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diff --git a/doc/release-notes.md b/doc/release-notes.md index f4fbeccbe1..39b3cd3c2e 100644 --- a/doc/release-notes.md +++ b/doc/release-notes.md @@ -116,7 +116,8 @@ Configuration option changes defaults to being off, so that changes in policy and disconnect/ban behavior will not cause a node that is whitelisting another to be dropped by peers. Users can still explicitly enable this behavior with the command line option - (and may want to consider letting the Bitcoin Core project know about their + (and may want to consider [contacting](https://bitcoincore.org/en/contact/) + the Bitcoin Core project to let us know about their use-case, as this feature could be deprecated in the future). Documentation @@ -130,6 +131,10 @@ Documentation to the [REST interface documentation](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/blob/master/doc/REST-interface.md) indicating that the same rules apply. +- Further information is added to the [JSON-RPC + documentation](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/blob/master/doc/JSON-RPC-interface.md) + about how to secure this interface. + - A new [document](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/blob/master/doc/bitcoin-conf.md) about the `bitcoin.conf` file describes how to use it to configure Bitcoin Core. @@ -296,6 +301,16 @@ Graphical User Interface (GUI) CFLAGS="-mmacosx-version-min=10.11" for setting the deployment sdk version) +Tools +---- + +- A new `bitcoin-wallet` tool is now distributed alongside Bitcoin + Core's other executables. Without needing to use any RPCs, this tool + can currently create a new wallet file or display some basic + information about an existing wallet, such as whether the wallet is + encrypted, whether it uses an HD seed, how many transactions it + contains, and how many address book entries it has. + Low-level changes ================= @@ -320,6 +335,32 @@ Configuration deterministic wallets. This release makes specifying `-usehd` an invalid configuration option. +Network +------- + +- This release allows peers that your node automatically disconnected + for misbehavior (e.g. sending invalid data) to reconnect to your node + if you have unused incoming connection slots. If your slots fill up, + a misbehaving node will be disconnected to make room for nodes without + a history of problems (unless the misbehaving node helps your node in + some other way, such as by connecting to a part of the Internet from + which you don't have many other peers). Previously, Bitcoin Core + banned the IP addresses of misbehaving peers for a period of time + (default of 1 day); this was easily circumvented by attackers with + multiple IP addresses. If you manually ban a peer, such as by using + the `setban` RPC, all connections from that peer will still be + rejected. + +Security +-------- + +- This release changes the Random Number Generator (RNG) used from + OpenSSL to Bitcoin Core's own implementation, although entropy + gathered by Bitcoin Core is fed out to OpenSSL and then read back in + when the program needs strong randomness. This moves Bitcoin Core a + little closer to no longer needing to depend on OpenSSL, a dependency + that has caused security issues in the past. + Changes for particular platforms -------------------------------- |