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3 | TODO: bridge mode, finally? |
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4 | TODO: gcm mode? |
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5 | TODO: replace ripemd160 as the only authentication hash. |
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6 | TODO: increase rsa size. |
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7 | TODO: replace transport bits by transport endpoint structs? |
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8 | TODO: http://incog-izick.blogspot.de/2011/08/using-openssl-aes-gcm.html |
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9 | TODO: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/12153009/openssl-c-example-of-aes-gcm-using-evp-interfaces |
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11 | TODO: verify |
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12 | TODO: make sense of overhead calculation |
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13 | TODO: if-up &c should not be scripts? |
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14 | TODO: ipv6 |
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15 | TODO: gvpectrl should not use default privatekey,. or maybe document it better |
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16 | - INCOMPATIBLE CHANGE: core protocol version 1.0. |
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17 | - INCOMPATIBLE CHANGE: node sections are now introduced |
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18 | with "node nodename", not "node = nodename". |
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19 | - while individual packets couldn't be replayed, a whole session |
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20 | could be replayed - this has been fixed by an extra key exchange. |
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21 | - in addition to rsa key exchange and authentication, the handshake now |
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22 | adds a diffie-hellman key exchange (using curve25119) for perfect |
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23 | forward secrecy. mac and cipher keys are derived using HKDF. |
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24 | - rsa key sizes are now configurable and larger (default is 3072). |
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25 | correspondingly, the minimum mtu is no longer 296 but 576. |
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26 | - fixed a potential (unverified) buffer overrun on rsa decryption. |
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27 | - new per-node low-power setting that tries to reduce cpu/network usage. |
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28 | - router reconnects could cause excessive rekeying on other connections. |
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29 | - gvpectrl no longer generates all missing public keys, but |
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30 | only missing private keys. private keys are also put |
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31 | into the configured location. |
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32 | - the pid-file now accepts %s as nodename as elsewhere. |
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33 | - no longer use RAND_bytes to generate session keys - you NEED |
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34 | a real source of entropy now (e.g. egd or /dev/random - see the |
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35 | openssl documentation). |
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36 | - multiple node statements for the same node are now supported |
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37 | and will be merged. |
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38 | - a new directive "global" switches back to the global section |
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39 | of the config file. |
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40 | - 12 random prefix bytes are now properly supported, leading to |
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41 | a fully random IV. |
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42 | - use aes with a random key in counter-mode to generate IVs, |
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43 | for speed reasons (generating 12 random bytes with openssl can |
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44 | take longer than encrypting and mac'ing a 1.5kb packet, and IVs |
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45 | do not need to be cryptographically strong random numbers |
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46 | (and in fact, shouldn't be)). |
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47 | - if-up scripts can now be specified with absolute paths. |
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48 | - new global option: serial, to detect configuration mismatches. |
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49 | - use HKDF as authentication proof, not HMAC or a plain hash |
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50 | (hint by Ilmari Karonen). |
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51 | - during rekeying or conenction establishments, hmac authentication |
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52 | errors could occur and reset the connection. Transient hmac |
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53 | authentication errors are now being ignored for 3 seconds. |
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54 | - log the reason for a conneciton loss. |
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55 | - use a (hopefully) constant time memcmp to compare internal secrets. |
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57 | 2.25 Sat Jul 13 06:42:33 CEST 2013 |
| 3 | - INCOMPATIBLE CHANGE: no longer enable udp protocol if no other |
58 | - INCOMPATIBLE CHANGE: no longer enable udp protocol if no other |
| 4 | protocols are enabled - this is necessary when you have nodes with |
59 | protocols are enabled - this is necessary when you have nodes with |
| 5 | completely unknown protocols, to force mediated connection requests. |
60 | completely unknown protocols, to force mediated connection requests. |
| 6 | - INCOMPATIBLE CHANGE: dns transport protocol bumped to version 2. |
61 | - INCOMPATIBLE CHANGE: dns transport protocol bumped to version 2. |
| 7 | - core protocol version 0.1, compatible with older releases. |
62 | - core protocol version 0.1, compatible with older releases. |
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63 | - switch to using RSA_generate_key_ex, which is the badly documented |
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64 | and needlessly more complicated replacement for the RSA_generate_key |
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65 | function which is now deprecated. |
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66 | - support additional hmac hashes: sha256 and sha512, usually truncated. |
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67 | - change public exponent for rsa keys from 65535 to 65537, for |
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68 | efficiency reasons - only affects new keys. |
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69 | - nodes would sometimes declare transport endpoints valid despite |
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70 | the protocol not being configured locally. |
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71 | - new global configuration options: chroot, chuser, chuid, chgid, |
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72 | to chroot to a specified or anonymous new root, and change user id. |
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73 | - new global configuration options seed_device and seed_interval, |
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74 | to configure another device than /dev/urandom for random seeds, |
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75 | and to configure a regular interval to reseed the rng. |
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76 | - prefer inet_aton over gethostbyname, as the latter is not guaranteed |
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77 | to "resolve" literal ip addresses. |
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78 | - configure didn't detect openssl 1.0 because SHA1_version became private |
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79 | (patch by TANIGUCHI Takaki). |
| 8 | - fix a bug where nodes would tell the other side that it supports |
80 | - fix a bug where nodes would tell the other side that it supports |
| 9 | the same protocols as that other side, instead of its own. |
81 | the same protocols as that other side, instead of its own. |
| 10 | - add zlib when found, as openssl depends on it in newer versions. |
82 | - add zlib when found, as openssl depends on it in newer versions. |
| 11 | - work around append-bugs in uclibc by using an extra seek. |
83 | - work around append-bugs in uclibc by using an extra seek. |
| 12 | - new "include" directive for the config file. |
84 | - new "include" directive for the config file. |
| 13 | - gvpectrl no longer evaluates any "on" directives. |
85 | - gvpectrl no longer evaluates any "on" directives. |
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86 | - icmp and rawip protocols weren't upgradable to each other. |
| 14 | - major, but incremental, dns transport improvements: |
87 | - major, but incremental, dns transport improvements: |
| 15 | - do not simply abort in some error cases in the dns transport, |
88 | - do not simply abort in some error cases in the dns transport, |
| 16 | but try to recover. |
89 | but try to recover. |
| 17 | - allow lowercase/uppercase alises for base-n encodings that do |
90 | - allow lowercase/uppercase aliases for base-n encodings that do |
| 18 | not rely on case. |
91 | not rely on case. |
| 19 | - use base26 instead of base22 encoding for dns syn's, and |
92 | - use base26 instead of base22 encoding for dns syn's, and |
| 20 | base36 instead of base22 for headers (saves one byte/packet). |
93 | base36 instead of base22 for headers (saves one byte/packet). |
| 21 | - back off far quicker in dns tunnel when idling - increases |
94 | - back off far quicker in dns tunnel when idling - increases |
| 22 | latency on an idle link somewhat, but avoids hundreds of |
95 | latency on an idle link somewhat, but avoids hundreds of |
| 23 | needless packets. |
96 | needless packets. |
| 24 | - poll more aggressively when idling in dns (poll once per |
97 | - poll more aggressively when idling in dns (poll once per |
| 25 | second as opposed to once per 5 seconds). |
98 | second as opposed to once per 5 seconds). |
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99 | - reduce dns send payload size to allow greater rate of ack |
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100 | messages (should help sack and ipv6). |
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101 | - allow for ip options in rawip/icmp transports, even though gvpe |
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102 | doesn't generate them. |
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103 | - upgrade to autoconf 2.69, automake 1.11. |
| 26 | - upgrade to libev 4 API. |
104 | - upgrade to libev 4 API. |
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105 | - replace COPYING file by actual GPLv3 - files were relicensed to GPLv3 |
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106 | earlier but COPYING was forgotten. |
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| 28 | 2.24 Sat Feb 12 05:15:48 CET 2011 |
108 | 2.24 Sat Feb 12 05:15:48 CET 2011 |
| 29 | - protocol version 0.1, compatible with older releases. |
109 | - protocol version 0.1, compatible with older releases. |
| 30 | - due to a bug, when packets were lost, a connection could go into a |
110 | - due to a bug, when packets were lost, a connection could go into a |
| 31 | state where a ping/connection request from another node would be |
111 | state where a ping/connection request from another node would be |
