[tor-bugs] #8470 [Firefox Patch Issues]: Request randomization a lot less random in FF17

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#8470: Request randomization a lot less random in FF17
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    Reporter:  mikeperry             |       Owner:  mikeperry                             
        Type:  defect                |      Status:  closed                                
    Priority:  critical              |   Milestone:                                        
   Component:  Firefox Patch Issues  |     Version:                                        
  Resolution:  fixed                 |    Keywords:  tbb-rebase-regression, MikePerry201304
      Parent:                        |      Points:                                        
Actualpoints:  26                    |  
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Changes (by mikeperry):

  * status:  new => closed
  * resolution:  => fixed
  * actualpoints:  => 26


Comment:

 I put quite a bit of work into this, and I'm fairly satisfied that the new
 patch in origin/maint-2.4 is at least a good improvement. The basic idea
 is to restrict new connection creation until we have enough requests to
 batch together (governed by a pref) in a new pipeline.

 Read the patch description for more details:
 https://gitweb.torproject.org/torbrowser.git/blob/maint-2.4:/src/current-
 patches/firefox/0017-Randomize-HTTP-request-order-and-pipeline-depth.patch

 The patch still does not deal with SPDY directly.

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