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[tor-commits] [tor/maint-0.2.9] Reduce multiplier to 3, per teor's recommendation on #20534



commit e51f105c417aff1840126fddd11875fec84c86a9
Author: Nick Mathewson <nickm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date:   Mon Nov 7 10:55:33 2016 -0500

    Reduce multiplier to 3, per teor's recommendation on #20534
    
    (Three _is_ a good number for anonymity!)
---
 src/or/directory.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/or/directory.c b/src/or/directory.c
index ee42e2c..1f39981 100644
--- a/src/or/directory.c
+++ b/src/or/directory.c
@@ -3796,7 +3796,7 @@ next_random_exponential_delay(int delay, int max_delay)
 
   /* How much are we willing to add to the delay? */
   int max_increment;
-  const int multiplier = 4; /* no more than quintuple. */
+  const int multiplier = 3; /* no more than quadruple the previous delay */
 
   if (delay && delay < (INT_MAX-1) / multiplier) {
     max_increment = delay * multiplier;



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