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Re: [tor-bugs] #3375 [Tor Client]: NEWNYM does not abandon open rendezvous circuits
#3375: NEWNYM does not abandon open rendezvous circuits
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Reporter: rransom | Owner: rransom
Type: defect | Status: needs_review
Priority: critical | Milestone: Tor: 0.2.1.x-final
Component: Tor Client | Version:
Keywords: | Parent:
Points: | Actualpoints:
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Comment(by rransom):
Replying to [comment:4 nickm]:
> Replying to [comment:3 rransom]:
> > Replying to [comment:2 nickm]:
> > > Looks like a plausible idea to me.
> > >
> > > Do we want to be using the same MaxCircuitDirtiness for rendezvous
circuits? It seems that this change would make us not only abandon
circuits on newnym, but reintroduce to any hidden service that we want to
stay connected to every MaxCircuitDirtiness seconds (current default 10
min, I think).
> >
> > A rendezvous circuit's `timestamp_dirty` is reset every time a stream
is attached to it,
>
> Ow. This gives timestamp_dirty a different meaning for rendezvous
circuits than for general circuits, where (unless I'm mistaken) only the
first stream getting attached causes the circuit timestamp_dirty to get
set.
Yes. See also the changes/ entry for one of my patches for #1297 --
starting in 0.0.6, one piece of Tor expected `timestamp_dirty` to have
even more meanings for HS-related circuits, but it didn't actually have
that meaning.
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Ticket URL: <https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/3375#comment:5>
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