Bitcoin 0.3.19 is released

2010 Dec 13 See all posts
Bitcoin 0.3.19 is released @ Satoshi Nakamoto
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Satoshi Nakamoto

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https://satoshinakamoto.network

This is a minor release to add some DoS protection.

Changes:
- Added some DoS limits, though it's still far from DoS resistant.
- Removed "safe mode" alerts.

Added some DoS limits, removed safe mode (0.3.19)

There's more work to do on DoS, but I'm doing a quick build of what I have so far in case it's needed, before venturing into more complex ideas. The build for this is version 0.3.19.

Added some DoS controls

As Gavin and I have said clearly before, the software is not at all resistant to DoS attack. This is one improvement, but there are still more ways to attack than I can count.

I'm leaving the -limitfreerelay part as a switch for now and it's there if you need it.

Removed "safe mode" alerts

"safe mode" alerts was a temporary measure after the 0.3.9 overflow bug. We can say all we want that users can just run with "-disablesafemode", but it's better just not to have it for the sake of appearances. It was never intended as a long term feature. Safe mode can still be triggered by seeing a longer (greater total PoW) invalid block chain.

Download:
https://sourceforge.net/projects/bitcoin/files/Bitcoin/bitcoin-0.3.19/