On Tue, Jan 09, 2007 at 11:54:41PM +0000, Thomas Bruderer wrote:
> Matthew Toseland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> 
> > Freenet 0.7 build 1010 is now available. This build fixes a serious
> > security bug in our encryption code, affecting both link encryption and
> > encryption of keys. Please upgrade immediately; it is a mandatory build
> > as of now (meaning it will not connect to older builds). You will
> > probably have to use the update script manually to do this; sorry for
> > that, we *will* build an update-over-mandatory mechanism...
> > Caveats:
> > - All old KSKs are no longer retrievable.
> > - You will need to generate a new SSK for your inserts to be encrypted
> >   properly.
> > Otherwise the new build is backwards compatible with existing content.
> > So there is no need for a content reset. PLEASE UPGRADE!
> > If you are inclined to forward this to slashdot, please wait 24 hours or
> > so in case I missed any catastrophic bugs. And please listen out for new
> > builds.
> 
> This bug was probably in there since month, this overreaction is not very
> promising in handling bigger Problems.

No, the bug was there since 0.7 began.
> 
> You could really give us at least 24 hours... what should I do know? already 6
> nodes are "Too Old" since over a week, and After I upgread, I have not a 
> single
> connection... since everything is too old.

Perhaps it is an overreaction. But people expect us to overreact to such
things. Better safe than sorry.

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