From d3a6033e359a8ba00d47b7db8e085c356563f2bd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Fabian Keil Date: Sat, 13 Jun 2009 12:32:17 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Update for 3.0.13 beta. --- doc/webserver/announce.txt | 89 +++++++++++++++++++++----------------- 1 file changed, 49 insertions(+), 40 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/webserver/announce.txt b/doc/webserver/announce.txt index be37205d..b7ba9401 100644 --- a/doc/webserver/announce.txt +++ b/doc/webserver/announce.txt @@ -1,47 +1,55 @@ - Announcing Privoxy v.3.0.12 + Announcing Privoxy v.3.0.13 beta ----------------------------------------------------------------- -Privoxy 3.0.12-stable is primarily a bugfix release. +Privoxy 3.0.13 beta introduces IPv6 support, improved keep-alive +support and a bunch of minor improvements. -See http://www.privoxy.org/3.0.12/user-manual/whatsnew.html for details. +See http://www.privoxy.org/3.0.13/user-manual/whatsnew.html for details. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ChangeLog for Privoxy -------------------------------------------------------------------- -*** Version 3.0.12 *** - -- The socket-timeout option now also works on platforms whose - select() implementation modifies the timeout structure. - Previously the timeout was triggered even if the connection - didn't stall. Reported by cyberpatrol. -- The Connection: keep-alive code properly deals with files - larger than 2GB. Previously the connection was closed too - early. -- The content length for files above 2GB is logged correctly. -- The user-manual directive on the show-status page links to - the documentation location specified with the directive, - not to the Privoxy website. -- When running in daemon mode, Privoxy doesn't log anything - to the console unless there are errors before the logfile - has been opened. -- The show-status page prints warnings about invalid directives - on the same line as the directives themselves. -- Fixed several justified (but harmless) compiler warnings, - mostly on 64 bit platforms. -- The mingw32 version explicitly requests the default charset - to prevent display problems with some fonts available on more - recent Windows versions. Patch by Burberry. -- The mingw32 version uses the Privoxy icon in the alt-tab - windows. Patch by Burberry. -- The timestamp and the thread id is omitted in the "Fatal error" - message box on mingw32. -- Fixed two related mingw32-only buffer overflows. Triggering - them required control over the configuration file, therefore - this isn't seen as a security issue. -- In verbose mode, or if the new option --show-skipped-tests - is used, Privoxy-Regression-Test logs skipped tests and the - skip reason. - +*** 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. This should also allow + NTLM authentication through Privoxy, but this hasn't been + confirmed yet. +- 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. ----------------------------------------------------------------- About Privoxy: @@ -69,7 +77,10 @@ Privoxy provides many supplemental features, that give the end-user more control, more privacy and more freedom: - * Can keep outgoing connections alive and reuse them later on. + * Supports "Connection: keep-alive". Outgoing connections can be kept + alive independently from the client. + + * Supports IPv6. * Supports tagging which allows to change the behaviour based on client and server headers. @@ -97,8 +108,6 @@ more control, more privacy and more freedom: * Support for Perl Compatible Regular Expressions in the configuration files, and a more sophisticated and flexible configuration syntax. - * Improved cookie management features (e.g. session based cookies). - * GIF de-animation. * Bypass many click-tracking scripts (avoids script redirection). -- 2.39.2