X-Git-Url: http://www.privoxy.org/gitweb/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=doc%2Fsource%2Fchangelog.sgml;h=7025d15588220c41d38e244551ed96bd0b20fc75;hb=3f9f7065e662a7c78f93d3f97ebe40452605976a;hp=406e82a6fd35dbef0d6df83f546e37431497c291;hpb=07e670985fcb1881452a4d613e8a466430ccc0b5;p=privoxy.git diff --git a/doc/source/changelog.sgml b/doc/source/changelog.sgml index 406e82a6..7025d155 100644 --- a/doc/source/changelog.sgml +++ b/doc/source/changelog.sgml @@ -1,11 +1,9 @@ - - Privoxy 3.0.25 beta introduces client-specific - tags and includes a couple of minor improvements. It will be followed - by a stable release in the near future. - + + + Privoxy 3.0.34 fixes a few + minor bugs and comes with a couple of general improvements + and new features. + + + Changes in Privoxy 3.0.34 stable: + @@ -37,272 +39,241 @@ - 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. + Improve the handling of chunk-encoded responses by buffering the data + even if filters are disabled and properly keeping track of where the + various chunks are supposed to start and end. Previously Privoxy would + merely check the last bytes received to see if they looked like the + last-chunk. This failed to work if the last-chunk wasn't received in one + read and could also result in actual data being misdetected + as last-chunk. + Should fix: SF support request #1739. + Reported by: withoutname. - 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. + remove_chunked_transfer_coding(): Refuse to de-chunk invalid data + Previously the data could get corrupted even further. + Now we simply pass the unmodified data to the client. - - - - - - - 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. + gif_deanimate(): Tolerate multiple image extensions in a row. + This allows to deanimate all the gifs on: + https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Animated_smilies + Fixes SF bug #795 reported by Celejar. - 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. + OpenSSL generate_host_certificate(): Use X509_get_subject_name() + instead of X509_get_issuer_name() to get the issuer for generated + website certificates so there are no warnings in the browser when using + an intermediate CA certificate instead of a self-signed root certificate. + Problem reported and patch submitted by Chakib Benziane. - Add client-header-tagger 'listen-address'. + can_filter_request_body(): Fix a log message that contained a spurious u. - Include the listen-address in the log message when logging new requests. - Patch contributed by pursievro. + handle_established_connection(): Check for pending TLS data from the client + before checking if data is available on the connection. + The TLS library may have already consumed all the data from the client + response in which case poll() and select() will not detect that data is + available to be read. + Sponsored by: Robert Klemme. - Turn invalid max-client-connections values into fatal errors. + ssl_send_certificate_error(): Don't crash if there's no certificate + information available. This is only relevant when Privoxy is built with + wolfSSL 5.0.0 or later (code not yet published). Earlier wolfSSL versions + or the other TLS backends don't seem to trigger the crash. - 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. + socks5_connect(): Add support for target hosts specified as IPv4 address + Previously the IP address was sent as domain. - + + + + + + + General improvements: + - On Mac OS X the thread id in log messages are more likely to - be unique now. + Add a client-body-tagger action which creates tags based on + the content of the request body. + Sponsored by: Robert Klemme. - When complaining about missing filters, the filter type is logged - as well. + When client-body filters are enabled, buffer the whole request + before opening a connection to the server. + Makes it less likely that the server connection times out + and we don't open a connection if the buffering fails anyway. + Sponsored by: Robert Klemme. - A couple of harmless coverity warnings were silenced - (CID #161202, CID #161203, CID #161211). + Add periods to a couple of log messages. - - - - - - - Action file improvements: - + - Filtering is disabled for Range requests to let download resumption - and Windows updates work with the default configuration. + accept_connection(): Add missing space to a log message. - Unblock ".ardmediathek.de/". - Reported by ThTomate in #932. + Initialize ca-related defaults with strdup_or_die() so errors + aren't silently ignored. - - - - - - - Documentation improvements: - + - Add FAQ entry for crashes caused by memory limits. + make_path: Use malloc_or_die() in cases where allocation errors + were already fatal anyway. - Remove obsolete FAQ entry about a bug in PHP 4.2.3. + handle_established_connection(): Improve an error message slightly. - 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. + receive_client_request(): Reject https URLs without CONNECT request. - Note that the templates should be adjusted if Privoxy is - running as intercepting proxy without getting all requests. + Include all requests in the statistics if mutexes are available. + Previously in case of reused connections only the last request got + counted. The statistics still aren't perfect but it's an improvement. - A bunch of links were converted to https://. + Add read_socks_reply() and start using it in socks5_connect() + to apply the socket timeout more consistently. - 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. + socks5_connect(): Deal with domain names in the socks reply - 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. + Add a filter for bundeswehr.de that hides the cookie and + privacy info banner. - + + + + + + + Action file improvements: + - 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. + Disable filter{banners-by-size} for .freiheitsfoo.de/. - 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 filter{banners-by-size} for freebsdfoundation.org/. - Add a FAQ entry for tainted sockets. + Disable fast-redirects for consent.youtube.com/. - More sections in the documentation have stable URLs now. + Block requests to ups.xplosion.de/. - FAQ: Explain why 'ping config.privoxy.org' is not expected - to reach a local Privoxy installation. + Block requests for elsa.memoinsights.com/t. - Note that donations done through Zwiebelfreunde e.V. currently - can't be checked automatically. + Fix a typo in a test. - Updated section regarding starting Privoxy under OS X. + Disable fast-redirects for launchpad.net/. - Use dedicated start instructions for FreeBSD and ElectroBSD. + Unblock .eff.org/. - Removed release instructions for AIX. They haven't been working - for years and unsurprisingly nobody seems to care. + Stop unblocking .org/.*(image|banner) which appears to be too generous + The example URL http://www.gnu.org/graphics/gnu-head-banner.png is + already unblocked due to .gnu.org being unblocked. - Removed obsolete reference to the solaris-dist target. + Unblock adfd.org/. - Updated the release instructions for FreeBSD. + Disable filter{banners-by-link} for .eff.org/. - Removed unfinished release instructions for Amiga OS and HP-UX 11. + Block requests to odb.outbrain.com/. - 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. + Disable fast-redirects for .gandi.net/. - Various typos have been fixed. + Disable fast-redirects{} for .onion/.*/status/. - - - - - - - Infrastructure improvements: - + - The website is no longer hosted at SourceForge and - can be reached through https now. + Disable fast-redirects{} for twitter.com/.*/status/. - The mailing lists at SourceForge have been deprecated, - you can subscribe to the new ones at: https://lists.privoxy.org/ + Unblock pinkstinks.de/. - Migrating the remaining services from SourceForge is - work in progress (TODO list item #53). + Disable fast-redirects for .hagalil.com/. @@ -310,85 +281,94 @@ - Build system improvements: + Privoxy-Log-Parser: - 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. - - - - - Let the tarball-dist target skip files in ".git". + Bump version to 0.9.5. - Let the tarball-dist target work in cwds other than current. + Highlight more log messages. - Make the 'clean' target faster when run from a git repository. + Highlight the Crunch reason only once. Previously the "crunch reason" + could also be highlighted when the URL contained a matching string. + The real crunch reason only occurs once per line, so there's no need + to continue looking for it after it has been found once. + While at it, add a comment with an example log line. - + + + + + + + uagen: + - Include tools in the generic distribution. + Bump version to 1.2.4. - Let the gen-dist target work in cwds other than current. + Update BROWSER_VERSION and BROWSER_REVISION to 102.0 + to match the User-Agent of the current Firefox ESR. - Sort find output that is used for distribution tarballs - to get reproducible results. + Explicitly document that changing the 'Gecko token' is suspicious. - 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. + Consistently use a lower-case 'c' as copyright symbol. - Add regression-tests.action to the files that are distributed. + Bump copyright. - The gen-dist target which was broken since 2002 (r1.92) has been fixed. + Add 'aarch64' as Linux architecture. - Remove genclspec.sh which has been obsolete since 2009. + Add OpenBSD architecture 'arm64'. - Remove obsolete reference to Redhat spec file. + Stop using sparc64 as FreeBSD architecture. + It hasn't been supported for a while now. - + + + + + + + Build system: + - Remove the obsolete announce target which has been commented out years ago. + Makefile: Add a 'dok' target that depends on the 'error' target + to show the "You are not using GNU make or did nor run configure" + message. - Let rsync skip files if the checksums match. + configure: Fix --with-msan option. + Also (probably) reported by Andrew Savchenko. @@ -396,45 +376,42 @@ - Privoxy-Regression-Test: + macOS build system: - 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. + Enable HTTPS inspection when building the macOS binary + (using OpenSSL as TLS library). - - - - 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. - - + + + + + + + Documentation: + - Fix indentation in perldoc examples. + Add OpenSSL to the list of libraries that may be licensed under the + Apache 2.0 license in which case the linked Privoxy binary has to be + distributed under the GPLv3 or later. - Don't overlook directives in the first line of the action file. + config: Fix the documented ca-directory default value. + Reported by avoidr. - Bump version to 0.7. + Rebuild developer-manual and tidy with 'HTML Tidy for FreeBSD version 5.8.0'. - Fix detection of the Privoxy version now that https:// - is used for the website. + Update developer manual with new macOS packaging instructions.