[tor-bugs] #2286 [Tor Directory Authority]: We still use self-published relay bandwidth sometimes

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#2286: We still use self-published relay bandwidth sometimes
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 Reporter:  arma                     |          Owner:                    
     Type:  defect                   |         Status:  new               
 Priority:  major                    |      Milestone:  Tor: 0.2.3.x-final
Component:  Tor Directory Authority  |        Version:                    
 Keywords:  arma-cares               |         Parent:                    
   Points:                           |   Actualpoints:                    
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Changes (by mikeperry):

 * cc: mikeperry (added)


Comment:

 My vote is on option A here. As I explain in
 https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/4359#comment:1, I think
 it's not useful to add excessive complexity to the bandwidth auths for
 measurement security.. We already know that's not a winnable game for
 centralized measurements.

 However, we will need some complexity in them even to support option A..
 The bandwidth auths will need to know not to treat the gimped consensus bw
 as a real value for purposes of feedback... So we'll either need some sort
 of magic number or some other way to signify it..

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