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authorNick Mathewson <nickm@torproject.org>2008-11-03 15:45:27 +0000
committerNick Mathewson <nickm@torproject.org>2008-11-03 15:45:27 +0000
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missing changelog for 0x20 hack
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@@ -12,6 +12,13 @@ Changes in version 0.2.1.7-alpha - 2008-11-xx
Suggested by Lucky Green.
- Preserve case in replies to DNSPort requests in order to support
the 0x20 hack for resisting DNS poisoning attacks.
+ - Implement the 0x20 hack to better resist DNS poisoning: set the
+ case on outgoing DNS requests randomly, and reject responses
+ that do not match the case correctly. This logic can be
+ disabled with the ServerDNSRamdomizeCase setting, if you are
+ using one of the 0.3% of servers that do not reliably preserve
+ case in replies. See "Increased DNS Forgery Resistance through
+ 0x20-Bit Encoding" for more info.
o Hidden service performance improvements:
- When the client launches an introduction circuit, retry with a