Echolot 2.1.1 released

[Peter Palfrader]

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Echolot 2.1.1 released
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Echolot 2.1.1 was just released into the wild.

This is a minor feature and bugfix release.

Here is the relevant part from the NEWS file:

        * Fix 0/false in Fetch/Ping/Show in summary report.
        * fork() for calling mixmaster, so we can exec() it
          rather can using open("| ...") which ivokes a shell.
        * Catch SIGPIPE and log it as error.
        * Document thesaurusindexfile.
        * Minor documentation fixes.
        * When asked to shut down, exit immediatly after the current running
          task, even if we have a backlog.
        * If we run late we should now drop actions where it does not hurt.
        * Remove random command invocation via pingctr/init script.  People
          should just call pingd directly.  Also wait for pingd to really
          shut down in stop and restart.
        * Regularily clean up the temp directory.
        * Send out pings every two hours by default.
        * Modified statistics generation:
          We no longer assume a normal distribution of latencies but instead
          use percentiles when calculating a life probability of an outstanding
          ping.  Also we do not show the mean of latency but the median as
          this seems to be 'more correct'.
          Also have different weights for pings based on their age.
        * Optimized chain pinging: takes less CPU.
        * Do not list remailers with the 'testing' capability in
          public stats.  Testing indicates a node is not ready for real
          users' traffic yet.
        * Publish operator's address on index page.
        * Refuse to run with euid == 0.

Enjoy!

Echolot 2.1.1 can be downloaded from:
 http://savannah.gnu.org/download/echolot/echolot-2.1.1.tar.gz
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About Echolot
=============

Echolot <http://www.palfrader.org/echolot/> is a pinger for anonymous
remailers.

A Pinger in the context of anonymous remailers is a program that
regularly sends messages through remailers to determine their status.
Based on the responses, the Pinger calculates reliability statistics
which may be used by remailer clients to choose a chain of remailers to
use.

Furthermore, Echolot collects configuration parameters and keys of
remailers and offers the collected information in a format readable by
remailer clients.  This helps reduce the administration effort required
to use or host remailers.


Contact Information
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For further information, please visit the Echolot web page at
<http://www.palfrader.org/echolot/> or send mail to
<echolot-users@lists.noreply.org> or <peter@palfrader.org>.


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