[tor-bugs] #19769 [Core Tor/Tor]: Round down DNS TTL to the nearest DEFAULT_DNS_TTL (30 minutes)

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#19769: Round down DNS TTL to the nearest DEFAULT_DNS_TTL (30 minutes)
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 Reporter:  teor                                 |          Owner:
     Type:  defect                               |         Status:  new
 Priority:  Medium                               |      Milestone:  Tor:
Component:  Core Tor/Tor                         |  0.2.???
 Severity:  Normal                               |        Version:
 Keywords:  029-proposed, dns,                   |     Resolution:
  TorCoreTeam201607                              |  Actual Points:
Parent ID:                                       |         Points:  0.5
 Reviewer:                                       |        Sponsor:
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Comment (by nickm):

 So, clients don't do DNS cacheing by default any more, because of risks
 like this.  Do you think it might make more sense to simply remove client-
 side DNS cacheing entirely?

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