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NEWS.rst: security improvements and other minor updates.

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@ -19,6 +19,22 @@ New Features
- The web-API has a new move operation that supports directly moving files
between directories. (`#1579`_)
Security Improvements
'''''''''''''''''''''
- Newly generated introducer FURLs are unguessable. This helps to control
membership of private grids (although it does not stop someone who knows
the introducer FURL from providing any number of servers). The FURL is
stored in ``BASEDIR/private/introducer.furl`` rather than
``BASEDIR/introducer.furl`` as before. To force an introducer to generate
a new FURL, delete the existing ``introducer.furl`` file and restart it.
After doing this, the ``[client]introducer.furl`` setting of every client
and server that should connect to that introducer must be updated. (`#1802`_)
- The Welcome page no longer reveals the secret part (swissnum) of the
introducer and helper FURLs. For existing guessable introducer FURLs,
the ``introducer`` swissnum is still displayed to show that a guessable
FURL is in use. (`#860`_)
Notable Bugfixes
''''''''''''''''
@ -36,7 +52,7 @@ Notable Bugfixes
create gateway nodes of their own. (`#860`_)
- If an immutable file failed to download, e.g. due to a connection problem,
subsequent attempts to download the same file could also fail. (`#1679`_)
- The SFTP frontend works with recent versions of Twisted, rather than
- The SFTP frontend now works with recent versions of Twisted, rather than
giving errors or warnings about use of ``IFinishableConsumer``. (`#1926`_,
`#1564`_, `#1525`_)
- Failure handling in the SFTP frontend has been improved. (`#1525`_)
@ -52,6 +68,7 @@ Notable Bugfixes
- Exceptions no longer trigger an unhelpful crash reporter on Ubuntu 12.04
("Precise") or later. (`#1746`_)
- Improve error message when CLI tools cannot connect to a gateway. (`#974`_)
- Other minor changes: `#1781`_, `#1812`_
Performance Improvements
''''''''''''''''''''''''
@ -94,6 +111,8 @@ Precautions when Upgrading
.. _`#443`: https://tahoe-lafs.org/trac/tahoe-lafs/ticket/443
.. _`#466`: https://tahoe-lafs.org/trac/tahoe-lafs/ticket/466
.. _`#860`: https://tahoe-lafs.org/trac/tahoe-lafs/ticket/860
.. _`#974`: https://tahoe-lafs.org/trac/tahoe-lafs/ticket/974
.. _`#1143`: https://tahoe-lafs.org/trac/tahoe-lafs/ticket/1143
.. _`#1298`: https://tahoe-lafs.org/trac/tahoe-lafs/ticket/1298
.. _`#1457`: https://tahoe-lafs.org/trac/tahoe-lafs/ticket/1457
@ -110,8 +129,11 @@ Precautions when Upgrading
.. _`#1758`: https://tahoe-lafs.org/trac/tahoe-lafs/ticket/1758
.. _`#1761`: https://tahoe-lafs.org/trac/tahoe-lafs/ticket/1761
.. _`#1771`: https://tahoe-lafs.org/trac/tahoe-lafs/ticket/1771
.. _`#1781`: https://tahoe-lafs.org/trac/tahoe-lafs/ticket/1781
.. _`#1783`: https://tahoe-lafs.org/trac/tahoe-lafs/ticket/1783
.. _`#1802`: https://tahoe-lafs.org/trac/tahoe-lafs/ticket/1802
.. _`#1805`: https://tahoe-lafs.org/trac/tahoe-lafs/ticket/1805
.. _`#1812`: https://tahoe-lafs.org/trac/tahoe-lafs/ticket/1812
.. _`#1915`: https://tahoe-lafs.org/trac/tahoe-lafs/ticket/1915
.. _`#1926`: https://tahoe-lafs.org/trac/tahoe-lafs/ticket/1926
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