Sorry, Kmail problem. Please ignore! On Wednesday, September 24, 2014 23:51:04 psilo wrote: > ---------- Forwarded Message ---------- > > Subject: Re: [tor-talk] Tor 0.2.4.24 and 0.2.5.8-rc are out > Date: Wednesday, September 24, 2014, 10:19:37 > From: psilo <psilo@xxxxxxx> > To: tor-talk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > 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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