2008-06-09 TorK 0.29.1 Bug Fixes/Feature Fixes o Forgotten cstdlib include from Patrick Matthei. o Fix crash when attempting to update Tork. o Update tork from http://downloadtork.anonymityanywhere.com. o getpeername() patch from weasel for torksocks. o Controlport was getting protected with a random password when TorK was connecting to Tor, but not when launched by TorK.
2008-06-09 TorK 0.29 Bug Fixes/Feature Fixes o Speed up pop-up windows o Block plaintext ports (23,110,109) and warn user. User can elect to allow the plaintext port for the rest of the session. o Quick Bandwidth Configuration in System Tray a la KTorrent. o Fix first-run wizard to allow proper configuration of system-managed privoxy. This should save users the bother of manually configuring a packaged, auto-starting privoxy installation to work with Tor. o If TorK attempts to launch Tor but finds an instance already running, only display the helpful pop-up message (asking if you want to just connect to the already running instance) and not the subsequent, confusing one (reporting the failure to bind to localhost:9050 as some sort of a bug).
2008-04-09 TorK 0.28 Bug Fixes/Feature Fixes o Always apply settings when OK or Apply clicked on configuration dialog. Some of the more exotic settings were not getting applied in some situations. o The non-anonymous settings (e.g. cookies,javascript) were not getting restored properly in some cases. This was due to an eccentricity in KConfig. o Be a little more aggressive with UPnP. Silently re-apply port forwarding to the UPnP router when (i) Tor tells us it has failed reachability tests, (ii) whenever the user presses play. o Always enable torbutton when launching firefox. o Always show a padlock on SSL connections in the stream display. Minor Technical Stuff o Add some missing includes for Debian packaging. (Thanks to Patrick Matthai) o Change the build script so that we have an SSL_LIBS parameter to use with shallot when it's integrated. o Some extra configure checks for OpenBSD. (Thanks to kuburosso).
TorK 0.27 Released
2008-02-28 TorK 0.27 o UPnP Support Added. Almost all code taken from Joris Guisson's UPnP implementation in KTorrent. UPnP will only forward ports 80 and 443 - this is because anything else misses the point. Users who want to get fancy with port forwarding can configure their router themselves. UPnP is on by default but can be disabled at server set-up time or through the config. o New compile-time configure option: --enable-gnutls. Default remains OpenSSL. This resolves the licence clash between openSSL and third-party GPL2 code in TorK. Thanks to Patrick Matthai for reporting. o Removed use of libwhich. o Usability Improvements. Reduced the initial complexity of the interface by: o Remove 'connect'/disconnect from toolbar o Simple Mode: - Add 'More Options' button that will reveal: - 'Citizen' button - 'Fail-Safe' button and 'Fail Safe' config - 'Server' Button - 'Usability' config section - So in simple mode only 'Change ID' and 'un-censor' remain o 'My Tor Server', 'My Server BW', and 'Configure Server'remain hidden unless a server is actually running. o 'My Hidden Services' remains hidden unless user elects to create a hidden service from main listing. o 'My Network View' remains hidden until user right-clicks on server list to select servers. o Thanks to anonym (maintainer of Incognito CD) for his help in defining the above. o Add Server Set-Up Wizard. Used first time you set up a server. o Use an overlay rather than separate icons for the system tray representation of server status. o New Czech translation from Marek Stopka. o Correct torksocks.conf manpage. Patch from Patrick Matthai. o Make sure libtorksocks is linked against libdl. Thanks to Patrick Matthai for reporting. o Make the traffic monitor a little less of an eyesore.
TorK 0.26 Released
Minor Features o Display a help bubble in the connections pane until the user has discovered the clickability of the network interface. o French translation from Daniel Berthereau <
>. o Fix geoip when --with-external-geoip used in configure. The option will now ensure that an external geoip installation (including db) is used. TorK will issue a warning if the external or local db cannot be found/read. (Reported by Marek Stopka and Patrick Matthai.) Bug Fixes/Feature Fixes o Disabled 0.2.x-only TorK features when running a 0.1.x version of Tor. o Internationalized all pop-up messages. They should now be translate-able. o Random password is now the default authentication mechanism. Cookies were causing too much trouble on certain installations. In the event of the user getting locked-out by a random password (e.g. crash), TorK will offer to reset Tor and try reconnecting. o Update GPL Licence with correct address. (Reported by Patrick Matthai.) o Fix interface bugs when selecting countries/servers for include/exclude. o When displaying exit in connections pane, find the exit to display using server digest rather than nickname. o Modify license for OpenSSL. (Reported by Patrick Matthai.) o Cleanup tsocks dir properly during make clean. (Reported by Patrick Matthai.) o For 'My Bandwidth' allow TorK to always set values, even when greyed out. Selecting 'default' resets values to default. o For 'Performance' in 'My Tor Server' do the same o For 'Normal Settings' in 'My Tor Client' do the same. o For 'My Tor Server' do not store 'old' values if greyed out, but always apply values. This will work because 'never run as server' is tied to ClientOnly - which prevents Tor from functioning as a server. o Patch to 'About' dialog from Jonathan Patrick Davies.
TorK 0.24 Released
Minor Features o Use random password to secure control session if no cookie/password configured. o Add 'max' bw to pop-up display. o German Translation from Max Urgel (bitwisser at googlemail.com) o Updated Czech tranlation from Marek Stopka. Bug Fixes/Feature Fixes o Fix crash when server changes address. o Fix scheduled bandwidth feature to work reliably. o More packaging related clean-ups. o Correct 'about' section. Patch from Jonathan Patrick Davies (jpatrick at kubuntu.org).
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