21 Aug 21:44
Tor 0.2.0.30 is released
Roger Dingledine <arma <at> mit.edu>
2008-08-21 19:44:21 GMT
2008-08-21 19:44:21 GMT
Tor 0.2.0.30 switches to a more efficient directory distribution design, adds features to make connections to the Tor network harder to block, allows Tor to act as a DNS proxy, adds separate rate limiting for relayed traffic to make it easier for clients to become relays, fixes a variety of potential anonymity problems, and includes the usual huge pile of other features and bug fixes. https://www.torproject.org/download.html Changes in version 0.2.0.30 - 2008-07-15 o New v3 directory design: - Tor now uses a new way to learn about and distribute information about the network: the directory authorities vote on a common network status document rather than each publishing their own opinion. Now clients and caches download only one networkstatus document to bootstrap, rather than downloading one for each authority. Clients only download router descriptors listed in the consensus. Implements proposal 101; see doc/spec/dir-spec.txt for details. - Set up moria1, tor26, and dizum as v3 directory authorities in addition to being v2 authorities. Also add three new ones: ides (run by Mike Perry), gabelmoo (run by Karsten Loesing), and dannenberg (run by CCC). - Switch to multi-level keys for directory authorities: now their long-term identity key can be kept offline, and they periodically generate a new signing key. Clients fetch the "key certificates" to keep up to date on the right keys. Add a standalone tool "tor-gencert" to generate key certificates. Implements proposal 103. - Add a new V3AuthUseLegacyKey config option to make it easier for v3 authorities to change their identity keys if another bug like(Continue reading)
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