[tor-bugs] #3095 [Tor Directory Authority]: obsolete tor clients hammering original v1 dir authorities

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#3095: obsolete tor clients hammering original v1 dir authorities
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 Reporter:  arma                     |          Owner:                  
     Type:  task                     |         Status:  new             
 Priority:  normal                   |      Milestone:  Tor: unspecified
Component:  Tor Directory Authority  |        Version:                  
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Comment(by arma):

 The way I see it, we've got two options:

 1) Generate new certs for these three keys. This time maybe make them last
 20 years rather than 1 or 2.

 2) Figure out if any of our known security vulnerabilities apply to
 directory answers, and take the clients down.

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