---
date: '2012-10-24T17:04:08.000Z'
category: release
title: Node.js 0.9.3 (Unstable)
layout: blog-post
author: The Node.js Project
---

2012.10.24, Version 0.9.3 (Unstable)

- V8: Upgrade to 3.13.7.4

- crypto: Default to buffers instead of binary strings (isaacs, Fedor Indutny)

- crypto: add getHashes() and getCiphers() (Ben Noordhuis)

- unix: add custom thread pool, remove libeio (Ben Noordhuis)

- util: make `inspect()` accept an "options" argument (Nathan Rajlich)

- https: fix renegotation attack protection (Ben Noordhuis)

- cluster: make 'listening' handler see actual port (Aaditya Bhatia)

- windows: use USERPROFILE to get the user's home dir (Bert Belder)

- path: add platform specific path delimiter (Paul Serby)

- http: add response.headersSent property (Pavel Lang)

- child_process: make .fork()'d child auto-exit (Ben Noordhuis)

- events: add 'removeListener' event (Ben Noordhuis)

- string_decoder: Add 'end' method, do base64 properly (isaacs)

- buffer: include encoding value in exception when invalid (Ricky Ng-Adam)

- http: make http.ServerResponse no longer emit 'end' (isaacs)

- streams: fix pipe is destructed by 'end' from destination (koichik)

Source Code: https://nodejs.org/dist/v0.9.3/node-v0.9.3.tar.gz

Macintosh Installer (Universal): https://nodejs.org/dist/v0.9.3/node-v0.9.3.pkg

Windows Installer: https://nodejs.org/dist/v0.9.3/node-v0.9.3-x86.msi

Windows x64 Installer: https://nodejs.org/dist/v0.9.3/x64/node-v0.9.3-x64.msi

Windows x64 Files: https://nodejs.org/dist/v0.9.3/x64/

Linux 32-bit Binary: https://nodejs.org/dist/v0.9.3/node-v0.9.3-linux-x86.tar.gz

Linux 64-bit Binary: https://nodejs.org/dist/v0.9.3/node-v0.9.3-linux-x64.tar.gz

Solaris 32-bit Binary: https://nodejs.org/dist/v0.9.3/node-v0.9.3-sunos-x86.tar.gz

Solaris 64-bit Binary: https://nodejs.org/dist/v0.9.3/node-v0.9.3-sunos-x64.tar.gz

Other release files: https://nodejs.org/dist/v0.9.3/

Website: https://nodejs.org/docs/v0.9.3/

Documentation: https://nodejs.org/docs/v0.9.3/api/

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