[tor-bugs] #16861 [Tor]: Pad Tor connections to collapse netflow records

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#16861: Pad Tor connections to collapse netflow records
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     Reporter:  mikeperry    |      Owner:  mikeperry
         Type:  enhancement  |     Status:  needs_revision
     Priority:  normal       |  Milestone:
    Component:  Tor          |    Version:
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Comment (by nickm):

 Replying to [comment:20 isis]:
 > Replying to [comment:5 nickm]:
 > >   * Needs-proposal.  There should be one in enough detail (and there
 may *already* be one in enough detail!) that somebody else could make code
 that works the same.  I bet that this would be a nice short proposal that
 wouldn't take too long.  But it needs a spec-level proposal all the same.
 The proposal also needs to get review and attention.
 >
 > I've merged mike's `netflow_padding2` torspec
 [https://gitweb.torproject.org/user/mikeperry/torspec.git/log/?h=netflow_padding2
 branch] because it includes statistical changes documenting developments
 in the corresponding code, and I believe that reading a short
 specification which actually matches its corresponding code will make life
 easier for reviewers. Please let me know if I erred in these assumptions.

 Generally we just let all proposal authors merge as many changes to their
 proposals as they want, as long as they haven't gone crazy or started
 trolling.  So no, no problem with merging any changes to Mike's proposal
 that Mike thinks are good.

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