[tor-bugs] #17261 [Tor]: Formalize our best-guess guard algorithm

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#17261: Formalize our best-guess guard algorithm
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 Reporter:  nickm                                |          Owner:
     Type:  defect                               |         Status:  new
 Priority:  Medium                               |      Milestone:  Tor:
Component:  Tor                                  |  0.2.8.x-final
 Severity:  Normal                               |        Version:
 Keywords:  028-triage, TorCoreTeam201510, tor-  |     Resolution:
  guard                                          |  Actual Points:
Parent ID:                                       |         Points:  medium
  Sponsor:  SponsorU                             |
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Changes (by isis):

 * keywords:  028-triage, TorCoreTeam201510 => 028-triage,
     TorCoreTeam201510, tor-guard
 * cc: isis (added)
 * severity:   => Normal


Comment:

 For the year 1
 [https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/wiki/org/sponsors/SponsorU/Tor
 Sponsor U deliverables], we're supposed to update our specifications on
 the design of the current algorithm, and produce a white paper. Yet here
 it says:

 > Goal: Figure out what our very best idea is now, and write it down in a
 single document.

 So… no whitepaper?  And "our very best idea" means that we should specify
 the best design we can think of?  Or specify how we think the current
 algorithm is likely to behave?  (Or both?)

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