[network-health] Please upgrade your "BostonUCompSci" Tor relay running 0.2.9.17

[Georg Koppen]

Hi Steve!

Nadas, Stephen:
> Hi Georg, 
> 
> Do you have a more specific timeframe than "we will soon"?  
> 
> I ask because currently there are ongoing discussions with the interested user as to how best to replace the hardware that runs this relay.  Everything being equal we would wait for the new solution and then change the software.  But will take some time (weeks easily) so if we have an idea what you are thinking that would be helpful for us to plan. 

I don't have an exact date for you. Here is what I answered another
operator asking essentially the same questions:

"""
It's not exactly set yet. We want to make the change in Tor's 0.4.4
timeframe.[1] And the feature freeze of it is scheduled for May 2020
with backports of the delisting patch for stable versions, so Directory
Authorities can start applying it. So, I'd say while not a matter of
days it's a matter of some weeks which is why we start contacting
operators now.
"""

Hope this helps,
Georg

[1] https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/32672

> Thanks,
> Steve 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: support-bounces at cs-mailman.bu.edu <support-bounces at cs-mailman.bu.edu> On Behalf Of Georg Koppen
> Sent: Tuesday, February 25, 2020 7:36 AM
> To: tor at cs.bu.edu
> Cc: Network Health <network-health at lists.torproject.org>
> Subject: Please upgrade your "BostonUCompSci" Tor relay running 0.2.9.17
> 
> Hi,
> 
> You are running a Tor relay, which is great:
> 
> http://rougmnvswfsmd4dq.onion/rs.html#search/94C4B7B8C50C86A92B6A20107539EE2678CF9A28
> 
> But that Tor version is obsolete, and because of old bugs, we will soon
> cut relays running those versions out of the network. Please consider
> upgrading!
> 
> You can find Tor packages and instructions for your distro / OS here:
> https://community.torproject.org/relay/setup/guard/
> 
> Ideally you will switch to keeping up with our stable releases, but if
> you need a stable that is especially stable, the Tor 0.3.5 branch will
> be maintained until Feb 2022:
> 
> https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/wiki/org/teams/NetworkTeam/CoreTorReleases#Current
> 
> and you can see the lifetimes of other Tor versions on that table too.
> 
> Let us know if we can do anything to make the process easier.
> 
> And lastly, I am cc'ing the new network health mailing list (which
> has public archives), to help us stay synced:
> 
> https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/wiki/org/teams/NetworkHealthTeam
> 
> Thanks!
> Georg
> 


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