[tor-bugs] #1300 [Tor Relay]: Authority that doesn't make a consensus never fetches one from elsewhere

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#1300: Authority that doesn't make a consensus never fetches one from elsewhere
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 Reporter:  arma                |         Type:  defect   
   Status:  needs_review        |     Priority:  major    
Milestone:  Tor: 0.2.2.x-final  |    Component:  Tor Relay
  Version:  0.2.1.24            |   Resolution:  None     
 Keywords:  easy                |       Parent:           
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Comment(by nickm):

 Hrm.  I was thinking that we probably wanted to make authorities more
 reluctant to use any consensus they hadn't signed themselves, and prefer
 using a non-fresh consensus to a non-signed-by-us consensus, and prefer
 that to a non-live consensus.

 But now I can't remember why.  Absent a compelling reason, making this
 "valid_until" is probably ok.

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