[tor-bugs] #33029 [Core Tor/Tor]: dir-auth: Dir auths should resume sending 503's but never to relays or other dir auths

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#33029: dir-auth: Dir auths should resume sending 503's but never to relays or
other dir auths
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 Reporter:  dgoulet                  |          Owner:  dgoulet
     Type:  defect                   |         Status:  needs_review
 Priority:  Medium                   |      Milestone:  Tor: 0.4.3.x-final
Component:  Core Tor/Tor             |        Version:
 Severity:  Normal                   |     Resolution:
 Keywords:  tor-dirauth 043-should?  |  Actual Points:
Parent ID:  #33018                   |         Points:  0.4
 Reviewer:                           |        Sponsor:
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Comment (by nickm):

 Replying to [comment:11 dgoulet]:
 > >  And then the minor worry in dgoulet's code about "if this shows up in
 the profile, we can move to have an address set instead" gets resolved too
 because it is just one thing we are checking.
 >
 > The reason I did _not_ go with the dirauth + bloomfilter idea is because
 when we ask "is this address a dirauth?", we should NOT get a
 probabilistic answer which is what the `address_set` does unfortunately.

 Are you sure here?  We never get false negatives; only false positives.
 When we're asking "is address a dirauth" it's not so bad if we
 accidentally allow a tiny fraction of non-dirauths; only if we
 accidentally block a dirauth.

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