[tor-bugs] #5458 [Tor Client]: Clients should warn and disable guards responsible for excessive circuit failures

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#5458: Clients should warn and disable guards responsible for excessive circuit
failures
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 Reporter:  mikeperry        |          Owner:  mikeperry         
     Type:  defect           |         Status:  needs_revision    
 Priority:  major            |      Milestone:  Tor: 0.2.3.x-final
Component:  Tor Client       |        Version:                    
 Keywords:  MikePerry201205  |         Parent:  #5456             
   Points:  6                |   Actualpoints:                    
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Comment(by nickm):

 Replying to [comment:15 arma]:
 > I haven't read the original thread, but I too am worried that we'll run
 into another situation where we optimize things for Mike's network
 connection and it produces an unending stream of issues from people who
 have different network connections.

 As mike implies, there's not a lot we can do here: I think our best bet is
 to actually try this and tune as we go.

 This is IMO less likely to cause trouble than the cbt stuff did, since it
 shouldn't be dependent on local timing or network issues.  Rather, it
 depends on the failure rate for extending from your guards.  I don't
 *think* that should be mike-dependent, but who can say.

 Mike, one thing I can't remember if we talked about or not: I'm not going
 to insist on a full proposal here, but I *would* like the final version to
 come with a few paragraphs of explanation for path-spec.txt or somewhere
 else that's appropriate.

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