[tor-bugs] #2317 [Tor Client]: Missing sanity checks for cbtnummodes consensus parameter
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#2317: Missing sanity checks for cbtnummodes consensus parameter
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Reporter: Sebastian | Owner:
Type: defect | Status: needs_review
Priority: major | Milestone: Tor: 0.2.2.x-final
Component: Tor Client | Version:
Keywords: | Parent:
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Comment(by arma):
{{{
"CircuitPriorityHalflifeMsec" -- the halflife parameter used when
weighting which circuit will send the next cell. Obeyed by Tor
0.2.2.10-alpha and later. (Versions of Tor between 0.2.2.7-alpha
and 0.2.2.10-alpha recognized a "CircPriorityHalflifeMsec"
parameter,
but mishandled it badly.)
+ Min: -1, Max: 2147483647 (INT32_MAX) XXX are these sane?
}}}
Currently we use < 0 to declare that we're not using it, with -1 being the
suggested value of < 0. But what if we want to use -2 later to mean
something else? The current clients would continue ignoring the feature,
but new clients would have new behavior.
I'm not saying I know we'll want to do that, but why constrain ourselves?
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Ticket URL: <https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/2317#comment:22>
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