[tor-bugs] #4580 [Tor]: Some Tor clients go nuts requesting the consensus if there is no recent enough consensus

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#4580: Some Tor clients go nuts requesting the consensus if there is no recent
enough consensus
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 Reporter:  arma                             |          Owner:
     Type:  defect                           |         Status:  new
 Priority:  High                             |      Milestone:  Tor:
Component:  Tor                              |  0.2.9.x-final
 Severity:  Normal                           |        Version:  Tor:
 Keywords:  tor-client 024-backport tor-dos  |  unspecified
Parent ID:                                   |     Resolution:
 Reviewer:                                   |  Actual Points:
                                             |         Points:
                                             |  medium/large
                                             |        Sponsor:  SponsorS-
                                             |  can
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Changes (by nickm):

 * keywords:  tor-client 024-backport => tor-client 024-backport tor-dos
 * severity:   => Normal
 * sponsor:   => SponsorS-can


Comment:

 This speaks to the maintainability of the network and the liveness of the
 dirauths.

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