[tor-bugs] #25552 [Core Tor/Tor]: prop224: Onion service rev counters are useless and actually harmful for scalability

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#25552: prop224: Onion service rev counters are useless and actually harmful for
scalability
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 Reporter:  asn                                |          Owner:  dgoulet
     Type:  defect                             |         Status:  assigned
 Priority:  Medium                             |      Milestone:  Tor:
                                               |  0.3.4.x-final
Component:  Core Tor/Tor                       |        Version:  Tor:
                                               |  0.3.1.9
 Severity:  Normal                             |     Resolution:
 Keywords:  tor-hs prop224 034-roadmap-master  |  Actual Points:
Parent ID:                                     |         Points:  4
 Reviewer:                                     |        Sponsor:
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Changes (by dgoulet):

 * owner:  asn => dgoulet
 * cc: dgoulet (removed)


Comment:

 Taking over this.

 To summarize, after a discussion with teor and asn, we'll go with a
 replaycache that stores a hash of the descriptor *without* the signature.
 And this would be done _after_ desc signature validation.

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