[tor-bugs] #4581 [Tor]: Dir auths should defend themselves from too many begindir requests per address

Tue Oct 20 15:41:06 UTC 2015

#4581: Dir auths should defend themselves from too many begindir requests per
address
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 Reporter:  arma                                 |          Owner:  andrea
     Type:  defect                               |         Status:
 Priority:  High                                 |  needs_review
Component:  Tor                                  |      Milestone:  Tor:
 Severity:  Normal                               |  0.2.8.x-final
 Keywords:  maybe-proposal, tor-auth,            |        Version:  Tor:
  027-triaged-1-in, TorCoreTeam201509,           |  0.2.7
  028-triaged                                    |     Resolution:
Parent ID:                                       |  Actual Points:
  Sponsor:  SponsorU                             |         Points:  medium
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Comment (by andrea):

 Some small bugfixes in now; this is now verified to correctly create a
 consensus without tripping the DoS filter starting cold on a test network.
 Still working on tweaking the filter parameters and best ways of testing
 the filter, and on unit tests.

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