[tor-bugs] #6475 [Tor Client]: circuit_send_next_onion_skin(): Bug: Unexpectedly high circuit_successes

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#6475: circuit_send_next_onion_skin(): Bug: Unexpectedly high circuit_successes
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    Reporter:  grarpamp    |       Owner:  mikeperry         
        Type:  defect      |      Status:  needs_revision    
    Priority:  major       |   Milestone:  Tor: 0.2.3.x-final
   Component:  Tor Client  |     Version:  Tor: 0.2.3.19-rc  
  Resolution:              |    Keywords:  MikePerry201208   
      Parent:              |      Points:  8                 
Actualpoints:  11          |  
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Comment(by nickm):

 Replying to [comment:33 mikeperry]:
 > Replying to [comment:32 nickm]:
 > > Changes file needed, as always.
 > >
 > > For the hidden service case, the easiest fix (for 0.2.3) would be to
 just disable the warning message, and look for a more complex fix in
 0.2.4.
 >
 > The warning message should have stopped appearing by virtue of the
 actual state variable fix. We're just using the notices to narrow in on
 weird circuit construction codepaths now.
 >
 > If you want to make these LD_BUG notice lines info-level for
 0.2.3-stable, we can do that I guess. I'd like to keep them notice level
 for 0.2.4 though, so at least *somebody* sees them. They are potentially
 security holes/gaps in the defense for hidden service users, were we to
 actually deploy it.

 Sounds good; let's do it that way.

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