[tor-bugs] #16969 [Censorship analysis]: An "anti-virus" for the bad nodes that intentionally block and slow down the network?

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#16969: An "anti-virus" for the bad nodes that intentionally block and slow down
the network?
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     Reporter:  TORques              |      Owner:
         Type:  enhancement          |     Status:  closed
     Priority:  normal               |  Milestone:  Tor: unspecified
    Component:  Censorship analysis  |    Version:  Tor: unspecified
   Resolution:  invalid              |   Keywords:
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Changes (by yawning):

 * status:  new => closed
 * resolution:   => invalid


Comment:

 What's the point when `AuthDirBadExit`,`AuthDirInvalid` and
 `AuthDirReject` exists? This seems like it's asking for a partitioning
 attack amongst other shenanigans.

 Come back with something that isn't "Replace DocTor/Exitmap/the Bwauths,
 with something that has yet to be written and is even more prone to
 abuse".

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