade the warning severity for the the "md was still
19046 referenced 1 node(s)" warning. Tor 0.2.5.4-alpha has better code
19047 for trying to diagnose this bug, and the current warning in
19048 earlier versions of tor achieves nothing useful. Addresses warning
19051 o Minor features (log verbosity, backport from 0.2.5.4-alpha):
19052 - When we run out of usable circuit IDs on a channel, log only one
19053 warning for the whole channel, and describe how many circuits
19054 there were on the channel. Fixes part of ticket 11553.
19056 o Minor features (security, backport from 0.2.5.4-alpha):
19057 - Decrease the lower limit of MaxMemInCellQueues to 256 MBytes (but
19058 leave the default at 8GBytes), to better support Raspberry Pi
19059 users. Fixes bug 9686; bugfix on 0.2.4.14-alpha.
19061 o Documentation (backport from 0.2.5.4-alpha):
19062 - Correctly document that we search for a system torrc file before
19063 looking in ~/.torrc. Fixes documentation side of 9213; bugfix on
19067 Changes in version 0.2.4.21 - 2014-02-28
19068 Tor 0.2.4.21 further improves security against potential adversaries who
19069 find breaking 1024-bit crypto doable, and backports several stability
19070 and robustness patches from the 0.2.5 branch.
19072 o Major features (client security):
19073 - When we choose a path for a 3-hop circuit, make sure it contains
19074 at least one relay that supports the NTor circuit extension
19075 handshake. Otherwise, there is a chance that we're building
19076 a circuit that's worth attacking by an adversary who finds
19077 breaking 1024-bit crypto doable, and that chance changes the game
19078 theory. Implements ticket 9777.
19081 - Do not treat streams that fail with reason
19082 END_STREAM_REASON_INTERNAL as indicating a definite circuit failure,
19083 since it could also indicate an ENETUNREACH connection error. Fixes
19084 part of bug 10777; bugfix on 0.2.4.8-alpha.
19086 o Code simplification and refactoring:
19087 - Remove data structures which were introduced to implement the
19088 CellStatistics option: they are now redundant with the new timestamp
19089 field in the regular packed_cell_t data structure, which we did
19090 in 0.2.4.18-rc in order to resolve bug 9093. Resolves ticket 10870.
19093 - Always clear OpenSSL bignums before freeing them -- even bignums
19094 that don't contain secrets. Resolves ticket 10793. Patch by
19096 - Build without warnings under clang 3.4. (We have some macros that
19097 define static functions only some of which will get used later in
19098 the module. Starting with clang 3.4, these give a warning unless the
19099 unused attribute is set on them.) Resolves ticket 10904.
19100 - Update geoip and geoip6 files to the February 7 2014 Maxmind
19101 GeoLite2 Country database.
19104 - Set the listen() backlog limit to the largest actually supported
19105 on the system, not to the value in a header file. Fixes bug 9716;
19106 bugfix on every released Tor.
19107 - Treat ENETUNREACH, EACCES, and EPERM connection failures at an
19108 exit node as a NOROUTE error, not an INTERNAL error, since they
19109 can apparently happen when trying to connect to the wrong sort
19110 of netblocks. Fixes part of bug 10777; bugfix on 0.1.0.1-rc.
19111 - Fix build warnings about missing "a2x" comment when building the
19112 manpages from scratch on OpenBSD; OpenBSD calls it "a2x.py".
19113 Fixes bug 10929; bugfix on 0.2.2.9-alpha. Patch from Dana Koch.
19114 - Avoid a segfault on SIGUSR1, where we had freed a connection but did
19115 not entirely remove it from the connection lists. Fixes bug 9602;
19116 bugfix on 0.2.4.4-alpha.
19117 - Fix a segmentation fault in our benchmark code when running with
19118 Fedora's OpenSSL package, or any other OpenSSL that provides
19119 ECDH but not P224. Fixes bug 10835; bugfix on 0.2.4.8-alpha.
19120 - Turn "circuit handshake stats since last time" log messages into a
19121 heartbeat message. Fixes bug 10485; bugfix on 0.2.4.17-rc.
19123 o Documentation fixes:
19124 - Document that all but one DirPort entry must have the NoAdvertise
19125 flag set. Fixes bug 10470; bugfix on 0.2.3.3-alpha / 0.2.3.16-alpha.
19128 Changes in version 0.2.4.20 - 2013-12-22
19129 Tor 0.2.4.20 fixes potentially poor random number generation for users
19130 who 1) use OpenSSL 1.0.0 or later, 2) set "HardwareAccel 1" in their
19131 torrc file, 3) have "Sandy Bridge" or "Ivy Bridge" Intel processors,
19132 and 4) have no state file in their DataDirectory (as would happen on
19133 first start). Users who generated relay or hidden service identity
19134 keys in such a situation should discard them and generate new ones.
19136 This release also fixes a logic error that caused Tor clients to build
19137 many more preemptive circuits than they actually need.
19140 - Do not allow OpenSSL engines to replace the PRNG, even when
19141 HardwareAccel is set. The only default builtin PRNG engine uses
19142 the Intel RDRAND instruction to replace the entire PRNG, and
19143 ignores all attempts to seed it with more entropy. That's
19144 cryptographically stupid: the right response to a new alleged
19145 entropy source is never to discard all previously used entropy
19146 sources. Fixes bug 10402; works around behavior introduced in
19147 OpenSSL 1.0.0. Diagnosis and investigation thanks to "coderman"
19149 - Fix assertion failure when AutomapHostsOnResolve yields an IPv6
19150 address. Fixes bug 10465; bugfix on 0.2.4.7-alpha.
19151 - Avoid launching spurious extra circuits when a stream is pending.
19152 This fixes a bug where any circuit that _wasn't_ unusable for new
19153 streams would be treated as if it were, causing extra circuits to
19154 be launched. Fixes bug 10456; bugfix on 0.2.4.12-alpha.
19157 - Avoid a crash bug when starting with a corrupted microdescriptor
19158 cache file. Fixes bug 10406; bugfix on 0.2.2.6-alpha.
19159 - If we fail to dump a previously cached microdescriptor to disk, avoid
19160 freeing duplicate data later on. Fixes bug 10423; bugfix on
19161 0.2.4.13-alpha. Spotted by "bobnomnom".
19164 Changes in version 0.2.4.19 - 2013-12-11
19165 The Tor 0.2.4 release series is dedicated to the memory of Aaron Swartz
19166 (1986-2013). Aaron worked on diverse projects including helping to guide
19167 Creative Commons, playing a key role in stopping SOPA/PIPA, bringing
19168 transparency to the U.S government's PACER documents, and contributing
19169 design and development for Tor and Tor2Web. Aaron was one of the latest
19170 martyrs in our collective fight for civil liberties and human rights,
19171 and his death is all the more painful because he was one of us.
19173 Tor 0.2.4.19, the first stable release in the 0.2.4 branch, features
19174 a new circuit handshake and link encryption that use ECC to provide
19175 better security and efficiency; makes relays better manage circuit
19176 creation requests; uses "directory guards" to reduce client enumeration
19177 risks; makes bridges collect and report statistics about the pluggable
19178 transports they support; cleans up and improves our geoip database;
19179 gets much closer to IPv6 support for clients, bridges, and relays; makes
19180 directory authorities use measured bandwidths rather than advertised
19181 ones when computing flags and thresholds; disables client-side DNS
19182 caching to reduce tracking risks; and fixes a big bug in bridge
19183 reachability testing. This release introduces two new design
19184 abstractions in the code: a new "channel" abstraction between circuits
19185 and or_connections to allow for implementing alternate relay-to-relay
19186 transports, and a new "circuitmux" abstraction storing the queue of
19187 circuits for a channel. The release also includes many stability,
19188 security, and privacy fixes.
19190 o Major features (new circuit handshake):
19191 - Tor now supports a new circuit extension handshake designed by Ian
19192 Goldberg, Douglas Stebila, and Berkant Ustaoglu. Our original
19193 circuit extension handshake, later called "TAP", was a bit slow
19194 (especially on the relay side), had a fragile security proof, and
19195 used weaker keys than we'd now prefer. The new circuit handshake
19196 uses Dan Bernstein's "curve25519" elliptic-curve Diffie-Hellman
19197 function, making it significantly more secure than the older
19198 handshake, and significantly faster. Tor can use one of two built-in
19199 pure-C curve25519-donna implementations by Adam Langley, or it
19200 can link against the "nacl" library for a tuned version if present.
19202 The built-in version is very fast for 64-bit systems when building
19203 with GCC. The built-in 32-bit version is still faster than the
19204 old TAP protocol, but using libnacl is better on most such hosts.
19206 Implements proposal 216; closes ticket 7202.
19208 o Major features (better link encryption):
19209 - Relays can now enable the ECDHE TLS ciphersuites when available
19210 and appropriate. These ciphersuites let us negotiate forward-secure
19211 TLS secret keys more safely and more efficiently than with our
19212 previous use of Diffie-Hellman modulo a 1024-bit prime. By default,
19213 public relays prefer the (faster) P224 group, and bridges prefer
19214 the (more common) P256 group; you can override this with the
19217 This feature requires clients running 0.2.3.17-beta or later,
19218 and requires both sides to be running OpenSSL 1.0.0 or later
19219 with ECC support. OpenSSL 1.0.1, with the compile-time option
19220 "enable-ec_nistp_64_gcc_128", is highly recommended.
19222 Implements the relay side of proposal 198; closes ticket 7200.
19224 - Re-enable TLS 1.1 and 1.2 when built with OpenSSL 1.0.1e or later.
19225 Resolves ticket 6055. (OpenSSL before 1.0.1 didn't have TLS 1.1 or
19226 1.2, and OpenSSL from 1.0.1 through 1.0.1d had bugs that prevented
19227 renegotiation from working with TLS 1.1 or 1.2, so we had disabled
19228 them to solve bug 6033.)
19230 o Major features (relay performance):
19231 - Instead of limiting the number of queued onionskins (aka circuit
19232 create requests) to a fixed, hard-to-configure number, we limit
19233 the size of the queue based on how many we expect to be able to
19234 process in a given amount of time. We estimate the time it will
19235 take to process an onionskin based on average processing time
19236 of previous onionskins. Closes ticket 7291. You'll never have to
19237 configure MaxOnionsPending again.
19238 - Relays process the new "NTor" circuit-level handshake requests
19239 with higher priority than the old "TAP" circuit-level handshake
19240 requests. We still process some TAP requests to not totally starve
19241 0.2.3 clients when NTor becomes popular. A new consensus parameter
19242 "NumNTorsPerTAP" lets us tune the balance later if we need to.
19243 Implements ticket 9574.
19245 o Major features (client bootstrapping resilience):
19246 - Add a new "FallbackDir" torrc option to use when we can't use
19247 a directory mirror from the consensus (either because we lack a
19248 consensus, or because they're all down). Currently, all authorities
19249 are fallbacks by default, and there are no other default fallbacks,
19250 but that will change. This option will allow us to give clients a
19251 longer list of servers to try to get a consensus from when first
19252 connecting to the Tor network, and thereby reduce load on the
19253 directory authorities. Implements proposal 206, "Preconfigured
19254 directory sources for bootstrapping". We also removed the old
19255 "FallbackNetworkstatus" option, since we never got it working well
19256 enough to use it. Closes bug 572.
19257 - If we have no circuits open, use a relaxed timeout (the
19258 95th-percentile cutoff) until a circuit succeeds. This heuristic
19259 should allow Tor to succeed at building circuits even when the
19260 network connection drastically changes. Should help with bug 3443.
19262 o Major features (use of guards):
19263 - Support directory guards (proposal 207): when possible, clients now
19264 use their entry guards for non-anonymous directory requests. This
19265 can help prevent client enumeration. Note that this behavior only
19266 works when we have a usable consensus directory, and when options
19267 about what to download are more or less standard. In the future we
19268 should re-bootstrap from our guards, rather than re-bootstrapping
19269 from the preconfigured list of directory sources that ships with
19270 Tor. Resolves ticket 6526.
19271 - Raise the default time that a client keeps an entry guard from
19272 "1-2 months" to "2-3 months", as suggested by Tariq Elahi's WPES
19273 2012 paper. (We would make it even longer, but we need better client
19274 load balancing first.) Also, make the guard lifetime controllable
19275 via a new GuardLifetime torrc option and a GuardLifetime consensus
19276 parameter. Start of a fix for bug 8240; bugfix on 0.1.1.11-alpha.
19278 o Major features (bridges with pluggable transports):
19279 - Bridges now report the pluggable transports they support to the
19280 bridge authority, so it can pass the supported transports on to
19281 bridgedb and/or eventually do reachability testing. Implements
19283 - Automatically forward the TCP ports of pluggable transport
19284 proxies using tor-fw-helper if PortForwarding is enabled. Implements
19287 o Major features (geoip database):
19288 - Maxmind began labelling Tor relays as being in country "A1",
19289 which breaks by-country node selection inside Tor. Now we use a
19290 script to replace "A1" ("Anonymous Proxy") entries in our geoip
19291 file with real country codes. This script fixes about 90% of "A1"
19292 entries automatically and uses manual country code assignments to
19293 fix the remaining 10%. See src/config/README.geoip for details.
19295 - Add GeoIP database for IPv6 addresses. The new config option
19297 - Update to the October 2 2013 Maxmind GeoLite Country database.
19299 o Major features (IPv6):
19300 - Clients who set "ClientUseIPv6 1" may connect to entry nodes over
19301 IPv6. Set "ClientPreferIPv6ORPort 1" to make this even more likely
19302 to happen. Implements ticket 5535.
19303 - All kind of relays, not just bridges, can now advertise an IPv6
19304 OR port. Implements ticket 6362.
19305 - Relays can now exit to IPv6 addresses: make sure that you have IPv6
19306 connectivity, then set the IPv6Exit flag to 1. Also make sure your
19307 exit policy reads as you would like: the address * applies to all
19308 address families, whereas *4 is IPv4 address only, and *6 is IPv6
19309 addresses only. On the client side, you'll need to wait for enough
19310 exits to support IPv6, apply the "IPv6Traffic" flag to a SocksPort,
19311 and use Socks5. Closes ticket 5547, implements proposal 117 as
19312 revised in proposal 208.
19313 - Bridge authorities now accept IPv6 bridge addresses and include
19314 them in network status documents. Implements ticket 5534.
19315 - Directory authorities vote on IPv6 OR ports. Implements ticket 6363.
19317 o Major features (directory authorities):
19318 - Directory authorities now prefer using measured bandwidths to
19319 advertised ones when computing flags and thresholds. Resolves
19321 - Directory authorities that vote measured bandwidths about more
19322 than a threshold number of relays now treat relays with
19323 unmeasured bandwidths as having bandwidth 0 when computing their
19324 flags. Resolves ticket 8435.
19325 - Directory authorities now support a new consensus method (17)
19326 where they cap the published bandwidth of relays for which
19327 insufficient bandwidth measurements exist. Fixes part of bug 2286.
19328 - Directory authorities that set "DisableV2DirectoryInfo_ 1" no longer
19329 serve any v2 directory information. Now we can test disabling the
19330 old deprecated v2 directory format, and see whether doing so has
19331 any effect on network load. Begins to fix bug 6783.
19333 o Major features (build and portability):
19334 - Switch to a nonrecursive Makefile structure. Now instead of each
19335 Makefile.am invoking other Makefile.am's, there is a master
19336 Makefile.am that includes the others. This change makes our build
19337 process slightly more maintainable, and improves parallelism for
19338 building with make -j. Original patch by Stewart Smith; various
19339 fixes by Jim Meyering.
19340 - Where available, we now use automake's "silent" make rules by
19341 default, so that warnings are easier to spot. You can get the old
19342 behavior with "make V=1". Patch by Stewart Smith for ticket 6522.
19343 - Resume building correctly with MSVC and Makefile.nmake. This patch
19344 resolves numerous bugs and fixes reported by ultramage, including
19345 7305, 7308, 7309, 7310, 7312, 7313, 7315, 7316, and 7669.
19347 o Security features:
19348 - Switch to a completely time-invariant approach for picking nodes
19349 weighted by bandwidth. Our old approach would run through the
19350 part of the loop after it had made its choice slightly slower
19351 than it ran through the part of the loop before it had made its
19352 choice. Addresses ticket 6538.
19353 - Disable the use of Guard nodes when in Tor2WebMode. Guard usage
19354 by tor2web clients allows hidden services to identify tor2web
19355 clients through their repeated selection of the same rendezvous
19356 and introduction point circuit endpoints (their guards). Resolves
19359 o Major bugfixes (relay denial of service):
19360 - When we have too much memory queued in circuits (according to a new
19361 MaxMemInCellQueues option), close the circuits that have the oldest
19362 queued cells, on the theory that those are most responsible for
19363 us running low on memory. This prevents us from running out of
19364 memory as a relay if circuits fill up faster than they can be
19365 drained. Fixes bugs 9063 and 9093; bugfix on the 54th commit of
19366 Tor. This bug is a further fix beyond bug 6252, whose fix was
19367 merged into 0.2.3.21-rc.
19368 - Reject bogus create and relay cells with 0 circuit ID or 0 stream
19369 ID: these could be used to create unexpected streams and circuits
19370 which would count as "present" to some parts of Tor but "absent"
19371 to others, leading to zombie circuits and streams or to a bandwidth
19372 denial-of-service. Fixes bug 7889; bugfix on every released version
19373 of Tor. Reported by "oftc_must_be_destroyed".
19374 - Avoid a bug where our response to TLS renegotiation under certain
19375 network conditions could lead to a busy-loop, with 100% CPU
19376 consumption. Fixes bug 5650; bugfix on 0.2.0.16-alpha.
19378 o Major bugfixes (asserts, crashes, leaks):
19379 - Prevent the get_freelists() function from running off the end of
19380 the list of freelists if it somehow gets an unrecognized
19381 allocation. Fixes bug 8844; bugfix on 0.2.0.16-alpha. Reported by
19383 - Avoid a memory leak where we would leak a consensus body when we
19384 find that a consensus which we couldn't previously verify due to
19385 missing certificates is now verifiable. Fixes bug 8719; bugfix
19387 - If we are unable to save a microdescriptor to the journal, do not
19388 drop it from memory and then reattempt downloading it. Fixes bug
19389 9645; bugfix on 0.2.2.6-alpha.
19390 - Fix an assertion failure that would occur when disabling the
19391 ORPort setting on a running Tor process while accounting was
19392 enabled. Fixes bug 6979; bugfix on 0.2.2.18-alpha.
19393 - Avoid an assertion failure on OpenBSD (and perhaps other BSDs)
19394 when an exit connection with optimistic data succeeds immediately
19395 rather than returning EINPROGRESS. Fixes bug 9017; bugfix on
19397 - Fix a memory leak that would occur whenever a configuration
19398 option changed. Fixes bug 8718; bugfix on 0.2.3.3-alpha.
19400 o Major bugfixes (relay rate limiting):
19401 - When a TLS write is partially successful but incomplete, remember
19402 that the flushed part has been flushed, and notice that bytes were
19403 actually written. Reported and fixed pseudonymously. Fixes bug 7708;
19404 bugfix on Tor 0.1.0.5-rc.
19405 - Raise the default BandwidthRate/BandwidthBurst values from 5MB/10MB
19406 to 1GB/1GB. The previous defaults were intended to be "basically
19407 infinite", but it turns out they're now limiting our 100mbit+
19408 relays and bridges. Fixes bug 6605; bugfix on 0.2.0.10-alpha (the
19409 last time we raised it).
19410 - No longer stop reading or writing on cpuworker connections when
19411 our rate limiting buckets go empty. Now we should handle circuit
19412 handshake requests more promptly. Resolves bug 9731.
19414 o Major bugfixes (client-side privacy):
19415 - When we mark a circuit as unusable for new circuits, have it
19416 continue to be unusable for new circuits even if MaxCircuitDirtiness
19417 is increased too much at the wrong time, or the system clock jumps
19418 backwards. Fixes bug 6174; bugfix on 0.0.2pre26.
19419 - If ClientDNSRejectInternalAddresses ("do not believe DNS queries
19420 which have resolved to internal addresses") is set, apply that
19421 rule to IPv6 as well. Fixes bug 8475; bugfix on 0.2.0.7-alpha.
19422 - When an exit relay rejects a stream with reason "exit policy", but
19423 we only know an exit policy summary (e.g. from the microdesc
19424 consensus) for it, do not mark the relay as useless for all exiting.
19425 Instead, mark just the circuit as unsuitable for that particular
19426 address. Fixes part of bug 7582; bugfix on 0.2.3.2-alpha.
19428 o Major bugfixes (stream isolation):
19429 - Allow applications to get proper stream isolation with
19430 IsolateSOCKSAuth. Many SOCKS5 clients that want to offer
19431 username/password authentication also offer "no authentication". Tor
19432 had previously preferred "no authentication", so the applications
19433 never actually sent Tor their auth details. Now Tor selects
19434 username/password authentication if it's offered. You can disable
19435 this behavior on a per-SOCKSPort basis via PreferSOCKSNoAuth. Fixes
19436 bug 8117; bugfix on 0.2.3.3-alpha.
19437 - Follow the socks5 protocol when offering username/password
19438 authentication. The fix for bug 8117 exposed this bug, and it
19439 turns out real-world applications like Pidgin do care. Bugfix on
19440 0.2.3.2-alpha; fixes bug 8879.
19442 o Major bugfixes (client circuit building):
19443 - Alter circuit build timeout measurement to start at the point
19444 where we begin the CREATE/CREATE_FAST step (as opposed to circuit
19445 initialization). This should make our timeout measurements more
19446 uniform. Previously, we were sometimes including ORconn setup time
19447 in our circuit build time measurements. Should resolve bug 3443.
19448 - If the circuit build timeout logic is disabled (via the consensus,
19449 or because we are an authority), then don't build testing circuits.
19450 Fixes bug 9657; bugfix on 0.2.2.14-alpha.
19452 o Major bugfixes (client-side DNS):
19453 - Turn off the client-side DNS cache by default. Updating and using
19454 the DNS cache is now configurable on a per-client-port
19455 level. SOCKSPort, DNSPort, etc lines may now contain
19456 {No,}Cache{IPv4,IPv6,}DNS lines to indicate that we shouldn't
19457 cache these types of DNS answers when we receive them from an
19458 exit node in response to an application request on this port, and
19459 {No,}UseCached{IPv4,IPv6,DNS} lines to indicate that if we have
19460 cached DNS answers of these types, we shouldn't use them. It's
19461 potentially risky to use cached DNS answers at the client, since
19462 doing so can indicate to one exit what answers we've gotten
19463 for DNS lookups in the past. With IPv6, this becomes especially
19464 problematic. Using cached DNS answers for requests on the same
19465 circuit would present less linkability risk, since all traffic
19466 on a circuit is already linkable, but it would also provide
19467 little performance benefit: the exit node caches DNS replies
19468 too. Implements a simplified version of Proposal 205. Implements
19471 o Major bugfixes (hidden service privacy):
19472 - Limit hidden service descriptors to at most ten introduction
19473 points, to slow one kind of guard enumeration. Fixes bug 9002;
19474 bugfix on 0.1.1.11-alpha.
19476 o Major bugfixes (directory fetching):
19477 - If the time to download the next old-style networkstatus is in
19478 the future, do not decline to consider whether to download the
19479 next microdescriptor networkstatus. Fixes bug 9564; bugfix on
19481 - We used to always request authority certificates by identity digest,
19482 meaning we'd get the newest one even when we wanted one with a
19483 different signing key. Then we would complain about being given
19484 a certificate we already had, and never get the one we really
19485 wanted. Now we use the "fp-sk/" resource as well as the "fp/"
19486 resource to request the one we want. Fixes bug 5595; bugfix on
19489 o Major bugfixes (bridge reachability):
19490 - Bridges now send AUTH_CHALLENGE cells during their v3 handshakes;
19491 previously they did not, which prevented them from receiving
19492 successful connections from relays for self-test or bandwidth
19493 testing. Also, when a relay is extending a circuit to a bridge,
19494 it needs to send a NETINFO cell, even when the bridge hasn't sent
19495 an AUTH_CHALLENGE cell. Fixes bug 9546; bugfix on 0.2.3.6-alpha.
19497 o Major bugfixes (control interface):
19498 - When receiving a new configuration file via the control port's
19499 LOADCONF command, do not treat the defaults file as absent.
19500 Fixes bug 9122; bugfix on 0.2.3.9-alpha.
19502 o Major bugfixes (directory authorities):
19503 - Stop marking every relay as having been down for one hour every
19504 time we restart a directory authority. These artificial downtimes
19505 were messing with our Stable and Guard flag calculations. Fixes
19506 bug 8218 (introduced by the fix for 1035). Bugfix on 0.2.2.23-alpha.
19507 - When computing directory thresholds, ignore any rejected-as-sybil
19508 nodes during the computation so that they can't influence Fast,
19509 Guard, etc. (We should have done this for proposal 109.) Fixes
19511 - When marking a node as a likely sybil, reset its uptime metrics
19512 to zero, so that it cannot time towards getting marked as Guard,
19513 Stable, or HSDir. (We should have done this for proposal 109.) Fixes
19515 - Fix a bug in the voting algorithm that could yield incorrect results
19516 when a non-naming authority declared too many flags. Fixes bug 9200;
19517 bugfix on 0.2.0.3-alpha.
19519 o Internal abstraction features:
19520 - Introduce new channel_t abstraction between circuits and
19521 or_connection_t to allow for implementing alternate OR-to-OR
19522 transports. A channel_t is an abstract object which can either be a
19523 cell-bearing channel, which is responsible for authenticating and
19524 handshaking with the remote OR and transmitting cells to and from
19525 it, or a listening channel, which spawns new cell-bearing channels
19526 at the request of remote ORs. Implements part of ticket 6465.
19527 - Make a channel_tls_t subclass of channel_t, adapting it to the
19528 existing or_connection_t code. The V2/V3 protocol handshaking
19529 code which formerly resided in command.c has been moved below the
19530 channel_t abstraction layer and may be found in channeltls.c now.
19531 Implements the rest of ticket 6465.
19532 - Introduce new circuitmux_t storing the queue of circuits for
19533 a channel; this encapsulates and abstracts the queue logic and
19534 circuit selection policy, and allows the latter to be overridden
19535 easily by switching out a policy object. The existing EWMA behavior
19536 is now implemented as a circuitmux_policy_t. Resolves ticket 6816.
19538 o New build requirements:
19539 - Tor now requires OpenSSL 0.9.8 or later. OpenSSL 1.0.0 or later is
19540 strongly recommended.
19541 - Tor maintainers now require Automake version 1.9 or later to build
19542 Tor from the Git repository. (Automake is not required when building
19543 from a source distribution.)
19545 o Minor features (protocol):
19546 - No longer include the "opt" prefix when generating routerinfos
19547 or v2 directories: it has been needless since Tor 0.1.2. Closes
19549 - Reject EXTEND cells sent to nonexistent streams. According to the
19550 spec, an EXTEND cell sent to _any_ nonzero stream ID is invalid, but
19551 we were only checking for stream IDs that were currently in use.
19552 Found while hunting for more instances of bug 6271. Bugfix on
19553 0.0.2pre8, which introduced incremental circuit construction.
19554 - Tor relays and clients now support a better CREATE/EXTEND cell
19555 format, allowing the sender to specify multiple address, identity,
19556 and handshake types. Implements Robert Ransom's proposal 200;
19557 closes ticket 7199.
19558 - Reject as invalid most directory objects containing a NUL.
19559 Belt-and-suspender fix for bug 8037.
19561 o Minor features (security):
19562 - Clear keys and key-derived material left on the stack in
19563 rendservice.c and rendclient.c. Check return value of
19564 crypto_pk_write_private_key_to_string() in rend_service_load_keys().
19565 These fixes should make us more forward-secure against cold-boot
19566 attacks and the like. Fixes bug 2385.
19567 - Use our own weak RNG when we need a weak RNG. Windows's rand() and
19568 Irix's random() only return 15 bits; Solaris's random() returns more
19569 bits but its RAND_MAX says it only returns 15, and so on. Motivated
19570 by the fix for bug 7801; bugfix on 0.2.2.20-alpha.
19572 o Minor features (control protocol):
19573 - Add a "GETINFO signal/names" control port command. Implements
19575 - Provide default values for all options via "GETINFO config/defaults".
19576 Implements ticket 4971.
19577 - Allow an optional $ before the node identity digest in the
19578 controller command GETINFO ns/id/<identity>, for consistency with
19579 md/id/<identity> and desc/id/<identity>. Resolves ticket 7059.
19580 - Add CACHED keyword to ADDRMAP events in the control protocol
19581 to indicate whether a DNS result will be cached or not. Resolves
19583 - Generate bootstrapping status update events correctly when fetching
19584 microdescriptors. Fixes bug 9927.
19586 o Minor features (path selection):
19587 - When deciding whether we have enough descriptors to build circuits,
19588 instead of looking at raw relay counts, look at which fraction
19589 of (bandwidth-weighted) paths we're able to build. This approach
19590 keeps clients from building circuits if their paths are likely to
19591 stand out statistically. The default fraction of paths needed is
19592 taken from the consensus directory; you can override it with the
19593 new PathsNeededToBuildCircuits option. Fixes ticket 5956.
19594 - When any country code is listed in ExcludeNodes or ExcludeExitNodes,
19595 and we have GeoIP information, also exclude all nodes with unknown
19596 countries "??" and "A1". This behavior is controlled by the
19597 new GeoIPExcludeUnknown option: you can make such nodes always
19598 excluded with "GeoIPExcludeUnknown 1", and disable the feature
19599 with "GeoIPExcludeUnknown 0". Setting "GeoIPExcludeUnknown auto"
19600 gets you the default behavior. Implements feature 7706.
19602 o Minor features (hidden services):
19603 - Improve circuit build timeout handling for hidden services.
19604 In particular: adjust build timeouts more accurately depending
19605 upon the number of hop-RTTs that a particular circuit type
19606 undergoes. Additionally, launch intro circuits in parallel
19607 if they timeout, and take the first one to reply as valid.
19608 - The Tor client now ignores sub-domain components of a .onion
19609 address. This change makes HTTP "virtual" hosting
19610 possible: http://foo.aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa.onion/ and
19611 http://bar.aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa.onion/ can be two different websites
19612 hosted on the same hidden service. Implements proposal 204.
19613 - Enable Tor to read configuration, state, and key information from
19614 a FIFO. Previously Tor would only read from files with a positive
19615 stat.st_size. Code from meejah; fixes bug 6044.
19617 o Minor features (clients):
19618 - Teach bridge-using clients to avoid 0.2.2.x bridges when making
19619 microdescriptor-related dir requests, and only fall back to normal
19620 descriptors if none of their bridges can handle microdescriptors
19621 (as opposed to the fix in ticket 4013, which caused them to fall
19622 back to normal descriptors if *any* of their bridges preferred
19623 them). Resolves ticket 4994.
19624 - Tweak tor-fw-helper to accept an arbitrary amount of arbitrary
19625 TCP ports to forward. In the past it only accepted two ports:
19626 the ORPort and the DirPort.
19628 o Minor features (protecting client timestamps):
19629 - Clients no longer send timestamps in their NETINFO cells. These were
19630 not used for anything, and they provided one small way for clients
19631 to be distinguished from each other as they moved from network to
19632 network or behind NAT. Implements part of proposal 222.
19633 - Clients now round timestamps in INTRODUCE cells down to the nearest
19634 10 minutes. If a new Support022HiddenServices option is set to 0, or
19635 if it's set to "auto" and the feature is disabled in the consensus,
19636 the timestamp is sent as 0 instead. Implements part of proposal 222.
19637 - Stop sending timestamps in AUTHENTICATE cells. This is not such
19638 a big deal from a security point of view, but it achieves no actual
19639 good purpose, and isn't needed. Implements part of proposal 222.
19640 - Reduce down accuracy of timestamps in hidden service descriptors.
19641 Implements part of proposal 222.
19643 o Minor features (bridges):
19644 - Make bridge relays check once a minute for whether their IP
19645 address has changed, rather than only every 15 minutes. Resolves
19646 bugs 1913 and 1992.
19647 - Bridge statistics now count bridge clients connecting over IPv6:
19648 bridge statistics files now list "bridge-ip-versions" and
19649 extra-info documents list "geoip6-db-digest". The control protocol
19650 "CLIENTS_SEEN" and "ip-to-country" queries now support IPv6. Initial
19651 implementation by "shkoo", addressing ticket 5055.
19652 - Add a new torrc option "ServerTransportListenAddr" to let bridge
19653 operators select the address where their pluggable transports will
19654 listen for connections. Resolves ticket 7013.
19655 - Randomize the lifetime of our SSL link certificate, so censors can't
19656 use the static value for filtering Tor flows. Resolves ticket 8443;
19657 related to ticket 4014 which was included in 0.2.2.33.
19659 o Minor features (relays):
19660 - Option OutboundBindAddress can be specified multiple times and
19661 accepts IPv6 addresses. Resolves ticket 6876.
19663 o Minor features (IPv6, client side):
19664 - AutomapHostsOnResolve now supports IPv6 addresses. By default, we
19665 prefer to hand out virtual IPv6 addresses, since there are more of
19666 them and we can't run out. To override this behavior and make IPv4
19667 addresses preferred, set NoPreferIPv6Automap on whatever SOCKSPort
19668 or DNSPort you're using for resolving. Implements ticket 7571.
19669 - AutomapHostsOnResolve responses are now randomized, to avoid
19670 annoying situations where Tor is restarted and applications
19671 connect to the wrong addresses.
19672 - Never try more than 1000 times to pick a new virtual address when
19673 AutomapHostsOnResolve is set. That's good enough so long as we
19674 aren't close to handing out our entire virtual address space;
19675 if you're getting there, it's best to switch to IPv6 virtual
19678 o Minor features (IPv6, relay/authority side):
19679 - New config option "AuthDirHasIPv6Connectivity 1" that directory
19680 authorities should set if they have IPv6 connectivity and want to
19681 do reachability tests for IPv6 relays. Implements feature 5974.
19682 - A relay with an IPv6 OR port now sends that address in NETINFO
19683 cells (in addition to its other address). Implements ticket 6364.
19685 o Minor features (directory authorities):
19686 - Directory authorities no long accept descriptors for any version of
19687 Tor before 0.2.2.35, or for any 0.2.3 release before 0.2.3.10-alpha.
19688 These versions are insecure, unsupported, or both. Implements
19690 - When directory authorities are computing thresholds for flags,
19691 never let the threshold for the Fast flag fall below 4096
19692 bytes. Also, do not consider nodes with extremely low bandwidths
19693 when deciding thresholds for various directory flags. This change
19694 should raise our threshold for Fast relays, possibly in turn
19695 improving overall network performance; see ticket 1854. Resolves
19697 - Directory authorities now include inside each vote a statement of
19698 the performance thresholds they used when assigning flags.
19699 Implements ticket 8151.
19700 - Add an "ignoring-advertised-bws" boolean to the flag-threshold lines
19701 in directory authority votes to describe whether they have enough
19702 measured bandwidths to ignore advertised (relay descriptor)
19703 bandwidth claims. Resolves ticket 8711.
19705 o Minor features (path bias detection):
19706 - Path Use Bias: Perform separate accounting for successful circuit
19707 use. Keep separate statistics on stream attempt rates versus stream
19708 success rates for each guard. Provide configurable thresholds to
19709 determine when to emit log messages or disable use of guards that
19710 fail too many stream attempts. Resolves ticket 7802.
19711 - Create three levels of Path Bias log messages, as opposed to just
19712 two. These are configurable via consensus as well as via the torrc
19713 options PathBiasNoticeRate, PathBiasWarnRate, PathBiasExtremeRate.
19714 The default values are 0.70, 0.50, and 0.30 respectively.
19715 - Separate the log message levels from the decision to drop guards,
19716 which also is available via torrc option PathBiasDropGuards.
19717 PathBiasDropGuards still defaults to 0 (off).
19718 - Deprecate PathBiasDisableRate in favor of PathBiasDropGuards
19719 in combination with PathBiasExtremeRate.
19720 - Increase the default values for PathBiasScaleThreshold and
19721 PathBiasCircThreshold from (200, 20) to (300, 150).
19722 - Add in circuit usage accounting to path bias. If we try to use a
19723 built circuit but fail for any reason, it counts as path bias.
19724 Certain classes of circuits where the adversary gets to pick your
19725 destination node are exempt from this accounting. Usage accounting
19726 can be specifically disabled via consensus parameter or torrc.
19727 - Convert all internal path bias state to double-precision floating
19728 point, to avoid roundoff error and other issues.
19729 - Only record path bias information for circuits that have completed
19730 *two* hops. Assuming end-to-end tagging is the attack vector, this
19731 makes us more resilient to ambient circuit failure without any
19732 detection capability loss.
19734 o Minor features (build):
19735 - Tor now builds correctly on Bitrig, an OpenBSD fork. Patch from
19736 dhill. Resolves ticket 6982.
19737 - Compile on win64 using mingw64. Fixes bug 7260; patches from
19739 - Work correctly on Unix systems where EAGAIN and EWOULDBLOCK are
19740 separate error codes; or at least, don't break for that reason.
19741 Fixes bug 7935. Reported by "oftc_must_be_destroyed".
19743 o Build improvements (autotools):
19744 - Warn if building on a platform with an unsigned time_t: there
19745 are too many places where Tor currently assumes that time_t can
19746 hold negative values. We'd like to fix them all, but probably
19748 - Do not report status verbosely from autogen.sh unless the -v flag
19749 is specified. Fixes issue 4664. Patch from Onizuka.
19750 - Detect and reject attempts to build Tor with threading support
19751 when OpenSSL has been compiled without threading support.
19753 - Try to detect if we are ever building on a platform where
19754 memset(...,0,...) does not set the value of a double to 0.0. Such
19755 platforms are permitted by the C standard, though in practice
19756 they're pretty rare (since IEEE 754 is nigh-ubiquitous). We don't
19757 currently support them, but it's better to detect them and fail
19758 than to perform erroneously.
19759 - We no longer warn so much when generating manpages from their
19761 - Use Ville Laurikari's implementation of AX_CHECK_SIGN() to determine
19762 the signs of types during autoconf. This is better than our old
19763 approach, which didn't work when cross-compiling.
19765 o Minor features (log messages, warnings):
19766 - Detect when we're running with a version of OpenSSL other than the
19767 one we compiled with. This conflict has occasionally given people
19768 hard-to-track-down errors.
19769 - Warn users who run hidden services on a Tor client with
19770 UseEntryGuards disabled that their hidden services will be
19771 vulnerable to http://freehaven.net/anonbib/#hs-attack06 (the
19772 attack which motivated Tor to support entry guards in the first
19773 place). Resolves ticket 6889.
19774 - Warn when we are binding low ports when hibernation is enabled;
19775 previously we had warned when we were _advertising_ low ports with
19776 hibernation enabled. Fixes bug 7285; bugfix on 0.2.3.9-alpha.
19777 - Issue a warning when running with the bufferevents backend enabled.
19778 It's still not stable, and people should know that they're likely
19779 to hit unexpected problems. Closes ticket 9147.
19781 o Minor features (log messages, notices):
19782 - Refactor resolve_my_address() so it returns the method by which we
19783 decided our public IP address (explicitly configured, resolved from
19784 explicit hostname, guessed from interfaces, learned by gethostname).
19785 Now we can provide more helpful log messages when a relay guesses
19786 its IP address incorrectly (e.g. due to unexpected lines in
19787 /etc/hosts). Resolves ticket 2267.
19788 - Track how many "TAP" and "NTor" circuit handshake requests we get,
19789 and how many we complete, and log it every hour to help relay
19790 operators follow trends in network load. Addresses ticket 9658.
19792 o Minor features (log messages, diagnostics):
19793 - If we fail to free a microdescriptor because of bug 7164, log
19794 the filename and line number from which we tried to free it.
19795 - We compute the overhead from passing onionskins back and forth to
19796 cpuworkers, and report it when dumping statistics in response to
19797 SIGUSR1. Supports ticket 7291.
19798 - Add another diagnostic to the heartbeat message: track and log
19799 overhead that TLS is adding to the data we write. If this is
19800 high, we are sending too little data to SSL_write at a time.
19801 Diagnostic for bug 7707.
19802 - Log packaged cell fullness as part of the heartbeat message.
19803 Diagnosis to try to determine the extent of bug 7743.
19804 - Add more detail to a log message about relaxed timeouts, to help
19806 - When learning a fingerprint for a bridge, log its corresponding
19807 transport type. Implements ticket 7896.
19808 - Warn more aggressively when flushing microdescriptors to a
19809 microdescriptor cache fails, in an attempt to mitigate bug 8031,
19810 or at least make it more diagnosable.
19811 - Improve the log message when "Bug/attack: unexpected sendme cell
19812 from client" occurs, to help us track bug 8093.
19813 - Improve debugging output to help track down bug 8185 ("Bug:
19814 outgoing relay cell has n_chan==NULL. Dropping.")
19816 o Minor features (log messages, quieter bootstrapping):
19817 - Log fewer lines at level "notice" about our OpenSSL and Libevent
19818 versions and capabilities when everything is going right. Resolves
19819 part of ticket 6736.
19820 - Omit the first heartbeat log message, because it never has anything
19821 useful to say, and it clutters up the bootstrapping messages.
19822 Resolves ticket 6758.
19823 - Don't log about reloading the microdescriptor cache at startup. Our
19824 bootstrap warnings are supposed to tell the user when there's a
19825 problem, and our bootstrap notices say when there isn't. Resolves
19826 ticket 6759; bugfix on 0.2.2.6-alpha.
19827 - Don't log "I learned some more directory information" when we're
19828 reading cached directory information. Reserve it for when new
19829 directory information arrives in response to a fetch. Resolves
19831 - Don't complain about bootstrapping problems while hibernating.
19832 These complaints reflect a general code problem, but not one
19833 with any problematic effects (no connections are actually
19834 opened). Fixes part of bug 7302; bugfix on 0.2.3.2-alpha.
19836 o Minor features (testing):
19837 - In our testsuite, create temporary directories with a bit more
19838 entropy in their name to make name collisions less likely. Fixes
19840 - Add benchmarks for DH (1024-bit multiplicative group) and ECDH
19841 (P-256) Diffie-Hellman handshakes to src/or/bench.
19842 - Add benchmark functions to test onion handshake performance.
19845 - The DirServer option is now DirAuthority, for consistency with
19846 current naming patterns. You can still use the old DirServer form.
19848 o Minor bugfixes (protocol):
19849 - Fix the handling of a TRUNCATE cell when it arrives while the
19850 circuit extension is in progress. Fixes bug 7947; bugfix on 0.0.7.1.
19851 - When a Tor client gets a "truncated" relay cell, the first byte of
19852 its payload specifies why the circuit was truncated. We were
19853 ignoring this 'reason' byte when tearing down the circuit, resulting
19854 in the controller not being told why the circuit closed. Now we
19855 pass the reason from the truncated cell to the controller. Bugfix
19856 on 0.1.2.3-alpha; fixes bug 7039.
19857 - Fix a misframing issue when reading the version numbers in a
19858 VERSIONS cell. Previously we would recognize [00 01 00 02] as
19859 'version 1, version 2, and version 0x100', when it should have
19860 only included versions 1 and 2. Fixes bug 8059; bugfix on
19861 0.2.0.10-alpha. Reported pseudonymously.
19862 - Make the format and order of STREAM events for DNS lookups
19863 consistent among the various ways to launch DNS lookups. Fixes
19864 bug 8203; bugfix on 0.2.0.24-rc. Patch by "Desoxy".
19866 o Minor bugfixes (syscalls and disk interaction):
19867 - Always check the return values of functions fcntl() and
19868 setsockopt(). We don't believe these are ever actually failing in
19869 practice, but better safe than sorry. Also, checking these return
19870 values should please analysis tools like Coverity. Patch from
19871 'flupzor'. Fixes bug 8206; bugfix on all versions of Tor.
19872 - Avoid double-closing the listener socket in our socketpair()
19873 replacement (used on Windows) in the case where the addresses on
19874 our opened sockets don't match what we expected. Fixes bug 9400;
19875 bugfix on 0.0.2pre7. Found by Coverity.
19876 - Correctly store microdescriptors and extrainfo descriptors that
19877 include an internal NUL byte. Fixes bug 8037; bugfix on
19878 0.2.0.1-alpha. Bug reported by "cypherpunks".
19879 - If for some reason we fail to write a microdescriptor while
19880 rebuilding the cache, do not let the annotations from that
19881 microdescriptor linger in the cache file, and do not let the
19882 microdescriptor stay recorded as present in its old location.
19883 Fixes bug 9047; bugfix on 0.2.2.6-alpha.
19884 - Use direct writes rather than stdio when building microdescriptor
19885 caches, in an attempt to mitigate bug 8031, or at least make it
19888 o Minor fixes (config options):
19889 - Warn and fail if a server is configured not to advertise any
19890 ORPorts at all. (We need *something* to put in our descriptor,
19891 or we just won't work.)
19892 - Behave correctly when the user disables LearnCircuitBuildTimeout
19893 but doesn't tell us what they would like the timeout to be. Fixes
19894 bug 6304; bugfix on 0.2.2.14-alpha.
19895 - Rename the (internal-use-only) UsingTestingNetworkDefaults option
19896 to start with a triple-underscore so the controller won't touch it.
19897 Patch by Meejah. Fixes bug 3155. Bugfix on 0.2.2.23-alpha.
19898 - Rename the (testing-use-only) _UseFilteringSSLBufferevents option
19899 so it doesn't start with _. Fixes bug 3155. Bugfix on 0.2.3.1-alpha.
19900 - When autodetecting the number of CPUs, use the number of available
19901 CPUs in preference to the number of configured CPUs. Inform the
19902 user if this reduces the number of available CPUs. Fixes bug 8002;
19903 bugfix on 0.2.3.1-alpha.
19904 - Command-line option "--version" implies "--quiet". Fixes bug 6997.
19905 - Make it an error when you set EntryNodes but disable UseGuardNodes,
19906 since it will (surprisingly to some users) ignore EntryNodes. Fixes
19907 bug 8180; bugfix on 0.2.3.11-alpha.
19908 - Avoid overflows when the user sets MaxCircuitDirtiness to a
19909 ridiculously high value, by imposing a (ridiculously high) 30-day
19910 maximum on MaxCircuitDirtiness.
19912 o Minor bugfixes (control protocol):
19913 - Stop sending a stray "(null)" in some cases for the server status
19914 "EXTERNAL_ADDRESS" controller event. Resolves bug 8200; bugfix
19916 - The ADDRMAP command can no longer generate an ill-formed error
19917 code on a failed MAPADDRESS. It now says "internal" rather than
19918 an English sentence fragment with spaces in the middle. Bugfix on
19919 Tor 0.2.0.19-alpha.
19921 o Minor bugfixes (clients / edges):
19922 - When we receive a RELAY_END cell with the reason DONE, or with no
19923 reason, before receiving a RELAY_CONNECTED cell, report the SOCKS
19924 status as "connection refused". Previously we reported these cases
19925 as success but then immediately closed the connection. Fixes bug
19926 7902; bugfix on 0.1.0.1-rc. Reported by "oftc_must_be_destroyed".
19927 - If the guard we choose first doesn't answer, we would try the
19928 second guard, but once we connected to the second guard we would
19929 abandon it and retry the first one, slowing down bootstrapping.
19930 The fix is to treat all our initially chosen guards as acceptable
19931 to use. Fixes bug 9946; bugfix on 0.1.1.11-alpha.
19932 - When choosing which stream on a formerly stalled circuit to wake
19933 first, make better use of the platform's weak RNG. Previously,
19934 we had been using the % ("modulo") operator to try to generate a
19935 1/N chance of picking each stream, but this behaves badly with
19936 many platforms' choice of weak RNG. Fixes bug 7801; bugfix on
19939 o Minor bugfixes (path bias detection):
19940 - If the state file's path bias counts are invalid (presumably from a
19941 buggy Tor prior to 0.2.4.10-alpha), make them correct. Also add
19942 additional checks and log messages to the scaling of Path Bias
19943 counts, in case there still are remaining issues with scaling.
19944 Should help resolve bug 8235.
19945 - Prevent rounding error in path bias counts when scaling
19946 them down, and use the correct scale factor default. Also demote
19947 some path bias related log messages down a level and make others
19948 less scary sounding. Fixes bug 6647. Bugfix on 0.2.3.17-beta.
19949 - Remove a source of rounding error during path bias count scaling;
19950 don't count cannibalized circuits as used for path bias until we
19951 actually try to use them; and fix a circuit_package_relay_cell()
19952 warning message about n_chan==NULL. Fixes bug 7802.
19953 - Paste the description for PathBias parameters from the man
19954 page into or.h, so the code documents them too. Fixes bug 7982;
19955 bugfix on 0.2.3.17-beta.
19957 o Minor bugfixes (relays):
19958 - Stop trying to resolve our hostname so often (e.g. every time we
19959 think about doing a directory fetch). Now we reuse the cached
19960 answer in some cases. Fixes bugs 1992 (bugfix on 0.2.0.20-rc)
19961 and 2410 (bugfix on 0.1.2.2-alpha).
19962 - When examining the list of network interfaces to find our address,
19963 do not consider non-running or disabled network interfaces. Fixes
19964 bug 9904; bugfix on 0.2.3.11-alpha. Patch from "hantwister".
19966 o Minor bugfixes (blocking resistance):
19967 - Only disable TLS session ticket support when running as a TLS
19968 server. Now clients will blend better with regular Firefox
19969 connections. Fixes bug 7189; bugfix on Tor 0.2.3.23-rc.
19971 o Minor bugfixes (IPv6):
19972 - Use square brackets around IPv6 addresses in numerous places
19973 that needed them, including log messages, HTTPS CONNECT proxy
19974 requests, TransportProxy statefile entries, and pluggable transport
19975 extra-info lines. Fixes bug 7011; patch by David Fifield.
19977 o Minor bugfixes (directory authorities):
19978 - Reject consensus votes with more than 64 known-flags. We aren't even
19979 close to that limit yet, and our code doesn't handle it correctly.
19980 Fixes bug 6833; bugfix on 0.2.0.1-alpha.
19981 - Correctly handle votes with more than 31 flags. Fixes bug 6853;
19982 bugfix on 0.2.0.3-alpha.
19984 o Minor bugfixes (memory leaks):
19985 - Avoid leaking memory if we fail to compute a consensus signature
19986 or we generate a consensus we can't parse. Bugfix on 0.2.0.5-alpha.
19987 - Fix a memory leak when receiving headers from an HTTPS proxy. Bugfix
19988 on 0.2.1.1-alpha; fixes bug 7816.
19989 - Fix a memory leak during safe-cookie controller authentication.
19990 Bugfix on 0.2.3.13-alpha; fixes bug 7816.
19991 - Free some more still-in-use memory at exit, to make hunting for
19992 memory leaks easier. Resolves bug 7029.
19994 o Minor bugfixes (code correctness):
19995 - Increase the width of the field used to remember a connection's
19996 link protocol version to two bytes. Harmless for now, since the
19997 only currently recognized versions are one byte long. Reported
19998 pseudonymously. Fixes bug 8062; bugfix on 0.2.0.10-alpha.
19999 - Fix a crash when debugging unit tests on Windows: deallocate a
20000 shared library with FreeLibrary, not CloseHandle. Fixes bug 7306;
20001 bugfix on 0.2.2.17-alpha. Reported by "ultramage".
20002 - When detecting the largest possible file descriptor (in order to
20003 close all file descriptors when launching a new program), actually
20004 use _SC_OPEN_MAX. The old code for doing this was very, very broken.
20005 Fixes bug 8209; bugfix on 0.2.3.1-alpha. Found by Coverity; this
20007 - Avoid a crash if we fail to generate an extrainfo descriptor.
20008 Fixes bug 8208; bugfix on 0.2.3.16-alpha. Found by Coverity;
20009 this is CID 718634.
20010 - Avoid an off-by-one error when checking buffer boundaries when
20011 formatting the exit status of a pluggable transport helper.
20012 This is probably not an exploitable bug, but better safe than
20013 sorry. Fixes bug 9928; bugfix on 0.2.3.18-rc. Bug found by
20015 - Get rid of a couple of harmless clang warnings, where we compared
20016 enums to ints. These warnings are newly introduced in clang 3.2.
20018 o Minor bugfixes (code cleanliness):
20019 - Avoid use of reserved identifiers in our C code. The C standard
20020 doesn't like us declaring anything that starts with an
20021 underscore, so let's knock it off before we get in trouble. Fix
20022 for bug 1031; bugfix on the first Tor commit.
20023 - Fix round_to_power_of_2() so it doesn't invoke undefined behavior
20024 with large values. This situation was untriggered, but nevertheless
20025 incorrect. Fixes bug 6831; bugfix on 0.2.0.1-alpha.
20026 - Fix an impossible buffer overrun in the AES unit tests. Fixes
20027 bug 8845; bugfix on 0.2.0.7-alpha. Found by eugenis.
20028 - Fix handling of rendezvous client authorization types over 8.
20029 Fixes bug 6861; bugfix on 0.2.1.5-alpha.
20030 - Remove a couple of extraneous semicolons that were upsetting the
20031 cparser library. Patch by Christian Grothoff. Fixes bug 7115;
20032 bugfix on 0.2.2.1-alpha.
20033 - When complaining about a client port on a public address, log
20034 which address we're complaining about. Fixes bug 4020; bugfix on
20035 0.2.3.3-alpha. Patch by Tom Fitzhenry.
20037 o Minor bugfixes (log messages, warnings):
20038 - If we encounter a write failure on a SOCKS connection before we
20039 finish our SOCKS handshake, don't warn that we closed the
20040 connection before we could send a SOCKS reply. Fixes bug 8427;
20041 bugfix on 0.1.0.1-rc.
20042 - Fix a directory authority warn caused when we have a large amount
20043 of badexit bandwidth. Fixes bug 8419; bugfix on 0.2.2.10-alpha.
20044 - Downgrade "Failed to hand off onionskin" messages to "debug"
20045 severity, since they're typically redundant with the "Your computer
20046 is too slow" messages. Fixes bug 7038; bugfix on 0.2.2.16-alpha.
20047 - Avoid spurious warnings when configuring multiple client ports of
20048 which only some are nonlocal. Previously, we had claimed that some
20049 were nonlocal when in fact they weren't. Fixes bug 7836; bugfix on
20052 o Minor bugfixes (log messages, other):
20053 - Fix log messages and comments to avoid saying "GMT" when we mean
20054 "UTC". Fixes bug 6113.
20055 - When rejecting a configuration because we were unable to parse a
20056 quoted string, log an actual error message. Fixes bug 7950; bugfix
20058 - Correctly recognize that [::1] is a loopback address. Fixes
20059 bug 8377; bugfix on 0.2.1.3-alpha.
20060 - Don't log inappropriate heartbeat messages when hibernating: a
20061 hibernating node is _expected_ to drop out of the consensus,
20062 decide it isn't bootstrapped, and so forth. Fixes bug 7302;
20063 bugfix on 0.2.3.1-alpha.
20064 - Eliminate several instances where we use "Nickname=ID" to refer to
20065 nodes in logs. Use "Nickname (ID)" instead. (Elsewhere, we still use
20066 "$ID=Nickname", which is also acceptable.) Fixes bug 7065. Bugfix
20069 o Minor bugfixes (build):
20070 - Fix some bugs in tor-fw-helper-natpmp when trying to build and
20071 run it on Windows. More bugs likely remain. Patch from Gisle Vanem.
20072 Fixes bug 7280; bugfix on 0.2.3.1-alpha.
20074 o Documentation fixes:
20075 - Make the torify manpage no longer refer to tsocks; torify hasn't
20076 supported tsocks since 0.2.3.14-alpha.
20077 - Make the tor manpage no longer reference tsocks.
20078 - Fix the GeoIPExcludeUnknown documentation to refer to
20079 ExcludeExitNodes rather than the currently nonexistent
20080 ExcludeEntryNodes. Spotted by "hamahangi" on tor-talk.
20081 - Resolve a typo in torrc.sample.in. Fixes bug 6819; bugfix on
20083 - Say "KBytes" rather than "KB" in the man page (for various values
20084 of K), to further reduce confusion about whether Tor counts in
20085 units of memory or fractions of units of memory. Resolves ticket 7054.
20086 - Update tor-fw-helper.1.txt and tor-fw-helper.c to make option
20087 names match. Fixes bug 7768.
20088 - Fix the documentation of HeartbeatPeriod to say that the heartbeat
20089 message is logged at notice, not at info.
20090 - Clarify the usage and risks of setting the ContactInfo torrc line
20091 for your relay or bridge. Resolves ticket 9854.
20092 - Add anchors to the manpage so we can link to the html version of
20093 the documentation for specific options. Resolves ticket 9866.
20094 - Replace remaining references to DirServer in man page and
20095 log entries. Resolves ticket 10124.
20097 o Removed features:
20098 - Stop exporting estimates of v2 and v3 directory traffic shares
20099 in extrainfo documents. They were unneeded and sometimes inaccurate.
20100 Also stop exporting any v2 directory request statistics. Resolves
20102 - Drop support for detecting and warning about versions of Libevent
20103 before 1.3e. Nothing reasonable ships with them any longer; warning
20104 the user about them shouldn't be needed. Resolves ticket 6826.
20105 - Now that all versions before 0.2.2.x are disallowed, we no longer
20106 need to work around their missing features. Remove a bunch of
20107 compatibility code.
20110 - The tor-tsocks.conf is no longer distributed or installed. We
20111 recommend that tsocks users use torsocks instead. Resolves
20113 - Remove some of the older contents of doc/ as obsolete; move others
20114 to torspec.git. Fixes bug 8965.
20116 o Code simplification:
20117 - Avoid using character buffers when constructing most directory
20118 objects: this approach was unwieldy and error-prone. Instead,
20119 build smartlists of strings, and concatenate them when done.
20120 - Rename "isin" functions to "contains", for grammar. Resolves
20122 - Rename Tor's logging function log() to tor_log(), to avoid conflicts
20123 with the natural logarithm function from the system libm. Resolves
20125 - Start using OpenBSD's implementation of queue.h, so that we don't
20126 need to hand-roll our own pointer and list structures whenever we
20127 need them. (We can't rely on a sys/queue.h, since some operating
20128 systems don't have them, and the ones that do have them don't all
20129 present the same extensions.)
20130 - Start using OpenBSD's implementation of queue.h (originally by
20132 - Enhance our internal sscanf replacement so that we can eliminate
20133 the last remaining uses of the system sscanf. (Though those uses
20134 of sscanf were safe, sscanf itself is generally error prone, so
20135 we want to eliminate when we can.) Fixes ticket 4195 and Coverity
20137 - Replace all calls to snprintf() outside of src/ext with
20138 tor_snprintf(). Also remove the #define to replace snprintf with
20139 _snprintf on Windows; they have different semantics, and all of
20140 our callers should be using tor_snprintf() anyway. Fixes bug 7304.
20143 - Add a wrapper function for the common "log a message with a
20145 - Split the onion.c file into separate modules for the onion queue
20146 and the different handshakes it supports.
20147 - Move the client-side address-map/virtual-address/DNS-cache code
20148 out of connection_edge.c into a new addressmap.c module.
20149 - Move the entry node code from circuitbuild.c to its own file.
20150 - Move the circuit build timeout tracking code from circuitbuild.c
20152 - Source files taken from other packages now reside in src/ext;
20153 previously they were scattered around the rest of Tor.
20154 - Move the generic "config" code into a new file, and have "config.c"
20155 hold only torrc- and state-related code. Resolves ticket 6823.
20156 - Move the core of our "choose a weighted element at random" logic
20157 into its own function, and give it unit tests. Now the logic is
20158 testable, and a little less fragile too.
20159 - Move ipv6_preferred from routerinfo_t to node_t. Addresses bug 4620.
20160 - Move last_reachable and testing_since from routerinfo_t to node_t.
20161 Implements ticket 5529.
20162 - Add replaycache_t structure, functions and unit tests, then refactor
20163 rend_service_introduce() to be more clear to read, improve, debug,
20164 and test. Resolves bug 6177.
20167 - Remove some now-needless code that tried to aggressively flush
20168 OR connections as data was added to them. Since 0.2.0.1-alpha, our
20169 cell queue logic has saved us from the failure mode that this code
20170 was supposed to prevent. Removing this code will limit the number
20171 of baroque control flow paths through Tor's network logic. Reported
20172 pseudonymously on IRC. Fixes bug 6468; bugfix on 0.2.0.1-alpha.
20173 - Remove unused code for parsing v1 directories and "running routers"
20174 documents. Fixes bug 6887.
20175 - Remove the marshalling/unmarshalling code for sending requests to
20176 cpuworkers over a socket, and instead just send structs. The
20177 recipient will always be the same Tor binary as the sender, so
20178 any encoding is overkill.
20179 - Remove the testing_since field of node_t, which hasn't been used
20180 for anything since 0.2.0.9-alpha.
20181 - Finally remove support for malloc_good_size and malloc_usable_size.
20182 We had hoped that these functions would let us eke a little more
20183 memory out of our malloc implementation. Unfortunately, the only
20184 implementations that provided these functions are also ones that
20185 are already efficient about not overallocation: they never got us
20186 more than 7 or so bytes per allocation. Removing them saves us a
20187 little code complexity and a nontrivial amount of build complexity.
20190 Changes in version 0.2.3.25 - 2012-11-19
20191 The Tor 0.2.3 release series is dedicated to the memory of Len "rabbi"
20192 Sassaman (1980-2011), a long-time cypherpunk, anonymity researcher,
20193 Mixmaster maintainer, Pynchon Gate co-designer, CodeCon organizer,
20194 programmer, and friend. Unstinting in his dedication to the cause of
20195 freedom, he inspired and helped many of us as we began our work on
20196 anonymity, and inspires us still. Please honor his memory by writing
20197 software to protect people's freedoms, and by helping others to do so.
20199 Tor 0.2.3.25, the first stable release in the 0.2.3 branch, features
20200 significantly reduced directory overhead (via microdescriptors),
20201 enormous crypto performance improvements for fast relays on new
20202 enough hardware, a new v3 TLS handshake protocol that can better
20203 resist fingerprinting, support for protocol obfuscation plugins (aka
20204 pluggable transports), better scalability for hidden services, IPv6
20205 support for bridges, performance improvements like allowing clients
20206 to skip the first round-trip on the circuit ("optimistic data") and
20207 refilling token buckets more often, a new "stream isolation" design
20208 to isolate different applications on different circuits, and many
20209 stability, security, and privacy fixes.
20211 Major features (v3 directory protocol):
20212 - Clients now use microdescriptors instead of regular descriptors
20213 to build circuits. Microdescriptors are authority-generated
20214 summaries of regular descriptors' contents, designed to change very
20215 rarely (see proposal 158 for details). This feature is designed
20216 to save bandwidth, especially for clients on slow internet
20217 connections. Use "UseMicrodescriptors 0" to disable it.
20218 - Caches now download, cache, and serve microdescriptors, as well
20219 as multiple "flavors" of the consensus, including a flavor that
20220 describes microdescriptors.
20222 o Major features (build hardening):
20223 - Enable gcc and ld hardening by default. Resolves ticket 5210.
20225 o Major features (relay scaling):
20226 - When built to use OpenSSL 1.0.1, and built for an x86 or x86_64
20227 instruction set, take advantage of OpenSSL's AESNI, bitsliced, or
20228 vectorized AES implementations as appropriate. These can be much,
20229 much faster than other AES implementations.
20230 - When using OpenSSL 1.0.0 or later, use OpenSSL's counter mode
20231 implementation. It makes AES_CTR about 7% faster than our old one
20232 (which was about 10% faster than the one OpenSSL used to provide).
20233 Resolves ticket 4526.
20234 - Use OpenSSL's EVP interface for AES encryption, so that all AES
20235 operations can use hardware acceleration (if present). Resolves
20237 - Unconditionally use OpenSSL's AES implementation instead of our
20238 old built-in one. OpenSSL's AES has been better for a while, and
20239 relatively few servers should still be on any version of OpenSSL
20240 that doesn't have good optimized assembly AES.
20242 o Major features (blocking resistance):
20243 - Update TLS cipher list to match Firefox 8 and later. Resolves
20245 - Remove support for clients falsely claiming to support standard
20246 ciphersuites that they can actually provide. As of modern OpenSSL
20247 versions, it's not necessary to fake any standard ciphersuite,
20248 and doing so prevents us from using better ciphersuites in the
20249 future, since servers can't know whether an advertised ciphersuite
20250 is really supported or not. Some hosts -- notably, ones with very
20251 old versions of OpenSSL or where OpenSSL has been built with ECC
20252 disabled -- will stand out because of this change; TBB users should
20253 not be affected. Implements the client side of proposal 198.
20254 - Implement a new handshake protocol (v3) for authenticating Tors to
20255 each other over TLS. It should be more resistant to fingerprinting
20256 than previous protocols, and should require less TLS hacking for
20257 future Tor implementations. Implements proposal 176.
20258 - Allow variable-length padding cells, to disguise the length of
20259 Tor's TLS records. Implements part of proposal 184.
20260 - While we're trying to bootstrap, record how many TLS connections
20261 fail in each state, and report which states saw the most failures
20262 in response to any bootstrap failures. This feature may speed up
20263 diagnosis of censorship events. Implements ticket 3116.
20265 o Major features (pluggable transports):
20266 - Clients and bridges can now be configured to use a separate
20267 "transport" proxy. This approach makes the censorship arms race
20268 easier by allowing bridges to use protocol obfuscation plugins.
20269 Implements proposal 180 (tickets 2841 and 3472).
20271 o Major features (DoS resistance):
20272 - Now that Tor 0.2.0.x is completely deprecated, enable the final
20273 part of "Proposal 110: Avoiding infinite length circuits" by
20274 refusing all circuit-extend requests that do not use a relay_early
20275 cell. This change helps Tor resist a class of denial-of-service
20276 attacks by limiting the maximum circuit length.
20277 - Tear down the circuit if we get an unexpected SENDME cell. Clients
20278 could use this trick to make their circuits receive cells faster
20279 than our flow control would have allowed, or to gum up the network,
20280 or possibly to do targeted memory denial-of-service attacks on
20281 entry nodes. Fixes bug 6252. Bugfix on the 54th commit on Tor --
20282 from July 2002, before the release of Tor 0.0.0.
20284 o Major features (hidden services):
20285 - Adjust the number of introduction points that a hidden service
20286 will try to maintain based on how long its introduction points
20287 remain in use and how many introductions they handle. Fixes
20289 - Add a "tor2web mode" for clients that want to connect to hidden
20290 services non-anonymously (and possibly more quickly). As a safety
20291 measure to try to keep users from turning this on without knowing
20292 what they are doing, tor2web mode must be explicitly enabled at
20293 compile time, and a copy of Tor compiled to run in tor2web mode
20294 cannot be used as a normal Tor client. Implements feature 2553.
20296 o Major features (IPv6):
20297 - Clients can now connect to private bridges over IPv6. Bridges
20298 still need at least one IPv4 address in order to connect to
20299 other relays. Note that we don't yet handle the case where the
20300 user has two bridge lines for the same bridge (one IPv4, one
20301 IPv6). Implements parts of proposal 186.
20303 o Major features (directory authorities):
20304 - Use a more secure consensus parameter voting algorithm. Now at
20305 least three directory authorities or a majority of them must
20306 vote on a given parameter before it will be included in the
20307 consensus. Implements proposal 178.
20308 - Remove the artificially low cutoff of 20KB to guarantee the Fast
20309 flag. In the past few years the average relay speed has picked
20310 up, and while the "top 7/8 of the network get the Fast flag" and
20311 "all relays with 20KB or more of capacity get the Fast flag" rules
20312 used to have the same result, now the top 7/8 of the network has
20313 a capacity more like 32KB. Bugfix on 0.2.1.14-rc. Fixes bug 4489.
20315 o Major features (performance):
20316 - Exit nodes now accept and queue data on not-yet-connected streams.
20317 Previously, the client wasn't allowed to send data until the
20318 stream was connected, which slowed down all connections. This
20319 change will enable clients to perform a "fast-start" on streams
20320 and send data without having to wait for a confirmation that the
20321 stream has opened. Patch from Ian Goldberg; implements the server
20322 side of Proposal 174.
20323 - When using an exit relay running 0.2.3.x, clients can now
20324 "optimistically" send data before the exit relay reports that
20325 the stream has opened. This saves a round trip when starting
20326 connections where the client speaks first (such as web browsing).
20327 This behavior is controlled by a consensus parameter (currently
20328 disabled). To turn it on or off manually, use the "OptimisticData"
20329 torrc option. Implements proposal 181; code by Ian Goldberg.
20330 - Add a new TokenBucketRefillInterval option to refill token buckets
20331 more frequently than once per second. This should improve network
20332 performance, alleviate queueing problems, and make traffic less
20333 bursty. Implements proposal 183; closes ticket 3630. Design by
20334 Florian Tschorsch and Björn Scheuermann; implementation by
20336 - Raise the threshold of server descriptors needed (75%) and exit
20337 server descriptors needed (50%) before we will declare ourselves
20338 bootstrapped. This will make clients start building circuits a
20339 little later, but makes the initially constructed circuits less
20340 skewed and less in conflict with further directory fetches. Fixes
20343 o Major features (relays):
20344 - Relays now try regenerating and uploading their descriptor more
20345 frequently if they are not listed in the consensus, or if the
20346 version of their descriptor listed in the consensus is too
20347 old. This fix should prevent situations where a server declines
20348 to re-publish itself because it has done so too recently, even
20349 though the authorities decided not to list its recent-enough
20350 descriptor. Fix for bug 3327.
20352 o Major features (stream isolation):
20353 - You can now configure Tor so that streams from different
20354 applications are isolated on different circuits, to prevent an
20355 attacker who sees your streams as they leave an exit node from
20356 linking your sessions to one another. To do this, choose some way
20357 to distinguish the applications: have them connect to different
20358 SocksPorts, or have one of them use SOCKS4 while the other uses
20359 SOCKS5, or have them pass different authentication strings to the
20360 SOCKS proxy. Then, use the new SocksPort syntax to configure the
20361 degree of isolation you need. This implements Proposal 171.
20362 - There's a new syntax for specifying multiple client ports (such as
20363 SOCKSPort, TransPort, DNSPort, NATDPort): you can now just declare
20364 multiple *Port entries with full addr:port syntax on each.
20365 The old *ListenAddress format is still supported, but you can't
20366 mix it with the new *Port syntax.
20368 o Major features (bufferevents):
20369 - Tor can now optionally build with the "bufferevents" buffered IO
20370 backend provided by Libevent 2. To use this feature, make sure you
20371 have the latest possible version of Libevent, and pass the
20372 --enable-bufferevents flag to configure when building Tor from
20373 source. This feature will make our networking code more flexible,
20374 let us stack layers on each other, and let us use more efficient
20375 zero-copy transports where available.
20376 - Add experimental support for running on Windows with IOCP and no
20377 kernel-space socket buffers. This feature is controlled by a new
20378 "UserspaceIOCPBuffers" config option (off by default), which has
20379 no effect unless Tor has been built with bufferevents enabled,
20380 you're running on Windows, and you've set "DisableIOCP 0". In the
20381 long run, this may help solve or mitigate bug 98.
20383 o Major features (path selection):
20384 - The EntryNodes option can now include country codes like {de} or IP
20385 addresses or network masks. Previously we had disallowed these
20386 options because we didn't have an efficient way to keep the list up
20387 to date. Addresses ticket 1982, but see bug 2798 for an unresolved
20390 o Major features (port forwarding):
20391 - Add support for automatic port mapping on the many home routers
20392 that support NAT-PMP or UPnP. To build the support code, you'll
20393 need to have the libnatpnp library and/or the libminiupnpc library,
20394 and you'll need to enable the feature specifically by passing
20395 "--enable-upnp" and/or "--enable-natpnp" to ./configure. To turn
20396 it on, use the new PortForwarding option.
20398 o Major features (logging):
20399 - Add a new 'Heartbeat' log message type to periodically log a message
20400 describing Tor's status at level Notice. This feature is meant for
20401 operators who log at notice, and want to make sure that their Tor
20402 server is still working. Implementation by George Kadianakis.
20403 - Make logging resolution configurable with a new LogTimeGranularity
20404 option, and change the default from 1 millisecond to 1 second.
20405 Implements enhancement 1668.
20407 o Major features (other):
20408 - New "DisableNetwork" config option to prevent Tor from launching any
20409 connections or accepting any connections except on a control port.
20410 Bundles and controllers can set this option before letting Tor talk
20411 to the rest of the network, for example to prevent any connections
20412 to a non-bridge address. Packages like Orbot can also use this
20413 option to instruct Tor to save power when the network is off.
20414 - Try to use system facilities for enumerating local interface
20415 addresses, before falling back to our old approach (which was
20416 binding a UDP socket, and calling getsockname() on it). That
20417 approach was scaring OS X users whose draconian firewall
20418 software warned about binding to UDP sockets regardless of
20419 whether packets were sent. Now we try to use getifaddrs(),
20420 SIOCGIFCONF, or GetAdaptersAddresses(), depending on what the
20421 system supports. Resolves ticket 1827.
20422 - Add experimental support for a "defaults" torrc file to be parsed
20423 before the regular torrc. Torrc options override the defaults file's
20424 options in the same way that the command line overrides the torrc.
20425 The SAVECONF controller command saves only those options which
20426 differ between the current configuration and the defaults file. HUP
20427 reloads both files. Implements task 4552.
20429 o New directory authorities:
20430 - Add Faravahar (run by Sina Rabbani) as the ninth v3 directory
20431 authority. Closes ticket 5749.
20433 o Security/privacy fixes:
20434 - Avoid read-from-freed-memory and double-free bugs that could occur
20435 when a DNS request fails while launching it. Fixes bug 6480;
20436 bugfix on 0.2.0.1-alpha.
20437 - Reject any attempt to extend to an internal address. Without
20438 this fix, a router could be used to probe addresses on an internal
20439 network to see whether they were accepting connections. Fixes bug
20440 6710; bugfix on 0.0.8pre1.
20441 - Close any connection that sends unrecognized junk before the TLS
20442 handshake. Solves an issue noted in bug 4369.
20443 - The advertised platform of a relay now includes only its operating
20444 system's name (e.g., "Linux", "Darwin", "Windows 7"), and not
20445 its service pack level (for Windows) or its CPU architecture
20446 (for Unix). Also drop the "git-XYZ" tag in the version. Packagers
20447 can insert an extra string in the platform line by setting the
20448 preprocessor variable TOR_BUILD_TAG. Resolves bug 2988.
20449 - Disable TLS session tickets. OpenSSL's implementation was giving
20450 our TLS session keys the lifetime of our TLS context objects, when
20451 perfect forward secrecy would want us to discard anything that
20452 could decrypt a link connection as soon as the link connection
20453 was closed. Fixes bug 7139; bugfix on all versions of Tor linked
20454 against OpenSSL 1.0.0 or later. Found by Florent Daignière.
20455 - Tor tries to wipe potentially sensitive data after using it, so
20456 that if some subsequent security failure exposes Tor's memory,
20457 the damage will be limited. But we had a bug where the compiler
20458 was eliminating these wipe operations when it decided that the
20459 memory was no longer visible to a (correctly running) program,
20460 hence defeating our attempt at defense in depth. We fix that
20461 by using OpenSSL's OPENSSL_cleanse() operation, which a compiler
20462 is unlikely to optimize away. Future versions of Tor may use
20463 a less ridiculously heavy approach for this. Fixes bug 7352.
20464 Reported in an article by Andrey Karpov.
20466 o Major bugfixes (crashes and asserts):
20467 - Avoid a pair of double-free and use-after-mark bugs that can
20468 occur with certain timings in canceled and re-received DNS
20469 requests. Fixes bug 6472; bugfix on 0.0.7rc1.
20470 - Fix a denial of service attack by which any directory authority
20471 could crash all the others, or by which a single v2 directory
20472 authority could crash everybody downloading v2 directory
20473 information. Fixes bug 7191; bugfix on 0.2.0.10-alpha.
20474 - Fix an assert that directory authorities could trigger on sighup
20475 during some configuration state transitions. We now don't treat
20476 it as a fatal error when the new descriptor we just generated in
20477 init_keys() isn't accepted. Fixes bug 4438; bugfix on 0.2.1.9-alpha.
20478 - Avoid segfault when starting up having run with an extremely old
20479 version of Tor and parsing its state file. Fixes bug 6801; bugfix
20482 o Major bugfixes (clients):
20483 - If we are unable to find any exit that supports our predicted ports,
20484 stop calling them predicted, so that we don't loop and build
20485 hopeless circuits indefinitely. Fixes bug 3296; bugfix on 0.0.9pre6,
20486 which introduced predicted ports.
20487 - Check at each new consensus whether our entry guards were picked
20488 long enough ago that we should rotate them. Previously, we only
20489 did this check at startup, which could lead to us holding a guard
20490 indefinitely. Fixes bug 5380; bugfix on 0.2.1.14-rc.
20491 - When fetching a bridge descriptor from a bridge authority,
20492 always do so anonymously, whether we have been able to open
20493 circuits or not. Partial fix for bug 1938; bugfix on 0.2.0.7-alpha.
20494 This behavior makes it *safer* to use UpdateBridgesFromAuthority,
20495 but we'll need to wait for bug 6010 before it's actually usable.
20497 o Major bugfixes (directory voting):
20498 - Check more thoroughly to prevent a rogue authority from
20499 double-voting on any consensus directory parameter. Previously,
20500 authorities would crash in this case if the total number of
20501 votes for any parameter exceeded the number of active voters,
20502 but would let it pass otherwise. Partially fixes bug 5786; bugfix
20504 - When computing weight parameters, behave more robustly in the
20505 presence of a bad bwweightscale value. Previously, the authorities
20506 would crash if they agreed on a sufficiently broken weight_scale
20507 value; now, they use a reasonable default and carry on. Fixes the
20508 rest of bug 5786; bugfix on 0.2.2.17-alpha.
20509 - If authorities are unable to get a v2 consensus document from other
20510 directory authorities, they no longer fall back to fetching
20511 them from regular directory caches. Fixes bug 5635; bugfix on
20512 0.2.2.26-beta, where routers stopped downloading v2 consensus
20513 documents entirely.
20515 o Major bugfixes (relays):
20516 - Fix a bug handling SENDME cells on nonexistent streams that could
20517 result in bizarre window values. Report and patch contributed
20518 pseudonymously. Fixes part of bug 6271. This bug was introduced
20519 before the first Tor release, in svn commit r152.
20520 - Don't update the AccountingSoftLimitHitAt state file entry whenever
20521 tor gets started. This prevents a wrong average bandwidth
20522 estimate, which would cause relays to always start a new accounting
20523 interval at the earliest possible moment. Fixes bug 2003; bugfix
20524 on 0.2.2.7-alpha. Reported by Bryon Eldridge, who also helped
20525 immensely in tracking this bug down.
20526 - Fix a possible crash bug when checking for deactivated circuits
20527 in connection_or_flush_from_first_active_circuit(). Fixes bug 6341;
20528 bugfix on 0.2.2.7-alpha. Bug report and fix received pseudonymously.
20529 - Set the SO_REUSEADDR socket option before we call bind() on outgoing
20530 connections. This change should allow busy exit relays to stop
20531 running out of available sockets as quickly. Fixes bug 4950;
20532 bugfix on 0.2.2.26-beta.
20534 o Major bugfixes (blocking resistance):
20535 - Bridges no longer include their address in NETINFO cells on outgoing
20536 OR connections, to allow them to blend in better with clients.
20537 Removes another avenue for enumerating bridges. Reported by
20538 "troll_un". Fixes bug 4348; bugfix on 0.2.0.10-alpha, when NETINFO
20539 cells were introduced.
20540 - Warn the user when HTTPProxy, but no other proxy type, is
20541 configured. This can cause surprising behavior: it doesn't send
20542 all of Tor's traffic over the HTTPProxy -- it sends unencrypted
20543 directory traffic only. Resolves ticket 4663.
20545 o Major bugfixes (hidden services):
20546 - Improve hidden service robustness: when an attempt to connect to
20547 a hidden service ends, be willing to refetch its hidden service
20548 descriptors from each of the HSDir relays responsible for them
20549 immediately. Previously, we would not consider refetching the
20550 service's descriptors from each HSDir for 15 minutes after the last
20551 fetch, which was inconvenient if the hidden service was not running
20552 during the first attempt. Bugfix on 0.2.0.18-alpha; fixes bug 3335.
20553 - Hidden services now ignore the timestamps on INTRODUCE2 cells.
20554 They used to check that the timestamp was within 30 minutes
20555 of their system clock, so they could cap the size of their
20556 replay-detection cache, but that approach unnecessarily refused
20557 service to clients with wrong clocks. Bugfix on 0.2.1.6-alpha, when
20558 the v3 intro-point protocol (the first one which sent a timestamp
20559 field in the INTRODUCE2 cell) was introduced; fixes bug 3460.
20560 - When one of a hidden service's introduction points appears to be
20561 unreachable, stop trying it. Previously, we would keep trying
20562 to build circuits to the introduction point until we lost the
20563 descriptor, usually because the user gave up and restarted Tor.
20564 Fixes part of bug 3825.
20566 o Changes to default torrc file:
20567 - Stop listing "socksport 9050" in torrc.sample. We open a socks
20568 port on 9050 by default anyway, so this should not change anything
20570 - Stop mentioning the deprecated *ListenAddress options in
20571 torrc.sample. Fixes bug 5438.
20572 - Document unit of bandwidth-related options in sample torrc.
20574 - Fix broken URLs in the sample torrc file, and tell readers about
20575 the OutboundBindAddress, ExitPolicyRejectPrivate, and
20576 PublishServerDescriptor options. Addresses bug 4652.
20578 o Minor features (directory authorities):
20579 - Consider new, removed or changed IPv6 OR ports a non-cosmetic
20580 change when the authority is deciding whether to accept a newly
20581 uploaded descriptor. Implements ticket 6423.
20582 - Directory authorities are now a little more lenient at accepting
20583 older router descriptors, or newer router descriptors that don't
20584 make big changes. This should help ameliorate past and future
20585 issues where routers think they have uploaded valid descriptors,
20586 but the authorities don't think so. Fix for ticket 2479.
20587 - Authority operators can now vote for all relays in a given
20588 set of countries to be BadDir/BadExit/Invalid/Rejected.
20589 - Provide two consensus parameters (FastFlagMinThreshold and
20590 FastFlagMaxThreshold) to control the range of allowable bandwidths
20591 for the Fast directory flag. These allow authorities to run
20592 experiments on appropriate requirements for being a "Fast" node.
20593 The AuthDirFastGuarantee config value still applies. Implements
20596 o Minor features (bridges / bridge authorities):
20597 - Make bridge SSL certificates a bit more stealthy by using random
20598 serial numbers, in the same fashion as OpenSSL when generating
20599 self-signed certificates. Implements ticket 4584.
20600 - Tag a bridge's descriptor as "never to be sent unencrypted".
20601 This shouldn't matter, since bridges don't open non-anonymous
20602 connections to the bridge authority and don't allow unencrypted
20603 directory connections from clients, but we might as well make
20604 sure. Closes bug 5139.
20605 - The Bridge Authority now writes statistics on how many bridge
20606 descriptors it gave out in total, and how many unique descriptors
20607 it gave out. It also lists how often the most and least commonly
20608 fetched descriptors were given out, as well as the median and
20609 25th/75th percentile. Implements tickets 4200 and 4294.
20611 o Minor features (IPv6):
20612 - Make the code that clients use to detect an address change be
20613 IPv6-aware, so that it won't fill clients' logs with error
20614 messages when trying to get the IPv4 address of an IPv6
20615 connection. Implements ticket 5537.
20616 - Relays now understand an IPv6 address when they get one from a
20617 directory server. Resolves ticket 4875.
20619 o Minor features (hidden services):
20620 - Expire old or over-used hidden service introduction points.
20621 Required by fix for bug 3460.
20622 - Reduce the lifetime of elements of hidden services' Diffie-Hellman
20623 public key replay-detection cache from 60 minutes to 5 minutes. This
20624 replay-detection cache is now used only to detect multiple
20625 INTRODUCE2 cells specifying the same rendezvous point, so we can
20626 avoid launching multiple simultaneous attempts to connect to it.
20627 - When a hidden service's introduction point times out, consider
20628 trying it again during the next attempt to connect to the
20629 HS. Previously, we would not try it again unless a newly fetched
20630 descriptor contained it. Required by fixes for bugs 1297 and 3825.
20632 o Minor features (relays):
20633 - Relays now include a reason for regenerating their descriptors
20634 in an HTTP header when uploading to the authorities. This will
20635 make it easier to debug descriptor-upload issues in the future.
20636 - Turn on directory request statistics by default and include them in
20637 extra-info descriptors. Don't break if we have no GeoIP database.
20638 - Replace files in stats/ rather than appending to them. Now that we
20639 include statistics in extra-info descriptors, it makes no sense to
20640 keep old statistics forever. Implements ticket 2930.
20641 - Relays that set "ConnDirectionStatistics 1" write statistics on the
20642 bidirectional use of connections to disk every 24 hours.
20643 - Add a GeoIP file digest to the extra-info descriptor. Implements
20646 o Minor features (new config options):
20647 - New config option "DynamicDHGroups" (disabled by default) provides
20648 each bridge with a unique prime DH modulus to be used during
20649 SSL handshakes. This option attempts to help against censors
20650 who might use the Apache DH modulus as a static identifier for
20651 bridges. Addresses ticket 4548.
20652 - New config option "DisableDebuggerAttachment" (on by default)
20653 to prevent basic debugging attachment attempts by other processes.
20654 Supports Mac OS X and Gnu/Linux. Resolves ticket 3313.
20655 - Ordinarily, Tor does not count traffic from private addresses (like
20656 127.0.0.1 or 10.0.0.1) when calculating rate limits or accounting.
20657 There is now a new option, CountPrivateBandwidth, to disable this
20658 behavior. Patch from Daniel Cagara.
20660 o Minor features (different behavior for old config options):
20661 - Allow MapAddress directives to specify matches against super-domains,
20662 as in "MapAddress *.torproject.org *.torproject.org.torserver.exit".
20663 Implements issue 933.
20664 - Don't disable the DirPort when we cannot exceed our AccountingMax
20665 limit during this interval because the effective bandwidthrate is
20666 low enough. This is useful in a situation where AccountMax is only
20667 used as an additional safeguard or to provide statistics.
20668 - Add port 6523 (Gobby) to LongLivedPorts. Patch by intrigeri;
20669 implements ticket 3439.
20670 - When configuring a large set of nodes in EntryNodes, and there are
20671 enough of them listed as Guard so that we don't need to consider
20672 the non-guard entries, prefer the ones listed with the Guard flag.
20673 - If you set the NumCPUs option to 0, Tor will now try to detect how
20674 many CPUs you have. This is the new default behavior.
20675 - The NodeFamily option -- which let you declare that you want to
20676 consider nodes to be part of a family whether they list themselves
20677 that way or not -- now allows IP address ranges and country codes.
20679 o Minor features (new command-line config behavior):
20680 - Slightly change behavior of "list" options (that is, config
20681 options that can appear more than once) when they appear both in
20682 torrc and on the command line. Previously, the command-line options
20683 would be appended to the ones from torrc. Now, the command-line
20684 options override the torrc options entirely. This new behavior
20685 allows the user to override list options (like exit policies and
20686 ports to listen on) from the command line, rather than simply
20687 appending to the list.
20688 - You can get the old (appending) command-line behavior for "list"
20689 options by prefixing the option name with a "+".
20690 - You can remove all the values for a "list" option from the command
20691 line without adding any new ones by prefixing the option name
20694 o Minor features (controller, new events):
20695 - Extend the control protocol to report flags that control a circuit's
20696 path selection in CIRC events and in replies to 'GETINFO
20697 circuit-status'. Implements part of ticket 2411.
20698 - Extend the control protocol to report the hidden service address
20699 and current state of a hidden-service-related circuit in CIRC
20700 events and in replies to 'GETINFO circuit-status'. Implements part
20702 - Include the creation time of a circuit in CIRC and CIRC2
20703 control-port events and the list produced by the 'GETINFO
20704 circuit-status' control-port command.
20705 - Add a new CONF_CHANGED event so that controllers can be notified
20706 of any configuration changes made by other controllers, or by the
20707 user. Implements ticket 1692.
20708 - Add a new SIGNAL event to the controller interface so that
20709 controllers can be notified when Tor handles a signal. Resolves
20710 issue 1955. Patch by John Brooks.
20712 o Minor features (controller, new getinfo options):
20713 - Expose our view of whether we have gone dormant to the controller,
20714 via a new "GETINFO dormant" value. Torbutton and other controllers
20715 can use this to avoid doing periodic requests through Tor while
20716 it's dormant (bug 4718). Resolves ticket 5954.
20717 - Add a new GETINFO option to get total bytes read and written. Patch
20718 from pipe, revised by atagar. Resolves ticket 2345.
20719 - Implement new GETINFO controller fields to provide information about
20720 the Tor process's pid, euid, username, and resource limits.
20722 o Minor features (controller, other):
20723 - Allow controllers to request an event notification whenever a
20724 circuit is cannibalized or its purpose is changed. Implements
20725 part of ticket 3457.
20726 - Use absolute path names when reporting the torrc filename in the
20727 control protocol, so a controller can more easily find the torrc
20728 file. Resolves bug 1101.
20729 - When reporting the path to the cookie file to the controller,
20730 give an absolute path. Resolves ticket 4881.
20732 o Minor features (log messages):
20733 - Add more information to a log statement that might help track down
20734 bug 4091. If you're seeing "Bug: tor_addr_is_internal() called with a
20735 non-IP address" messages (or any Bug messages, for that matter!),
20736 please let us know about it.
20737 - If EntryNodes are given, but UseEntryGuards is set to 0, warn that
20738 EntryNodes will have no effect. Resolves issue 2571.
20739 - Try to make the introductory warning message that Tor prints on
20740 startup more useful for actually finding help and information.
20741 Resolves ticket 2474.
20742 - When the system call to create a listener socket fails, log the
20743 error message explaining why. This may help diagnose bug 4027.
20745 o Minor features (other):
20746 - When we fail to initialize Libevent, retry with IOCP disabled so we
20747 don't need to turn on multi-threading support in Libevent, which in
20748 turn requires a working socketpair(). This is a workaround for bug
20749 4457, which affects Libevent versions from 2.0.1-alpha through
20751 - When starting as root and then changing our UID via the User
20752 control option, and we have a ControlSocket configured, make sure
20753 that the ControlSocket is owned by the same account that Tor will
20754 run under. Implements ticket 3421; fix by Jérémy Bobbio.
20755 - Accept attempts to include a password authenticator in the
20756 handshake, as supported by SOCKS5. This handles SOCKS clients that
20757 don't know how to omit a password when authenticating. Resolves
20759 - Check for and recover from inconsistency in the microdescriptor
20760 cache. This will make it harder for us to accidentally free a
20761 microdescriptor without removing it from the appropriate data
20762 structures. Fixes issue 3135; issue noted by "wanoskarnet".
20763 - Shorten links in the tor-exit-notice file. Patch by Christian Kujau.
20765 o Minor bugfixes (code security):
20766 - Prevent a null-pointer dereference when receiving a data cell
20767 for a nonexistent stream when the circuit in question has an
20768 empty deliver window. We don't believe this is triggerable,
20769 since we don't currently allow deliver windows to become empty,
20770 but the logic is tricky enough that it's better to make the code
20771 robust. Fixes bug 5541; bugfix on 0.0.2pre14.
20772 - Fix a (harmless) integer overflow in cell statistics reported by
20773 some fast relays. Fixes bug 5849; bugfix on 0.2.2.1-alpha.
20774 - Fix our implementation of crypto_random_hostname() so it can't
20775 overflow on ridiculously large inputs. (No Tor version has ever
20776 provided this kind of bad inputs, but let's be correct in depth.)
20777 Fixes bug 4413; bugfix on 0.2.2.9-alpha. Fix by Stephen Palmateer.
20778 - Add a (probably redundant) memory clear between iterations of
20779 the router status voting loop, to prevent future coding errors
20780 where data might leak between iterations of the loop. Resolves
20783 o Minor bugfixes (wrapper functions):
20784 - Abort if tor_vasprintf() fails in connection_printf_to_buf() (a
20785 utility function used in the control-port code). This shouldn't
20786 ever happen unless Tor is completely out of memory, but if it did
20787 happen and Tor somehow recovered from it, Tor could have sent a log
20788 message to a control port in the middle of a reply to a controller
20789 command. Fixes part of bug 3428; bugfix on 0.1.2.3-alpha.
20790 - Fix some (not actually triggerable) buffer size checks in usage of
20791 tor_inet_ntop(). Fixes bug 4434; bugfix on Tor 0.2.0.1-alpha. Patch
20793 - Fix parsing of some corner-cases with tor_inet_pton(). Fixes
20794 bug 4515; bugfix on 0.2.0.1-alpha; fix by Anders Sundman.
20795 - Enforce correct return behavior of tor_vsscanf() when the '%%'
20796 pattern is used. Fixes bug 5558. Bugfix on 0.2.1.13.
20797 - Make our replacement implementation of strtok_r() compatible with
20798 the standard behavior of strtok_r(). Patch by nils. Fixes bug 5091;
20799 bugfix on 0.2.2.1-alpha.
20800 - Find more places in the code that should have been testing for
20801 invalid sockets using the SOCKET_OK macro. Required for a fix
20802 for bug 4533. Bugfix on 0.2.2.28-beta.
20804 o Minor bugfixes (code correctness):
20805 - Check return value of fputs() when writing authority certificate
20806 file. Fixes Coverity issue 709056; bugfix on 0.2.0.1-alpha.
20807 - When building Tor on Windows with -DUNICODE (not default), ensure
20808 that error messages, filenames, and DNS server names are always
20809 NUL-terminated when we convert them to a single-byte encoding.
20810 Fixes bug 5909; bugfix on 0.2.2.16-alpha.
20811 - Fix a memory leak when trying to launch a DNS request when the
20812 nameservers are unconfigurable. Fixes bug 5916; bugfix on Tor
20814 - Correct file sizes when reading binary files on Cygwin, to avoid
20815 a bug where Tor would fail to read its state file. Fixes bug 6844;
20816 bugfix on 0.1.2.7-alpha.
20817 - Make sure to set *socket_error in all error cases in
20818 connection_connect(), so it can't produce a warning about
20819 errno being zero from errno_to_orconn_end_reason(). Bugfix on
20820 0.2.1.1-alpha; resolves ticket 6028.
20821 - Initialize conn->addr to a valid state in spawn_cpuworker(). Fixes
20822 bug 4532; found by "troll_un".
20824 o Minor bugfixes (clients):
20825 - Allow one-hop directory-fetching circuits the full "circuit build
20826 timeout" period, rather than just half of it, before failing them
20827 and marking the relay down. This fix should help reduce cases where
20828 clients declare relays (or worse, bridges) unreachable because
20829 the TLS handshake takes a few seconds to complete. Fixes bug 6743;
20830 bugfix on 0.2.2.2-alpha, where we changed the timeout from a static
20832 - Ensure we don't cannibalize circuits that are longer than three hops
20833 already, so we don't end up making circuits with 5 or more
20834 hops. Patch contributed by wanoskarnet. Fixes bug 5231; bugfix on
20835 0.1.0.1-rc which introduced cannibalization.
20837 o Minor bugfixes (relays):
20838 - Don't publish a new relay descriptor when we reload our onion key,
20839 unless the onion key has actually changed. Fixes bug 3263 and
20840 resolves another cause of bug 1810. Bugfix on 0.1.1.11-alpha.
20841 - When relays refuse a "create" cell because their queue of pending
20842 create cells is too big (typically because their cpu can't keep up
20843 with the arrival rate), send back reason "resource limit" rather
20844 than reason "internal", so network measurement scripts can get a
20845 more accurate picture. Bugfix on 0.1.1.11-alpha; fixes bug 7037.
20846 - Exit nodes don't need to fetch certificates for authorities that
20847 they don't recognize; only directory authorities, bridges,
20848 and caches need to do that. Fixes part of bug 2297; bugfix on
20851 o Minor bugfixes (directory authority / mirrors):
20852 - Avoid O(n^2) performance characteristics when parsing a large
20853 extrainfo cache. Fixes bug 5828; bugfix on 0.2.0.1-alpha.
20854 - Authorities no longer include any router in their microdescriptor
20855 consensuses for which they couldn't generate or agree on a
20856 microdescriptor. Fixes the second piece of bug 6404; fix on
20858 - When checking for requested signatures on the latest consensus
20859 before serving it to a client, make sure to check the right
20860 consensus flavor. Bugfix on 0.2.2.6-alpha.
20861 - Fix an edge case where TestingTorNetwork is set but the authorities
20862 and relays all have an uptime of zero, so the private Tor network
20863 could briefly lack support for hidden services. Fixes bug 3886;
20864 bugfix on 0.2.2.18-alpha.
20865 - Directory caches no longer refuse to clean out descriptors because
20866 of missing v2 networkstatus documents, unless they're configured
20867 to retrieve v2 networkstatus documents. Fixes bug 4838; bugfix on
20868 0.2.2.26-beta. Patch by Daniel Bryg.
20869 - Don't serve or accept v2 hidden service descriptors over a relay's
20870 DirPort. It's never correct to do so, and disabling it might
20871 make it more annoying to exploit any bugs that turn up in the
20872 descriptor-parsing code. Fixes bug 7149.
20874 o Minor bugfixes (hidden services, client-side):
20875 - Assert that hidden-service-related operations are not performed
20876 using single-hop circuits. Previously, Tor would assert that
20877 client-side streams are not attached to single-hop circuits,
20878 but not that other sensitive operations on the client and service
20879 side are not performed using single-hop circuits. Fixes bug 3332;
20881 - Avoid undefined behavior when parsing the list of supported
20882 rendezvous/introduction protocols in a hidden service descriptor.
20883 Previously, Tor would have confused (as-yet-unused) protocol version
20884 numbers greater than 32 with lower ones on many platforms. Fixes
20885 bug 6827; bugfix on 0.2.0.10-alpha. Found by George Kadianakis.
20886 - Don't close hidden service client circuits which have almost
20887 finished connecting to their destination when they reach
20888 the normal circuit-build timeout. Previously, we would close
20889 introduction circuits which are waiting for an acknowledgement
20890 from the introduction point, and rendezvous circuits which have
20891 been specified in an INTRODUCE1 cell sent to a hidden service,
20892 after the normal CBT. Now, we mark them as 'timed out', and launch
20893 another rendezvous attempt in parallel. This behavior change can
20894 be disabled using the new CloseHSClientCircuitsImmediatelyOnTimeout
20895 option. Fixes part of bug 1297; bugfix on 0.2.2.2-alpha.
20897 o Minor bugfixes (hidden services, service-side):
20898 - Don't close hidden-service-side rendezvous circuits when they
20899 reach the normal circuit-build timeout. This behavior change can
20900 be disabled using the new
20901 CloseHSServiceRendCircuitsImmediatelyOnTimeout option. Fixes the
20902 remaining part of bug 1297; bugfix on 0.2.2.2-alpha.
20903 - Don't launch more than 10 service-side introduction-point circuits
20904 for a hidden service in five minutes. Previously, we would consider
20905 launching more introduction-point circuits if at least one second
20906 had passed without any introduction-point circuits failing. Fixes
20907 bug 4607; bugfix on 0.0.7pre1.
20909 o Minor bugfixes (config option behavior):
20910 - If the user tries to set MyFamily on a bridge, refuse to
20911 do so, and warn about the security implications. Fixes bug 4657;
20912 bugfix on 0.2.0.3-alpha.
20913 - The "--quiet" and "--hush" options now apply not only to Tor's
20914 behavior before logs are configured, but also to Tor's behavior in
20915 the absence of configured logs. Fixes bug 3550; bugfix on
20917 - Change the AllowDotExit rules so they should actually work.
20918 We now enforce AllowDotExit only immediately after receiving an
20919 address via SOCKS or DNSPort: other sources are free to provide
20920 .exit addresses after the resolution occurs. Fixes bug 3940;
20921 bugfix on 0.2.2.1-alpha.
20922 - Make "LearnCircuitBuildTimeout 0" work more reliably. Specifically,
20923 don't depend on the consensus parameters or compute adaptive
20924 timeouts when it is disabled. Fixes bug 5049; bugfix on
20926 - After we pick a directory mirror, we would refuse to use it if
20927 it's in our ExcludeExitNodes list, resulting in mysterious failures
20928 to bootstrap for people who just wanted to avoid exiting from
20929 certain locations. Fixes bug 5623; bugfix on 0.2.2.25-alpha.
20930 - When told to add a bridge with the same digest as a preexisting
20931 bridge but a different addr:port, change the addr:port as
20932 requested. Previously we would not notice the change. Fixes half
20933 of bug 5603; fix on 0.2.2.26-beta.
20935 o Minor bugfixes (controller):
20936 - Allow manual 'authenticate' commands to the controller interface
20937 from netcat (nc) as well as telnet. We were rejecting them because
20938 they didn't come with the expected whitespace at the end of the
20939 command. Bugfix on 0.1.1.1-alpha; fixes bug 2893.
20940 - Report a real bootstrap problem to the controller on router
20941 identity mismatch. Previously we just said "foo", which probably
20942 made a lot of sense at the time. Fixes bug 4169; bugfix on
20944 - When we receive a SIGHUP and the controller __ReloadTorrcOnSIGHUP
20945 option is set to 0 (which Vidalia version 0.2.16 now does when
20946 a SAVECONF attempt fails), perform other actions that SIGHUP
20947 usually causes (like reopening the logs). Fixes bug 5095; bugfix
20949 - Correctly handle checking the permissions on the parent
20950 directory of a control socket in the root directory. Bug found
20951 by Esteban Manchado Velázquez. Fixes bug 5089; bugfix on Tor
20953 - End AUTHCHALLENGE error messages (in the control protocol) with
20954 a CRLF. Fixes bug 5760; bugfix on 0.2.2.36.
20956 o Minor bugfixes (network reading/writing):
20957 - Disable writing on marked-for-close connections when they are
20958 blocked on bandwidth, to prevent busy-looping in Libevent. Fixes
20959 bug 5263; bugfix on 0.0.2pre13, where we first added a special
20960 case for flushing marked connections.
20961 - Make sure that there are no unhandled pending TLS errors before
20962 reading from a TLS stream. We had checks in 0.1.0.3-rc, but
20963 lost them in 0.1.0.5-rc when we refactored read_to_buf_tls().
20964 Bugfix on 0.1.0.5-rc; fixes bug 4528.
20965 - Detect SSL handshake even when the initial attempt to write the
20966 server hello fails. Fixes bug 4592; bugfix on 0.2.0.13-alpha.
20967 - If the client fails to set a reasonable set of ciphersuites
20968 during its v2 handshake renegotiation, allow the renegotiation to
20969 continue nevertheless (i.e. send all the required certificates).
20970 Fixes bug 4591; bugfix on 0.2.0.20-rc.
20972 o Minor bugfixes (other):
20973 - Exit nodes now correctly report EADDRINUSE and EADDRNOTAVAIL as
20974 resource exhaustion, so that clients can adjust their load to
20975 try other exits. Fixes bug 4710; bugfix on 0.1.0.1-rc, which
20976 started using END_STREAM_REASON_RESOURCELIMIT.
20977 - Don't check for whether the address we're using for outbound
20978 connections has changed until after the outbound connection has
20979 completed. On Windows, getsockname() doesn't succeed until the
20980 connection is finished. Fixes bug 5374; bugfix on 0.1.1.14-alpha.
20981 - Don't hold a Windows file handle open for every file mapping;
20982 the file mapping handle is sufficient. Fixes bug 5951; bugfix on
20984 - Fix wrong TCP port range in parse_port_range(). Fixes bug 6218;
20985 bugfix on 0.2.1.10-alpha.
20986 - If we fail to write a microdescriptor to the disk cache, do not
20987 continue replacing the old microdescriptor file. Fixes bug 2954;
20988 bugfix on 0.2.2.6-alpha.
20990 o Minor bugfixes (log messages, path selection):
20991 - Downgrade "set buildtimeout to low value" messages to "info"
20992 severity; they were never an actual problem, there was never
20993 anything reasonable to do about them, and they tended to spam logs
20994 from time to time. Fixes bug 6251; bugfix on 0.2.2.2-alpha.
20995 - Rate-limit the "Weighted bandwidth is 0.000000" message, and add
20996 more information to it, so that we can track it down in case it
20997 returns again. Mitigates bug 5235.
20998 - Check CircuitBuildTimeout and LearnCircuitBuildTimeout in
20999 options_validate(); warn if LearnCircuitBuildTimeout is disabled and
21000 CircuitBuildTimeout is set unreasonably low. Resolves ticket 5452.
21001 - Issue a log message if a guard completes less than 40% of your
21002 circuits. Threshold is configurable by torrc option
21003 PathBiasNoticeRate and consensus parameter pb_noticepct. There is
21004 additional, off-by-default code to disable guards which fail too
21005 many circuits. Addresses ticket 5458.
21007 o Minor bugfixes (log messages, client):
21008 - Downgrade "Got a certificate, but we already have it" log messages
21009 from warning to info, except when we're a dirauth. Fixes bug 5238;
21010 bugfix on 0.2.1.7-alpha.
21011 - Fix the log message describing how we work around discovering
21012 that our version is the ill-fated OpenSSL 0.9.8l. Fixes bug
21013 4837; bugfix on 0.2.2.9-alpha.
21014 - When logging about a disallowed .exit name, do not also call it
21015 an "invalid onion address". Fixes bug 3325; bugfix on 0.2.2.9-alpha.
21016 - Fix a log message suggesting that people contact a non-existent
21017 email address. Fixes bug 3448.
21018 - Rephrase the log message emitted if the TestSocks check is
21019 successful. Patch from Fabian Keil; fixes bug 4094.
21020 - Log (at debug level) whenever a circuit's purpose is changed.
21021 - Log SSL state transitions at log level DEBUG, log domain
21022 HANDSHAKE. This can be useful for debugging censorship events.
21023 Implements ticket 3264.
21024 - We now log which torrc file we're using on startup. Implements
21026 - Rate-limit log messages when asked to connect anonymously to
21027 a private address. When these hit, they tended to hit fast and
21028 often. Also, don't bother trying to connect to addresses that we
21029 are sure will resolve to 127.0.0.1: getting 127.0.0.1 in a directory
21030 reply makes us think we have been lied to, even when the address the
21031 client tried to connect to was "localhost." Resolves ticket 2822.
21033 o Minor bugfixes (log messages, non-client):
21034 - Downgrade "eventdns rejected address" message to LOG_PROTOCOL_WARN.
21035 Fixes bug 5932; bugfix on 0.2.2.7-alpha.
21036 - Don't log that we have "decided to publish new relay descriptor"
21037 unless we are actually publishing a descriptor. Fixes bug 3942;
21038 bugfix on 0.2.2.28-beta.
21039 - Log which authority we're missing votes from when we go to fetch
21040 them from the other auths.
21041 - Replace "Sending publish request" log messages with "Launching
21042 upload", so that they no longer confusingly imply that we're
21043 sending something to a directory we might not even be connected
21044 to yet. Fixes bug 3311; bugfix on 0.2.0.10-alpha.
21045 - Warn when Tor is configured to use accounting in a way that can
21046 link a hidden service to some other hidden service or public
21047 address. Resolves ticket 6490.
21048 - Fix a minor formatting issue in one of tor-gencert's error messages.
21052 - Update to the latest version of the tinytest unit testing framework.
21053 This includes a couple of bugfixes that can be relevant for
21054 running forked unit tests on Windows, and removes all reserved
21056 - Avoid a false positive in the util/threads unit test by increasing
21057 the maximum timeout time. Fixes bug 6227; bugfix on 0.2.0.4-alpha.
21058 - Make it possible to set the TestingTorNetwork configuration
21059 option using AlternateDirAuthority and AlternateBridgeAuthority
21060 as an alternative to setting DirServer. Addresses ticket 6377.
21061 - Add a unit test for the environment_variable_names_equal() function.
21062 - A wide variety of new unit tests by Esteban Manchado Velázquez.
21063 - Numerous new unit tests for functions in util.c and address.c by
21065 - The long-disabled benchmark tests are now split into their own
21066 ./src/test/bench binary.
21067 - The benchmark tests can now use more accurate timers than
21068 gettimeofday() when such timers are available.
21069 - Use tt_assert(), not tor_assert(), for checking for test failures.
21070 This makes the unit tests more able to go on in the event that
21073 o Build improvements:
21074 - Use the dead_strip option when building Tor on OS X. This reduces
21075 binary size by almost 19% when linking openssl and libevent
21076 statically, which we do for Tor Browser Bundle.
21077 - Provide a better error message about possible OSX Asciidoc failure
21078 reasons. Fixes bug 6436.
21079 - Detect attempts to build Tor on (as yet hypothetical) versions
21080 of Windows where sizeof(intptr_t) != sizeof(SOCKET). Partial
21081 fix for bug 4533. Bugfix on 0.2.2.28-beta.
21082 - On Windows, we now define the _WIN32_WINNT macros only if they
21083 are not already defined. This lets the person building Tor decide,
21084 if they want, to require a later version of Windows.
21085 - Our autogen.sh script now uses autoreconf to launch autoconf,
21086 automake, and so on. This is more robust against some of the failure
21087 modes associated with running the autotools pieces on their own.
21088 - Running "make version" now displays the version of Tor that
21089 we're about to build. Idea from katmagic; resolves issue 4400.
21090 - Make 'tor --digests' list hashes of all Tor source files. Bugfix
21091 on 0.2.2.4-alpha; fixes bug 3427.
21092 - New --enable-static-tor configure option for building Tor as
21093 statically as possible. Idea, general hackery and thoughts from
21094 Alexei Czeskis, John Gilmore, Jacob Appelbaum. Implements ticket
21096 - Limited, experimental support for building with nmake and MSVC.
21098 o Build requirements:
21099 - Building Tor with bufferevent support now requires Libevent
21100 2.0.13-stable or later. Previous versions of Libevent had bugs in
21101 SSL-related bufferevents and related issues that would make Tor
21102 work badly with bufferevents. Requiring 2.0.13-stable also allows
21103 Tor with bufferevents to take advantage of Libevent APIs
21104 introduced after 2.0.8-rc.
21105 - Our build system requires automake 1.6 or later to create the
21106 Makefile.in files. Previously, you could have used 1.4.
21107 This only affects developers and people building Tor from git;
21108 people who build Tor from the source distribution without changing
21109 the Makefile.am files should be fine.
21110 - Detect when we try to build on a platform that doesn't define
21111 AF_UNSPEC to 0. We don't work there, so refuse to compile.
21113 o Build fixes (compile/link):
21114 - Format more doubles with %f, not %lf. Patch from grarpamp to make
21115 Tor build correctly on older BSDs again. Fixes bug 3894; bugfix on
21117 - When building with --enable-static-tor on OpenBSD, do not
21118 erroneously attempt to link -lrt. Fixes bug 5103.
21119 - Set _WIN32_WINNT to 0x0501 consistently throughout the code, so
21120 that IPv6 stuff will compile on MSVC, and compilation issues
21121 will be easier to track down. Fixes bug 5861.
21122 - Fix build and 64-bit compile warnings from --enable-openbsd-malloc.
21123 Fixes bug 6379. Bugfix on 0.2.0.20-rc.
21124 - Make Tor build correctly again with -DUNICODE -D_UNICODE defined.
21125 Fixes bug 6097; bugfix on 0.2.2.16-alpha.
21127 o Build fixes (other):
21128 - Use the _WIN32 macro throughout our code to detect Windows.
21129 (Previously we had used the obsolete 'WIN32' and the idiosyncratic
21131 - Properly handle the case where the build-tree is not the same
21132 as the source tree when generating src/common/common_sha1.i,
21133 src/or/micro-revision.i, and src/or/or_sha1.i. Fixes bug 3953;
21134 bugfix on 0.2.0.1-alpha.
21135 - During configure, search for library containing cos function as
21136 libm lives in libcore on some platforms (BeOS/Haiku). Linking
21137 against libm was hard-coded before. Fixes the first part of bug
21138 4727; bugfix on 0.2.2.2-alpha. Patch and analysis by Martin Hebnes
21140 - Prevent a false positive from the check-spaces script, by disabling
21141 the "whitespace between function name and (" check for functions
21144 o Packaging (RPM) changes:
21145 - Update our default RPM spec files to work with mock and rpmbuild
21146 on RHEL/Fedora. They have an updated set of dependencies and
21147 conflicts, a fix for an ancient typo when creating the "_tor"
21148 user, and better instructions. Thanks to Ondrej Mikle for the
21149 patch series. Fixes bug 6043.
21150 - On OpenSUSE, create the /var/run/tor directory on startup if it
21151 is not already created. Patch from Andreas Stieger. Fixes bug 2573.
21153 o Code refactoring (safety):
21154 - Do not use SMARTLIST_FOREACH for any loop whose body exceeds
21155 10 lines. Also, don't nest them. Doing so in the past has
21156 led to hard-to-debug code. The new style is to use the
21157 SMARTLIST_FOREACH_{BEGIN,END} pair. Addresses issue 6400.
21158 - Use macros to indicate OpenSSL versions, so we don't need to worry
21159 about accidental hexadecimal bit shifts.
21160 - Use tor_sscanf() in place of scanf() in more places through the
21161 code. This makes us a little more locale-independent, and
21162 should help shut up code-analysis tools that can't tell
21163 a safe sscanf string from a dangerous one.
21164 - Convert more instances of tor_snprintf+tor_strdup into tor_asprintf.
21165 - Use the smartlist_add_asprintf() alias more consistently.
21167 o Code refactoring (consolidate):
21168 - A major revision to our internal node-selecting and listing logic.
21169 Tor already had at least two major ways to look at the question of
21170 "which Tor servers do we know about": a list of router descriptors,
21171 and a list of entries in the current consensus. With
21172 microdescriptors, we're adding a third. Having so many systems
21173 without an abstraction layer over them was hurting the codebase.
21174 Now, we have a new "node_t" abstraction that presents a consistent
21175 interface to a client's view of a Tor node, and holds (nearly) all
21176 of the mutable state formerly in routerinfo_t and routerstatus_t.
21177 - Move tor_gettimeofday_cached() into compat_libevent.c, and use
21178 Libevent's notion of cached time when possible.
21179 - Remove duplicate code for invoking getrlimit() from control.c.
21180 - Use OpenSSL's built-in SSL_state_string_long() instead of our
21181 own homebrewed ssl_state_to_string() replacement. Patch from
21182 Emile Snyder. Fixes bug 4653.
21183 - Change the symmetric cipher interface so that creating and
21184 initializing a stream cipher are no longer separate functions.
21186 o Code refactoring (separate):
21187 - Make a new "entry connection" struct as an internal subtype of "edge
21188 connection", to simplify the code and make exit connections smaller.
21189 - Split connection_about_to_close() into separate functions for each
21191 - Rewrite the listener-selection logic so that parsing which ports
21192 we want to listen on is now separate from binding to the ports
21195 o Code refactoring (name changes):
21196 - Rename a handful of old identifiers, mostly related to crypto
21197 structures and crypto functions. By convention, our "create an
21198 object" functions are called "type_new()", our "free an object"
21199 functions are called "type_free()", and our types indicate that
21200 they are types only with a final "_t". But a handful of older
21201 types and functions broke these rules, with function names like
21202 "type_create" or "subsystem_op_type", or with type names like
21204 - Rename Tor functions that turn strings into addresses, so that
21205 "parse" indicates that no hostname resolution occurs, and
21206 "lookup" indicates that hostname resolution may occur. This
21207 should help prevent mistakes in the future. Fixes bug 3512.
21208 - Use the name "CERTS" consistently to refer to the new cell type;
21209 we were calling it CERT in some places and CERTS in others.
21210 - Use a TOR_INVALID_SOCKET macro when initializing a socket to an
21211 invalid value, rather than just -1.
21212 - Rename the bench_{aes,dmap} functions to test_*, so that tinytest
21213 can pick them up when the tests aren't disabled. Bugfix on
21214 0.2.2.4-alpha which introduced tinytest.
21216 o Code refactoring (other):
21217 - Defensively refactor rend_mid_rendezvous() so that protocol
21218 violations and length checks happen in the beginning. Fixes
21220 - Remove the pure attribute from all functions that used it
21221 previously. In many cases we assigned it incorrectly, because the
21222 functions might assert or call impure functions, and we don't have
21223 evidence that keeping the pure attribute is worthwhile. Implements
21224 changes suggested in ticket 4421.
21225 - Move the replay-detection cache for the RSA-encrypted parts of
21226 INTRODUCE2 cells to the introduction point data structures.
21227 Previously, we would use one replay-detection cache per hidden
21228 service. Required by fix for bug 3460.
21229 - The helper programs tor-gencert, tor-resolve, and tor-checkkey
21230 no longer link against Libevent: they never used it, but
21231 our library structure used to force them to link it.
21233 o Removed features and files:
21234 - Remove all internal support for unpadded RSA. We never used it, and
21235 it would be a bad idea to start.
21236 - Remove some workaround code for OpenSSL 0.9.6 (which is no longer
21238 - Remove some redundant #include directives throughout the code.
21239 Patch from Andrea Gelmini.
21240 - Remove some old code to remember statistics about which descriptors
21241 we've served as a directory mirror. The feature wasn't used and
21242 is outdated now that microdescriptors are around.
21243 - Remove some old code to work around even older versions of Tor that
21244 used forked processes to handle DNS requests. Such versions of Tor
21245 are no longer in use as relays.
21246 - The "torify" script no longer supports the "tsocks" socksifier
21247 tool, since tsocks doesn't support DNS and UDP right for Tor.
21248 Everyone should be using torsocks instead. Fixes bugs 3530 and
21249 5180. Based on a patch by "ugh".
21250 - Remove the torrc.bridge file: we don't use it for anything, and
21251 it had become badly desynchronized from torrc.sample. Resolves
21255 - Begin a doc/state-contents.txt file to explain the contents of
21256 the Tor state file. Fixes bug 2987.
21257 - Clarify the documentation for the Alternate*Authority options.
21259 - Document the --defaults-torrc option, and the new semantics for
21260 overriding, extending, and clearing lists of options. Closes
21262 - Add missing man page documentation for consensus and microdesc
21263 files. Resolves ticket 6732.
21264 - Fix some typos in the manpages. Patch from A. Costa. Fixes bug 6500.
21266 o Documentation fixes:
21267 - Improve the manual's documentation for the NT Service command-line
21268 options. Addresses ticket 3964.
21269 - Clarify SessionGroup documentation slightly; resolves ticket 5437.
21270 - Document the changes to the ORPort and DirPort options, and the
21271 fact that {OR/Dir}ListenAddress is now unnecessary (and
21272 therefore deprecated). Resolves ticket 5597.
21273 - Correct a broken faq link in the INSTALL file. Fixes bug 2307.
21274 - Clarify that hidden services are TCP only. Fixes bug 6024.
21277 Changes in version 0.2.2.39 - 2012-09-11
21278 Tor 0.2.2.39 fixes two more opportunities for remotely triggerable
21282 - Fix an assertion failure in tor_timegm() that could be triggered
21283 by a badly formatted directory object. Bug found by fuzzing with
21284 Radamsa. Fixes bug 6811; bugfix on 0.2.0.20-rc.
21285 - Do not crash when comparing an address with port value 0 to an
21286 address policy. This bug could have been used to cause a remote
21287 assertion failure by or against directory authorities, or to
21288 allow some applications to crash clients. Fixes bug 6690; bugfix
21292 Changes in version 0.2.2.38 - 2012-08-12
21293 Tor 0.2.2.38 fixes a remotely triggerable crash bug, and fixes a timing
21294 attack that could in theory leak path information.
21297 - Avoid an uninitialized memory read when reading a vote or consensus
21298 document that has an unrecognized flavor name. This read could
21299 lead to a remote crash bug. Fixes bug 6530; bugfix on 0.2.2.6-alpha.
21300 - Try to leak less information about what relays a client is
21301 choosing to a side-channel attacker. Previously, a Tor client would
21302 stop iterating through the list of available relays as soon as it
21303 had chosen one, thus finishing a little earlier when it picked
21304 a router earlier in the list. If an attacker can recover this
21305 timing information (nontrivial but not proven to be impossible),
21306 they could learn some coarse-grained information about which relays
21307 a client was picking (middle nodes in particular are likelier to
21308 be affected than exits). The timing attack might be mitigated by
21309 other factors (see bug 6537 for some discussion), but it's best
21310 not to take chances. Fixes bug 6537; bugfix on 0.0.8rc1.
21313 Changes in version 0.2.2.37 - 2012-06-06
21314 Tor 0.2.2.37 introduces a workaround for a critical renegotiation
21315 bug in OpenSSL 1.0.1 (where 20% of the Tor network can't talk to itself
21319 - Work around a bug in OpenSSL that broke renegotiation with TLS
21320 1.1 and TLS 1.2. Without this workaround, all attempts to speak
21321 the v2 Tor connection protocol when both sides were using OpenSSL
21322 1.0.1 would fail. Resolves ticket 6033.
21323 - When waiting for a client to renegotiate, don't allow it to add
21324 any bytes to the input buffer. This fixes a potential DoS issue.
21325 Fixes bugs 5934 and 6007; bugfix on 0.2.0.20-rc.
21326 - Fix an edge case where if we fetch or publish a hidden service
21327 descriptor, we might build a 4-hop circuit and then use that circuit
21328 for exiting afterwards -- even if the new last hop doesn't obey our
21329 ExitNodes config option. Fixes bug 5283; bugfix on 0.2.0.10-alpha.
21332 - Fix a build warning with Clang 3.1 related to our use of vasprintf.
21333 Fixes bug 5969. Bugfix on 0.2.2.11-alpha.
21336 - Tell GCC and Clang to check for any errors in format strings passed
21337 to the tor_v*(print|scan)f functions.
21340 Changes in version 0.2.2.36 - 2012-05-24
21341 Tor 0.2.2.36 updates the addresses for two of the eight directory
21342 authorities, fixes some potential anonymity and security issues,
21343 and fixes several crash bugs.
21345 Tor 0.2.1.x has reached its end-of-life. Those Tor versions have many
21346 known flaws, and nobody should be using them. You should upgrade. If
21347 you're using a Linux or BSD and its packages are obsolete, stop using
21348 those packages and upgrade anyway.
21350 o Directory authority changes:
21351 - Change IP address for maatuska (v3 directory authority).
21352 - Change IP address for ides (v3 directory authority), and rename
21356 - When building or running with any version of OpenSSL earlier
21357 than 0.9.8s or 1.0.0f, disable SSLv3 support. These OpenSSL
21358 versions have a bug (CVE-2011-4576) in which their block cipher
21359 padding includes uninitialized data, potentially leaking sensitive
21360 information to any peer with whom they make a SSLv3 connection. Tor
21361 does not use SSL v3 by default, but a hostile client or server
21362 could force an SSLv3 connection in order to gain information that
21363 they shouldn't have been able to get. The best solution here is to
21364 upgrade to OpenSSL 0.9.8s or 1.0.0f (or later). But when building
21365 or running with a non-upgraded OpenSSL, we disable SSLv3 entirely
21366 to make sure that the bug can't happen.
21367 - Never use a bridge or a controller-supplied node as an exit, even
21368 if its exit policy allows it. Found by wanoskarnet. Fixes bug
21369 5342. Bugfix on 0.1.1.15-rc (for controller-purpose descriptors)
21370 and 0.2.0.3-alpha (for bridge-purpose descriptors).
21371 - Only build circuits if we have a sufficient threshold of the total
21372 descriptors that are marked in the consensus with the "Exit"
21373 flag. This mitigates an attack proposed by wanoskarnet, in which
21374 all of a client's bridges collude to restrict the exit nodes that
21375 the client knows about. Fixes bug 5343.
21376 - Provide controllers with a safer way to implement the cookie
21377 authentication mechanism. With the old method, if another locally
21378 running program could convince a controller that it was the Tor
21379 process, then that program could trick the controller into telling
21380 it the contents of an arbitrary 32-byte file. The new "SAFECOOKIE"
21381 authentication method uses a challenge-response approach to prevent
21382 this attack. Fixes bug 5185; implements proposal 193.
21385 - Avoid logging uninitialized data when unable to decode a hidden
21386 service descriptor cookie. Fixes bug 5647; bugfix on 0.2.1.5-alpha.
21387 - Avoid a client-side assertion failure when receiving an INTRODUCE2
21388 cell on a general purpose circuit. Fixes bug 5644; bugfix on
21390 - Fix builds when the path to sed, openssl, or sha1sum contains
21391 spaces, which is pretty common on Windows. Fixes bug 5065; bugfix
21393 - Correct our replacements for the timeradd() and timersub() functions
21394 on platforms that lack them (for example, Windows). The timersub()
21395 function is used when expiring circuits, while timeradd() is
21396 currently unused. Bug report and patch by Vektor. Fixes bug 4778;
21397 bugfix on 0.2.2.24-alpha.
21398 - Fix the SOCKET_OK test that we use to tell when socket
21399 creation fails so that it works on Win64. Fixes part of bug 4533;
21400 bugfix on 0.2.2.29-beta. Bug found by wanoskarnet.
21403 - Reject out-of-range times like 23:59:61 in parse_rfc1123_time().
21404 Fixes bug 5346; bugfix on 0.0.8pre3.
21405 - Make our number-parsing functions always treat too-large values
21406 as an error, even when those values exceed the width of the
21407 underlying type. Previously, if the caller provided these
21408 functions with minima or maxima set to the extreme values of the
21409 underlying integer type, these functions would return those
21410 values on overflow rather than treating overflow as an error.
21411 Fixes part of bug 5786; bugfix on 0.0.9.
21412 - Older Linux kernels erroneously respond to strange nmap behavior
21413 by having accept() return successfully with a zero-length
21414 socket. When this happens, just close the connection. Previously,
21415 we would try harder to learn the remote address: but there was
21416 no such remote address to learn, and our method for trying to
21417 learn it was incorrect. Fixes bugs 1240, 4745, and 4747. Bugfix
21418 on 0.1.0.3-rc. Reported and diagnosed by "r1eo".
21419 - Correct parsing of certain date types in parse_http_time().
21420 Without this patch, If-Modified-Since would behave
21421 incorrectly. Fixes bug 5346; bugfix on 0.2.0.2-alpha. Patch from
21422 Esteban Manchado Velázques.
21423 - Change the BridgePassword feature (part of the "bridge community"
21424 design, which is not yet implemented) to use a time-independent
21425 comparison. The old behavior might have allowed an adversary
21426 to use timing to guess the BridgePassword value. Fixes bug 5543;
21427 bugfix on 0.2.0.14-alpha.
21428 - Detect and reject certain misformed escape sequences in
21429 configuration values. Previously, these values would cause us
21430 to crash if received in a torrc file or over an authenticated
21431 control port. Bug found by Esteban Manchado Velázquez, and
21432 independently by Robert Connolly from Matta Consulting who further
21433 noted that it allows a post-authentication heap overflow. Patch
21434 by Alexander Schrijver. Fixes bugs 5090 and 5402 (CVE 2012-1668);
21435 bugfix on 0.2.0.16-alpha.
21436 - Fix a compile warning when using the --enable-openbsd-malloc
21437 configure option. Fixes bug 5340; bugfix on 0.2.0.20-rc.
21438 - During configure, detect when we're building with clang version
21439 3.0 or lower and disable the -Wnormalized=id and -Woverride-init
21440 CFLAGS. clang doesn't support them yet.
21441 - When sending an HTTP/1.1 proxy request, include a Host header.
21442 Fixes bug 5593; bugfix on 0.2.2.1-alpha.
21443 - Fix a NULL-pointer dereference on a badly formed SETCIRCUITPURPOSE
21444 command. Found by mikeyc. Fixes bug 5796; bugfix on 0.2.2.9-alpha.
21445 - If we hit the error case where routerlist_insert() replaces an
21446 existing (old) server descriptor, make sure to remove that
21447 server descriptor from the old_routers list. Fix related to bug
21448 1776. Bugfix on 0.2.2.18-alpha.
21450 o Minor bugfixes (documentation and log messages):
21451 - Fix a typo in a log message in rend_service_rendezvous_has_opened().
21452 Fixes bug 4856; bugfix on Tor 0.0.6.
21453 - Update "ClientOnly" man page entry to explain that there isn't
21454 really any point to messing with it. Resolves ticket 5005.
21455 - Document the GiveGuardFlagTo_CVE_2011_2768_VulnerableRelays
21456 directory authority option (introduced in Tor 0.2.2.34).
21457 - Downgrade the "We're missing a certificate" message from notice
21458 to info: people kept mistaking it for a real problem, whereas it
21459 is seldom the problem even when we are failing to bootstrap. Fixes
21460 bug 5067; bugfix on 0.2.0.10-alpha.
21461 - Correctly spell "connect" in a log message on failure to create a
21462 controlsocket. Fixes bug 4803; bugfix on 0.2.2.26-beta.
21463 - Clarify the behavior of MaxCircuitDirtiness with hidden service
21464 circuits. Fixes issue 5259.
21467 - Directory authorities now reject versions of Tor older than
21468 0.2.1.30, and Tor versions between 0.2.2.1-alpha and 0.2.2.20-alpha
21469 inclusive. These versions accounted for only a small fraction of
21470 the Tor network, and have numerous known security issues. Resolves
21472 - Update to the May 1 2012 Maxmind GeoLite Country database.
21475 - When sending or relaying a RELAY_EARLY cell, we used to convert
21476 it to a RELAY cell if the connection was using the v1 link
21477 protocol. This was a workaround for older versions of Tor, which
21478 didn't handle RELAY_EARLY cells properly. Now that all supported
21479 versions can handle RELAY_EARLY cells, and now that we're enforcing
21480 the "no RELAY_EXTEND commands except in RELAY_EARLY cells" rule,
21481 remove this workaround. Addresses bug 4786.
21484 Changes in version 0.2.2.35 - 2011-12-16
21485 Tor 0.2.2.35 fixes a critical heap-overflow security issue in Tor's
21486 buffers code. Absolutely everybody should upgrade.
21488 The bug relied on an incorrect calculation when making data continuous
21489 in one of our IO buffers, if the first chunk of the buffer was
21490 misaligned by just the wrong amount. The miscalculation would allow an
21491 attacker to overflow a piece of heap-allocated memory. To mount this
21492 attack, the attacker would need to either open a SOCKS connection to
21493 Tor's SocksPort (usually restricted to localhost), or target a Tor
21494 instance configured to make its connections through a SOCKS proxy
21495 (which Tor does not do by default).
21497 Good security practice requires that all heap-overflow bugs should be
21498 presumed to be exploitable until proven otherwise, so we are treating
21499 this as a potential code execution attack. Please upgrade immediately!
21500 This bug does not affect bufferevents-based builds of Tor. Special
21501 thanks to "Vektor" for reporting this issue to us!
21503 Tor 0.2.2.35 also fixes several bugs in previous versions, including
21504 crash bugs for unusual configurations, and a long-term bug that
21505 would prevent Tor from starting on Windows machines with draconian
21508 With this release, we remind everyone that 0.2.0.x has reached its
21509 formal end-of-life. Those Tor versions have many known flaws, and
21510 nobody should be using them. You should upgrade -- ideally to the
21511 0.2.2.x series. If you're using a Linux or BSD and its packages are
21512 obsolete, stop using those packages and upgrade anyway.
21514 The Tor 0.2.1.x series is also approaching its end-of-life: it will no
21515 longer receive support after some time in early 2012.
21518 - Fix a heap overflow bug that could occur when trying to pull
21519 data into the first chunk of a buffer, when that chunk had
21520 already had some data drained from it. Fixes CVE-2011-2778;
21521 bugfix on 0.2.0.16-alpha. Reported by "Vektor".
21522 - Initialize Libevent with the EVENT_BASE_FLAG_NOLOCK flag enabled, so
21523 that it doesn't attempt to allocate a socketpair. This could cause
21524 some problems on Windows systems with overzealous firewalls. Fix for
21525 bug 4457; workaround for Libevent versions 2.0.1-alpha through
21527 - If we mark an OR connection for close based on a cell we process,
21528 don't process any further cells on it. We already avoid further
21529 reads on marked-for-close connections, but now we also discard the
21530 cells we'd already read. Fixes bug 4299; bugfix on 0.2.0.10-alpha,
21531 which was the first version where we might mark a connection for
21532 close based on processing a cell on it.
21533 - Correctly sanity-check that we don't underflow on a memory
21534 allocation (and then assert) for hidden service introduction
21535 point decryption. Bug discovered by Dan Rosenberg. Fixes bug 4410;
21536 bugfix on 0.2.1.5-alpha.
21537 - Fix a memory leak when we check whether a hidden service
21538 descriptor has any usable introduction points left. Fixes bug
21539 4424. Bugfix on 0.2.2.25-alpha.
21540 - Don't crash when we're running as a relay and don't have a GeoIP
21541 file. Bugfix on 0.2.2.34; fixes bug 4340. This backports a fix
21542 we've had in the 0.2.3.x branch already.
21543 - When running as a client, do not print a misleading (and plain
21544 wrong) log message that we're collecting "directory request"
21545 statistics: clients don't collect statistics. Also don't create a
21546 useless (because empty) stats file in the stats/ directory. Fixes
21547 bug 4353; bugfix on 0.2.2.34.
21550 - Detect failure to initialize Libevent. This fix provides better
21551 detection for future instances of bug 4457.
21552 - Avoid frequent calls to the fairly expensive cull_wedged_cpuworkers
21553 function. This was eating up hideously large amounts of time on some
21554 busy servers. Fixes bug 4518; bugfix on 0.0.9.8.
21555 - Resolve an integer overflow bug in smartlist_ensure_capacity().
21556 Fixes bug 4230; bugfix on Tor 0.1.0.1-rc. Based on a patch by
21558 - Don't warn about unused log_mutex in log.c when building with
21559 --disable-threads using a recent GCC. Fixes bug 4437; bugfix on
21560 0.1.0.6-rc which introduced --disable-threads.
21561 - When configuring, starting, or stopping an NT service, stop
21562 immediately after the service configuration attempt has succeeded
21563 or failed. Fixes bug 3963; bugfix on 0.2.0.7-alpha.
21564 - When sending a NETINFO cell, include the original address
21565 received for the other side, not its canonical address. Found
21566 by "troll_un"; fixes bug 4349; bugfix on 0.2.0.10-alpha.
21567 - Fix a typo in a hibernation-related log message. Fixes bug 4331;
21568 bugfix on 0.2.2.23-alpha; found by "tmpname0901".
21569 - Fix a memory leak in launch_direct_bridge_descriptor_fetch() that
21570 occurred when a client tried to fetch a descriptor for a bridge
21571 in ExcludeNodes. Fixes bug 4383; bugfix on 0.2.2.25-alpha.
21572 - Backport fixes for a pair of compilation warnings on Windows.
21573 Fixes bug 4521; bugfix on 0.2.2.28-beta and on 0.2.2.29-beta.
21574 - If we had ever tried to call tor_addr_to_str on an address of
21575 unknown type, we would have done a strdup on an uninitialized
21576 buffer. Now we won't. Fixes bug 4529; bugfix on 0.2.1.3-alpha.
21577 Reported by "troll_un".
21578 - Correctly detect and handle transient lookup failures from
21579 tor_addr_lookup. Fixes bug 4530; bugfix on 0.2.1.5-alpha.
21580 Reported by "troll_un".
21581 - Fix null-pointer access that could occur if TLS allocation failed.
21582 Fixes bug 4531; bugfix on 0.2.0.20-rc. Found by "troll_un".
21583 - Use tor_socket_t type for listener argument to accept(). Fixes bug
21584 4535; bugfix on 0.2.2.28-beta. Found by "troll_un".
21587 - Add two new config options for directory authorities:
21588 AuthDirFastGuarantee sets a bandwidth threshold for guaranteeing the
21589 Fast flag, and AuthDirGuardBWGuarantee sets a bandwidth threshold
21590 that is always sufficient to satisfy the bandwidth requirement for
21591 the Guard flag. Now it will be easier for researchers to simulate
21592 Tor networks with different values. Resolves ticket 4484.
21593 - When Tor ignores a hidden service specified in its configuration,
21594 include the hidden service's directory in the warning message.
21595 Previously, we would only tell the user that some hidden service
21596 was ignored. Bugfix on 0.0.6; fixes bug 4426.
21597 - Update to the December 6 2011 Maxmind GeoLite Country database.
21599 o Packaging changes:
21600 - Make it easier to automate expert package builds on Windows,
21601 by removing an absolute path from makensis.exe command.
21604 Changes in version 0.2.1.32 - 2011-12-16
21605 Tor 0.2.1.32 backports important security and privacy fixes for
21606 oldstable. This release is intended only for package maintainers and
21607 others who cannot use the 0.2.2 stable series. All others should be
21608 using Tor 0.2.2.x or newer.
21610 The Tor 0.2.1.x series will reach formal end-of-life some time in
21611 early 2012; we will stop releasing patches for it then.
21613 o Major bugfixes (also included in 0.2.2.x):
21614 - Correctly sanity-check that we don't underflow on a memory
21615 allocation (and then assert) for hidden service introduction
21616 point decryption. Bug discovered by Dan Rosenberg. Fixes bug 4410;
21617 bugfix on 0.2.1.5-alpha.
21618 - Fix a heap overflow bug that could occur when trying to pull
21619 data into the first chunk of a buffer, when that chunk had
21620 already had some data drained from it. Fixes CVE-2011-2778;
21621 bugfix on 0.2.0.16-alpha. Reported by "Vektor".
21624 - Update to the December 6 2011 Maxmind GeoLite Country database.
21627 Changes in version 0.2.2.34 - 2011-10-26
21628 Tor 0.2.2.34 fixes a critical anonymity vulnerability where an attacker
21629 can deanonymize Tor users. Everybody should upgrade.
21631 The attack relies on four components: 1) Clients reuse their TLS cert
21632 when talking to different relays, so relays can recognize a user by
21633 the identity key in her cert. 2) An attacker who knows the client's
21634 identity key can probe each guard relay to see if that identity key
21635 is connected to that guard relay right now. 3) A variety of active
21636 attacks in the literature (starting from "Low-Cost Traffic Analysis
21637 of Tor" by Murdoch and Danezis in 2005) allow a malicious website to
21638 discover the guard relays that a Tor user visiting the website is using.
21639 4) Clients typically pick three guards at random, so the set of guards
21640 for a given user could well be a unique fingerprint for her. This
21641 release fixes components #1 and #2, which is enough to block the attack;
21642 the other two remain as open research problems. Special thanks to
21643 "frosty_un" for reporting the issue to us!
21645 Clients should upgrade so they are no longer recognizable by the TLS
21646 certs they present. Relays should upgrade so they no longer allow a
21647 remote attacker to probe them to test whether unpatched clients are
21648 currently connected to them.
21650 This release also fixes several vulnerabilities that allow an attacker
21651 to enumerate bridge relays. Some bridge enumeration attacks still
21652 remain; see for example proposal 188.
21654 o Privacy/anonymity fixes (clients):
21655 - Clients and bridges no longer send TLS certificate chains on
21656 outgoing OR connections. Previously, each client or bridge would
21657 use the same cert chain for all outgoing OR connections until
21658 its IP address changes, which allowed any relay that the client
21659 or bridge contacted to determine which entry guards it is using.
21660 Fixes CVE-2011-2768. Bugfix on 0.0.9pre5; found by "frosty_un".
21661 - If a relay receives a CREATE_FAST cell on a TLS connection, it
21662 no longer considers that connection as suitable for satisfying a
21663 circuit EXTEND request. Now relays can protect clients from the
21664 CVE-2011-2768 issue even if the clients haven't upgraded yet.
21665 - Directory authorities no longer assign the Guard flag to relays
21666 that haven't upgraded to the above "refuse EXTEND requests
21667 to client connections" fix. Now directory authorities can
21668 protect clients from the CVE-2011-2768 issue even if neither
21669 the clients nor the relays have upgraded yet. There's a new
21670 "GiveGuardFlagTo_CVE_2011_2768_VulnerableRelays" config option
21671 to let us transition smoothly, else tomorrow there would be no
21674 o Privacy/anonymity fixes (bridge enumeration):
21675 - Bridge relays now do their directory fetches inside Tor TLS
21676 connections, like all the other clients do, rather than connecting
21677 directly to the DirPort like public relays do. Removes another
21678 avenue for enumerating bridges. Fixes bug 4115; bugfix on 0.2.0.35.
21679 - Bridges relays now build circuits for themselves in a more similar
21680 way to how clients build them. Removes another avenue for
21681 enumerating bridges. Fixes bug 4124; bugfix on 0.2.0.3-alpha,
21682 when bridges were introduced.
21683 - Bridges now refuse CREATE or CREATE_FAST cells on OR connections
21684 that they initiated. Relays could distinguish incoming bridge
21685 connections from client connections, creating another avenue for
21686 enumerating bridges. Fixes CVE-2011-2769. Bugfix on 0.2.0.3-alpha.
21687 Found by "frosty_un".
21690 - Fix a crash bug when changing node restrictions while a DNS lookup
21691 is in-progress. Fixes bug 4259; bugfix on 0.2.2.25-alpha. Bugfix
21693 - Don't launch a useless circuit after failing to use one of a
21694 hidden service's introduction points. Previously, we would
21695 launch a new introduction circuit, but not set the hidden service
21696 which that circuit was intended to connect to, so it would never
21697 actually be used. A different piece of code would then create a
21698 new introduction circuit correctly. Bug reported by katmagic and
21699 found by Sebastian Hahn. Bugfix on 0.2.1.13-alpha; fixes bug 4212.
21702 - Change an integer overflow check in the OpenBSD_Malloc code so
21703 that GCC is less likely to eliminate it as impossible. Patch
21704 from Mansour Moufid. Fixes bug 4059.
21705 - When a hidden service turns an extra service-side introduction
21706 circuit into a general-purpose circuit, free the rend_data and
21707 intro_key fields first, so we won't leak memory if the circuit
21708 is cannibalized for use as another service-side introduction
21709 circuit. Bugfix on 0.2.1.7-alpha; fixes bug 4251.
21710 - Bridges now skip DNS self-tests, to act a little more stealthily.
21711 Fixes bug 4201; bugfix on 0.2.0.3-alpha, which first introduced
21712 bridges. Patch by "warms0x".
21713 - Fix internal bug-checking logic that was supposed to catch
21714 failures in digest generation so that it will fail more robustly
21715 if we ask for a nonexistent algorithm. Found by Coverity Scan.
21716 Bugfix on 0.2.2.1-alpha; fixes Coverity CID 479.
21717 - Report any failure in init_keys() calls launched because our
21718 IP address has changed. Spotted by Coverity Scan. Bugfix on
21719 0.1.1.4-alpha; fixes CID 484.
21721 o Minor bugfixes (log messages and documentation):
21722 - Remove a confusing dollar sign from the example fingerprint in the
21723 man page, and also make the example fingerprint a valid one. Fixes
21724 bug 4309; bugfix on 0.2.1.3-alpha.
21725 - The next version of Windows will be called Windows 8, and it has
21726 a major version of 6, minor version of 2. Correctly identify that
21727 version instead of calling it "Very recent version". Resolves
21728 ticket 4153; reported by funkstar.
21729 - Downgrade log messages about circuit timeout calibration from
21730 "notice" to "info": they don't require or suggest any human
21731 intervention. Patch from Tom Lowenthal. Fixes bug 4063;
21732 bugfix on 0.2.2.14-alpha.
21735 - Turn on directory request statistics by default and include them in
21736 extra-info descriptors. Don't break if we have no GeoIP database.
21737 Backported from 0.2.3.1-alpha; implements ticket 3951.
21738 - Update to the October 4 2011 Maxmind GeoLite Country database.
21741 Changes in version 0.2.1.31 - 2011-10-26
21742 Tor 0.2.1.31 backports important security and privacy fixes for
21743 oldstable. This release is intended only for package maintainers and
21744 others who cannot use the 0.2.2 stable series. All others should be
21745 using Tor 0.2.2.x or newer.
21747 o Security fixes (also included in 0.2.2.x):
21748 - Replace all potentially sensitive memory comparison operations
21749 with versions whose runtime does not depend on the data being
21750 compared. This will help resist a class of attacks where an
21751 adversary can use variations in timing information to learn
21752 sensitive data. Fix for one case of bug 3122. (Safe memcmp
21753 implementation by Robert Ransom based partially on code by DJB.)
21754 - Fix an assert in parsing router descriptors containing IPv6
21755 addresses. This one took down the directory authorities when
21756 somebody tried some experimental code. Bugfix on 0.2.1.3-alpha.
21758 o Privacy/anonymity fixes (also included in 0.2.2.x):
21759 - Clients and bridges no longer send TLS certificate chains on
21760 outgoing OR connections. Previously, each client or bridge would
21761 use the same cert chain for all outgoing OR connections until
21762 its IP address changes, which allowed any relay that the client
21763 or bridge contacted to determine which entry guards it is using.
21764 Fixes CVE-2011-2768. Bugfix on 0.0.9pre5; found by "frosty_un".
21765 - If a relay receives a CREATE_FAST cell on a TLS connection, it
21766 no longer considers that connection as suitable for satisfying a
21767 circuit EXTEND request. Now relays can protect clients from the
21768 CVE-2011-2768 issue even if the clients haven't upgraded yet.
21769 - Bridges now refuse CREATE or CREATE_FAST cells on OR connections
21770 that they initiated. Relays could distinguish incoming bridge
21771 connections from client connections, creating another avenue for
21772 enumerating bridges. Fixes CVE-2011-2769. Bugfix on 0.2.0.3-alpha.
21773 Found by "frosty_un".
21774 - When receiving a hidden service descriptor, check that it is for
21775 the hidden service we wanted. Previously, Tor would store any
21776 hidden service descriptors that a directory gave it, whether it
21777 wanted them or not. This wouldn't have let an attacker impersonate
21778 a hidden service, but it did let directories pre-seed a client
21779 with descriptors that it didn't want. Bugfix on 0.0.6.
21780 - Avoid linkability based on cached hidden service descriptors: forget
21781 all hidden service descriptors cached as a client when processing a
21782 SIGNAL NEWNYM command. Fixes bug 3000; bugfix on 0.0.6.
21783 - Make the bridge directory authority refuse to answer directory
21784 requests for "all" descriptors. It used to include bridge
21785 descriptors in its answer, which was a major information leak.
21786 Found by "piebeer". Bugfix on 0.2.0.3-alpha.
21787 - Don't attach new streams to old rendezvous circuits after SIGNAL
21788 NEWNYM. Previously, we would keep using an existing rendezvous
21789 circuit if it remained open (i.e. if it were kept open by a
21790 long-lived stream, or if a new stream were attached to it before
21791 Tor could notice that it was old and no longer in use). Bugfix on
21792 0.1.1.15-rc; fixes bug 3375.
21794 o Minor bugfixes (also included in 0.2.2.x):
21795 - When we restart our relay, we might get a successful connection
21796 from the outside before we've started our reachability tests,
21797 triggering a warning: "ORPort found reachable, but I have no
21798 routerinfo yet. Failing to inform controller of success." This
21799 bug was harmless unless Tor is running under a controller
21800 like Vidalia, in which case the controller would never get a
21801 REACHABILITY_SUCCEEDED status event. Bugfix on 0.1.2.6-alpha;
21803 - Build correctly on OSX with zlib 1.2.4 and higher with all warnings
21804 enabled. Fixes bug 1526.
21805 - Remove undocumented option "-F" from tor-resolve: it hasn't done
21806 anything since 0.2.1.16-rc.
21807 - Avoid signed/unsigned comparisons by making SIZE_T_CEILING unsigned.
21808 None of the cases where we did this before were wrong, but by making
21809 this change we avoid warnings. Fixes bug 2475; bugfix on 0.2.1.28.
21810 - Fix a rare crash bug that could occur when a client was configured
21811 with a large number of bridges. Fixes bug 2629; bugfix on
21812 0.2.1.2-alpha. Bugfix by trac user "shitlei".
21813 - Correct the warning displayed when a rendezvous descriptor exceeds
21814 the maximum size. Fixes bug 2750; bugfix on 0.2.1.5-alpha. Found by
21816 - Fix an uncommon assertion failure when running with DNSPort under
21817 heavy load. Fixes bug 2933; bugfix on 0.2.0.1-alpha.
21818 - When warning about missing zlib development packages during compile,
21819 give the correct package names. Bugfix on 0.2.0.1-alpha.
21820 - Require that introduction point keys and onion keys have public
21821 exponent 65537. Bugfix on 0.2.0.10-alpha.
21822 - Do not crash when our configuration file becomes unreadable, for
21823 example due to a permissions change, between when we start up
21824 and when a controller calls SAVECONF. Fixes bug 3135; bugfix
21826 - Fix warnings from GCC 4.6's "-Wunused-but-set-variable" option.
21828 - Always NUL-terminate the sun_path field of a sockaddr_un before
21829 passing it to the kernel. (Not a security issue: kernels are
21830 smart enough to reject bad sockaddr_uns.) Found by Coverity;
21831 CID #428. Bugfix on Tor 0.2.0.3-alpha.
21832 - Don't stack-allocate the list of supplementary GIDs when we're
21833 about to log them. Stack-allocating NGROUPS_MAX gid_t elements
21834 could take up to 256K, which is way too much stack. Found by
21835 Coverity; CID #450. Bugfix on 0.2.1.7-alpha.
21837 o Minor bugfixes (only in 0.2.1.x):
21838 - Resume using micro-version numbers in 0.2.1.x: our Debian packages
21839 rely on them. Bugfix on 0.2.1.30.
21840 - Use git revisions instead of svn revisions when generating our
21841 micro-version numbers. Bugfix on 0.2.1.15-rc; fixes bug 2402.
21843 o Minor features (also included in 0.2.2.x):
21844 - Adjust the expiration time on our SSL session certificates to
21845 better match SSL certs seen in the wild. Resolves ticket 4014.
21846 - Allow nameservers with IPv6 address. Resolves bug 2574.
21847 - Update to the October 4 2011 Maxmind GeoLite Country database.
21850 Changes in version 0.2.2.33 - 2011-09-13
21851 Tor 0.2.2.33 fixes several bugs, and includes a slight tweak to Tor's
21852 TLS handshake that makes relays and bridges that run this new version
21853 reachable from Iran again.
21856 - Avoid an assertion failure when reloading a configuration with
21857 TrackExitHosts changes. Found and fixed by 'laruldan'. Fixes bug
21858 3923; bugfix on 0.2.2.25-alpha.
21860 o Minor features (security):
21861 - Check for replays of the public-key encrypted portion of an
21862 INTRODUCE1 cell, in addition to the current check for replays of
21863 the g^x value. This prevents a possible class of active attacks
21864 by an attacker who controls both an introduction point and a
21865 rendezvous point, and who uses the malleability of AES-CTR to
21866 alter the encrypted g^x portion of the INTRODUCE1 cell. We think
21867 that these attacks are infeasible (requiring the attacker to send
21868 on the order of zettabytes of altered cells in a short interval),
21869 but we'd rather block them off in case there are any classes of
21870 this attack that we missed. Reported by Willem Pinckaers.
21873 - Adjust the expiration time on our SSL session certificates to
21874 better match SSL certs seen in the wild. Resolves ticket 4014.
21875 - Change the default required uptime for a relay to be accepted as
21876 a HSDir (hidden service directory) from 24 hours to 25 hours.
21877 Improves on 0.2.0.10-alpha; resolves ticket 2649.
21878 - Add a VoteOnHidServDirectoriesV2 config option to allow directory
21879 authorities to abstain from voting on assignment of the HSDir
21880 consensus flag. Related to bug 2649.
21881 - Update to the September 6 2011 Maxmind GeoLite Country database.
21883 o Minor bugfixes (documentation and log messages):
21884 - Correct the man page to explain that HashedControlPassword and
21885 CookieAuthentication can both be set, in which case either method
21886 is sufficient to authenticate to Tor. Bugfix on 0.2.0.7-alpha,
21887 when we decided to allow these config options to both be set. Issue
21888 raised by bug 3898.
21889 - Demote the 'replay detected' log message emitted when a hidden
21890 service receives the same Diffie-Hellman public key in two different
21891 INTRODUCE2 cells to info level. A normal Tor client can cause that
21892 log message during its normal operation. Bugfix on 0.2.1.6-alpha;
21893 fixes part of bug 2442.
21894 - Demote the 'INTRODUCE2 cell is too {old,new}' log message to info
21895 level. There is nothing that a hidden service's operator can do
21896 to fix its clients' clocks. Bugfix on 0.2.1.6-alpha; fixes part
21898 - Clarify a log message specifying the characters permitted in
21899 HiddenServiceAuthorizeClient client names. Previously, the log
21900 message said that "[A-Za-z0-9+-_]" were permitted; that could have
21901 given the impression that every ASCII character between "+" and "_"
21902 was permitted. Now we say "[A-Za-z0-9+_-]". Bugfix on 0.2.1.5-alpha.
21905 - Provide a substitute implementation of lround() for MSVC, which
21906 apparently lacks it. Patch from Gisle Vanem.
21907 - Clean up some code issues that prevented Tor from building on older
21908 BSDs. Fixes bug 3894; reported by "grarpamp".
21909 - Search for a platform-specific version of "ar" when cross-compiling.
21910 Should fix builds on iOS. Resolves bug 3909, found by Marco Bonetti.
21913 Changes in version 0.2.2.32 - 2011-08-27
21914 The Tor 0.2.2 release series is dedicated to the memory of Andreas
21915 Pfitzmann (1958-2010), a pioneer in anonymity and privacy research,
21916 a founder of the PETS community, a leader in our field, a mentor,
21917 and a friend. He left us with these words: "I had the possibility
21918 to contribute to this world that is not as it should be. I hope I
21919 could help in some areas to make the world a better place, and that
21920 I could also encourage other people to be engaged in improving the
21921 world. Please, stay engaged. This world needs you, your love, your
21922 initiative -- now I cannot be part of that anymore."
21924 Tor 0.2.2.32, the first stable release in the 0.2.2 branch, is finally
21925 ready. More than two years in the making, this release features improved
21926 client performance and hidden service reliability, better compatibility
21927 for Android, correct behavior for bridges that listen on more than
21928 one address, more extensible and flexible directory object handling,
21929 better reporting of network statistics, improved code security, and
21930 many many other features and bugfixes.
21932 o Major features (client performance):
21933 - When choosing which cells to relay first, relays now favor circuits
21934 that have been quiet recently, to provide lower latency for
21935 low-volume circuits. By default, relays enable or disable this
21936 feature based on a setting in the consensus. They can override
21937 this default by using the new "CircuitPriorityHalflife" config
21938 option. Design and code by Ian Goldberg, Can Tang, and Chris
21940 - Directory authorities now compute consensus weightings that instruct
21941 clients how to weight relays flagged as Guard, Exit, Guard+Exit,
21942 and no flag. Clients use these weightings to distribute network load
21943 more evenly across these different relay types. The weightings are
21944 in the consensus so we can change them globally in the future. Extra
21945 thanks to "outofwords" for finding some nasty security bugs in
21946 the first implementation of this feature.
21948 o Major features (client performance, circuit build timeout):
21949 - Tor now tracks how long it takes to build client-side circuits
21950 over time, and adapts its timeout to local network performance.
21951 Since a circuit that takes a long time to build will also provide
21952 bad performance, we get significant latency improvements by
21953 discarding the slowest 20% of circuits. Specifically, Tor creates
21954 circuits more aggressively than usual until it has enough data
21955 points for a good timeout estimate. Implements proposal 151.
21956 - Circuit build timeout constants can be controlled by consensus
21957 parameters. We set good defaults for these parameters based on
21958 experimentation on broadband and simulated high-latency links.
21959 - Circuit build time learning can be disabled via consensus parameter
21960 or by the client via a LearnCircuitBuildTimeout config option. We
21961 also automatically disable circuit build time calculation if either
21962 AuthoritativeDirectory is set, or if we fail to write our state
21963 file. Implements ticket 1296.
21965 o Major features (relays use their capacity better):
21966 - Set SO_REUSEADDR socket option on all sockets, not just
21967 listeners. This should help busy exit nodes avoid running out of
21968 useable ports just because all the ports have been used in the
21969 near past. Resolves issue 2850.
21970 - Relays now save observed peak bandwidth throughput rates to their
21971 state file (along with total usage, which was already saved),
21972 so that they can determine their correct estimated bandwidth on
21973 restart. Resolves bug 1863, where Tor relays would reset their
21974 estimated bandwidth to 0 after restarting.
21975 - Lower the maximum weighted-fractional-uptime cutoff to 98%. This
21976 should give us approximately 40-50% more Guard-flagged nodes,
21977 improving the anonymity the Tor network can provide and also
21978 decreasing the dropoff in throughput that relays experience when
21979 they first get the Guard flag.
21980 - Directory authorities now take changes in router IP address and
21981 ORPort into account when determining router stability. Previously,
21982 if a router changed its IP or ORPort, the authorities would not
21983 treat it as having any downtime for the purposes of stability
21984 calculation, whereas clients would experience downtime since the
21985 change would take a while to propagate to them. Resolves issue 1035.
21986 - New AccelName and AccelDir options add support for dynamic OpenSSL
21987 hardware crypto acceleration engines.
21989 o Major features (relays control their load better):
21990 - Exit relays now try harder to block exit attempts from unknown
21991 relays, to make it harder for people to use them as one-hop proxies
21992 a la tortunnel. Controlled by the refuseunknownexits consensus
21993 parameter (currently enabled), or you can override it on your
21994 relay with the RefuseUnknownExits torrc option. Resolves bug 1751;
21995 based on a variant of proposal 163.
21996 - Add separate per-conn write limiting to go with the per-conn read
21997 limiting. We added a global write limit in Tor 0.1.2.5-alpha,
21998 but never per-conn write limits.
21999 - New consensus params "bwconnrate" and "bwconnburst" to let us
22000 rate-limit client connections as they enter the network. It's
22001 controlled in the consensus so we can turn it on and off for
22002 experiments. It's starting out off. Based on proposal 163.
22004 o Major features (controllers):
22005 - Export GeoIP information on bridge usage to controllers even if we
22006 have not yet been running for 24 hours. Now Vidalia bridge operators
22007 can get more accurate and immediate feedback about their
22008 contributions to the network.
22009 - Add an __OwningControllerProcess configuration option and a
22010 TAKEOWNERSHIP control-port command. Now a Tor controller can ensure
22011 that when it exits, Tor will shut down. Implements feature 3049.
22013 o Major features (directory authorities):
22014 - Directory authorities now create, vote on, and serve multiple
22015 parallel formats of directory data as part of their voting process.
22016 Partially implements Proposal 162: "Publish the consensus in
22018 - Directory authorities now agree on and publish small summaries
22019 of router information that clients can use in place of regular
22020 server descriptors. This transition will allow Tor 0.2.3 clients
22021 to use far less bandwidth for downloading information about the
22022 network. Begins the implementation of Proposal 158: "Clients
22023 download consensus + microdescriptors".
22024 - The directory voting system is now extensible to use multiple hash
22025 algorithms for signatures and resource selection. Newer formats
22026 are signed with SHA256, with a possibility for moving to a better
22027 hash algorithm in the future.
22028 - Directory authorities can now vote on arbitrary integer values as
22029 part of the consensus process. This is designed to help set
22030 network-wide parameters. Implements proposal 167.
22032 o Major features and bugfixes (node selection):
22033 - Revise and reconcile the meaning of the ExitNodes, EntryNodes,
22034 ExcludeEntryNodes, ExcludeExitNodes, ExcludeNodes, and Strict*Nodes
22035 options. Previously, we had been ambiguous in describing what
22036 counted as an "exit" node, and what operations exactly "StrictNodes
22037 0" would permit. This created confusion when people saw nodes built
22038 through unexpected circuits, and made it hard to tell real bugs from
22039 surprises. Now the intended behavior is:
22040 . "Exit", in the context of ExitNodes and ExcludeExitNodes, means
22041 a node that delivers user traffic outside the Tor network.
22042 . "Entry", in the context of EntryNodes, means a node used as the
22043 first hop of a multihop circuit. It doesn't include direct
22044 connections to directory servers.
22045 . "ExcludeNodes" applies to all nodes.
22046 . "StrictNodes" changes the behavior of ExcludeNodes only. When
22047 StrictNodes is set, Tor should avoid all nodes listed in
22048 ExcludeNodes, even when it will make user requests fail. When
22049 StrictNodes is *not* set, then Tor should follow ExcludeNodes
22050 whenever it can, except when it must use an excluded node to
22051 perform self-tests, connect to a hidden service, provide a
22052 hidden service, fulfill a .exit request, upload directory
22053 information, or fetch directory information.
22054 Collectively, the changes to implement the behavior fix bug 1090.
22055 - If EntryNodes, ExitNodes, ExcludeNodes, or ExcludeExitNodes
22056 change during a config reload, mark and discard all our origin
22057 circuits. This fix should address edge cases where we change the
22058 config options and but then choose a circuit that we created before
22060 - Make EntryNodes config option much more aggressive even when
22061 StrictNodes is not set. Before it would prepend your requested
22062 entrynodes to your list of guard nodes, but feel free to use others
22063 after that. Now it chooses only from your EntryNodes if any of
22064 those are available, and only falls back to others if a) they're
22065 all down and b) StrictNodes is not set.
22066 - Now we refresh your entry guards from EntryNodes at each consensus
22067 fetch -- rather than just at startup and then they slowly rot as
22068 the network changes.
22069 - Add support for the country code "{??}" in torrc options like
22070 ExcludeNodes, to indicate all routers of unknown country. Closes
22072 - ExcludeNodes now takes precedence over EntryNodes and ExitNodes: if
22073 a node is listed in both, it's treated as excluded.
22074 - ExcludeNodes now applies to directory nodes -- as a preference if
22075 StrictNodes is 0, or an absolute requirement if StrictNodes is 1.
22076 Don't exclude all the directory authorities and set StrictNodes to 1
22077 unless you really want your Tor to break.
22078 - ExcludeNodes and ExcludeExitNodes now override exit enclaving.
22079 - ExcludeExitNodes now overrides .exit requests.
22080 - We don't use bridges listed in ExcludeNodes.
22081 - When StrictNodes is 1:
22082 . We now apply ExcludeNodes to hidden service introduction points
22083 and to rendezvous points selected by hidden service users. This
22084 can make your hidden service less reliable: use it with caution!
22085 . If we have used ExcludeNodes on ourself, do not try relay
22086 reachability self-tests.
22087 . If we have excluded all the directory authorities, we will not
22088 even try to upload our descriptor if we're a relay.
22089 . Do not honor .exit requests to an excluded node.
22090 - When the set of permitted nodes changes, we now remove any mappings
22091 introduced via TrackExitHosts to now-excluded nodes. Bugfix on
22093 - We never cannibalize a circuit that had excluded nodes on it, even
22094 if StrictNodes is 0. Bugfix on 0.1.0.1-rc.
22095 - Improve log messages related to excluded nodes.
22097 o Major features (misc):
22098 - Numerous changes, bugfixes, and workarounds from Nathan Freitas
22099 to help Tor build correctly for Android phones.
22100 - The options SocksPort, ControlPort, and so on now all accept a
22101 value "auto" that opens a socket on an OS-selected port. A
22102 new ControlPortWriteToFile option tells Tor to write its
22103 actual control port or ports to a chosen file. If the option
22104 ControlPortFileGroupReadable is set, the file is created as
22105 group-readable. Now users can run two Tor clients on the same
22106 system without needing to manually mess with parameters. Resolves
22107 part of ticket 3076.
22108 - Tor now supports tunneling all of its outgoing connections over
22109 a SOCKS proxy, using the SOCKS4Proxy and/or SOCKS5Proxy
22110 configuration options. Code by Christopher Davis.
22112 o Code security improvements:
22113 - Replace all potentially sensitive memory comparison operations
22114 with versions whose runtime does not depend on the data being
22115 compared. This will help resist a class of attacks where an
22116 adversary can use variations in timing information to learn
22117 sensitive data. Fix for one case of bug 3122. (Safe memcmp
22118 implementation by Robert Ransom based partially on code by DJB.)
22119 - Enable Address Space Layout Randomization (ASLR) and Data Execution
22120 Prevention (DEP) by default on Windows to make it harder for
22121 attackers to exploit vulnerabilities. Patch from John Brooks.
22122 - New "--enable-gcc-hardening" ./configure flag (off by default)
22123 to turn on gcc compile time hardening options. It ensures
22124 that signed ints have defined behavior (-fwrapv), enables
22125 -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 (requiring -O2), adds stack smashing protection
22126 with canaries (-fstack-protector-all), turns on ASLR protection if
22127 supported by the kernel (-fPIE, -pie), and adds additional security
22128 related warnings. Verified to work on Mac OS X and Debian Lenny.
22129 - New "--enable-linker-hardening" ./configure flag (off by default)
22130 to turn on ELF specific hardening features (relro, now). This does
22131 not work with Mac OS X or any other non-ELF binary format.
22132 - Always search the Windows system directory for system DLLs, and
22133 nowhere else. Bugfix on 0.1.1.23; fixes bug 1954.
22134 - New DisableAllSwap option. If set to 1, Tor will attempt to lock all
22135 current and future memory pages via mlockall(). On supported
22136 platforms (modern Linux and probably BSD but not Windows or OS X),
22137 this should effectively disable any and all attempts to page out
22138 memory. This option requires that you start your Tor as root --
22139 if you use DisableAllSwap, please consider using the User option
22140 to properly reduce the privileges of your Tor.
22142 o Major bugfixes (crashes):
22143 - Fix crash bug on platforms where gmtime and localtime can return
22144 NULL. Windows 7 users were running into this one. Fixes part of bug
22145 2077. Bugfix on all versions of Tor. Found by boboper.
22146 - Introduce minimum/maximum values that clients will believe
22147 from the consensus. Now we'll have a better chance to avoid crashes
22148 or worse when a consensus param has a weird value.
22149 - Fix a rare crash bug that could occur when a client was configured
22150 with a large number of bridges. Fixes bug 2629; bugfix on
22151 0.2.1.2-alpha. Bugfix by trac user "shitlei".
22152 - Do not crash when our configuration file becomes unreadable, for
22153 example due to a permissions change, between when we start up
22154 and when a controller calls SAVECONF. Fixes bug 3135; bugfix
22156 - If we're in the pathological case where there's no exit bandwidth
22157 but there is non-exit bandwidth, or no guard bandwidth but there
22158 is non-guard bandwidth, don't crash during path selection. Bugfix
22160 - Fix a crash bug when trying to initialize the evdns module in
22161 Libevent 2. Bugfix on 0.2.1.16-rc.
22163 o Major bugfixes (stability):
22164 - Fix an assert in parsing router descriptors containing IPv6
22165 addresses. This one took down the directory authorities when
22166 somebody tried some experimental code. Bugfix on 0.2.1.3-alpha.
22167 - Fix an uncommon assertion failure when running with DNSPort under
22168 heavy load. Fixes bug 2933; bugfix on 0.2.0.1-alpha.
22169 - Treat an unset $HOME like an empty $HOME rather than triggering an
22170 assert. Bugfix on 0.0.8pre1; fixes bug 1522.
22171 - More gracefully handle corrupt state files, removing asserts
22172 in favor of saving a backup and resetting state.
22173 - Instead of giving an assertion failure on an internal mismatch
22174 on estimated freelist size, just log a BUG warning and try later.
22175 Mitigates but does not fix bug 1125.
22176 - Fix an assert that got triggered when using the TestingTorNetwork
22177 configuration option and then issuing a GETINFO config-text control
22178 command. Fixes bug 2250; bugfix on 0.2.1.2-alpha.
22179 - If the cached cert file is unparseable, warn but don't exit.
22181 o Privacy fixes (relays/bridges):
22182 - Don't list Windows capabilities in relay descriptors. We never made
22183 use of them, and maybe it's a bad idea to publish them. Bugfix
22185 - If the Nickname configuration option isn't given, Tor would pick a
22186 nickname based on the local hostname as the nickname for a relay.
22187 Because nicknames are not very important in today's Tor and the
22188 "Unnamed" nickname has been implemented, this is now problematic
22189 behavior: It leaks information about the hostname without being
22190 useful at all. Fixes bug 2979; bugfix on 0.1.2.2-alpha, which
22191 introduced the Unnamed nickname. Reported by tagnaq.
22192 - Maintain separate TLS contexts and certificates for incoming and
22193 outgoing connections in bridge relays. Previously we would use the
22194 same TLS contexts and certs for incoming and outgoing connections.
22195 Bugfix on 0.2.0.3-alpha; addresses bug 988.
22196 - Maintain separate identity keys for incoming and outgoing TLS
22197 contexts in bridge relays. Previously we would use the same
22198 identity keys for incoming and outgoing TLS contexts. Bugfix on
22199 0.2.0.3-alpha; addresses the other half of bug 988.
22200 - Make the bridge directory authority refuse to answer directory
22201 requests for "all descriptors". It used to include bridge
22202 descriptors in its answer, which was a major information leak.
22203 Found by "piebeer". Bugfix on 0.2.0.3-alpha.
22205 o Privacy fixes (clients):
22206 - When receiving a hidden service descriptor, check that it is for
22207 the hidden service we wanted. Previously, Tor would store any
22208 hidden service descriptors that a directory gave it, whether it
22209 wanted them or not. This wouldn't have let an attacker impersonate
22210 a hidden service, but it did let directories pre-seed a client
22211 with descriptors that it didn't want. Bugfix on 0.0.6.
22212 - Start the process of disabling ".exit" address notation, since it
22213 can be used for a variety of esoteric application-level attacks
22214 on users. To reenable it, set "AllowDotExit 1" in your torrc. Fix
22216 - Reject attempts at the client side to open connections to private
22217 IP addresses (like 127.0.0.1, 10.0.0.1, and so on) with
22218 a randomly chosen exit node. Attempts to do so are always
22219 ill-defined, generally prevented by exit policies, and usually
22220 in error. This will also help to detect loops in transparent
22221 proxy configurations. You can disable this feature by setting
22222 "ClientRejectInternalAddresses 0" in your torrc.
22223 - Log a notice when we get a new control connection. Now it's easier
22224 for security-conscious users to recognize when a local application
22225 is knocking on their controller door. Suggested by bug 1196.
22227 o Privacy fixes (newnym):
22228 - Avoid linkability based on cached hidden service descriptors: forget
22229 all hidden service descriptors cached as a client when processing a
22230 SIGNAL NEWNYM command. Fixes bug 3000; bugfix on 0.0.6.
22231 - On SIGHUP, do not clear out all TrackHostExits mappings, client
22232 DNS cache entries, and virtual address mappings: that's what
22233 NEWNYM is for. Fixes bug 1345; bugfix on 0.1.0.1-rc.
22234 - Don't attach new streams to old rendezvous circuits after SIGNAL
22235 NEWNYM. Previously, we would keep using an existing rendezvous
22236 circuit if it remained open (i.e. if it were kept open by a
22237 long-lived stream, or if a new stream were attached to it before
22238 Tor could notice that it was old and no longer in use). Bugfix on
22239 0.1.1.15-rc; fixes bug 3375.
22241 o Major bugfixes (relay bandwidth accounting):
22242 - Fix a bug that could break accounting on 64-bit systems with large
22243 time_t values, making them hibernate for impossibly long intervals.
22244 Fixes bug 2146. Bugfix on 0.0.9pre6; fix by boboper.
22245 - Fix a bug in bandwidth accounting that could make us use twice
22246 the intended bandwidth when our interval start changes due to
22247 daylight saving time. Now we tolerate skew in stored vs computed
22248 interval starts: if the start of the period changes by no more than
22249 50% of the period's duration, we remember bytes that we transferred
22250 in the old period. Fixes bug 1511; bugfix on 0.0.9pre5.
22252 o Major bugfixes (bridges):
22253 - Bridges now use "reject *:*" as their default exit policy. Bugfix
22254 on 0.2.0.3-alpha. Fixes bug 1113.
22255 - If you configure your bridge with a known identity fingerprint,
22256 and the bridge authority is unreachable (as it is in at least
22257 one country now), fall back to directly requesting the descriptor
22258 from the bridge. Finishes the feature started in 0.2.0.10-alpha;
22260 - Fix a bug where bridge users who configure the non-canonical
22261 address of a bridge automatically switch to its canonical
22262 address. If a bridge listens at more than one address, it
22263 should be able to advertise those addresses independently and
22264 any non-blocked addresses should continue to work. Bugfix on Tor
22265 0.2.0.3-alpha. Fixes bug 2510.
22266 - If you configure Tor to use bridge A, and then quit and
22267 configure Tor to use bridge B instead (or if you change Tor
22268 to use bridge B via the controller), it would happily continue
22269 to use bridge A if it's still reachable. While this behavior is
22270 a feature if your goal is connectivity, in some scenarios it's a
22271 dangerous bug. Bugfix on Tor 0.2.0.1-alpha; fixes bug 2511.
22272 - When the controller configures a new bridge, don't wait 10 to 60
22273 seconds before trying to fetch its descriptor. Bugfix on
22274 0.2.0.3-alpha; fixes bug 3198 (suggested by 2355).
22276 o Major bugfixes (directory authorities):
22277 - Many relays have been falling out of the consensus lately because
22278 not enough authorities know about their descriptor for them to get
22279 a majority of votes. When we deprecated the v2 directory protocol,
22280 we got rid of the only way that v3 authorities can hear from each
22281 other about other descriptors. Now authorities examine every v3
22282 vote for new descriptors, and fetch them from that authority. Bugfix
22284 - Authorities could be tricked into giving out the Exit flag to relays
22285 that didn't allow exiting to any ports. This bug could screw
22286 with load balancing and stats. Bugfix on 0.1.1.6-alpha; fixes bug
22287 1238. Bug discovered by Martin Kowalczyk.
22288 - If all authorities restart at once right before a consensus vote,
22289 nobody will vote about "Running", and clients will get a consensus
22290 with no usable relays. Instead, authorities refuse to build a
22291 consensus if this happens. Bugfix on 0.2.0.10-alpha; fixes bug 1066.
22293 o Major bugfixes (stream-level fairness):
22294 - When receiving a circuit-level SENDME for a blocked circuit, try
22295 to package cells fairly from all the streams that had previously
22296 been blocked on that circuit. Previously, we had started with the
22297 oldest stream, and allowed each stream to potentially exhaust
22298 the circuit's package window. This gave older streams on any
22299 given circuit priority over newer ones. Fixes bug 1937. Detected
22300 originally by Camilo Viecco. This bug was introduced before the
22301 first Tor release, in svn commit r152: it is the new winner of
22302 the longest-lived bug prize.
22303 - Fix a stream fairness bug that would cause newer streams on a given
22304 circuit to get preference when reading bytes from the origin or
22305 destination. Fixes bug 2210. Fix by Mashael AlSabah. This bug was
22306 introduced before the first Tor release, in svn revision r152.
22307 - When the exit relay got a circuit-level sendme cell, it started
22308 reading on the exit streams, even if had 500 cells queued in the
22309 circuit queue already, so the circuit queue just grew and grew in
22310 some cases. We fix this by not re-enabling reading on receipt of a
22311 sendme cell when the cell queue is blocked. Fixes bug 1653. Bugfix
22312 on 0.2.0.1-alpha. Detected by Mashael AlSabah. Original patch by
22314 - Newly created streams were allowed to read cells onto circuits,
22315 even if the circuit's cell queue was blocked and waiting to drain.
22316 This created potential unfairness, as older streams would be
22317 blocked, but newer streams would gladly fill the queue completely.
22318 We add code to detect this situation and prevent any stream from
22319 getting more than one free cell. Bugfix on 0.2.0.1-alpha. Partially
22322 o Major bugfixes (hidden services):
22323 - Apply circuit timeouts to opened hidden-service-related circuits
22324 based on the correct start time. Previously, we would apply the
22325 circuit build timeout based on time since the circuit's creation;
22326 it was supposed to be applied based on time since the circuit
22327 entered its current state. Bugfix on 0.0.6; fixes part of bug 1297.
22328 - Improve hidden service robustness: When we find that we have
22329 extended a hidden service's introduction circuit to a relay not
22330 listed as an introduction point in the HS descriptor we currently
22331 have, retry with an introduction point from the current
22332 descriptor. Previously we would just give up. Fixes bugs 1024 and
22333 1930; bugfix on 0.2.0.10-alpha.
22334 - Directory authorities now use data collected from their own
22335 uptime observations when choosing whether to assign the HSDir flag
22336 to relays, instead of trusting the uptime value the relay reports in
22337 its descriptor. This change helps prevent an attack where a small
22338 set of nodes with frequently-changing identity keys can blackhole
22339 a hidden service. (Only authorities need upgrade; others will be
22340 fine once they do.) Bugfix on 0.2.0.10-alpha; fixes bug 2709.
22341 - Stop assigning the HSDir flag to relays that disable their
22342 DirPort (and thus will refuse to answer directory requests). This
22343 fix should dramatically improve the reachability of hidden services:
22344 hidden services and hidden service clients pick six HSDir relays
22345 to store and retrieve the hidden service descriptor, and currently
22346 about half of the HSDir relays will refuse to work. Bugfix on
22347 0.2.0.10-alpha; fixes part of bug 1693.
22349 o Major bugfixes (misc):
22350 - Clients now stop trying to use an exit node associated with a given
22351 destination by TrackHostExits if they fail to reach that exit node.
22352 Fixes bug 2999. Bugfix on 0.2.0.20-rc.
22353 - Fix a regression that caused Tor to rebind its ports if it receives
22354 SIGHUP while hibernating. Bugfix in 0.1.1.6-alpha; closes bug 919.
22355 - Remove an extra pair of quotation marks around the error
22356 message in control-port STATUS_GENERAL BUG events. Bugfix on
22357 0.1.2.6-alpha; fixes bug 3732.
22359 o Minor features (relays):
22360 - Ensure that no empty [dirreq-](read|write)-history lines are added
22361 to an extrainfo document. Implements ticket 2497.
22362 - When bandwidth accounting is enabled, be more generous with how
22363 much bandwidth we'll use up before entering "soft hibernation".
22364 Previously, we'd refuse new connections and circuits once we'd
22365 used up 95% of our allotment. Now, we use up 95% of our allotment,
22366 AND make sure that we have no more than 500MB (or 3 hours of
22367 expected traffic, whichever is lower) remaining before we enter
22369 - Relays now log the reason for publishing a new relay descriptor,
22370 so we have a better chance of hunting down instances of bug 1810.
22371 Resolves ticket 3252.
22372 - Log a little more clearly about the times at which we're no longer
22373 accepting new connections (e.g. due to hibernating). Resolves
22375 - When AllowSingleHopExits is set, print a warning to explain to the
22376 relay operator why most clients are avoiding her relay.
22377 - Send END_STREAM_REASON_NOROUTE in response to EHOSTUNREACH errors.
22378 Clients before 0.2.1.27 didn't handle NOROUTE correctly, but such
22379 clients are already deprecated because of security bugs.
22381 o Minor features (network statistics):
22382 - Directory mirrors that set "DirReqStatistics 1" write statistics
22383 about directory requests to disk every 24 hours. As compared to the
22384 "--enable-geoip-stats" ./configure flag in 0.2.1.x, there are a few
22385 improvements: 1) stats are written to disk exactly every 24 hours;
22386 2) estimated shares of v2 and v3 requests are determined as mean
22387 values, not at the end of a measurement period; 3) unresolved
22388 requests are listed with country code '??'; 4) directories also
22389 measure download times.
22390 - Exit nodes that set "ExitPortStatistics 1" write statistics on the
22391 number of exit streams and transferred bytes per port to disk every
22393 - Relays that set "CellStatistics 1" write statistics on how long
22394 cells spend in their circuit queues to disk every 24 hours.
22395 - Entry nodes that set "EntryStatistics 1" write statistics on the
22396 rough number and origins of connecting clients to disk every 24
22398 - Relays that write any of the above statistics to disk and set
22399 "ExtraInfoStatistics 1" include the past 24 hours of statistics in
22400 their extra-info documents. Implements proposal 166.
22402 o Minor features (GeoIP and statistics):
22403 - Provide a log message stating which geoip file we're parsing
22404 instead of just stating that we're parsing the geoip file.
22405 Implements ticket 2432.
22406 - Make sure every relay writes a state file at least every 12 hours.
22407 Previously, a relay could go for weeks without writing its state
22408 file, and on a crash could lose its bandwidth history, capacity
22409 estimates, client country statistics, and so on. Addresses bug 3012.
22410 - Relays report the number of bytes spent on answering directory
22411 requests in extra-info descriptors similar to {read,write}-history.
22412 Implements enhancement 1790.
22413 - Report only the top 10 ports in exit-port stats in order not to
22414 exceed the maximum extra-info descriptor length of 50 KB. Implements
22416 - If writing the state file to disk fails, wait up to an hour before
22417 retrying again, rather than trying again each second. Fixes bug
22418 2346; bugfix on Tor 0.1.1.3-alpha.
22419 - Delay geoip stats collection by bridges for 6 hours, not 2 hours,
22420 when we switch from being a public relay to a bridge. Otherwise
22421 there will still be clients that see the relay in their consensus,
22422 and the stats will end up wrong. Bugfix on 0.2.1.15-rc; fixes
22424 - Update to the August 2 2011 Maxmind GeoLite Country database.
22426 o Minor features (clients):
22427 - When expiring circuits, use microsecond timers rather than
22428 one-second timers. This can avoid an unpleasant situation where a
22429 circuit is launched near the end of one second and expired right
22430 near the beginning of the next, and prevent fluctuations in circuit
22432 - If we've configured EntryNodes and our network goes away and/or all
22433 our entrynodes get marked down, optimistically retry them all when
22434 a new socks application request appears. Fixes bug 1882.
22435 - Always perform router selections using weighted relay bandwidth,
22436 even if we don't need a high capacity circuit at the time. Non-fast
22437 circuits now only differ from fast ones in that they can use relays
22438 not marked with the Fast flag. This "feature" could turn out to
22439 be a horrible bug; we should investigate more before it goes into
22441 - When we run out of directory information such that we can't build
22442 circuits, but then get enough that we can build circuits, log when
22443 we actually construct a circuit, so the user has a better chance of
22444 knowing what's going on. Fixes bug 1362.
22445 - Log SSL state transitions at debug level during handshake, and
22446 include SSL states in error messages. This may help debug future
22447 SSL handshake issues.
22449 o Minor features (directory authorities):
22450 - When a router changes IP address or port, authorities now launch
22451 a new reachability test for it. Implements ticket 1899.
22452 - Directory authorities now reject relays running any versions of
22453 Tor between 0.2.1.3-alpha and 0.2.1.18 inclusive; they have
22454 known bugs that keep RELAY_EARLY cells from working on rendezvous
22455 circuits. Followup to fix for bug 2081.
22456 - Directory authorities now reject relays running any version of Tor
22457 older than 0.2.0.26-rc. That version is the earliest that fetches
22458 current directory information correctly. Fixes bug 2156.
22459 - Directory authorities now do an immediate reachability check as soon
22460 as they hear about a new relay. This change should slightly reduce
22461 the time between setting up a relay and getting listed as running
22462 in the consensus. It should also improve the time between setting
22463 up a bridge and seeing use by bridge users.
22464 - Directory authorities no longer launch a TLS connection to every
22465 relay as they startup. Now that we have 2k+ descriptors cached,
22466 the resulting network hiccup is becoming a burden. Besides,
22467 authorities already avoid voting about Running for the first half
22468 hour of their uptime.
22469 - Directory authorities now log the source of a rejected POSTed v3
22470 networkstatus vote, so we can track failures better.
22471 - Backport code from 0.2.3.x that allows directory authorities to
22472 clean their microdescriptor caches. Needed to resolve bug 2230.
22474 o Minor features (hidden services):
22475 - Use computed circuit-build timeouts to decide when to launch
22476 parallel introduction circuits for hidden services. (Previously,
22477 we would retry after 15 seconds.)
22478 - Don't allow v0 hidden service authorities to act as clients.
22479 Required by fix for bug 3000.
22480 - Ignore SIGNAL NEWNYM commands on relay-only Tor instances. Required
22481 by fix for bug 3000.
22482 - Make hidden services work better in private Tor networks by not
22483 requiring any uptime to join the hidden service descriptor
22484 DHT. Implements ticket 2088.
22485 - Log (at info level) when purging pieces of hidden-service-client
22486 state because of SIGNAL NEWNYM.
22488 o Minor features (controller interface):
22489 - New "GETINFO net/listeners/(type)" controller command to return
22490 a list of addresses and ports that are bound for listeners for a
22491 given connection type. This is useful when the user has configured
22492 "SocksPort auto" and the controller needs to know which port got
22493 chosen. Resolves another part of ticket 3076.
22494 - Have the controller interface give a more useful message than
22495 "Internal Error" in response to failed GETINFO requests.
22496 - Add a TIMEOUT_RATE keyword to the BUILDTIMEOUT_SET control port
22497 event, to give information on the current rate of circuit timeouts
22498 over our stored history.
22499 - The 'EXTENDCIRCUIT' control port command can now be used with
22500 a circ id of 0 and no path. This feature will cause Tor to build
22501 a new 'fast' general purpose circuit using its own path selection
22503 - Added a BUILDTIMEOUT_SET controller event to describe changes
22504 to the circuit build timeout.
22505 - New controller command "getinfo config-text". It returns the
22506 contents that Tor would write if you send it a SAVECONF command,
22507 so the controller can write the file to disk itself.
22509 o Minor features (controller protocol):
22510 - Add a new ControlSocketsGroupWritable configuration option: when
22511 it is turned on, ControlSockets are group-writeable by the default
22512 group of the current user. Patch by Jérémy Bobbio; implements
22514 - Tor now refuses to create a ControlSocket in a directory that is
22515 world-readable (or group-readable if ControlSocketsGroupWritable
22516 is 0). This is necessary because some operating systems do not
22517 enforce permissions on an AF_UNIX sockets. Permissions on the
22518 directory holding the socket, however, seems to work everywhere.
22519 - Warn when CookieAuthFileGroupReadable is set but CookieAuthFile is
22520 not. This would lead to a cookie that is still not group readable.
22521 Closes bug 1843. Suggested by katmagic.
22522 - Future-proof the controller protocol a bit by ignoring keyword
22523 arguments we do not recognize.
22525 o Minor features (more useful logging):
22526 - Revise most log messages that refer to nodes by nickname to
22527 instead use the "$key=nickname at address" format. This should be
22528 more useful, especially since nicknames are less and less likely
22529 to be unique. Resolves ticket 3045.
22530 - When an HTTPS proxy reports "403 Forbidden", we now explain
22531 what it means rather than calling it an unexpected status code.
22532 Closes bug 2503. Patch from Michael Yakubovich.
22533 - Rate-limit a warning about failures to download v2 networkstatus
22534 documents. Resolves part of bug 1352.
22535 - Rate-limit the "your application is giving Tor only an IP address"
22536 warning. Addresses bug 2000; bugfix on 0.0.8pre2.
22537 - Rate-limit "Failed to hand off onionskin" warnings.
22538 - When logging a rate-limited warning, we now mention how many messages
22539 got suppressed since the last warning.
22540 - Make the formerly ugly "2 unknown, 7 missing key, 0 good, 0 bad,
22541 2 no signature, 4 required" messages about consensus signatures
22542 easier to read, and make sure they get logged at the same severity
22543 as the messages explaining which keys are which. Fixes bug 1290.
22544 - Don't warn when we have a consensus that we can't verify because
22545 of missing certificates, unless those certificates are ones
22546 that we have been trying and failing to download. Fixes bug 1145.
22548 o Minor features (log domains):
22549 - Add documentation for configuring logging at different severities in
22550 different log domains. We've had this feature since 0.2.1.1-alpha,
22551 but for some reason it never made it into the manpage. Fixes
22553 - Make it simpler to specify "All log domains except for A and B".
22554 Previously you needed to say "[*,~A,~B]". Now you can just say
22556 - Add a "LogMessageDomains 1" option to include the domains of log
22557 messages along with the messages. Without this, there's no way
22558 to use log domains without reading the source or doing a lot
22560 - Add a new "Handshake" log domain for activities that happen
22561 during the TLS handshake.
22563 o Minor features (build process):
22564 - Make compilation with clang possible when using
22565 "--enable-gcc-warnings" by removing two warning options that clang
22566 hasn't implemented yet and by fixing a few warnings. Resolves
22568 - Detect platforms that brokenly use a signed size_t, and refuse to
22569 build there. Found and analyzed by doorss and rransom.
22570 - Fix a bunch of compile warnings revealed by mingw with gcc 4.5.
22572 - Add support for statically linking zlib by specifying
22573 "--enable-static-zlib", to go with our support for statically
22574 linking openssl and libevent. Resolves bug 1358.
22575 - Instead of adding the svn revision to the Tor version string, report
22576 the git commit (when we're building from a git checkout).
22577 - Rename the "log.h" header to "torlog.h" so as to conflict with fewer
22579 - New --digests command-line switch to output the digests of the
22580 source files Tor was built with.
22581 - Generate our manpage and HTML documentation using Asciidoc. This
22582 change should make it easier to maintain the documentation, and
22583 produce nicer HTML. The build process fails if asciidoc cannot
22584 be found and building with asciidoc isn't disabled (via the
22585 "--disable-asciidoc" argument to ./configure. Skipping the manpage
22586 speeds up the build considerably.
22588 o Minor features (options / torrc):
22589 - Warn when the same option is provided more than once in a torrc
22590 file, on the command line, or in a single SETCONF statement, and
22591 the option is one that only accepts a single line. Closes bug 1384.
22592 - Warn when the user configures two HiddenServiceDir lines that point
22593 to the same directory. Bugfix on 0.0.6 (the version introducing
22594 HiddenServiceDir); fixes bug 3289.
22595 - Add new "perconnbwrate" and "perconnbwburst" consensus params to
22596 do individual connection-level rate limiting of clients. The torrc
22597 config options with the same names trump the consensus params, if
22598 both are present. Replaces the old "bwconnrate" and "bwconnburst"
22599 consensus params which were broken from 0.2.2.7-alpha through
22600 0.2.2.14-alpha. Closes bug 1947.
22601 - New config option "WarnUnsafeSocks 0" disables the warning that
22602 occurs whenever Tor receives a socks handshake using a version of
22603 the socks protocol that can only provide an IP address (rather
22604 than a hostname). Setups that do DNS locally over Tor are fine,
22605 and we shouldn't spam the logs in that case.
22606 - New config option "CircuitStreamTimeout" to override our internal
22607 timeout schedule for how many seconds until we detach a stream from
22608 a circuit and try a new circuit. If your network is particularly
22609 slow, you might want to set this to a number like 60.
22610 - New options for SafeLogging to allow scrubbing only log messages
22611 generated while acting as a relay. Specify "SafeLogging relay" if
22612 you want to ensure that only messages known to originate from
22613 client use of the Tor process will be logged unsafely.
22614 - Time and memory units in the configuration file can now be set to
22615 fractional units. For example, "2.5 GB" is now a valid value for
22617 - Support line continuations in the torrc config file. If a line
22618 ends with a single backslash character, the newline is ignored, and
22619 the configuration value is treated as continuing on the next line.
22622 o Minor features (unit tests):
22623 - Revise our unit tests to use the "tinytest" framework, so we
22624 can run tests in their own processes, have smarter setup/teardown
22625 code, and so on. The unit test code has moved to its own
22626 subdirectory, and has been split into multiple modules.
22627 - Add a unit test for cross-platform directory-listing code.
22628 - Add some forgotten return value checks during unit tests. Found
22630 - Use GetTempDir to find the proper temporary directory location on
22631 Windows when generating temporary files for the unit tests. Patch
22634 o Minor features (misc):
22635 - The "torify" script now uses torsocks where available.
22636 - Make Libevent log messages get delivered to controllers later,
22637 and not from inside the Libevent log handler. This prevents unsafe
22638 reentrant Libevent calls while still letting the log messages
22640 - Certain Tor clients (such as those behind check.torproject.org) may
22641 want to fetch the consensus in an extra early manner. To enable this
22642 a user may now set FetchDirInfoExtraEarly to 1. This also depends on
22643 setting FetchDirInfoEarly to 1. Previous behavior will stay the same
22644 as only certain clients who must have this information sooner should
22646 - Expand homedirs passed to tor-checkkey. This should silence a
22647 coverity complaint about passing a user-supplied string into
22648 open() without checking it.
22649 - Make sure to disable DirPort if running as a bridge. DirPorts aren't
22650 used on bridges, and it makes bridge scanning somewhat easier.
22651 - Create the /var/run/tor directory on startup on OpenSUSE if it is
22652 not already created. Patch from Andreas Stieger. Fixes bug 2573.
22654 o Minor bugfixes (relays):
22655 - When a relay decides that its DNS is too broken for it to serve
22656 as an exit server, it advertised itself as a non-exit, but
22657 continued to act as an exit. This could create accidental
22658 partitioning opportunities for users. Instead, if a relay is
22659 going to advertise reject *:* as its exit policy, it should
22660 really act with exit policy "reject *:*". Fixes bug 2366.
22661 Bugfix on Tor 0.1.2.5-alpha. Bugfix by user "postman" on trac.
22662 - Publish a router descriptor even if generating an extra-info
22663 descriptor fails. Previously we would not publish a router
22664 descriptor without an extra-info descriptor; this can cause fast
22665 exit relays collecting exit-port statistics to drop from the
22666 consensus. Bugfix on 0.1.2.9-rc; fixes bug 2195.
22667 - When we're trying to guess whether we know our IP address as
22668 a relay, we would log various ways that we failed to guess
22669 our address, but never log that we ended up guessing it
22670 successfully. Now add a log line to help confused and anxious
22671 relay operators. Bugfix on 0.1.2.1-alpha; fixes bug 1534.
22672 - For bandwidth accounting, calculate our expected bandwidth rate
22673 based on the time during which we were active and not in
22674 soft-hibernation during the last interval. Previously, we were
22675 also considering the time spent in soft-hibernation. If this
22676 was a long time, we would wind up underestimating our bandwidth
22677 by a lot, and skewing our wakeup time towards the start of the
22678 accounting interval. Fixes bug 1789. Bugfix on 0.0.9pre5.
22679 - Demote a confusing TLS warning that relay operators might get when
22680 someone tries to talk to their ORPort. It is not the operator's
22681 fault, nor can they do anything about it. Fixes bug 1364; bugfix
22683 - Change "Application request when we're believed to be offline."
22684 notice to "Application request when we haven't used client
22685 functionality lately.", to clarify that it's not an error. Bugfix
22686 on 0.0.9.3; fixes bug 1222.
22688 o Minor bugfixes (bridges):
22689 - When a client starts or stops using bridges, never use a circuit
22690 that was built before the configuration change. This behavior could
22691 put at risk a user who uses bridges to ensure that her traffic
22692 only goes to the chosen addresses. Bugfix on 0.2.0.3-alpha; fixes
22694 - Do not reset the bridge descriptor download status every time we
22695 re-parse our configuration or get a configuration change. Fixes
22696 bug 3019; bugfix on 0.2.0.3-alpha.
22697 - Users couldn't configure a regular relay to be their bridge. It
22698 didn't work because when Tor fetched the bridge descriptor, it found
22699 that it already had it, and didn't realize that the purpose of the
22700 descriptor had changed. Now we replace routers with a purpose other
22701 than bridge with bridge descriptors when fetching them. Bugfix on
22702 0.1.1.9-alpha. Fixes bug 1776.
22703 - In the special case where you configure a public exit relay as your
22704 bridge, Tor would be willing to use that exit relay as the last
22705 hop in your circuit as well. Now we fail that circuit instead.
22706 Bugfix on 0.2.0.12-alpha. Fixes bug 2403. Reported by "piebeer".
22708 o Minor bugfixes (clients):
22709 - We now ask the other side of a stream (the client or the exit)
22710 for more data on that stream when the amount of queued data on
22711 that stream dips low enough. Previously, we wouldn't ask the
22712 other side for more data until either it sent us more data (which
22713 it wasn't supposed to do if it had exhausted its window!) or we
22714 had completely flushed all our queued data. This flow control fix
22715 should improve throughput. Fixes bug 2756; bugfix on the earliest
22716 released versions of Tor (svn commit r152).
22717 - When a client finds that an origin circuit has run out of 16-bit
22718 stream IDs, we now mark it as unusable for new streams. Previously,
22719 we would try to close the entire circuit. Bugfix on 0.0.6.
22720 - Make it explicit that we don't cannibalize one-hop circuits. This
22721 happens in the wild, but doesn't turn out to be a problem because
22722 we fortunately don't use those circuits. Many thanks to outofwords
22723 for the initial analysis and to swissknife who confirmed that
22724 two-hop circuits are actually created.
22725 - Resolve an edge case in path weighting that could make us misweight
22726 our relay selection. Fixes bug 1203; bugfix on 0.0.8rc1.
22727 - Make the DNSPort option work with libevent 2.x. Don't alter the
22728 behavior for libevent 1.x. Fixes bug 1143. Found by SwissTorExit.
22730 o Minor bugfixes (directory authorities):
22731 - Make directory authorities more accurate at recording when
22732 relays that have failed several reachability tests became
22733 unreachable, so we can provide more accuracy at assigning Stable,
22734 Guard, HSDir, etc flags. Bugfix on 0.2.0.6-alpha. Resolves bug 2716.
22735 - Directory authorities are now more robust to hops back in time
22736 when calculating router stability. Previously, if a run of uptime
22737 or downtime appeared to be negative, the calculation could give
22738 incorrect results. Bugfix on 0.2.0.6-alpha; noticed when fixing
22740 - Directory authorities will now attempt to download consensuses
22741 if their own efforts to make a live consensus have failed. This
22742 change means authorities that restart will fetch a valid
22743 consensus, and it means authorities that didn't agree with the
22744 current consensus will still fetch and serve it if it has enough
22745 signatures. Bugfix on 0.2.0.9-alpha; fixes bug 1300.
22746 - Never vote for a server as "Running" if we have a descriptor for
22747 it claiming to be hibernating, and that descriptor was published
22748 more recently than our last contact with the server. Bugfix on
22749 0.2.0.3-alpha; fixes bug 911.
22750 - Directory authorities no longer change their opinion of, or vote on,
22751 whether a router is Running, unless they have themselves been
22752 online long enough to have some idea. Bugfix on 0.2.0.6-alpha.
22755 o Minor bugfixes (hidden services):
22756 - Log malformed requests for rendezvous descriptors as protocol
22757 warnings, not warnings. Also, use a more informative log message
22758 in case someone sees it at log level warning without prior
22759 info-level messages. Fixes bug 2748; bugfix on 0.2.0.10-alpha.
22760 - Accept hidden service descriptors if we think we might be a hidden
22761 service directory, regardless of what our consensus says. This
22762 helps robustness, since clients and hidden services can sometimes
22763 have a more up-to-date view of the network consensus than we do,
22764 and if they think that the directory authorities list us a HSDir,
22765 we might actually be one. Related to bug 2732; bugfix on
22767 - Correct the warning displayed when a rendezvous descriptor exceeds
22768 the maximum size. Fixes bug 2750; bugfix on 0.2.1.5-alpha. Found by
22770 - Clients and hidden services now use HSDir-flagged relays for hidden
22771 service descriptor downloads and uploads even if the relays have no
22772 DirPort set and the client has disabled TunnelDirConns. This will
22773 eventually allow us to give the HSDir flag to relays with no
22774 DirPort. Fixes bug 2722; bugfix on 0.2.1.6-alpha.
22775 - Only limit the lengths of single HS descriptors, even when multiple
22776 HS descriptors are published to an HSDir relay in a single POST
22777 operation. Fixes bug 2948; bugfix on 0.2.1.5-alpha. Found by hsdir.
22779 o Minor bugfixes (controllers):
22780 - Allow GETINFO fingerprint to return a fingerprint even when
22781 we have not yet built a router descriptor. Fixes bug 3577;
22782 bugfix on 0.2.0.1-alpha.
22783 - Send a SUCCEEDED stream event to the controller when a reverse
22784 resolve succeeded. Fixes bug 3536; bugfix on 0.0.8pre1. Issue
22785 discovered by katmagic.
22786 - Remove a trailing asterisk from "exit-policy/default" in the
22787 output of the control port command "GETINFO info/names". Bugfix
22789 - Make the SIGNAL DUMP controller command work on FreeBSD. Fixes bug
22790 2917. Bugfix on 0.1.1.1-alpha.
22791 - When we restart our relay, we might get a successful connection
22792 from the outside before we've started our reachability tests,
22793 triggering a warning: "ORPort found reachable, but I have no
22794 routerinfo yet. Failing to inform controller of success." This
22795 bug was harmless unless Tor is running under a controller
22796 like Vidalia, in which case the controller would never get a
22797 REACHABILITY_SUCCEEDED status event. Bugfix on 0.1.2.6-alpha;
22799 - When a controller changes TrackHostExits, remove mappings for
22800 hosts that should no longer have their exits tracked. Bugfix on
22802 - When a controller changes VirtualAddrNetwork, remove any mappings
22803 for hosts that were automapped to the old network. Bugfix on
22805 - When a controller changes one of the AutomapHosts* options, remove
22806 any mappings for hosts that should no longer be automapped. Bugfix
22808 - Fix an off-by-one error in calculating some controller command
22809 argument lengths. Fortunately, this mistake is harmless since
22810 the controller code does redundant NUL termination too. Found by
22811 boboper. Bugfix on 0.1.1.1-alpha.
22812 - Fix a bug in the controller interface where "GETINFO ns/asdaskljkl"
22813 would return "551 Internal error" rather than "552 Unrecognized key
22814 ns/asdaskljkl". Bugfix on 0.1.2.3-alpha.
22815 - Don't spam the controller with events when we have no file
22816 descriptors available. Bugfix on 0.2.1.5-alpha. (Rate-limiting
22817 for log messages was already solved from bug 748.)
22818 - Emit a GUARD DROPPED controller event for a case we missed.
22819 - Ensure DNS requests launched by "RESOLVE" commands from the
22820 controller respect the __LeaveStreamsUnattached setconf options. The
22821 same goes for requests launched via DNSPort or transparent
22822 proxying. Bugfix on 0.2.0.1-alpha; fixes bug 1525.
22824 o Minor bugfixes (config options):
22825 - Tor used to limit HttpProxyAuthenticator values to 48 characters.
22826 Change the limit to 512 characters by removing base64 newlines.
22827 Fixes bug 2752. Fix by Michael Yakubovich.
22828 - Complain if PublishServerDescriptor is given multiple arguments that
22829 include 0 or 1. This configuration will be rejected in the future.
22830 Bugfix on 0.2.0.1-alpha; closes bug 1107.
22831 - Disallow BridgeRelay 1 and ORPort 0 at once in the configuration.
22832 Bugfix on 0.2.0.13-alpha; closes bug 928.
22834 o Minor bugfixes (log subsystem fixes):
22835 - When unable to format an address as a string, report its value
22836 as "???" rather than reusing the last formatted address. Bugfix
22838 - Be more consistent in our treatment of file system paths. "~" should
22839 get expanded to the user's home directory in the Log config option.
22840 Fixes bug 2971; bugfix on 0.2.0.1-alpha, which introduced the
22841 feature for the -f and --DataDirectory options.
22843 o Minor bugfixes (memory management):
22844 - Don't stack-allocate the list of supplementary GIDs when we're
22845 about to log them. Stack-allocating NGROUPS_MAX gid_t elements
22846 could take up to 256K, which is way too much stack. Found by
22847 Coverity; CID #450. Bugfix on 0.2.1.7-alpha.
22848 - Save a couple bytes in memory allocation every time we escape
22849 certain characters in a string. Patch from Florian Zumbiehl.
22851 o Minor bugfixes (protocol correctness):
22852 - When checking for 1024-bit keys, check for 1024 bits, not 128
22853 bytes. This allows Tor to correctly discard keys of length 1017
22854 through 1023. Bugfix on 0.0.9pre5.
22855 - Require that introduction point keys and onion handshake keys
22856 have a public exponent of 65537. Starts to fix bug 3207; bugfix
22858 - Handle SOCKS messages longer than 128 bytes long correctly, rather
22859 than waiting forever for them to finish. Fixes bug 2330; bugfix
22860 on 0.2.0.16-alpha. Found by doorss.
22861 - Never relay a cell for a circuit we have already destroyed.
22862 Between marking a circuit as closeable and finally closing it,
22863 it may have been possible for a few queued cells to get relayed,
22864 even though they would have been immediately dropped by the next
22865 OR in the circuit. Fixes bug 1184; bugfix on 0.2.0.1-alpha.
22866 - Never queue a cell for a circuit that's already been marked
22868 - Fix a spec conformance issue: the network-status-version token
22869 must be the first token in a v3 consensus or vote. Discovered by
22870 "parakeep". Bugfix on 0.2.0.3-alpha.
22871 - A networkstatus vote must contain exactly one signature. Spec
22872 conformance issue. Bugfix on 0.2.0.3-alpha.
22873 - When asked about a DNS record type we don't support via a
22874 client DNSPort, reply with NOTIMPL rather than an empty
22875 reply. Patch by intrigeri. Fixes bug 3369; bugfix on 2.0.1-alpha.
22876 - Make more fields in the controller protocol case-insensitive, since
22877 control-spec.txt said they were.
22879 o Minor bugfixes (log messages):
22880 - Fix a log message that said "bits" while displaying a value in
22881 bytes. Found by wanoskarnet. Fixes bug 3318; bugfix on
22883 - Downgrade "no current certificates known for authority" message from
22884 Notice to Info. Fixes bug 2899; bugfix on 0.2.0.10-alpha.
22885 - Correctly describe errors that occur when generating a TLS object.
22886 Previously we would attribute them to a failure while generating a
22887 TLS context. Patch by Robert Ransom. Bugfix on 0.1.0.4-rc; fixes
22889 - Fix an instance where a Tor directory mirror might accidentally
22890 log the IP address of a misbehaving Tor client. Bugfix on
22892 - Stop logging at severity 'warn' when some other Tor client tries
22893 to establish a circuit with us using weak DH keys. It's a protocol
22894 violation, but that doesn't mean ordinary users need to hear about
22895 it. Fixes the bug part of bug 1114. Bugfix on 0.1.0.13.
22896 - If your relay can't keep up with the number of incoming create
22897 cells, it would log one warning per failure into your logs. Limit
22898 warnings to 1 per minute. Bugfix on 0.0.2pre10; fixes bug 1042.
22900 o Minor bugfixes (build fixes):
22901 - Fix warnings from GCC 4.6's "-Wunused-but-set-variable" option.
22902 - When warning about missing zlib development packages during compile,
22903 give the correct package names. Bugfix on 0.2.0.1-alpha.
22904 - Fix warnings that newer versions of autoconf produce during
22905 ./autogen.sh. These warnings appear to be harmless in our case,
22906 but they were extremely verbose. Fixes bug 2020.
22907 - Squash a compile warning on OpenBSD. Reported by Tas; fixes
22910 o Minor bugfixes (portability):
22911 - Write several files in text mode, on OSes that distinguish text
22912 mode from binary mode (namely, Windows). These files are:
22913 'buffer-stats', 'dirreq-stats', and 'entry-stats' on relays
22914 that collect those statistics; 'client_keys' and 'hostname' for
22915 hidden services that use authentication; and (in the tor-gencert
22916 utility) newly generated identity and signing keys. Previously,
22917 we wouldn't specify text mode or binary mode, leading to an
22918 assertion failure. Fixes bug 3607. Bugfix on 0.2.1.1-alpha (when
22919 the DirRecordUsageByCountry option which would have triggered
22920 the assertion failure was added), although this assertion failure
22921 would have occurred in tor-gencert on Windows in 0.2.0.1-alpha.
22922 - Selectively disable deprecation warnings on OS X because Lion
22923 started deprecating the shipped copy of openssl. Fixes bug 3643.
22924 - Use a wide type to hold sockets when built for 64-bit Windows.
22926 - Fix an issue that prevented static linking of libevent on
22927 some platforms (notably Linux). Fixes bug 2698; bugfix on 0.2.1.23,
22928 where we introduced the "--with-static-libevent" configure option.
22929 - Fix a bug with our locking implementation on Windows that couldn't
22930 correctly detect when a file was already locked. Fixes bug 2504,
22931 bugfix on 0.2.1.6-alpha.
22932 - Build correctly on OSX with zlib 1.2.4 and higher with all warnings
22934 - Fix IPv6-related connect() failures on some platforms (BSD, OS X).
22935 Bugfix on 0.2.0.3-alpha; fixes first part of bug 2660. Patch by
22938 o Minor bugfixes (code correctness):
22939 - Always NUL-terminate the sun_path field of a sockaddr_un before
22940 passing it to the kernel. (Not a security issue: kernels are
22941 smart enough to reject bad sockaddr_uns.) Found by Coverity;
22942 CID #428. Bugfix on Tor 0.2.0.3-alpha.
22943 - Make connection_printf_to_buf()'s behavior sane. Its callers
22944 expect it to emit a CRLF iff the format string ends with CRLF;
22945 it actually emitted a CRLF iff (a) the format string ended with
22946 CRLF or (b) the resulting string was over 1023 characters long or
22947 (c) the format string did not end with CRLF *and* the resulting
22948 string was 1021 characters long or longer. Bugfix on 0.1.1.9-alpha;
22949 fixes part of bug 3407.
22950 - Make send_control_event_impl()'s behavior sane. Its callers
22951 expect it to always emit a CRLF at the end of the string; it
22952 might have emitted extra control characters as well. Bugfix on
22953 0.1.1.9-alpha; fixes another part of bug 3407.
22954 - Make crypto_rand_int() check the value of its input correctly.
22955 Previously, it accepted values up to UINT_MAX, but could return a
22956 negative number if given a value above INT_MAX+1. Found by George
22957 Kadianakis. Fixes bug 3306; bugfix on 0.2.2pre14.
22958 - Fix a potential null-pointer dereference while computing a
22959 consensus. Bugfix on 0.2.0.3-alpha, found with the help of
22961 - If we fail to compute the identity digest of a v3 legacy keypair,
22962 warn, and don't use a buffer-full of junk instead. Bugfix on
22963 0.2.1.1-alpha; fixes bug 3106.
22964 - Resolve an untriggerable issue in smartlist_string_num_isin(),
22965 where if the function had ever in the future been used to check
22966 for the presence of a too-large number, it would have given an
22967 incorrect result. (Fortunately, we only used it for 16-bit
22968 values.) Fixes bug 3175; bugfix on 0.1.0.1-rc.
22969 - Be more careful about reporting the correct error from a failed
22970 connect() system call. Under some circumstances, it was possible to
22971 look at an incorrect value for errno when sending the end reason.
22972 Bugfix on 0.1.0.1-rc.
22973 - Correctly handle an "impossible" overflow cases in connection byte
22974 counting, where we write or read more than 4GB on an edge connection
22975 in a single second. Bugfix on 0.1.2.8-beta.
22976 - Avoid a double mark-for-free warning when failing to attach a
22977 transparent proxy connection. Bugfix on 0.1.2.1-alpha. Fixes
22979 - Correctly detect failure to allocate an OpenSSL BIO. Fixes bug 2378;
22980 found by "cypherpunks". This bug was introduced before the first
22981 Tor release, in svn commit r110.
22982 - Fix a bug in bandwidth history state parsing that could have been
22983 triggered if a future version of Tor ever changed the timing
22984 granularity at which bandwidth history is measured. Bugfix on
22985 Tor 0.1.1.11-alpha.
22986 - Add assertions to check for overflow in arguments to
22987 base32_encode() and base32_decode(); fix a signed-unsigned
22988 comparison there too. These bugs are not actually reachable in Tor,
22989 but it's good to prevent future errors too. Found by doorss.
22990 - Avoid a bogus overlapped memcpy in tor_addr_copy(). Reported by
22992 - Set target port in get_interface_address6() correctly. Bugfix
22993 on 0.1.1.4-alpha and 0.2.0.3-alpha; fixes second part of bug 2660.
22994 - Fix an impossible-to-actually-trigger buffer overflow in relay
22995 descriptor generation. Bugfix on 0.1.0.15.
22996 - Fix numerous small code-flaws found by Coverity Scan Rung 3.
22998 o Minor bugfixes (code improvements):
22999 - After we free an internal connection structure, overwrite it
23000 with a different memory value than we use for overwriting a freed
23001 internal circuit structure. Should help with debugging. Suggested
23003 - If OpenSSL fails to make a duplicate of a private or public key, log
23004 an error message and try to exit cleanly. May help with debugging
23005 if bug 1209 ever remanifests.
23006 - Some options used different conventions for uppercasing of acronyms
23007 when comparing manpage and source. Fix those in favor of the
23008 manpage, as it makes sense to capitalize acronyms.
23009 - Take a first step towards making or.h smaller by splitting out
23010 function definitions for all source files in src/or/. Leave
23011 structures and defines in or.h for now.
23012 - Remove a few dead assignments during router parsing. Found by
23014 - Don't use 1-bit wide signed bit fields. Found by coverity.
23015 - Avoid signed/unsigned comparisons by making SIZE_T_CEILING unsigned.
23016 None of the cases where we did this before were wrong, but by making
23017 this change we avoid warnings. Fixes bug 2475; bugfix on 0.2.1.28.
23018 - The memarea code now uses a sentinel value at the end of each area
23019 to make sure nothing writes beyond the end of an area. This might
23020 help debug some conceivable causes of bug 930.
23021 - Always treat failure to allocate an RSA key as an unrecoverable
23023 - Add some more defensive programming for architectures that can't
23024 handle unaligned integer accesses. We don't know of any actual bugs
23025 right now, but that's the best time to fix them. Fixes bug 1943.
23027 o Minor bugfixes (misc):
23028 - Fix a rare bug in rend_fn unit tests: we would fail a test when
23029 a randomly generated port is 0. Diagnosed by Matt Edman. Bugfix
23030 on 0.2.0.10-alpha; fixes bug 1808.
23031 - Where available, use Libevent 2.0's periodic timers so that our
23032 once-per-second cleanup code gets called even more closely to
23033 once per second than it would otherwise. Fixes bug 943.
23034 - Ignore OutboundBindAddress when connecting to localhost.
23035 Connections to localhost need to come _from_ localhost, or else
23036 local servers (like DNS and outgoing HTTP/SOCKS proxies) will often
23038 - Update our OpenSSL 0.9.8l fix so that it works with OpenSSL 0.9.8m
23040 - If any of the v3 certs we download are unparseable, we should
23041 actually notice the failure so we don't retry indefinitely. Bugfix
23042 on 0.2.0.x; reported by "rotator".
23043 - When Tor fails to parse a descriptor of any kind, dump it to disk.
23044 Might help diagnosing bug 1051.
23045 - Make our 'torify' script more portable; if we have only one of
23046 'torsocks' or 'tsocks' installed, don't complain to the user;
23047 and explain our warning about tsocks better.
23048 - Fix some urls in the exit notice file and make it XHTML1.1 strict
23049 compliant. Based on a patch from Christian Kujau.
23051 o Documentation changes:
23052 - Modernize the doxygen configuration file slightly. Fixes bug 2707.
23053 - Resolve all doxygen warnings except those for missing documentation.
23055 - Add doxygen documentation for more functions, fields, and types.
23056 - Convert the HACKING file to asciidoc, and add a few new sections
23057 to it, explaining how we use Git, how we make changelogs, and
23058 what should go in a patch.
23059 - Document the default socks host and port (127.0.0.1:9050) for
23061 - Removed some unnecessary files from the source distribution. The
23062 AUTHORS file has now been merged into the people page on the
23063 website. The roadmaps and design doc can now be found in the
23064 projects directory in svn.
23066 o Deprecated and removed features (config):
23067 - Remove the torrc.complete file. It hasn't been kept up to date
23068 and users will have better luck checking out the manpage.
23069 - Remove the HSAuthorityRecordStats option that version 0 hidden
23070 service authorities could use to track statistics of overall v0
23071 hidden service usage.
23072 - Remove the obsolete "NoPublish" option; it has been flagged
23073 as obsolete and has produced a warning since 0.1.1.18-rc.
23074 - Caches no longer download and serve v2 networkstatus documents
23075 unless FetchV2Networkstatus flag is set: these documents haven't
23076 haven't been used by clients or relays since 0.2.0.x. Resolves
23079 o Deprecated and removed features (controller):
23080 - The controller no longer accepts the old obsolete "addr-mappings/"
23081 or "unregistered-servers-" GETINFO values.
23082 - The EXTENDED_EVENTS and VERBOSE_NAMES controller features are now
23083 always on; using them is necessary for correct forward-compatible
23086 o Deprecated and removed features (misc):
23087 - Hidden services no longer publish version 0 descriptors, and clients
23088 do not request or use version 0 descriptors. However, the old hidden
23089 service authorities still accept and serve version 0 descriptors
23090 when contacted by older hidden services/clients.
23091 - Remove undocumented option "-F" from tor-resolve: it hasn't done
23092 anything since 0.2.1.16-rc.
23093 - Remove everything related to building the expert bundle for OS X.
23094 It has confused many users, doesn't work right on OS X 10.6,
23095 and is hard to get rid of once installed. Resolves bug 1274.
23096 - Remove support for .noconnect style addresses. Nobody was using
23097 them, and they provided another avenue for detecting Tor users
23098 via application-level web tricks.
23099 - When we fixed bug 1038 we had to put in a restriction not to send
23100 RELAY_EARLY cells on rend circuits. This was necessary as long
23101 as relays using Tor 0.2.1.3-alpha through 0.2.1.18-alpha were
23102 active. Now remove this obsolete check. Resolves bug 2081.
23103 - Remove workaround code to handle directory responses from servers
23104 that had bug 539 (they would send HTTP status 503 responses _and_
23105 send a body too). Since only server versions before
23106 0.2.0.16-alpha/0.1.2.19 were affected, there is no longer reason to
23107 keep the workaround in place.
23108 - Remove the old 'fuzzy time' logic. It was supposed to be used for
23109 handling calculations where we have a known amount of clock skew and
23110 an allowed amount of unknown skew. But we only used it in three
23111 places, and we never adjusted the known/unknown skew values. This is
23112 still something we might want to do someday, but if we do, we'll
23113 want to do it differently.
23114 - Remove the "--enable-iphone" option to ./configure. According to
23115 reports from Marco Bonetti, Tor builds fine without any special
23116 tweaking on recent iPhone SDK versions.
23119 Changes in version 0.2.1.30 - 2011-02-23
23120 Tor 0.2.1.30 fixes a variety of less critical bugs. The main other
23121 change is a slight tweak to Tor's TLS handshake that makes relays
23122 and bridges that run this new version reachable from Iran again.
23123 We don't expect this tweak will win the arms race long-term, but it
23124 buys us time until we roll out a better solution.
23127 - Stop sending a CLOCK_SKEW controller status event whenever
23128 we fetch directory information from a relay that has a wrong clock.
23129 Instead, only inform the controller when it's a trusted authority
23130 that claims our clock is wrong. Bugfix on 0.1.2.6-alpha; fixes
23131 the rest of bug 1074.
23132 - Fix a bounds-checking error that could allow an attacker to
23133 remotely crash a directory authority. Bugfix on 0.2.1.5-alpha.
23134 Found by "piebeer".
23135 - If relays set RelayBandwidthBurst but not RelayBandwidthRate,
23136 Tor would ignore their RelayBandwidthBurst setting,
23137 potentially using more bandwidth than expected. Bugfix on
23138 0.2.0.1-alpha. Reported by Paul Wouters. Fixes bug 2470.
23139 - Ignore and warn if the user mistakenly sets "PublishServerDescriptor
23140 hidserv" in her torrc. The 'hidserv' argument never controlled
23141 publication of hidden service descriptors. Bugfix on 0.2.0.1-alpha.
23144 - Adjust our TLS Diffie-Hellman parameters to match those used by
23146 - Update to the February 1 2011 Maxmind GeoLite Country database.
23149 - Check for and reject overly long directory certificates and
23150 directory tokens before they have a chance to hit any assertions.
23151 Bugfix on 0.2.1.28. Found by "doorss".
23152 - Bring the logic that gathers routerinfos and assesses the
23153 acceptability of circuits into line. This prevents a Tor OP from
23154 getting locked in a cycle of choosing its local OR as an exit for a
23155 path (due to a .exit request) and then rejecting the circuit because
23156 its OR is not listed yet. It also prevents Tor clients from using an
23157 OR running in the same instance as an exit (due to a .exit request)
23158 if the OR does not meet the same requirements expected of an OR
23159 running elsewhere. Fixes bug 1859; bugfix on 0.1.0.1-rc.
23161 o Packaging changes:
23162 - Stop shipping the Tor specs files and development proposal documents
23163 in the tarball. They are now in a separate git repository at
23164 git://git.torproject.org/torspec.git
23165 - Do not include Git version tags as though they are SVN tags when
23166 generating a tarball from inside a repository that has switched
23167 between branches. Bugfix on 0.2.1.15-rc; fixes bug 2402.
23170 Changes in version 0.2.1.29 - 2011-01-15
23171 Tor 0.2.1.29 continues our recent code security audit work. The main
23172 fix resolves a remote heap overflow vulnerability that can allow remote
23173 code execution. Other fixes address a variety of assert and crash bugs,
23174 most of which we think are hard to exploit remotely.
23176 o Major bugfixes (security):
23177 - Fix a heap overflow bug where an adversary could cause heap
23178 corruption. This bug probably allows remote code execution
23179 attacks. Reported by "debuger". Fixes CVE-2011-0427. Bugfix on
23181 - Prevent a denial-of-service attack by disallowing any
23182 zlib-compressed data whose compression factor is implausibly
23183 high. Fixes part of bug 2324; reported by "doorss".
23184 - Zero out a few more keys in memory before freeing them. Fixes
23185 bug 2384 and part of bug 2385. These key instances found by
23186 "cypherpunks", based on Andrew Case's report about being able
23187 to find sensitive data in Tor's memory space if you have enough
23188 permissions. Bugfix on 0.0.2pre9.
23190 o Major bugfixes (crashes):
23191 - Prevent calls to Libevent from inside Libevent log handlers.
23192 This had potential to cause a nasty set of crashes, especially
23193 if running Libevent with debug logging enabled, and running
23194 Tor with a controller watching for low-severity log messages.
23195 Bugfix on 0.1.0.2-rc. Fixes bug 2190.
23196 - Add a check for SIZE_T_MAX to tor_realloc() to try to avoid
23197 underflow errors there too. Fixes the other part of bug 2324.
23198 - Fix a bug where we would assert if we ever had a
23199 cached-descriptors.new file (or another file read directly into
23200 memory) of exactly SIZE_T_CEILING bytes. Fixes bug 2326; bugfix
23201 on 0.2.1.25. Found by doorss.
23202 - Fix some potential asserts and parsing issues with grossly
23203 malformed router caches. Fixes bug 2352; bugfix on Tor 0.2.1.27.
23206 o Minor bugfixes (other):
23207 - Fix a bug with handling misformed replies to reverse DNS lookup
23208 requests in DNSPort. Bugfix on Tor 0.2.0.1-alpha. Related to a
23209 bug reported by doorss.
23210 - Fix compilation on mingw when a pthreads compatibility library
23211 has been installed. (We don't want to use it, so we shouldn't
23212 be including pthread.h.) Fixes bug 2313; bugfix on 0.1.0.1-rc.
23213 - Fix a bug where we would declare that we had run out of virtual
23214 addresses when the address space was only half-exhausted. Bugfix
23216 - Correctly handle the case where AutomapHostsOnResolve is set but
23217 no virtual addresses are available. Fixes bug 2328; bugfix on
23218 0.1.2.1-alpha. Bug found by doorss.
23219 - Correctly handle wrapping around when we run out of virtual
23220 address space. Found by cypherpunks; bugfix on 0.2.0.5-alpha.
23223 - Update to the January 1 2011 Maxmind GeoLite Country database.
23224 - Introduce output size checks on all of our decryption functions.
23227 - Tor does not build packages correctly with Automake 1.6 and earlier;
23228 added a check to Makefile.am to make sure that we're building with
23229 Automake 1.7 or later.
23230 - The 0.2.1.28 tarball was missing src/common/OpenBSD_malloc_Linux.c
23231 because we built it with a too-old version of automake. Thus that
23232 release broke ./configure --enable-openbsd-malloc, which is popular
23233 among really fast exit relays on Linux.
23236 Changes in version 0.2.1.28 - 2010-12-17
23237 Tor 0.2.1.28 does some code cleanup to reduce the risk of remotely
23238 exploitable bugs. We also took this opportunity to change the IP address
23239 for one of our directory authorities, and to update the geoip database
23243 - Fix a remotely exploitable bug that could be used to crash instances
23244 of Tor remotely by overflowing on the heap. Remote-code execution
23245 hasn't been confirmed, but can't be ruled out. Everyone should
23246 upgrade. Bugfix on the 0.1.1 series and later.
23248 o Directory authority changes:
23249 - Change IP address and ports for gabelmoo (v3 directory authority).
23252 - Update to the December 1 2010 Maxmind GeoLite Country database.
23255 Changes in version 0.2.1.27 - 2010-11-23
23256 Yet another OpenSSL security patch broke its compatibility with Tor:
23257 Tor 0.2.1.27 makes relays work with openssl 0.9.8p and 1.0.0.b. We
23258 also took this opportunity to fix several crash bugs, integrate a new
23259 directory authority, and update the bundled GeoIP database.
23262 - Resolve an incompatibility with OpenSSL 0.9.8p and OpenSSL 1.0.0b:
23263 No longer set the tlsext_host_name extension on server SSL objects;
23264 but continue to set it on client SSL objects. Our goal in setting
23265 it was to imitate a browser, not a vhosting server. Fixes bug 2204;
23266 bugfix on 0.2.1.1-alpha.
23267 - Do not log messages to the controller while shrinking buffer
23268 freelists. Doing so would sometimes make the controller connection
23269 try to allocate a buffer chunk, which would mess up the internals
23270 of the freelist and cause an assertion failure. Fixes bug 1125;
23271 fixed by Robert Ransom. Bugfix on 0.2.0.16-alpha.
23272 - Learn our external IP address when we're a relay or bridge, even if
23273 we set PublishServerDescriptor to 0. Bugfix on 0.2.0.3-alpha,
23274 where we introduced bridge relays that don't need to publish to
23275 be useful. Fixes bug 2050.
23276 - Do even more to reject (and not just ignore) annotations on
23277 router descriptors received anywhere but from the cache. Previously
23278 we would ignore such annotations at first, but cache them to disk
23279 anyway. Bugfix on 0.2.0.8-alpha. Found by piebeer.
23280 - When you're using bridges and your network goes away and your
23281 bridges get marked as down, recover when you attempt a new socks
23282 connection (if the network is back), rather than waiting up to an
23283 hour to try fetching new descriptors for your bridges. Bugfix on
23284 0.2.0.3-alpha; fixes bug 1981.
23287 - Move to the November 2010 Maxmind GeoLite country db (rather
23288 than the June 2009 ip-to-country GeoIP db) for our statistics that
23289 count how many users relays are seeing from each country. Now we'll
23290 have more accurate data, especially for many African countries.
23292 o New directory authorities:
23293 - Set up maatuska (run by Linus Nordberg) as the eighth v3 directory
23297 - Fix an assertion failure that could occur in directory caches or
23298 bridge users when using a very short voting interval on a testing
23299 network. Diagnosed by Robert Hogan. Fixes bug 1141; bugfix on
23301 - Enforce multiplicity rules when parsing annotations. Bugfix on
23302 0.2.0.8-alpha. Found by piebeer.
23303 - Allow handshaking OR connections to take a full KeepalivePeriod
23304 seconds to handshake. Previously, we would close them after
23305 IDLE_OR_CONN_TIMEOUT (180) seconds, the same timeout as if they
23306 were open. Bugfix on 0.2.1.26; fixes bug 1840. Thanks to mingw-san
23308 - When building with --enable-gcc-warnings on OpenBSD, disable
23309 warnings in system headers. This makes --enable-gcc-warnings
23310 pass on OpenBSD 4.8.
23313 - Exit nodes didn't recognize EHOSTUNREACH as a plausible error code,
23314 and so sent back END_STREAM_REASON_MISC. Clients now recognize a new
23315 stream ending reason for this case: END_STREAM_REASON_NOROUTE.
23316 Servers can start sending this code when enough clients recognize
23317 it. Bugfix on 0.1.0.1-rc; fixes part of bug 1793.
23318 - Build correctly on mingw with more recent versions of OpenSSL 0.9.8.
23319 Patch from mingw-san.
23322 - Remove the old debian/ directory from the main Tor distribution.
23323 The official Tor-for-debian git repository lives at the URL
23324 https://git.torproject.org/debian/tor.git
23325 - Stop shipping the old doc/website/ directory in the tarball. We
23326 changed the website format in late 2010, and what we shipped in
23327 0.2.1.26 really wasn't that useful anyway.
23330 Changes in version 0.2.1.26 - 2010-05-02
23331 Tor 0.2.1.26 addresses the recent connection and memory overload
23332 problems we've been seeing on relays, especially relays with their
23333 DirPort open. If your relay has been crashing, or you turned it off
23334 because it used too many resources, give this release a try.
23336 This release also fixes yet another instance of broken OpenSSL libraries
23337 that was causing some relays to drop out of the consensus.
23340 - Teach relays to defend themselves from connection overload. Relays
23341 now close idle circuits early if it looks like they were intended
23342 for directory fetches. Relays are also more aggressive about closing
23343 TLS connections that have no circuits on them. Such circuits are
23344 unlikely to be re-used, and tens of thousands of them were piling
23345 up at the fast relays, causing the relays to run out of sockets
23346 and memory. Bugfix on 0.2.0.22-rc (where clients started tunneling
23347 their directory fetches over TLS).
23348 - Fix SSL renegotiation behavior on OpenSSL versions like on Centos
23349 that claim to be earlier than 0.9.8m, but which have in reality
23350 backported huge swaths of 0.9.8m or 0.9.8n renegotiation
23351 behavior. Possible fix for some cases of bug 1346.
23352 - Directory mirrors were fetching relay descriptors only from v2
23353 directory authorities, rather than v3 authorities like they should.
23354 Only 2 v2 authorities remain (compared to 7 v3 authorities), leading
23355 to a serious bottleneck. Bugfix on 0.2.0.9-alpha. Fixes bug 1324.
23358 - Finally get rid of the deprecated and now harmful notion of "clique
23359 mode", where directory authorities maintain TLS connections to
23363 - In the util/threads test, no longer free the test_mutex before all
23364 worker threads have finished. Bugfix on 0.2.1.6-alpha.
23365 - The master thread could starve the worker threads quite badly on
23366 certain systems, causing them to run only partially in the allowed
23367 window. This resulted in test failures. Now the master thread sleeps
23368 occasionally for a few microseconds while the two worker-threads
23369 compete for the mutex. Bugfix on 0.2.0.1-alpha.
23372 Changes in version 0.2.1.25 - 2010-03-16
23373 Tor 0.2.1.25 fixes a regression introduced in 0.2.1.23 that could
23374 prevent relays from guessing their IP address correctly. It also fixes
23375 several minor potential security bugs.
23378 - Fix a regression from our patch for bug 1244 that caused relays
23379 to guess their IP address incorrectly if they didn't set Address
23380 in their torrc and/or their address fails to resolve. Bugfix on
23381 0.2.1.23; fixes bug 1269.
23382 - When freeing a session key, zero it out completely. We only zeroed
23383 the first ptrsize bytes. Bugfix on 0.0.2pre8. Discovered and
23384 patched by ekir. Fixes bug 1254.
23387 - Fix a dereference-then-NULL-check sequence when publishing
23388 descriptors. Bugfix on 0.2.1.5-alpha. Discovered by ekir; fixes
23390 - Fix another dereference-then-NULL-check sequence. Bugfix on
23391 0.2.1.14-rc. Discovered by ekir; fixes bug 1256.
23392 - Make sure we treat potentially not NUL-terminated strings correctly.
23393 Bugfix on 0.1.1.13-alpha. Discovered by rieo; fixes bug 1257.
23396 Changes in version 0.2.1.24 - 2010-02-21
23397 Tor 0.2.1.24 makes Tor work again on the latest OS X -- this time
23401 - Work correctly out-of-the-box with even more vendor-patched versions
23402 of OpenSSL. In particular, make it so Debian and OS X don't need
23403 customized patches to run/build.
23406 Changes in version 0.2.1.23 - 2010-02-13
23407 Tor 0.2.1.23 fixes a huge client-side performance bug, makes Tor work
23408 again on the latest OS X, and updates the location of a directory
23411 o Major bugfixes (performance):
23412 - We were selecting our guards uniformly at random, and then weighting
23413 which of our guards we'd use uniformly at random. This imbalance
23414 meant that Tor clients were severely limited on throughput (and
23415 probably latency too) by the first hop in their circuit. Now we
23416 select guards weighted by currently advertised bandwidth. We also
23417 automatically discard guards picked using the old algorithm. Fixes
23418 bug 1217; bugfix on 0.2.1.3-alpha. Found by Mike Perry.
23421 - Make Tor work again on the latest OS X: when deciding whether to
23422 use strange flags to turn TLS renegotiation on, detect the OpenSSL
23423 version at run-time, not compile time. We need to do this because
23424 Apple doesn't update its dev-tools headers when it updates its
23425 libraries in a security patch.
23426 - Fix a potential buffer overflow in lookup_last_hid_serv_request()
23427 that could happen on 32-bit platforms with 64-bit time_t. Also fix
23428 a memory leak when requesting a hidden service descriptor we've
23429 requested before. Fixes bug 1242, bugfix on 0.2.0.18-alpha. Found
23433 - Refactor resolve_my_address() to not use gethostbyname() anymore.
23434 Fixes bug 1244; bugfix on 0.0.2pre25. Reported by Mike Mestnik.
23437 - Avoid a mad rush at the beginning of each month when each client
23438 rotates half of its guards. Instead we spread the rotation out
23439 throughout the month, but we still avoid leaving a precise timestamp
23440 in the state file about when we first picked the guard. Improves
23441 over the behavior introduced in 0.1.2.17.
23444 Changes in version 0.2.1.22 - 2010-01-19
23445 Tor 0.2.1.22 fixes a critical privacy problem in bridge directory
23446 authorities -- it would tell you its whole history of bridge descriptors
23447 if you make the right directory request. This stable update also
23448 rotates two of the seven v3 directory authority keys and locations.
23450 o Directory authority changes:
23451 - Rotate keys (both v3 identity and relay identity) for moria1
23455 - Stop bridge directory authorities from answering dbg-stability.txt
23456 directory queries, which would let people fetch a list of all
23457 bridge identities they track. Bugfix on 0.2.1.6-alpha.
23460 Changes in version 0.2.1.21 - 2009-12-21
23461 Tor 0.2.1.21 fixes an incompatibility with the most recent OpenSSL
23462 library. If you use Tor on Linux / Unix and you're getting SSL
23463 renegotiation errors, upgrading should help. We also recommend an
23464 upgrade if you're an exit relay.
23467 - Work around a security feature in OpenSSL 0.9.8l that prevents our
23468 handshake from working unless we explicitly tell OpenSSL that we
23469 are using SSL renegotiation safely. We are, of course, but OpenSSL
23470 0.9.8l won't work unless we say we are.
23471 - Avoid crashing if the client is trying to upload many bytes and the
23472 circuit gets torn down at the same time, or if the flip side
23473 happens on the exit relay. Bugfix on 0.2.0.1-alpha; fixes bug 1150.
23476 - Do not refuse to learn about authority certs and v2 networkstatus
23477 documents that are older than the latest consensus. This bug might
23478 have degraded client bootstrapping. Bugfix on 0.2.0.10-alpha.
23479 Spotted and fixed by xmux.
23480 - Fix a couple of very-hard-to-trigger memory leaks, and one hard-to-
23481 trigger platform-specific option misparsing case found by Coverity
23483 - Fix a compilation warning on Fedora 12 by removing an impossible-to-
23484 trigger assert. Fixes bug 1173.
23487 Changes in version 0.2.1.20 - 2009-10-15
23488 Tor 0.2.1.20 fixes a crash bug when you're accessing many hidden
23489 services at once, prepares for more performance improvements, and
23490 fixes a bunch of smaller bugs.
23492 The Windows and OS X bundles also include a more recent Vidalia,
23493 and switch from Privoxy to Polipo.
23495 The OS X installers are now drag and drop. It's best to un-install
23496 Tor/Vidalia and then install this new bundle, rather than upgrade. If
23497 you want to upgrade, you'll need to update the paths for Tor and Polipo
23498 in the Vidalia Settings window.
23501 - Send circuit or stream sendme cells when our window has decreased
23502 by 100 cells, not when it has decreased by 101 cells. Bug uncovered
23503 by Karsten when testing the "reduce circuit window" performance
23504 patch. Bugfix on the 54th commit on Tor -- from July 2002,
23505 before the release of Tor 0.0.0. This is the new winner of the
23507 - Fix a remotely triggerable memory leak when a consensus document
23508 contains more than one signature from the same voter. Bugfix on
23510 - Avoid segfault in rare cases when finishing an introduction circuit
23511 as a client and finding out that we don't have an introduction key
23512 for it. Fixes bug 1073. Reported by Aaron Swartz.
23515 - Tor now reads the "circwindow" parameter out of the consensus,
23516 and uses that value for its circuit package window rather than the
23517 default of 1000 cells. Begins the implementation of proposal 168.
23519 o New directory authorities:
23520 - Set up urras (run by Jacob Appelbaum) as the seventh v3 directory
23522 - Move moria1 and tonga to alternate IP addresses.
23525 - Fix a signed/unsigned compile warning in 0.2.1.19.
23526 - Fix possible segmentation fault on directory authorities. Bugfix on
23528 - Fix an extremely rare infinite recursion bug that could occur if
23529 we tried to log a message after shutting down the log subsystem.
23530 Found by Matt Edman. Bugfix on 0.2.0.16-alpha.
23531 - Fix an obscure bug where hidden services on 64-bit big-endian
23532 systems might mis-read the timestamp in v3 introduce cells, and
23533 refuse to connect back to the client. Discovered by "rotor".
23534 Bugfix on 0.2.1.6-alpha.
23535 - We were triggering a CLOCK_SKEW controller status event whenever
23536 we connect via the v2 connection protocol to any relay that has
23537 a wrong clock. Instead, we should only inform the controller when
23538 it's a trusted authority that claims our clock is wrong. Bugfix
23539 on 0.2.0.20-rc; starts to fix bug 1074. Reported by SwissTorExit.
23540 - We were telling the controller about CHECKING_REACHABILITY and
23541 REACHABILITY_FAILED status events whenever we launch a testing
23542 circuit or notice that one has failed. Instead, only tell the
23543 controller when we want to inform the user of overall success or
23544 overall failure. Bugfix on 0.1.2.6-alpha. Fixes bug 1075. Reported
23546 - Don't warn when we're using a circuit that ends with a node
23547 excluded in ExcludeExitNodes, but the circuit is not used to access
23548 the outside world. This should help fix bug 1090. Bugfix on
23550 - Work around a small memory leak in some versions of OpenSSL that
23551 stopped the memory used by the hostname TLS extension from being
23555 - Add a "getinfo status/accepted-server-descriptor" controller
23556 command, which is the recommended way for controllers to learn
23557 whether our server descriptor has been successfully received by at
23558 least on directory authority. Un-recommend good-server-descriptor
23559 getinfo and status events until we have a better design for them.
23562 Changes in version 0.2.1.19 - 2009-07-28
23563 Tor 0.2.1.19 fixes a major bug with accessing and providing hidden
23567 - Make accessing hidden services on 0.2.1.x work right again.
23568 Bugfix on 0.2.1.3-alpha; workaround for bug 1038. Diagnosis and
23569 part of patch provided by "optimist".
23572 - When a relay/bridge is writing out its identity key fingerprint to
23573 the "fingerprint" file and to its logs, write it without spaces. Now
23574 it will look like the fingerprints in our bridges documentation,
23575 and confuse fewer users.
23578 - Relays no longer publish a new server descriptor if they change
23579 their MaxAdvertisedBandwidth config option but it doesn't end up
23580 changing their advertised bandwidth numbers. Bugfix on 0.2.0.28-rc;
23581 fixes bug 1026. Patch from Sebastian.
23582 - Avoid leaking memory every time we get a create cell but we have
23583 so many already queued that we refuse it. Bugfix on 0.2.0.19-alpha;
23584 fixes bug 1034. Reported by BarkerJr.
23587 Changes in version 0.2.1.18 - 2009-07-24
23588 Tor 0.2.1.18 lays the foundations for performance improvements,
23589 adds status events to help users diagnose bootstrap problems, adds
23590 optional authentication/authorization for hidden services, fixes a
23591 variety of potential anonymity problems, and includes a huge pile of
23592 other features and bug fixes.
23594 o Major features (clients):
23595 - Start sending "bootstrap phase" status events to the controller,
23596 so it can keep the user informed of progress fetching directory
23597 information and establishing circuits. Also inform the controller
23598 if we think we're stuck at a particular bootstrap phase. Implements
23600 - Clients replace entry guards that were chosen more than a few months
23601 ago. This change should significantly improve client performance,
23602 especially once more people upgrade, since relays that have been
23603 a guard for a long time are currently overloaded.
23604 - Network status consensus documents and votes now contain bandwidth
23605 information for each relay. Clients use the bandwidth values
23606 in the consensus, rather than the bandwidth values in each
23607 relay descriptor. This approach opens the door to more accurate
23608 bandwidth estimates once the directory authorities start doing
23609 active measurements. Implements part of proposal 141.
23611 o Major features (relays):
23612 - Disable and refactor some debugging checks that forced a linear scan
23613 over the whole server-side DNS cache. These accounted for over 50%
23614 of CPU time on a relatively busy exit node's gprof profile. Also,
23615 disable some debugging checks that appeared in exit node profile
23616 data. Found by Jacob.
23617 - New DirPortFrontPage option that takes an html file and publishes
23618 it as "/" on the DirPort. Now relay operators can provide a
23619 disclaimer without needing to set up a separate webserver. There's
23620 a sample disclaimer in contrib/tor-exit-notice.html.
23622 o Major features (hidden services):
23623 - Make it possible to build hidden services that only certain clients
23624 are allowed to connect to. This is enforced at several points,
23625 so that unauthorized clients are unable to send INTRODUCE cells
23626 to the service, or even (depending on the type of authentication)
23627 to learn introduction points. This feature raises the bar for
23628 certain kinds of active attacks against hidden services. Design
23629 and code by Karsten Loesing. Implements proposal 121.
23630 - Relays now store and serve v2 hidden service descriptors by default,
23631 i.e., the new default value for HidServDirectoryV2 is 1. This is
23632 the last step in proposal 114, which aims to make hidden service
23633 lookups more reliable.
23635 o Major features (path selection):
23636 - ExitNodes and Exclude*Nodes config options now allow you to restrict
23637 by country code ("{US}") or IP address or address pattern
23638 ("255.128.0.0/16"). Patch from Robert Hogan. It still needs some
23639 refinement to decide what config options should take priority if
23640 you ask to both use a particular node and exclude it.
23642 o Major features (misc):
23643 - When building a consensus, do not include routers that are down.
23644 This cuts down 30% to 40% on consensus size. Implements proposal
23646 - New TestingTorNetwork config option to allow adjustment of
23647 previously constant values that could slow bootstrapping. Implements
23648 proposal 135. Patch from Karsten.
23649 - Convert many internal address representations to optionally hold
23650 IPv6 addresses. Generate and accept IPv6 addresses in many protocol
23651 elements. Make resolver code handle nameservers located at IPv6
23653 - More work on making our TLS handshake blend in: modify the list
23654 of ciphers advertised by OpenSSL in client mode to even more
23655 closely resemble a common web browser. We cheat a little so that
23656 we can advertise ciphers that the locally installed OpenSSL doesn't
23658 - Use the TLS1 hostname extension to more closely resemble browser
23661 o Security fixes (anonymity/entropy):
23662 - Never use a connection with a mismatched address to extend a
23663 circuit, unless that connection is canonical. A canonical
23664 connection is one whose address is authenticated by the router's
23665 identity key, either in a NETINFO cell or in a router descriptor.
23666 - Implement most of proposal 110: The first K cells to be sent
23667 along a circuit are marked as special "early" cells; only K "early"
23668 cells will be allowed. Once this code is universal, we can block
23669 certain kinds of denial-of-service attack by requiring that EXTEND
23670 commands must be sent using an "early" cell.
23671 - Resume using OpenSSL's RAND_poll() for better (and more portable)
23672 cross-platform entropy collection again. We used to use it, then
23673 stopped using it because of a bug that could crash systems that
23674 called RAND_poll when they had a lot of fds open. It looks like the
23675 bug got fixed in late 2006. Our new behavior is to call RAND_poll()
23676 at startup, and to call RAND_poll() when we reseed later only if
23677 we have a non-buggy OpenSSL version.
23678 - When the client is choosing entry guards, now it selects at most
23679 one guard from a given relay family. Otherwise we could end up with
23680 all of our entry points into the network run by the same operator.
23681 Suggested by Camilo Viecco. Fix on 0.1.1.11-alpha.
23682 - Do not use or believe expired v3 authority certificates. Patch
23683 from Karsten. Bugfix in 0.2.0.x. Fixes bug 851.
23684 - Drop begin cells to a hidden service if they come from the middle
23685 of a circuit. Patch from lark.
23686 - When we erroneously receive two EXTEND cells for the same circuit
23687 ID on the same connection, drop the second. Patch from lark.
23688 - Authorities now vote for the Stable flag for any router whose
23689 weighted MTBF is at least 5 days, regardless of the mean MTBF.
23690 - Clients now never report any stream end reason except 'MISC'.
23691 Implements proposal 148.
23693 o Major bugfixes (crashes):
23694 - Parse dates and IPv4 addresses in a locale- and libc-independent
23695 manner, to avoid platform-dependent behavior on malformed input.
23696 - Fix a crash that occurs on exit nodes when a nameserver request
23697 timed out. Bugfix on 0.1.2.1-alpha; our CLEAR debugging code had
23698 been suppressing the bug since 0.1.2.10-alpha. Partial fix for
23700 - Do not assume that a stack-allocated character array will be
23701 64-bit aligned on platforms that demand that uint64_t access is
23702 aligned. Possible fix for bug 604.
23703 - Resolve a very rare crash bug that could occur when the user forced
23704 a nameserver reconfiguration during the middle of a nameserver
23705 probe. Fixes bug 526. Bugfix on 0.1.2.1-alpha.
23706 - Avoid a "0 divided by 0" calculation when calculating router uptime
23707 at directory authorities. Bugfix on 0.2.0.8-alpha.
23708 - Fix an assertion bug in parsing policy-related options; possible fix
23710 - Rate-limit too-many-sockets messages: when they happen, they happen
23711 a lot and end up filling up the disk. Resolves bug 748.
23712 - Fix a race condition that could cause crashes or memory corruption
23713 when running as a server with a controller listening for log
23715 - Avoid crashing when we have a policy specified in a DirPolicy or
23716 SocksPolicy or ReachableAddresses option with ports set on it,
23717 and we re-load the policy. May fix bug 996.
23718 - Fix an assertion failure on 64-bit platforms when we allocated
23719 memory right up to the end of a memarea, then realigned the memory
23720 one step beyond the end. Fixes a possible cause of bug 930.
23721 - Protect the count of open sockets with a mutex, so we can't
23722 corrupt it when two threads are closing or opening sockets at once.
23723 Fix for bug 939. Bugfix on 0.2.0.1-alpha.
23725 o Major bugfixes (clients):
23726 - Discard router descriptors as we load them if they are more than
23727 five days old. Otherwise if Tor is off for a long time and then
23728 starts with cached descriptors, it will try to use the onion keys
23729 in those obsolete descriptors when building circuits. Fixes bug 887.
23730 - When we choose to abandon a new entry guard because we think our
23731 older ones might be better, close any circuits pending on that
23732 new entry guard connection. This fix should make us recover much
23733 faster when our network is down and then comes back. Bugfix on
23734 0.1.2.8-beta; found by lodger.
23735 - When Tor clients restart after 1-5 days, they discard all their
23736 cached descriptors as too old, but they still use the cached
23737 consensus document. This approach is good for robustness, but
23738 bad for performance: since they don't know any bandwidths, they
23739 end up choosing at random rather than weighting their choice by
23740 speed. Fixed by the above feature of putting bandwidths in the
23743 o Major bugfixes (relays):
23744 - Relays were falling out of the networkstatus consensus for
23745 part of a day if they changed their local config but the
23746 authorities discarded their new descriptor as "not sufficiently
23747 different". Now directory authorities accept a descriptor as changed
23748 if BandwidthRate or BandwidthBurst changed. Partial fix for bug 962;
23749 patch by Sebastian.
23750 - Ensure that two circuits can never exist on the same connection
23751 with the same circuit ID, even if one is marked for close. This
23752 is conceivably a bugfix for bug 779; fixes a bug on 0.1.0.4-rc.
23753 - Directory authorities were neglecting to mark relays down in their
23754 internal histories if the relays fall off the routerlist without
23755 ever being found unreachable. So there were relays in the histories
23756 that haven't been seen for eight months, and are listed as being
23757 up for eight months. This wreaked havoc on the "median wfu" and
23758 "median mtbf" calculations, in turn making Guard and Stable flags
23759 wrong, hurting network performance. Fixes bugs 696 and 969. Bugfix
23762 o Major bugfixes (hidden services):
23763 - When establishing a hidden service, introduction points that
23764 originate from cannibalized circuits were completely ignored
23765 and not included in rendezvous service descriptors. This might
23766 have been another reason for delay in making a hidden service
23767 available. Bugfix from long ago (0.0.9.x?)
23769 o Major bugfixes (memory and resource management):
23770 - Fixed some memory leaks -- some quite frequent, some almost
23771 impossible to trigger -- based on results from Coverity.
23772 - Speed up parsing and cut down on memory fragmentation by using
23773 stack-style allocations for parsing directory objects. Previously,
23774 this accounted for over 40% of allocations from within Tor's code
23775 on a typical directory cache.
23776 - Use a Bloom filter rather than a digest-based set to track which
23777 descriptors we need to keep around when we're cleaning out old
23778 router descriptors. This speeds up the computation significantly,
23779 and may reduce fragmentation.
23781 o New/changed config options:
23782 - Now NodeFamily and MyFamily config options allow spaces in
23783 identity fingerprints, so it's easier to paste them in.
23784 Suggested by Lucky Green.
23785 - Allow ports 465 and 587 in the default exit policy again. We had
23786 rejected them in 0.1.0.15, because back in 2005 they were commonly
23787 misconfigured and ended up as spam targets. We hear they are better
23788 locked down these days.
23789 - Make TrackHostExit mappings expire a while after their last use, not
23790 after their creation. Patch from Robert Hogan.
23791 - Add an ExcludeExitNodes option so users can list a set of nodes
23792 that should be be excluded from the exit node position, but
23793 allowed elsewhere. Implements proposal 151.
23794 - New --hush command-line option similar to --quiet. While --quiet
23795 disables all logging to the console on startup, --hush limits the
23796 output to messages of warning and error severity.
23797 - New configure/torrc options (--enable-geoip-stats,
23798 DirRecordUsageByCountry) to record how many IPs we've served
23799 directory info to in each country code, how many status documents
23800 total we've sent to each country code, and what share of the total
23801 directory requests we should expect to see.
23802 - Make outbound DNS packets respect the OutboundBindAddress setting.
23803 Fixes the bug part of bug 798. Bugfix on 0.1.2.2-alpha.
23804 - Allow separate log levels to be configured for different logging
23805 domains. For example, this allows one to log all notices, warnings,
23806 or errors, plus all memory management messages of level debug or
23807 higher, with: Log [MM] debug-err [*] notice-err file /var/log/tor.
23808 - Update to the "June 3 2009" ip-to-country file.
23810 o Minor features (relays):
23811 - Raise the minimum rate limiting to be a relay from 20000 bytes
23812 to 20480 bytes (aka 20KB/s), to match our documentation. Also
23813 update directory authorities so they always assign the Fast flag
23814 to relays with 20KB/s of capacity. Now people running relays won't
23815 suddenly find themselves not seeing any use, if the network gets
23817 - If we're a relay and we change our IP address, be more verbose
23818 about the reason that made us change. Should help track down
23819 further bugs for relays on dynamic IP addresses.
23820 - Exit servers can now answer resolve requests for ip6.arpa addresses.
23821 - Implement most of Proposal 152: allow specialized servers to permit
23822 single-hop circuits, and clients to use those servers to build
23823 single-hop circuits when using a specialized controller. Patch
23824 from Josh Albrecht. Resolves feature request 768.
23825 - When relays do their initial bandwidth measurement, don't limit
23826 to just our entry guards for the test circuits. Otherwise we tend
23827 to have multiple test circuits going through a single entry guard,
23828 which makes our bandwidth test less accurate. Fixes part of bug 654;
23829 patch contributed by Josh Albrecht.
23831 o Minor features (directory authorities):
23832 - Try not to open more than one descriptor-downloading connection
23833 to an authority at once. This should reduce load on directory
23834 authorities. Fixes bug 366.
23835 - Add cross-certification to newly generated certificates, so that
23836 a signing key is enough information to look up a certificate. Start
23837 serving certificates by <identity digest, signing key digest>
23838 pairs. Implements proposal 157.
23839 - When a directory authority downloads a descriptor that it then
23840 immediately rejects, do not retry downloading it right away. Should
23841 save some bandwidth on authorities. Fix for bug 888. Patch by
23843 - Directory authorities now serve a /tor/dbg-stability.txt URL to
23844 help debug WFU and MTBF calculations.
23845 - In directory authorities' approved-routers files, allow
23846 fingerprints with or without space.
23848 o Minor features (directory mirrors):
23849 - When a download gets us zero good descriptors, do not notify
23850 Tor that new directory information has arrived.
23851 - Servers support a new URL scheme for consensus downloads that
23852 allows the client to specify which authorities are trusted.
23853 The server then only sends the consensus if the client will trust
23854 it. Otherwise a 404 error is sent back. Clients use this
23855 new scheme when the server supports it (meaning it's running
23856 0.2.1.1-alpha or later). Implements proposal 134.
23858 o Minor features (bridges):
23859 - If the bridge config line doesn't specify a port, assume 443.
23860 This makes bridge lines a bit smaller and easier for users to
23862 - If we're using bridges and our network goes away, be more willing
23863 to forgive our bridges and try again when we get an application
23866 o Minor features (hidden services):
23867 - When the client launches an introduction circuit, retry with a
23868 new circuit after 30 seconds rather than 60 seconds.
23869 - Launch a second client-side introduction circuit in parallel
23870 after a delay of 15 seconds (based on work by Christian Wilms).
23871 - Hidden services start out building five intro circuits rather
23872 than three, and when the first three finish they publish a service
23873 descriptor using those. Now we publish our service descriptor much
23874 faster after restart.
23875 - Drop the requirement to have an open dir port for storing and
23876 serving v2 hidden service descriptors.
23878 o Minor features (build and packaging):
23879 - On Linux, use the prctl call to re-enable core dumps when the User
23881 - Try to make sure that the version of Libevent we're running with
23882 is binary-compatible with the one we built with. May address bug
23884 - Add a new --enable-local-appdata configuration switch to change
23885 the default location of the datadir on win32 from APPDATA to
23886 LOCAL_APPDATA. In the future, we should migrate to LOCAL_APPDATA
23887 entirely. Patch from coderman.
23888 - Build correctly against versions of OpenSSL 0.9.8 or later that
23889 are built without support for deprecated functions.
23890 - On platforms with a maximum syslog string length, truncate syslog
23891 messages to that length ourselves, rather than relying on the
23892 system to do it for us.
23893 - Automatically detect MacOSX versions earlier than 10.4.0, and
23894 disable kqueue from inside Tor when running with these versions.
23895 We previously did this from the startup script, but that was no
23896 help to people who didn't use the startup script. Resolves bug 863.
23897 - Build correctly when configured to build outside the main source
23898 path. Patch from Michael Gold.
23899 - Disable GCC's strict alias optimization by default, to avoid the
23900 likelihood of its introducing subtle bugs whenever our code violates
23901 the letter of C99's alias rules.
23902 - Change the contrib/tor.logrotate script so it makes the new
23903 logs as "_tor:_tor" rather than the default, which is generally
23904 "root:wheel". Fixes bug 676, reported by Serge Koksharov.
23905 - Change our header file guard macros to be less likely to conflict
23906 with system headers. Adam Langley noticed that we were conflicting
23907 with log.h on Android.
23908 - Add a couple of extra warnings to --enable-gcc-warnings for GCC 4.3,
23909 and stop using a warning that had become unfixably verbose under
23911 - Use a lockfile to make sure that two Tor processes are not
23912 simultaneously running with the same datadir.
23913 - Allow OpenSSL to use dynamic locks if it wants.
23914 - Add LIBS=-lrt to Makefile.am so the Tor RPMs use a static libevent.
23916 o Minor features (controllers):
23917 - When generating circuit events with verbose nicknames for
23918 controllers, try harder to look up nicknames for routers on a
23919 circuit. (Previously, we would look in the router descriptors we had
23920 for nicknames, but not in the consensus.) Partial fix for bug 941.
23921 - New controller event NEWCONSENSUS that lists the networkstatus
23922 lines for every recommended relay. Now controllers like Torflow
23923 can keep up-to-date on which relays they should be using.
23924 - New controller event "clients_seen" to report a geoip-based summary
23925 of which countries we've seen clients from recently. Now controllers
23926 like Vidalia can show bridge operators that they're actually making
23928 - Add a 'getinfo status/clients-seen' controller command, in case
23929 controllers want to hear clients_seen events but connect late.
23930 - New CONSENSUS_ARRIVED event to note when a new consensus has
23931 been fetched and validated.
23932 - Add an internal-use-only __ReloadTorrcOnSIGHUP option for
23933 controllers to prevent SIGHUP from reloading the configuration.
23935 - Return circuit purposes in response to GETINFO circuit-status.
23937 - Serve the latest v3 networkstatus consensus via the control
23938 port. Use "getinfo dir/status-vote/current/consensus" to fetch it.
23939 - Add a "GETINFO /status/bootstrap-phase" controller option, so the
23940 controller can query our current bootstrap state in case it attaches
23941 partway through and wants to catch up.
23942 - Provide circuit purposes along with circuit events to the controller.
23944 o Minor features (tools):
23945 - Do not have tor-resolve automatically refuse all .onion addresses;
23946 if AutomapHostsOnResolve is set in your torrc, this will work fine.
23947 - Add a -p option to tor-resolve for specifying the SOCKS port: some
23948 people find host:port too confusing.
23949 - Print the SOCKS5 error message string as well as the error code
23950 when a tor-resolve request fails. Patch from Jacob.
23952 o Minor bugfixes (memory and resource management):
23953 - Clients no longer cache certificates for authorities they do not
23954 recognize. Bugfix on 0.2.0.9-alpha.
23955 - Do not use C's stdio library for writing to log files. This will
23956 improve logging performance by a minute amount, and will stop
23957 leaking fds when our disk is full. Fixes bug 861.
23958 - Stop erroneous use of O_APPEND in cases where we did not in fact
23959 want to re-seek to the end of a file before every last write().
23960 - Fix a small alignment and memory-wasting bug on buffer chunks.
23962 - Add a malloc_good_size implementation to OpenBSD_malloc_linux.c,
23963 to avoid unused RAM in buffer chunks and memory pools.
23964 - Reduce the default smartlist size from 32 to 16; it turns out that
23965 most smartlists hold around 8-12 elements tops.
23966 - Make dumpstats() log the fullness and size of openssl-internal
23968 - If the user has applied the experimental SSL_MODE_RELEASE_BUFFERS
23969 patch to their OpenSSL, turn it on to save memory on servers. This
23970 patch will (with any luck) get included in a mainline distribution
23972 - Fix a memory leak when v3 directory authorities load their keys
23973 and cert from disk. Bugfix on 0.2.0.1-alpha.
23974 - Stop using malloc_usable_size() to use more area than we had
23975 actually allocated: it was safe, but made valgrind really unhappy.
23976 - Make the assert_circuit_ok() function work correctly on circuits that
23977 have already been marked for close.
23978 - Fix uninitialized size field for memory area allocation: may improve
23979 memory performance during directory parsing.
23981 o Minor bugfixes (clients):
23982 - Stop reloading the router list from disk for no reason when we
23983 run out of reachable directory mirrors. Once upon a time reloading
23984 it would set the 'is_running' flag back to 1 for them. It hasn't
23985 done that for a long time.
23986 - When we had picked an exit node for a connection, but marked it as
23987 "optional", and it turned out we had no onion key for the exit,
23988 stop wanting that exit and try again. This situation may not
23989 be possible now, but will probably become feasible with proposal
23990 158. Spotted by rovv. Fixes another case of bug 752.
23991 - Fix a bug in address parsing that was preventing bridges or hidden
23992 service targets from being at IPv6 addresses.
23993 - Do not remove routers as too old if we do not have any consensus
23994 document. Bugfix on 0.2.0.7-alpha.
23995 - When an exit relay resolves a stream address to a local IP address,
23996 do not just keep retrying that same exit relay over and
23997 over. Instead, just close the stream. Addresses bug 872. Bugfix
23998 on 0.2.0.32. Patch from rovv.
23999 - Made Tor a little less aggressive about deleting expired
24000 certificates. Partial fix for bug 854.
24001 - Treat duplicate certificate fetches as failures, so that we do
24002 not try to re-fetch an expired certificate over and over and over.
24003 - Do not say we're fetching a certificate when we'll in fact skip it
24004 because of a pending download.
24005 - If we have correct permissions on $datadir, we complain to stdout
24006 and fail to start. But dangerous permissions on
24007 $datadir/cached-status/ would cause us to open a log and complain
24008 there. Now complain to stdout and fail to start in both cases. Fixes
24009 bug 820, reported by seeess.
24011 o Minor bugfixes (bridges):
24012 - When we made bridge authorities stop serving bridge descriptors over
24013 unencrypted links, we also broke DirPort reachability testing for
24014 bridges. So bridges with a non-zero DirPort were printing spurious
24015 warns to their logs. Bugfix on 0.2.0.16-alpha. Fixes bug 709.
24016 - Don't allow a bridge to publish its router descriptor to a
24017 non-bridge directory authority. Fixes part of bug 932.
24018 - When we change to or from being a bridge, reset our counts of
24019 client usage by country. Fixes bug 932.
24021 o Minor bugfixes (relays):
24022 - Log correct error messages for DNS-related network errors on
24024 - Actually return -1 in the error case for read_bandwidth_usage().
24025 Harmless bug, since we currently don't care about the return value
24026 anywhere. Bugfix on 0.2.0.9-alpha.
24027 - Provide a more useful log message if bug 977 (related to buffer
24028 freelists) ever reappears, and do not crash right away.
24029 - We were already rejecting relay begin cells with destination port
24030 of 0. Now also reject extend cells with destination port or address
24031 of 0. Suggested by lark.
24032 - When we can't transmit a DNS request due to a network error, retry
24033 it after a while, and eventually transmit a failing response to
24034 the RESOLVED cell. Bugfix on 0.1.2.5-alpha.
24035 - Solve a bug that kept hardware crypto acceleration from getting
24036 enabled when accounting was turned on. Fixes bug 907. Bugfix on
24038 - When a canonical connection appears later in our internal list
24039 than a noncanonical one for a given OR ID, always use the
24040 canonical one. Bugfix on 0.2.0.12-alpha. Fixes bug 805.
24042 - Avoid some nasty corner cases in the logic for marking connections
24043 as too old or obsolete or noncanonical for circuits. Partial
24045 - Fix another interesting corner-case of bug 891 spotted by rovv:
24046 Previously, if two hosts had different amounts of clock drift, and
24047 one of them created a new connection with just the wrong timing,
24048 the other might decide to deprecate the new connection erroneously.
24049 Bugfix on 0.1.1.13-alpha.
24050 - If one win32 nameserver fails to get added, continue adding the
24051 rest, and don't automatically fail.
24052 - Fix a bug where an unreachable relay would establish enough
24053 reachability testing circuits to do a bandwidth test -- if
24054 we already have a connection to the middle hop of the testing
24055 circuit, then it could establish the last hop by using the existing
24056 connection. Bugfix on 0.1.2.2-alpha, exposed when we made testing
24057 circuits no longer use entry guards in 0.2.1.3-alpha.
24059 o Minor bugfixes (directory authorities):
24060 - Limit uploaded directory documents to be 16M rather than 500K.
24061 The directory authorities were refusing v3 consensus votes from
24062 other authorities, since the votes are now 504K. Fixes bug 959;
24063 bugfix on 0.0.2pre17 (where we raised it from 50K to 500K ;).
24064 - Directory authorities should never send a 503 "busy" response to
24065 requests for votes or keys. Bugfix on 0.2.0.8-alpha; exposed by
24067 - Fix code so authorities _actually_ send back X-Descriptor-Not-New
24068 headers. Bugfix on 0.2.0.10-alpha.
24070 o Minor bugfixes (hidden services):
24071 - When we can't find an intro key for a v2 hidden service descriptor,
24072 fall back to the v0 hidden service descriptor and log a bug message.
24073 Workaround for bug 1024.
24074 - In very rare situations new hidden service descriptors were
24075 published earlier than 30 seconds after the last change to the
24076 service. (We currently think that a hidden service descriptor
24077 that's been stable for 30 seconds is worth publishing.)
24078 - If a hidden service sends us an END cell, do not consider
24079 retrying the connection; just close it. Patch from rovv.
24080 - If we are not using BEGIN_DIR cells, don't attempt to contact hidden
24081 service directories if they have no advertised dir port. Bugfix
24084 o Minor bugfixes (tools):
24085 - In the torify(1) manpage, mention that tsocks will leak your
24088 o Minor bugfixes (controllers):
24089 - If the controller claimed responsibility for a stream, but that
24090 stream never finished making its connection, it would live
24091 forever in circuit_wait state. Now we close it after SocksTimeout
24092 seconds. Bugfix on 0.1.2.7-alpha; reported by Mike Perry.
24093 - Make DNS resolved controller events into "CLOSED", not
24094 "FAILED". Bugfix on 0.1.2.5-alpha. Fix by Robert Hogan. Resolves
24096 - The control port would close the connection before flushing long
24097 replies, such as the network consensus, if a QUIT command was issued
24098 before the reply had completed. Now, the control port flushes all
24099 pending replies before closing the connection. Also fix a spurious
24100 warning when a QUIT command is issued after a malformed or rejected
24101 AUTHENTICATE command, but before the connection was closed. Patch
24102 by Marcus Griep. Fixes bugs 1015 and 1016.
24103 - Fix a bug that made stream bandwidth get misreported to the
24106 o Deprecated and removed features:
24107 - The old "tor --version --version" command, which would print out
24108 the subversion "Id" of most of the source files, is now removed. It
24109 turned out to be less useful than we'd expected, and harder to
24111 - RedirectExits has been removed. It was deprecated since
24113 - Finally remove deprecated "EXTENDED_FORMAT" controller feature. It
24114 has been called EXTENDED_EVENTS since 0.1.2.4-alpha.
24115 - Cell pools are now always enabled; --disable-cell-pools is ignored.
24116 - Directory mirrors no longer fetch the v1 directory or
24117 running-routers files. They are obsolete, and nobody asks for them
24118 anymore. This is the first step to making v1 authorities obsolete.
24119 - Take out the TestVia config option, since it was a workaround for
24120 a bug that was fixed in Tor 0.1.1.21.
24121 - Mark RendNodes, RendExcludeNodes, HiddenServiceNodes, and
24122 HiddenServiceExcludeNodes as obsolete: they never worked properly,
24123 and nobody seems to be using them. Fixes bug 754. Bugfix on
24124 0.1.0.1-rc. Patch from Christian Wilms.
24125 - Remove all backward-compatibility code for relays running
24126 versions of Tor so old that they no longer work at all on the
24129 o Code simplifications and refactoring:
24130 - Tool-assisted documentation cleanup. Nearly every function or
24131 static variable in Tor should have its own documentation now.
24132 - Rename the confusing or_is_obsolete field to the more appropriate
24133 is_bad_for_new_circs, and move it to or_connection_t where it
24135 - Move edge-only flags from connection_t to edge_connection_t: not
24136 only is this better coding, but on machines of plausible alignment,
24137 it should save 4-8 bytes per connection_t. "Every little bit helps."
24138 - Rename ServerDNSAllowBrokenResolvConf to ServerDNSAllowBrokenConfig
24139 for consistency; keep old option working for backward compatibility.
24140 - Simplify the code for finding connections to use for a circuit.
24141 - Revise the connection_new functions so that a more typesafe variant
24142 exists. This will work better with Coverity, and let us find any
24143 actual mistakes we're making here.
24144 - Refactor unit testing logic so that dmalloc can be used sensibly
24145 with unit tests to check for memory leaks.
24146 - Move all hidden-service related fields from connection and circuit
24147 structure to substructures: this way they won't eat so much memory.
24148 - Squeeze 2-5% out of client performance (according to oprofile) by
24149 improving the implementation of some policy-manipulation functions.
24150 - Change the implementation of ExcludeNodes and ExcludeExitNodes to
24151 be more efficient. Formerly it was quadratic in the number of
24152 servers; now it should be linear. Fixes bug 509.
24153 - Save 16-22 bytes per open circuit by moving the n_addr, n_port,
24154 and n_conn_id_digest fields into a separate structure that's
24155 only needed when the circuit has not yet attached to an n_conn.
24156 - Optimize out calls to time(NULL) that occur for every IO operation,
24157 or for every cell. On systems like Windows where time() is a
24158 slow syscall, this fix will be slightly helpful.
24161 Changes in version 0.2.0.35 - 2009-06-24
24163 - Avoid crashing in the presence of certain malformed descriptors.
24164 Found by lark, and by automated fuzzing.
24165 - Fix an edge case where a malicious exit relay could convince a
24166 controller that the client's DNS question resolves to an internal IP
24167 address. Bug found and fixed by "optimist"; bugfix on 0.1.2.8-beta.
24170 - Finally fix the bug where dynamic-IP relays disappear when their
24171 IP address changes: directory mirrors were mistakenly telling
24172 them their old address if they asked via begin_dir, so they
24173 never got an accurate answer about their new address, so they
24174 just vanished after a day. For belt-and-suspenders, relays that
24175 don't set Address in their config now avoid using begin_dir for
24176 all direct connections. Should fix bugs 827, 883, and 900.
24177 - Fix a timing-dependent, allocator-dependent, DNS-related crash bug
24178 that would occur on some exit nodes when DNS failures and timeouts
24179 occurred in certain patterns. Fix for bug 957.
24182 - When starting with a cache over a few days old, do not leak
24183 memory for the obsolete router descriptors in it. Bugfix on
24184 0.2.0.33; fixes bug 672.
24185 - Hidden service clients didn't use a cached service descriptor that
24186 was older than 15 minutes, but wouldn't fetch a new one either,
24187 because there was already one in the cache. Now, fetch a v2
24188 descriptor unless the same descriptor was added to the cache within
24189 the last 15 minutes. Fixes bug 997; reported by Marcus Griep.
24192 Changes in version 0.2.0.34 - 2009-02-08
24193 Tor 0.2.0.34 features several more security-related fixes. You should
24194 upgrade, especially if you run an exit relay (remote crash) or a
24195 directory authority (remote infinite loop), or you're on an older
24196 (pre-XP) or not-recently-patched Windows (remote exploit).
24198 This release marks end-of-life for Tor 0.1.2.x. Those Tor versions
24199 have many known flaws, and nobody should be using them. You should
24200 upgrade. If you're using a Linux or BSD and its packages are obsolete,
24201 stop using those packages and upgrade anyway.
24204 - Fix an infinite-loop bug on handling corrupt votes under certain
24205 circumstances. Bugfix on 0.2.0.8-alpha.
24206 - Fix a temporary DoS vulnerability that could be performed by
24207 a directory mirror. Bugfix on 0.2.0.9-alpha; reported by lark.
24208 - Avoid a potential crash on exit nodes when processing malformed
24209 input. Remote DoS opportunity. Bugfix on 0.2.0.33.
24210 - Do not accept incomplete ipv4 addresses (like 192.168.0) as valid.
24211 Spec conformance issue. Bugfix on Tor 0.0.2pre27.
24214 - Fix compilation on systems where time_t is a 64-bit integer.
24215 Patch from Matthias Drochner.
24216 - Don't consider expiring already-closed client connections. Fixes
24217 bug 893. Bugfix on 0.0.2pre20.
24220 Changes in version 0.2.0.33 - 2009-01-21
24221 Tor 0.2.0.33 fixes a variety of bugs that were making relays less
24222 useful to users. It also finally fixes a bug where a relay or client
24223 that's been off for many days would take a long time to bootstrap.
24225 This update also fixes an important security-related bug reported by
24226 Ilja van Sprundel. You should upgrade. (We'll send out more details
24227 about the bug once people have had some time to upgrade.)
24230 - Fix a heap-corruption bug that may be remotely triggerable on
24231 some platforms. Reported by Ilja van Sprundel.
24234 - When a stream at an exit relay is in state "resolving" or
24235 "connecting" and it receives an "end" relay cell, the exit relay
24236 would silently ignore the end cell and not close the stream. If
24237 the client never closes the circuit, then the exit relay never
24238 closes the TCP connection. Bug introduced in Tor 0.1.2.1-alpha;
24239 reported by "wood".
24240 - When sending CREATED cells back for a given circuit, use a 64-bit
24241 connection ID to find the right connection, rather than an addr:port
24242 combination. Now that we can have multiple OR connections between
24243 the same ORs, it is no longer possible to use addr:port to uniquely
24244 identify a connection.
24245 - Bridge relays that had DirPort set to 0 would stop fetching
24246 descriptors shortly after startup, and then briefly resume
24247 after a new bandwidth test and/or after publishing a new bridge
24248 descriptor. Bridge users that try to bootstrap from them would
24249 get a recent networkstatus but would get descriptors from up to
24250 18 hours earlier, meaning most of the descriptors were obsolete
24251 already. Reported by Tas; bugfix on 0.2.0.13-alpha.
24252 - Prevent bridge relays from serving their 'extrainfo' document
24253 to anybody who asks, now that extrainfo docs include potentially
24254 sensitive aggregated client geoip summaries. Bugfix on
24256 - If the cached networkstatus consensus is more than five days old,
24257 discard it rather than trying to use it. In theory it could be
24258 useful because it lists alternate directory mirrors, but in practice
24259 it just means we spend many minutes trying directory mirrors that
24260 are long gone from the network. Also discard router descriptors as
24261 we load them if they are more than five days old, since the onion
24262 key is probably wrong by now. Bugfix on 0.2.0.x. Fixes bug 887.
24265 - Do not mark smartlist_bsearch_idx() function as ATTR_PURE. This bug
24266 could make gcc generate non-functional binary search code. Bugfix
24268 - Build correctly on platforms without socklen_t.
24269 - Compile without warnings on solaris.
24270 - Avoid potential crash on internal error during signature collection.
24271 Fixes bug 864. Patch from rovv.
24272 - Correct handling of possible malformed authority signing key
24273 certificates with internal signature types. Fixes bug 880.
24274 Bugfix on 0.2.0.3-alpha.
24275 - Fix a hard-to-trigger resource leak when logging credential status.
24277 - When we can't initialize DNS because the network is down, do not
24278 automatically stop Tor from starting. Instead, we retry failed
24279 dns_init() every 10 minutes, and change the exit policy to reject
24280 *:* until one succeeds. Fixes bug 691.
24281 - Use 64 bits instead of 32 bits for connection identifiers used with
24282 the controller protocol, to greatly reduce risk of identifier reuse.
24283 - When we're choosing an exit node for a circuit, and we have
24284 no pending streams, choose a good general exit rather than one that
24285 supports "all the pending streams". Bugfix on 0.1.1.x. Fix by rovv.
24286 - Fix another case of assuming, when a specific exit is requested,
24287 that we know more than the user about what hosts it allows.
24288 Fixes one case of bug 752. Patch from rovv.
24289 - Clip the MaxCircuitDirtiness config option to a minimum of 10
24290 seconds. Warn the user if lower values are given in the
24291 configuration. Bugfix on 0.1.0.1-rc. Patch by Sebastian.
24292 - Clip the CircuitBuildTimeout to a minimum of 30 seconds. Warn the
24293 user if lower values are given in the configuration. Bugfix on
24294 0.1.1.17-rc. Patch by Sebastian.
24295 - Fix a memory leak when we decline to add a v2 rendezvous descriptor to
24296 the cache because we already had a v0 descriptor with the same ID.
24297 Bugfix on 0.2.0.18-alpha.
24298 - Fix a race condition when freeing keys shared between main thread
24299 and CPU workers that could result in a memory leak. Bugfix on
24300 0.1.0.1-rc. Fixes bug 889.
24301 - Send a valid END cell back when a client tries to connect to a
24302 nonexistent hidden service port. Bugfix on 0.1.2.15. Fixes bug
24303 840. Patch from rovv.
24304 - Check which hops rendezvous stream cells are associated with to
24305 prevent possible guess-the-streamid injection attacks from
24306 intermediate hops. Fixes another case of bug 446. Based on patch
24308 - If a broken client asks a non-exit router to connect somewhere,
24309 do not even do the DNS lookup before rejecting the connection.
24310 Fixes another case of bug 619. Patch from rovv.
24311 - When a relay gets a create cell it can't decrypt (e.g. because it's
24312 using the wrong onion key), we were dropping it and letting the
24313 client time out. Now actually answer with a destroy cell. Fixes
24314 bug 904. Bugfix on 0.0.2pre8.
24316 o Minor bugfixes (hidden services):
24317 - Do not throw away existing introduction points on SIGHUP. Bugfix on
24318 0.0.6pre1. Patch by Karsten. Fixes bug 874.
24321 - Report the case where all signatures in a detached set are rejected
24322 differently than the case where there is an error handling the
24324 - When we realize that another process has modified our cached
24325 descriptors, print out a more useful error message rather than
24326 triggering an assertion. Fixes bug 885. Patch from Karsten.
24327 - Implement the 0x20 hack to better resist DNS poisoning: set the
24328 case on outgoing DNS requests randomly, and reject responses that do
24329 not match the case correctly. This logic can be disabled with the
24330 ServerDNSRandomizeCase setting, if you are using one of the 0.3%
24331 of servers that do not reliably preserve case in replies. See
24332 "Increased DNS Forgery Resistance through 0x20-Bit Encoding"
24334 - Check DNS replies for more matching fields to better resist DNS
24336 - Never use OpenSSL compression: it wastes RAM and CPU trying to
24337 compress cells, which are basically all encrypted, compressed, or
24341 Changes in version 0.2.0.32 - 2008-11-20
24342 Tor 0.2.0.32 fixes a major security problem in Debian and Ubuntu
24343 packages (and maybe other packages) noticed by Theo de Raadt, fixes
24344 a smaller security flaw that might allow an attacker to access local
24345 services, further improves hidden service performance, and fixes a
24346 variety of other issues.
24349 - The "User" and "Group" config options did not clear the
24350 supplementary group entries for the Tor process. The "User" option
24351 is now more robust, and we now set the groups to the specified
24352 user's primary group. The "Group" option is now ignored. For more
24353 detailed logging on credential switching, set CREDENTIAL_LOG_LEVEL
24354 in common/compat.c to LOG_NOTICE or higher. Patch by Jacob Appelbaum
24355 and Steven Murdoch. Bugfix on 0.0.2pre14. Fixes bug 848 and 857.
24356 - The "ClientDNSRejectInternalAddresses" config option wasn't being
24357 consistently obeyed: if an exit relay refuses a stream because its
24358 exit policy doesn't allow it, we would remember what IP address
24359 the relay said the destination address resolves to, even if it's
24360 an internal IP address. Bugfix on 0.2.0.7-alpha; patch by rovv.
24363 - Fix a DOS opportunity during the voting signature collection process
24364 at directory authorities. Spotted by rovv. Bugfix on 0.2.0.x.
24366 o Major bugfixes (hidden services):
24367 - When fetching v0 and v2 rendezvous service descriptors in parallel,
24368 we were failing the whole hidden service request when the v0
24369 descriptor fetch fails, even if the v2 fetch is still pending and
24370 might succeed. Similarly, if the last v2 fetch fails, we were
24371 failing the whole hidden service request even if a v0 fetch is
24372 still pending. Fixes bug 814. Bugfix on 0.2.0.10-alpha.
24373 - When extending a circuit to a hidden service directory to upload a
24374 rendezvous descriptor using a BEGIN_DIR cell, almost 1/6 of all
24375 requests failed, because the router descriptor has not been
24376 downloaded yet. In these cases, do not attempt to upload the
24377 rendezvous descriptor, but wait until the router descriptor is
24378 downloaded and retry. Likewise, do not attempt to fetch a rendezvous
24379 descriptor from a hidden service directory for which the router
24380 descriptor has not yet been downloaded. Fixes bug 767. Bugfix
24384 - Fix several infrequent memory leaks spotted by Coverity.
24385 - When testing for libevent functions, set the LDFLAGS variable
24386 correctly. Found by Riastradh.
24387 - Avoid a bug where the FastFirstHopPK 0 option would keep Tor from
24388 bootstrapping with tunneled directory connections. Bugfix on
24389 0.1.2.5-alpha. Fixes bug 797. Found by Erwin Lam.
24390 - When asked to connect to A.B.exit:80, if we don't know the IP for A
24391 and we know that server B rejects most-but-not all connections to
24392 port 80, we would previously reject the connection. Now, we assume
24393 the user knows what they were asking for. Fixes bug 752. Bugfix
24394 on 0.0.9rc5. Diagnosed by BarkerJr.
24395 - If we overrun our per-second write limits a little, count this as
24396 having used up our write allocation for the second, and choke
24397 outgoing directory writes. Previously, we had only counted this when
24398 we had met our limits precisely. Fixes bug 824. Patch from by rovv.
24399 Bugfix on 0.2.0.x (??).
24400 - Remove the old v2 directory authority 'lefkada' from the default
24401 list. It has been gone for many months.
24402 - Stop doing unaligned memory access that generated bus errors on
24403 sparc64. Bugfix on 0.2.0.10-alpha. Fixes bug 862.
24404 - Make USR2 log-level switch take effect immediately. Bugfix on
24407 o Minor bugfixes (controller):
24408 - Make DNS resolved events into "CLOSED", not "FAILED". Bugfix on
24409 0.1.2.5-alpha. Fix by Robert Hogan. Resolves bug 807.
24412 Changes in version 0.2.0.31 - 2008-09-03
24413 Tor 0.2.0.31 addresses two potential anonymity issues, starts to fix
24414 a big bug we're seeing where in rare cases traffic from one Tor stream
24415 gets mixed into another stream, and fixes a variety of smaller issues.
24418 - Make sure that two circuits can never exist on the same connection
24419 with the same circuit ID, even if one is marked for close. This
24420 is conceivably a bugfix for bug 779. Bugfix on 0.1.0.4-rc.
24421 - Relays now reject risky extend cells: if the extend cell includes
24422 a digest of all zeroes, or asks to extend back to the relay that
24423 sent the extend cell, tear down the circuit. Ideas suggested
24425 - If not enough of our entry guards are available so we add a new
24426 one, we might use the new one even if it overlapped with the
24427 current circuit's exit relay (or its family). Anonymity bugfix
24428 pointed out by rovv.
24431 - Recover 3-7 bytes that were wasted per memory chunk. Fixes bug
24432 794; bug spotted by rovv. Bugfix on 0.2.0.1-alpha.
24433 - Correctly detect the presence of the linux/netfilter_ipv4.h header
24434 when building against recent kernels. Bugfix on 0.1.2.1-alpha.
24435 - Pick size of default geoip filename string correctly on windows.
24436 Fixes bug 806. Bugfix on 0.2.0.30.
24437 - Make the autoconf script accept the obsolete --with-ssl-dir
24438 option as an alias for the actually-working --with-openssl-dir
24439 option. Fix the help documentation to recommend --with-openssl-dir.
24440 Based on a patch by "Dave". Bugfix on 0.2.0.1-alpha.
24441 - When using the TransPort option on OpenBSD, and using the User
24442 option to change UID and drop privileges, make sure to open
24443 /dev/pf before dropping privileges. Fixes bug 782. Patch from
24444 Christopher Davis. Bugfix on 0.1.2.1-alpha.
24445 - Try to attach connections immediately upon receiving a RENDEZVOUS2
24446 or RENDEZVOUS_ESTABLISHED cell. This can save a second or two
24447 on the client side when connecting to a hidden service. Bugfix
24448 on 0.0.6pre1. Found and fixed by Christian Wilms; resolves bug 743.
24449 - When closing an application-side connection because its circuit is
24450 getting torn down, generate the stream event correctly. Bugfix on
24451 0.1.2.x. Anonymous patch.
24454 Changes in version 0.2.0.30 - 2008-07-15
24455 This new stable release switches to a more efficient directory
24456 distribution design, adds features to make connections to the Tor
24457 network harder to block, allows Tor to act as a DNS proxy, adds separate
24458 rate limiting for relayed traffic to make it easier for clients to
24459 become relays, fixes a variety of potential anonymity problems, and
24460 includes the usual huge pile of other features and bug fixes.
24462 o New v3 directory design:
24463 - Tor now uses a new way to learn about and distribute information
24464 about the network: the directory authorities vote on a common
24465 network status document rather than each publishing their own
24466 opinion. Now clients and caches download only one networkstatus
24467 document to bootstrap, rather than downloading one for each
24468 authority. Clients only download router descriptors listed in
24469 the consensus. Implements proposal 101; see doc/spec/dir-spec.txt
24471 - Set up moria1, tor26, and dizum as v3 directory authorities
24472 in addition to being v2 authorities. Also add three new ones:
24473 ides (run by Mike Perry), gabelmoo (run by Karsten Loesing), and
24474 dannenberg (run by CCC).
24475 - Switch to multi-level keys for directory authorities: now their
24476 long-term identity key can be kept offline, and they periodically
24477 generate a new signing key. Clients fetch the "key certificates"
24478 to keep up to date on the right keys. Add a standalone tool
24479 "tor-gencert" to generate key certificates. Implements proposal 103.
24480 - Add a new V3AuthUseLegacyKey config option to make it easier for
24481 v3 authorities to change their identity keys if another bug like
24482 Debian's OpenSSL RNG flaw appears.
24483 - Authorities and caches fetch the v2 networkstatus documents
24484 less often, now that v3 is recommended.
24486 o Make Tor connections stand out less on the wire:
24487 - Use an improved TLS handshake designed by Steven Murdoch in proposal
24488 124, as revised in proposal 130. The new handshake is meant to
24489 be harder for censors to fingerprint, and it adds the ability
24490 to detect certain kinds of man-in-the-middle traffic analysis
24491 attacks. The new handshake format includes version negotiation for
24492 OR connections as described in proposal 105, which will allow us
24493 to improve Tor's link protocol more safely in the future.
24494 - Enable encrypted directory connections by default for non-relays,
24495 so censor tools that block Tor directory connections based on their
24496 plaintext patterns will no longer work. This means Tor works in
24497 certain censored countries by default again.
24498 - Stop including recognizeable strings in the commonname part of
24499 Tor's x509 certificates.
24501 o Implement bridge relays:
24502 - Bridge relays (or "bridges" for short) are Tor relays that aren't
24503 listed in the main Tor directory. Since there is no complete public
24504 list of them, even an ISP that is filtering connections to all the
24505 known Tor relays probably won't be able to block all the bridges.
24506 See doc/design-paper/blocking.pdf and proposal 125 for details.
24507 - New config option BridgeRelay that specifies you want to be a
24508 bridge relay rather than a normal relay. When BridgeRelay is set
24509 to 1, then a) you cache dir info even if your DirPort ins't on,
24510 and b) the default for PublishServerDescriptor is now "bridge"
24511 rather than "v2,v3".
24512 - New config option "UseBridges 1" for clients that want to use bridge
24513 relays instead of ordinary entry guards. Clients then specify
24514 bridge relays by adding "Bridge" lines to their config file. Users
24515 can learn about a bridge relay either manually through word of
24516 mouth, or by one of our rate-limited mechanisms for giving out
24517 bridge addresses without letting an attacker easily enumerate them
24518 all. See https://www.torproject.org/bridges for details.
24519 - Bridge relays behave like clients with respect to time intervals
24520 for downloading new v3 consensus documents -- otherwise they
24521 stand out. Bridge users now wait until the end of the interval,
24522 so their bridge relay will be sure to have a new consensus document.
24524 o Implement bridge directory authorities:
24525 - Bridge authorities are like normal directory authorities, except
24526 they don't serve a list of known bridges. Therefore users that know
24527 a bridge's fingerprint can fetch a relay descriptor for that bridge,
24528 including fetching updates e.g. if the bridge changes IP address,
24529 yet an attacker can't just fetch a list of all the bridges.
24530 - Set up Tonga as the default bridge directory authority.
24531 - Bridge authorities refuse to serve bridge descriptors or other
24532 bridge information over unencrypted connections (that is, when
24533 responding to direct DirPort requests rather than begin_dir cells.)
24534 - Bridge directory authorities do reachability testing on the
24535 bridges they know. They provide router status summaries to the
24536 controller via "getinfo ns/purpose/bridge", and also dump summaries
24537 to a file periodically, so we can keep internal stats about which
24538 bridges are functioning.
24539 - If bridge users set the UpdateBridgesFromAuthority config option,
24540 but the digest they ask for is a 404 on the bridge authority,
24541 they fall back to contacting the bridge directly.
24542 - Bridges always use begin_dir to publish their server descriptor to
24543 the bridge authority using an anonymous encrypted tunnel.
24544 - Early work on a "bridge community" design: if bridge authorities set
24545 the BridgePassword config option, they will serve a snapshot of
24546 known bridge routerstatuses from their DirPort to anybody who
24547 knows that password. Unset by default.
24548 - Tor now includes an IP-to-country GeoIP file, so bridge relays can
24549 report sanitized aggregated summaries in their extra-info documents
24550 privately to the bridge authority, listing which countries are
24551 able to reach them. We hope this mechanism will let us learn when
24552 certain countries start trying to block bridges.
24553 - Bridge authorities write bridge descriptors to disk, so they can
24554 reload them after a reboot. They can also export the descriptors
24555 to other programs, so we can distribute them to blocked users via
24556 the BridgeDB interface, e.g. via https://bridges.torproject.org/
24557 and bridges@torproject.org.
24559 o Tor can be a DNS proxy:
24560 - The new client-side DNS proxy feature replaces the need for
24561 dns-proxy-tor: Just set "DNSPort 9999", and Tor will now listen
24562 for DNS requests on port 9999, use the Tor network to resolve them
24563 anonymously, and send the reply back like a regular DNS server.
24564 The code still only implements a subset of DNS.
24565 - Add a new AutomapHostsOnResolve option: when it is enabled, any
24566 resolve request for hosts matching a given pattern causes Tor to
24567 generate an internal virtual address mapping for that host. This
24568 allows DNSPort to work sensibly with hidden service users. By
24569 default, .exit and .onion addresses are remapped; the list of
24570 patterns can be reconfigured with AutomapHostsSuffixes.
24571 - Add an "-F" option to tor-resolve to force a resolve for a .onion
24572 address. Thanks to the AutomapHostsOnResolve option, this is no
24573 longer a completely silly thing to do.
24575 o Major features (relay usability):
24576 - New config options RelayBandwidthRate and RelayBandwidthBurst:
24577 a separate set of token buckets for relayed traffic. Right now
24578 relayed traffic is defined as answers to directory requests, and
24579 OR connections that don't have any local circuits on them. See
24580 proposal 111 for details.
24581 - Create listener connections before we setuid to the configured
24582 User and Group. Now non-Windows users can choose port values
24583 under 1024, start Tor as root, and have Tor bind those ports
24584 before it changes to another UID. (Windows users could already
24586 - Added a new ConstrainedSockets config option to set SO_SNDBUF and
24587 SO_RCVBUF on TCP sockets. Hopefully useful for Tor servers running
24588 on "vserver" accounts. Patch from coderman.
24590 o Major features (directory authorities):
24591 - Directory authorities track weighted fractional uptime and weighted
24592 mean-time-between failures for relays. WFU is suitable for deciding
24593 whether a node is "usually up", while MTBF is suitable for deciding
24594 whether a node is "likely to stay up." We need both, because
24595 "usually up" is a good requirement for guards, while "likely to
24596 stay up" is a good requirement for long-lived connections.
24597 - Directory authorities use a new formula for selecting which relays
24598 to advertise as Guards: they must be in the top 7/8 in terms of
24599 how long we have known about them, and above the median of those
24600 nodes in terms of weighted fractional uptime.
24601 - Directory authorities use a new formula for selecting which relays
24602 to advertise as Stable: when we have 4 or more days of data, use
24603 median measured MTBF rather than median declared uptime. Implements
24605 - Directory authorities accept and serve "extra info" documents for
24606 routers. Routers now publish their bandwidth-history lines in the
24607 extra-info docs rather than the main descriptor. This step saves
24608 60% (!) on compressed router descriptor downloads. Servers upload
24609 extra-info docs to any authority that accepts them; directory
24610 authorities now allow multiple router descriptors and/or extra
24611 info documents to be uploaded in a single go. Authorities, and
24612 caches that have been configured to download extra-info documents,
24613 download them as needed. Implements proposal 104.
24614 - Authorities now list relays who have the same nickname as
24615 a different named relay, but list them with a new flag:
24616 "Unnamed". Now we can make use of relays that happen to pick the
24617 same nickname as a server that registered two years ago and then
24618 disappeared. Implements proposal 122.
24619 - Store routers in a file called cached-descriptors instead of in
24620 cached-routers. Initialize cached-descriptors from cached-routers
24621 if the old format is around. The new format allows us to store
24622 annotations along with descriptors, to record the time we received
24623 each descriptor, its source, and its purpose: currently one of
24624 general, controller, or bridge.
24626 o Major features (other):
24627 - New config options WarnPlaintextPorts and RejectPlaintextPorts so
24628 Tor can warn and/or refuse connections to ports commonly used with
24629 vulnerable-plaintext protocols. Currently we warn on ports 23,
24630 109, 110, and 143, but we don't reject any. Based on proposal 129
24631 by Kevin Bauer and Damon McCoy.
24632 - Integrate Karsten Loesing's Google Summer of Code project to publish
24633 hidden service descriptors on a set of redundant relays that are a
24634 function of the hidden service address. Now we don't have to rely
24635 on three central hidden service authorities for publishing and
24636 fetching every hidden service descriptor. Implements proposal 114.
24637 - Allow tunnelled directory connections to ask for an encrypted
24638 "begin_dir" connection or an anonymized "uses a full Tor circuit"
24639 connection independently. Now we can make anonymized begin_dir
24640 connections for (e.g.) more secure hidden service posting and
24643 o Major bugfixes (crashes and assert failures):
24644 - Stop imposing an arbitrary maximum on the number of file descriptors
24645 used for busy servers. Bug reported by Olaf Selke; patch from
24647 - Avoid possible failures when generating a directory with routers
24648 with over-long versions strings, or too many flags set.
24649 - Fix a rare assert error when we're closing one of our threads:
24650 use a mutex to protect the list of logs, so we never write to the
24651 list as it's being freed. Fixes the very rare bug 575, which is
24652 kind of the revenge of bug 222.
24653 - Avoid segfault in the case where a badly behaved v2 versioning
24654 directory sends a signed networkstatus with missing client-versions.
24655 - When we hit an EOF on a log (probably because we're shutting down),
24656 don't try to remove the log from the list: just mark it as
24657 unusable. (Bulletproofs against bug 222.)
24659 o Major bugfixes (code security fixes):
24660 - Detect size overflow in zlib code. Reported by Justin Ferguson and
24662 - Rewrite directory tokenization code to never run off the end of
24663 a string. Fixes bug 455. Patch from croup.
24664 - Be more paranoid about overwriting sensitive memory on free(),
24665 as a defensive programming tactic to ensure forward secrecy.
24667 o Major bugfixes (anonymity fixes):
24668 - Reject requests for reverse-dns lookup of names that are in
24669 a private address space. Patch from lodger.
24670 - Never report that we've used more bandwidth than we're willing to
24671 relay: it leaks how much non-relay traffic we're using. Resolves
24673 - As a client, do not believe any server that tells us that an
24674 address maps to an internal address space.
24675 - Warn about unsafe ControlPort configurations.
24676 - Directory authorities now call routers Fast if their bandwidth is
24677 at least 100KB/s, and consider their bandwidth adequate to be a
24678 Guard if it is at least 250KB/s, no matter the medians. This fix
24679 complements proposal 107.
24680 - Directory authorities now never mark more than 2 servers per IP as
24681 Valid and Running (or 5 on addresses shared by authorities).
24682 Implements proposal 109, by Kevin Bauer and Damon McCoy.
24683 - If we're a relay, avoid picking ourselves as an introduction point,
24684 a rendezvous point, or as the final hop for internal circuits. Bug
24685 reported by taranis and lodger.
24686 - Exit relays that are used as a client can now reach themselves
24687 using the .exit notation, rather than just launching an infinite
24688 pile of circuits. Fixes bug 641. Reported by Sebastian Hahn.
24689 - Fix a bug where, when we were choosing the 'end stream reason' to
24690 put in our relay end cell that we send to the exit relay, Tor
24691 clients on Windows were sometimes sending the wrong 'reason'. The
24692 anonymity problem is that exit relays may be able to guess whether
24693 the client is running Windows, thus helping partition the anonymity
24694 set. Down the road we should stop sending reasons to exit relays,
24695 or otherwise prevent future versions of this bug.
24696 - Only update guard status (usable / not usable) once we have
24697 enough directory information. This was causing us to discard all our
24698 guards on startup if we hadn't been running for a few weeks. Fixes
24700 - When our directory information has been expired for a while, stop
24701 being willing to build circuits using it. Fixes bug 401.
24703 o Major bugfixes (peace of mind for relay operators)
24704 - Non-exit relays no longer answer "resolve" relay cells, so they
24705 can't be induced to do arbitrary DNS requests. (Tor clients already
24706 avoid using non-exit relays for resolve cells, but now servers
24707 enforce this too.) Fixes bug 619. Patch from lodger.
24708 - When we setconf ClientOnly to 1, close any current OR and Dir
24709 listeners. Reported by mwenge.
24711 o Major bugfixes (other):
24712 - If we only ever used Tor for hidden service lookups or posts, we
24713 would stop building circuits and start refusing connections after
24714 24 hours, since we falsely believed that Tor was dormant. Reported
24716 - Add a new __HashedControlSessionPassword option for controllers
24717 to use for one-off session password hashes that shouldn't get
24718 saved to disk by SAVECONF --- Vidalia users were accumulating a
24719 pile of HashedControlPassword lines in their torrc files, one for
24720 each time they had restarted Tor and then clicked Save. Make Tor
24721 automatically convert "HashedControlPassword" to this new option but
24722 only when it's given on the command line. Partial fix for bug 586.
24723 - Patch from "Andrew S. Lists" to catch when we contact a directory
24724 mirror at IP address X and he says we look like we're coming from
24725 IP address X. Otherwise this would screw up our address detection.
24726 - Reject uploaded descriptors and extrainfo documents if they're
24727 huge. Otherwise we'll cache them all over the network and it'll
24728 clog everything up. Suggested by Aljosha Judmayer.
24729 - When a hidden service was trying to establish an introduction point,
24730 and Tor *did* manage to reuse one of the preemptively built
24731 circuits, it didn't correctly remember which one it used,
24732 so it asked for another one soon after, until there were no
24733 more preemptive circuits, at which point it launched one from
24734 scratch. Bugfix on 0.0.9.x.
24736 o Rate limiting and load balancing improvements:
24737 - When we add data to a write buffer in response to the data on that
24738 write buffer getting low because of a flush, do not consider the
24739 newly added data as a candidate for immediate flushing, but rather
24740 make it wait until the next round of writing. Otherwise, we flush
24741 and refill recursively, and a single greedy TLS connection can
24742 eat all of our bandwidth.
24743 - When counting the number of bytes written on a TLS connection,
24744 look at the BIO actually used for writing to the network, not
24745 at the BIO used (sometimes) to buffer data for the network.
24746 Looking at different BIOs could result in write counts on the
24747 order of ULONG_MAX. Fixes bug 614.
24748 - If we change our MaxAdvertisedBandwidth and then reload torrc,
24749 Tor won't realize it should publish a new relay descriptor. Fixes
24750 bug 688, reported by mfr.
24751 - Avoid using too little bandwidth when our clock skips a few seconds.
24752 - Choose which bridge to use proportional to its advertised bandwidth,
24753 rather than uniformly at random. This should speed up Tor for
24754 bridge users. Also do this for people who set StrictEntryNodes.
24756 o Bootstrapping faster and building circuits more intelligently:
24757 - Fix bug 660 that was preventing us from knowing that we should
24758 preemptively build circuits to handle expected directory requests.
24759 - When we're checking if we have enough dir info for each relay
24760 to begin establishing circuits, make sure that we actually have
24761 the descriptor listed in the consensus, not just any descriptor.
24762 - Correctly notify one-hop connections when a circuit build has
24763 failed. Possible fix for bug 669. Found by lodger.
24764 - Clients now hold circuitless TLS connections open for 1.5 times
24765 MaxCircuitDirtiness (15 minutes), since it is likely that they'll
24766 rebuild a new circuit over them within that timeframe. Previously,
24767 they held them open only for KeepalivePeriod (5 minutes).
24769 o Performance improvements (memory):
24770 - Add OpenBSD malloc code from "phk" as an optional malloc
24771 replacement on Linux: some glibc libraries do very poorly with
24772 Tor's memory allocation patterns. Pass --enable-openbsd-malloc to
24773 ./configure to get the replacement malloc code.
24774 - Switch our old ring buffer implementation for one more like that
24775 used by free Unix kernels. The wasted space in a buffer with 1mb
24776 of data will now be more like 8k than 1mb. The new implementation
24777 also avoids realloc();realloc(); patterns that can contribute to
24778 memory fragmentation.
24779 - Change the way that Tor buffers data that it is waiting to write.
24780 Instead of queueing data cells in an enormous ring buffer for each
24781 client->OR or OR->OR connection, we now queue cells on a separate
24782 queue for each circuit. This lets us use less slack memory, and
24783 will eventually let us be smarter about prioritizing different kinds
24785 - Reference-count and share copies of address policy entries; only 5%
24786 of them were actually distinct.
24787 - Tune parameters for cell pool allocation to minimize amount of
24789 - Keep unused 4k and 16k buffers on free lists, rather than wasting 8k
24790 for every single inactive connection_t. Free items from the
24791 4k/16k-buffer free lists when they haven't been used for a while.
24792 - Make memory debugging information describe more about history
24793 of cell allocation, so we can help reduce our memory use.
24794 - Be even more aggressive about releasing RAM from small
24795 empty buffers. Thanks to our free-list code, this shouldn't be too
24796 performance-intensive.
24797 - Log malloc statistics from mallinfo() on platforms where it exists.
24798 - Use memory pools to allocate cells with better speed and memory
24799 efficiency, especially on platforms where malloc() is inefficient.
24800 - Add a --with-tcmalloc option to the configure script to link
24801 against tcmalloc (if present). Does not yet search for non-system
24804 o Performance improvements (socket management):
24805 - Count the number of open sockets separately from the number of
24806 active connection_t objects. This will let us avoid underusing
24807 our allocated connection limit.
24808 - We no longer use socket pairs to link an edge connection to an
24809 anonymous directory connection or a DirPort test connection.
24810 Instead, we track the link internally and transfer the data
24811 in-process. This saves two sockets per "linked" connection (at the
24812 client and at the server), and avoids the nasty Windows socketpair()
24814 - We were leaking a file descriptor if Tor started with a zero-length
24815 cached-descriptors file. Patch by "freddy77".
24817 o Performance improvements (CPU use):
24818 - Never walk through the list of logs if we know that no log target
24819 is interested in a given message.
24820 - Call routerlist_remove_old_routers() much less often. This should
24821 speed startup, especially on directory caches.
24822 - Base64 decoding was actually showing up on our profile when parsing
24823 the initial descriptor file; switch to an in-process all-at-once
24824 implementation that's about 3.5x times faster than calling out to
24826 - Use a slightly simpler string hashing algorithm (copying Python's
24827 instead of Java's) and optimize our digest hashing algorithm to take
24828 advantage of 64-bit platforms and to remove some possibly-costly
24830 - When implementing AES counter mode, update only the portions of the
24831 counter buffer that need to change, and don't keep separate
24832 network-order and host-order counters on big-endian hosts (where
24833 they are the same).
24834 - Add an in-place version of aes_crypt() so that we can avoid doing a
24835 needless memcpy() call on each cell payload.
24836 - Use Critical Sections rather than Mutexes for synchronizing threads
24837 on win32; Mutexes are heavier-weight, and designed for synchronizing
24840 o Performance improvements (bandwidth use):
24841 - Don't try to launch new descriptor downloads quite so often when we
24842 already have enough directory information to build circuits.
24843 - Version 1 directories are no longer generated in full. Instead,
24844 authorities generate and serve "stub" v1 directories that list
24845 no servers. This will stop Tor versions 0.1.0.x and earlier from
24846 working, but (for security reasons) nobody should be running those
24848 - Avoid going directly to the directory authorities even if you're a
24849 relay, if you haven't found yourself reachable yet or if you've
24850 decided not to advertise your dirport yet. Addresses bug 556.
24851 - If we've gone 12 hours since our last bandwidth check, and we
24852 estimate we have less than 50KB bandwidth capacity but we could
24853 handle more, do another bandwidth test.
24854 - Support "If-Modified-Since" when answering HTTP requests for
24855 directories, running-routers documents, and v2 and v3 networkstatus
24856 documents. (There's no need to support it for router descriptors,
24857 since those are downloaded by descriptor digest.)
24858 - Stop fetching directory info so aggressively if your DirPort is
24859 on but your ORPort is off; stop fetching v2 dir info entirely.
24860 You can override these choices with the new FetchDirInfoEarly
24863 o Changed config option behavior (features):
24864 - Configuration files now accept C-style strings as values. This
24865 helps encode characters not allowed in the current configuration
24866 file format, such as newline or #. Addresses bug 557.
24867 - Add hidden services and DNSPorts to the list of things that make
24868 Tor accept that it has running ports. Change starting Tor with no
24869 ports from a fatal error to a warning; we might change it back if
24870 this turns out to confuse anybody. Fixes bug 579.
24871 - Make PublishServerDescriptor default to 1, so the default doesn't
24872 have to change as we invent new directory protocol versions.
24873 - Allow people to say PreferTunnelledDirConns rather than
24874 PreferTunneledDirConns, for those alternate-spellers out there.
24875 - Raise the default BandwidthRate/BandwidthBurst to 5MB/10MB, to
24876 accommodate the growing number of servers that use the default
24877 and are reaching it.
24878 - Make it possible to enable HashedControlPassword and
24879 CookieAuthentication at the same time.
24880 - When a TrackHostExits-chosen exit fails too many times in a row,
24881 stop using it. Fixes bug 437.
24883 o Changed config option behavior (bugfixes):
24884 - Do not read the configuration file when we've only been told to
24885 generate a password hash. Fixes bug 643. Bugfix on 0.0.9pre5. Fix
24886 based on patch from Sebastian Hahn.
24887 - Actually validate the options passed to AuthDirReject,
24888 AuthDirInvalid, AuthDirBadDir, and AuthDirBadExit.
24889 - Make "ClientOnly 1" config option disable directory ports too.
24890 - Don't stop fetching descriptors when FetchUselessDescriptors is
24891 set, even if we stop asking for circuits. Bug reported by tup
24893 - Servers used to decline to publish their DirPort if their
24894 BandwidthRate or MaxAdvertisedBandwidth were below a threshold. Now
24895 they look only at BandwidthRate and RelayBandwidthRate.
24896 - Treat "2gb" when given in torrc for a bandwidth as meaning 2gb,
24897 minus 1 byte: the actual maximum declared bandwidth.
24898 - Make "TrackHostExits ." actually work. Bugfix on 0.1.0.x.
24899 - Make the NodeFamilies config option work. (Reported by
24900 lodger -- it has never actually worked, even though we added it
24902 - If Tor is invoked from something that isn't a shell (e.g. Vidalia),
24903 now we expand "-f ~/.tor/torrc" correctly. Suggested by Matt Edman.
24905 o New config options:
24906 - New configuration options AuthDirMaxServersPerAddr and
24907 AuthDirMaxServersperAuthAddr to override default maximum number
24908 of servers allowed on a single IP address. This is important for
24909 running a test network on a single host.
24910 - Three new config options (AlternateDirAuthority,
24911 AlternateBridgeAuthority, and AlternateHSAuthority) that let the
24912 user selectively replace the default directory authorities by type,
24913 rather than the all-or-nothing replacement that DirServer offers.
24914 - New config options AuthDirBadDir and AuthDirListBadDirs for
24915 authorities to mark certain relays as "bad directories" in the
24916 networkstatus documents. Also supports the "!baddir" directive in
24917 the approved-routers file.
24918 - New config option V2AuthoritativeDirectory that all v2 directory
24919 authorities must set. This lets v3 authorities choose not to serve
24920 v2 directory information.
24922 o Minor features (other):
24923 - When we're not serving v2 directory information, there is no reason
24924 to actually keep any around. Remove the obsolete files and directory
24925 on startup if they are very old and we aren't going to serve them.
24926 - When we negotiate a v2 link-layer connection (not yet implemented),
24927 accept RELAY_EARLY cells and turn them into RELAY cells if we've
24928 negotiated a v1 connection for their next step. Initial steps for
24930 - When we have no consensus, check FallbackNetworkstatusFile (defaults
24931 to $PREFIX/share/tor/fallback-consensus) for a consensus. This way
24932 we can start out knowing some directory caches. We don't ship with
24933 a fallback consensus by default though, because it was making
24934 bootstrapping take too long while we tried many down relays.
24935 - Authorities send back an X-Descriptor-Not-New header in response to
24936 an accepted-but-discarded descriptor upload. Partially implements
24938 - If we find a cached-routers file that's been sitting around for more
24939 than 28 days unmodified, then most likely it's a leftover from
24940 when we upgraded to 0.2.0.8-alpha. Remove it. It has no good
24942 - When we (as a cache) download a descriptor because it was listed
24943 in a consensus, remember when the consensus was supposed to expire,
24944 and don't expire the descriptor until then.
24945 - Optionally (if built with -DEXPORTMALLINFO) export the output
24946 of mallinfo via http, as tor/mallinfo.txt. Only accessible
24948 - Tag every guard node in our state file with the version that
24949 we believe added it, or with our own version if we add it. This way,
24950 if a user temporarily runs an old version of Tor and then switches
24951 back to a new one, she doesn't automatically lose her guards.
24952 - When somebody requests a list of statuses or servers, and we have
24953 none of those, return a 404 rather than an empty 200.
24954 - Merge in some (as-yet-unused) IPv6 address manipulation code. (Patch
24956 - Add an HSAuthorityRecordStats option that hidden service authorities
24957 can use to track statistics of overall hidden service usage without
24958 logging information that would be as useful to an attacker.
24959 - Allow multiple HiddenServicePort directives with the same virtual
24960 port; when they occur, the user is sent round-robin to one
24961 of the target ports chosen at random. Partially fixes bug 393 by
24962 adding limited ad-hoc round-robining.
24963 - Revamp file-writing logic so we don't need to have the entire
24964 contents of a file in memory at once before we write to disk. Tor,
24967 o Minor bugfixes (other):
24968 - Alter the code that tries to recover from unhandled write
24969 errors, to not try to flush onto a socket that's given us
24971 - Directory mirrors no longer include a guess at the client's IP
24972 address if the connection appears to be coming from the same /24
24973 network; it was producing too many wrong guesses.
24974 - If we're trying to flush the last bytes on a connection (for
24975 example, when answering a directory request), reset the
24976 time-to-give-up timeout every time we manage to write something
24978 - Reject router descriptors with out-of-range bandwidthcapacity or
24979 bandwidthburst values.
24980 - If we can't expand our list of entry guards (e.g. because we're
24981 using bridges or we have StrictEntryNodes set), don't mark relays
24982 down when they fail a directory request. Otherwise we're too quick
24983 to mark all our entry points down.
24984 - Authorities no longer send back "400 you're unreachable please fix
24985 it" errors to Tor servers that aren't online all the time. We're
24986 supposed to tolerate these servers now.
24987 - Let directory authorities startup even when they can't generate
24988 a descriptor immediately, e.g. because they don't know their
24990 - Correctly enforce that elements of directory objects do not appear
24991 more often than they are allowed to appear.
24992 - Stop allowing hibernating servers to be "stable" or "fast".
24993 - On Windows, we were preventing other processes from reading
24994 cached-routers while Tor was running. (Reported by janbar)
24995 - Check return values from pthread_mutex functions.
24996 - When opening /dev/null in finish_daemonize(), do not pass the
24997 O_CREAT flag. Fortify was complaining, and correctly so. Fixes
24998 bug 742; fix from Michael Scherer. Bugfix on 0.0.2pre19.
25000 o Controller features:
25001 - The GETCONF command now escapes and quotes configuration values
25002 that don't otherwise fit into the torrc file.
25003 - The SETCONF command now handles quoted values correctly.
25004 - Add "GETINFO/desc-annotations/id/<OR digest>" so controllers can
25005 ask about source, timestamp of arrival, purpose, etc. We need
25006 something like this to help Vidalia not do GeoIP lookups on bridge
25008 - Allow multiple HashedControlPassword config lines, to support
25009 multiple controller passwords.
25010 - Accept LF instead of CRLF on controller, since some software has a
25011 hard time generating real Internet newlines.
25012 - Add GETINFO values for the server status events
25013 "REACHABILITY_SUCCEEDED" and "GOOD_SERVER_DESCRIPTOR". Patch from
25015 - There is now an ugly, temporary "desc/all-recent-extrainfo-hack"
25016 GETINFO for Torstat to use until it can switch to using extrainfos.
25017 - New config option CookieAuthFile to choose a new location for the
25018 cookie authentication file, and config option
25019 CookieAuthFileGroupReadable to make it group-readable.
25020 - Add a SOURCE_ADDR field to STREAM NEW events so that controllers can
25021 match requests to applications. Patch from Robert Hogan.
25022 - Add a RESOLVE command to launch hostname lookups. Original patch
25024 - Add GETINFO status/enough-dir-info to let controllers tell whether
25025 Tor has downloaded sufficient directory information. Patch from Tup.
25026 - You can now use the ControlSocket option to tell Tor to listen for
25027 controller connections on Unix domain sockets on systems that
25028 support them. Patch from Peter Palfrader.
25029 - New "GETINFO address-mappings/*" command to get address mappings
25030 with expiry information. "addr-mappings/*" is now deprecated.
25032 - Add a new config option __DisablePredictedCircuits designed for
25033 use by the controller, when we don't want Tor to build any circuits
25035 - Let the controller specify HOP=%d as an argument to ATTACHSTREAM,
25036 so we can exit from the middle of the circuit.
25037 - Implement "getinfo status/circuit-established".
25038 - Implement "getinfo status/version/..." so a controller can tell
25039 whether the current version is recommended, and whether any versions
25040 are good, and how many authorities agree. Patch from "shibz".
25041 - Controllers should now specify cache=no or cache=yes when using
25042 the +POSTDESCRIPTOR command.
25043 - Add a "PURPOSE=" argument to "STREAM NEW" events, as suggested by
25044 Robert Hogan. Fixes the first part of bug 681.
25045 - When reporting clock skew, and we know that the clock is _at least
25046 as skewed_ as some value, but we don't know the actual value,
25047 report the value as a "minimum skew."
25049 o Controller bugfixes:
25050 - Generate "STATUS_SERVER" events rather than misspelled
25051 "STATUS_SEVER" events. Caught by mwenge.
25052 - Reject controller commands over 1MB in length, so rogue
25053 processes can't run us out of memory.
25054 - Change the behavior of "getinfo status/good-server-descriptor"
25055 so it doesn't return failure when any authority disappears.
25056 - Send NAMESERVER_STATUS messages for a single failed nameserver
25058 - When the DANGEROUS_VERSION controller status event told us we're
25059 running an obsolete version, it used the string "OLD" to describe
25060 it. Yet the "getinfo" interface used the string "OBSOLETE". Now use
25061 "OBSOLETE" in both cases.
25062 - Respond to INT and TERM SIGNAL commands before we execute the
25063 signal, in case the signal shuts us down. We had a patch in
25064 0.1.2.1-alpha that tried to do this by queueing the response on
25065 the connection's buffer before shutting down, but that really
25066 isn't the same thing at all. Bug located by Matt Edman.
25067 - Provide DNS expiry times in GMT, not in local time. For backward
25068 compatibility, ADDRMAP events only provide GMT expiry in an extended
25069 field. "GETINFO address-mappings" always does the right thing.
25070 - Use CRLF line endings properly in NS events.
25071 - Make 'getinfo fingerprint' return a 551 error if we're not a
25072 server, so we match what the control spec claims we do. Reported
25074 - Fix a typo in an error message when extendcircuit fails that
25075 caused us to not follow the \r\n-based delimiter protocol. Reported
25077 - When tunneling an encrypted directory connection, and its first
25078 circuit fails, do not leave it unattached and ask the controller
25079 to deal. Fixes the second part of bug 681.
25080 - Treat some 403 responses from directory servers as INFO rather than
25081 WARN-severity events.
25083 o Portability / building / compiling:
25084 - When building with --enable-gcc-warnings, check for whether Apple's
25085 warning "-Wshorten-64-to-32" is available.
25086 - Support compilation to target iPhone; patch from cjacker huang.
25087 To build for iPhone, pass the --enable-iphone option to configure.
25088 - Port Tor to build and run correctly on Windows CE systems, using
25089 the wcecompat library. Contributed by Valerio Lupi.
25090 - Detect non-ASCII platforms (if any still exist) and refuse to
25091 build there: some of our code assumes that 'A' is 65 and so on.
25092 - Clear up some MIPSPro compiler warnings.
25093 - Make autoconf search for libevent, openssl, and zlib consistently.
25094 - Update deprecated macros in configure.in.
25095 - When warning about missing headers, tell the user to let us
25096 know if the compile succeeds anyway, so we can downgrade the
25098 - Include the current subversion revision as part of the version
25099 string: either fetch it directly if we're in an SVN checkout, do
25100 some magic to guess it if we're in an SVK checkout, or use
25101 the last-detected version if we're building from a .tar.gz.
25102 Use this version consistently in log messages.
25103 - Correctly report platform name on Windows 95 OSR2 and Windows 98 SE.
25104 - Read resolv.conf files correctly on platforms where read() returns
25105 partial results on small file reads.
25106 - Build without verbose warnings even on gcc 4.2 and 4.3.
25107 - On Windows, correctly detect errors when listing the contents of
25108 a directory. Fix from lodger.
25109 - Run 'make test' as part of 'make dist', so we stop releasing so
25110 many development snapshots that fail their unit tests.
25111 - Add support to detect Libevent versions in the 1.4.x series
25113 - Add command-line arguments to unit-test executable so that we can
25114 invoke any chosen test from the command line rather than having
25115 to run the whole test suite at once; and so that we can turn on
25116 logging for the unit tests.
25117 - Do not automatically run configure from autogen.sh. This
25118 non-standard behavior tended to annoy people who have built other
25120 - Fix a macro/CPP interaction that was confusing some compilers:
25121 some GCCs don't like #if/#endif pairs inside macro arguments.
25123 - Fix macro collision between OpenSSL 0.9.8h and Windows headers.
25124 Fixes bug 704; fix from Steven Murdoch.
25125 - Correctly detect transparent proxy support on Linux hosts that
25126 require in.h to be included before netfilter_ipv4.h. Patch
25129 o Logging improvements:
25130 - When we haven't had any application requests lately, don't bother
25131 logging that we have expired a bunch of descriptors.
25132 - When attempting to open a logfile fails, tell us why.
25133 - Only log guard node status when guard node status has changed.
25134 - Downgrade the 3 most common "INFO" messages to "DEBUG". This will
25135 make "INFO" 75% less verbose.
25136 - When SafeLogging is disabled, log addresses along with all TLS
25138 - Report TLS "zero return" case as a "clean close" and "IO error"
25139 as a "close". Stop calling closes "unexpected closes": existing
25140 Tors don't use SSL_close(), so having a connection close without
25141 the TLS shutdown handshake is hardly unexpected.
25142 - When we receive a consensus from the future, warn about skew.
25143 - Make "not enough dir info yet" warnings describe *why* Tor feels
25144 it doesn't have enough directory info yet.
25145 - On the USR1 signal, when dmalloc is in use, log the top 10 memory
25146 consumers. (We already do this on HUP.)
25147 - Give more descriptive well-formedness errors for out-of-range
25148 hidden service descriptor/protocol versions.
25149 - Stop recommending that every server operator send mail to tor-ops.
25150 Resolves bug 597. Bugfix on 0.1.2.x.
25151 - Improve skew reporting: try to give the user a better log message
25152 about how skewed they are, and how much this matters.
25153 - New --quiet command-line option to suppress the default console log.
25154 Good in combination with --hash-password.
25155 - Don't complain that "your server has not managed to confirm that its
25156 ports are reachable" if we haven't been able to build any circuits
25158 - Detect the reason for failing to mmap a descriptor file we just
25159 wrote, and give a more useful log message. Fixes bug 533.
25160 - Always prepend "Bug: " to any log message about a bug.
25161 - When dumping memory usage, list bytes used in buffer memory
25163 - When running with dmalloc, dump more stats on hup and on exit.
25164 - Put a platform string (e.g. "Linux i686") in the startup log
25165 message, so when people paste just their logs, we know if it's
25166 OpenBSD or Windows or what.
25167 - When logging memory usage, break down memory used in buffers by
25169 - When we are reporting the DirServer line we just parsed, we were
25170 logging the second stanza of the key fingerprint, not the first.
25171 - Even though Windows is equally happy with / and \ as path separators,
25172 try to use \ consistently on Windows and / consistently on Unix: it
25173 makes the log messages nicer.
25174 - On OSX, stop warning the user that kqueue support in libevent is
25175 "experimental", since it seems to have worked fine for ages.
25177 o Contributed scripts and tools:
25178 - Update linux-tor-prio.sh script to allow QoS based on the uid of
25179 the Tor process. Patch from Marco Bonetti with tweaks from Mike
25181 - Include the "tor-ctrl.sh" bash script by Stefan Behte to provide
25182 Unix users an easy way to script their Tor process (e.g. by
25183 adjusting bandwidth based on the time of the day).
25184 - In the exitlist script, only consider the most recently published
25185 server descriptor for each server. Also, when the user requests
25186 a list of servers that _reject_ connections to a given address,
25187 explicitly exclude the IPs that also have servers that accept
25188 connections to that address. Resolves bug 405.
25189 - Include a new contrib/tor-exit-notice.html file that exit relay
25190 operators can put on their website to help reduce abuse queries.
25192 o Newly deprecated features:
25193 - The status/version/num-versioning and status/version/num-concurring
25194 GETINFO controller options are no longer useful in the v3 directory
25195 protocol: treat them as deprecated, and warn when they're used.
25196 - The RedirectExits config option is now deprecated.
25198 o Removed features:
25199 - Drop the old code to choke directory connections when the
25200 corresponding OR connections got full: thanks to the cell queue
25201 feature, OR conns don't get full any more.
25202 - Remove the old "dns worker" server DNS code: it hasn't been default
25203 since 0.1.2.2-alpha, and all the servers are using the new
25205 - Remove the code to generate the oldest (v1) directory format.
25206 - Remove support for the old bw_accounting file: we've been storing
25207 bandwidth accounting information in the state file since
25208 0.1.2.5-alpha. This may result in bandwidth accounting errors
25209 if you try to upgrade from 0.1.1.x or earlier, or if you try to
25210 downgrade to 0.1.1.x or earlier.
25211 - Drop support for OpenSSL version 0.9.6. Just about nobody was using
25212 it, it had no AES, and it hasn't seen any security patches since
25214 - Stop overloading the circuit_t.onionskin field for both "onionskin
25215 from a CREATE cell that we are waiting for a cpuworker to be
25216 assigned" and "onionskin from an EXTEND cell that we are going to
25217 send to an OR as soon as we are connected". Might help with bug 600.
25218 - Remove the tor_strpartition() function: its logic was confused,
25219 and it was only used for one thing that could be implemented far
25221 - Remove the contrib scripts ExerciseServer.py, PathDemo.py,
25222 and TorControl.py, as they use the old v0 controller protocol,
25223 and are obsoleted by TorFlow anyway.
25224 - Drop support for v1 rendezvous descriptors, since we never used
25225 them anyway, and the code has probably rotted by now. Based on
25226 patch from Karsten Loesing.
25227 - Stop allowing address masks that do not correspond to bit prefixes.
25228 We have warned about these for a really long time; now it's time
25229 to reject them. (Patch from croup.)
25230 - Remove an optimization in the AES counter-mode code that assumed
25231 that the counter never exceeded 2^68. When the counter can be set
25232 arbitrarily as an IV (as it is by Karsten's new hidden services
25233 code), this assumption no longer holds.
25234 - Disable the SETROUTERPURPOSE controller command: it is now
25238 Changes in version 0.1.2.19 - 2008-01-17
25239 Tor 0.1.2.19 fixes a huge memory leak on exit relays, makes the default
25240 exit policy a little bit more conservative so it's safer to run an
25241 exit relay on a home system, and fixes a variety of smaller issues.
25244 - Exit policies now reject connections that are addressed to a
25245 relay's public (external) IP address too, unless
25246 ExitPolicyRejectPrivate is turned off. We do this because too
25247 many relays are running nearby to services that trust them based
25248 on network address.
25251 - When the clock jumps forward a lot, do not allow the bandwidth
25252 buckets to become negative. Fixes bug 544.
25253 - Fix a memory leak on exit relays; we were leaking a cached_resolve_t
25254 on every successful resolve. Reported by Mike Perry.
25255 - Purge old entries from the "rephist" database and the hidden
25256 service descriptor database even when DirPort is zero.
25257 - Stop thinking that 0.1.2.x directory servers can handle "begin_dir"
25258 requests. Should ease bugs 406 and 419 where 0.1.2.x relays are
25259 crashing or mis-answering these requests.
25260 - When we decide to send a 503 response to a request for servers, do
25261 not then also send the server descriptors: this defeats the whole
25262 purpose. Fixes bug 539.
25265 - Changing the ExitPolicyRejectPrivate setting should cause us to
25266 rebuild our server descriptor.
25267 - Fix handling of hex nicknames when answering controller requests for
25268 networkstatus by name, or when deciding whether to warn about
25269 unknown routers in a config option. (Patch from mwenge.)
25270 - Fix a couple of hard-to-trigger autoconf problems that could result
25271 in really weird results on platforms whose sys/types.h files define
25272 nonstandard integer types.
25273 - Don't try to create the datadir when running --verify-config or
25274 --hash-password. Resolves bug 540.
25275 - If we were having problems getting a particular descriptor from the
25276 directory caches, and then we learned about a new descriptor for
25277 that router, we weren't resetting our failure count. Reported
25279 - Although we fixed bug 539 (where servers would send HTTP status 503
25280 responses _and_ send a body too), there are still servers out there
25281 that haven't upgraded. Therefore, make clients parse such bodies
25282 when they receive them.
25283 - Run correctly on systems where rlim_t is larger than unsigned long.
25284 This includes some 64-bit systems.
25285 - Run correctly on platforms (like some versions of OS X 10.5) where
25286 the real limit for number of open files is OPEN_FILES, not rlim_max
25287 from getrlimit(RLIMIT_NOFILES).
25288 - Avoid a spurious free on base64 failure.
25289 - Avoid segfaults on certain complex invocations of
25290 router_get_by_hexdigest().
25291 - Fix rare bug on REDIRECTSTREAM control command when called with no
25292 port set: it could erroneously report an error when none had
25296 Changes in version 0.1.2.18 - 2007-10-28
25297 Tor 0.1.2.18 fixes many problems including crash bugs, problems with
25298 hidden service introduction that were causing huge delays, and a big
25299 bug that was causing some servers to disappear from the network status
25300 lists for a few hours each day.
25302 o Major bugfixes (crashes):
25303 - If a connection is shut down abruptly because of something that
25304 happened inside connection_flushed_some(), do not call
25305 connection_finished_flushing(). Should fix bug 451:
25306 "connection_stop_writing: Assertion conn->write_event failed"
25307 Bugfix on 0.1.2.7-alpha.
25308 - Fix possible segfaults in functions called from
25309 rend_process_relay_cell().
25311 o Major bugfixes (hidden services):
25312 - Hidden services were choosing introduction points uniquely by
25313 hexdigest, but when constructing the hidden service descriptor
25314 they merely wrote the (potentially ambiguous) nickname.
25315 - Clients now use the v2 intro format for hidden service
25316 connections: they specify their chosen rendezvous point by identity
25317 digest rather than by (potentially ambiguous) nickname. These
25318 changes could speed up hidden service connections dramatically.
25320 o Major bugfixes (other):
25321 - Stop publishing a new server descriptor just because we get a
25322 HUP signal. This led (in a roundabout way) to some servers getting
25323 dropped from the networkstatus lists for a few hours each day.
25324 - When looking for a circuit to cannibalize, consider family as well
25325 as identity. Fixes bug 438. Bugfix on 0.1.0.x (which introduced
25326 circuit cannibalization).
25327 - When a router wasn't listed in a new networkstatus, we were leaving
25328 the flags for that router alone -- meaning it remained Named,
25329 Running, etc -- even though absence from the networkstatus means
25330 that it shouldn't be considered to exist at all anymore. Now we
25331 clear all the flags for routers that fall out of the networkstatus
25332 consensus. Fixes bug 529.
25335 - Don't try to access (or alter) the state file when running
25336 --list-fingerprint or --verify-config or --hash-password. Resolves
25338 - When generating information telling us how to extend to a given
25339 router, do not try to include the nickname if it is
25340 absent. Resolves bug 467.
25341 - Fix a user-triggerable segfault in expand_filename(). (There isn't
25342 a way to trigger this remotely.)
25343 - When sending a status event to the controller telling it that an
25344 OR address is reachable, set the port correctly. (Previously we
25345 were reporting the dir port.)
25346 - Fix a minor memory leak whenever a controller sends the PROTOCOLINFO
25347 command. Bugfix on 0.1.2.17.
25348 - When loading bandwidth history, do not believe any information in
25349 the future. Fixes bug 434.
25350 - When loading entry guard information, do not believe any information
25352 - When we have our clock set far in the future and generate an
25353 onion key, then re-set our clock to be correct, we should not stop
25354 the onion key from getting rotated.
25355 - On some platforms, accept() can return a broken address. Detect
25356 this more quietly, and deal accordingly. Fixes bug 483.
25357 - It's not actually an error to find a non-pending entry in the DNS
25358 cache when canceling a pending resolve. Don't log unless stuff
25359 is fishy. Resolves bug 463.
25360 - Don't reset trusted dir server list when we set a configuration
25361 option. Patch from Robert Hogan.
25364 Changes in version 0.1.2.17 - 2007-08-30
25365 Tor 0.1.2.17 features a new Vidalia version in the Windows and OS
25366 X bundles. Vidalia 0.0.14 makes authentication required for the
25367 ControlPort in the default configuration, which addresses important
25368 security risks. Everybody who uses Vidalia (or another controller)
25371 In addition, this Tor update fixes major load balancing problems with
25372 path selection, which should speed things up a lot once many people
25375 o Major bugfixes (security):
25376 - We removed support for the old (v0) control protocol. It has been
25377 deprecated since Tor 0.1.1.1-alpha, and keeping it secure has
25378 become more of a headache than it's worth.
25380 o Major bugfixes (load balancing):
25381 - When choosing nodes for non-guard positions, weight guards
25382 proportionally less, since they already have enough load. Patch
25384 - Raise the "max believable bandwidth" from 1.5MB/s to 10MB/s. This
25385 will allow fast Tor servers to get more attention.
25386 - When we're upgrading from an old Tor version, forget our current
25387 guards and pick new ones according to the new weightings. These
25388 three load balancing patches could raise effective network capacity
25389 by a factor of four. Thanks to Mike Perry for measurements.
25391 o Major bugfixes (stream expiration):
25392 - Expire not-yet-successful application streams in all cases if
25393 they've been around longer than SocksTimeout. Right now there are
25394 some cases where the stream will live forever, demanding a new
25395 circuit every 15 seconds. Fixes bug 454; reported by lodger.
25397 o Minor features (controller):
25398 - Add a PROTOCOLINFO controller command. Like AUTHENTICATE, it
25399 is valid before any authentication has been received. It tells
25400 a controller what kind of authentication is expected, and what
25401 protocol is spoken. Implements proposal 119.
25403 o Minor bugfixes (performance):
25404 - Save on most routerlist_assert_ok() calls in routerlist.c, thus
25405 greatly speeding up loading cached-routers from disk on startup.
25406 - Disable sentinel-based debugging for buffer code: we squashed all
25407 the bugs that this was supposed to detect a long time ago, and now
25408 its only effect is to change our buffer sizes from nice powers of
25409 two (which platform mallocs tend to like) to values slightly over
25410 powers of two (which make some platform mallocs sad).
25412 o Minor bugfixes (misc):
25413 - If exit bandwidth ever exceeds one third of total bandwidth, then
25414 use the correct formula to weight exit nodes when choosing paths.
25415 Based on patch from Mike Perry.
25416 - Choose perfectly fairly among routers when choosing by bandwidth and
25417 weighting by fraction of bandwidth provided by exits. Previously, we
25418 would choose with only approximate fairness, and correct ourselves
25419 if we ran off the end of the list.
25420 - If we require CookieAuthentication but we fail to write the
25421 cookie file, we would warn but not exit, and end up in a state
25422 where no controller could authenticate. Now we exit.
25423 - If we require CookieAuthentication, stop generating a new cookie
25424 every time we change any piece of our config.
25425 - Refuse to start with certain directory authority keys, and
25426 encourage people using them to stop.
25427 - Terminate multi-line control events properly. Original patch
25429 - Fix a minor memory leak when we fail to find enough suitable
25430 servers to choose a circuit.
25431 - Stop leaking part of the descriptor when we run into a particularly
25432 unparseable piece of it.
25435 Changes in version 0.1.2.16 - 2007-08-01
25436 Tor 0.1.2.16 fixes a critical security vulnerability that allows a
25437 remote attacker in certain situations to rewrite the user's torrc
25438 configuration file. This can completely compromise anonymity of users
25439 in most configurations, including those running the Vidalia bundles,
25440 TorK, etc. Or worse.
25442 o Major security fixes:
25443 - Close immediately after missing authentication on control port;
25444 do not allow multiple authentication attempts.
25447 Changes in version 0.1.2.15 - 2007-07-17
25448 Tor 0.1.2.15 fixes several crash bugs, fixes some anonymity-related
25449 problems, fixes compilation on BSD, and fixes a variety of other
25450 bugs. Everybody should upgrade.
25452 o Major bugfixes (compilation):
25453 - Fix compile on FreeBSD/NetBSD/OpenBSD. Oops.
25455 o Major bugfixes (crashes):
25456 - Try even harder not to dereference the first character after
25457 an mmap(). Reported by lodger.
25458 - Fix a crash bug in directory authorities when we re-number the
25459 routerlist while inserting a new router.
25460 - When the cached-routers file is an even multiple of the page size,
25461 don't run off the end and crash. (Fixes bug 455; based on idea
25463 - Fix eventdns.c behavior on Solaris: It is critical to include
25464 orconfig.h _before_ sys/types.h, so that we can get the expected
25465 definition of _FILE_OFFSET_BITS.
25467 o Major bugfixes (security):
25468 - Fix a possible buffer overrun when using BSD natd support. Bug
25470 - When sending destroy cells from a circuit's origin, don't include
25471 the reason for tearing down the circuit. The spec says we didn't,
25472 and now we actually don't. Reported by lodger.
25473 - Keep streamids from different exits on a circuit separate. This
25474 bug may have allowed other routers on a given circuit to inject
25475 cells into streams. Reported by lodger; fixes bug 446.
25476 - If there's a never-before-connected-to guard node in our list,
25477 never choose any guards past it. This way we don't expand our
25478 guard list unless we need to.
25480 o Minor bugfixes (guard nodes):
25481 - Weight guard selection by bandwidth, so that low-bandwidth nodes
25482 don't get overused as guards.
25484 o Minor bugfixes (directory):
25485 - Correctly count the number of authorities that recommend each
25486 version. Previously, we were under-counting by 1.
25487 - Fix a potential crash bug when we load many server descriptors at
25488 once and some of them make others of them obsolete. Fixes bug 458.
25490 o Minor bugfixes (hidden services):
25491 - Stop tearing down the whole circuit when the user asks for a
25492 connection to a port that the hidden service didn't configure.
25495 o Minor bugfixes (misc):
25496 - On Windows, we were preventing other processes from reading
25497 cached-routers while Tor was running. Reported by janbar.
25498 - Fix a possible (but very unlikely) bug in picking routers by
25499 bandwidth. Add a log message to confirm that it is in fact
25500 unlikely. Patch from lodger.
25501 - Backport a couple of memory leak fixes.
25502 - Backport miscellaneous cosmetic bugfixes.
25505 Changes in version 0.1.2.14 - 2007-05-25
25506 Tor 0.1.2.14 changes the addresses of two directory authorities (this
25507 change especially affects those who serve or use hidden services),
25508 and fixes several other crash- and security-related bugs.
25510 o Directory authority changes:
25511 - Two directory authorities (moria1 and moria2) just moved to new
25512 IP addresses. This change will particularly affect those who serve
25513 or use hidden services.
25515 o Major bugfixes (crashes):
25516 - If a directory server runs out of space in the connection table
25517 as it's processing a begin_dir request, it will free the exit stream
25518 but leave it attached to the circuit, leading to unpredictable
25519 behavior. (Reported by seeess, fixes bug 425.)
25520 - Fix a bug in dirserv_remove_invalid() that would cause authorities
25521 to corrupt memory under some really unlikely scenarios.
25522 - Tighten router parsing rules. (Bugs reported by Benedikt Boss.)
25523 - Avoid segfaults when reading from mmaped descriptor file. (Reported
25526 o Major bugfixes (security):
25527 - When choosing an entry guard for a circuit, avoid using guards
25528 that are in the same family as the chosen exit -- not just guards
25529 that are exactly the chosen exit. (Reported by lodger.)
25531 o Major bugfixes (resource management):
25532 - If a directory authority is down, skip it when deciding where to get
25533 networkstatus objects or descriptors. Otherwise we keep asking
25534 every 10 seconds forever. Fixes bug 384.
25535 - Count it as a failure if we fetch a valid network-status but we
25536 don't want to keep it. Otherwise we'll keep fetching it and keep
25537 not wanting to keep it. Fixes part of bug 422.
25538 - If all of our dirservers have given us bad or no networkstatuses
25539 lately, then stop hammering them once per minute even when we
25540 think they're failed. Fixes another part of bug 422.
25543 - Actually set the purpose correctly for descriptors inserted with
25544 purpose=controller.
25545 - When we have k non-v2 authorities in our DirServer config,
25546 we ignored the last k authorities in the list when updating our
25548 - Correctly back-off from requesting router descriptors that we are
25549 having a hard time downloading.
25550 - Read resolv.conf files correctly on platforms where read() returns
25551 partial results on small file reads.
25552 - Don't rebuild the entire router store every time we get 32K of
25553 routers: rebuild it when the journal gets very large, or when
25554 the gaps in the store get very large.
25557 - When routers publish SVN revisions in their router descriptors,
25558 authorities now include those versions correctly in networkstatus
25560 - Warn when using a version of libevent before 1.3b to run a server on
25561 OSX or BSD: these versions interact badly with userspace threads.
25564 Changes in version 0.1.2.13 - 2007-04-24
25565 This release features some major anonymity fixes, such as safer path
25566 selection; better client performance; faster bootstrapping, better
25567 address detection, and better DNS support for servers; write limiting as
25568 well as read limiting to make servers easier to run; and a huge pile of
25569 other features and bug fixes. The bundles also ship with Vidalia 0.0.11.
25571 Tor 0.1.2.13 is released in memory of Rob Levin (1955-2006), aka lilo
25572 of the Freenode IRC network, remembering his patience and vision for
25573 free speech on the Internet.
25575 o Major features, client performance:
25576 - Weight directory requests by advertised bandwidth. Now we can
25577 let servers enable write limiting but still allow most clients to
25578 succeed at their directory requests. (We still ignore weights when
25579 choosing a directory authority; I hope this is a feature.)
25580 - Stop overloading exit nodes -- avoid choosing them for entry or
25581 middle hops when the total bandwidth available from non-exit nodes
25582 is much higher than the total bandwidth available from exit nodes.
25583 - Rather than waiting a fixed amount of time between retrying
25584 application connections, we wait only 10 seconds for the first,
25585 10 seconds for the second, and 15 seconds for each retry after
25586 that. Hopefully this will improve the expected user experience.
25587 - Sometimes we didn't bother sending a RELAY_END cell when an attempt
25588 to open a stream fails; now we do in more cases. This should
25589 make clients able to find a good exit faster in some cases, since
25590 unhandleable requests will now get an error rather than timing out.
25592 o Major features, client functionality:
25593 - Implement BEGIN_DIR cells, so we can connect to a directory
25594 server via TLS to do encrypted directory requests rather than
25595 plaintext. Enable via the TunnelDirConns and PreferTunneledDirConns
25596 config options if you like. For now, this feature only works if
25597 you already have a descriptor for the destination dirserver.
25598 - Add support for transparent application connections: this basically
25599 bundles the functionality of trans-proxy-tor into the Tor
25600 mainline. Now hosts with compliant pf/netfilter implementations
25601 can redirect TCP connections straight to Tor without diverting
25602 through SOCKS. (Based on patch from tup.)
25603 - Add support for using natd; this allows FreeBSDs earlier than
25604 5.1.2 to have ipfw send connections through Tor without using
25605 SOCKS. (Patch from Zajcev Evgeny with tweaks from tup.)
25607 o Major features, servers:
25608 - Setting up a dyndns name for your server is now optional: servers
25609 with no hostname or IP address will learn their IP address by
25610 asking the directory authorities. This code only kicks in when you
25611 would normally have exited with a "no address" error. Nothing's
25612 authenticated, so use with care.
25613 - Directory servers now spool server descriptors, v1 directories,
25614 and v2 networkstatus objects to buffers as needed rather than en
25615 masse. They also mmap the cached-routers files. These steps save
25617 - Stop requiring clients to have well-formed certificates, and stop
25618 checking nicknames in certificates. (Clients have certificates so
25619 that they can look like Tor servers, but in the future we might want
25620 to allow them to look like regular TLS clients instead. Nicknames
25621 in certificates serve no purpose other than making our protocol
25622 easier to recognize on the wire.) Implements proposal 106.
25624 o Improvements on DNS support:
25625 - Add "eventdns" asynchronous dns library originally based on code
25626 from Adam Langley. Now we can discard the old rickety dnsworker
25627 concept, and support a wider variety of DNS functions. Allows
25628 multithreaded builds on NetBSD and OpenBSD again.
25629 - Add server-side support for "reverse" DNS lookups (using PTR
25630 records so clients can determine the canonical hostname for a given
25631 IPv4 address). Only supported by servers using eventdns; servers
25632 now announce in their descriptors if they don't support eventdns.
25633 - Workaround for name servers (like Earthlink's) that hijack failing
25634 DNS requests and replace the no-such-server answer with a "helpful"
25635 redirect to an advertising-driven search portal. Also work around
25636 DNS hijackers who "helpfully" decline to hijack known-invalid
25637 RFC2606 addresses. Config option "ServerDNSDetectHijacking 0"
25638 lets you turn it off.
25639 - Servers now check for the case when common DNS requests are going to
25640 wildcarded addresses (i.e. all getting the same answer), and change
25641 their exit policy to reject *:* if it's happening.
25642 - When asked to resolve a hostname, don't use non-exit servers unless
25643 requested to do so. This allows servers with broken DNS to be
25644 useful to the network.
25645 - Start passing "ipv4" hints to getaddrinfo(), so servers don't do
25646 useless IPv6 DNS resolves.
25647 - Specify and implement client-side SOCKS5 interface for reverse DNS
25648 lookups (see doc/socks-extensions.txt). Also cache them.
25649 - When we change nameservers or IP addresses, reset and re-launch
25650 our tests for DNS hijacking.
25652 o Improvements on reachability testing:
25653 - Servers send out a burst of long-range padding cells once they've
25654 established that they're reachable. Spread them over 4 circuits,
25655 so hopefully a few will be fast. This exercises bandwidth and
25656 bootstraps them into the directory more quickly.
25657 - When we find our DirPort to be reachable, publish a new descriptor
25658 so we'll tell the world (reported by pnx).
25659 - Directory authorities now only decide that routers are reachable
25660 if their identity keys are as expected.
25661 - Do DirPort reachability tests less often, since a single test
25662 chews through many circuits before giving up.
25663 - Avoid some false positives during reachability testing: don't try
25664 to test via a server that's on the same /24 network as us.
25665 - Start publishing one minute or so after we find our ORPort
25666 to be reachable. This will help reduce the number of descriptors
25667 we have for ourselves floating around, since it's quite likely
25668 other things (e.g. DirPort) will change during that minute too.
25669 - Routers no longer try to rebuild long-term connections to directory
25670 authorities, and directory authorities no longer try to rebuild
25671 long-term connections to all servers. We still don't hang up
25672 connections in these two cases though -- we need to look at it
25673 more carefully to avoid flapping, and we likely need to wait til
25674 0.1.1.x is obsolete.
25676 o Improvements on rate limiting:
25677 - Enable write limiting as well as read limiting. Now we sacrifice
25678 capacity if we're pushing out lots of directory traffic, rather
25679 than overrunning the user's intended bandwidth limits.
25680 - Include TLS overhead when counting bandwidth usage; previously, we
25681 would count only the bytes sent over TLS, but not the bytes used
25683 - Servers decline directory requests much more aggressively when
25684 they're low on bandwidth. Otherwise they end up queueing more and
25685 more directory responses, which can't be good for latency.
25686 - But never refuse directory requests from local addresses.
25687 - Be willing to read or write on local connections (e.g. controller
25688 connections) even when the global rate limiting buckets are empty.
25689 - Flush local controller connection buffers periodically as we're
25690 writing to them, so we avoid queueing 4+ megabytes of data before
25692 - Revise and clean up the torrc.sample that we ship with; add
25693 a section for BandwidthRate and BandwidthBurst.
25695 o Major features, NT services:
25696 - Install as NT_AUTHORITY\LocalService rather than as SYSTEM; add a
25697 command-line flag so that admins can override the default by saying
25698 "tor --service install --user "SomeUser"". This will not affect
25699 existing installed services. Also, warn the user that the service
25700 will look for its configuration file in the service user's
25701 %appdata% directory. (We can't do the "hardwire the user's appdata
25702 directory" trick any more, since we may not have read access to that
25704 - Support running the Tor service with a torrc not in the same
25705 directory as tor.exe and default to using the torrc located in
25706 the %appdata%\Tor\ of the user who installed the service. Patch
25708 - Add an --ignore-missing-torrc command-line option so that we can
25709 get the "use sensible defaults if the configuration file doesn't
25710 exist" behavior even when specifying a torrc location on the
25712 - When stopping an NT service, wait up to 10 sec for it to actually
25713 stop. (Patch from Matt Edman; resolves bug 295.)
25715 o Directory authority improvements:
25716 - Stop letting hibernating or obsolete servers affect uptime and
25718 - Stop listing hibernating servers in the v1 directory.
25719 - Authorities no longer recommend exits as guards if this would shift
25720 too much load to the exit nodes.
25721 - Authorities now specify server versions in networkstatus. This adds
25722 about 2% to the size of compressed networkstatus docs, and allows
25723 clients to tell which servers support BEGIN_DIR and which don't.
25724 The implementation is forward-compatible with a proposed future
25725 protocol version scheme not tied to Tor versions.
25726 - DirServer configuration lines now have an orport= option so
25727 clients can open encrypted tunnels to the authorities without
25728 having downloaded their descriptors yet. Enabled for moria1,
25729 moria2, tor26, and lefkada now in the default configuration.
25730 - Add a BadDirectory flag to network status docs so that authorities
25731 can (eventually) tell clients about caches they believe to be
25732 broken. Not used yet.
25733 - Allow authorities to list nodes as bad exits in their
25734 approved-routers file by fingerprint or by address. If most
25735 authorities set a BadExit flag for a server, clients don't think
25736 of it as a general-purpose exit. Clients only consider authorities
25737 that advertise themselves as listing bad exits.
25738 - Patch from Steve Hildrey: Generate network status correctly on
25739 non-versioning dirservers.
25740 - Have directory authorities allow larger amounts of drift in uptime
25741 without replacing the server descriptor: previously, a server that
25742 restarted every 30 minutes could have 48 "interesting" descriptors
25744 - Reserve the nickname "Unnamed" for routers that can't pick
25745 a hostname: any router can call itself Unnamed; directory
25746 authorities will never allocate Unnamed to any particular router;
25747 clients won't believe that any router is the canonical Unnamed.
25749 o Directory mirrors and clients:
25750 - Discard any v1 directory info that's over 1 month old (for
25751 directories) or over 1 week old (for running-routers lists).
25752 - Clients track responses with status 503 from dirservers. After a
25753 dirserver has given us a 503, we try not to use it until an hour has
25754 gone by, or until we have no dirservers that haven't given us a 503.
25755 - When we get a 503 from a directory, and we're not a server, we no
25756 longer count the failure against the total number of failures
25757 allowed for the object we're trying to download.
25758 - Prepare for servers to publish descriptors less often: never
25759 discard a descriptor simply for being too old until either it is
25760 recommended by no authorities, or until we get a better one for
25761 the same router. Make caches consider retaining old recommended
25762 routers for even longer.
25763 - Directory servers now provide 'Pragma: no-cache' and 'Expires'
25764 headers for content, so that we can work better in the presence of
25765 caching HTTP proxies.
25766 - Stop fetching descriptors if you're not a dir mirror and you
25767 haven't tried to establish any circuits lately. (This currently
25768 causes some dangerous behavior, because when you start up again
25769 you'll use your ancient server descriptors.)
25771 o Major fixes, crashes:
25772 - Stop crashing when the controller asks us to resetconf more than
25773 one config option at once. (Vidalia 0.0.11 does this.)
25774 - Fix a longstanding obscure crash bug that could occur when we run
25775 out of DNS worker processes, if we're not using eventdns. (Resolves
25777 - Fix an assert that could trigger if a controller quickly set then
25778 cleared EntryNodes. (Bug found by Udo van den Heuvel.)
25779 - Avoid crash when telling controller about stream-status and a
25780 stream is detached.
25781 - Avoid sending junk to controllers or segfaulting when a controller
25782 uses EVENT_NEW_DESC with verbose nicknames.
25783 - Stop triggering asserts if the controller tries to extend hidden
25784 service circuits (reported by mwenge).
25785 - If we start a server with ClientOnly 1, then set ClientOnly to 0
25786 and hup, stop triggering an assert based on an empty onion_key.
25787 - Mask out all signals in sub-threads; only the libevent signal
25788 handler should be processing them. This should prevent some crashes
25789 on some machines using pthreads. (Patch from coderman.)
25790 - Disable kqueue on OS X 10.3 and earlier, to fix bug 371.
25792 o Major fixes, anonymity/security:
25793 - Automatically avoid picking more than one node from the same
25794 /16 network when constructing a circuit. Add an
25795 "EnforceDistinctSubnets" option to let people disable it if they
25796 want to operate private test networks on a single subnet.
25797 - When generating bandwidth history, round down to the nearest
25798 1k. When storing accounting data, round up to the nearest 1k.
25799 - When we're running as a server, remember when we last rotated onion
25800 keys, so that we will rotate keys once they're a week old even if
25801 we never stay up for a week ourselves.
25802 - If a client asked for a server by name, and there's a named server
25803 in our network-status but we don't have its descriptor yet, we
25804 could return an unnamed server instead.
25805 - Reject (most) attempts to use Tor circuits with length one. (If
25806 many people start using Tor as a one-hop proxy, exit nodes become
25807 a more attractive target for compromise.)
25808 - Just because your DirPort is open doesn't mean people should be
25809 able to remotely teach you about hidden service descriptors. Now
25810 only accept rendezvous posts if you've got HSAuthoritativeDir set.
25811 - Fix a potential race condition in the rpm installer. Found by
25813 - Do not log IPs with TLS failures for incoming TLS
25814 connections. (Fixes bug 382.)
25816 o Major fixes, other:
25817 - If our system clock jumps back in time, don't publish a negative
25818 uptime in the descriptor.
25819 - When we start during an accounting interval before it's time to wake
25820 up, remember to wake up at the correct time. (May fix bug 342.)
25821 - Previously, we would cache up to 16 old networkstatus documents
25822 indefinitely, if they came from nontrusted authorities. Now we
25823 discard them if they are more than 10 days old.
25824 - When we have a state file we cannot parse, tell the user and
25825 move it aside. Now we avoid situations where the user starts
25826 Tor in 1904, Tor writes a state file with that timestamp in it,
25827 the user fixes her clock, and Tor refuses to start.
25828 - Publish a new descriptor after we hup/reload. This is important
25829 if our config has changed such that we'll want to start advertising
25830 our DirPort now, etc.
25831 - If we are using an exit enclave and we can't connect, e.g. because
25832 its webserver is misconfigured to not listen on localhost, then
25833 back off and try connecting from somewhere else before we fail.
25835 o New config options or behaviors:
25836 - When EntryNodes are configured, rebuild the guard list to contain,
25837 in order: the EntryNodes that were guards before; the rest of the
25838 EntryNodes; the nodes that were guards before.
25839 - Do not warn when individual nodes in the configuration's EntryNodes,
25840 ExitNodes, etc are down: warn only when all possible nodes
25841 are down. (Fixes bug 348.)
25842 - Put a lower-bound on MaxAdvertisedBandwidth.
25843 - Start using the state file to store bandwidth accounting data:
25844 the bw_accounting file is now obsolete. We'll keep generating it
25845 for a while for people who are still using 0.1.2.4-alpha.
25846 - Try to batch changes to the state file so that we do as few
25847 disk writes as possible while still storing important things in
25849 - The state file and the bw_accounting file get saved less often when
25850 the AvoidDiskWrites config option is set.
25851 - Make PIDFile work on Windows.
25852 - Add internal descriptions for a bunch of configuration options:
25853 accessible via controller interface and in comments in saved
25855 - Reject *:563 (NNTPS) in the default exit policy. We already reject
25856 NNTP by default, so this seems like a sensible addition.
25857 - Clients now reject hostnames with invalid characters. This should
25858 avoid some inadvertent info leaks. Add an option
25859 AllowNonRFC953Hostnames to disable this behavior, in case somebody
25860 is running a private network with hosts called @, !, and #.
25861 - Check for addresses with invalid characters at the exit as well,
25862 and warn less verbosely when they fail. You can override this by
25863 setting ServerDNSAllowNonRFC953Addresses to 1.
25864 - Remove some options that have been deprecated since at least
25865 0.1.0.x: AccountingMaxKB, LogFile, DebugLogFile, LogLevel, and
25866 SysLog. Use AccountingMax instead of AccountingMaxKB, and use Log
25867 to set log options. Mark PathlenCoinWeight as obsolete.
25868 - Stop accepting certain malformed ports in configured exit policies.
25869 - When the user uses bad syntax in the Log config line, stop
25870 suggesting other bad syntax as a replacement.
25871 - Add new config option "ResolvConf" to let the server operator
25872 choose an alternate resolve.conf file when using eventdns.
25873 - If one of our entry guards is on the ExcludeNodes list, or the
25874 directory authorities don't think it's a good guard, treat it as
25875 if it were unlisted: stop using it as a guard, and throw it off
25876 the guards list if it stays that way for a long time.
25877 - Allow directory authorities to be marked separately as authorities
25878 for the v1 directory protocol, the v2 directory protocol, and
25879 as hidden service directories, to make it easier to retire old
25880 authorities. V1 authorities should set "HSAuthoritativeDir 1"
25881 to continue being hidden service authorities too.
25882 - Remove 8888 as a LongLivedPort, and add 6697 (IRCS).
25883 - Make TrackExitHosts case-insensitive, and fix the behavior of
25884 ".suffix" TrackExitHosts items to avoid matching in the middle of
25886 - New DirPort behavior: if you have your dirport set, you download
25887 descriptors aggressively like a directory mirror, whether or not
25888 your ORPort is set.
25891 - Create a new file ReleaseNotes which was the old ChangeLog. The
25892 new ChangeLog file now includes the notes for all development
25894 - Add a new address-spec.txt document to describe our special-case
25895 addresses: .exit, .onion, and .noconnnect.
25896 - Fork the v1 directory protocol into its own spec document,
25897 and mark dir-spec.txt as the currently correct (v2) spec.
25899 o Packaging, porting, and contrib
25900 - "tor --verify-config" now exits with -1(255) or 0 depending on
25901 whether the config options are bad or good.
25902 - The Debian package now uses --verify-config when (re)starting,
25903 to distinguish configuration errors from other errors.
25904 - Adapt a patch from goodell to let the contrib/exitlist script
25905 take arguments rather than require direct editing.
25906 - Prevent the contrib/exitlist script from printing the same
25907 result more than once.
25908 - Add support to tor-resolve tool for reverse lookups and SOCKS5.
25909 - In the hidden service example in torrc.sample, stop recommending
25910 esoteric and discouraged hidden service options.
25911 - Patch from Michael Mohr to contrib/cross.sh, so it checks more
25912 values before failing, and always enables eventdns.
25913 - Try to detect Windows correctly when cross-compiling.
25914 - Libevent-1.2 exports, but does not define in its headers, strlcpy.
25915 Try to fix this in configure.in by checking for most functions
25916 before we check for libevent.
25917 - Update RPMs to require libevent 1.2.
25918 - Experimentally re-enable kqueue on OSX when using libevent 1.1b
25919 or later. Log when we are doing this, so we can diagnose it when
25920 it fails. (Also, recommend libevent 1.1b for kqueue and
25921 win32 methods; deprecate libevent 1.0b harder; make libevent
25922 recommendation system saner.)
25923 - Build with recent (1.3+) libevents on platforms that do not
25924 define the nonstandard types "u_int8_t" and friends.
25925 - Remove architecture from OS X builds. The official builds are
25926 now universal binaries.
25927 - Run correctly on OS X platforms with case-sensitive filesystems.
25928 - Correctly set maximum connection limit on Cygwin. (This time
25930 - Start compiling on MinGW on Windows (patches from Mike Chiussi
25932 - Start compiling on MSVC6 on Windows (patches from Frediano Ziglio).
25933 - Finally fix the openssl warnings from newer gccs that believe that
25934 ignoring a return value is okay, but casting a return value and
25935 then ignoring it is a sign of madness.
25936 - On architectures where sizeof(int)>4, still clamp declarable
25937 bandwidth to INT32_MAX.
25939 o Minor features, controller:
25940 - Warn the user when an application uses the obsolete binary v0
25941 control protocol. We're planning to remove support for it during
25942 the next development series, so it's good to give people some
25944 - Add STREAM_BW events to report per-entry-stream bandwidth
25945 use. (Patch from Robert Hogan.)
25946 - Rate-limit SIGNEWNYM signals in response to controllers that
25947 impolitely generate them for every single stream. (Patch from
25948 mwenge; closes bug 394.)
25949 - Add a REMAP status to stream events to note that a stream's
25950 address has changed because of a cached address or a MapAddress
25952 - Make REMAP stream events have a SOURCE (cache or exit), and
25953 make them generated in every case where we get a successful
25954 connected or resolved cell.
25955 - Track reasons for OR connection failure; make these reasons
25956 available via the controller interface. (Patch from Mike Perry.)
25957 - Add a SOCKS_BAD_HOSTNAME client status event so controllers
25958 can learn when clients are sending malformed hostnames to Tor.
25959 - Specify and implement some of the controller status events.
25960 - Have GETINFO dir/status/* work on hosts with DirPort disabled.
25961 - Reimplement GETINFO so that info/names stays in sync with the
25963 - Implement "GETINFO fingerprint".
25964 - Implement "SETEVENTS GUARD" so controllers can get updates on
25965 entry guard status as it changes.
25966 - Make all connections to addresses of the form ".noconnect"
25967 immediately get closed. This lets application/controller combos
25968 successfully test whether they're talking to the same Tor by
25969 watching for STREAM events.
25970 - Add a REASON field to CIRC events; for backward compatibility, this
25971 field is sent only to controllers that have enabled the extended
25972 event format. Also, add additional reason codes to explain why
25973 a given circuit has been destroyed or truncated. (Patches from
25975 - Add a REMOTE_REASON field to extended CIRC events to tell the
25976 controller why a remote OR told us to close a circuit.
25977 - Stream events also now have REASON and REMOTE_REASON fields,
25978 working much like those for circuit events.
25979 - There's now a GETINFO ns/... field so that controllers can ask Tor
25980 about the current status of a router.
25981 - A new event type "NS" to inform a controller when our opinion of
25982 a router's status has changed.
25983 - Add a GETINFO events/names and GETINFO features/names so controllers
25984 can tell which events and features are supported.
25985 - A new CLEARDNSCACHE signal to allow controllers to clear the
25986 client-side DNS cache without expiring circuits.
25987 - Fix CIRC controller events so that controllers can learn the
25988 identity digests of non-Named servers used in circuit paths.
25989 - Let controllers ask for more useful identifiers for servers. Instead
25990 of learning identity digests for un-Named servers and nicknames
25991 for Named servers, the new identifiers include digest, nickname,
25992 and indication of Named status. Off by default; see control-spec.txt
25993 for more information.
25994 - Add a "getinfo address" controller command so it can display Tor's
25995 best guess to the user.
25996 - New controller event to alert the controller when our server
25997 descriptor has changed.
25998 - Give more meaningful errors on controller authentication failure.
25999 - Export the default exit policy via the control port, so controllers
26000 don't need to guess what it is / will be later.
26002 o Minor bugfixes, controller:
26003 - When creating a circuit via the controller, send a 'launched'
26004 event when we're done, so we follow the spec better.
26005 - Correct the control spec to match how the code actually responds
26006 to 'getinfo addr-mappings/*'. Reported by daejees.
26007 - The control spec described a GUARDS event, but the code
26008 implemented a GUARD event. Standardize on GUARD, but let people
26009 ask for GUARDS too. Reported by daejees.
26010 - Give the controller END_STREAM_REASON_DESTROY events _before_ we
26011 clear the corresponding on_circuit variable, and remember later
26012 that we don't need to send a redundant CLOSED event. (Resolves part
26014 - Report events where a resolve succeeded or where we got a socks
26015 protocol error correctly, rather than calling both of them
26017 - Change reported stream target addresses to IP consistently when
26018 we finally get the IP from an exit node.
26019 - Send log messages to the controller even if they happen to be very
26021 - Flush ERR-level controller status events just like we currently
26022 flush ERR-level log events, so that a Tor shutdown doesn't prevent
26023 the controller from learning about current events.
26024 - Report the circuit number correctly in STREAM CLOSED events. Bug
26025 reported by Mike Perry.
26026 - Do not report bizarre values for results of accounting GETINFOs
26027 when the last second's write or read exceeds the allotted bandwidth.
26028 - Report "unrecognized key" rather than an empty string when the
26029 controller tries to fetch a networkstatus that doesn't exist.
26030 - When the controller does a "GETINFO network-status", tell it
26031 about even those routers whose descriptors are very old, and use
26032 long nicknames where appropriate.
26033 - Fix handling of verbose nicknames with ORCONN controller events:
26034 make them show up exactly when requested, rather than exactly when
26036 - Controller signals now work on non-Unix platforms that don't define
26037 SIGUSR1 and SIGUSR2 the way we expect.
26038 - Respond to SIGNAL command before we execute the signal, in case
26039 the signal shuts us down. Suggested by Karsten Loesing.
26040 - Handle reporting OR_CONN_EVENT_NEW events to the controller.
26042 o Minor features, code performance:
26043 - Major performance improvement on inserting descriptors: change
26044 algorithm from O(n^2) to O(n).
26045 - Do not rotate onion key immediately after setting it for the first
26047 - Call router_have_min_dir_info half as often. (This is showing up in
26048 some profiles, but not others.)
26049 - When using GCC, make log_debug never get called at all, and its
26050 arguments never get evaluated, when no debug logs are configured.
26051 (This is showing up in some profiles, but not others.)
26052 - Statistics dumped by -USR2 now include a breakdown of public key
26053 operations, for profiling.
26054 - Make the common memory allocation path faster on machines where
26055 malloc(0) returns a pointer.
26056 - Split circuit_t into origin_circuit_t and or_circuit_t, and
26057 split connection_t into edge, or, dir, control, and base structs.
26058 These will save quite a bit of memory on busy servers, and they'll
26059 also help us track down bugs in the code and bugs in the spec.
26060 - Use OpenSSL's AES implementation on platforms where it's faster.
26061 This could save us as much as 10% CPU usage.
26063 o Minor features, descriptors and descriptor handling:
26064 - Avoid duplicate entries on MyFamily line in server descriptor.
26065 - When Tor receives a router descriptor that it asked for, but
26066 no longer wants (because it has received fresh networkstatuses
26067 in the meantime), do not warn the user. Cache the descriptor if
26068 we're a cache; drop it if we aren't.
26069 - Servers no longer ever list themselves in their "family" line,
26070 even if configured to do so. This makes it easier to configure
26071 family lists conveniently.
26073 o Minor fixes, confusing/misleading log messages:
26074 - Display correct results when reporting which versions are
26075 recommended, and how recommended they are. (Resolves bug 383.)
26076 - Inform the server operator when we decide not to advertise a
26077 DirPort due to AccountingMax enabled or a low BandwidthRate.
26078 - Only include function names in log messages for info/debug messages.
26079 For notice/warn/err, the content of the message should be clear on
26080 its own, and printing the function name only confuses users.
26081 - Remove even more protocol-related warnings from Tor server logs,
26082 such as bad TLS handshakes and malformed begin cells.
26083 - Fix bug 314: Tor clients issued "unsafe socks" warnings even
26084 when the IP address is mapped through MapAddress to a hostname.
26085 - Fix misleading log messages: an entry guard that is "unlisted",
26086 as well as not known to be "down" (because we've never heard
26087 of it), is not therefore "up".
26089 o Minor fixes, old/obsolete behavior:
26090 - Start assuming we can use a create_fast cell if we don't know
26091 what version a router is running.
26092 - We no longer look for identity and onion keys in "identity.key" and
26093 "onion.key" -- these were replaced by secret_id_key and
26094 secret_onion_key in 0.0.8pre1.
26095 - We no longer require unrecognized directory entries to be
26097 - Drop compatibility with obsolete Tors that permit create cells
26098 to have the wrong circ_id_type.
26099 - Remove code to special-case "-cvs" ending, since it has not
26100 actually mattered since 0.0.9.
26101 - Don't re-write the fingerprint file every restart, unless it has
26104 o Minor fixes, misc client-side behavior:
26105 - Always remove expired routers and networkstatus docs before checking
26106 whether we have enough information to build circuits. (Fixes
26108 - When computing clock skew from directory HTTP headers, consider what
26109 time it was when we finished asking for the directory, not what
26111 - Make our socks5 handling more robust to broken socks clients:
26112 throw out everything waiting on the buffer in between socks
26113 handshake phases, since they can't possibly (so the theory
26114 goes) have predicted what we plan to respond to them.
26115 - Expire socks connections if they spend too long waiting for the
26116 handshake to finish. Previously we would let them sit around for
26117 days, if the connecting application didn't close them either.
26118 - And if the socks handshake hasn't started, don't send a
26119 "DNS resolve socks failed" handshake reply; just close it.
26120 - If the user asks to use invalid exit nodes, be willing to use
26122 - Track unreachable entry guards correctly: don't conflate
26123 'unreachable by us right now' with 'listed as down by the directory
26124 authorities'. With the old code, if a guard was unreachable by us
26125 but listed as running, it would clog our guard list forever.
26126 - Behave correctly in case we ever have a network with more than
26127 2GB/s total advertised capacity.
26128 - Claim a commonname of Tor, rather than TOR, in TLS handshakes.
26129 - Fix a memory leak when we ask for "all" networkstatuses and we
26130 get one we don't recognize.
26133 Changes in version 0.1.1.26 - 2006-12-14
26134 o Security bugfixes:
26135 - Stop sending the HttpProxyAuthenticator string to directory
26136 servers when directory connections are tunnelled through Tor.
26137 - Clients no longer store bandwidth history in the state file.
26138 - Do not log introduction points for hidden services if SafeLogging
26142 - Fix an assert failure when a directory authority sets
26143 AuthDirRejectUnlisted and then receives a descriptor from an
26144 unlisted router (reported by seeess).
26147 Changes in version 0.1.1.25 - 2006-11-04
26149 - When a client asks us to resolve (rather than connect to)
26150 an address, and we have a cached answer, give them the cached
26151 answer. Previously, we would give them no answer at all.
26152 - We were building exactly the wrong circuits when we predict
26153 hidden service requirements, meaning Tor would have to build all
26154 its circuits on demand.
26155 - If none of our live entry guards have a high uptime, but we
26156 require a guard with a high uptime, try adding a new guard before
26157 we give up on the requirement. This patch should make long-lived
26158 connections more stable on average.
26159 - When testing reachability of our DirPort, don't launch new
26160 tests when there's already one in progress -- unreachable
26161 servers were stacking up dozens of testing streams.
26163 o Security bugfixes:
26164 - When the user sends a NEWNYM signal, clear the client-side DNS
26165 cache too. Otherwise we continue to act on previous information.
26168 - Avoid a memory corruption bug when creating a hash table for
26170 - Avoid possibility of controller-triggered crash when misusing
26171 certain commands from a v0 controller on platforms that do not
26172 handle printf("%s",NULL) gracefully.
26173 - Avoid infinite loop on unexpected controller input.
26174 - Don't log spurious warnings when we see a circuit close reason we
26175 don't recognize; it's probably just from a newer version of Tor.
26176 - Add Vidalia to the OS X uninstaller script, so when we uninstall
26177 Tor/Privoxy we also uninstall Vidalia.
26180 Changes in version 0.1.1.24 - 2006-09-29
26182 - Allow really slow clients to not hang up five minutes into their
26183 directory downloads (suggested by Adam J. Richter).
26184 - Fix major performance regression from 0.1.0.x: instead of checking
26185 whether we have enough directory information every time we want to
26186 do something, only check when the directory information has changed.
26187 This should improve client CPU usage by 25-50%.
26188 - Don't crash if, after a server has been running for a while,
26189 it can't resolve its hostname.
26190 - When a client asks us to resolve (not connect to) an address,
26191 and we have a cached answer, give them the cached answer.
26192 Previously, we would give them no answer at all.
26195 - Allow Tor to start when RunAsDaemon is set but no logs are set.
26196 - Don't crash when the controller receives a third argument to an
26197 "extendcircuit" request.
26198 - Controller protocol fixes: fix encoding in "getinfo addr-mappings"
26199 response; fix error code when "getinfo dir/status/" fails.
26200 - Fix configure.in to not produce broken configure files with
26201 more recent versions of autoconf. Thanks to Clint for his auto*
26203 - Fix security bug on NetBSD that could allow someone to force
26204 uninitialized RAM to be sent to a server's DNS resolver. This
26205 only affects NetBSD and other platforms that do not bounds-check
26207 - Warn user when using libevent 1.1a or earlier with win32 or kqueue
26208 methods: these are known to be buggy.
26209 - If we're a directory mirror and we ask for "all" network status
26210 documents, we would discard status documents from authorities
26211 we don't recognize.
26214 Changes in version 0.1.1.23 - 2006-07-30
26216 - Fast Tor servers, especially exit nodes, were triggering asserts
26217 due to a bug in handling the list of pending DNS resolves. Some
26218 bugs still remain here; we're hunting them.
26219 - Entry guards could crash clients by sending unexpected input.
26220 - More fixes on reachability testing: if you find yourself reachable,
26221 then don't ever make any client requests (so you stop predicting
26222 circuits), then hup or have your clock jump, then later your IP
26223 changes, you won't think circuits are working, so you won't try to
26224 test reachability, so you won't publish.
26227 - Avoid a crash if the controller does a resetconf firewallports
26228 and then a setconf fascistfirewall=1.
26229 - Avoid an integer underflow when the dir authority decides whether
26230 a router is stable: we might wrongly label it stable, and compute
26231 a slightly wrong median stability, when a descriptor is published
26233 - Fix a place where we might trigger an assert if we can't build our
26234 own server descriptor yet.
26237 Changes in version 0.1.1.22 - 2006-07-05
26239 - Fix a big bug that was causing servers to not find themselves
26240 reachable if they changed IP addresses. Since only 0.1.1.22+
26241 servers can do reachability testing correctly, now we automatically
26242 make sure to test via one of these.
26243 - Fix to allow clients and mirrors to learn directory info from
26244 descriptor downloads that get cut off partway through.
26245 - Directory authorities had a bug in deciding if a newly published
26246 descriptor was novel enough to make everybody want a copy -- a few
26247 servers seem to be publishing new descriptors many times a minute.
26249 - Fix a rare bug that was causing some servers to complain about
26250 "closing wedged cpuworkers" and skip some circuit create requests.
26251 - Make the Exit flag in directory status documents actually work.
26254 Changes in version 0.1.1.21 - 2006-06-10
26255 o Crash and assert fixes from 0.1.1.20:
26256 - Fix a rare crash on Tor servers that have enabled hibernation.
26257 - Fix a seg fault on startup for Tor networks that use only one
26258 directory authority.
26259 - Fix an assert from a race condition that occurs on Tor servers
26260 while exiting, where various threads are trying to log that they're
26261 exiting, and delete the logs, at the same time.
26262 - Make our unit tests pass again on certain obscure platforms.
26265 - Add support for building SUSE RPM packages.
26266 - Speed up initial bootstrapping for clients: if we are making our
26267 first ever connection to any entry guard, then don't mark it down
26269 - When only one Tor server in the network is labelled as a guard,
26270 and we've already picked him, we would cycle endlessly picking him
26271 again, being unhappy about it, etc. Now we specifically exclude
26272 current guards when picking a new guard.
26273 - Servers send create cells more reliably after the TLS connection
26274 is established: we were sometimes forgetting to send half of them
26275 when we had more than one pending.
26276 - If we get a create cell that asks us to extend somewhere, but the
26277 Tor server there doesn't match the expected digest, we now send
26278 a destroy cell back, rather than silently doing nothing.
26279 - Make options->RedirectExit work again.
26280 - Make cookie authentication for the controller work again.
26281 - Stop being picky about unusual characters in the arguments to
26282 mapaddress. It's none of our business.
26283 - Add a new config option "TestVia" that lets you specify preferred
26284 middle hops to use for test circuits. Perhaps this will let me
26285 debug the reachability problems better.
26287 o Log / documentation fixes:
26288 - If we're a server and some peer has a broken TLS certificate, don't
26289 log about it unless ProtocolWarnings is set, i.e., we want to hear
26290 about protocol violations by others.
26291 - Fix spelling of VirtualAddrNetwork in man page.
26292 - Add a better explanation at the top of the autogenerated torrc file
26293 about what happened to our old torrc.
26296 Changes in version 0.1.1.20 - 2006-05-23
26297 o Crash and assert fixes from 0.1.0.17:
26298 - Fix assert bug in close_logs() on exit: when we close and delete
26299 logs, remove them all from the global "logfiles" list.
26300 - Fix an assert error when we're out of space in the connection_list
26301 and we try to post a hidden service descriptor (reported by Peter
26303 - Fix a rare assert error when we've tried all intro points for
26304 a hidden service and we try fetching the service descriptor again:
26305 "Assertion conn->state != AP_CONN_STATE_RENDDESC_WAIT failed".
26306 - Setconf SocksListenAddress kills Tor if it fails to bind. Now back
26307 out and refuse the setconf if it would fail.
26308 - If you specify a relative torrc path and you set RunAsDaemon in
26309 your torrc, then it chdir()'s to the new directory. If you then
26310 HUP, it tries to load the new torrc location, fails, and exits.
26311 The fix: no longer allow a relative path to torrc when using -f.
26312 - Check for integer overflows in more places, when adding elements
26313 to smartlists. This could possibly prevent a buffer overflow
26314 on malicious huge inputs.
26316 o Security fixes, major:
26317 - When we're printing strings from the network, don't try to print
26318 non-printable characters. Now we're safer against shell escape
26319 sequence exploits, and also against attacks to fool users into
26320 misreading their logs.
26321 - Implement entry guards: automatically choose a handful of entry
26322 nodes and stick with them for all circuits. Only pick new guards
26323 when the ones you have are unsuitable, and if the old guards
26324 become suitable again, switch back. This will increase security
26325 dramatically against certain end-point attacks. The EntryNodes
26326 config option now provides some hints about which entry guards you
26327 want to use most; and StrictEntryNodes means to only use those.
26328 Fixes CVE-2006-0414.
26329 - Implement exit enclaves: if we know an IP address for the
26330 destination, and there's a running Tor server at that address
26331 which allows exit to the destination, then extend the circuit to
26332 that exit first. This provides end-to-end encryption and end-to-end
26333 authentication. Also, if the user wants a .exit address or enclave,
26334 use 4 hops rather than 3, and cannibalize a general circ for it
26336 - Obey our firewall options more faithfully:
26337 . If we can't get to a dirserver directly, try going via Tor.
26338 . Don't ever try to connect (as a client) to a place our
26339 firewall options forbid.
26340 . If we specify a proxy and also firewall options, obey the
26341 firewall options even when we're using the proxy: some proxies
26342 can only proxy to certain destinations.
26343 - Make clients regenerate their keys when their IP address changes.
26344 - For the OS X package's modified privoxy config file, comment
26345 out the "logfile" line so we don't log everything passed
26347 - Our TLS handshakes were generating a single public/private
26348 keypair for the TLS context, rather than making a new one for
26349 each new connection. Oops. (But we were still rotating them
26350 periodically, so it's not so bad.)
26351 - When we were cannibalizing a circuit with a particular exit
26352 node in mind, we weren't checking to see if that exit node was
26353 already present earlier in the circuit. Now we are.
26354 - Require server descriptors to list IPv4 addresses -- hostnames
26355 are no longer allowed. This also fixes potential vulnerabilities
26356 to servers providing hostnames as their address and then
26357 preferentially resolving them so they can partition users.
26358 - Our logic to decide if the OR we connected to was the right guy
26359 was brittle and maybe open to a mitm for invalid routers.
26361 o Security fixes, minor:
26362 - Adjust tor-spec.txt to parameterize cell and key lengths. Now
26363 Ian Goldberg can prove things about our handshake protocol more
26365 - Make directory authorities generate a separate "guard" flag to
26366 mean "would make a good entry guard". Clients now honor the
26367 is_guard flag rather than looking at is_fast or is_stable.
26368 - Try to list MyFamily elements by key, not by nickname, and warn
26369 if we've not heard of a server.
26370 - Start using RAND_bytes rather than RAND_pseudo_bytes from
26371 OpenSSL. Also, reseed our entropy every hour, not just at
26372 startup. And add entropy in 512-bit chunks, not 160-bit chunks.
26373 - Refuse server descriptors where the fingerprint line doesn't match
26374 the included identity key. Tor doesn't care, but other apps (and
26375 humans) might actually be trusting the fingerprint line.
26376 - We used to kill the circuit when we receive a relay command we
26377 don't recognize. Now we just drop that cell.
26378 - Fix a bug found by Lasse Overlier: when we were making internal
26379 circuits (intended to be cannibalized later for rendezvous and
26380 introduction circuits), we were picking them so that they had
26381 useful exit nodes. There was no need for this, and it actually
26382 aids some statistical attacks.
26383 - Start treating internal circuits and exit circuits separately.
26384 It's important to keep them separate because internal circuits
26385 have their last hops picked like middle hops, rather than like
26386 exit hops. So exiting on them will break the user's expectations.
26387 - Fix a possible way to DoS dirservers.
26388 - When the client asked for a rendezvous port that the hidden
26389 service didn't want to provide, we were sending an IP address
26390 back along with the end cell. Fortunately, it was zero. But stop
26393 o Packaging improvements:
26394 - Implement --with-libevent-dir option to ./configure. Improve
26395 search techniques to find libevent, and use those for openssl too.
26396 - Fix a couple of bugs in OpenSSL detection. Deal better when
26397 there are multiple SSLs installed with different versions.
26398 - Avoid warnings about machine/limits.h on Debian GNU/kFreeBSD.
26399 - On non-gcc compilers (e.g. Solaris's cc), use "-g -O" instead of
26401 - Make unit tests (and other invocations that aren't the real Tor)
26402 run without launching listeners, creating subdirectories, and so on.
26403 - The OS X installer was adding a symlink for tor_resolve but
26404 the binary was called tor-resolve (reported by Thomas Hardly).
26405 - Now we can target arch and OS in rpm builds (contributed by
26406 Phobos). Also make the resulting dist-rpm filename match the
26408 - Apply Matt Ghali's --with-syslog-facility patch to ./configure
26409 if you log to syslog and want something other than LOG_DAEMON.
26410 - Fix the torify (tsocks) config file to not use Tor for localhost
26412 - Start shipping socks-extensions.txt, tor-doc-unix.html,
26413 tor-doc-server.html, and stylesheet.css in the tarball.
26414 - Stop shipping tor-doc.html, INSTALL, and README in the tarball.
26415 They are useless now.
26416 - Add Peter Palfrader's contributed check-tor script. It lets you
26417 easily check whether a given server (referenced by nickname)
26418 is reachable by you.
26419 - Add BSD-style contributed startup script "rc.subr" from Peter
26422 o Directory improvements -- new directory protocol:
26423 - See tor/doc/dir-spec.txt for all the juicy details. Key points:
26424 - Authorities and caches publish individual descriptors (by
26425 digest, by fingerprint, by "all", and by "tell me yours").
26426 - Clients don't download or use the old directory anymore. Now they
26427 download network-statuses from the directory authorities, and
26428 fetch individual server descriptors as needed from mirrors.
26429 - Clients don't download descriptors of non-running servers.
26430 - Download descriptors by digest, not by fingerprint. Caches try to
26431 download all listed digests from authorities; clients try to
26432 download "best" digests from caches. This avoids partitioning
26433 and isolating attacks better.
26434 - Only upload a new server descriptor when options change, 18
26435 hours have passed, uptime is reset, or bandwidth changes a lot.
26436 - Directory authorities silently throw away new descriptors that
26437 haven't changed much if the timestamps are similar. We do this to
26438 tolerate older Tor servers that upload a new descriptor every 15
26439 minutes. (It seemed like a good idea at the time.)
26440 - Clients choose directory servers from the network status lists,
26441 not from their internal list of router descriptors. Now they can
26442 go to caches directly rather than needing to go to authorities
26443 to bootstrap the first set of descriptors.
26444 - When picking a random directory, prefer non-authorities if any
26446 - Add a new flag to network-status indicating whether the server
26447 can answer v2 directory requests too.
26448 - Directory mirrors now cache up to 16 unrecognized network-status
26449 docs, so new directory authorities will be cached too.
26450 - Stop parsing, storing, or using running-routers output (but
26451 mirrors still cache and serve it).
26452 - Clients consider a threshold of "versioning" directory authorities
26453 before deciding whether to warn the user that he's obsolete.
26454 - Authorities publish separate sorted lists of recommended versions
26455 for clients and for servers.
26456 - Change DirServers config line to note which dirs are v1 authorities.
26457 - Put nicknames on the DirServer line, so we can refer to them
26458 without requiring all our users to memorize their IP addresses.
26459 - Remove option when getting directory cache to see whether they
26460 support running-routers; they all do now. Replace it with one
26461 to see whether caches support v2 stuff.
26462 - Stop listing down or invalid nodes in the v1 directory. This
26463 reduces its bulk by about 1/3, and reduces load on mirrors.
26464 - Mirrors no longer cache the v1 directory as often.
26465 - If we as a directory mirror don't know of any v1 directory
26466 authorities, then don't try to cache any v1 directories.
26468 o Other directory improvements:
26469 - Add lefkada.eecs.harvard.edu and tor.dizum.com as fourth and
26470 fifth authoritative directory servers.
26471 - Directory authorities no longer require an open connection from
26472 a server to consider him "reachable". We need this change because
26473 when we add new directory authorities, old servers won't know not
26474 to hang up on them.
26475 - Dir authorities now do their own external reachability testing
26476 of each server, and only list as running the ones they found to
26477 be reachable. We also send back warnings to the server's logs if
26478 it uploads a descriptor that we already believe is unreachable.
26479 - Spread the directory authorities' reachability testing over the
26480 entire testing interval, so we don't try to do 500 TLS's at once
26482 - Make the "stable" router flag in network-status be the median of
26483 the uptimes of running valid servers, and make clients pay
26484 attention to the network-status flags. Thus the cutoff adapts
26485 to the stability of the network as a whole, making IRC, IM, etc
26486 connections more reliable.
26487 - Make the v2 dir's "Fast" flag based on relative capacity, just
26488 like "Stable" is based on median uptime. Name everything in the
26489 top 7/8 Fast, and only the top 1/2 gets to be a Guard.
26490 - Retry directory requests if we fail to get an answer we like
26491 from a given dirserver (we were retrying before, but only if
26492 we fail to connect).
26493 - Return a robots.txt on our dirport to discourage google indexing.
26495 o Controller protocol improvements:
26496 - Revised controller protocol (version 1) that uses ascii rather
26497 than binary: tor/doc/control-spec.txt. Add supporting libraries
26498 in python and java and c# so you can use the controller from your
26499 applications without caring how our protocol works.
26500 - Allow the DEBUG controller event to work again. Mark certain log
26501 entries as "don't tell this to controllers", so we avoid cycles.
26502 - New controller function "getinfo accounting", to ask how
26503 many bytes we've used in this time period.
26504 - Add a "resetconf" command so you can set config options like
26505 AllowUnverifiedNodes and LongLivedPorts to "". Also, if you give
26506 a config option in the torrc with no value, then it clears it
26507 entirely (rather than setting it to its default).
26508 - Add a "getinfo config-file" to tell us where torrc is. Also
26509 expose guard nodes, config options/names.
26510 - Add a "quit" command (when when using the controller manually).
26511 - Add a new signal "newnym" to "change pseudonyms" -- that is, to
26512 stop using any currently-dirty circuits for new streams, so we
26513 don't link new actions to old actions. This also occurs on HUP
26514 or "signal reload".
26515 - If we would close a stream early (e.g. it asks for a .exit that
26516 we know would refuse it) but the LeaveStreamsUnattached config
26517 option is set by the controller, then don't close it.
26518 - Add a new controller event type "authdir_newdescs" that allows
26519 controllers to get all server descriptors that were uploaded to
26520 a router in its role as directory authority.
26521 - New controller option "getinfo desc/all-recent" to fetch the
26522 latest server descriptor for every router that Tor knows about.
26523 - Fix the controller's "attachstream 0" command to treat conn like
26524 it just connected, doing address remapping, handling .exit and
26525 .onion idioms, and so on. Now we're more uniform in making sure
26526 that the controller hears about new and closing connections.
26527 - Permit transitioning from ORPort==0 to ORPort!=0, and back, from
26528 the controller. Also, rotate dns and cpu workers if the controller
26529 changes options that will affect them; and initialize the dns
26530 worker cache tree whether or not we start out as a server.
26531 - Add a new circuit purpose 'controller' to let the controller ask
26532 for a circuit that Tor won't try to use. Extend the "extendcircuit"
26533 controller command to let you specify the purpose if you're starting
26534 a new circuit. Add a new "setcircuitpurpose" controller command to
26535 let you change a circuit's purpose after it's been created.
26536 - Let the controller ask for "getinfo dir/server/foo" so it can ask
26537 directly rather than connecting to the dir port. "getinfo
26538 dir/status/foo" also works, but currently only if your DirPort
26540 - Let the controller tell us about certain router descriptors
26541 that it doesn't want Tor to use in circuits. Implement
26542 "setrouterpurpose" and modify "+postdescriptor" to do this.
26543 - If the controller's *setconf commands fail, collect an error
26544 message in a string and hand it back to the controller -- don't
26545 just tell them to go read their logs.
26547 o Scalability, resource management, and performance:
26548 - Fix a major load balance bug: we were round-robin reading in 16 KB
26549 chunks, and servers with bandwidthrate of 20 KB, while downloading
26550 a 600 KB directory, would starve their other connections. Now we
26551 try to be a bit more fair.
26552 - Be more conservative about whether to advertise our DirPort.
26553 The main change is to not advertise if we're running at capacity
26554 and either a) we could hibernate ever or b) our capacity is low
26555 and we're using a default DirPort.
26556 - We weren't cannibalizing circuits correctly for
26557 CIRCUIT_PURPOSE_C_ESTABLISH_REND and
26558 CIRCUIT_PURPOSE_S_ESTABLISH_INTRO, so we were being forced to
26559 build those from scratch. This should make hidden services faster.
26560 - Predict required circuits better, with an eye toward making hidden
26561 services faster on the service end.
26562 - Compress exit policies even more: look for duplicate lines and
26564 - Generate 18.0.0.0/8 address policy format in descs when we can;
26565 warn when the mask is not reducible to a bit-prefix.
26566 - There used to be two ways to specify your listening ports in a
26567 server descriptor: on the "router" line and with a separate "ports"
26568 line. Remove support for the "ports" line.
26569 - Reduce memory requirements in our structs by changing the order
26570 of fields. Replace balanced trees with hash tables. Inline
26571 bottleneck smartlist functions. Add a "Map from digest to void*"
26572 abstraction so we can do less hex encoding/decoding, and use it
26573 in router_get_by_digest(). Many other CPU and memory improvements.
26574 - Allow tor_gzip_uncompress to extract as much as possible from
26575 truncated compressed data. Try to extract as many
26576 descriptors as possible from truncated http responses (when
26577 purpose is DIR_PURPOSE_FETCH_ROUTERDESC).
26578 - Make circ->onionskin a pointer, not a static array. moria2 was using
26579 125000 circuit_t's after it had been up for a few weeks, which
26580 translates to 20+ megs of wasted space.
26581 - The private half of our EDH handshake keys are now chosen out
26582 of 320 bits, not 1024 bits. (Suggested by Ian Goldberg.)
26583 - Stop doing the complex voodoo overkill checking for insecure
26584 Diffie-Hellman keys. Just check if it's in [2,p-2] and be happy.
26585 - Do round-robin writes for TLS of at most 16 kB per write. This
26586 might be more fair on loaded Tor servers.
26587 - Do not use unaligned memory access on alpha, mips, or mipsel.
26588 It *works*, but is very slow, so we treat them as if it doesn't.
26590 o Other bugfixes and improvements:
26591 - Start storing useful information to $DATADIR/state, so we can
26592 remember things across invocations of Tor. Retain unrecognized
26593 lines so we can be forward-compatible, and write a TorVersion line
26594 so we can be backward-compatible.
26595 - If ORPort is set, Address is not explicitly set, and our hostname
26596 resolves to a private IP address, try to use an interface address
26597 if it has a public address. Now Windows machines that think of
26598 themselves as localhost can guess their address.
26599 - Regenerate our local descriptor if it's dirty and we try to use
26600 it locally (e.g. if it changes during reachability detection).
26601 This was causing some Tor servers to keep publishing the same
26602 initial descriptor forever.
26603 - Tor servers with dynamic IP addresses were needing to wait 18
26604 hours before they could start doing reachability testing using
26605 the new IP address and ports. This is because they were using
26606 the internal descriptor to learn what to test, yet they were only
26607 rebuilding the descriptor once they decided they were reachable.
26608 - It turns out we couldn't bootstrap a network since we added
26609 reachability detection in 0.1.0.1-rc. Good thing the Tor network
26610 has never gone down. Add an AssumeReachable config option to let
26611 servers and authorities bootstrap. When we're trying to build a
26612 high-uptime or high-bandwidth circuit but there aren't enough
26613 suitable servers, try being less picky rather than simply failing.
26614 - Newly bootstrapped Tor networks couldn't establish hidden service
26615 circuits until they had nodes with high uptime. Be more tolerant.
26616 - Really busy servers were keeping enough circuits open on stable
26617 connections that they were wrapping around the circuit_id
26618 space. (It's only two bytes.) This exposed a bug where we would
26619 feel free to reuse a circuit_id even if it still exists but has
26620 been marked for close. Try to fix this bug. Some bug remains.
26621 - When we fail to bind or listen on an incoming or outgoing
26622 socket, we now close it before refusing, rather than just
26623 leaking it. (Thanks to Peter Palfrader for finding.)
26624 - Fix a file descriptor leak in start_daemon().
26625 - On Windows, you can't always reopen a port right after you've
26626 closed it. So change retry_listeners() to only close and re-open
26627 ports that have changed.
26628 - Workaround a problem with some http proxies that refuse GET
26629 requests that specify "Content-Length: 0". Reported by Adrian.
26630 - Recover better from TCP connections to Tor servers that are
26631 broken but don't tell you (it happens!); and rotate TLS
26632 connections once a week.
26633 - Fix a scary-looking but apparently harmless bug where circuits
26634 would sometimes start out in state CIRCUIT_STATE_OR_WAIT at
26635 servers, and never switch to state CIRCUIT_STATE_OPEN.
26636 - Check for even more Windows version flags when writing the platform
26637 string in server descriptors, and note any we don't recognize.
26638 - Add reasons to DESTROY and RELAY_TRUNCATED cells, so clients can
26639 get a better idea of why their circuits failed. Not used yet.
26640 - Add TTLs to RESOLVED, CONNECTED, and END_REASON_EXITPOLICY cells.
26641 We don't use them yet, but maybe one day our DNS resolver will be
26642 able to discover them.
26643 - Let people type "tor --install" as well as "tor -install" when they
26644 want to make it an NT service.
26645 - Looks like we were never delivering deflated (i.e. compressed)
26646 running-routers lists, even when asked. Oops.
26647 - We were leaking some memory every time the client changed IPs.
26648 - Clean up more of the OpenSSL memory when exiting, so we can detect
26649 memory leaks better.
26650 - Never call free() on tor_malloc()d memory. This will help us
26651 use dmalloc to detect memory leaks.
26652 - Some Tor servers process billions of cells per day. These
26653 statistics are now uint64_t's.
26654 - Check [X-]Forwarded-For headers in HTTP requests when generating
26655 log messages. This lets people run dirservers (and caches) behind
26656 Apache but still know which IP addresses are causing warnings.
26657 - Fix minor integer overflow in calculating when we expect to use up
26658 our bandwidth allocation before hibernating.
26659 - Lower the minimum required number of file descriptors to 1000,
26660 so we can have some overhead for Valgrind on Linux, where the
26661 default ulimit -n is 1024.
26662 - Stop writing the "router.desc" file, ever. Nothing uses it anymore,
26663 and its existence is confusing some users.
26665 o Config option fixes:
26666 - Add a new config option ExitPolicyRejectPrivate which defaults
26667 to on. Now all exit policies will begin with rejecting private
26668 addresses, unless the server operator explicitly turns it off.
26669 - Bump the default bandwidthrate to 3 MB, and burst to 6 MB.
26670 - Add new ReachableORAddresses and ReachableDirAddresses options
26671 that understand address policies. FascistFirewall is now a synonym
26672 for "ReachableORAddresses *:443", "ReachableDirAddresses *:80".
26673 - Start calling it FooListenAddress rather than FooBindAddress,
26674 since few of our users know what it means to bind an address
26676 - If the user gave Tor an odd number of command-line arguments,
26677 we were silently ignoring the last one. Now we complain and fail.
26678 This wins the oldest-bug prize -- this bug has been present since
26679 November 2002, as released in Tor 0.0.0.
26680 - If you write "HiddenServicePort 6667 127.0.0.1 6668" in your
26681 torrc rather than "HiddenServicePort 6667 127.0.0.1:6668",
26682 it would silently ignore the 6668.
26683 - If we get a linelist or linelist_s config option from the torrc,
26684 e.g. ExitPolicy, and it has no value, warn and skip rather than
26685 silently resetting it to its default.
26686 - Setconf was appending items to linelists, not clearing them.
26687 - Add MyFamily to torrc.sample in the server section, so operators
26688 will be more likely to learn that it exists.
26689 - Make ContactInfo mandatory for authoritative directory servers.
26690 - MaxConn has been obsolete for a while now. Document the ConnLimit
26691 config option, which is a *minimum* number of file descriptors
26692 that must be available else Tor refuses to start.
26693 - Get rid of IgnoreVersion undocumented config option, and make us
26694 only warn, never exit, when we're running an obsolete version.
26695 - Make MonthlyAccountingStart config option truly obsolete now.
26696 - Correct the man page entry on TrackHostExitsExpire.
26697 - Let directory authorities start even if they don't specify an
26698 Address config option.
26699 - Change "AllowUnverifiedNodes" to "AllowInvalidNodes", to
26700 reflect the updated flags in our v2 dir protocol.
26702 o Config option features:
26703 - Add a new config option FastFirstHopPK (on by default) so clients
26704 do a trivial crypto handshake for their first hop, since TLS has
26705 already taken care of confidentiality and authentication.
26706 - Let the user set ControlListenAddress in the torrc. This can be
26707 dangerous, but there are some cases (like a secured LAN) where it
26709 - New config options to help controllers: FetchServerDescriptors
26710 and FetchHidServDescriptors for whether to fetch server
26711 info and hidserv info or let the controller do it, and
26712 PublishServerDescriptor and PublishHidServDescriptors.
26713 - Also let the controller set the __AllDirActionsPrivate config
26714 option if you want all directory fetches/publishes to happen via
26715 Tor (it assumes your controller bootstraps your circuits).
26716 - Add "HardwareAccel" config option: support for crypto hardware
26717 accelerators via OpenSSL. Off by default, until we find somebody
26718 smart who can test it for us. (It appears to produce seg faults
26719 in at least some cases.)
26720 - New config option "AuthDirRejectUnlisted" for directory authorities
26721 as a panic button: if we get flooded with unusable servers we can
26722 revert to only listing servers in the approved-routers file.
26723 - Directory authorities can now reject/invalidate by key and IP,
26724 with the config options "AuthDirInvalid" and "AuthDirReject", or
26725 by marking a fingerprint as "!reject" or "!invalid" (as its
26726 nickname) in the approved-routers file. This is useful since
26727 currently we automatically list servers as running and usable
26728 even if we know they're jerks.
26729 - Add a new config option TestSocks so people can see whether their
26730 applications are using socks4, socks4a, socks5-with-ip, or
26731 socks5-with-fqdn. This way they don't have to keep mucking
26732 with tcpdump and wondering if something got cached somewhere.
26733 - Add "private:*" as an alias in configuration for policies. Now
26734 you can simplify your exit policy rather than needing to list
26735 every single internal or nonroutable network space.
26736 - Accept "private:*" in routerdesc exit policies; not generated yet
26737 because older Tors do not understand it.
26738 - Add configuration option "V1AuthoritativeDirectory 1" which
26739 moria1, moria2, and tor26 have set.
26740 - Implement an option, VirtualAddrMask, to set which addresses
26741 get handed out in response to mapaddress requests. This works
26742 around a bug in tsocks where 127.0.0.0/8 is never socksified.
26743 - Add a new config option FetchUselessDescriptors, off by default,
26744 for when you plan to run "exitlist" on your client and you want
26745 to know about even the non-running descriptors.
26746 - SocksTimeout: How long do we let a socks connection wait
26747 unattached before we fail it?
26748 - CircuitBuildTimeout: Cull non-open circuits that were born
26749 at least this many seconds ago.
26750 - CircuitIdleTimeout: Cull open clean circuits that were born
26751 at least this many seconds ago.
26752 - New config option SafeSocks to reject all application connections
26753 using unsafe socks protocols. Defaults to off.
26755 o Improved and clearer log messages:
26756 - Reduce clutter in server logs. We're going to try to make
26757 them actually usable now. New config option ProtocolWarnings that
26758 lets you hear about how _other Tors_ are breaking the protocol. Off
26760 - Divide log messages into logging domains. Once we put some sort
26761 of interface on this, it will let people looking at more verbose
26762 log levels specify the topics they want to hear more about.
26763 - Log server fingerprint on startup, so new server operators don't
26764 have to go hunting around their filesystem for it.
26765 - Provide dire warnings to any users who set DirServer manually;
26766 move it out of torrc.sample and into torrc.complete.
26767 - Make the log message less scary when all the dirservers are
26768 temporarily unreachable.
26769 - When tor_socketpair() fails in Windows, give a reasonable
26770 Windows-style errno back.
26771 - Improve tor_gettimeofday() granularity on windows.
26772 - We were printing the number of idle dns workers incorrectly when
26774 - Handle duplicate lines in approved-routers files without warning.
26775 - We were whining about using socks4 or socks5-with-local-lookup
26776 even when it's an IP address in the "virtual" range we designed
26777 exactly for this case.
26778 - Check for named servers when looking them up by nickname;
26779 warn when we're calling a non-named server by its nickname;
26780 don't warn twice about the same name.
26781 - Downgrade the dirserver log messages when whining about
26783 - Correct "your server is reachable" log entries to indicate that
26784 it was self-testing that told us so.
26785 - If we're trying to be a Tor server and running Windows 95/98/ME
26786 as a server, explain that we'll likely crash.
26787 - Provide a more useful warn message when our onion queue gets full:
26788 the CPU is too slow or the exit policy is too liberal.
26789 - Don't warn when we receive a 503 from a dirserver/cache -- this
26790 will pave the way for them being able to refuse if they're busy.
26791 - When we fail to bind a listener, try to provide a more useful
26792 log message: e.g., "Is Tor already running?"
26793 - Only start testing reachability once we've established a
26794 circuit. This will make startup on dir authorities less noisy.
26795 - Don't try to upload hidden service descriptors until we have
26796 established a circuit.
26797 - Tor didn't warn when it failed to open a log file.
26798 - Warn when listening on a public address for socks. We suspect a
26799 lot of people are setting themselves up as open socks proxies,
26800 and they have no idea that jerks on the Internet are using them,
26801 since they simply proxy the traffic into the Tor network.
26802 - Give a useful message when people run Tor as the wrong user,
26803 rather than telling them to start chowning random directories.
26804 - Fix a harmless bug that was causing Tor servers to log
26805 "Got an end because of misc error, but we're not an AP. Closing."
26806 - Fix wrong log message when you add a "HiddenServiceNodes" config
26807 line without any HiddenServiceDir line (reported by Chris Thomas).
26808 - Directory authorities now stop whining so loudly about bad
26809 descriptors that they fetch from other dirservers. So when there's
26810 a log complaint, it's for sure from a freshly uploaded descriptor.
26811 - When logging via syslog, include the pid whenever we provide
26812 a log entry. Suggested by Todd Fries.
26813 - When we're shutting down and we do something like try to post a
26814 server descriptor or rendezvous descriptor, don't complain that
26815 we seem to be unreachable. Of course we are, we're shutting down.
26816 - Change log line for unreachability to explicitly suggest /etc/hosts
26817 as the culprit. Also make it clearer what IP address and ports we're
26818 testing for reachability.
26819 - Put quotes around user-supplied strings when logging so users are
26820 more likely to realize if they add bad characters (like quotes)
26822 - NT service patch from Matt Edman to improve error messages on Win32.
26825 Changes in version 0.1.0.17 - 2006-02-17
26826 o Crash bugfixes on 0.1.0.x:
26827 - When servers with a non-zero DirPort came out of hibernation,
26828 sometimes they would trigger an assert.
26830 o Other important bugfixes:
26831 - On platforms that don't have getrlimit (like Windows), we were
26832 artificially constraining ourselves to a max of 1024
26833 connections. Now just assume that we can handle as many as 15000
26834 connections. Hopefully this won't cause other problems.
26836 o Backported features:
26837 - When we're a server, a client asks for an old-style directory,
26838 and our write bucket is empty, don't give it to him. This way
26839 small servers can continue to serve the directory *sometimes*,
26840 without getting overloaded.
26841 - Whenever you get a 503 in response to a directory fetch, try
26842 once more. This will become important once servers start sending
26843 503's whenever they feel busy.
26844 - Fetch a new directory every 120 minutes, not every 40 minutes.
26845 Now that we have hundreds of thousands of users running the old
26846 directory algorithm, it's starting to hurt a lot.
26847 - Bump up the period for forcing a hidden service descriptor upload
26848 from 20 minutes to 1 hour.
26851 Changes in version 0.1.0.16 - 2006-01-02
26852 o Crash bugfixes on 0.1.0.x:
26853 - On Windows, build with a libevent patch from "I-M Weasel" to avoid
26854 corrupting the heap, losing FDs, or crashing when we need to resize
26855 the fd_sets. (This affects the Win32 binaries, not Tor's sources.)
26856 - It turns out sparc64 platforms crash on unaligned memory access
26857 too -- so detect and avoid this.
26858 - Handle truncated compressed data correctly (by detecting it and
26860 - Fix possible-but-unlikely free(NULL) in control.c.
26861 - When we were closing connections, there was a rare case that
26862 stomped on memory, triggering seg faults and asserts.
26863 - Avoid potential infinite recursion when building a descriptor. (We
26864 don't know that it ever happened, but better to fix it anyway.)
26865 - We were neglecting to unlink marked circuits from soon-to-close OR
26866 connections, which caused some rare scribbling on freed memory.
26867 - Fix a memory stomping race bug when closing the joining point of two
26868 rendezvous circuits.
26869 - Fix an assert in time parsing found by Steven Murdoch.
26871 o Other bugfixes on 0.1.0.x:
26872 - When we're doing reachability testing, provide more useful log
26873 messages so the operator knows what to expect.
26874 - Do not check whether DirPort is reachable when we are suppressing
26875 advertising it because of hibernation.
26876 - When building with -static or on Solaris, we sometimes needed -ldl.
26877 - One of the dirservers (tor26) changed its IP address.
26878 - When we're deciding whether a stream has enough circuits around
26879 that can handle it, count the freshly dirty ones and not the ones
26880 that are so dirty they won't be able to handle it.
26881 - When we're expiring old circuits, we had a logic error that caused
26882 us to close new rendezvous circuits rather than old ones.
26883 - Give a more helpful log message when you try to change ORPort via
26884 the controller: you should upgrade Tor if you want that to work.
26885 - We were failing to parse Tor versions that start with "Tor ".
26886 - Tolerate faulty streams better: when a stream fails for reason
26887 exitpolicy, stop assuming that the router is lying about his exit
26888 policy. When a stream fails for reason misc, allow it to retry just
26889 as if it was resolvefailed. When a stream has failed three times,
26890 reset its failure count so we can try again and get all three tries.
26893 Changes in version 0.1.0.15 - 2005-09-23
26894 o Bugfixes on 0.1.0.x:
26895 - Reject ports 465 and 587 (spam targets) in default exit policy.
26896 - Don't crash when we don't have any spare file descriptors and we
26897 try to spawn a dns or cpu worker.
26898 - Get rid of IgnoreVersion undocumented config option, and make us
26899 only warn, never exit, when we're running an obsolete version.
26900 - Don't try to print a null string when your server finds itself to
26901 be unreachable and the Address config option is empty.
26902 - Make the numbers in read-history and write-history into uint64s,
26903 so they don't overflow and publish negatives in the descriptor.
26904 - Fix a minor memory leak in smartlist_string_remove().
26905 - We were only allowing ourselves to upload a server descriptor at
26906 most every 20 minutes, even if it changed earlier than that.
26907 - Clean up log entries that pointed to old URLs.
26910 Changes in version 0.1.0.14 - 2005-08-08
26911 o Bugfixes on 0.1.0.x:
26912 - Fix the other half of the bug with crypto handshakes
26914 - Fix an assert trigger if you send a 'signal term' via the
26915 controller when it's listening for 'event info' messages.
26918 Changes in version 0.1.0.13 - 2005-08-04
26919 o Bugfixes on 0.1.0.x:
26920 - Fix a critical bug in the security of our crypto handshakes.
26921 - Fix a size_t underflow in smartlist_join_strings2() that made
26922 it do bad things when you hand it an empty smartlist.
26923 - Fix Windows installer to ship Tor license (thanks to Aphex for
26924 pointing out this oversight) and put a link to the doc directory
26926 - Explicitly set no-unaligned-access for sparc: it turns out the
26927 new gcc's let you compile broken code, but that doesn't make it
26931 Changes in version 0.1.0.12 - 2005-07-18
26932 o New directory servers:
26933 - tor26 has changed IP address.
26935 o Bugfixes on 0.1.0.x:
26936 - Fix a possible double-free in tor_gzip_uncompress().
26937 - When --disable-threads is set, do not search for or link against
26938 pthreads libraries.
26939 - Don't trigger an assert if an authoritative directory server
26940 claims its dirport is 0.
26941 - Fix bug with removing Tor as an NT service: some people were
26942 getting "The service did not return an error." Thanks to Matt
26946 Changes in version 0.1.0.11 - 2005-06-30
26947 o Bugfixes on 0.1.0.x:
26948 - Fix major security bug: servers were disregarding their
26949 exit policies if clients behaved unexpectedly.
26950 - Make OS X init script check for missing argument, so we don't
26951 confuse users who invoke it incorrectly.
26952 - Fix a seg fault in "tor --hash-password foo".
26953 - The MAPADDRESS control command was broken.
26956 Changes in version 0.1.0.10 - 2005-06-14
26958 - Make NT services work and start on startup on Win32 (based on
26959 patch by Matt Edman). See the FAQ entry for details.
26960 - Make 'platform' string in descriptor more accurate for Win32
26961 servers, so it's not just "unknown platform".
26962 - REUSEADDR on normal platforms means you can rebind to the port
26963 right after somebody else has let it go. But REUSEADDR on Win32
26964 means you can bind to the port _even when somebody else already
26965 has it bound_! So, don't do that on Win32.
26966 - Clean up the log messages when starting on Win32 with no config
26968 - Allow seeding the RNG on Win32 even when you're not running as
26969 Administrator. If seeding the RNG on Win32 fails, quit.
26971 o Assert / crash bugs:
26972 - Refuse relay cells that claim to have a length larger than the
26973 maximum allowed. This prevents a potential attack that could read
26974 arbitrary memory (e.g. keys) from an exit server's process
26976 - If unofficial Tor clients connect and send weird TLS certs, our
26977 Tor server triggers an assert. Stop asserting, and start handling
26978 TLS errors better in other situations too.
26979 - Fix a race condition that can trigger an assert when we have a
26980 pending create cell and an OR connection attempt fails.
26983 - Use pthreads for worker processes rather than forking. This was
26984 forced because when we forked, we ended up wasting a lot of
26985 duplicate ram over time.
26986 - Also switch to foo_r versions of some library calls to allow
26987 reentry and threadsafeness.
26988 - Implement --disable-threads configure option. Disable threads on
26989 netbsd and openbsd by default, because they have no reentrant
26990 resolver functions (!), and on solaris since it has other
26992 - Fix possible bug on threading platforms (e.g. win32) which was
26993 leaking a file descriptor whenever a cpuworker or dnsworker died.
26994 - Fix a minor memory leak when somebody establishes an introduction
26995 point at your Tor server.
26996 - Fix possible memory leak in tor_lookup_hostname(). (Thanks to
26998 - Add ./configure --with-dmalloc option, to track memory leaks.
26999 - And try to free all memory on closing, so we can detect what
27002 o Protocol correctness:
27003 - When we've connected to an OR and handshaked but didn't like
27004 the result, we were closing the conn without sending destroy
27005 cells back for pending circuits. Now send those destroys.
27006 - Start sending 'truncated' cells back rather than destroy cells
27007 if the circuit closes in front of you. This means we won't have
27008 to abandon partially built circuits.
27009 - Handle changed router status correctly when dirserver reloads
27010 fingerprint file. We used to be dropping all unverified descriptors
27011 right then. The bug was hidden because we would immediately
27012 fetch a directory from another dirserver, which would include the
27013 descriptors we just dropped.
27014 - Revise tor-spec to add more/better stream end reasons.
27015 - Revise all calls to connection_edge_end to avoid sending 'misc',
27016 and to take errno into account where possible.
27017 - Client now retries when streams end early for 'hibernating' or
27018 'resource limit' reasons, rather than failing them.
27019 - Try to be more zealous about calling connection_edge_end when
27020 things go bad with edge conns in connection.c.
27022 o Robustness improvements:
27023 - Better handling for heterogeneous / unreliable nodes:
27024 - Annotate circuits with whether they aim to contain high uptime
27025 nodes and/or high capacity nodes. When building circuits, choose
27027 - This means that every single node in an intro rend circuit,
27028 not just the last one, will have a minimum uptime.
27029 - New config option LongLivedPorts to indicate application streams
27030 that will want high uptime circuits.
27031 - Servers reset uptime when a dir fetch entirely fails. This
27032 hopefully reflects stability of the server's network connectivity.
27033 - If somebody starts his tor server in Jan 2004 and then fixes his
27034 clock, don't make his published uptime be a year.
27035 - Reset published uptime when we wake up from hibernation.
27036 - Introduce a notion of 'internal' circs, which are chosen without
27037 regard to the exit policy of the last hop. Intro and rendezvous
27038 circs must be internal circs, to avoid leaking information. Resolve
27039 and connect streams can use internal circs if they want.
27040 - New circuit pooling algorithm: keep track of what destination ports
27041 we've used recently (start out assuming we'll want to use 80), and
27042 make sure to have enough circs around to satisfy these ports. Also
27043 make sure to have 2 internal circs around if we've required internal
27044 circs lately (and with high uptime if we've seen that lately too).
27045 - Turn addr_policy_compare from a tristate to a quadstate; this should
27046 help address our "Ah, you allow 1.2.3.4:80. You are a good choice
27047 for google.com" problem.
27048 - When a client asks us for a dir mirror and we don't have one,
27049 launch an attempt to get a fresh one.
27050 - First cut at support for "create-fast" cells. Clients can use
27051 these when extending to their first hop, since the TLS already
27052 provides forward secrecy and authentication. Not enabled on
27055 o Reachability testing.
27056 - Your Tor server will automatically try to see if its ORPort and
27057 DirPort are reachable from the outside, and it won't upload its
27058 descriptor until it decides at least ORPort is reachable (when
27059 DirPort is not yet found reachable, publish it as zero).
27060 - When building testing circs for ORPort testing, use only
27061 high-bandwidth nodes, so fewer circuits fail.
27062 - Notice when our IP changes, and reset stats/uptime/reachability.
27063 - Authdirservers don't do ORPort reachability detection, since
27064 they're in clique mode, so it will be rare to find a server not
27065 already connected to them.
27066 - Authdirservers now automatically approve nodes running 0.1.0.2-rc
27070 - Now we allow two unverified servers with the same nickname
27071 but different keys. But if a nickname is verified, only that
27072 nickname+key are allowed.
27073 - If you're an authdirserver connecting to an address:port,
27074 and it's not the OR you were expecting, forget about that
27075 descriptor. If he *was* the one you were expecting, then forget
27076 about all other descriptors for that address:port.
27077 - Allow servers to publish descriptors from 12 hours in the future.
27078 Corollary: only whine about clock skew from the dirserver if
27079 he's a trusted dirserver (since now even verified servers could
27080 have quite wrong clocks).
27081 - Require servers that use the default dirservers to have public IP
27082 addresses. We have too many servers that are configured with private
27083 IPs and their admins never notice the log entries complaining that
27084 their descriptors are being rejected.
27086 o Efficiency improvements:
27087 - Use libevent. Now we can use faster async cores (like epoll, kpoll,
27088 and /dev/poll), and hopefully work better on Windows too.
27089 - Apple's OS X 10.4.0 ships with a broken kqueue API, and using
27090 kqueue on 10.3.9 causes kernel panics. Don't use kqueue on OS X.
27091 - Find libevent even if it's hiding in /usr/local/ and your
27092 CFLAGS and LDFLAGS don't tell you to look there.
27093 - Be able to link with libevent as a shared library (the default
27094 after 1.0d), even if it's hiding in /usr/local/lib and even
27095 if you haven't added /usr/local/lib to your /etc/ld.so.conf,
27096 assuming you're running gcc. Otherwise fail and give a useful
27098 - Switch to a new buffer management algorithm, which tries to avoid
27099 reallocing and copying quite as much. In first tests it looks like
27100 it uses *more* memory on average, but less cpu.
27101 - Switch our internal buffers implementation to use a ring buffer,
27102 to hopefully improve performance for fast servers a lot.
27103 - Reenable the part of the code that tries to flush as soon as an
27104 OR outbuf has a full TLS record available. Perhaps this will make
27105 OR outbufs not grow as huge except in rare cases, thus saving lots
27106 of CPU time plus memory.
27107 - Improve performance for dirservers: stop re-parsing the whole
27108 directory every time you regenerate it.
27109 - Keep a big splay tree of (circid,orconn)->circuit mappings to make
27110 it much faster to look up a circuit for each relay cell.
27111 - Remove most calls to assert_all_pending_dns_resolves_ok(),
27112 since they're eating our cpu on exit nodes.
27113 - Stop wasting time doing a case insensitive comparison for every
27114 dns name every time we do any lookup. Canonicalize the names to
27115 lowercase when you first see them.
27118 - Handle unavailable hidden services better. Handle slow or busy
27119 hidden services better.
27120 - Cannibalize GENERAL circs to be C_REND, C_INTRO, S_INTRO, and S_REND
27121 circ as necessary, if there are any completed ones lying around
27122 when we try to launch one.
27123 - Make hidden services try to establish a rendezvous for 30 seconds
27124 after fetching the descriptor, rather than for n (where n=3)
27125 attempts to build a circuit.
27126 - Adjust maximum skew and age for rendezvous descriptors: let skew
27127 be 48 hours rather than 90 minutes.
27128 - Reject malformed .onion addresses rather then passing them on as
27129 normal web requests.
27132 - More Tor controller support. See
27133 http://tor.eff.org/doc/control-spec.txt for all the new features,
27134 including signals to emulate unix signals from any platform;
27135 redirectstream; extendcircuit; mapaddress; getinfo; postdescriptor;
27136 closestream; closecircuit; etc.
27137 - Encode hashed controller passwords in hex instead of base64,
27138 to make it easier to write controllers.
27139 - Revise control spec and implementation to allow all log messages to
27140 be sent to controller with their severities intact (suggested by
27141 Matt Edman). Disable debug-level logs while delivering a debug-level
27142 log to the controller, to prevent loop. Update TorControl to handle
27143 new log event types.
27145 o New config options/defaults:
27146 - Begin scrubbing sensitive strings from logs by default. Turn off
27147 the config option SafeLogging if you need to do debugging.
27148 - New exit policy: accept most low-numbered ports, rather than
27149 rejecting most low-numbered ports.
27150 - Put a note in the torrc about abuse potential with the default
27152 - Add support for CONNECTing through https proxies, with "HttpsProxy"
27154 - Add HttpProxyAuthenticator and HttpsProxyAuthenticator support
27155 based on patch from Adam Langley (basic auth only).
27156 - Bump the default BandwidthRate from 1 MB to 2 MB, to accommodate
27157 the fast servers that have been joining lately. (Clients are now
27158 willing to load balance over up to 2 MB of advertised bandwidth
27160 - New config option MaxAdvertisedBandwidth which lets you advertise
27161 a low bandwidthrate (to not attract as many circuits) while still
27162 allowing a higher bandwidthrate in reality.
27163 - Require BandwidthRate to be at least 20kB/s for servers.
27164 - Add a NoPublish config option, so you can be a server (e.g. for
27165 testing running Tor servers in other Tor networks) without
27166 publishing your descriptor to the primary dirservers.
27167 - Add a new AddressMap config directive to rewrite incoming socks
27168 addresses. This lets you, for example, declare an implicit
27169 required exit node for certain sites.
27170 - Add a new TrackHostExits config directive to trigger addressmaps
27171 for certain incoming socks addresses -- for sites that break when
27172 your exit keeps changing (based on patch from Mike Perry).
27173 - Split NewCircuitPeriod option into NewCircuitPeriod (30 secs),
27174 which describes how often we retry making new circuits if current
27175 ones are dirty, and MaxCircuitDirtiness (10 mins), which describes
27176 how long we're willing to make use of an already-dirty circuit.
27177 - Change compiled-in SHUTDOWN_WAIT_LENGTH from a fixed 30 secs to
27178 a config option "ShutdownWaitLength" (when using kill -INT on
27180 - Fix an edge case in parsing config options: if they say "--"
27181 on the commandline, it's not a config option (thanks weasel).
27182 - New config option DirAllowPrivateAddresses for authdirservers.
27183 Now by default they refuse router descriptors that have non-IP or
27184 private-IP addresses.
27185 - Change DirFetchPeriod/StatusFetchPeriod to have a special "Be
27186 smart" default value: low for servers and high for clients.
27187 - Some people were putting "Address " in their torrc, and they had
27188 a buggy resolver that resolved " " to 0.0.0.0. Oops.
27189 - If DataDir is ~/.tor, and that expands to /.tor, then default to
27190 LOCALSTATEDIR/tor instead.
27191 - Implement --verify-config command-line option to check if your torrc
27192 is valid without actually launching Tor.
27194 o Logging improvements:
27195 - When dirservers refuse a server descriptor, we now log its
27196 contactinfo, platform, and the poster's IP address.
27197 - Only warn once per nickname from add_nickname_list_to_smartlist()
27198 per failure, so an entrynode or exitnode choice that's down won't
27200 - When we're connecting to an OR and he's got a different nickname/key
27201 than we were expecting, only complain loudly if we're an OP or a
27202 dirserver. Complaining loudly to the OR admins just confuses them.
27203 - Whine at you if you're a server and you don't set your contactinfo.
27204 - Warn when exit policy implicitly allows local addresses.
27205 - Give a better warning when some other server advertises an
27206 ORPort that is actually an apache running ssl.
27207 - If we get an incredibly skewed timestamp from a dirserver mirror
27208 that isn't a verified OR, don't warn -- it's probably him that's
27210 - When a dirserver causes you to give a warn, mention which dirserver
27212 - Initialize libevent later in the startup process, so the logs are
27213 already established by the time we start logging libevent warns.
27214 - Use correct errno on win32 if libevent fails.
27215 - Check and warn about known-bad/slow libevent versions.
27216 - Stop warning about sigpipes in the logs. We're going to
27217 pretend that getting these occasionally is normal and fine.
27219 o New contrib scripts:
27220 - New experimental script tor/contrib/exitlist: a simple python
27221 script to parse directories and find Tor nodes that exit to listed
27223 - New experimental script tor/contrib/ExerciseServer.py (needs more
27224 work) that uses the controller interface to build circuits and
27225 fetch pages over them. This will help us bootstrap servers that
27226 have lots of capacity but haven't noticed it yet.
27227 - New experimental script tor/contrib/PathDemo.py (needs more work)
27228 that uses the controller interface to let you choose whole paths
27230 "<hostname>.<path,separated by dots>.<length of path>.path"
27231 - New contributed script "privoxy-tor-toggle" to toggle whether
27232 Privoxy uses Tor. Seems to be configured for Debian by default.
27233 - Have torctl.in/tor.sh.in check for location of su binary (needed
27237 - chdir() to your datadirectory at the *end* of the daemonize process,
27238 not the beginning. This was a problem because the first time you
27239 run tor, if your datadir isn't there, and you have runasdaemon set
27240 to 1, it will try to chdir to it before it tries to create it. Oops.
27241 - Fix several double-mark-for-close bugs, e.g. where we were finding
27242 a conn for a cell even if that conn is already marked for close.
27243 - Stop most cases of hanging up on a socks connection without sending
27245 - Fix a bug in the RPM package: set home directory for _tor to
27246 something more reasonable when first installing.
27247 - Stop putting nodename in the Platform string in server descriptors.
27248 It doesn't actually help, and it is confusing/upsetting some people.
27249 - When using preferred entry or exit nodes, ignore whether the
27250 circuit wants uptime or capacity. They asked for the nodes, they
27252 - Tie MAX_DIR_SIZE to MAX_BUF_SIZE, so now directory sizes won't get
27253 artificially capped at 500kB.
27254 - Cache local dns resolves correctly even when they're .exit
27256 - If we're hibernating and we get a SIGINT, exit immediately.
27257 - tor-resolve requests were ignoring .exit if there was a working circuit
27258 they could use instead.
27259 - Pay more attention to the ClientOnly config option.
27260 - Resolve OS X installer bugs: stop claiming to be 0.0.9.2 in certain
27261 installer screens; and don't put stuff into StartupItems unless
27262 the user asks you to.
27265 - Rewrite address "serifos.exit" to "externalIP.serifos.exit"
27266 rather than just rejecting it.
27267 - If our clock jumps forward by 100 seconds or more, assume something
27268 has gone wrong with our network and abandon all not-yet-used circs.
27269 - When an application is using socks5, give him the whole variety of
27270 potential socks5 responses (connect refused, host unreachable, etc),
27271 rather than just "success" or "failure".
27272 - A more sane version numbering system. See
27273 http://tor.eff.org/cvs/tor/doc/version-spec.txt for details.
27274 - Change version parsing logic: a version is "obsolete" if it is not
27275 recommended and (1) there is a newer recommended version in the
27276 same series, or (2) there are no recommended versions in the same
27277 series, but there are some recommended versions in a newer series.
27278 A version is "new" if it is newer than any recommended version in
27280 - Report HTTP reasons to client when getting a response from directory
27281 servers -- so you can actually know what went wrong.
27282 - Reject odd-looking addresses at the client (e.g. addresses that
27283 contain a colon), rather than having the server drop them because
27285 - Stop publishing socksport in the directory, since it's not
27286 actually meant to be public. For compatibility, publish a 0 there
27288 - Since we ship our own Privoxy on OS X, tweak it so it doesn't write
27289 cookies to disk and doesn't log each web request to disk. (Thanks
27290 to Brett Carrington for pointing this out.)
27291 - Add OSX uninstall instructions. An actual uninstall script will
27293 - Add "opt hibernating 1" to server descriptor to make it clearer
27294 whether the server is hibernating.
27297 Changes in version 0.0.9.10 - 2005-06-16
27298 o Bugfixes on 0.0.9.x (backported from 0.1.0.10):
27299 - Refuse relay cells that claim to have a length larger than the
27300 maximum allowed. This prevents a potential attack that could read
27301 arbitrary memory (e.g. keys) from an exit server's process
27305 Changes in version 0.0.9.9 - 2005-04-23
27306 o Bugfixes on 0.0.9.x:
27307 - If unofficial Tor clients connect and send weird TLS certs, our
27308 Tor server triggers an assert. This release contains a minimal
27309 backport from the broader fix that we put into 0.1.0.4-rc.
27312 Changes in version 0.0.9.8 - 2005-04-07
27313 o Bugfixes on 0.0.9.x:
27314 - We have a bug that I haven't found yet. Sometimes, very rarely,
27315 cpuworkers get stuck in the 'busy' state, even though the cpuworker
27316 thinks of itself as idle. This meant that no new circuits ever got
27317 established. Here's a workaround to kill any cpuworker that's been
27318 busy for more than 100 seconds.
27321 Changes in version 0.0.9.7 - 2005-04-01
27322 o Bugfixes on 0.0.9.x:
27323 - Fix another race crash bug (thanks to Glenn Fink for reporting).
27324 - Compare identity to identity, not to nickname, when extending to
27325 a router not already in the directory. This was preventing us from
27326 extending to unknown routers. Oops.
27327 - Make sure to create OS X Tor user in <500 range, so we aren't
27328 creating actual system users.
27329 - Note where connection-that-hasn't-sent-end was marked, and fix
27330 a few really loud instances of this harmless bug (it's fixed more
27334 Changes in version 0.0.9.6 - 2005-03-24
27335 o Bugfixes on 0.0.9.x (crashes and asserts):
27336 - Add new end stream reasons to maintenance branch. Fix bug where
27337 reason (8) could trigger an assert. Prevent bug from recurring.
27338 - Apparently win32 stat wants paths to not end with a slash.
27339 - Fix assert triggers in assert_cpath_layer_ok(), where we were
27340 blowing away the circuit that conn->cpath_layer points to, then
27341 checking to see if the circ is well-formed. Backport check to make
27342 sure we dont use the cpath on a closed connection.
27343 - Prevent circuit_resume_edge_reading_helper() from trying to package
27344 inbufs for marked-for-close streams.
27345 - Don't crash on hup if your options->address has become unresolvable.
27346 - Some systems (like OS X) sometimes accept() a connection and tell
27347 you the remote host is 0.0.0.0:0. If this happens, due to some
27348 other mis-features, we get confused; so refuse the conn for now.
27350 o Bugfixes on 0.0.9.x (other):
27351 - Fix harmless but scary "Unrecognized content encoding" warn message.
27352 - Add new stream error reason: TORPROTOCOL reason means "you are not
27353 speaking a version of Tor I understand; say bye-bye to your stream."
27354 - Be willing to cache directories from up to ROUTER_MAX_AGE seconds
27355 into the future, now that we are more tolerant of skew. This
27356 resolves a bug where a Tor server would refuse to cache a directory
27357 because all the directories it gets are too far in the future;
27358 yet the Tor server never logs any complaints about clock skew.
27359 - Mac packaging magic: make man pages useable, and do not overwrite
27360 existing torrc files.
27361 - Make OS X log happily to /var/log/tor/tor.log
27364 Changes in version 0.0.9.5 - 2005-02-22
27365 o Bugfixes on 0.0.9.x:
27366 - Fix an assert race at exit nodes when resolve requests fail.
27367 - Stop picking unverified dir mirrors--it only leads to misery.
27368 - Patch from Matt Edman to make NT services work better. Service
27369 support is still not compiled into the executable by default.
27370 - Patch from Dmitri Bely so the Tor service runs better under
27371 the win32 SYSTEM account.
27372 - Make tor-resolve actually work (?) on Win32.
27373 - Fix a sign bug when getrlimit claims to have 4+ billion
27374 file descriptors available.
27375 - Stop refusing to start when bandwidthburst == bandwidthrate.
27376 - When create cells have been on the onion queue more than five
27377 seconds, just send back a destroy and take them off the list.
27380 Changes in version 0.0.9.4 - 2005-02-03
27381 o Bugfixes on 0.0.9:
27382 - Fix an assert bug that took down most of our servers: when
27383 a server claims to have 1 GB of bandwidthburst, don't
27385 - Don't crash as badly if we have spawned the max allowed number
27386 of dnsworkers, or we're out of file descriptors.
27387 - Block more file-sharing ports in the default exit policy.
27388 - MaxConn is now automatically set to the hard limit of max
27389 file descriptors we're allowed (ulimit -n), minus a few for
27391 - Give a clearer message when servers need to raise their
27392 ulimit -n when they start running out of file descriptors.
27393 - SGI Compatibility patches from Jan Schaumann.
27394 - Tolerate a corrupt cached directory better.
27395 - When a dirserver hasn't approved your server, list which one.
27396 - Go into soft hibernation after 95% of the bandwidth is used,
27397 not 99%. This is especially important for daily hibernators who
27398 have a small accounting max. Hopefully it will result in fewer
27399 cut connections when the hard hibernation starts.
27400 - Load-balance better when using servers that claim more than
27401 800kB/s of capacity.
27402 - Make NT services work (experimental, only used if compiled in).
27405 Changes in version 0.0.9.3 - 2005-01-21
27406 o Bugfixes on 0.0.9:
27407 - Backport the cpu use fixes from main branch, so busy servers won't
27408 need as much processor time.
27409 - Work better when we go offline and then come back, or when we
27410 run Tor at boot before the network is up. We do this by
27411 optimistically trying to fetch a new directory whenever an
27412 application request comes in and we think we're offline -- the
27413 human is hopefully a good measure of when the network is back.
27414 - Backport some minimal hidserv bugfixes: keep rend circuits open as
27415 long as you keep using them; actually publish hidserv descriptors
27416 shortly after they change, rather than waiting 20-40 minutes.
27417 - Enable Mac startup script by default.
27418 - Fix duplicate dns_cancel_pending_resolve reported by Giorgos Pallas.
27419 - When you update AllowUnverifiedNodes or FirewallPorts via the
27420 controller's setconf feature, we were always appending, never
27422 - When you update HiddenServiceDir via setconf, it was screwing up
27423 the order of reading the lines, making it fail.
27424 - Do not rewrite a cached directory back to the cache; otherwise we
27425 will think it is recent and not fetch a newer one on startup.
27426 - Workaround for webservers that lie about Content-Encoding: Tor
27427 now tries to autodetect compressed directories and compression
27428 itself. This lets us Proxypass dir fetches through apache.
27431 Changes in version 0.0.9.2 - 2005-01-04
27432 o Bugfixes on 0.0.9 (crashes and asserts):
27433 - Fix an assert on startup when the disk is full and you're logging
27435 - If you do socks4 with an IP of 0.0.0.x but *don't* provide a socks4a
27436 style address, then we'd crash.
27437 - Fix an assert trigger when the running-routers string we get from
27438 a dirserver is broken.
27439 - Make worker threads start and run on win32. Now win32 servers
27441 - Bandaid (not actually fix, but now it doesn't crash) an assert
27442 where the dns worker dies mysteriously and the main Tor process
27443 doesn't remember anything about the address it was resolving.
27445 o Bugfixes on 0.0.9 (Win32):
27446 - Workaround for brain-damaged __FILE__ handling on MSVC: keep Nick's
27447 name out of the warning/assert messages.
27448 - Fix a superficial "unhandled error on read" bug on win32.
27449 - The win32 installer no longer requires a click-through for our
27450 license, since our Free Software license grants rights but does not
27452 - Win32: When connecting to a dirserver fails, try another one
27453 immediately. (This was already working for non-win32 Tors.)
27454 - Stop trying to parse $HOME on win32 when hunting for default
27456 - Make tor-resolve.c work on win32 by calling network_init().
27458 o Bugfixes on 0.0.9 (other):
27459 - Make 0.0.9.x build on Solaris again.
27460 - Due to a fencepost error, we were blowing away the \n when reporting
27461 confvalue items in the controller. So asking for multiple config
27462 values at once couldn't work.
27463 - When listing circuits that are pending on an opening OR connection,
27464 if we're an OR we were listing circuits that *end* at us as
27465 being pending on every listener, dns/cpu worker, etc. Stop that.
27466 - Dirservers were failing to create 'running-routers' or 'directory'
27467 strings if we had more than some threshold of routers. Fix them so
27468 they can handle any number of routers.
27469 - Fix a superficial "Duplicate mark for close" bug.
27470 - Stop checking for clock skew for OR connections, even for servers.
27471 - Fix a fencepost error that was chopping off the last letter of any
27472 nickname that is the maximum allowed nickname length.
27473 - Update URLs in log messages so they point to the new website.
27474 - Fix a potential problem in mangling server private keys while
27475 writing to disk (not triggered yet, as far as we know).
27476 - Include the licenses for other free software we include in Tor,
27477 now that we're shipping binary distributions more regularly.
27480 Changes in version 0.0.9.1 - 2004-12-15
27481 o Bugfixes on 0.0.9:
27482 - Make hibernation actually work.
27483 - Make HashedControlPassword config option work.
27484 - When we're reporting event circuit status to a controller,
27485 don't use the stream status code.
27488 Changes in version 0.0.9 - 2004-12-12
27489 o Bugfixes on 0.0.8.1 (Crashes and asserts):
27490 - Catch and ignore SIGXFSZ signals when log files exceed 2GB; our
27491 write() call will fail and we handle it there.
27492 - When we run out of disk space, or other log writing error, don't
27493 crash. Just stop logging to that log and continue.
27494 - Fix isspace() and friends so they still make Solaris happy
27495 but also so they don't trigger asserts on win32.
27496 - Fix assert failure on malformed socks4a requests.
27497 - Fix an assert bug where a hidden service provider would fail if
27498 the first hop of his rendezvous circuit was down.
27499 - Better handling of size_t vs int, so we're more robust on 64
27502 o Bugfixes on 0.0.8.1 (Win32):
27503 - Make windows sockets actually non-blocking (oops), and handle
27504 win32 socket errors better.
27505 - Fix parse_iso_time on platforms without strptime (eg win32).
27506 - win32: when being multithreaded, leave parent fdarray open.
27507 - Better handling of winsock includes on non-MSV win32 compilers.
27508 - Change our file IO stuff (especially wrt OpenSSL) so win32 is
27510 - Make unit tests work on win32.
27512 o Bugfixes on 0.0.8.1 (Path selection and streams):
27513 - Calculate timeout for waiting for a connected cell from the time
27514 we sent the begin cell, not from the time the stream started. If
27515 it took a long time to establish the circuit, we would time out
27516 right after sending the begin cell.
27517 - Fix router_compare_addr_to_addr_policy: it was not treating a port
27518 of * as always matching, so we were picking reject *:* nodes as
27519 exit nodes too. Oops.
27520 - When read() failed on a stream, we would close it without sending
27521 back an end. So 'connection refused' would simply be ignored and
27522 the user would get no response.
27523 - Stop a sigpipe: when an 'end' cell races with eof from the app,
27524 we shouldn't hold-open-until-flush if the eof arrived first.
27525 - Let resolve conns retry/expire also, rather than sticking around
27527 - Fix more dns related bugs: send back resolve_failed and end cells
27528 more reliably when the resolve fails, rather than closing the
27529 circuit and then trying to send the cell. Also attach dummy resolve
27530 connections to a circuit *before* calling dns_resolve(), to fix
27531 a bug where cached answers would never be sent in RESOLVED cells.
27533 o Bugfixes on 0.0.8.1 (Circuits):
27534 - Finally fix a bug that's been plaguing us for a year:
27535 With high load, circuit package window was reaching 0. Whenever
27536 we got a circuit-level sendme, we were reading a lot on each
27537 socket, but only writing out a bit. So we would eventually reach
27538 eof. This would be noticed and acted on even when there were still
27539 bytes sitting in the inbuf.
27540 - Use identity comparison, not nickname comparison, to choose which
27541 half of circuit-ID-space each side gets to use. This is needed
27542 because sometimes we think of a router as a nickname, and sometimes
27543 as a hex ID, and we can't predict what the other side will do.
27545 o Bugfixes on 0.0.8.1 (Other):
27546 - Fix a whole slew of memory leaks.
27547 - Disallow NDEBUG. We don't ever want anybody to turn off debug.
27548 - If we are using select, make sure we stay within FD_SETSIZE.
27549 - When poll() is interrupted, we shouldn't believe the revents values.
27550 - Add a FAST_SMARTLIST define to optionally inline smartlist_get
27551 and smartlist_len, which are two major profiling offenders.
27552 - If do_hup fails, actually notice.
27553 - Flush the log file descriptor after we print "Tor opening log file",
27554 so we don't see those messages days later.
27555 - Hidden service operators now correctly handle version 1 style
27556 INTRODUCE1 cells (nobody generates them still, so not a critical
27558 - Handle more errnos from accept() without closing the listener.
27559 Some OpenBSD machines were closing their listeners because
27560 they ran out of file descriptors.
27561 - Some people had wrapped their tor client/server in a script
27562 that would restart it whenever it died. This did not play well
27563 with our "shut down if your version is obsolete" code. Now people
27564 don't fetch a new directory if their local cached version is
27566 - Make our autogen.sh work on ksh as well as bash.
27567 - Better torrc example lines for dirbindaddress and orbindaddress.
27568 - Improved bounds checking on parsed ints (e.g. config options and
27569 the ones we find in directories.)
27570 - Stop using separate defaults for no-config-file and
27571 empty-config-file. Now you have to explicitly turn off SocksPort,
27572 if you don't want it open.
27573 - We were starting to daemonize before we opened our logs, so if
27574 there were any problems opening logs, we would complain to stderr,
27575 which wouldn't work, and then mysteriously exit.
27576 - If a verified OR connects to us before he's uploaded his descriptor,
27577 or we verify him and hup but he still has the original TLS
27578 connection, then conn->nickname is still set like he's unverified.
27580 o Code security improvements, inspired by Ilja:
27581 - tor_snprintf wrapper over snprintf with consistent (though not C99)
27583 - Replace sprintf with tor_snprintf. (I think they were all safe, but
27585 - Replace strcpy/strncpy with strlcpy in more places.
27586 - Avoid strcat; use tor_snprintf or strlcat instead.
27588 o Features (circuits and streams):
27589 - New circuit building strategy: keep a list of ports that we've
27590 used in the past 6 hours, and always try to have 2 circuits open
27591 or on the way that will handle each such port. Seed us with port
27592 80 so web users won't complain that Tor is "slow to start up".
27593 - Make kill -USR1 dump more useful stats about circuits.
27594 - When warning about retrying or giving up, print the address, so
27595 the user knows which one it's talking about.
27596 - If you haven't used a clean circuit in an hour, throw it away,
27597 just to be on the safe side. (This means after 6 hours a totally
27598 unused Tor client will have no circuits open.)
27599 - Support "foo.nickname.exit" addresses, to let Alice request the
27600 address "foo" as viewed by exit node "nickname". Based on a patch
27601 from Geoff Goodell.
27602 - If your requested entry or exit node has advertised bandwidth 0,
27604 - Be more greedy about filling up relay cells -- we try reading again
27605 once we've processed the stuff we read, in case enough has arrived
27606 to fill the last cell completely.
27607 - Refuse application socks connections to port 0.
27608 - Use only 0.0.9pre1 and later servers for resolve cells.
27610 o Features (bandwidth):
27611 - Hibernation: New config option "AccountingMax" lets you
27612 set how many bytes per month (in each direction) you want to
27613 allow your server to consume. Rather than spreading those
27614 bytes out evenly over the month, we instead hibernate for some
27615 of the month and pop up at a deterministic time, work until
27616 the bytes are consumed, then hibernate again. Config option
27617 "MonthlyAccountingStart" lets you specify which day of the month
27618 your billing cycle starts on.
27619 - Implement weekly/monthly/daily accounting: now you specify your
27620 hibernation properties by
27621 AccountingMax N bytes|KB|MB|GB|TB
27622 AccountingStart day|week|month [day] HH:MM
27623 Defaults to "month 1 0:00".
27624 - Let bandwidth and interval config options be specified as 5 bytes,
27625 kb, kilobytes, etc; and as seconds, minutes, hours, days, weeks.
27627 o Features (directories):
27628 - New "router-status" line in directory, to better bind each verified
27629 nickname to its identity key.
27630 - Clients can ask dirservers for /dir.z to get a compressed version
27631 of the directory. Only works for servers running 0.0.9, of course.
27632 - Make clients cache directories and use them to seed their router
27633 lists at startup. This means clients have a datadir again.
27634 - Respond to content-encoding headers by trying to uncompress as
27636 - Clients and servers now fetch running-routers; cache
27637 running-routers; compress running-routers; serve compressed
27639 - Make moria2 advertise a dirport of 80, so people behind firewalls
27640 will be able to get a directory.
27641 - Http proxy support
27642 - Dirservers translate requests for http://%s:%d/x to /x
27643 - You can specify "HttpProxy %s[:%d]" and all dir fetches will
27644 be routed through this host.
27645 - Clients ask for /tor/x rather than /x for new enough dirservers.
27646 This way we can one day coexist peacefully with apache.
27647 - Clients specify a "Host: %s%d" http header, to be compatible
27648 with more proxies, and so running squid on an exit node can work.
27649 - Protect dirservers from overzealous descriptor uploading -- wait
27650 10 seconds after directory gets dirty, before regenerating.
27652 o Features (packages and install):
27653 - Add NSI installer contributed by J Doe.
27654 - Apply NT service patch from Osamu Fujino. Still needs more work.
27655 - Commit VC6 and VC7 workspace/project files.
27656 - Commit a tor.spec for making RPM files, with help from jbash.
27657 - Add contrib/torctl.in contributed by Glenn Fink.
27658 - Make expand_filename handle ~ and ~username.
27659 - Use autoconf to enable largefile support where necessary. Use
27660 ftello where available, since ftell can fail at 2GB.
27661 - Ship src/win32/ in the tarball, so people can use it to build.
27662 - Make old win32 fall back to CWD if SHGetSpecialFolderLocation
27665 o Features (ui controller):
27666 - Control interface: a separate program can now talk to your
27667 client/server over a socket, and get/set config options, receive
27668 notifications of circuits and streams starting/finishing/dying,
27669 bandwidth used, etc. The next step is to get some GUIs working.
27670 Let us know if you want to help out. See doc/control-spec.txt .
27671 - Ship a contrib/tor-control.py as an example script to interact
27672 with the control port.
27673 - "tor --hash-password zzyxz" will output a salted password for
27674 use in authenticating to the control interface.
27675 - Implement the control-spec's SAVECONF command, to write your
27676 configuration to torrc.
27677 - Get cookie authentication for the controller closer to working.
27678 - When set_conf changes our server descriptor, upload a new copy.
27679 But don't upload it too often if there are frequent changes.
27681 o Features (config and command-line):
27682 - Deprecate unofficial config option abbreviations, and abbreviations
27683 not on the command line.
27684 - Configuration infrastructure support for warning on obsolete
27686 - Give a slightly more useful output for "tor -h".
27687 - Break DirFetchPostPeriod into:
27688 - DirFetchPeriod for fetching full directory,
27689 - StatusFetchPeriod for fetching running-routers,
27690 - DirPostPeriod for posting server descriptor,
27691 - RendPostPeriod for posting hidden service descriptors.
27692 - New log format in config:
27693 "Log minsev[-maxsev] stdout|stderr|syslog" or
27694 "Log minsev[-maxsev] file /var/foo"
27695 - DirPolicy config option, to let people reject incoming addresses
27696 from their dirserver.
27697 - "tor --list-fingerprint" will list your identity key fingerprint
27699 - Make tor --version --version dump the cvs Id of every file.
27700 - New 'MyFamily nick1,...' config option for a server to
27701 specify other servers that shouldn't be used in the same circuit
27702 with it. Only believed if nick1 also specifies us.
27703 - New 'NodeFamily nick1,nick2,...' config option for a client to
27704 specify nodes that it doesn't want to use in the same circuit.
27705 - New 'Redirectexit pattern address:port' config option for a
27706 server to redirect exit connections, e.g. to a local squid.
27707 - Add "pass" target for RedirectExit, to make it easier to break
27708 out of a sequence of RedirectExit rules.
27709 - Make the dirservers file obsolete.
27710 - Include a dir-signing-key token in directories to tell the
27711 parsing entity which key is being used to sign.
27712 - Remove the built-in bulky default dirservers string.
27713 - New config option "Dirserver %s:%d [fingerprint]", which can be
27714 repeated as many times as needed. If no dirservers specified,
27715 default to moria1,moria2,tor26.
27716 - Make 'Routerfile' config option obsolete.
27717 - Discourage people from setting their dirfetchpostperiod more often
27718 than once per minute.
27720 o Features (other):
27721 - kill -USR2 now moves all logs to loglevel debug (kill -HUP to
27722 get back to normal.)
27723 - Accept *:706 (silc) in default exit policy.
27724 - Implement new versioning format for post 0.1.
27725 - Distinguish between TOR_TLS_CLOSE and TOR_TLS_ERROR, so we can
27726 log more informatively.
27727 - Check clock skew for verified servers, but allow unverified
27728 servers and clients to have any clock skew.
27729 - Make sure the hidden service descriptors are at a random offset
27730 from each other, to hinder linkability.
27731 - Clients now generate a TLS cert too, in preparation for having
27732 them act more like real nodes.
27733 - Add a pure-C tor-resolve implementation.
27734 - Use getrlimit and friends to ensure we can reach MaxConn (currently
27735 1024) file descriptors.
27736 - Raise the max dns workers from 50 to 100.
27739 Changes in version 0.0.8.1 - 2004-10-13
27741 - Fix a seg fault that can be triggered remotely for Tor
27742 clients/servers with an open dirport.
27743 - Fix a rare assert trigger, where routerinfos for entries in
27744 our cpath would expire while we're building the path.
27745 - Fix a bug in OutboundBindAddress so it (hopefully) works.
27746 - Fix a rare seg fault for people running hidden services on
27747 intermittent connections.
27748 - Fix a bug in parsing opt keywords with objects.
27749 - Fix a stale pointer assert bug when a stream detaches and
27751 - Fix a string format vulnerability (probably not exploitable)
27752 in reporting stats locally.
27753 - Fix an assert trigger: sometimes launching circuits can fail
27754 immediately, e.g. because too many circuits have failed recently.
27755 - Fix a compile warning on 64 bit platforms.
27758 Changes in version 0.0.8 - 2004-08-25
27760 - Made our unit tests compile again on OpenBSD 3.5, and tor
27761 itself compile again on OpenBSD on a sparc64.
27762 - We were neglecting milliseconds when logging on win32, so
27763 everything appeared to happen at the beginning of each second.
27764 - Check directory signature _before_ you decide whether you're
27765 you're running an obsolete version and should exit.
27766 - Check directory signature _before_ you parse the running-routers
27767 list to decide who's running.
27768 - Check return value of fclose while writing to disk, so we don't
27769 end up with broken files when servers run out of disk space.
27770 - Port it to SunOS 5.9 / Athena
27771 - Fix two bugs in saving onion keys to disk when rotating, so
27772 hopefully we'll get fewer people using old onion keys.
27773 - Remove our mostly unused -- and broken -- hex_encode()
27774 function. Use base16_encode() instead. (Thanks to Timo Lindfors
27775 for pointing out this bug.)
27776 - Only pick and establish intro points after we've gotten a
27778 - Fix assert triggers: if the other side returns an address 0.0.0.0,
27779 don't put it into the client dns cache.
27780 - If a begin failed due to exit policy, but we believe the IP
27781 address should have been allowed, switch that router to exitpolicy
27782 reject *:* until we get our next directory.
27784 o Protocol changes:
27785 - 'Extend' relay cell payloads now include the digest of the
27786 intended next hop's identity key. Now we can verify that we're
27787 extending to the right router, and also extend to routers we
27788 hadn't heard of before.
27791 - Tor nodes can now act as relays (with an advertised ORPort)
27792 without being manually verified by the dirserver operators.
27793 - Uploaded descriptors of unverified routers are now accepted
27794 by the dirservers, and included in the directory.
27795 - Verified routers are listed by nickname in the running-routers
27796 list; unverified routers are listed as "$<fingerprint>".
27797 - We now use hash-of-identity-key in most places rather than
27798 nickname or addr:port, for improved security/flexibility.
27799 - AllowUnverifiedNodes config option to let circuits choose no-name
27800 routers in entry,middle,exit,introduction,rendezvous positions.
27801 Allow middle and rendezvous positions by default.
27802 - When picking unverified routers, skip those with low uptime and/or
27803 low bandwidth, depending on what properties you care about.
27804 - ClientOnly option for nodes that never want to become servers.
27805 - Directory caching.
27806 - "AuthoritativeDir 1" option for the official dirservers.
27807 - Now other nodes (clients and servers) will cache the latest
27808 directory they've pulled down.
27809 - They can enable their DirPort to serve it to others.
27810 - Clients will pull down a directory from any node with an open
27811 DirPort, and check the signature/timestamp correctly.
27812 - Authoritative dirservers now fetch directories from other
27813 authdirservers, to stay better synced.
27814 - Running-routers list tells who's down also, along with noting
27815 if they're verified (listed by nickname) or unverified (listed
27817 - Allow dirservers to serve running-router list separately.
27818 This isn't used yet.
27819 - You can now fetch $DIRURL/running-routers to get just the
27820 running-routers line, not the whole descriptor list. (But
27821 clients don't use this yet.)
27822 - Clients choose nodes proportional to advertised bandwidth.
27823 - Clients avoid using nodes with low uptime as introduction points.
27824 - Handle servers with dynamic IP addresses: don't just replace
27825 options->Address with the resolved one at startup, and
27826 detect our address right before we make a routerinfo each time.
27827 - 'FascistFirewall' option to pick dirservers and ORs on specific
27828 ports; plus 'FirewallPorts' config option to tell FascistFirewall
27829 which ports are open. (Defaults to 80,443)
27830 - Try other dirservers immediately if the one you try is down. This
27831 should tolerate down dirservers better now.
27832 - ORs connect-on-demand to other ORs
27833 - If you get an extend cell to an OR you're not connected to,
27834 connect, handshake, and forward the create cell.
27835 - The authoritative dirservers stay connected to everybody,
27836 and everybody stays connected to 0.0.7 servers, but otherwise
27837 clients/servers expire unused connections after 5 minutes.
27838 - When servers get a sigint, they delay 30 seconds (refusing new
27839 connections) then exit. A second sigint causes immediate exit.
27840 - File and name management:
27841 - Look for .torrc if no CONFDIR "torrc" is found.
27842 - If no datadir is defined, then choose, make, and secure ~/.tor
27844 - If torrc not found, exitpolicy reject *:*.
27845 - Expands ~/ in filenames to $HOME/ (but doesn't yet expand ~arma).
27846 - If no nickname is defined, derive default from hostname.
27847 - Rename secret key files, e.g. identity.key -> secret_id_key,
27848 to discourage people from mailing their identity key to tor-ops.
27849 - Refuse to build a circuit before the directory has arrived --
27850 it won't work anyway, since you won't know the right onion keys
27852 - Parse tor version numbers so we can do an is-newer-than check
27853 rather than an is-in-the-list check.
27854 - New socks command 'resolve', to let us shim gethostbyname()
27856 - A 'tor_resolve' script to access the socks resolve functionality.
27857 - A new socks-extensions.txt doc file to describe our
27858 interpretation and extensions to the socks protocols.
27859 - Add a ContactInfo option, which gets published in descriptor.
27860 - Write tor version at the top of each log file
27861 - New docs in the tarball:
27863 - Document that you should proxy your SSL traffic too.
27864 - Log a warning if the user uses an unsafe socks variant, so people
27865 are more likely to learn about privoxy or socat.
27866 - Log a warning if you're running an unverified server, to let you
27867 know you might want to get it verified.
27868 - Change the default exit policy to reject the default edonkey,
27869 kazaa, gnutella ports.
27870 - Add replace_file() to util.[ch] to handle win32's rename().
27871 - Publish OR uptime in descriptor (and thus in directory) too.
27872 - Remember used bandwidth (both in and out), and publish 15-minute
27873 snapshots for the past day into our descriptor.
27874 - Be more aggressive about trying to make circuits when the network
27875 has changed (e.g. when you unsuspend your laptop).
27876 - Check for time skew on http headers; report date in response to
27878 - If the entrynode config line has only one node, don't pick it as
27880 - Add strict{entry|exit}nodes config options. If set to 1, then
27881 we refuse to build circuits that don't include the specified entry
27883 - OutboundBindAddress config option, to bind to a specific
27884 IP address for outgoing connect()s.
27885 - End truncated log entries (e.g. directories) with "[truncated]".
27888 Changes in version 0.0.7.3 - 2004-08-12
27889 o Stop dnsworkers from triggering an assert failure when you
27890 ask them to resolve the host "".
27893 Changes in version 0.0.7.2 - 2004-07-07
27894 o A better fix for the 0.0.0.0 problem, that will hopefully
27895 eliminate the remaining related assertion failures.
27898 Changes in version 0.0.7.1 - 2004-07-04
27899 o When an address resolves to 0.0.0.0, treat it as a failed resolve,
27900 since internally we use 0.0.0.0 to signify "not yet resolved".
27903 Changes in version 0.0.7 - 2004-06-07
27904 o Fixes for crashes and other obnoxious bugs:
27905 - Fix an epipe bug: sometimes when directory connections failed
27906 to connect, we would give them a chance to flush before closing
27908 - When we detached from a circuit because of resolvefailed, we
27909 would immediately try the same circuit twice more, and then
27910 give up on the resolve thinking we'd tried three different
27912 - Limit the number of intro circuits we'll attempt to build for a
27913 hidden service per 15-minute period.
27914 - Check recommended-software string *early*, before actually parsing
27915 the directory. Thus we can detect an obsolete version and exit,
27916 even if the new directory format doesn't parse.
27917 o Fixes for security bugs:
27918 - Remember which nodes are dirservers when you startup, and if a
27919 random OR enables his dirport, don't automatically assume he's
27920 a trusted dirserver.
27922 - Directory connections were asking the wrong poll socket to
27923 start writing, and not asking themselves to start writing.
27924 - When we detached from a circuit because we sent a begin but
27925 didn't get a connected, we would use it again the first time;
27926 but after that we would correctly switch to a different one.
27927 - Stop warning when the first onion decrypt attempt fails; they
27928 will sometimes legitimately fail now that we rotate keys.
27929 - Override unaligned-access-ok check when $host_cpu is ia64 or
27930 arm. Apparently they allow it but the kernel whines.
27931 - Dirservers try to reconnect periodically too, in case connections
27933 - Fix some memory leaks in directory servers.
27934 - Allow backslash in Win32 filenames.
27935 - Made Tor build complain-free on FreeBSD, hopefully without
27936 breaking other BSD builds. We'll see.
27937 - Check directory signatures based on name of signer, not on whom
27938 we got the directory from. This will let us cache directories more
27940 - Rotate dnsworkers and cpuworkers on SIGHUP, so they get new config
27943 - Doxygen markup on all functions and global variables.
27944 - Make directory functions update routerlist, not replace it. So
27945 now directory disagreements are not so critical a problem.
27946 - Remove the upper limit on number of descriptors in a dirserver's
27947 directory (not that we were anywhere close).
27948 - Allow multiple logfiles at different severity ranges.
27949 - Allow *BindAddress to specify ":port" rather than setting *Port
27950 separately. Allow multiple instances of each BindAddress config
27951 option, so you can bind to multiple interfaces if you want.
27952 - Allow multiple exit policy lines, which are processed in order.
27953 Now we don't need that huge line with all the commas in it.
27954 - Enable accept/reject policies on SOCKS connections, so you can bind
27955 to 0.0.0.0 but still control who can use your OP.
27956 - Updated the man page to reflect these features.
27959 Changes in version 0.0.6.2 - 2004-05-16
27960 o Our integrity-checking digest was checking only the most recent cell,
27961 not the previous cells like we'd thought.
27962 Thanks to Stefan Mark for finding the flaw!
27965 Changes in version 0.0.6.1 - 2004-05-06
27966 o Fix two bugs in our AES counter-mode implementation (this affected
27967 onion-level stream encryption, but not TLS-level). It turns
27968 out we were doing something much more akin to a 16-character
27969 polyalphabetic cipher. Oops.
27970 Thanks to Stefan Mark for finding the flaw!
27971 o Retire moria3 as a directory server, and add tor26 as a directory
27975 Changes in version 0.0.6 - 2004-05-02
27977 - Hidden services and rendezvous points are implemented. Go to
27978 http://6sxoyfb3h2nvok2d.onion/ for an index of currently available
27979 hidden services. (This only works via a socks4a proxy such as
27980 Privoxy, and currently it's quite slow.)
27981 - We now rotate link (tls context) keys and onion keys.
27982 - CREATE cells now include oaep padding, so you can tell
27983 if you decrypted them correctly.
27984 - Retry stream correctly when we fail to connect because of
27985 exit-policy-reject (should try another) or can't-resolve-address.
27986 - When we hup a dirserver and we've *removed* a server from the
27987 approved-routers list, now we remove that server from the
27988 in-memory directories too.
27989 - Add bandwidthburst to server descriptor.
27990 - Directories now say which dirserver signed them.
27991 - Use a tor_assert macro that logs failed assertions too.
27992 - Since we don't support truncateds much, don't bother sending them;
27993 just close the circ.
27994 - Fetch randomness from /dev/urandom better (not via fopen/fread)
27995 - Better debugging for tls errors
27996 - Set Content-Type on the directory and hidserv descriptor.
27997 - Remove IVs from cipher code, since AES-ctr has none.
27999 - Fix an assert trigger for exit nodes that's been plaguing us since
28000 the days of 0.0.2prexx (thanks weasel!)
28001 - Fix a bug where we were closing tls connections intermittently.
28002 It turns out openssl keeps its errors around -- so if an error
28003 happens, and you don't ask about it, and then another openssl
28004 operation happens and succeeds, and you ask if there was an error,
28005 it tells you about the first error.
28006 - Fix a bug that's been lurking since 27 may 03 (!)
28007 When passing back a destroy cell, we would use the wrong circ id.
28008 - Don't crash if a conn that sent a begin has suddenly lost its circuit.
28009 - Some versions of openssl have an SSL_pending function that erroneously
28010 returns bytes when there is a non-application record pending.
28011 - Win32 fixes. Tor now compiles on win32 with no warnings/errors.
28012 o We were using an array of length zero in a few places.
28013 o Win32's gethostbyname can't resolve an IP to an IP.
28014 o Win32's close can't close a socket.
28015 o Handle windows socket errors correctly.
28017 - check for <sys/limits.h> so we build on FreeBSD again, and
28018 <machine/limits.h> for NetBSD.
28021 Changes in version 0.0.5 - 2004-03-30
28022 o Install torrc as torrc.sample -- we no longer clobber your
28024 o Fix mangled-state bug in directory fetching (was causing sigpipes).
28025 o Only build circuits after we've fetched the directory: clients were
28026 using only the directory servers before they'd fetched a directory.
28027 This also means longer startup time; so it goes.
28028 o Fix an assert trigger where an OP would fail to handshake, and we'd
28029 expect it to have a nickname.
28030 o Work around a tsocks bug: do a socks reject when AP connection dies
28031 early, else tsocks goes into an infinite loop.
28032 o Hold socks connection open until reply is flushed (if possible)
28033 o Make exit nodes resolve IPs to IPs immediately, rather than asking
28034 the dns farm to do it.
28035 o Fix c99 aliasing warnings in rephist.c
28036 o Don't include server descriptors that are older than 24 hours in the
28038 o Give socks 'reject' replies their whole 15s to attempt to flush,
28039 rather than seeing the 60s timeout and assuming the flush had failed.
28040 o Clean automake droppings from the cvs repository
28041 o Add in a 'notice' log level for things the operator should hear
28042 but that aren't warnings
28045 Changes in version 0.0.4 - 2004-03-26
28046 o When connecting to a dirserver or OR and the network is down,
28050 Changes in version 0.0.3 - 2004-03-26
28051 o Warn and fail if server chose a nickname with illegal characters
28052 o Port to Solaris and Sparc:
28053 - include missing header fcntl.h
28054 - have autoconf find -lsocket -lnsl automatically
28055 - deal with hardware word alignment
28056 - make uname() work (solaris has a different return convention)
28057 - switch from using signal() to sigaction()
28058 o Preliminary work on reputation system:
28059 - Keep statistics on success/fail of connect attempts; they're published
28060 by kill -USR1 currently.
28061 - Add a RunTesting option to try to learn link state by creating test
28062 circuits, even when SocksPort is off.
28063 - Remove unused open circuits when there are too many.
28066 Changes in version 0.0.2 - 2004-03-19
28067 - Include strlcpy and strlcat for safer string ops
28068 - define INADDR_NONE so we compile (but still not run) on solaris
28071 Changes in version 0.0.2pre27 - 2004-03-14
28073 - Allow internal tor networks (we were rejecting internal IPs,
28074 now we allow them if they're set explicitly).
28075 - And fix a few endian issues.
28078 Changes in version 0.0.2pre26 - 2004-03-14
28080 - If a stream times out after 15s without a connected cell, don't
28081 try that circuit again: try a new one.
28082 - Retry streams at most 4 times. Then give up.
28083 - When a dirserver gets a descriptor from an unknown router, it
28084 logs its fingerprint (so the dirserver operator can choose to
28085 accept it even without mail from the server operator).
28086 - Inform unapproved servers when we reject their descriptors.
28087 - Make tor build on Windows again. It works as a client, who knows
28089 - Clearer instructions in the torrc for how to set up a server.
28090 - Be more efficient about reading fd's when our global token bucket
28091 (used for rate limiting) becomes empty.
28093 - Stop asserting that computers always go forward in time. It's
28095 - When we sent a cell (e.g. destroy) and then marked an OR connection
28096 expired, we might close it before finishing a flush if the other
28097 side isn't reading right then.
28098 - Don't allow dirservers to start if they haven't defined
28099 RecommendedVersions
28100 - We were caching transient dns failures. Oops.
28101 - Prevent servers from publishing an internal IP as their address.
28102 - Address a strcat vulnerability in circuit.c
28105 Changes in version 0.0.2pre25 - 2004-03-04
28107 - Put the OR's IP in its router descriptor, not its fqdn. That way
28108 we'll stop being stalled by gethostbyname for nodes with flaky dns,
28111 - If the user typed in an address that didn't resolve, the server
28115 Changes in version 0.0.2pre24 - 2004-03-03
28117 - Fix an assertion failure in dns.c, where we were trying to dequeue
28118 a pending dns resolve even if it wasn't pending
28119 - Fix a spurious socks5 warning about still trying to write after the
28120 connection is finished.
28121 - Hold certain marked_for_close connections open until they're finished
28122 flushing, rather than losing bytes by closing them too early.
28123 - Correctly report the reason for ending a stream
28124 - Remove some duplicate calls to connection_mark_for_close
28125 - Put switch_id and start_daemon earlier in the boot sequence, so it
28126 will actually try to chdir() to options.DataDirectory
28127 - Make 'make test' exit(1) if a test fails; fix some unit tests
28128 - Make tor fail when you use a config option it doesn't know about,
28129 rather than warn and continue.
28130 - Make --version work
28131 - Bugfixes on the rpm spec file and tor.sh, so it's more up to date
28134 Changes in version 0.0.2pre23 - 2004-02-29
28136 - Print a statement when the first circ is finished, so the user
28137 knows it's working.
28138 - If a relay cell is unrecognized at the end of the circuit,
28139 send back a destroy. (So attacks to mutate cells are more
28141 - New config option 'excludenodes' to avoid certain nodes for circuits.
28142 - When it daemonizes, it chdir's to the DataDirectory rather than "/",
28143 so you can collect coredumps there.
28145 - Fix a bug in tls flushing where sometimes data got wedged and
28146 didn't flush until more data got sent. Hopefully this bug was
28147 a big factor in the random delays we were seeing.
28148 - Make 'connected' cells include the resolved IP, so the client
28149 dns cache actually gets populated.
28150 - Disallow changing from ORPort=0 to ORPort>0 on hup.
28151 - When we time-out on a stream and detach from the circuit, send an
28152 end cell down it first.
28153 - Only warn about an unknown router (in exitnodes, entrynodes,
28154 excludenodes) after we've fetched a directory.
28157 Changes in version 0.0.2pre22 - 2004-02-26
28159 - Servers publish less revealing uname information in descriptors.
28160 - More memory tracking and assertions, to crash more usefully when
28162 - If the default torrc isn't there, just use some default defaults.
28163 Plus provide an internal dirservers file if they don't have one.
28164 - When the user tries to use Tor as an http proxy, give them an http
28165 501 failure explaining that we're a socks proxy.
28166 - Dump a new router.desc on hup, to help confused people who change
28167 their exit policies and then wonder why router.desc doesn't reflect
28169 - Clean up the generic tor.sh init script that we ship with.
28171 - If the exit stream is pending on the resolve, and a destroy arrives,
28172 then the stream wasn't getting removed from the pending list. I
28173 think this was the one causing recent server crashes.
28174 - Use a more robust poll on OSX 10.3, since their poll is flaky.
28175 - When it couldn't resolve any dirservers, it was useless from then on.
28176 Now it reloads the RouterFile (or default dirservers) if it has no
28178 - Move the 'tor' binary back to /usr/local/bin/ -- it turns out
28179 many users don't even *have* a /usr/local/sbin/.
28182 Changes in version 0.0.2pre21 - 2004-02-18
28184 - There's a ChangeLog file that actually reflects the changelog.
28185 - There's a 'torify' wrapper script, with an accompanying
28186 tor-tsocks.conf, that simplifies the process of using tsocks for
28187 tor. It even has a man page.
28188 - The tor binary gets installed to sbin rather than bin now.
28189 - Retry streams where the connected cell hasn't arrived in 15 seconds
28190 - Clean up exit policy handling -- get the default out of the torrc,
28191 so we can update it without forcing each server operator to fix
28193 - Allow imaps and pop3s in default exit policy
28195 - Prevent picking middleman nodes as the last node in the circuit
28198 Changes in version 0.0.2pre20 - 2004-01-30
28200 - We now have a deb package, and it's in debian unstable. Go to
28201 it, apt-getters. :)
28202 - I've split the TotalBandwidth option into BandwidthRate (how many
28203 bytes per second you want to allow, long-term) and
28204 BandwidthBurst (how many bytes you will allow at once before the cap
28205 kicks in). This better token bucket approach lets you, say, set
28206 BandwidthRate to 10KB/s and BandwidthBurst to 10MB, allowing good
28207 performance while not exceeding your monthly bandwidth quota.
28208 - Push out a tls record's worth of data once you've got it, rather
28209 than waiting until you've read everything waiting to be read. This
28210 may improve performance by pipelining better. We'll see.
28211 - Add an AP_CONN_STATE_CONNECTING state, to allow streams to detach
28212 from failed circuits (if they haven't been connected yet) and attach
28214 - Expire old streams that haven't managed to connect. Some day we'll
28215 have them reattach to new circuits instead.
28218 - Fix several memory leaks that were causing servers to become bloated
28220 - Fix a few very rare assert triggers. A few more remain.
28221 - Setuid to User _before_ complaining about running as root.
28224 Changes in version 0.0.2pre19 - 2004-01-07
28226 - Fix deadlock condition in dns farm. We were telling a child to die by
28227 closing the parent's file descriptor to him. But newer children were
28228 inheriting the open file descriptor from the parent, and since they
28229 weren't closing it, the socket never closed, so the child never read
28230 eof, so he never knew to exit. Similarly, dns workers were holding
28231 open other sockets, leading to all sorts of chaos.
28232 - New cleaner daemon() code for forking and backgrounding.
28233 - If you log to a file, it now prints an entry at the top of the
28234 logfile so you know it's working.
28235 - The onionskin challenge length was 30 bytes longer than necessary.
28236 - Started to patch up the spec so it's not quite so out of date.
28239 Changes in version 0.0.2pre18 - 2004-01-02
28241 - Fix endian issues with the 'integrity' field in the relay header.
28242 - Fix a potential bug where connections in state
28243 AP_CONN_STATE_CIRCUIT_WAIT might unexpectedly ask to write.
28246 Changes in version 0.0.2pre17 - 2003-12-30
28248 - Made --debuglogfile (or any second log file, actually) work.
28249 - Resolved an edge case in get_unique_circ_id_by_conn where a smart
28250 adversary could force us into an infinite loop.
28253 - Each onionskin handshake now includes a hash of the computed key,
28254 to prove the server's identity and help perfect forward secrecy.
28255 - Changed cell size from 256 to 512 bytes (working toward compatibility
28257 - Changed cell length to 2 bytes, and moved it to the relay header.
28258 - Implemented end-to-end integrity checking for the payloads of
28260 - Separated streamid from 'recognized' (otherwise circuits will get
28261 messed up when we try to have streams exit from the middle). We
28262 use the integrity-checking to confirm that a cell is addressed to
28264 - Randomize the initial circid and streamid values, so an adversary who
28265 breaks into a node can't learn how many circuits or streams have
28269 Changes in version 0.0.2pre16 - 2003-12-14
28271 - Fixed a bug that made HUP trigger an assert
28272 - Fixed a bug where a circuit that immediately failed wasn't being
28273 counted as a failed circuit in counting retries.
28276 - Now we close the circuit when we get a truncated cell: otherwise we're
28277 open to an anonymity attack where a bad node in the path truncates
28278 the circuit and then we open streams at him.
28279 - Add port ranges to exit policies
28280 - Add a conservative default exit policy
28281 - Warn if you're running tor as root
28282 - on HUP, retry OR connections and close/rebind listeners
28283 - options.EntryNodes: try these nodes first when picking the first node
28284 - options.ExitNodes: if your best choices happen to include any of
28285 your preferred exit nodes, you choose among just those preferred
28287 - options.ExcludedNodes: nodes that are never picked in path building
28290 Changes in version 0.0.2pre15 - 2003-12-03
28291 o Robustness and bugfixes:
28292 - Sometimes clients would cache incorrect DNS resolves, which would
28293 really screw things up.
28294 - An OP that goes offline would slowly leak all its sockets and stop
28296 - A wide variety of bugfixes in exit node selection, exit policy
28297 handling, and processing pending streams when a new circuit is
28299 - Pick nodes for a path only from those the directory says are up
28300 - Choose randomly from all running dirservers, not always the first one
28301 - Increase allowed http header size for directory fetch.
28302 - Stop writing to stderr (if we're daemonized it will be closed).
28303 - Enable -g always, so cores will be more useful to me.
28304 - Switch "-lcrypto -lssl" to "-lssl -lcrypto" for broken distributions.
28307 - Wrote a man page. It lists commonly used options.
28310 - Change default loglevel to warn.
28311 - Make PidFile default to null rather than littering in your CWD.
28312 - OnionRouter config option is now obsolete. Instead it just checks
28314 - Moved to a single unified torrc file for both clients and servers.
28317 Changes in version 0.0.2pre14 - 2003-11-29
28318 o Robustness and bugfixes:
28319 - Force the admin to make the DataDirectory himself
28320 - to get ownership/permissions right
28321 - so clients no longer make a DataDirectory and then never use it
28322 - fix bug where a client who was offline for 45 minutes would never
28323 pull down a directory again
28324 - fix (or at least hide really well) the dns assert bug that was
28325 causing server crashes
28326 - warnings and improved robustness wrt clockskew for certs
28327 - use the native daemon(3) to daemonize, when available
28328 - exit if bind() fails
28329 - exit if neither socksport nor orport is defined
28330 - include our own tor_timegm (Win32 doesn't have its own)
28331 - bugfix for win32 with lots of connections
28332 - fix minor bias in PRNG
28333 - make dirserver more robust to corrupt cached directory
28336 - Wrote the design document (woo)
28338 o Circuit building and exit policies:
28339 - Circuits no longer try to use nodes that the directory has told them
28341 - Exit policies now support bitmasks (18.0.0.0/255.0.0.0) and
28342 bitcounts (18.0.0.0/8).
28343 - Make AP connections standby for a circuit if no suitable circuit
28344 exists, rather than failing
28345 - Circuits choose exit node based on addr/port, exit policies, and
28346 which AP connections are standing by
28347 - Bump min pathlen from 2 to 3
28348 - Relay end cells have a payload to describe why the stream ended.
28349 - If the stream failed because of exit policy, try again with a new
28351 - Clients have a dns cache to remember resolved addresses.
28352 - Notice more quickly when we have no working circuits
28355 - APPort is now called SocksPort
28356 - SocksBindAddress, ORBindAddress, DirBindAddress let you configure
28358 - RecommendedVersions is now a config variable rather than
28359 hardcoded (for dirservers)
28360 - Reloads config on HUP
28361 - Usage info on -h or --help
28362 - If you set User and Group config vars, it'll setu/gid to them.
28364 Changes in version 0.0.2pre13 - 2003-10-19
28365 o General stability:
28366 - SSL_write no longer fails when it returns WANTWRITE and the number
28367 of bytes in the buf has changed by the next SSL_write call.
28368 - Fix segfault fetching directory when network is down
28369 - Fix a variety of minor memory leaks
28370 - Dirservers reload the fingerprints file on HUP, so I don't have
28371 to take down the network when I approve a new router
28372 - Default server config file has explicit Address line to specify fqdn
28375 - Buffers grow and shrink as needed (Cut process size from 20M to 2M)
28376 - Make listener connections not ever alloc bufs
28378 o Autoconf improvements:
28379 - don't clobber an external CFLAGS in ./configure
28380 - Make install now works
28381 - create var/lib/tor on make install
28382 - autocreate a tor.sh initscript to help distribs
28383 - autocreate the torrc and sample-server-torrc with correct paths
28385 o Log files and Daemonizing now work:
28386 - If --DebugLogFile is specified, log to it at -l debug
28387 - If --LogFile is specified, use it instead of commandline
28388 - If --RunAsDaemon is set, tor forks and backgrounds on startup