[tor-bugs] #8240 [Tor]: Raise our guard rotation period

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#8240: Raise our guard rotation period
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 Reporter:  arma                                    |          Owner:                    
     Type:  defect                                  |         Status:  needs_revision    
 Priority:  major                                   |      Milestone:  Tor: 0.2.4.x-final
Component:  Tor                                     |        Version:                    
 Keywords:  tor-client needs-proposal 023-backport  |         Parent:                    
   Points:                                          |   Actualpoints:                    
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Changes (by mikeperry):

  * status:  needs_review => needs_revision


Comment:

 I think it's a bad idea to change this minimum in a way that we cannot
 quickly correct later, given that there are current known load balancing
 issues with the existing Guard rotation duration that will be made worse
 by this change. Raising the consensus minimum *above* our current default
 does exactly this. The minimum should be the current default, at least.

 We need to do at least this much for anything prior to 0.2.5.x. I'm also
 nervous about letting 0.2.5.x clients start existing with a new load
 balancing parameter we have no control over. It makes solving other
 performance problems harder.

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