[tor-bugs] #24826 [Core Tor/Tor]: LZMA- and Zstandard compressed consensus diffs stall Tor Browser launch for at least 20s or break it entirely if compiled with --enable-expensive-hardening (was: LZMA- and Zstandard compressed consensus diffs stall Tor Browser launch for at least 20s or break it entirely)

Mon Jan 15 07:48:00 UTC 2018

#24826: LZMA- and Zstandard compressed consensus diffs stall Tor Browser launch for
at least 20s or break it entirely if compiled with --enable-expensive-
hardening
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 Reporter:  gk            |          Owner:  (none)
     Type:  defect        |         Status:  new
 Priority:  Medium        |      Milestone:  Tor: 0.3.3.x-final
Component:  Core Tor/Tor  |        Version:
 Severity:  Normal        |     Resolution:
 Keywords:                |  Actual Points:
Parent ID:  #22341        |         Points:
 Reviewer:                |        Sponsor:
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Comment (by gk):

 After some testing it does indeed seem to be the case that `--enable-
 expensive-hardening` is causing the issue here.

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