[tor-bugs] #7749 [Core Tor/Tor]: Consider better algorithms for randomly selecting an unused virtual address
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#7749: Consider better algorithms for randomly selecting an unused virtual address
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Reporter: nickm | Owner:
Type: enhancement | Status: closed
Priority: Medium | Milestone: Tor: unspecified
Component: Core Tor/Tor | Version:
Severity: Normal | Resolution: wontfix
Keywords: tor-client | Actual Points:
Parent ID: | Points:
Reviewer: | Sponsor:
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Changes (by nickm):
* status: new => closed
* resolution: => wontfix
* severity: => Normal
Comment:
In retrospect, why were we thinking of crit-bit trees? They're madly
overkill here, and the randomness property is important. And for the
recommended configuration (using IPv6 instead of IPv4), running out of
addresses is pretty hard.
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Ticket URL: <https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/7749#comment:2>
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