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

#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:
Component:  Applications/Tor Browser  |        Version:
 Severity:  Normal                    |     Resolution:
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Comment (by teor):

 Replying to [ticket:20212 gacar]:
 > Maybe Tor (or Tor Browser) could cap the number of new circuits opened
 within a time window. I can't think of a realistic use case for loading
 resources from tens of different hidden services.

 Here are two:
 * Checking the status of many hidden services
 * CDNs or other load-balancing techniques

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Ticket URL: <https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/20212#comment:3>
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