Re: StrictNodes or StrictExitNodes?

2010-11-27 Thread andrew
On Fri, Nov 26, 2010 at 10:11:55AM +, my.green.lant...@googlemail.com wrote 
2.3K bytes in 61 lines about:
: So if Tor is using usual development practice then why does the
: stable version manual
: (http://www.torproject.org/docs/tor-manual.html.en) have
: *WarnUnsafeSocks in it if there has been no stable build since it
: was introduced in *0.2.2.14-alpha ?

This is because the tor-manual.html.en is really the -alpha manual, not
the -stable manual.  The long story made short is that the new website
removed the ability to do man2html on the -stable man page.  Oops.

I've removed the links to the -stable man page on the website, linking
to the -alpha version instead (and labelled as such). 

: Also , I notice the manuals do not have deprecated commands in it
: any more (even if they are still supported). It might be wise to add

Because they're in the changelog. The man pages only contain what is
supported, not what was supported.

-- 
Andrew
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Re: StrictNodes or StrictExitNodes?

2010-11-27 Thread Anon Mus

and...@torproject.org wrote:

On Fri, Nov 26, 2010 at 10:11:55AM +, my.green.lant...@googlemail.com wrote 
2.3K bytes in 61 lines about:
: So if Tor is using usual development practice then why does the
: stable version manual
: (http://www.torproject.org/docs/tor-manual.html.en) have
: *WarnUnsafeSocks in it if there has been no stable build since it
: was introduced in *0.2.2.14-alpha ?

This is because the tor-manual.html.en is really the -alpha manual, not
the -stable manual.  The long story made short is that the new website
removed the ability to do man2html on the -stable man page.  Oops.

I've removed the links to the -stable man page on the website, linking
to the -alpha version instead (and labelled as such). 

  
I hope this is only a temporary bodge. The new dev (alpha) version 
commands are NOT in the stable version and WILL keep on causing 
confusion if this is not resolved.



: Also , I notice the manuals do not have deprecated commands in it
: any more (even if they are still supported). It might be wise to add

Because they're in the changelog. The man pages only contain what is
supported, not what was supported.

  


Well the commands are indeed IN the code and still supported and work, 
so there should be mention of them in the manual (as was done for the 
past X years now). Why not put them back in the manual and ONLY remove 
them in future when,


1. They are no longer supported at ALL in the current stable version
and
2. when the older versions are no longer compatible (e.g when from time 
to time we all have to update our older versions due to incompatible code)



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Re: StrictNodes or StrictExitNodes?

2010-11-26 Thread Anon Mus

Roger Dingledine wrote:


This is interesting. I tried it.. and both seem to work for me on my  
0.2.2.10-alpha on win2k.


But.. when I tried - WarnUnsafeSocks 0

I get..

Nov 25 17:50:03.015 [Warning] Failed to parse/validate config: Unknown  
option 'WarnUnsafeSocks'.  Failing.

Nov 25 17:50:03.015 [Error] Reading config failed--see warnings above.

Tor then bombs out..



WarnUnsafeSocks was introduced in Tor 0.2.2.14-alpha.

--Roger

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Wow, there seems to be some sort of error, I thought (as per usual 
development practice) that as
The current stable version of Tor is 0.2.1.27. then my 
0.2.2.10-alpha would contain the code up to and after 
0.2.1.27-stable (had 0.2.1.27-alpha been stable enough - as its normal 
development practice for a stable to be a stable, a field tested, 
alpha build - with the same version number).


So if Tor is using usual development practice then why does the stable 
version manual (http://www.torproject.org/docs/tor-manual.html.en) have 
*WarnUnsafeSocks in it if there has been no stable build since it was 
introduced in *0.2.2.14-alpha ?



Also , I notice the manuals do not have deprecated commands in it any 
more (even if they are still supported). It might be wise to add these 
old commands particularly if they are still supported and give versions 
when they were deprecated/removed and versions when new ones were 
introduced. It shouldn't be too onerous. After all the manuals are going 
to be used by people who have different versions. It would then be 
possible to have just one manual covering ALL Tor versions, stable and dev.


e.g.

StrictExitNodes 0|1

(Added v?.?.?.?-alpha and v?.?.?.?-stable,
Deprecated v0.2.2.7-alpha and v?.?.?.?-stable, Removed v0.?.?.?-alpha etc - see 
replacement command StrictNodes)

Blah.. blah .. blah

Then we only have to check the ONE manual and all will be clear!
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Re: StrictNodes or StrictExitNodes?

2010-11-25 Thread Anon Mus

Matthew wrote:
I think I am correct to say that StrictExitNodes has been negated in 
favour of StrictNodes.


However, when I use StrictExitNodes 1 I have no problems.

When I use StrictNodes 1 and have viable ExitNodes then Vidalia gives 
the error: Vidalia detected that the Tor software exited unexpectedly.


I am using 0.2.1.26 on Ubuntu 10.04.

Thanks.
This is interesting. I tried it.. and both seem to work for me on my 
0.2.2.10-alpha on win2k.


But.. when I tried - WarnUnsafeSocks 0

I get..

Nov 25 17:50:03.015 [Warning] Failed to parse/validate config: Unknown 
option 'WarnUnsafeSocks'.  Failing.

Nov 25 17:50:03.015 [Error] Reading config failed--see warnings above.

Tor then bombs out..
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Re: StrictNodes or StrictExitNodes?

2010-11-25 Thread Roger Dingledine
On Thu, Nov 25, 2010 at 05:52:36PM +, Anon Mus wrote:
 Matthew wrote:
 I think I am correct to say that StrictExitNodes has been negated in  
 favour of StrictNodes.

 However, when I use StrictExitNodes 1 I have no problems.

 When I use StrictNodes 1 and have viable ExitNodes then Vidalia gives  
 the error: Vidalia detected that the Tor software exited 
 unexpectedly.

 I am using 0.2.1.26 on Ubuntu 10.04.

When Vidalia tells you Tor exited, you should go to Vidalia's message
window and learn what Tor said as it exited. In this case I'd guess
it's because Tor 0.2.1.26 does not know the 'StrictNodes' config option.
It was introduced in Tor 0.2.2.7-alpha.

 This is interesting. I tried it.. and both seem to work for me on my  
 0.2.2.10-alpha on win2k.

 But.. when I tried - WarnUnsafeSocks 0

 I get..

 Nov 25 17:50:03.015 [Warning] Failed to parse/validate config: Unknown  
 option 'WarnUnsafeSocks'.  Failing.
 Nov 25 17:50:03.015 [Error] Reading config failed--see warnings above.

 Tor then bombs out..

WarnUnsafeSocks was introduced in Tor 0.2.2.14-alpha.

--Roger

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StrictNodes or StrictExitNodes?

2010-11-21 Thread Matthew
 I think I am correct to say that StrictExitNodes has been negated in 
favour of StrictNodes.


However, when I use StrictExitNodes 1 I have no problems.

When I use StrictNodes 1 and have viable ExitNodes then Vidalia gives the 
error: Vidalia detected that the Tor software exited unexpectedly.


I am using 0.2.1.26 on Ubuntu 10.04.

Thanks.