[tor-commits] [tor/master] changes file for bug1827

[nickm at torproject.org]

commit f71d63ec9d331bb6c942ada160244ede4d9c26fc
Author: Nick Mathewson <nickm at torproject.org>
Date:   Wed Dec 28 16:40:15 2011 -0500

    changes file for bug1827
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+  - Minor features:
+    - Try to use system facilities for enumerating local interface
+      addresses, before falling back to our old approach (which was
+      binding a UDP socket, and calling getsockname() on it). That
+      approach was confusing people whose draconian firewall software
+      didn't like binding to UDP sockets, regardless of whether
+      packets were sent. Now we try to use getifaddrs(), SIOCGIFCONF,
+      or GetAdaptersAddresses(), depending on what the system
+      supports. Resolves ticket #1827.