-
-==================================
+==================================
User-Visible Changes in Tahoe-LAFS
==================================
Release 1.10 (2013-??-??)
-Unsorted 1.9.0 -> 1.9.2
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-
-- removed provisioning/reliability from WUI to misc/
-- pycryptopp >= 0.6.0 (for ed25519)
-- signed introducer announcements, show 8-char serverid instead of 6-char
- tubid, improve introweb
-- "node key", not "server key"
-- WUI move button #1579
-- 'tahoe debug flogtool'
-- ETags for immutable directories, short-circuit GET when ETag matches
-- Python >=2.5
-- new helper: remove timings["existence_check"] (not very visible). Any
- visible changes to UploadResults?
-- Twisted >= ?
-
-Unsorted 1.9.2 -> trunk
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-
-- improve error message when CLI cannot connect to gateway
-- foolscap >=0.6.3
-- handle non-ascii node nicknames better #1298
-- python >=2.6
-- mock >=0.8.0
-- new welcome page
-- unguessable introducer.furl, censor furls from welcome page
-
-
New Features
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versions. (`#1713`_, `#1457`_, `#1735`_)
- A new, more extensible Introducer protocol has been added, to act as the
basis for future improvements such as accounting. Compatibility with older
- nodes is not affected. (`#466`_)
-- The web-API has a new move operation that supports directly moving files
- between directories. (`#1579`_)
+ nodes is not affected. When server, introducer, and client are all
+ upgraded, the welcome page will show node IDs that start with "v0-" instead
+ of the old tubid. (`#466`_)
+- The web-API has a new ``relink`` operation that supports directly moving
+ files between directories. (`#1579`_)
+
+Security Improvements
+'''''''''''''''''''''
+
+- The ``introducer.furl`` for new Introducers is now unguessable. In previous
+ releases, this FURL used a predictable swissnum, allowing a network
+ eavesdropper who observes any node connecting to the Introducer to access
+ the Introducer themselves, and thus use servers or offer storage service to
+ clients (i.e. "join the grid"). In the new code, the only way to join a
+ grid is to be told the ``introducer.furl`` by someone who already knew it.
+ Note that pre-existing introducers are not changed. To force an introducer
+ to generate a new FURL, delete the existing ``introducer.furl`` file and
+ restart it. After doing this, the ``[client]introducer.furl`` setting of
+ every client and server that should connect to that introducer must be
+ updated. (`#1802`_)
+- Both ``introducer.furl`` and ``helper.furl`` are now censored from the
+ Welcome page, to prevent users of your gateway from learning enough to
+ create gateway nodes of their own. For existing guessable introducer
+ FURLs, the ``introducer`` swissnum is still displayed to show that a
+ guessable FURL is in use. (`#860`_)
Notable Bugfixes
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- If an immutable file failed to download, e.g. due to a connection problem,
subsequent attempts to download the same file could also fail. (`#1679`_)
-- The SFTP frontend works with recent versions of Twisted, rather than
+- The SFTP frontend now works with recent versions of Twisted, rather than
giving errors or warnings about use of ``IFinishableConsumer``. (`#1926`_,
`#1564`_, `#1525`_)
- Failure handling in the SFTP frontend has been improved. (`#1525`_)
(`#1805`_, `#1783`_)
- Exceptions no longer trigger an unhelpful crash reporter on Ubuntu 12.04
("Precise") or later. (`#1746`_)
+- Improve error message when CLI tools cannot connect to a gateway. (`#974`_)
+- Other minor changes: `#1781`_, `#1812`_
Performance Improvements
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- The flogtool utility, used to read logs, can now be accessed as
``tahoe debug flogtool`` even when foolscap is not installed system-wide.
(`#1693`_)
+- The provisioning/reliability pages were removed from the main client's web
+ interface, and moved into a standalone web-based tool in
+ misc/operations_helpers/provisioning. Use the ``run.py`` script to access
+ them.
Compatibility and Dependencies
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- Python >= 2.6, except Python 3 (`#1658`_)
- Twisted >= 11.0.0 (`#1771`_)
- mock >= 0.8
+- pycryptopp >= 0.6.0 (for ed25519)
Precautions when Upgrading
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.. _`#443`: https://tahoe-lafs.org/trac/tahoe-lafs/ticket/443
.. _`#466`: https://tahoe-lafs.org/trac/tahoe-lafs/ticket/466
+.. _`#860`: https://tahoe-lafs.org/trac/tahoe-lafs/ticket/860
+.. _`#974`: https://tahoe-lafs.org/trac/tahoe-lafs/ticket/974
.. _`#1143`: https://tahoe-lafs.org/trac/tahoe-lafs/ticket/1143
.. _`#1298`: https://tahoe-lafs.org/trac/tahoe-lafs/ticket/1298
.. _`#1457`: https://tahoe-lafs.org/trac/tahoe-lafs/ticket/1457
.. _`#1758`: https://tahoe-lafs.org/trac/tahoe-lafs/ticket/1758
.. _`#1761`: https://tahoe-lafs.org/trac/tahoe-lafs/ticket/1761
.. _`#1771`: https://tahoe-lafs.org/trac/tahoe-lafs/ticket/1771
+.. _`#1781`: https://tahoe-lafs.org/trac/tahoe-lafs/ticket/1781
.. _`#1783`: https://tahoe-lafs.org/trac/tahoe-lafs/ticket/1783
+.. _`#1802`: https://tahoe-lafs.org/trac/tahoe-lafs/ticket/1802
.. _`#1805`: https://tahoe-lafs.org/trac/tahoe-lafs/ticket/1805
+.. _`#1812`: https://tahoe-lafs.org/trac/tahoe-lafs/ticket/1812
.. _`#1915`: https://tahoe-lafs.org/trac/tahoe-lafs/ticket/1915
.. _`#1926`: https://tahoe-lafs.org/trac/tahoe-lafs/ticket/1926
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