[tor-bugs] #7656 [TorBrowserButton]: Save network, delete polluting, disable network.http.connection-retry-timeout

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#7656: Save network, delete polluting, disable network.http.connection-retry-
timeout
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 Reporter:  cypherpunks       |          Owner:  mikeperry
     Type:  defect            |         Status:  new      
 Priority:  critical          |      Milestone:           
Component:  TorBrowserButton  |        Version:           
 Keywords:                    |         Parent:           
   Points:                    |   Actualpoints:           
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 Firefox accelerates HTTP connection timeout. See
 https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=592284

 For TorBroswer:
 No sense to launch parallel connection after 250ms by default, and no
 logic to tweak it. As long as Tor client retries stream buildings too, any
 "high" level timeouts makes not so much profit and probably do things much
 worse.
 Right now it overloads network and relay exits in first place with waste
 connection request.
 TBB must disable it by setting network.http.connection-retry-timeout to 0.

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