[tor-bugs] #3523 [Tor]: Allow controllers to post HS descriptors to the HSDir system

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#3523: Allow controllers to post HS descriptors to the HSDir system
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     Reporter:  rransom      |      Owner:  rransom
         Type:  enhancement  |     Status:  new
     Priority:  minor        |  Milestone:  Tor: 0.2.7.x-final
    Component:  Tor          |    Version:
   Resolution:               |   Keywords:  maybe-proposal tor-hs
Actual Points:               |  Parent ID:  #8993
       Points:               |
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Comment (by donncha):

 I currently have two use cases for this feature.

 My malicious HSDir detection tool needs to be able to upload custom HS
 descriptors to a specific HSDir as defined by the HSDir's fingerprint. In
 the other use case, to create a hidden service load balancer [1] I would
 need to be able to upload a descriptor to its 3 responsible HSDir's.

 For now it would be great to just be able to specific HSDir's, determining
 the responsible directorys can be offloaded to the client code without
 much difficulty.

 [1] !https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-
 talk/2015-March/037238.html

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