commit e51f105c417aff1840126fddd11875fec84c86a9 Author: Nick Mathewson <nickm@torproject.org> Date: Mon Nov 7 10:55:33 2016 -0500 Reduce multiplier to 3, per teor's recommendation on #20534 (Three _is_ a good number for anonymity!) --- src/or/directory.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/src/or/directory.c b/src/or/directory.c index ee42e2c..1f39981 100644 --- a/src/or/directory.c +++ b/src/or/directory.c @@ -3796,7 +3796,7 @@ next_random_exponential_delay(int delay, int max_delay) /* How much are we willing to add to the delay? */ int max_increment; - const int multiplier = 4; /* no more than quintuple. */ + const int multiplier = 3; /* no more than quadruple the previous delay */ if (delay && delay < (INT_MAX-1) / multiplier) { max_increment = delay * multiplier;