[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,      |
  review-group-31                                |
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Comment (by arma):

 Replying to [comment:38 teor]:
 > Replying to [comment:36 arma]:
 > > with the following additional patch to make channel_is_client() not be
 a lie:
 > > …
 >
 > Is this extra patch any different from #24898?
 > Because if it's not, we should rebase this branch on the 0.2.9 backport.
 > For details, see
 https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/24898#comment:10
 > Otherwise we won't be testing what we actually plan on deploying.

 Correct, it is essentially those two changes listed in #24898. The commits
 you point to there have a bit more comments around the new lines, but the
 code is the same.

 (I decided on those two things as the required 0.2.9 changes independently
 from #24898, so that's a good sign.)

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