[tor-bugs] #12844 [Tor]: Allow Tor2Web mode to specify its own Rendezvous Point

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#12844: Allow Tor2Web mode to specify its own Rendezvous Point
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 Reporter:  asn     |          Owner:
     Type:  task    |         Status:  new
 Priority:  normal  |      Milestone:
Component:  Tor     |        Version:
 Keywords:  tor-hs  |  Actual Points:
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 Virgil from tor2web is interested in implementing a feature of tor2web
 mode that will allow Tor to specify a specific node as the rendezvous
 point of an HS circuit.

 The idea here is that if tor2web specifies itself as the RP, the latency
 of RP establishment during HS circuit building will decrease. (I don't
 know if this is true or whether the speedup will be measurable, but it's
 worth trying).

 My idea for implementing this feature is to introduce a torrc option (temp
 name `Tor2webRendezvousPoints`) that acts similar to `ExitNodes` etc., and
 forces Tor to select one of the specified RPs as the RP of all HS
 circuits.

 I'm calling this a tor2web feature since I don't see much use for non-
 tor2web clients.

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