[tor-bugs] #24902 [Core Tor/Tor]: Denial of Service mitigation subsystem

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#24902: Denial of Service mitigation subsystem
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 Reporter:  dgoulet                              |          Owner:  dgoulet
     Type:  enhancement                          |         Status:
                                                 |  needs_review
 Priority:  Very High                            |      Milestone:  Tor:
                                                 |  0.3.3.x-final
Component:  Core Tor/Tor                         |        Version:
 Severity:  Normal                               |     Resolution:
 Keywords:  ddos, tor-relay, review-group-30,    |  Actual Points:
  029-backport, 031-backport, 032-backport       |
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 Reviewer:                                       |        Sponsor:
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Comment (by arma):

 Replying to [comment:18 teor]:
 > Do we know if the extra load is bringing down HSDirs?
 > (The fetch creates more load, but HS descriptors are cached by clients.)

 I heard from one of the affected onion services that some of their HSDirs
 tend to go offline. So I'm going to say "yes it does happen".

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