Tor Releases
Tor 0.2.1.26 is released
Tor 0.2.1.26 addresses the recent connection and memory overload problems
we've been seeing on relays, especially relays with their DirPort open. If
your relay has been crashing, or you turned it off because it used too
many resources, give this release a try.
This release also fixes yet another instance of broken OpenSSL libraries
that was causing some relays to drop out of the consensus.
People running Tor as a relay should upgrade:
https://www.torproject.org/download
Changes in version 0.2.1.26 - 2010-05-02
o Major bugfixes:
- Teach relays to defend themselves from connection overload. Relays
now close idle circuits early if it looks like they were intended
for directory fetches. Relays are also more aggressive about closing
TLS connections that have no circuits on them. Such circuits are
unlikely to be re-used, and tens of thousands of them were piling
up at the fast relays, causing the relays to run out of sockets
and memory. Bugfix on 0.2.0.22-rc (where clie
Categories: Security

