X-Git-Url: http://www.privoxy.org/gitweb/?p=privoxy.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=doc%2Fwebserver%2Fannounce.txt;h=dc3de5202847bfeda5175b3b14fb2efddd3592d1;hp=4692e8473219e30c12beb5dc03b803144647115f;hb=07e670985fcb1881452a4d613e8a466430ccc0b5;hpb=8b50d8732888dc8cce19505fc459dcacc059637f diff --git a/doc/webserver/announce.txt b/doc/webserver/announce.txt index 4692e847..dc3de520 100644 --- a/doc/webserver/announce.txt +++ b/doc/webserver/announce.txt @@ -1,135 +1,157 @@ - Announcing Privoxy v.3.0.15 beta ------------------------------------------------------------------ - -Privoxy 3.0.15 beta is a bugfix-release for the previous betas -which introduced IPv6 support, improved keep-alive support and -a bunch of minor improvements. - -See http://www.privoxy.org/3.0.14/user-manual/whatsnew.html for details. + Announcing Privoxy 3.0.25 beta +-------------------------------------------------------------------- +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. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ChangeLog for Privoxy -------------------------------------------------------------------- -*** Version 3.0.15 beta *** - -- In case of missing server data, no error message is send to the - client if the request arrived on a reused connection. The client - is then supposed to silently retry the request without bothering - the user. This should significantly reduce the frequency of the - "No server or forwarder data received" error message many users - reported. -- More reliable detection of prematurely closed client sockets - with keep-alive enabled. -- FEATURE_CONNECTION_KEEP_ALIVE is decoupled from - FEATURE_CONNECTION_SHARING and now available on - all platforms. -- Improved handling of POST requests on reused connections. - Should fix problems with stalled connections after submitting - form data with some browser configurations. -- Fixed various latency calculation issues. -- Allows the client to pass NTLM authentication requests to a - forwarding proxy. This was already assumed and hinted to work - in 3.0.13 beta but actually didn't. Now it's confirmed to work - with IE, Firefox and Chrome. - Thanks to Francois Botha and Wan-Teh Chang -- Fixed a calculation problem if receiving the server headers - takes more than two reads, that could cause Privoxy to terminate - the connection prematurely. Reported by Oliver. -- Compiles again on platforms such as OpenBSD and systems - using earlier glibc version that don't support AI_ADDRCONFIG. - Anonymously submitted in #2872591. -- A bunch of MS VC project files and Suse and Redhat RPM spec - files have been removed as they were no longer maintained for - quite some time. -- Overly long action lines are properly rejected with a proper - error message. Previously they would be either rejected as - invalid or cause a core dump through abort(). -- Already timed-out connections are no longer temporarily remembered. - They weren't reused anyway, but wasted a socket slot. -- len refers to the number of bytes actually read which might - differ from the ones received. Adjust log messages accordingly. -- The optional JavaScript on the CGI page uses encodeURIComponent() - instead of escape() which doesn't encode all characters that matter. - Anonymously reported in #2832722. -- Fix gcc45 warnings in decompress_iob(). -- Various log message improvements. -- Privoxy-Regression-Test supports redirect tests. -- Privoxy-Log-Parser can gather some connection statistics. - -*** Version 3.0.14 beta *** - -- The latency is taken into account when evaluating whether or not to - reuse a connection. This should significantly reduce the number of - connections problems several users reported. -- If the server doesn't specify how long the connection stays alive, - Privoxy errs on the safe side of caution and assumes it's only a second. -- The error pages for connection timeouts or missing server data use a - Last-Modified date in the past. Retry attempts are detected and Privoxy - removes the If-Modified-Since header to prevent the server from responding - with status code 304 in which case the client would reuse the error message. -- Setting keep-alive-timeout to 0 disables keep-alive support. Previously - Privoxy would claim to allow persistence but not reuse the connection. -- Pipelined requests are less likely to be mistaken for the request - body of the previous request. Note that Privoxy still has no real - pipeline support and will either serialize pipelined requests or - drop them in which case the client has to resent them. -- Fixed a crash on some Windows versions when header randomization - is enabled and the date couldn't be parsed. -- Privoxy's keep-alive timeout for the current connection is reduced - to the one specified in the client's Keep-Alive header. -- For HTTP/1.1 requests, Privoxy implies keep-alive support by not - setting any Connection header instead of using 'Connection: keep-alive'. -- If the socket isn't reusable, Privoxy doesn't temporarily waste - a socket slot to remember the connection. -- If keep-alive support is disabled but compiled in, the client's - Keep-Alive header is removed. -- Fixed a bug on mingw32 where downloading large files failed if - keep-alive support was enabled. -- Fixed a bug that (at least theoretically) could cause log - timestamps to be occasionally off by about a second. -- No Proxy-Connection header if added if there already is one. -- The configure script respects the $PATH variable when searching - for groups and id. - -*** Version 3.0.13 beta *** - -- Added IPv6 support. Thanks to Petr Pisar who not only provided - the initial patch but also helped a lot with the integration. -- Added client-side keep-alive support. -- The connection sharing code is only used if the connection-sharing - option is enabled. -- The max-client-connections option has been added to restrict - the number of client connections below a value enforced by - the operating system. -- Fixed a regression reintroduced in 3.0.12 that could cause - crashes on mingw32 if header date randomization was enabled. -- Compressed content with extra fields couldn't be decompressed - and would get passed to the client unfiltered. This problem - has only be detected through statical analysis with clang as - nobody seems to be using extra fields anyway. -- If the server resets the Connection after sending only the headers - Privoxy forwards what it got to the client. Previously Privoxy - would deliver an error message instead. -- Error messages in case of connection timeouts use the right - HTTP status code. -- If spawning a child to handle a request fails, the client - gets an error message and Privoxy continues to listen for - new requests right away. -- The error messages in case of server-connection timeouts or - prematurely closed server connections are now template-based. -- If zlib support isn't compiled in, Privoxy no longer tries to - filter compressed content unless explicitly asked to do so. -- In case of connections that are denied based on ACL directives, - the memory used for the client IP is no longer leaked. -- Fixed another small memory leak if the client request times out - while waiting for client headers other than the request line. -- The client socket is kept open until the server socket has - been marked as unused. This should increase the chances that - the still-open connection will be reused for the client's next - request to the same destination. Note that this only matters - if connection-sharing is enabled. -- A TODO list has been added to the source tarballs to give potential - volunteers a better idea of what the current goals are. +- 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. + - 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. + - 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: + - 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: + - 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: + - 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: @@ -142,70 +164,69 @@ flexible configuration and can be customized to suit individual needs and tastes. It has application for both stand-alone systems and multi-user networks. -Privoxy is Free Software and licensed under the GPL2. +Privoxy is Free Software and licensed under the GNU GPLv2. + +Our TODO list is rather long. Helping hands and donations are welcome: -Privoxy is an associated project of Software in the Public Interest (SPI). -Donations are welcome: http://www.privoxy.org/faq/general.html#DONATE + * https://www.privoxy.org/faq/general.html#PARTICIPATE -At present, Privoxy is known to run on Windows(95, 98, ME, 2000, -XP, Vista), Linux (Ubuntu, RedHat, SuSE, Debian, Fedora, Gentoo and -others), Mac OSX, OS/2, AmigaOS, FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD, Solaris, and -various other flavors of Unix. + * 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, ElectroBSD, +FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD, Solaris, and various other flavors of Unix. In addition to the core features of ad blocking and cookie management, Privoxy provides many supplemental features, that give the end-user more control, more privacy and more freedom: + * Supports "Connection: keep-alive". Outgoing connections can be kept + alive independently from the client. Currently not available on all + platforms. - * Supports "Connection: keep-alive". Outgoing connections can be kept - alive independently from the client. Currently not available on all - platforms. - - * Supports IPv6, provided the operating system does so too, - and the configure script detects it. + * Supports IPv6, provided the operating system does so too, + and the configure script detects it. - * Supports tagging which allows to change the behaviour based on client - and server headers. + * Supports tagging which allows to change the behaviour based on client + and server headers. - * Can be run as an "intercepting" proxy, which obviates the need to - configure browsers individually. + * Can be run as an "intercepting" proxy, which obviates the need to + configure browsers individually. - * Sophisticated actions and filters for manipulating both server and - client headers. + * Sophisticated actions and filters for manipulating both server and + client headers. - * Can be chained with other proxies. + * Can be chained with other proxies. - * Integrated browser based configuration and control utility at - http://config.privoxy.org/ (shortcut: http://p.p/). Browser-based - tracing of rule and filter effects. Remote toggling. + * Integrated browser based configuration and control utility at + http://config.privoxy.org/ (shortcut: http://p.p/). Browser-based + 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.) + * Web page filtering (text replacements, removes banners based on size, + 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 - files won't overwrite individual user settings. + * Modularized configuration that allows for standard settings and user + settings to reside in separate files, so that installing updated actions + files won't overwrite individual user settings. - * Support for Perl Compatible Regular Expressions in the configuration - files, and a more sophisticated and flexible configuration syntax. + * Support for Perl Compatible Regular Expressions in the configuration + files, and a more sophisticated and flexible configuration syntax. - * GIF de-animation. + * GIF de-animation. - * Bypass many click-tracking scripts (avoids script redirection). + * Bypass many click-tracking scripts (avoids script redirection). - * User-customizable HTML templates for most proxy-generated pages (e.g. - "blocked" page). + * User-customizable HTML templates for most proxy-generated pages (e.g. + "blocked" page). - * Auto-detection and re-reading of config file changes. - - * Most features are controllable on a per-site or per-location basis. + * Auto-detection and re-reading of config file changes. + * 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/ +Home Page: + https://www.privoxy.org/ - - Privoxy Developers + - Privoxy Developers