We’ve released ncdns v0.3.1. This Windows-only release includes important improvements to memory safety and UX; we recommend that all Windows users upgrade.

Full changelog of what’s new since v0.3:

  • certinject
    • Code quality improvements. Patches by Jeremy Rand.
  • ncdns
    • Code quality improvements. Patches by Jeremy Rand.
  • ncprop279
    • Fix stderr privacy leak when tlshook is enabled at compile-time. Patch by Jeremy Rand.
    • Code quality improvements. Patches by Jeremy Rand.
  • StemNS
    • Log errors to stderr. Patch by Jeremy Rand.
    • Redact target address from stderr logs. Patch by Jeremy Rand.
    • Load configuration from config folder. Reported by Patrick Schleizer; patch by Yanmaani.
    • Support ControlPort auto. Reported by Adolf-Putin-2022; patch by Jeremy Rand.
    • Code quality improvements. Patches by Jeremy Rand.
  • x509-compressed
    • Fix Go 1.18.x compatibility.
  • Windows installer
    • Switch from BIND’s dnssec-keygen to CoreDNS’s coredns-keygen. Unlike BIND, CoreDNS is memory-safe and has no non-freedom build dependencies. This also means the Visual C++ Runtime is no longer required. Reported by Yana Teras and Aminda Suomalainen; patch by Jeremy Rand.
    • Fix compatibility with StemNS’s conf.d feature. Patch by Jeremy Rand.
    • Log StemNS stderr to event log. Makes it easier to diagnose Tor Browser configuration bugs. Patch by Jeremy Rand.
    • Work around PowerShell v2 bug. Partially fixes Windows 7 compatibility. Reported by Cyphrs; patch by Jeremy Rand.
    • Code quality improvements. Patches by Jeremy Rand.
  • Build system
    • Bump Electrum-NMC to v4.0.0b1.
    • Bump godns to v1.1.49.
    • Bump tor-browser-build to v11.5a12.

As usual, you can download it at the Downloads page.

This work was funded by Cyphrs.