From 86b0f7fa720333ec98079e29bb786d96ad513951 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Neil Booth Date: Thu, 24 Nov 2016 23:42:49 +0900 Subject: [PATCH] Prepare 0.7.7 --- docs/ENV-NOTES | 17 ++++++++++------- docs/RELEASE-NOTES | 8 ++++++++ server/version.py | 2 +- 3 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/ENV-NOTES b/docs/ENV-NOTES index 85243b1..1a30a2c 100644 --- a/docs/ENV-NOTES +++ b/docs/ENV-NOTES @@ -44,14 +44,17 @@ in ElectrumX are very cheap - they consume about 100 bytes of memory each and are processed efficiently. I feel the defaults are low and encourage you to raise them. -MAX_HIST - maximum number of historical transactions to serve for an - address. The current Electrum protocol requires +MAX_HIST - maximum number of historical transactions to serve for + a single address. The current Electrum protocol requires address histories be served en-masse or not at all, - an obvious avenue for abuse. This limit is a stop-gap - until the protocol is improved to admit incremental - history requests. The default value is 2,000 which is - I feel is low. Increasing to around 10,000 is probably - fine but beyond that experimental. + an obvious avenue for abuse. This limit is a + stop-gap until the protocol is improved to admit + incremental history requests. The default value is + 2,000 which should be ample for most legitimate + users. Increasing to around 10,000 is likely fine + but bear in mind one client can request multiple + addresses. I welcome your experiences and suggestions + for an appropriate value. MAX_SUBS - maximum number of address subscriptions across all sessions. Defaults to 250,000. MAX_SESSION_SUBS - maximum number of address subscriptions permitted to a diff --git a/docs/RELEASE-NOTES b/docs/RELEASE-NOTES index b57701a..38d013d 100644 --- a/docs/RELEASE-NOTES +++ b/docs/RELEASE-NOTES @@ -1,3 +1,11 @@ +version 0.7.7 +------------- + +- add MAX_HIST to throttle history requests; see docs/ENV-NOTES. One + provider of ElectrumX services was attacked by a loser requesting + long histories; this environment variable allows you to limit what + you attempt to serve. + version 0.7.6 ------------- diff --git a/server/version.py b/server/version.py index 45a1387..62a884c 100644 --- a/server/version.py +++ b/server/version.py @@ -1 +1 @@ -VERSION = "ElectrumX 0.7.6" +VERSION = "ElectrumX 0.7.7"