X-Git-Url: http://www.privoxy.org/gitweb/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=doc%2Fsource%2Fchangelog.sgml;h=3d6094e53cad6011a41c97d2b5235e544dee56e3;hb=1ab5d5c80b0d088ecd058454aee0c1911cac80bd;hp=f0afc1b3a0892b9ef0c8cc3823f0be5d83dfa51a;hpb=30cfc09cf02d40c8ec3848e770413d982315cc08;p=privoxy.git diff --git a/doc/source/changelog.sgml b/doc/source/changelog.sgml index f0afc1b3..3d6094e5 100644 --- a/doc/source/changelog.sgml +++ b/doc/source/changelog.sgml @@ -3,9 +3,9 @@ Purpose : Entity included in other project documents. - $Id: changelog.sgml,v 2.8 2014/11/14 11:31:41 fabiankeil Exp $ + $Id: changelog.sgml,v 2.22 2016/08/26 12:31:25 fabiankeil Exp $ - Copyright (C) 2013 Privoxy Developers http://www.privoxy.org/ + Copyright (C) 2013-2016 Privoxy Developers https://www.privoxy.org/ See LICENSE. ====================================================================== @@ -20,457 +20,541 @@ user-manual --> - - Privoxy 3.0.22 stable is mainly a bug-fix - release, it also has a couple of new features, though. - Note that the first two entries in the ChangeLog below refer to security - issues: - + + Privoxy 3.0.26 stable is a bug-fix release + for the previously released 3.0.25 beta which introduced client-specific + tags and included a couple of minor improvements. + + Bug fixes: + - Fixed a memory leak when rejecting client connections due to - the socket limit being reached (CID 66382). This affected - Privoxy 3.0.21 when compiled with IPv6 support (on most - platforms this is the default). + Fixed crashes with "listen-addr :8118" (SF Bug #902). + The regression was introduced in 3.0.25 beta and reported + by Marvin Renich in Debian bug #834941. + + + + + + + General improvements: + + + + + Log when privoxy is toggled on or off via cgi interface. - Fixed an immediate-use-after-free bug (CID 66394) and two - additional unconfirmed use-after-free complaints made by - Coverity scan (CID 66391, CID 66376). + Highlight the "Info: Now toggled " on/off log message + in the Windows log viewer. - Actually show the FORCE_PREFIX value on the show-status page. + Highlight the loading actions/filter file log message + in the Windows log viewer. - Properly deal with Keep-Alive headers with timeout= parameters - If the timeout still can't be parsed, use the configured - timeout instead of preventing the client from keeping the - connection alive. Fixes #3615312/#870 reported by Bernard Guillot. + Mention client-specific tags on the toggle page as a + potentionally more appropriate alternative. + + + + + + + Documentation improvements: + + + + + Update download section on the homepage. + The downloads are available from the website now. - Not using any filter files no longer results in warning messages - unless an action file is referencing header taggers or filters. - Reported by Stefan Kurtz in #3614835. + Add sponsor FAQ. - Fixed a bug that prevented Privoxy from reusing some reusable - connections. Two bit masks with different purpose unintentionally - shared the same bit. + Remove obsolete reference to mailing lists hosted at SourceForge. - A couple of additional bugs were discovered by Coverity Scan. - The fixes that are not expected to affect users are not explicitly - mentioned here, for details please have a look at the CVS logs. + Update the "Before the Release" section of the developer manual. + + + + Infrastructure improvements: + + + + Add perl script to generate an RSS feed for the packages + Submitted by "Unknown". + + + - General improvements: + Build system improvements: + - Introduced negative tag patterns NO-REQUEST-TAG and NO-RESPONSE-TAG. - They apply if no matching tag is found after parsing client or - server headers. + strptime.h: fix a compiler warning about ambiguous else. - Add support for external filters which allow to process the - response body with a script or program written in any language - the platform supports. External filters are enabled with - +external-filter{} after they have been defined in one of the - filter files with a header line starting with "EXTERNAL-FILTER:". - External filter support is experimental, not compiled by default - and known not to work on all platforms. + configure.in: Check for Docbook goo on the BSDs as well. - Add support for the 'PATCH' method as defined in RFC5789. + GNUMakefile.in: Let the dok-user target remove temporary files. + + + + + + + + Changes between Privoxy 3.0.25 beta + and the previous release: + + + + + + Bug fixes: + + + + + Always use the current toggle state for new requests. + Previously new requests on reused connections inherited + the toggle state from the previous request even though + the toggle state could have changed. + Reported by Robert Klemme. - Reject requests with unsupported Expect header values. - Fixes a couple of Co-Advisor tests. + Fixed two buffer-overflows in the (deprecated) static + pcre code. These bugs are not considered security issues + as the input is trusted. + Found with afl-fuzz and ASAN. + + + + + + + General improvements: + + + + + Added support for client-specific tags which allow Privoxy + admins to pre-define tags that are set for all requests from + clients that previously opted in through the CGI interface. + They are useful in multi-user setups where admins may + want to allow users to disable certain actions and filters + for themselves without affecting others. + In single-user setups they are useful to allow more fine-grained + toggling. For example to disable request blocking while still + crunching cookies, or to disable experimental filters only. + This is an experimental feature, the syntax and behaviour may + change in future versions. + Sponsored by Robert Klemme. - Normalize the HTTP-version in forwarded requests and responses. - This is an explicit RFC 2616 MUST and RFC 7230 mandates that - intermediaries send their own HTTP-version in forwarded - messages. + Dynamic filters and taggers now support a $listen-address variable + which contains the address the request came in on. + For external filters the variable is called $PRIVOXY_LISTEN_ADDRESS. + Original patch contributed by pursievro. - Server 'Keep-Alive' headers are no longer forwarded. From a user's - point of view it doesn't really matter, but RFC 2616 (obsolete) - mandates that the header is removed and this fixes a Co-Advisor - complaint. + Add client-header-tagger 'listen-address'. - Change declared template file encoding to UTF-8. The templates - already used a subset of UTF-8 anyway and changing the declaration - allows to properly display UTF-8 characters used in the action files. - This change may require existing action files with ISO-8859-1 - characters that aren't valid UTF-8 to be converted to UTF-8. - Requested by Sam Chen in #582. + Include the listen-address in the log message when logging new requests. + Patch contributed by pursievro. - Do not pass rejected keep-alive timeouts to the server. It might - not have caused any problems (we know of), but doing the right - thing shouldn't hurt either. + Turn invalid max-client-connections values into fatal errors. - Let log_error() use its own buffer size #define to make changing - the log buffer size slightly less inconvenient. + The show-status page now shows whether or not dates before 1970 + and after 2038 are expected to be handled properly. + This is mainly useful for Privoxy-Regression-Test but could + also come handy when dealing with time-related support requests. - Turned single-threaded into a "proper" toggle directive with arguments. + On Mac OS X the thread id in log messages are more likely to + be unique now. - CGI templates no longer enforce new windows for some links. + When complaining about missing filters, the filter type is logged + as well. - Remove an undocumented workaround ('HOST' header removal) for - an Apple iTunes bug that according to #729900 got fixed in 2003. + A couple of harmless coverity warnings were silenced + (CID #161202, CID #161203, CID #161211). - Action file improvements: + - The pattern 'promotions.' is no longer being blocked. - Reported by rakista in #3608540. + Filtering is disabled for Range requests to let download resumption + and Windows updates work with the default configuration. - Disable fast-redirects for .microsofttranslator.com/. + Unblock ".ardmediathek.de/". + Reported by ThTomate in #932. - + + + + + + Documentation improvements: + + - Disable filter{banners-by-size} for .dgb-tagungszentren.de/. + Add FAQ entry for crashes caused by memory limits. - Add adn.speedtest.net as a site-specific unblocker. - Support request #3612908. + Remove obsolete FAQ entry about a bug in PHP 4.2.3. - Disable filter{banners-by-size} for creativecommons.org/. + Mention the new mailing lists were appropriate. + As the archives have not been migrated, continue to + mention the archives at SF in the contacting section + for now. - Block requests to data.gosquared.com/. Reported by cbug in #3613653. + Note that the templates should be adjusted if Privoxy is + running as intercepting proxy without getting all requests. - Unblock .conrad./newsletter/. Reported by David Bo in #3614238. + A bunch of links were converted to https://. - Unblock .bundestag.de/. + Rephrase onion service paragraph to make it more obvious + that Tor is involved and that the whole website (and not + just the homepage) is available as onion service. - Unblock .rote-hilfe.de/. + Streamline the "More information" section on the homepage further + by additionally ditching the link to the 'See also' section + of the user manual. The section contains mostly links that are + directly reachable from the homepage already and the rest is + not significant enough to get a link from the homepage. - Disable fast-redirects for .facebook.com/plugins/like.php. + Change the add-header{} example to set the DNT header + and use a complete section to make copy and pasting + more convenient. + Add a comment to make it obvious that adding the + header is not recommended for obvious reasons. + Using the DNT header as example was suggested by + Leo Wzukw. - Unblock Stackexchange popup URLs that aren't used to serve ads. - Reported by David Wagner in #3615179. + Streamline the support-and-service template + Instead of linking to the various support trackers + (whose URLs hopefully change soon), link to the + contact section of the user manual to increase the + chances that users actually read it. - Disable fast-redirects for creativecommons.org/. + Add a FAQ entry for tainted sockets. - Unblock .stopwatchingus.info/. + More sections in the documentation have stable URLs now. - Block requests for .adcash.com/script/. - Reported by Tyrexionibus in #3615289. + FAQ: Explain why 'ping config.privoxy.org' is not expected + to reach a local Privoxy installation. - Disable HTML filters if the response was tagged as JavaScript. - Filtering JavaScript code with filters intended to deal with HTML - is usually a waste of time and, more importantly, may break stuff. + Note that donations done through Zwiebelfreunde e.V. currently + can't be checked automatically. - Use a custom redirect{} for .washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs\.php\?src= - Previously enabling the 'Advanced' settings (or manually enabling - +fast-redirects{}) prevented some images from being loaded properly. + Updated section regarding starting Privoxy under OS X. - Unblock "adina*." Fixes #919 reported by Morton A. Goldberg. + Use dedicated start instructions for FreeBSD and ElectroBSD. - Block '/.*DigiAd'. + Removed release instructions for AIX. They haven't been working + for years and unsurprisingly nobody seems to care. - Unblock 'adele*.'. Reported by Adele Lime in #1663. + Removed obsolete reference to the solaris-dist target. - Disable banners-by-size for kggp.de/. - - - - - - - - Filter file improvements & bug fixes: - - - - Decrease the chances that js-annoyances creates invalid JavaScript. - Submitted by John McGowan on ijbswa-users@. + Updated the release instructions for FreeBSD. - Let the msn filter hide 'related' ads again. + Removed unfinished release instructions for Amiga OS and HP-UX 11. - Remove a stray '1' in the 'html-annoyances' filter. + Added a pointer to the Cygwin Time Machine for getting the last release of + Cygwin version 1.5 to use for building Privoxy on Windows. - Prevent img-reorder from messing up img tags with empty src - attributes. Fixes #880 reported by Duncan. + Various typos have been fixed. - - Documentation improvements: + Infrastructure improvements: + - Updated the 'Would you like to donate?' section. - - - - - Note that invalid forward-override{} parameter syntax isn't - detected until the parameter is used. + The website is no longer hosted at SourceForge and + can be reached through https now. - Add another +redirect{} example: a shortcut for illumos bugs. + The mailing lists at SourceForge have been deprecated, + you can subscribe to the new ones at: https://lists.privoxy.org/ - Make it more obvious that many operating systems support log - rotation out of the box. + Migrating the remaining services from SourceForge is + work in progress (TODO list item #53). - - - - Fixed dead links. Reported by Mark Nelson in #3614557. - - + + + + + + Build system improvements: + + - Rephrased the 'Why is the configuration so complicated?' answer - to be slightly less condescending. Anonymously suggested in #3615122. + Add configure argument to optimistically redefine FD_SETSIZE + with the intent to change the maximum number of client + connections Privoxy can handle. Only works with some libcs. + Sponsored by Robert Klemme. - Be more explicit about accept-intercepted-requests's lack of MITM support. + Let the tarball-dist target skip files in ".git". - Make 'demoronizer' FAQ entries more generic. + Let the tarball-dist target work in cwds other than current. - Add an example hostname to the --pre-chroot-nslookup description. + Make the 'clean' target faster when run from a git repository. - Add an example for a host pattern that matches an IP address. + Include tools in the generic distribution. - Rename the 'domain pattern' to 'host pattern' as it may - contain IP addresses as well. + Let the gen-dist target work in cwds other than current. - Recommend forward-socks5t when using Tor. It seems to work fine and - modifying the Tor configuration to profit from it hasn't been necessary - for a while now. + Sort find output that is used for distribution tarballs + to get reproducible results. - Add another redirect{} example to stress that redirect loops can - and should be avoided. + Don't add '-src' to the name of the tar ball generated by the + gen-dist target. The package isn't a source distribution but a + binary package. + While at it, use a variable for the name to reduce the chances + that the various references get out of sync and fix the gen-upload + target which was looking in the wrong directory. - The usual spelling and grammar fixes. Parts of them were - reported by Reuben Thomas in #3615276. + Add regression-tests.action to the files that are distributed. - Mention the PCRS option letters T and D in the filter section. + The gen-dist target which was broken since 2002 (r1.92) has been fixed. - Clarify that handle-as-empty-doc-returns-ok is still useful - and will not be removed without replacement. + Remove genclspec.sh which has been obsolete since 2009. - Note that security issues shouldn't be reported using the bug tracker. + Remove obsolete reference to Redhat spec file. - Clarify what Privoxy does if both +block{} and +redirect{} apply. + Remove the obsolete announce target which has been commented out years ago. - Removed the obsolete bookmarklets section. + Let rsync skip files if the checksums match. - - Build system improvements: + Privoxy-Regression-Test: + - Let --with-group properly deal with secondary groups. - Patch submitted by Anatoly Arzhnikov in #3615187. + Add a "Default level offset" directive which can be used to + change the default level by a given value. + This directive affects all tests located after it until the end + of the file or a another "Default level offset" directive is reached. + The purpose of this directive is to make it more convenient to skip + similar tests in a given file without having to remove or disable + the tests completely. - Fix web-actions target. + Let test level 17 depend on FEATURE_64_BIT_TIME_T + instead of FEATURE_PTHREAD which has no direct connection + to the time_t size. - Add a web-faq target that only updates the FAQ on the webserver. + Fix indentation in perldoc examples. - Remove already-commented-out non-portable DOSFILTER alternatives. + Don't overlook directives in the first line of the action file. - Remove the obsolete targets dok-put and dok-get. + Bump version to 0.7. - Add a sf-shell target. + Fix detection of the Privoxy version now that https:// + is used for the website. - - +