On 09/23/2014 08:55 PM, Roger Dingledine wrote: > Tor 0.2.4.24 fixes a bug that affects consistency and speed when > connecting to hidden services, and it updates the location of one of > the directory authorities. > > Tor 0.2.5.8-rc is the second release candidate for the Tor 0.2.5.x > series. It fixes a bug that affects consistency and speed when > connecting to hidden services, and it updates the location of one of > the directory authorities. > > https://www.torproject.org/dist/ > > Changes in version 0.2.4.24 - 2014-09-22 > o Major bugfixes: > - Clients now send the correct address for their chosen rendezvous > point when trying to access a hidden service. They used to send > the wrong address, which would still work some of the time because > they also sent the identity digest of the rendezvous point, and if > the hidden service happened to try connecting to the rendezvous > point from a relay that already had a connection open to it, > the relay would reuse that connection. Now connections to hidden > services should be more robust and faster. Also, this bug meant > that clients were leaking to the hidden service whether they were > on a little-endian (common) or big-endian (rare) system, which for > some users might have reduced their anonymity. Fixes bug 13151; > bugfix on 0.2.1.5-alpha. > > o Directory authority changes: > - Change IP address for gabelmoo (v3 directory authority). > > o Minor features (geoip): > - Update geoip and geoip6 to the August 7 2014 Maxmind GeoLite2 > Country database. > > > Changes in version 0.2.5.8-rc - 2014-09-22 > o Major bugfixes: > - Clients now send the correct address for their chosen rendezvous > point when trying to access a hidden service. They used to send > the wrong address, which would still work some of the time because > they also sent the identity digest of the rendezvous point, and if > the hidden service happened to try connecting to the rendezvous > point from a relay that already had a connection open to it, > the relay would reuse that connection. Now connections to hidden > services should be more robust and faster. Also, this bug meant > that clients were leaking to the hidden service whether they were > on a little-endian (common) or big-endian (rare) system, which for > some users might have reduced their anonymity. Fixes bug 13151; > bugfix on 0.2.1.5-alpha. > > o Directory authority changes: > - Change IP address for gabelmoo (v3 directory authority). > > > Hello, thanks for the update. Is there a reason why deb.torproject.org/torproject.org delivers the 0.2.5.8-rc as stable and not 0.2.4.24?
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