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

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Wed Mar 28 11:34:56 UTC 2018


#24902: Denial of Service mitigation subsystem
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 Reporter:  dgoulet                              |          Owner:  dgoulet
     Type:  enhancement                          |         Status:  closed
 Priority:  Very High                            |      Milestone:  Tor:
                                                 |  0.3.3.x-final
Component:  Core Tor/Tor                         |        Version:
 Severity:  Normal                               |     Resolution:  fixed
 Keywords:  tor-dos, tor-relay, review-          |  Actual Points:
  group-30, 029-backport, 031-backport,          |
  032-backport, review-group-31, SponsorV        |
Parent ID:                                       |         Points:
 Reviewer:  arma                                 |        Sponsor:
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Comment (by cypherpunks):

 Replying to [comment:82 hurus]:
 > Number of end users decreases exponentially not because DoS stop but
 because regular users stop using Tor as they can not use it due to dumb
 limits.
 This has no basis in reality, the DoS impact on regular normal users is 0
 (just read the default config).

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