[tor-bugs] #9001 [Tor]: Slow Guard Discovery of Hidden Services and Clients

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#9001: Slow Guard Discovery of Hidden Services and Clients
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     Reporter:  mikeperry  |      Owner:
         Type:  defect     |     Status:  new
     Priority:  major      |  Milestone:  Tor: 0.2.5.x-final
    Component:  Tor        |    Version:
   Resolution:             |   Keywords:  tor-hs path-bias needs-proposal
Actual Points:             |  Parent ID:  #5456
       Points:             |
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Comment (by asn):

 Discussing this with Linus today, we figured out that hidden services with
 authentication will not launch circuits to rendezvous points if the client
 hasn't authenticated herself first. This might be a sufficient temporary
 workaround for some hidden services.

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