[tor-bugs] #8670 [EFF-HTTPS Everywhere]: SSL Observatory request flood (Firefox)

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#8670: SSL Observatory request flood (Firefox)
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 Reporter:  karukoff              |          Owner:  pde          
     Type:  defect                |         Status:  new          
 Priority:  normal                |      Milestone:               
Component:  EFF-HTTPS Everywhere  |        Version:  HTTPS-E 3.1.4
 Keywords:                        |         Parent:               
   Points:                        |   Actualpoints:               
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Comment(by karukoff):

 Oh okay, now it happened again, my machine started flooding
 observatory6.eff.org soon after resuming browsing and after submitting the
 above report (though not with quite as high rate). This time I wasn't
 using any *.onion services, so I think that can be ruled out.

 What I noticed though, is that the Observatory server is currently down
 for me:

 $ nc -v observatory6.eff.org 443
 nc: connect to observatory6.eff.org port 443 (tcp) failed: Connection
 timed out

 This is probably the reason why the code enters the flood loop. Some form
 of give-up logic should probably be added in case the Observatory database
 is unreachable.

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