#4581: Dir auths should defend themselves from too many begindir requests per
address
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Reporter: arma | Owner:
Type: defect | Status: new
Priority: normal | Milestone: Tor: 0.2.2.x-final
Component: Tor Directory Authority | Version:
Keywords: | Parent:
Points: | Actualpoints:
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Comment(by arma):
How many is the right number to allow? Clients do descriptor fetches in
parallel, and I think the number that they do is a function of the total
number of descriptors they plan to fetch. In that case the number of
"allowable" parallel fetches should be a function of the size of the
network?
But the problem here is consensus fetches, not descriptor fetches, and
more than one consensus fetch in parallel to a given dir auth is probably
a poor idea.
If only we had some way to know what they will ask for, before they ask
it.
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