[tor-bugs] #4631 [Core Tor/Tor]: Idea to make consensus voting more resistant

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#4631: Idea to make consensus voting more resistant
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 Reporter:  Sebastian                            |          Owner:  dgoulet
     Type:  enhancement                          |         Status:
                                                 |  needs_revision
 Priority:  Medium                               |      Milestone:  Tor:
                                                 |  0.4.4.x-final
Component:  Core Tor/Tor                         |        Version:
 Severity:  Normal                               |     Resolution:
 Keywords:  needs-proposal, tor-dirauth          |  Actual Points:
  robustness voting                              |
Parent ID:                                       |         Points:
 Reviewer:                                       |        Sponsor:
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Changes (by teor):

 * status:  accepted => needs_revision


Comment:

 Looks good to me, but this wording might be easier to understand:
 "But they stop accepting votes posted to them."

 Some extra explanation might be useful, to cover the cases where:
 * another authority A uploads its vote to some authorities after 52:30,
 and
 * this authority fetches that vote from:
   * the same authority A, or
   * a third authority B.

 I would be happy with a spec patch, rather than a proposal, but let's send
 it to tor-dev with a quick explanation?

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