[tor-bugs] #20212 [Core Tor/Tor]: Tor can be forced to open too many circuits by embedding .onion resources

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Tue Aug 27 18:49:34 UTC 2019


#20212: Tor can be forced to open too many circuits by embedding .onion resources
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 Reporter:  gacar                                |          Owner:  tbb-
                                                 |  team
     Type:  enhancement                          |         Status:  new
 Priority:  Medium                               |      Milestone:  Tor:
                                                 |  0.4.2.x-final
Component:  Core Tor/Tor                         |        Version:
 Severity:  Normal                               |     Resolution:
 Keywords:  guard-discovery,                     |  Actual Points:
  TorBrowserTeam201803, 034-roadmap-proposed,    |
  security, tor-hs                               |
Parent ID:  #29995                               |         Points:  6
 Reviewer:                                       |        Sponsor:
                                                 |  Sponsor27-must
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Comment (by cypherpunks):

 things got even worse. since DDOSmitigating. a client opening to many
 circuit in short time period will trigger this and get punished by guard.

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Ticket URL: <https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/20212#comment:24>
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