-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 Scott Bennett wrote: > On Sun, 28 Jun 2009 20:09:25 +0800 Pei Hanru <[email protected]> > wrote: >> On 2009-04-27 18:27 CST, Scott Bennett wrote: >>> torstatus currently shows 25 different relays that are all named >>> "tbreq" >>> and appear to be in China. I wonder whether these are due to some benighted
snip >> I've downloaded the software and tested, the version of Tor in it is >> indeed 0.2.1.2-alpha, torrc in it is > > Ouch. This provides another example in support of having a way for > the directory authorities to render insecure versions inoperable/unusable > as relays to the rest of the network and only usable as clients to connect > to the tor project's web site to download a current version of tor. How about simply take a page from Freenet? Each new build of Freenet comes with a "lastGoodVersion=" variable that contains the version number of the oldest build it's willing to talk to. Nodes older than that can't connect to the network for anything except updating the out of date node. - -- The best way to get past my spam filter is to sign or encrypt your email to me. My PGP KeyId: 0x84D46604 http://blogdoofus.com http://tinfoilchef.com http://www.domaincarryout.com Un-official Freenet 0.5 alternative download http://peculiarplace.com/freenet/ Mixminion Message Sender, Windows GUI Frontend for Mixminion http://peculiarplace.com/mixminion-message-sender/ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iQEVAwUBSki323V+YnyE1GYEAQgXmQf/VVTT7G8vMnOI222SVC7FKFZzH8ZHFvjn CuNHTqjkBRlN4L9zjv5Iya3UQtdSwQDTWCVpQM5UIP4wZFOVd3HcPjWD4KvSU2ST MLyH0v3Z14mHcFvMD6Z6F7fQYLwdOGdH22Zd95mtFbU3WtvtASOwjNcd0Al0+8ee NAERkThuVWzct+vfPDoxQgkWzlcJRK9BRSqrVgQPVsMqW/+n29WjuZL67r4N9Fza uF7g4jpLRptk9JaVcX1zDyPMoz/r5keX45ydaL4yluyg/6d3kQmoCRC6mBNN03HD bbJNge3BfGH3zTBOUp3uvai2x5u0PZnqfpdVblrOTlRNSXto4Xk/ag== =IQV6 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
