[mosh-devel] Mosh 1.2.6 release candidate available for testing
Bryce Bockman
bryce at jfet.net
Thu Jun 9 02:47:10 EDT 2016
On Wed, Jun 8, 2016 at 7:55 PM, john hood <cgull at glup.org> wrote:
> Yeah, would you open a GitHub issue?
Will do.
>
> I tried my two Macs, and it breaks for me, but differently: they get
> link-local IPv6 addresses from mDNS, requiring an interface identifier,
> so mosh-client doesn't know where to send packets.
>
> I'm wondering how you're getting global IPv6 addresses from mDNS, even
> though both your client and server are on the same local network.
> Judging by the hostnames you're using and the IPv6 address, this is a
> corporate OS X install on $yourverylargecompany's network.
>
> Yes, good guess. :-) I think it's relatively common to have a global v6
address allocated to a system which is RFC1918 in v4 these days.
> If the server involved has regular DNS A/AAAA records, does that work
> with Mosh?
>
I verified I see the same behavior moshing into systems with both global
A/AAAA records, running an older version of mosh server (mosh 1.2.4a). So
it seems it isn't dependent on mDNS, just an old server running on a dual
stack server. I'll write up the bug.
>
> regards,
>
> --jh
>
> On 6/8/16 9:37 PM, John Hood wrote:
> > Er, that's an interesting bug, it should work for either v4 or v6. I'll
> > check mDNS tonight.
> >
> > regards,
> >
> > --jh
> >
> > On 06/08/2016 19:54, Bryce Bockman wrote:
> >> I installed the OS X binary version (gotten from
> >> <
> https://github.com/mobile-shell/mosh/releases/download/mosh-1.2.5.95rc1/mosh-1.2.5.95rc1.pkg
> >
> https://github.com/mobile-shell/mosh/releases/download/mosh-1.2.5.95rc1/mosh-1.2.5.95rc1.pkg
> ).
> >> The install went fine, and I was able to mosh into an older server
> >> running on stock Ubuntu 14.04.
> >>
> >> Found an interesting bug/feature, likely due to ipv6 related changes.
> >> I often use mDNS name resolution. When moshing from the release
> >> candidate to the older server mentioned above using mDNS target I get
> >> the following:
> >>
> >> bb at bb-mac:~$ mosh beb-dev01.local
> >>
> >> mosh-server: Bad IP address (2606:b400:605:d0a0:dacb:8aff:fe69:7a71)
> >>
> >> Usage: mosh-server new [-s] [-v] [-i LOCALADDR] [-p PORT[:PORT2]] [-c
> >> COLORS] [-l NAME=VALUE] [-- COMMAND...]
> >>
> >> Connection to beb-dev01.local closed.
> >>
> >> /usr/local/bin/mosh: Did not find mosh server startup message.
> >>
> >> bb at bb-mac:~$
> >>
> >>
> >> Note that mDNS resolves either v4 or v6 addresses:
> >>
> >>
> >> bbockman at bbockman-mac:~$ ping6 beb-dev01.local
> >>
> >> PING6(56=40+8+8 bytes) 2606:b400:605:d0a0:16b1:c8ff:fe00:5da0 -->
> >> 2606:b400:605:d0a0:dacb:8aff:fe69:7a71
> >>
> >> 16 bytes from 2606:b400:605:d0a0:dacb:8aff:fe69:7a71, icmp_seq=0
> >> hlim=64 time=0.549 ms
> >>
> >> bbockman at bbockman-mac:~$ ping beb-dev01.local
> >>
> >> PING beb-dev01.local (10.145.137.58): 56 data bytes
> >>
> >> 64 bytes from 10.145.137.58 <http://10.145.137.58>: icmp_seq=0 ttl=64
> >> time=0.359 ms
> >>
> >>
> >> If I explicitely mosh using the v4 address things work (mosh
> >> 10.145.137.58).
> >>
> >> Not sure the extent of the behavior. e.g. Would the same behavior be
> >> seen with an older server that has a AAAA record with newer client or
> >> not. Should open an issue on github?
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> On Wed, Jun 8, 2016 at 12:44 PM, Keith Winstein <keithw at mit.edu
> >> <mailto:keithw at mit.edu>> wrote:
> >>
> >> Thanks all who have tested the mosh 1.2.6 release candidate so far.
> >>
> >> We're still looking for a postive ACK that somebody has
> >> successfully tested the release candidate on:
> >>
> >> - Fedora
> >> - OS X binary .pkg
> >> (
> https://github.com/mobile-shell/mosh/releases/download/untagged-0d43a0f73825e9952677/mosh-1.2.5.95rc1.pkg
> )
> >> - OS X compiling from source
> >>
> >> Thanks all,
> >> Keith
> >>
> >> On Sun, Jun 5, 2016 at 8:39 PM, Richard Woodbury
> >> <<mailto:rpwoodbu at mybox.org>rpwoodbu at mybox.org> wrote:
> >>
> >> I have confirmed that the RC builds and runs OK in Mosh for
> >> Chrome.
> >>
> >> On Thu, Jun 2, 2016 at 11:47 PM Richard Woodbury
> >> <<mailto:rpwoodbu at mybox.org>rpwoodbu at mybox.org> wrote:
> >>
> >> Hi, Keith. I don't have predictable time right now, but as
> >> I can, I'll look into this for Mosh for Chrome. I did
> >> manage to do a quick "smoke test" build, but I'm getting a
> >> bunch of protobuf link errors. I'll need to do more
> >> investigation, which may include bringing in a newer NaCl
> >> SDK so I can also get newer libraries from naclports.
> >> Hopefully I'll find time in the next day or two.
> >>
> >> I can add that it builds OK on the Raspberry Pi (ARM,
> >> Raspbian), and the performance improvement makes a
> >> /huge/ difference! mosh-server used to take most of the
> >> CPU for busy output or large window size and was notably
> >> sluggish, depending on local echo to be usable. Now the
> >> CPU usage is in the noise, and it responds wonderfully.
> >>
> >>
> >> On Mon, May 30, 2016 at 3:34 AM Keith Winstein
> >> <<mailto:keithw at mit.edu>keithw at mit.edu> wrote:
> >>
> >> Hi folks,
> >>
> >> Could you please send in some positive testing reports
> >> on the Mosh 1.2.6 release candidate?
> >>
> >> It would be great to have an independent "looks good"
> >> from at least the following platforms before we cut
> >> the release:
> >>
> >> - Fedora
> >> - the OS X binary .pkg
> >> - OS X compiling from source
> >> - OpenBSD
> >> - FreeBSD
> >> - NetBSD
> >> - Chrome
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >> Keith
> >>
> >> On Wed, May 25, 2016 at 8:56 PM, john hood
> >> <<mailto:cgull at glup.org>cgull at glup.org> wrote:
> >>
> >> Hi all,
> >>
> >> We're happy to announce the upcoming release of
> >> Mosh 1.2.6, and are
> >> calling for testing on Mosh 1.2.5.95rc1. The
> >> release has picked up
> >> some minor new features in the year since the last
> >> release such as
> >> better IPv6 support and tools to handle orphaned
> >> sessions. However,
> >> it's also seen significant improvements in
> >> performance, testing, and
> >> portability.
> >>
> >> The Changelog for this release:
> >>
> >> * New features:
> >> * Add Travis CI builds for Linux and Mac.
> >> (Anders Kaseorg, others)
> >> * Add a --local option to run without ssh.
> >> (John Hood)
> >> * Mosh now returns exitstatus reflecting
> >> connection success.
> >> (John Hood)
> >> * Add a end-to-end test suite and many tests.
> >> (John Hood)
> >> * Implement timeouts and signals to help
> >> address orphaned sessions.
> >> (John Hood)
> >> * Major rework of Mosh's display
> >> differencing/rendering
> >> code with much improved performance for slow
> >> machines. (John Hood)
> >> * Implement ANSI back/forward tab (CSI CBT,
> >> CSI CHT).
> >> (John Hood)
> >> * Do not start user shell until network
> >> session starts.
> >> (John Hood)
> >> * Add options for more flexible specification
> >> of IPv4/IPv6
> >> hostname resolution. (John Hood)
> >> * Improved bash completion. (Steve Dignam,
> >> HIGUCHI Yuta)
> >> * Add options for different methods of
> >> resolving the remote host
> >> address, allowing operation without
> >> SshProxyCommand. (John Hood)
> >>
> >> * Platform support:
> >> * Add configurable support for Apple Common
> >> Crypto and
> >> Nettle, in place of OpenSSL. Implement
> >> base64 locally.
> >> (John Hood)
> >> * Workaround Cygwin select() bug. (John Hood)
> >> * Updates to Debian packaging. (Anders
> >> Kaseorg, Keith Winstein)
> >> * Workaround a glibc-2.22 issue causing
> >> segfaults on Debian Sid.
> >> (John Hood with help from many others)
> >> * Prefer c++ to g++, for systems like FreeBSD
> >> where g++ is not usable.
> >> (John Hood)
> >> * Fixes for Illumos Hipster 20151003. (John
> Hood)
> >> * Disable -Werror for protobuf code, to
> >> resolve a new gcc6 warning.
> >> (John Hood)
> >> * Link test for -fstack-protector-all on an
> >> embedded platform.
> >> (Baruch Siach)
> >> * Resolve issue with bswap64() on
> >> FreeBSD-CURRENT with libc++-3.8.0.
> >> (John Hood)
> >> * Fix issue with RECVTOS error message on
> >> client on FreeBSD.
> >> (John Hood)
> >>
> >> * Bug fixes:
> >> * Remove an assertion causing aborts on
> >> Unicode fallback found by
> >> fuzzing with afl. (Keith Winstein)
> >> * Fix a server hang with XON/XOFF on BSD
> >> systems. (John Hood)
> >> * Fix a typeahead-prediction bug that caused
> >> display corruption on
> >> urxvt. (John Hood)
> >>
> >> Source code is available as
> >> <<
> https://github.com/mobile-shell/mosh/releases/download/untagged-0d43a0f73825e9952677/mosh-1.2.5.95rc1.tar.gz
> >
> https://github.com/mobile-shell/mosh/releases/download/untagged-0d43a0f73825e9952677/mosh-1.2.5.95rc1.tar.gz
> >.
> >> The SHA256 sum for this file is
> >>
> a2697c41cfc8c92dc7a743dd101849a7a508c6986b24d6f44711d8533d18fcf5
> >>
> >> One standalone OS X package is available:
> >>
> >> *
> >> <<
> https://github.com/mobile-shell/mosh/releases/download/untagged-0d43a0f73825e9952677/mosh-1.2.5.95rc1.pkg
> >
> https://github.com/mobile-shell/mosh/releases/download/untagged-0d43a0f73825e9952677/mosh-1.2.5.95rc1.pkg
> >
> >> is an i386/x86_64 build for OS X 10.9 and higher.
> >> The SHA256 sum for
> >> this file is
> >>
> 48a56d83d0ef655d38e0ea596fd9cac98c0dc433cb5356205d26748350d47e6c
> >>
> >> (If you are using a package system such as
> >> MacPorts or Homebrew, I
> >> recommend using that, though.)
> >>
> >> As always, Ubuntu PPA builds of the latest source
> >> are available at
> >> ppa:keithw/mosh.
> >>
> >> Packagers, please note that Mosh has some minor
> >> dependency changes: Perl
> >> is now required to be >= 5.14, but IO::Socket
> >> modules are no longer
> >> required. If anybody needs to package for older
> >> versions of Perl, talk
> >> to me and I'll probably bring something into the
> >> release. Also, if
> >> anyone needs an OS X package for 10.8 or lower,
> >> please contact me.
> >>
> >> Your testing is very unlikely to prove Mosh to be
> >> free of bugs, but your
> >> testing will help us make 1.2.6 a better release.
> >> Please report any
> >> issues you find on Github, and we can be found on
> >> IRC at
> >> <irc://irc.freenode.net/mosh
> >> <http://irc.freenode.net/mosh>>.
> >>
> >> Looking ahead, we expect Mosh 1.3 to be a feature
> >> release, bringing
> >> significant new functionality. SSH agent
> >> forwarding is high on the list.
> >>
> >> The Mosh team thanks you for your help.
> >>
> >> --John Hood
> >>
> >>
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