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Changes in version 0.4.6.2-alpha - 2021-04-15

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  Tor 0.4.6.2-alpha is the second alpha in its series. It fixes several

  small bugs in previous releases, and solves other issues that had

  enabled denial-of-service attacks and affected integration with

  other tools.

  o Minor features (client):

    - Clients now check whether their streams are attempting to re-enter

      the Tor network (i.e. to send Tor traffic over Tor), and they

      close them preemptively if they think exit relays will refuse

      them. See ticket 2667 for details. Close ticket 40271.

      the Tor network (i.e. to send Tor traffic over Tor), and close

      them preemptively if they think exit relays will refuse them for

      this reason. See ticket 2667 for details. Close ticket 40271.

  o Minor features (command line):

    - Add long format name --torrc-file for command line option -f.

      Closes ticket 40324. Patch by Daniel Pinto.

    - Add long format name "--torrc-file" equivalent to the existing

      command-line option "-f". Closes ticket 40324. Patch by

      Daniel Pinto.

  o Minor features (dormant mode):

    - Add a new 'DormantTimeoutEnabled' option to allow coarse-grained

      control over whether the client ever becomes dormant from

      inactivity. Most people won't need this. Closes ticket 40228.

  o Minor features (fallback directory):

    - Renegerate the list to a new set of 200 relays acting as fallback

      directories. Closes ticket 40265.

  o Minor features (fallback directory list):

    - Renegerate the list of fallback directories to contain a new set

      of 200 relays. Closes ticket 40265.

  o Minor features (geoip data):

    - Update the geoip files to match the IPFire Location Database, as

      bugfix on 0.4.5.4-rc.

  o Minor bugfixes (channel, DoS):

    - Fix a possible non fatal assertion BUG() due to a too early free

      of a string when noting down the client connection for the DoS

      defenses subsystem. Fixes bug 40345; bugfix on 0.4.3.4-rc

    - Fix a non-fatal BUG() message due to a too-early free of a string,

      when listing a client connection from the DoS defenses subsystem.

      Fixes bug 40345; bugfix on 0.4.3.4-rc

  o Minor bugfixes (compilation):

    - Fix a compilation warning about unused functions when building

      40354; bugfix on 0.4.5.1-alpha. Patch by Daniel Pinto.

  o Minor bugfixes (configuration):

    - Fix globbing directories on all platforms when using %include

      options in configuration files. This patch also fixes compilation

      on musl libc based systems. Fixes bug 40141; bugfix

    - Fix pattern-matching for directories on all platforms when using

      %include options in configuration files. This patch also fixes

      compilation on musl libc based systems. Fixes bug 40141; bugfix

      on 0.4.5.1-alpha.

  o Minor bugfixes (relay):

      descriptor. Fixes bug 40364; bugfix on 0.4.6.1-alpha.

  o Minor bugfixes (testing, BSD):

    - Fix glob processing errors when globs expand to invalid paths on

      BSD systems. Fixes bug 40318; bugfix on 0.4.5.1-alpha. Patch by

    - Fix pattern-matching errors when patterns expand to invalid paths

      on BSD systems. Fixes bug 40318; bugfix on 0.4.5.1-alpha. Patch by

      Daniel Pinto.

  o Documentation (manual):

    - Move the ServerTransport* options to the SERVER OPTIONS` section.

    - Move the ServerTransport* options to the "SERVER OPTIONS" section.

      Closes issue 40331.

    - The HiddenServiceStatistics option also applies to bridges so

      properly indicate that in the tor.1 man page. Closes ticket 40346.

    - Move the description of "BridgeRecordUsageByCountry" to the

      section "STATISTICS OPTIONS". Closes ticket 40323.

    - Indicate that the HiddenServiceStatistics option also applies to

      bridges. Closes ticket 40346.

    - Move the description of BridgeRecordUsageByCountry to the section

      "STATISTICS OPTIONS". Closes ticket 40323.

Changes in version 0.4.6.1-alpha - 2021-03-18