X-Git-Url: http://www.privoxy.org/gitweb/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=doc%2Fwebserver%2Fannounce.txt;h=e288a7234ab497a5f64b3e313267bb382addae2b;hb=254177e7b8670dc67ef0ea6e4b693619403aff76;hp=9c581e23531ce3bb65dec496f3c68d64667b62e2;hpb=40fce3c2189cdd0e6e326bcefb2c07601791fc4e;p=privoxy.git diff --git a/doc/webserver/announce.txt b/doc/webserver/announce.txt index 9c581e23..e288a723 100644 --- a/doc/webserver/announce.txt +++ b/doc/webserver/announce.txt @@ -1,158 +1,189 @@ - Announcing Privoxy 3.0.22 stable + Announcing Privoxy 3.0.26 stable -------------------------------------------------------------------- -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. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ChangeLog for Privoxy -------------------------------------------------------------------- -*** Version 3.0.22 stable *** +- Bug fixes: + - 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. + - Highlight the "Info: Now toggled " on/off log message + in the Windows log viewer. + - Highlight the loading actions/filter file log message + in the Windows log viewer. + - 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. + - Add sponsor FAQ. + - Remove obsolete reference to mailing lists hosted at SourceForge. + - 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". + +- Build system improvements: + - strptime.h: fix a compiler warning about ambiguous else. + - configure.in: Check for Docbook goo on the BSDs as well. + - GNUMakefile.in: Let the dok-user target remove temporary files. + +*** Version 3.0.25 beta *** - 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 an immediate-use-after-free bug (CID 66394) and two - additional unconfirmed use-after-free complaints made by - Coverity scan (CID 66391, CID 66376). - - Actually show the FORCE_PREFIX value on the show-status page. - - 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. - - 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. - - Fixed a bug that prevented Privoxy from reusing some reusable - connections. Two bit masks with different purpose unintentionally - shared the same bit. - - 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. + - 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. + - 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: - - 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. - - 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. - - Add support for the 'PATCH' method as defined in RFC5789. - - Reject requests with unsupported Expect header values. - Fixes a couple of Co-Advisor tests. - - 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. - - 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. - - 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. - - 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. - - Let log_error() use its own buffer size #define to make changing - the log buffer size slightly less inconvenient. - - Turned single-threaded into a "proper" toggle directive with arguments. - - CGI templates no longer enforce new windows for some links. - - Remove an undocumented workaround ('HOST' header removal) for - an Apple iTunes bug that according to #729900 got fixed in 2003. + - 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. + - 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. + - Add client-header-tagger 'listen-address'. + - Include the listen-address in the log message when logging new requests. + Patch contributed by pursievro. + - Turn invalid max-client-connections values into fatal errors. + - 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. + - On Mac OS X the thread id in log messages are more likely to + be unique now. + - When complaining about missing filters, the filter type is logged + as well. + - 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. - - Disable fast-redirects for .microsofttranslator.com/. - - Disable filter{banners-by-size} for .dgb-tagungszentren.de/. - - Add adn.speedtest.net as a site-specific unblocker. - Support request #3612908. - - Disable filter{banners-by-size} for creativecommons.org/. - - Block requests to data.gosquared.com/. Reported by cbug in #3613653. - - Unblock .conrad./newsletter/. Reported by David Bo in #3614238. - - Unblock .bundestag.de/. - - Unblock .rote-hilfe.de/. - - Disable fast-redirects for .facebook.com/plugins/like.php. - - Unblock Stackexchange popup URLs that aren't used to serve ads. - Reported by David Wagner in #3615179. - - Disable fast-redirects for creativecommons.org/. - - Unblock .stopwatchingus.info/. - - Block requests for .adcash.com/script/. - Reported by Tyrexionibus in #3615289. - - 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. - - 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. - - Unblock "adina*." Fixes #919 reported by Morton A. Goldberg. - - Block '/.*DigiAd'. - - Unblock 'adele*.'. Reported by Adele Lime in #1663. - - 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@. - - Let the msn filter hide 'related' ads again. - - Remove a stray '1' in the 'html-annoyances' filter. - - Prevent img-reorder from messing up img tags with empty src - attributes. Fixes #880 reported by Duncan. + - Filtering is disabled for Range requests to let download resumption + and Windows updates work with the default configuration. + - Unblock ".ardmediathek.de/". + Reported by ThTomate in #932. - Documentation improvements: - - Updated the 'Would you like to donate?' section. - - Note that invalid forward-override{} parameter syntax isn't - detected until the parameter is used. - - Add another +redirect{} example: a shortcut for illumos bugs. - - Make it more obvious that many operating systems support log - rotation out of the box. - - Fixed dead links. Reported by Mark Nelson in #3614557. - - Rephrased the 'Why is the configuration so complicated?' answer - to be slightly less condescending. Anonymously suggested in #3615122. - - Be more explicit about accept-intercepted-requests's lack of MITM support. - - Make 'demoronizer' FAQ entries more generic. - - Add an example hostname to the --pre-chroot-nslookup description. - - Add an example for a host pattern that matches an IP address. - - Rename the 'domain pattern' to 'host pattern' as it may - contain IP addresses as well. - - 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. - - Add another redirect{} example to stress that redirect loops can - and should be avoided. - - The usual spelling and grammar fixes. Parts of them were - reported by Reuben Thomas in #3615276. - - Mention the PCRS option letters T and D in the filter section. - - Clarify that handle-as-empty-doc-returns-ok is still useful - and will not be removed without replacement. - - Note that security issues shouldn't be reported using the bug tracker. - - Clarify what Privoxy does if both +block{} and +redirect{} apply. - - Removed the obsolete bookmarklets section. + - Add FAQ entry for crashes caused by memory limits. + - Remove obsolete FAQ entry about a bug in PHP 4.2.3. + - 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. + - Note that the templates should be adjusted if Privoxy is + running as intercepting proxy without getting all requests. + - A bunch of links were converted to https://. + - 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. + - 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. + - 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. + - 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. + - Add a FAQ entry for tainted sockets. + - More sections in the documentation have stable URLs now. + - FAQ: Explain why 'ping config.privoxy.org' is not expected + to reach a local Privoxy installation. + - Note that donations done through Zwiebelfreunde e.V. currently + can't be checked automatically. + - Updated section regarding starting Privoxy under OS X. + - Use dedicated start instructions for FreeBSD and ElectroBSD. + - Removed release instructions for AIX. They haven't been working + for years and unsurprisingly nobody seems to care. + - Removed obsolete reference to the solaris-dist target. + - Updated the release instructions for FreeBSD. + - Removed unfinished release instructions for Amiga OS and HP-UX 11. + - 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. + - Various typos have been fixed. + +- Infrastructure improvements: + - The website is no longer hosted at SourceForge and + can be reached through https now. + - The mailing lists at SourceForge have been deprecated, + you can subscribe to the new ones at: https://lists.privoxy.org/ + - Migrating the remaining services from SourceForge is + work in progress (TODO list item #53). - Build system improvements: - - Let --with-group properly deal with secondary groups. - Patch submitted by Anatoly Arzhnikov in #3615187. - - Fix web-actions target. - - Add a web-faq target that only updates the FAQ on the webserver. - - Remove already-commented-out non-portable DOSFILTER alternatives. - - Remove the obsolete targets dok-put and dok-get. - - Add a sf-shell target. - -- Known bugs: - - To compile with --disable-force you need the following change which - didn't make it into the release: - http://ijbswa.cvs.sourceforge.net/viewvc/ijbswa/current/project.h?r1=1.208&r2=1.209&view=patch - Thanks to Kai Raven for the report. + - 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". + - Let the tarball-dist target work in cwds other than current. + - Make the 'clean' target faster when run from a git repository. + - Include tools in the generic distribution. + - Let the gen-dist target work in cwds other than current. + - Sort find output that is used for distribution tarballs + to get reproducible results. + - 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. + - Add regression-tests.action to the files that are distributed. + - The gen-dist target which was broken since 2002 (r1.92) has been fixed. + - Remove genclspec.sh which has been obsolete since 2009. + - Remove obsolete reference to Redhat spec file. + - Remove the obsolete announce target which has been commented out years ago. + - Let rsync skip files if the checksums match. + +- Privoxy-Regression-Test: + - 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. + - 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. + - Fix indentation in perldoc examples. + - Don't overlook directives in the first line of the action file. + - Bump version to 0.7. + - Fix detection of the Privoxy version now that https:// + is used for the website. ----------------------------------------------------------------- About Privoxy: @@ -169,14 +200,14 @@ Privoxy is Free Software and licensed under the GNU GPLv2. Our TODO list is rather long. Helping hands and donations are welcome: - * http://www.privoxy.org/faq/general.html#PARTICIPATE + * https://www.privoxy.org/faq/general.html#PARTICIPATE - * http://www.privoxy.org/faq/general.html#DONATE + * https://www.privoxy.org/faq/general.html#DONATE At present, Privoxy is known to run on Windows 95 and later versions (98, ME, 2000, XP, Vista, Windows 7 etc.), GNU/Linux (RedHat, SuSE, Debian, Fedora, Gentoo, Slackware and others), Mac OS X (10.4 and -upwards on PPC and Intel processors), OS/2, Haiku, DragonFly, +upwards on PPC and Intel processors), OS/2, Haiku, DragonFly, ElectroBSD, FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD, Solaris, and various other flavors of Unix. In addition to the core features of ad blocking and cookie management, @@ -206,7 +237,7 @@ more control, more privacy and more freedom: tracing of rule and filter effects. Remote toggling. * Web page filtering (text replacements, removes banners based on size, - invisible web-bugs and HTML annoyances, etc.) + invisible "web-bugs" and HTML annoyances, etc.) * Modularized configuration that allows for standard settings and user settings to reside in separate files, so that installing updated actions @@ -227,10 +258,7 @@ more control, more privacy and more freedom: * Most features are controllable on a per-site or per-location basis. -Download location: - http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=11118 - Home Page: - http://www.privoxy.org/ + https://www.privoxy.org/ - - Privoxy Developers + - Privoxy Developers