Release blog post

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+New Release I2P 2.5.0
+=====================
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+.. meta::
+    :author: idk
+    :date: 2024-04-08
+    :category: release
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+This release, I2P 2.5.0, provides more user-facing improvements than the 2.4.0 release, which was focused on implementing the NetDB isolation strategy.
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+New features have been added to I2PSnark like the ability to search through torrents.
+Bugs have been fixed to improve compatibility with other I2P torrent clients like BiglyBT and qBittorrent.
+We would like to thank all of the developers who have worked with libtorrent and qBittorrent to enable and improve their I2P support.
+New features have also been added to SusiMail including support for Markdown formatting in emails and the ability to drag-and-drop attachments into emails.
+Tunnels created with the Hidden Services manager now support "Keepalive" which improves performance and compatibility with web technologies, enabling more sophisticated I2P sites.{%- endtrans %}
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+During this release we also made several tweaks to the NetDB to improve it's resilience to spam and to improve the router's ability to reject suspicious messages.
+This was part of an effort to "audit" the implementation of "Sub-DB isolation" defenses from the 2.4.0 release.
+This investigation uncovered one minor isolation-piercing event which we repaired.
+This issue was discovered and fixed internally by the I2P team.
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+  During this release several improvements were made to the process of releasing our downstream distributions for Android and Windows.
+This should result in improved delivery and availability for these downstream products.
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+As usual, we recommend that you update to this release.
+The best way to maintain security and help the network is to run the latest release.
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