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Nick Mathewson <nickm@torproject.org>:

> Tor version 0.2.7.6 fixes a major bug in entry guard selection,

>     - Actually look at the Guard flag when selecting a new directory
>       guard. When we implemented the directory guard design, we
>       accidentally started treating all relays as if they have the Guard
>       flag during guard selection, leading to weaker anonymity and worse
>       performance. Fixes bug 17772; bugfix on 0.2.4.8-alpha. Discovered
>       by Mohsen Imani.

Is this bug found also in 0.2.6.10, or only in 0.2.7.5?

Are users of 0.2.6.10 (as this is still the stable version; 0.2.7.6 is 
listed as unstable) encouraged to upgrade to 0.2.7.6?

What does "weaker anonymity" mean exactly? How big is the risk? Can this 
bug lead to deanonymization?

Thank you.

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Oskar Wendel, o.wendel@wp.pl.REMOVE.THIS
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