[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:  needs_review      
 Priority:  major                    |      Milestone:  Tor: 0.2.3.x-final
Component:  Tor Directory Authority  |        Version:                    
 Keywords:  arma-cares               |         Parent:                    
   Points:                           |   Actualpoints:                    
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Comment(by arma):

 Replying to [comment:34 arma]:
 > but is vulnerable to the "adversary floods network with new nodes to
 make bwauths stop saying Measured about anybody" attack.

 Seems to me that we don't want to ask what fraction of relays we have an
 opinion about. We want to ask if our bwauth has been running for the past
 n days, where n is enough to get a good handle on the relays during normal
 operation.

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